This is an archive of patch notes originally posted on 17 Mar 2025.

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Shifting Sands & March Patches - This Week In RuneScape

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The Sands are shifting... time to get your hands on some dusty new duds!

Shifting Sands
It's time to make some magic!

The Time altar has been discovered and the time mage Dustin may have inadvertently caused a small tear in the fabric of the pocket dimension it resides in. No big deal! Thankfully he knows how to fix it!

Collect the Sands of Time to repair the flow of history and earn yourself some magical rewards, including a Time Mage outfit and title!

This event will run from March 17th until March 30th.

You'll gain Sands of Time periodically while skilling and killing (although Runecrafting will earn you a bit extra!). Bring it to Time Mage Dustin at the entrance of the Wizards' Tower to earn rewards.


Reward Shop Improvements
Window shopping made easier

We've been working on a variety of improvements to the seasonal hubs for Christmas, Halloween and Easter, and today we're also updating Reward Stores with a better way to preview the items within! Just in time for this year's Blooming Burrow.

You will be able to preview items in the reward stores so you know what everything looks like. We've also improved the wardrobe interface for seasonal items, so you can see exactly when and where to obtain them! A big shout out to Mod Luma who has been hard at work getting all these ducks in a row.


Patch Notes
Fixes and Improvements in this Week's Game Update

Hotfixed

  • The Astral Altar no longer benefits from Abyss buffs.

110 Runecrafting

  • The Blood Altar can now be configured to imbue weapons as well as to craft Runes.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the base damage for the Crumble Undead spell to be too high. This has now been brought down to expected damage levels.
  • The Expansive Pouch can no longer be used when other Essence Pouches are stored in the Inventory at the same time.
  • Divine Charge is now the default crafting option for Incandescent Energy
  • Advance Time now uses 15 Cosmic Runes instead of 10 Astral Runes.
  • Added Time Altar imbuing as a requirement for creating the Catalysed Elemental Diamond.
  • Armadyl Runes now show up in the Skill Guide.
  • Added a progress bar to show how much Essence is left when imbuing magic weapons at altars.

Reward Shop Improvements

  • Updated unlock hints and visibility of rewards available in seasonal shops in the customisations interface.
  • Updated reward shops across the game to display more detailed previews.
  • Added fast-navigate buttons to reward shop previews.
  • Added descriptions to Slayer Masks in the Shattered Worlds Reward Shop.

General

  • Fixed an issue where some Vorago kill count achievements were duplicated and others were missing.
  • Fixed an issue where the eligibility message for 'That's my Soul' was triggering after killing Oreb, the Magister inside the Shadow Reef.
  • Removed the health overlay when participating in the Dominion Tower on mobile to save on screen space.
  • Updated SFX to prevent sound effects stacking when multiple urns are filled at the same time.
  • Repositioned the Inventory icons for the Cryptbloom Armour and the Toktz-ket-xil as they were not sized correctly and were clipping outside of the Inventory slots.
  • The ancient summoning stone (which unlocks Vitalis) will no longer be removed from the player's Inventory if they attempt to use a second ancient artefact (which unlocks Bombi).
  • Fixed an stretching issue while Radiant Crusader Lantern is equipped.
  • Resolved an issue where players standing in a safe spot would be credited for killing Croesus.
  • Players can no longer get stuck from falling debris during the escape sequence of Barrows: Rise of the Six.
  • Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck and being unable to move after chopping down Jungle Trees in the Eastern side of Kharazi Jungle.
  • When a Guthixian butterfly spawns in Prifddinas while the player has a Spirit Attraction Potion active, the butterfly is now automatically collected and a message in the chat will let them know what happened.
  • Updated a visual issue in the Beasts tab where Rex Matriarchs were counted as separate bosses towards the Kill Count.
  • Fixed the issue that caused some players to lose a part of their rune essences while loading a bank preset with an expansive pouch.
  • The Lumbridge bell can now be rung while the reboot timer is active.
  • Textures across some of the Herblore Habitat patches have been improved.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented Kebabs and Ugthanki Kebabs from being noted via Magic Notepaper.
  • Reaper mask task options are now displayed at the same time the main reaper task option when getting a new task.
  • Fixed an issue where a gate was opening as one single gate instead of as a double gate with each side opening separately.
  • The following bosses have been added to the adventure log:
    • Croesus
    • Zamorak
    • Hermod
    • Rasial
    • Vorkath and Zemouregal
    • Vermyx
    • Kezalam
    • Nakatra
    • Gate of Elidinis
  • Fixed an issue that caused players or blightbound lashers to become stuck behind Merethiel during the fight against Solak.
  • A warning has been added when closing the Gate of Elidinis chest when the chest located outside of the instance is full.
    • If the Gate of Elidinis chest located outside of the instance is full, items will now be moved to the player's bank or inventory if possible.
    • Bosses that drop effigies, will no longer drop them if the player already owns the maximum number.
  • Kay Thanxby, Lola Wut, and Taevas' spirit in the Vengeance saga and the Skeletal warrior Dungeoneering boss now use graphically updated melee armour.
  • For the Missing, Presumed Death Quest, added some quest journal entries to help keep track of players progress.
  • Fixed a visual issue that would cause a section of the Falador wall to disappear at a distance.

