Summer Escape - Combat & Slayer
Summer Escape - Combat & Slayer
Patch Notes
Twitch Prime
RuneFest 2019
Player Gallery Competition
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If you like pina coladas... or getting caught in the rain..
Then tough luck! This week’s Summer Escape is no island getaway – you’ll be hacking and slashing your way to those 99’s, with a fair few bonuses on the way.
Read on to find out more!
Summer Escape: Combat & Slayer
This week is all about Combat & Slayer. Bash some rats, mage some dragons, and range a whole range of beasties! From 00:00 on August 12th to 23:59 on August 18th, you can enjoy the following bonuses:
Increased chance of rare drops and enhanced lucky items
All charm drops give one more charm than normal
Shattered Worldsgrants 100% extra shattered anima
Ability to loot from Mazcab Raids once per day
25% increased drop rate of torn grimoire pages from Solak
All Slayer assignments are treated as using a Slayer VIP ticket
25% increased Slayer experience (includes reaper assignments)
Choice of boss slayer assignments
10% increased Ushabti catch chance
While you’re travelling around from dungeon to dungeon, keep an eye on those lodestones. Once every hour, certain lodestones will receive balloon drops containing Silverhawk feathers, summery snacks, and more!
Don’t forget that from 12:00 on Friday to 11:59 on Monday the following boosts will also be in effect:
One free clue reroll a day
Double skill outfit fragments
Double Menaphos rep
Double thaler
Double slayer points
Half boss instance cost
Chance of mystery boxes when skilling/killing
And if that’s not your thing, you’ll find a variety of buffs in place on the Player Owned Farm:
10% increased chance of breeding animals
5% increased chance of shiny animals
10% happiness and health increase from feeding
Double item yield from harvested animals
10% more beans from selling animals
10% Increased drop rate of animals from combat
Honeycombs are 50% more effective when used on animals
Patch Notes
We’ve implemented over 100 different changes and fixes this week! Read on to find out what they are.
Anachronia
Changed 'dino island' to 'Anachronia' on the Summer Escape interface within the Anachronia tab.
The following Anachronia quickchat options have been added!
I have completed "laps" on the Anachronia Agility Course, my fastest lap was "time"
I have "num" "base camp resources"
I have built "tier" "base camp building"
I have "num" Hunter Tokens
I have successfully tracked and hunted "num" big game dinosaurs.
The 'Leave no zygomite buried' achievement has been updated to include the names of every zygomite. These will become highlighted when the zygomite has been found.
Combat
Fixed an issue where the Helm of the Parched Wyrm would give a Vyrewatch slayer task at Laniakea.
Updated clue scroll map to better reference the updated mining site to the mine south east of Varrock.
Devil's snare's special attack will no longer continue after the NPC has died.
Armour spikes will no longer damage targets that cannot be attacked by normal means.
The Brine Sabre special attack will now work in the Shadow Reef.
The ranged skillcape now shows the correct skillcape perk in the ranged skill guide.
Fixed an issue where the Dark Core would continue damaging players after the Corporeal Beast had died.
Fixed an issue where the Trophy Taker perk could decrease the number of slayer points a player received from a slayer task.
Corrected the drop table for the troll 'Pee hat' to drop adamant salvage.
Monsters in the collapsing cave during TokTz-Ket-Dill will now hit the player more often.
Fixed an issue where co-op slayer kill count was decreasing too much for one partner when both players killed the same creature.
Fixed an issue where completing a co-op slayer task could show your slayer task streak as a negative number.
Mandrith co-op slayer tasks will now award 8 co-op points when completed.
Tuska's Wrath now works with the Elves in GWD2 whilst on task.
Fixed an issue where Slayer kill count was decreasing twice if a tagged target was killed by another player.
Kalphite Queen will now despawn her Kalphite Guardians when killed in an instance.
Updated the Slice ability description to let players know it works on stunned or bound opponents
The Elven Ritual Shard will now be dropped rather than destroyed if killed when skulled in the wilderness.
Fixed an issue with Dragon Trinkets awarding double slayer kill count.
