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May 19 2020 11:39am

Game Update: Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week
Patch Notes
Twitch Prime
Live Streams
Pink Skirts
We’re getting our brains in gear for Mental Health Awareness Week! Read on to find out all about how you can participate and get your hands on some cerebral prizes, too. Plus, there’s some major gameplay enhancements in the form of Walk Markers and Buff Bar Improvements.

Mental Health Awareness Week
During these unusual times, our mental health is currently more important than ever. That’s why our partner charities have been working day and night to provide much-needed help to people all over the world.

Mental Health Awareness Week is your chance to find out more about the great work they do, support their cause, and earn some thematically appropriate prizes.

From May 18th to May 24th, you’ll find representatives from CPSL Mind, Rise Above the Disorder and The Prince’s Trust in Lumbridge Crater. Each day they’ll have a new question to ask you – answer correctly, and you’ll win an XP lamp!

In addition, while you’re skilling around the world you’ll earn charity tokens which can be exchanged for prizes, including the Bastion of Fortitude armour set and the adorable Eugene the Brain pet. Go on, give him a squish!

You’ll earn extra tokens while levelling Archaeology and completing or contributing to collections.

And don’t forget – if you’re missing any of the prizes from previous years (such as the awesome Defender of the Mind Wings) they’ll be available to purchase with RuneCoins from Solomon’s General Store.

100% of the proceeds raised during this event will go to our three charity partners – so you won’t just be having fun, you’ll be contributing to three incredible causes. You can read more about the work they do here.

Psst – if you’d like to know what else Jagex is doing for charity lately, have a peek at the Play Apart Together Campaign.

Patch Notes
This week’s Patch Notes are very much worth paying attention to as they bring about some significant usability enhancements.

Walk Markers Enabled on PC
On RuneScape Mobile, there are walk markers to indicate where your character will move next. Lots of you were asking whether this could be made available for PC. And the answer is yes, it can! This option will be enabled by default and can be toggled off and on in the Gameplay Settings menu. It will not be toggleable on mobile versions of the game, where it is permanently on.

Buff Bar Priority Improvements
We’ve been listening carefully to your feedback about the new Buff Bar order and for the past six months we’ve been working with members of the PvM community to build a system that will be better for everybody. This week, those changes will enter the live game.

From now on, the Buff Bar will sort buffs into sections, and display those sections in the order of most to least important. The new order is as follows:

-Boss specific effects

-Defensive abilities

-Offensive abilities

-Status effects

-Boosts

-Overhead prayers

-Utility prayers

-Invention perks

-Item effects

-Skilling bonuses

-Pet effects

-Aura activation

In addition, effects that are about to expire will no longer shuffle higher up the bar. Instead, they’ll continually flash until they run out.

We understand that this new system is a big change and will take some getting used to, but we’re certain that it will improve combat for everybody.

Combat XP Timing
Currently, combat XP is awarded after a monster’s death animation has played. This can be a bit confusing, because you’d expect to get the XP at the moment you finish killing the monster. So from now on, you’ll get your XP when the monster’s hitpoints reach zero.

And that’s all, folks! You can read the full Patch Notes for this week’s update here.

Archaeology
This week our talented teams have dug up a cache of changes for Archaeology. From fast travel options to upgraded dragon tools, we've uncovered something for everyone!

