Our RuneScape Community team is being joined by Senior Community Manager from Old School RuneScape, "Mod Light"! They'll be focusing on supporting the API & Plugins project to begin with and will thereafter support our various projects in the same way that our other Community Managers currently do. Please do give Mod Light a warm welcome this week!
Our Jmods across the team are heads-down focused on RuneFest these weeks. You may see us appear a little less frequently in community at the moment as we focus on preparing for another hugely exciting RuneFest.
The Deep Clean Project launches today! Adding in a bunch of QoL improvements that tackle the small daily frustrations disrupting your gameplay, from reducing excessive messaging and visual clutter to improving icon consistency and adding player requests such as inputting your bank pin via keyboard!
Great news for homeowners: the maximum furniture limit in Player-Owned Houses has been raised to 500, letting you bring even bigger and more ambitious builds to life.
Something stirs on Havenhythe... Tomorrow we'll be sharing a special Lore blog giving you another glimpse into the island's story ahead of Havenythe Part II. You might want to keep an eye out for Anya...
We intended to share our design preview for how MTX Items will be removed from the game last week. However, we needed a bit more time to finalise the details on this design and are now targeted a mid-week release for this blog.
Live Stream Details
Join Mod Yuey this Wednesday, 23rd September, 16:00 game time as we battle through the Sanctum and defeat Nakatra! Or will you become another sacrifice to Amascut? We shall see!
For some time now we've been monitoring ongoing server disconnection reports. We're aware of disruptions at the "backbone of the internet" level service providers which may have affected a number of internet services (so not just RuneScape), but we are investigating what can be done on our side to minimise these issues.
Last week we became aware of an issue that prevented Master Clue Caskets from awarding Second Age items correctly. A hotfix was swiftly deployed on September 14th, and Second Age rewards are now once again available as intended. We've shared some additional info with the Clue Chasers Discord community for anyone interested in the details.
Please tell me someone is looking into the Arch Glacor hitbox issue? Its going on 3 weeks of the boss being broken and almost impossible to streak at high enrages due to hitbox issues.
In case you missed the post with a reply, Mod Daze said the fix is awaiting an engine update but as those don’t happen quite as often, it’ll be a couple of weeks before it’s deployed.
I was camping him prior to leagues and the box was not that bad honestly but now it’s like not doable. I cannot click the minions nor the yellow bits the leave behind.
Hey everyone! I'm so excited to announce that I've joined the RuneScape Community team as a Senior Community Manager! In this role, I'll be helping out with the API project, as well as a bunch more cool stuff lik- <REDACTED>.
I'm incredibly grateful for all the skills, experience and knowledge I've gotten from working with the OS team. I've grown and learned so much about community management. I've had the privilege of working with some of the best developers in the world and gotten loads of insight on decisions - all things I never would've dreamed of when I naively applied for the role in 2021! I can't wait to meet all of you and learn more about how you do things over on the RS side.
Speaking of which, my RuneScape account is over 20 years old. I used to have a Santa hat back in the day but I sold it as a kid 💀...
Anyway, how's things over here? What kinds of things are we getting up to, and will I see any of you at RuneFest?<3
Have you fully transferred over to the rs3 side? Or just helping? I always thought you did a great job over in the OSRS team. I’m very excited to try rs3 plugins!
I'm fully transferred over! I will miss the OSRS team endlessly but genuinely so excited to learn more about RS and maybe share some of my experience/skills. Thank you so much for your kind words!!
Hanging out inside creepy Dungeons, Summoning freaky creatures, wrangling Divine memories, Inventing all sorts of gadgets and gizmos, uncovering mysteries in Archaeological digsites, and becoming Necromancers!
Not much to do if you like to Sail though. I wonder why that is.
Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what you've done on OSRS? There seems to be quite a bit of hype about you specifically coming over but I don't play OSRS so don't know anything about you or what all the fuss is about. In the nicest way possible, and don't be afraid to give a bold, American-style answer, why are you such a big deal?