A safe-spot while fighting Moss Golems has been removed.
Ironmen can now complete slayer tasks within the Dragonkin Laboratory
Gorvek's spine attack will now only hit the main target and players in close proximity to that target.
Tuska's Wrath now works correctly with Lava Strykewyrms and Dragons when on task inside ED2
Poison damage no longer reduces your Invention charge kit
Inconsistencies when using Spellbook Swap from the Lunar and Ancient spellbooks have been resolved.
Other
Added the clue scroll bonus to the Summer Escape interface. This can be found in the 'Double Up Weekends' tab.
Fixed an issue preventing memory shards from being stacked when the player had no free inventory spaces.
Hunter training icons can now correctly toggle visibility via the world map.
Locked Laniakea in NPC contact's interface now blends in with the rest of the locked NPC's
The Illumination aura can now be unequipped.
The music track "Beyond Time's Reach" had a rendering error which has been resolved.
Changed some of Jex's dialogue to now correctly refer to Siamun as a female.
The Spectacular Summer Skill Off is now over! As such, Morn has now packed up and moved on.
Obsolete ship parts will now be hidden correctly when upgrades aren't bought in order.
Players whom have already got a Cat Training Medal from Gertrude previously can now complete the achievement by talking to Gertrude.
You can now choose a skillcape emote correctly when wearing a Completionist cape.
Checks have been added to make sure transmogrified states get removed when leaving the Brimhaven Adamant Dungeon.
Receiving a Nihil damage enhancer from the Motherload Maw will no longer refer to it as an unused enhancer.
The Enhancers interface has been cleaned up
Ports enhancers have have options to use 5, 10 and All on the enhancer toggle menu.
The ordinary willow blackjack can now correctly be used to complete the K'rilow achievement
The 'tarromin' and 'marrentill' herbs were the wrong way around in the herb cleaning interface. This has now been fixed.
The Azdaran birthright achievement will now show a popup on completion.
Fixed an issue where players could cause a movement stall by alternating digging with a spade and reading a book.
Fixed an issue where a teleport sound effect was looping during Enakhra's Lament.
The TokHaar-Mok achievement has been updated to refer to the correct Smithing level requirement
Fixed the music in Death's realm from not playing upon using the hourglass.
Several clue scrolls now refer to the correct helms.
An Assist System message will no longer appear for Ironman accounts when checking to build a paddock in Player Owned Farm
Rat Pits are no longer mentioned on RuneMetrics after completing Rat Catchers quest.
Stopped a floating issue while inside the nechryael area of the slayer tower.
Replaced combined, but incomplete, godsword blade shards with their component shards.
All elegant shirts, blouses, legs and skirts can now be added to PoH.
The Shattered Worlds max world reach count has been prevented from increasing before actually reaching the next world.
There are no longer two "charges remaining" lines displayed in the tooltip for the TokKul-Zo (Charged)
Untradeable items will now show their item value when inside loot interfaces.
Examining items in a beast of burden now correctly shows item price.
A quick chat option stating how many players in your friends chat are on your world now correctly references this.
Unlock hint for HonkyTonky Parade now refers to the correct location.
Casting High Level Alchemy on noted Elite Dungeon relics will no longer show a high value warning.
Red sandstone will no longer be marked as complete for the 'I Love Dailyscape' achievement if the player does not have access to the rock.
The Statue of Rhiannon will now consistently display for players who have fully completed it.
Quests
Dealing with Scabaras will now correctly state that you will need 36 bronze bars in the quest requirements.
Updated The World Wakes Quest overview notes
Helping Laniakea (miniquest) is now placed in the correct order under 'Release Date' in the quest list.
Dr Nabanik now directs players to the correct winch during The Temple at Senntisten
Xenia during The Blood Pact will now give the player a bronze sword, even if the player has another (lesser) weapon equipped or in their inventory
Fixed an issue where a player's swimming animation would stop after using the ladder on the sunken ship in Rocking Out.
Titans and Familiars can no longer damage the tentacles of Zogoth during the Pieces of Hate.
