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Community Topics
- This month has been a roller coaster with the Avatar beta, the release of Dungeoneering Remastered and the Speedrunning Hiscores we had initially planned for this week to be the release of the Player Avatar but as we explained last week we shuffled around a few things to best set it up for success. Today will be the launch of some underlying engine updates to help prepare for the launch of the Avatar on the 8th of June. You will have seen things like improved material appearance in the beta and they should be making their way live today!
- Were continuing to review the XP differences players experience whilst soloing in Dungeoneering. We understand that the recent shift in XP weighting towards bonus rooms has had the greatest impact on solo players.
- Currently, the XP gap between casual, average, and highly skilled players is significant. As a result, improving solo rates enough to feel rewarding for casual players can quickly create balance issues at higher skill levels. Because of this, the team is taking some additional time to ensure any adjustments are implemented correctly.
- Further balancing changes for solo XP are planned for next weeks update on 1st June, alongside several additional tweaks and quality-of-life improvements.
JMod Replies on discussions worth highlighting or not covered above:
- Mod Mohawk on two tone hairstyles on the new Avatar
- Mod Ramen on removing Seasonal Quests from the Quest List
- Mod Shrike on the upcoming Secrets of Amberfell Quest
- Mod Sponge on Better Gear Tooltips
- Mod Luma on "sell all" and "sell x" in Dungeoneering
- Mod Luma on improving Dungeoneering group play
- Mod Luma on fixing Freminik Sagas
- Mod Azanna on early game combat training advice
- Mod Anvil on wanting to hear from all player groups, regardless of experience or playstyle
- Mod Anvil on Boss Drop Rates
Graphical Rendering Improvements
Today we launch some Graphical Rendering Improvements that have long been requested by the players!
We last discussed this update back in April, where we wanted to address the smoothness of our environments and player avatar, along with the faint white glow that appeared.
With today's update we want too improve how material responds on armour and other reflective surfaces so metals read more naturally, reduce reflective edging on characters, equipment and environments for a cleaner overall look & refining shadow behaviour so shadows appear more cohesive, accurate and consistent across the scene.
The eagle eyed among you may have noticed that these changes where in effect during the Player Avatar beta and today they go live!
As with any update, we will be closely monitoring but please do let us know if you see any strange visual issues cropping up today.
Boss Rates - Flesh-Hatcher & Havenhythe Bosses
There has been some recent chatter to know more about some of the recent boss releases and their rates, below we have gathered up the information so you can find out if you have been lucky or unlucky!
Flesh-hatcher Mhekarnahz
- 1/64 to roll a reward and then it is a 50%/50% chance to either receive a Dragon Harpoon or Stalker's Charm
- 1/800 to roll the pet with a threshold of 200
Ivar, King of Bones
- 1/32 to roll a reward and then it is a 50%/50% chance to either receive a Bonecrusher Maul or Magic Skull Mask
- 1/1250 to roll the pet with a threshold of 250
Silverquill, the Dreadhog
- Each kill you have a 50% chance to receive Sanguine Spines otherwise you will get Silver Spines
- 1/1000 to roll the pet with a threshold of 200
These boss pets all have a threshold that increases the likelihood to obtain as you reach them. Upon reaching the threshold your chance to obtain the pet increases, for example after defeating Silverquill 200 times your threshold would increase from 1/1000 to 2/1000 (or 1/500) making it more likely you obtain the pet you seek!
Patch Notes
Hotfixed
- Fixed an issue that allowed the Occult loot beam to appear in place of other active overrides while unowned.
- Worn items can no longer get deleted in rare circumstances.
Engine
- Engine support for the Player Avatar Refresh.
- Improved rendering and environment map handling to improve material appearance when using roughness and metalness maps, reducing excessive reflectivity and plastic-like surface artifacts.
- Added Tri-planar mapping support for terrain materials to reduce texture stretching at extreme elevations.
- Added support for 16KB page files on Android.
- General improvements to LOD, including memory usage and shadow quality.
- Fixed a graphical bug where point light shadows were not displayed correctly.
- Fixed a sporadic issue with textures not loading for some models.
- Fixed an issue causing audio effects to be delayed in some situations.
- Fixed an issue where water can appear in patches at a distance.
Dungeoneering Remastered
- Players now have two slots available to bind ammo when Dungeoneering.
- Bound ammo has been added to the bind setup interface.
- The amount of ectoplasm produced per ritual in Dungeoneering increased from 6 to 12.
- Necrotic runes in Dungeoneering now have multicraft based on Runecrafting level.
- Impure essence icon in Dungeoneering has been recoloured.
- Impure essence can now be bought from the smuggler.