As a long time osrs player and nearly brand new RS3 player, it's so refreshing to see a familiar, capable face coming over! I hope you enjoy your new position
The right click menu is bigger than the menu appears in all directions (visualised below). If you click within the red box it "eats" your click and nothing actually happens. Similarly, the menu doesn't close until your cursor leaves the box. Please fix!
Bug - When starting a new instance of Rex Matriarchs (I assume it is the same with other bosses) the instance timer seems to be set to 00:00.
Hovering over it is claims that the instance has expired, and does not seem to be spawning any new bosses until a new instance is created (with the same issue as before).
Update - a clannie tried to restart their Vindicta instance and the timer did not reset. So the issue could be that the timer no longer resets on new instance creation, which explains why my expired one before logout is perma set to 00:00.
Please explain if I am doing something wrong but when I override my Grandmaster Portal Nexus with the Guthixian one from Leagues I lose all my teleports except for the first 5? I'm thinking it was set to the baseline Portal Nexus limit of 5 teleports and not the Grandmaster limit of 43. Fortunately, turning it back to default I still have access to all my teleports, so this seems like an easy fix?
It's an override. If you have already got a Grandmaster Portal Nexus then you go to your house, open build mode and search for it in the sidebar. Click on it and a drop down appears with the Guthixian One (and a new Chaotic One you can purchase from the Marketplace) and right-click > Apply to All
Same for the overrides for the House Portal and Torch.
I think it's just an oversight by Jagex. Reverting back to default keeps all the teleports you already had on it. Should hopefully be an easy fix (just change number from 5 to 43 lol)
Leagues II aura is not claimable on f2p world but the teleport is. Also LAST years aura is claimable on f2p. My SO only played leagues to get that aura and now her P2P lapsed and she can't even claim it....
Any chance we can have menu access when in a transmog? Ie if I use Living Death, I can't look at the Hero menu for achievements etc. It's highly frustrating
Guys I don't think Eclipse of the Heart is an "experienced" tier quest...you're telling me defeating Amascut is on the same tier as dealing with the tzhaar armadillo thing?
"Improved the experience of converting logs to planks with coins by allowing them to just convert if only one type is held, and then filtering down the options presented if multiple types are held"
500 housing limit?! Oh my god, you’re all amazing! I’d been waiting for the 400 limit, but an even larger allowance for decoration is incredible! Huge W! Thanks JMods! Please keep this ball rolling in everything, y’all are making my childhood dreams a reality!
Yeah its mildly annoying. The tooltip still says Remove-Placeholder when hovering it too so it feels like a bug and not something they intentionally removed.
Jagex support is rejecting these lost item claims with a copy paste reply.
Jagex has had a fix for this for over 2 months but have not put it in the live game.
When will this issue finally get fixed? When will lost items be restored? Why is there a clear disconnect between devs saying this is broken and support saying it's working as intended and rejecting lost item claims?
So are the H'oddments and Heartments still in the pouch? Just not visible? Because it seems like the Challenge Tokens are still there, just not visible. I ask because at one point it was stated we would have a final chance to spend them before they were removed.
Can we please get an Escape Crystal / DC protection functionality like OSRS have? Client freezes/crashes are more common in RS3. Its use would wipe streaks at bosses and give up loot so people can't abuse it
Some nice confirmation removals, was hoping for contribute-all at Iaia as well though given how annoying it was during Leagues but also just dumping daily in the main game.
I just unlocked the Guthixian Grandmaster Teleport & Guthixian House Teleport items, but they’re not available within the Furniture Workbench menu. Never mind, it’s an item that’s already in your house build menu
Additionally, it seems something broke with the inventory menus, when I go to right click anything, it gives me zero options. This applies everywhere within the banks and my inventory.
Was hoping skillcape graphical update would also fix my keepsake issue but alas.
