Continued improvements to the Ezk and a new Wars retreat track!
War learns some patience.
Sometimes when you visit Wars Retreat, you just want to take a moment to reorganize your bank, discuss strategy with your team, or simply catch your breath. But all the while, the intense soundtrack "Dare to Die" is doing its best to get your adrenaline pumping for the next boss fight.
Players have long requested something a bit more relaxedsomething that still fits the atmosphere, but offers a break from the booming drums. During Game Jam, Mod Nixon answered that call by creating a brand-new ambient track, offering a calmer, more reflective soundscape for those quieter moments in Wars Retreat.
Give it a listen here!
Your browser does not support the audio element.The track is called 'War's Patience', and it will be unlocked automatically for all players on login in order to avoid music capes going missing. Dare to Die isn't going anywhere as one of the two songs will be chosen on entering the area.
Need more music in your life? Check out the recent "RuneScape: The Road to Necromancy OST" from Laced Records!
Begins 09:00 BST
We have scheduled essential maintenance as we will be moving out backend services to a different data centre. This will affect all RuneScape and Old School game worlds on Tuesday June 3rd, beginning at 09:00-14:00* (BST) / 01:00-06:00* (PST) / 04:00-09:00* (EST)
During this period, all game worlds will be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this downtime and will keep players informed of any changes to this estimated schedule. *approximated end of downtime.
Fixes and Improvements in this Week's Game Update
Legendary Weapon Improvements
- The Ek-ZekKil has had some tweaks to ensure it's on par with other legendary weapons.
- The adrenaline cost of Igneous Showdown has been reduced to 50%.
- Ashen Vow now provides +12% damage dealt and -12% damage received against your Flamebound Rival, up from +5%/+5%.
- Casting Igneous Showdown against your Flamebound Rival now deals an additional 3 hits, each dealing 225% damage on average against your target, instead of increasing the damage of a single hit.
- Casting Igneous Showdown against your Flamebound Rival now refunds 15% adrenaline.
General
- 110 Crafting added to Calendar.
- New track titled "War's Patience" created for War's Retreat
- The quickchat message "I have gathered X items from divine locations today"" now has a quick response option of the same message.
- Examining a placed divine location tells you how much you have gathered today.
- Altered the text on the ""check limit"" option on a divine location."
- Reduced the number of message windows that appear when claiming a memory storage bot.
- Reduced the number of message windows shown when using the quick-sell option on a farm animal buyer.
- Rune Goldberg machine has been changed to allow the player to continue to Farm the optimal choice on the given day they log in, until they log out. When you log back in past initial login day the choice will change.
- Players can now redeem all held effigy stars and lamps from the Effigy Incubator at the same time.
- Recently, the modified artisan's bandana was made to offer it's produce in noted form. This has now been extended to 3 more pieces of headwear
- Modified Sous chef's toque
- Modified Farmer's hat
- Modified First age tiara
- Removed the fading to black effect from the Evil bloodwood tree event in the wilderness to reduce instances in which some players were blocked from completing the event while playing on highly populated worlds.
- Seggregation and Zygomite Carestyling now correctly uses the PoF Farming Reputation perk for Unchecked Animals if you have unlocked it.
- Updated the lock icons for the teleport spells in the player's spellbook to reflect the requirements needed to cast them, now all the locked teleport spells should have the lock icon present instead of just not being able to cast them.
- A shortcut has been added North next to the Fairy Ring in the Poison Wastes. Requires partial completion of Plague's End and 75 Agility.
- Brawling Gloves are now available to be reclaimed from Death from PVM and outside the Wilderness. The Firemaking and Woodcutting variants are now renamed, removing the (WC) and (FM) names.
Get involved.
Were checking in - and wed love your input!
At the end of last year, we asked for your thoughts on Jagex Player Support: what was working, what wasnt, and where you wanted to see improvements. Your feedback in the December 2024 survey was incredibly valuable and directly shaped the Player Support roadmap we shared in April for both RuneScape and Old School.
Now, were back with a follow-up survey to see how were doing. What are your thoughts on the Roadmap? Have the changes weve made improved your experience? Are there still areas we need to focus on? Whether youve recently interacted with Player Support or simply have suggestions, we want to hear from you.
The survey will be live until June 5th and you can complete it here.
This is the first in a series of regular check-ins, and it only takes a few minutes to complete. Every response helps us make Player Support better for everyone, so thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.
What's up next?
Starts June 5th | Ends June 9th | Tarot Trove
Pick a card and win valuable prizesor tempt fate with the Mystery Card for a surprise reward! Unlock the new Deck Caster Woodcutting animation from the bonus reward track to sling cards to fell trees!
Developer Discussions, Livestreams and More!
June 5th: RuneSkill and Chill: Pride Parade!
Join the Mods & players as they stride with Pride! Catch them live at 16:00 Game Time on World 11 at the Grand Exchange. See you there, or watch the stream live on our Official Twitch Channel.
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Community Showcase
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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:
Stealing Creation (non-Combat)
- When: Saturday 07th June, 18:30 Gametime
- Who: Mr Quick, RuneHQ & Fast SC
- Where: Gamers Grotto
- World: 99
- FC: Fast SC
Penguin Tour
- When: Wednesday 04th June, 20:00 Gametime
- Who: Miss Misty
- Where: Edgeville Bank
- World: 60
- FC: Miss Misty
Nex - Angel Of Death - Boss of the Week
- When: Sunday 08th June, 02:00 Gametime
- Who: NexAoDmass
- Where: Nex Lobby - GWD1
- World: 46
- FC: Nex - Angel of Death in a mass!
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
NexAodMass
NexAodMass is a Nex Massing Group that has been active since 2017, dedicated to training the next generation of PvMers. Our goal is to help players improve their skills, earn some rewards along the way, and challenge one of the greatest bosses ever created in the game. Join them on Discord at https://discord.gg/JAMBNxXXsf and head to their next massing event!
- World: 46
- FC: NexAodMass
- Event Title: Nex The Angel of Death: Aod Mass
- Date and Time: 06-08-2025 02:00 gametime
- Location: Nex Bank Room
- The RuneScape Team
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