Players can no long reclaim the Gilded Cabbage from May's quest caravan without retrieving it from the Death of Chivalry quest area first.
Combat familiars commanded to attack Ekahi and his cyclopean minions during the Head of the Family miniquest no longer continue to attack the cyclopes after you have defeated them.
F2P players can no longer access the Elemental Workshop II accept interface via the bookcase
Hint arrows used for the Mining sites map are now pointing to correct locations in What's Mine is Yours quest.
Dragon Slayer Quest is no longer listed as requirement on Defence skill guide to wear mystic armour and blue dragonhide.
Grand Tree rock scrabble shortcut will now correctly show The Grand Tree quest requirement in the Agility skillguide.
Fixed an issue where players could not search the Muspah statue in Tale of the Muspah.
The Light Creature familiar now correctly acts as a blue charm familiar during the Summers End quest.
Movement abilities such as Surge can no longer be used to bypass the core mechanics of the animal pen puzzle of Swept Away.
The quest complete screen for 'One Small Favour' will no longer have the log icon misaligned.
The Lost Toys miniquest now requires Lord of Vampyrium, as it unlocks areas containing the last of the lost toys, so is required to complete the miniquest.
Skilling
Mining Guild hidden mine in the dungeoneering skill guide now shows the correct ore type
Fixed an issue with cooking via the Clay oven in Neitiznot
Fixed an issue where fire spirits found when burning driftwood, would state their host log was Willow.
Added skill level to Dungeoneering skill door examine messages.
The east-most coal rock at the south-west mining site in Lumbridge Swamp now glows better when under the effect of a rockertunity.
Crafting skillcape perk now works when fixing the torn robe top and bottoms of Elidinis
Golden Rocks can now be re-obtained from smithing any item that requires heat/re-heating. Previously only Strange rocks would be obtained from smithing, and only smelting would give Golden Rocks.
Free to Play players will once again be able to buy and use the Daemonheim skill door boost.
Stone Slab in TzHaar City is now accessible at 40 mining
The state of an owed sword will now reset correctly when declining a sword via ceremonial smithing
Fixed an issue where crafting jewellery from a Beast of Burden could cause the crafted item to be destroyed.
If you currently have 5 box traps laid and your hunter level falls below 80, the traps will no longer disappear if you try to repair one.
The Crafting skillguide incorrectly stated that the Lapis lazuli ring was a members item, this has been resolved.
Inspecting a herb patch will now correctly state when its being protected by the greenfingers aura or the herb protector.
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Fixed a typo for the chat mes when fletching arrows with the skillcape equipped.
The tool-tip on Tempest armour no longer states all 5 pieces of the armour are required for the set effect.
Fixed a text issue when opening the aura management interface with "open on favourites" checked.
Fixed capitalisation inconsistencies for some items.
Uncut gems all now have consistent examine text
Talking to a kitten will no longer reference the Ardougne rat pits.
Removed duplicated text dialogue from Sir Amik Varze and replaced with the correct one.
Damage dealt to a Lava geyser is now not shown in chat when the chat is filtered.
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Twitch Prime
We’ve once again partnered with Twitch to bring you a whole lot of exclusive in-game rewards as part of the Twitch Prime loot! And this month, each and every one of you who’s a Twitch Prime member can grab a free Umbral Pack (Umbral Waraxe, Umbral Akh and Umbral Wings). How to redeem your gains? Simple, follow the link below and make sure you follow all steps of the process:
Claim your Twitch Prime loot here.
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RuneFest 2019
RuneFest 2019 will be a blast from the very distant past as visitors take a dangerous journey into The Land Out of Time. Expect dinosaurs! And carnivorous player-eating plants! As you’re travelling around a real-life slice of the island you can look forward to hands-on time with new content, talks and meetups with the JMods, loads of panels, a dedicated LAN area, an art area for meeting the creative teams and of course some very big surprise announcements on the main stage. We’re also bringing back skill chips!
Tickets available
If you’re in need of tips and suggestions on everything from travel to accommodation, you can also join our dedicated Discord channel, head to the official RuneFest forum or the community-owned Facebook Group.