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It's Vorago with the steel chair!
Just over a decade ago, the World-Eater, Tuska, threatened to devour Gielinor until the Godless struck her down. Her fall ended the rampage, leaving a lasting scar on the world map, right beside the desert. In the wake of this event came the Anima Islands Distraction and Diversion, where players siphoned anima from the islands that sank with Tuska.
While the event was narratively compelling, over time Tuska's colossal remains have begun to stand out. Players and J-Mods alike have discussed its place in the lore on and off for years, and recently, during Game Jam, Mod Ramen posed the question: could we do something about it? And thats exactly what he did. He laid out a plan to remove Tuska and the Anima Islands, relocate all their rewards to nearby areas, and restore the deserts western coastline. With feedback from players during Game Jam, followed by internal discussions and elbow grease were finally ready. Tuska's being laid to rest at last!
As of today, Tuska has been removed from Gielinor, replaced by a contingent of Goebies from Nardah. Additionally, new Airut and Beastmaster Hound Slayer creatures have been unleashed into the Nemi forest, and all rewards previously obtained here have been redistributed to other locations. Check the patch notes below for more details!
In full swing until the 15th
Double XP is currently active and ends on Monday, August 25th at 12:00 PM Game Time.
Still plenty of time to make progress towards your goals! Check out the full details here! As a reminder this Double XP event has some limitations on the usage of MTX related items. If you wish to know more please check out our recent newspost here.
Fixes and Improvements in this Week's Game Update
Hotfixed
- Enrage-mode Amascut fights on Portuguese worlds now finish correctly.
- In order to investigate FPS drops during phase 5 of Amascut, the Devourer, we've turned off the screen effects while we look into the root cause.
Tuska
- Tuska has been removed from the world.
- The Goebie settlement that existed south of Nardah has been moved south of where Tuska was previously located.
- The Anima Islands minigame has been removed.
- All references to the Anima Islands have been removed from the game.
- Any remaining Anima Islands currency has been converted to Teci.
- All emotes, animations and cosmetics previously purchased at the Anima Island reward shop have been moved to the Goebie armoursmith shop.
- Any references to Tuska in game have been cleaned up, including maps and the lodestone interface.
- The Sacrifice, Devotion, and Transfigure abilities have been removed from the God Wars Dungeon I loot table, and are now obtained by completing the One Piercing Note quest.
- Players no longer need to go to the Goebie graveyard to cash in Goebie burial charms.
- Titles previously earned through the Anima Islands have been moved to the Goebie armoursmith shop.
- Introduced a new Slayer creature: Beastmaster Hounds!
- These can be fought at level 43 Slayer and can be assigned by Chaeldar, Mazchna, and Sumona.
- They can be found to the east and north of Nemi forest.
- The Tuska's wrath ability codex is no longer purchasable via Anima Island reward currency, but can now be obtained via Teci or as a tradeable 1/400 drop on task, and a 1/1000 drop off task from:
- Airuts
- Beastmaster Hounds
- Tuska's warpriest is no longer purchasable via Anima Island reward currency, but can now be obtained via Teci or as a drop from:
- Airuts
- Beastmaster Hounds
Amascut, Goddess of Destruction
- Fixed an issue with the modest crocodile showing the incorrect debuff icon.
- Made some tweaks and improvements to the Explosive Scarabs during P4 of the Amascut, the Devourer encounter:
- Removed the animation for throwing the scarab as that was making it feel clunky whilst it rooted the player for the duration of the animation.
- Note: Scarab is seen being thrown as otherwise you won't have any indicators, but you shouldn't feel as rooted now.
- Removed the projectile delay that was making the scarab stay in the air for longer based on distance thrown. It's now very snappy and throws instantly.
- Tweaked the priority of the scarabs compared to other NPCs within the encounter to make them always visible.
- Note: This will make them appear on top of everything else apart from Amascut.
- Updated the ability to throw them whilst in the prison rooms. Previously, you were only able to throw directly at a target, but you can now throw them at any tile.
- Added an AoE effect of 2 tiles to crack the Carapace effect, so if you miss the target NPC just by a touch, it'll still run the effect and either break or weaken the Carapace.
- In order to better telegraph in Amascut's Phase 7, we've darkened the arena platform slightly to make them pop and tweaked the patterns used to avoid the "donut style" telegraphing from layering next to each other.
- The path to Tumeken on Phase 6 will now appear faster.
- Tumeken's "Take the path toward the light..." voice line now correctly appears on the path, instead of Amascut herself.
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from finishing the fight when someone died on top of the platforms in phase 6.
- Updated the colours of the 'First Devourer' title.
- Fixed an issue that was causing inconsistencies in the amount of time it was taking Amascut, the Devourer to transition between phases.
