A white Christmas has come to RuneScape this year! It is a gift from the Queen of Snow, who has enlisted her cheeky snow imps for a festive task: to bring snow to some of RuneScape’s major settlements. As far as the imps are concerned, you can do what you like with it: there’s plenty […]
As promised in last week’s newspost, here are some of the initial ideas we have to further improve the player interaction in the game.
1. Expect the first new single-way player-vs-player combat area to hit the game in the first half of next year, along with a number of other PvP updates in the future.
2. As […]
Even though this week has been one of the toughest ever for everyone involved with RuneScape, it has been tough for so much longer than one week. Bots, gold sellers, scammers: these are all problems that both us and you - the players - have had to put up with together in recent months.
These occurrences […]
You will be aware, from newsposts and this week’s Development Diary, of real-world trading and the danger it poses to RuneScape. To solve this once and for all, we are tweaking what happens when you drop items, updating the trade system to warn you about unbalanced trades and planning a final adjustment to the trading […]
Duel Arena:
We have opened the doors of the Duel Arena to free players, so that they can get a taste of intense one-on-one duelling. Staked and friendly duels will be available, with a number of options to choose from.
The stake restrictions that apply to members’ duels also apply to free-to-play duels. The Duel Tournament area […]
Kicking things off this month will be Bounty Hunter. This dangerous minigame will take place in a dormant volcano, with three separate arenas for different Combat levels. Each of them will put you in the role of a Bounty Hunter with a simple task: to kill one randomly-assigned player in the same arena.
So, where is […]
It seems that Party Pete was so busy partying that he forgot to inform everyone of a change to his Party Room!
You see, Party Pete is on a life-long mission to bring the ‘party’ to everyone on RuneScape, so he has developed an unlikely partnership with the Bank of RuneScape. Through this alliance, he believes […]
We’ve made some important changes to how duel tournaments work.
The first change is to how wins are determined. If neither player has died at the end of the three minute period, the player who has done the most damage in a duel will proceed to the next round, unless both players have dealt equal damage. […]
Are you fed up of trying to be heard above a crowded Varrock Marketplace? Are you tired of organizing to meet players who want to trade with you? Do you just want to get on with the things you enjoy, rather than standing around, hoping that someone wants your full splitbark armour?
If the answer is […]