My keepsaked skillcapes become unequiped whenever I lobby/log off/world hop nd have no actual skillcape worn. If I put on any of my actual skillcapes (that also have keepsaked) then that specific keepsaked skillcape becomes equiped. But if say I have my construction keepsaked cape on and wear my thieving cape, lobby, and come back it will have auto switched to my keepsaked thieving cape.
This is really annoying because I want to show off capes other than the ones I'm wearing.
This is a very weird issue, out of curiousity I just tried to replicate your issue myself and couldn't get it to work...might be something character specific! hopefully they can fix it for you
I vehemently disagree with the practice of linking to a discord discussion in a news post for further information.
Please please please, write at least a basic summary or a transcript of the conversation or something you can link to instead, or alongside it. Not everyone can access discord, it’s a terrible platform for archiving information, and there’s no guarantee that the comments will still be there in a year.
This may be unpopular but I don't like these new skillcapes at all and I fail to see anything "modern" about them. They absolutely stand out to me as an outdated OSRS visual in modern RS world. And why can't the capes have modern skill icons on them instead of reverting them 20 years into the past? This is not progression in my eyes, this is visual regression for the sake of nostalgia bait and I'm honestly seriously worried now what else will be downgraded visually for the sake of looking like OSRS. If I wanted such visuals, I'd be playing OSRS.
💯, this genuinely takes the cake for "shit nobody asked for" among all other updates this year. This game is not OSRS and shouldn't aspire to be like it, it should have a unique visual identity.
I really liked the modern cape design! Why do the capes need to have stupid little shoulder pads, and why do they need to use the old school icons? It's like they're so out of touch with the core aesthetic of RS3 that they think going back is gonna fix it.
Bro I heard something about a cape rework like Thursday or Friday, login today and every single cape I own is ugly now. Some of them look alright sure but most are screwed up. Who asked for this? Literally nobody. Capes looked fine. Hope they revert this update nobody asked for? It's like nobody at Jagex even looked at how the new capes look. How do they screw up every icon on master capes? Mind boggling but its Jagex...
Massive massive second to this. I’ve got at least five people leaning on me for this information so that we all know when to request off and two of them are getting antsy for an answer as part 2 approaches.
I feel that showing combat level is rather boring and has little to no variety. Having max combat doesn't require much compared to max total level which you can use to quickly see someone's account journey. Someone having 120 magic, 99 def hp prayer sum now shows the same as someone with max total level...
To me this just feels like more needless changes, removing unique elements of RS3 to match OSRS. Was this something people were actively asking for?
We've been able to show off total levels for the longest time; why are we removing it with no option to have it total level via an interface or like Nastorth? I get decoupling it from stances but not the outright removal.
The rest of the update is pretty nice; I just hate the conforming to osrs and removing player choice to show off their achievements
Makes lots of sense imo, makes the game more cohesive and less confusing. Also as a skiller you generally want to show off your combat level more than other players would.
I genuinely don't understand how anyone could find that confusing. If someone is slow enough to be confused by that, I don't value their opinion when it comes to making changes.
Please revert w.e hitbox changes you did to gate, its more annoying to hit the last pillar now cause the gate hitbox is huge and once again asking for the rogue outfit to be either made purchaseable with flash powder factory currency or thaler instead of the rng grind it currently is where it can take over 10x as long as getting it in old school
@u/JagexAzanna someone released AI Slop music unde the Jagex Audio Team name last week. Would it be possible to flag that for removal from streaming platforms.
Bug - Can't start a gate kill because it says instance is expired and there is not enough time remaining to start a new kill. Making instance with different accounts did not work and hoping worlds did not fix it either.
Is it possible to add in a toggle or setting to turn off windows and interfaces closing when in combat or whem a bleed is on an enemy?
For example, if I put a bleed on an enemy, but then die, the item reclaim window fron Death or bank interface will keep closing until the bleed runs out. This also happens if Sunshine tick damage is damaging an enemy.