- Impure essence now appears on the tables in the starting room."
- Players on mobile are now able to complete the Nadir saga memory minigame with full points when placing the memory probe at the perfect location.
- "Fixed some clipping issues on the ring of kinship interface.
- Updated upgrade dialogue buttons to use correct colours for confirm / cancel."
- Added a right-click 'fully upgrade' option for each ring of kinship class.
General
- Players should now be able to use Lodestone teleports while in combat. However, they can be interrupted by being attacked.
- Resolved an issue during the Enahkra's Lament quest that would in rare cases cause a crash when trying to melt the fountain.
- A boosted Hunter skill level should now consistently affect which moths spawn from a Hollow Tree.
- The game should now remember if the player unlocked the improved Havensilver recipes.
- The spirit communion and spirit plane connection buffs now disappear once the player leaves the vicinity after training slow summoning on Havenhythe.
- Added a missing examine on a dead tree located south-west of the Shrine of Inanna on Havenhythe.
- Fixed a bug that prevented an elite Havenhythe scan clue from being obtained.
- Fixed inconsistencies in skill level requirements for Barbarian Fishing on the Fishing Farm, which prevented players from successfully catching swordfish and sharks with bare-handed fishing toggled on.
- Removed incorrect blocking near a hollow tree in the Highweald Forest area on Havenhythe.
- Added creeping ivy, willow trees, and eternal magic trees in Havenhythe as teleport options to Nature's sentinel helm. Havenhythe eternal magic trees have also been moved slightly to make it easier to walk around them.
- Removed the Loyalty Points icon from the Customisations interface.
- Players should no longer be stuck in the wall after asking the Wise Old Man to teleport them to the Grand Exchange during the Love Story quest.
- Removed a duplicate entry when opening the Fishing skillguide to view all possible locations of Salmon.
- The Dolorous Witch Outfit should now display in the Customisations interface.
- Added additional information when trying to activate a new potion reservoir. If a previous potion reservoir is still active, there is now some explanation about its location.
- Fixed Menaphos (Desert) skybox appearing black.
- Removed 'Death's Swiftness Deactivating' SFX from playing when teleporting without Death's Swiftness active.
- Fixed cursor for rotating marketplace item previews not reverting back to standard cursor when closing the marketplace window while rotating an object.
- "Moved a stool, so that the cooking range next to Tefibi is accessible.
- Added missing map markers for cooking ranges in Menaphos."
- Players should no longer get teleported inside the wall when exiting the Familiarization minigame on the Lunar Isle.
- Until their next holiday hub activation, seasonal quests have been hidden from the top of the quest list.
- Removed an arrow pointer from the Wardrobe's customisations tab interface which was covering the unlock requirements text.
- Fixed an issue with previous/next action bar preset keybinds not working properly.
- Resolved an issue where in rare occasions the aftershock perk could cause the VFX to loop.
- Players should no longer approach the Falador bank booths diagonally, which did not open the bank interface.
- Auras should now be correctly removed from F2P worlds and accounts.
- Toned down the light on the Anniversary island that caused the Anniversary tree to shine.
- Fixed Piercing Shot and Snap Shot ability icons going outside of the action bar slots on mobile devices.
What's Happening in the Community
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Pink Skirts Player Events
Each week the Pink Skirts put on a selection of fun activities that everyone can join. Here are the main events this week:
Gregorovic
- When: Wednesday 27th May, 12:00 Gametime
- Who: M e r c y & Helpscape
- Where: The Heart of Gielinor - Sliske Lobby
- World: 35
- FC: Helpscape
Non-Combat Stealing Creation
- When: Saturday 30th May, 17:00 Gametime
- Who: Lady Spyra, Super Novice, and Fast Sc
- Where: Gamers' Grotto
- World: 99
- FC: Fast Sc
If these don't take your fancy, take a look at the full events schedule here. Theres sure to be something youll enjoy!
Community Spotlight
RuneHQ
This is the official server for the RuneHQ website. Your source for RS3 and OSRS guides, databases, clues, and more!
Join the community below! https://discord.gg/rUGUAWY
This week they will be doing their usual Distractions & Diversions like always on Tuesday, before heading to Nex: Angel of Death on Saturday and Corporeal Beast on Sunday! Don`t forget to bring your coils!!
RuneHQ will be hosting the following events this week:
FC: EventHQ
- Tuesday, May 26th - 23:59 / World: 60 - Tues-Di-Straction Stream. Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/therealrunehq
- Saturday, May 30th - 18:00 / World: 60 - Nex: Angel of Death
- Sunday, May 31st - 18:00 / World: 88 - Corporeal Beast
- The RuneScape Team
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