Changelog
[expand type=show more] Project Rebalance: Skilling Tweaks- Expert Mining Gloves now work with Sandstone and allow players to mine one extra unit before the rock depletes.[/*]
- HOTFIX: Increased the minimum contribution required for loot eligibility at Zalcano to 75, up from 50.[/*]
- HOTFIX: All players must now deal at least 5 ‘armour’ damage to Zalcano to be eligible for drops.[/*]
- HOTFIX: Applied a delay to re-entering the Brimhaven Agility Arena after teleporting out.[/*]
- Increased XP and lowered fail rates when pickpocketing gnomes, paladins and heroes.[/*]
- Re-adjusted the fever spiders’ loot table.[/*]
- Corrected messaging that plays when the Ore Sack at Motherlode Mine is full.[/*]
- Efaritay’s Aid now correctly interacts with tier 1 and 2 vampyres.[/*]
- Adjusted XP drops from various activities in Trouble Brewing.[/*]
- Converted Pieces of Eight from tangible items to account variables, in-line with other minigame currencies.[/*]
- Added a ‘Classic Free-to-Play- option to the ‘Magic’ dropdown in Clan Wars set-up. This setting makes Bind the only ‘freeze’ spell available.[/*]
- Fully-grown plants in Tithe Farm no longer decay.[/*]
- Tears of Guthix now shows your Personal Best while collecting tears.[/*]
- Visually updated the entry barrier in Guardians of the Rift.[/*]
- Players may now set their own +x% and -x% buttons in the Grand Exchange. Right-click the button to alter the value.[/*]
- Changed how Verzik scales in Theatre of Blood.[/*]
- Added a warning message when releasing Mature Tecu Salamanders.[/*]
- Restored the troll tunnels leading to Trollweiss to single-way combat.[/*]
- The Staff of the Dead’s special attack is now cleared when using a Rejuvenation Pool.[/*]
- Added a new option which allows players to choose which sound plays when they are hit by an enemy.[/*]
- The left-click option on Elven Teleport Crystals can now be toggled between Lletya and Prifddinas.[/*]
- Adjusted animations on wyrms to make them more accessible for players at risk of seizures.[/*]
- Fixed a bug which allowed players to skip Vet’ion’s second phase.[/*]
Project Rebalance: Skilling Tweaks

- Corrected messaging that plays when the Ore Sack at Motherlode Mine is full.[/*]
- Efaritay’s Aid now correctly interacts with tier 1 and 2 vampyres, instead of reducing damage dealt to them.[/*]
Minigame Improvements

- Various skilling actions in Trouble Brewing now provide XP for the associated skill:[/*] [list]
- Capturing a Monkey awards 15 Agility and 15 Hunter XP.[/*]
- Increasing the Boiler pressure awards 80 Strength XP.[/*]
- Lighting logs in the Boiler now awards 320 Firemaking XP, up from the 40 XP provided when adding logs to the Boiler.[/*]
- Obtaining a Bitternut awards 160 Hunter XP.[/*]
- Depositing a Bitternut into the Hopper awards 640 Cooking XP.[/*]
- Obtaining Scrapey Tree Bark from logs awards 160 Fletching XP.[/*]
- Depositing Scrapey Tree Bark into the Hopper awards 320 Cooking XP.[/*]
- Obtaining Sweetgrubs awards 160 Hunter XP.[/*]
- Depositing Sweetgrubs into the Hopper awards 320 Cooking XP.[/*]
- Adding your team's coloured water to the Hopper awards 320 Cooking XP.[/*]
- Figuring out how any of this results in ‘Rum’ earns you the gratitude of the entire Community Management team.[/*]
Other Changes
Just like all good updates, we've got a scattering of smaller updates spread throughout a variety of content that's not easy to group up with everything else. Up first is a change to the Grand Exchange interface, allowing you to set up your own +X% and -X% buttons when buying or selling - for the trader in a serious rush. You can use these buttons to enter in any custom amount you'd like to strike the perfect balance between 'less spam clicking on the 5% button' and 'paying millions of GP for one niche Quest item'! Right-clicking on the button lets you customise this value at any time. Next is a change to the Theatre of Blood, specifically to how Verzik scales to one remaining player in Normal mode Theatre of Blood. These changes were initially floated to you alongside Project Rebalance, but have been worked on by a different team - hence their slightly earlier release!- If only one player remains during Normal Mode Verzik's P2, only one Nylocas Matomenos (the red one) will spawn, as in Hard Mode.[/*]
- If only one player remains during Normal Mode Verzik's P2, the Lightning Ball damage is capped, as in Hard Mode.[/*]
- A warning message has been added to prevent players from accidentally choosing to 'Release' a Mature Tecu Salamander.[/*]
- The Troll tunnels leading up to Trollweiss, encountered during the Troll Romance quest, have been restored to Single-way combat. This is to correct an error in a recent update where they'd accidentally been made Multi-combat.[/*]
- The Staff of the Dead's Special Attack effect is now cleared when using a Rejuvenation Pool inside your POH.[/*]
- A new option has been added to the Settings menu that allows you to pick your 'hit sounds'. This is the sound that your character makes when they're hit by an enemy.[/*]
- Elven Teleport Crystals now have a 'Toggle' option when right-clicked, which will allow you to set your left-click teleport to either Lletya or Prifddinas.[/*]
- Wyrms have had their animations adjusted to make them more accessible for players who are at risk of seizures.[/*]
- Fixed a bug where it was possible to skip Vet'ion's second phase.[/*]
This Week in Old School
Before we sign off, we’re trying out a new newspost feature where we summarise a selection of cool goings-on from the previous week. Yesterday, we posted a first look at Deadman: Armageddon, the thrilling sequel to last year’s Deadman: Apocalypse. We’ve made a few gameplay changes which you can read all about in this blog. Deadman: Armageddon runs from July 19th to August 3rd, so get your holiday requests in ASAP – or you might be met with the same result we got in this video. In other Deadman news, don’t forget to vote for Armageddon-themed tradeable cosmetic kits in next week’s in-game poll! Should they pass, you’ll be able to spend your hard-earned Deadman Points on some seriously cool Corrupted Weapon kits – or pick them up at the Grand Exchange, if that’s more your bag. If you're looking for something to watch during your latest grind, check out this epic piece of investigative journalism, in which star reporter J1mmy delves deep into Neypotzli to document a man driven to madness by the Moons of Peril (spoiler alert, the man is talented community artist 8sat). That's two Golden Gnome winners working hand-in-hand - it doesn't get much better than that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_o7gfDVw6E If you can’t see the video above, click here to watch it. After all that excitement, why not wind down with a copy of RuneScape: The Gift of Guthix?
PvP World Rota
The PvP rota has moved to Period B:- 560 - (UK) - PvP World[/*]
- 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World[/*]
- 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World[/*]
- 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World[/*]
- 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive[/*]
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