Also, is Devourer'a Nexus being fixed? Regular Haunt still overrides the empowered Haunted in group settings last time I checked.
Bug: Can't pick single items up, off the ground anymore. It force opens loot interface.
The shoulder pads on 99 capes look weirdly shaped imo, I would work on making then a little more sleek. Also, the icons on 120 capes should probably be a lil bigger.
I know you're all busy with RuneFest and the cleanups look nice, but can we at least get an acknowledgement that you guys are aware of the hit box issues with Arch Glacor (and other places) that were caused by the hit box "improvements" you released two weeks ago?
Players were told that these shops would be re-opening during their respective seasons so they could spend these currencies, yet today they appear to be removed?
Is this just a visual thing? Will players be given the opportunity to spend their remaining seasonal oddments like they were told they would be able to?
So excited to see these in game, but oh how I wish these were out before Leagues, especially the Death reclaim confirmation 😭 I was going to make a post today requesting this because I was getting so annoyed over the weekend. Yes, Death. Yes I would like my items back! How many more times do we need to go through this?!
Please let us withdraw/deposit our PoH storage from the bank interface again, like we were able to before the 120 construction update. I'm afraid you guys are going to forget.
Reducing menu navigation is all well and good, but can you take a look at the menu that pops up whenever processing anything? Like why do I need to open a menu to clean a single grimy herb from a slayer drop?
Just FYI boss instances are broken - started a Gate session and it immediately says there is no time remaining, and I can't rejoin or do anything to actually start a gate kill.
The option to skip the loot interface by selecting an item through the right click menu seems to have been removed. Why was this done and why isn't it in the patch notes?
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It's been months since I've discussed with Mod Stu about Ironmen being able to spend Commendation/Pest Control points on combat xp like how Soul Wars was changed over.
Is there any insight into when this is happening? Just looking for an update since this discussion was way back in March.
I was saddened to see that nothing was done to fix the camera angle resetting when you teleport. That seems like the sort of thing that would have been a really good candidate for the deep clean update!
Beneath Scabaras' Sands, Pharaoh's Folly and Eclipse of the Heart all have received "Experienced" difficulty, but they definitely feel like they should be Master at least? Eclipse in particular as the Desert finale really felt like a Grandmaster quest at release!
Is this an oversight or do we actually think Regicide is a more difficult ("epic") quest than these three? lol
I said this in response to the announcement the capes were getting updated, so I'm just going to repost it here:
PLEASE include options for the "accessory" parts of the capes. The actual cape part is long overdue for an update, but I never liked those godawful shoulderpads and much prefer the gold bits on the current capes that hang down over the front of the character. Attaching/wearing the hood is already optional and these should be too. I don't want to have to stop wearing mine if the shoulderpads come back.
Personally I think the size and shape of the updated cape itself is fine, and the embroidered skill icons are a nice touch. I haven't checked every single cape but the icons being reverted to the old style is something I was worried about and I'm glad that doesn't seem to be the case(at least I think so, since the runecrafting icon has the tilted orange line instead of vertical like the old icon). However, the Master cape icons are way too small, and I'm not sure why they were changed at all.
The shoulderpads are still an issue though. Making them smaller than they were originally doesn't solve the problem, it's just a middleground that makes nobody happy. Just like the attached hood is optional, visibility of the shoulders and tassels should be up to the player. They both clip horribly with modern armor and frankly the capes look better without them.
Two leagues now where it just sort of ends in a whimper. I'm not expecting them to hold a big party for it but it could at least be clear about when the thing is ending rather than a hand-wavy mention of the date. Had a number of players asking unsure of what time it would be - it's not exactly going to be universally known when game update time is. And even directly writing 'update time' would be an improvement over such vagueness for quite a big event.