Changes
Lady Ithell is now able to upgrade augmented dragon tools, carrying across the augment and perks.
The Mattock of Time and Space can now be created using augmented mattocks. Players will be able to carry across the augment and perks from one of the mattocks used in creation.
The missing images in the Archaeology Journal have been added for Armadylean, Zamorakian and Saradominist collections.
Strong winds at Stormguard Citadel have knocked down pillars and dislodged a tree that was obstructing players' views of excavation spots.
The augmented Inquisitor Staff can now be keepsaked.
Velucia and Isaura realised they'd misplaced items from the Zamorakian III collection into Zamorakian IV and vice versa. The mistake has been corrected:
The Virius Trophy and the Chaos Elemental Trophy have been moved to Zamorakian IV.
The 'Possession' metal sculpture, the Trishula and the Tsutsaroth Piercing have been moved to Zamorakian III.
Some quick-travel options have been added to the entrances of the Infernal Source and Everlight dig sites.
Activating all eight Kharid-et shadow anchors will now grant players a fast travel option to the praetorium from the Kharid-et entrance.
A waste-paper basket that Movario accidentally left at the Archaeology Guild has been removed.
The orientation of the Stormguard Citadel skybox has been flipped to better reflect the World Map.
Players that have partially completed Sliske's Endgame will now see Armadyl present in his tower if they meet the following criteria:
The player has yet to receive the Ring of Solomon relic from Armadyl.
The player has the required Archaeology level to receive the Ring of Solomon relic.
The Kal'gerion demon familiar has been shrunk to be less obstructive.
Fixes
Fixed an issue causing white lines to appear throughout the Uncharted Isles.
Fixed an issue that was preventing Honed 6 from activating while Mining.
Fixed an issue causing Material Storage information to display incorrectly on Free-to-play worlds.

Other
Changes
Combat XP is now rewarded when an enemy's HP reaches zero, rather than at the end of their death animation.
Improved the way the Buff Bar prioritises buffs. The new order is as follows:
Boss specific effects
Defensive abilities
Offensives abilities
Status effects
Boosts (like life or prayer overheals)
Overhead prayers
Utility prayers
Invention perks
Item effects
Skilling bonuses
Pet effects
Aura activation
Effects that are due to expire no longer shuffle to the front of the bar, but will continue to flash until they either expire or are refreshed.
A 'walk marker' toggle has been added to Desktop Settings. This will enable the walk marker that appears on RuneScape mobile.
Removed the Easter event hub and the Easter eggs around the world.
The keg of beer and Sextant will no longer stall your movement when used.
Players will no longer be able to remove items with combat stats from their tool-belts while on Entrana.
Ice Drygore Longswords will no longer stretch and attach to 120 capes on a female character while in combat.
Improved server performance by changing how faction invasions work within The Heart of Gielinor.
Combat experience calculations in Elite Dungeons now award a ratio of experience relative to the damage dealt to the defeated NPC.
Fixes
Fixed a presentation issue on mobile which caused buffs with a timer/stacking value to clip.
Fixed an issue that could cause Tutorial boxes to appear cropped off screen when transitioning from the game view to a full screen UI on mobile.
Fixed an issue that could cause NPC chat to open over a full screen UI causing it to appear cropped on mobile.
Fixed an issue which caused the examine text on Raptor's Chest Of Slaying to be cropped on mobile.
Fixed a potential client error that occured when a new player opened the Wardrobe UI for the first time on mobile.
Fixed an issue where that caused disconnects when attacking the black golem during the Spirits of the Elid quest using melee armour/weapons with armour spikes.
Fixed an issue that was causing a cutscene in Cabin Fever to be obstructed if the 'Remove Roofs' setting was turned off.
Fixed an issue in the Legends Quest that was causing Nezikchened to stretch when using magic attacks.
Fixed an issue where the Ring of Wealth message was displaying on rare drops at Nex without the player meeting the Tier 3 and higher luck needed to affect drop chance.

Twitch Prime
This month we’ve teamed up with Twitch Prime to bring you 14 days of membership free when you link your RuneScape and Twitch Prime accounts. To get started, click this link to go to the redemption page.

Be sure to follow all the instructions! You can find a handy-dandy guide right here.

Live Streams
May 19th, 17:00 BST - Art Showcase
Take a look behind the curtain and meet the creative wizards who are responsible for bringing RuneScape to life!

May 21st, 17:00 BST - New Player Experience with Mod Stu
Mod Stu continues his adventure into the past with an in-depth look at RuneScape's most nostalgic tutorial sequences.

May 23rd, 13:00 GAME TIME - Featured Streamer: Liddles
This week we’ve been promised some in-depth Archaeology gameplay, Archaeology-themed IRL activities, and even cosplay! Mattocks at the ready, everyone!

Pink Skirts
This week the Pink Skirts are hosting a town square Q&A near Varrock West Bank. Volunteer Mods and veteran players will be there to answer your questions, perform some emotes, and just hang out for an our or so. Be there, in the town square!

You can find more details about Pink Skirts events here.

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