Treasure Hunter Calendar
What's up next?

Starts March 20th | Ends March 24th | Tinkerer's Trail

The Tinkerer's workshop is in full production mode! Collect curios to earn modified multipliers all the way up to x8! Fresh off the production line is the new Hellforged Warrior Armour!


Community
The latest updates from our community

Community Showcase

Sprig and the guild authorize you to hunt down Amascut.
The Goddess is not all to happy about being pushed back, by Pachikurwama
The Shadowsands are getting ready, by Ninthcloud
Amascut is looking to Eclipse her parents, by Isohel
Elej is wondering if they have an expansive pouch or a mimic to deal with.

Scaper Screenshots

Are Yak's part dinosaur? ponders Plegsi.
Kleptomamma checks out the Time altar under a moon filled sky.

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:

Nex - Angel Of Death

  • When: Friday 21st March, 20:00 Gametime
  • Who: Pippyspot & Boss Guild
  • Where: God Wars Dungeon - Ancient Prison
  • World: 88
  • FC: Boss Guild

Bossing Sunday - GWD 2 - ZAMORAK

  • When: Sunday 23rd March, 18:00 Gametime
  • Who: Doctor Brian and Rubby Ecktuh
  • Where: GWD 2 - ZAMORAK Lobby
  • World: 10
  • FC: Doctor Brian

Nex - Angel of Death

  • When: Sunday 23rd March, 19:00 Gametime
  • Who: Grateful & Nexaodmass
  • Where: God Wars Dungeon - Ancient Prison
  • World: 46
  • FC: Nexaodmass

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

Fast SC

Fast Sc is the World 99 Non-Combat Stealing Creation Friends Chat, Where Friends Are Gathered As Much As Clay. Their goal is to provide safe and fast games for all their members.

Fast Sc will be hosting the following events this week:

World: 99 FC: Fast Sc

  • Monday, March 17 @ 00:00 GMT - Wednesday, March 19 @ 23:59 - Spotlight: This three-day event awards players with 5x thaler whenever games are up. We have 2 sets of games scheduled during March's spotlight. No AFKing allowed.
  • Monday, March 17 @ 23:00 GMT - Rank-Led SC: These are scheduled SC games run by the FSC rank team.
  • Tuesday, March 18 @ 23:00 GMT - Learner SC: These are mentor-hosted SC games broadcasted globally. They're beginner-friendly as no chat hopping is needed for the hour.
  • Friday, March 21 @ 23:00 GMT - Rank-Led SC: These are scheduled SC games run by the FSC rank team.
  • Sunday, March 23 @ 20:00 GMT - Rank-Led SC: These are scheduled SC games run by the FSC rank team.


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