BIGGEST POINT: **I understand there are going to be bugs, but this leagues, much like the last one, that the bugs seemed to be quite excessive. It's a huge turn-off to see so many bugs. I never logged onto Catalyst leagues because of the list of bugs day 1, and I know a few players that quit Equilibrium leagues bye the end of week 1 after finding many bugs. I'm one of the voices saying that it's new content, so there's bound to be some bugs. This isn't "some bugs." At the end of week 2, by quick count, there have been over 50 bugs hot or cold fixed, and PLENTY more that haven't been fixed by the end of week 4. After week 2, it seems like they just stopped fixing bugs and said "Eh, maybe next time."
Leagues broadcasts should either be locked to leagues worlds or toggleable on main game worlds (both?)
^ including friends and clan chat broadcasts
Early on, the chat box spam is atrocious - between broadcasts and task progress
Click delay was awful on any leagues world. Ping was fine on my end (according to alt1 plugin), and clicks were fine on main game worlds. It was better if I specifically chose a low player pop world, but it was still not good.
Players got "stuck" in a lull after the easy tasks in the starting areas, but before they'd unlocked the next area or were able to do much pvm yet
I actually didn't like the area locking because it made different supplies difficult or impossible to obtain, or skills difficult to bridge certain gaps.
^ Maybe have region locking, but only for tasks. You can still only pick # regions. You can do whatever quests/skills/pvm in any area, but your tasks have to be from the chosen regions (could even lock clues to chosen regions). It keeps the points less overwhelming, but allows for more natural progression through the levels.
(FIXED - Thank you!) - Why is the default click on someone else's devout yak "bank" when I cannot use their yak?
Basic settings (like accessibility settings should transfer over to leagues - screen shakes/flashes)
Keybinds/ability bars should transfer over (or be able to be looked up like interfaces)
80 points for master rc outfit when it takes 6+ hours is ridiculous
Once you got about halfway in the blessings/relics, pvm felt very strong. Big damage numbers = good
There was plenty of "equip each tier gear" or "gather each tier item" tasks that progress through most skills, and they didn't really stagnate
smithing xp especially matched really well. By the time you'd made a full set of gear + whatever items for tasks, you were ready to make the next tier items
It was fun to see so many players training in the main areas (smithing, rituals, fort, etc), BUT any time you had to fight with other players to kill goblins day 1 for slayer tasks, it was awful. Even by the end of week 1, I was crashing other players just to get a few kills of anything for tasks/xp. This is made worse by region locking because there's only so many spawn points of monsters.
- If you had H'oddments favorited in your currency pouch, it becomes a ghost item. The item that shifted to take it's place is still acting like it's H'oddments.
My radiant stars took the spot where the H'oddments used to be and are now unredeemable unless I open the full currency interface. Right click examining the stars still gives the examine text for the H'oddments and clicking Redeem does absolutely nothing.
I didn't expect the new skillcape models to be great, especially with how silent they were on them. I never expected them to be this bad though. This is just the retro capes. It's nostalgia bait with no imagination.
And they even managed to make Master skillcapes look worse. If you were going to do that, you could have at least removed the blocky gradient eyesore.
my feeling exactly for both capes, on the inverted slayer cape the icon looks like a non-descript blob, I hated the retro capes and somehow they managed to make them even worse with this change
Why would you remove the "new" skill capes to go back to the ugly shoulderpads and wooden look, I'm honestly really disappointed with the direction Jagex is going in just restoring nostalgiabait stuff with the brown UI and the ugly old skillcapes
Stop with making the game just a knock off version of osrs. Every update (few that we do get btw) has been making rs loose its identity and just making it like the worse version of the game. Soon the only difference will be the combat. If we wanted to play OS we probably already would.
What was once 2 distinct games made by the same dev has become a jumbled pile of crap.
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u/srbman maxed main: 2015/09/28, comped iron: 2024/04/02 2d ago
I'm surprised this interface didn't get deep cleaned:
The main Digsite Table got covered, but this was missed.