General
- Updated female ducks from white to brown.
- A typo in the Artificer's Measure buff has been fixed.
- Fixed environment lighting during Desperate Times.
- Fixed floating shelves in various locations.
- Fixed a blocking issue with rocks in the Wilderness.
- Players no longer get stuck in the photobooth near Falador.
- When using the assist mode, the smithing interface should now reflect in the stat requirements view.
- The information symbol on UI tutorials is now hidden to prevent overlap with the heading if this interface panel is sized to a very short description.
- Fixed an issue where the necromancy lantern VFX outline was visible while mining with the blast mining override.
- The Distraction and Diversion icon has been removed from the Swan Song quest instance.
- Ravenous Ghoul's soul should now be correctly added to the Slayer Codex by depositing filled ushabti within the Chest of Souls.
- Corrected an issue where the Repair and Check options of some variants of masterwork magic overlapped.
- Updated messaging when depositing and withdrawing currency to the currency pouch.
- Adjusted the position of the Shooting Star in Ashdale. Players no longer get thrown through the fence when they get hit by the falling star.
- Fixed an issue with incorrect colours showing on some outfit pieces.
New Nieve and King Black Dragon Figures!
The latest RuneScape figures from Youtooz are now live on their store! Get one while you can - pre-orders close in just a few weeks and once closed they will no longer be available from Youtooz.
Meet Nieve the Slayer Master! Towering in at 4.8 inches tall with flowing blonde hair, iconic Zamorakian Hasta and translucent Elysian Spirit Shield in hand. Completing her fit with a Fire Cape and full Bandos Armour.
The King Black Dragon may be bored after thousands of years of battles but weve managed to pique his interest with a Youtooz debut! At 4.1 inches tall his red eyes shine out from above his three adorably toothy maws. Scary stuff!
Pre-order them now here!
Developer Discussions, Livestreams and More!
August 19th - RuneSkill & Chat: Art in RuneScape
Mod Yuey is joined by Mod Bak and Blkwitch as they discuss the artistic side of updates like Amascut and Havenhythe! Catch it live on our Twitch Channel at 16:00 Gametime!
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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:
Croesus (Learner Event)
- When: Saturday August 23rd, 18:00 Gametime
- Who: Redwigon and Aarie
- Where: Croesus Front
- World: 76
- FC: Ahelp
Community Sunday - Vorago Normal Mode
- When: Sunday August 24th, 18:00 Gametime
- Who: Doctor Brian and Rubby Ecktuh
- Where: Falador Lodestone
- World: 10
- FC: Doctor Brian
Nex - Angel Of Death
- When: Friday August 22nd, 20:00 Gametime
- Who: Pippyspot and Boss Guild
- Where: God Wars Dungeon - Ancient Prison
- World: 88
- FC: Boss Guild
Kree'arra (Hard Mode) Boss Mass
- When: Tuesday August 26th, 08:30 Gametime
- Who: Evenstar8888 and Naughty Nubs Clan
- Where: Armadyl's Eyrie - God Wars Dungeon I
- World: 12
- FC: Ahelp
Non-Combat Stealing Creation
- When: Tuesday August 26th, 16:30 Gametime
- Who: Jordyre, dwarfychan, 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!
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This week they will be doing their usual Distractions & Diversions, before heading to Hardmode Graardor on Saturday and Corporeal on Sunday!
RuneHQ will be hosting the following events this week:
- Wednesday, August 20th - 00:00 / World: 60 - Tues-Di-Straction Stream. Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/therealrunehq
- Saturday, August 23rd - 18:00 / World: 88 - Graador (Hardmode)
- Sunday, August 24th - 18:00 / World: 88 - Corporeal Beast
- The RuneScape Team
Mods Alex, Azanna, Bak, Balkan, Blkwitch, Boko, Brat, Breezy, Brig, Cajun, Camel, Colibri, Chaose, Dark, Daze, Desert, Dorn, Dragon, Drew, Drewid, Easty, Echo, Fallen, Forza, Fox, Frosch, Grace, Gunner, Helen, Hooli, Ink, Keyser, Kristy, Luma, Lunatear, Lykos, Lynx, Makkari, MIC, Morty, Muse, Nemo, Neong, Nixon, Noms, Pearce, Phoenix, Pickle, Pigeon, Rain, Raiwtch, Ramen, Reaper, Rowley, Ryan, Samy, Sakura, Shiba, Shrew, Shrike, Skyefall, Socks, Soul, Sponge, Spyro, Stu, Sukotto, Taelae, Tiger, Titus, Toasty, Toebeans, Tri, Vegard, Volta, Who, Wov, Yuey & Zura
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