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In our last Equipment Rebalance blog, we discussed splitting the process into four releases. The idea is to start out on the simpler rebalancing, before moving on to tackle trickier subjects - such as changes to the Ranged meta - separately, giving everything the room it needs to breathe and be properly considered. In this blog we're going to take a closer look at those Ranged meta changes, covering: The current Ranged meta Our previous proposal Various top-level concepts for what we could change Detailed DPS numbers Our next steps - and a survey for you to fill in! As a team, we believe a rebalance is clearly needed in order to curb any risk of powercreep and to ensure the long-term health of the game. It’s vital that we get this right, and we appreciate all of the support we’ve received so far. A bit of a warning, though - this blog will contain a lot of information. But regardless, we strongly advise reading through all of it before providing any feedback. We also encourage you all to be constructive in your responses - if you're unhappy with an approach, consider offering an alternative suggestion or let us know which areas in particular need changing and why. This ensures that we’re able to action the changes that matter the most to you. We should also note that the 'solution' to the Ranged Meta won't be found in this blog! We're going to continue working on it, and further down the road we'll be asking you to fill out a survey that will help shape our actual proposal. Together, we'll be able to find a solution that we can all be happy with. So, grab some water and stay hydrated as you traverse the desert of Equipment Rebalance... The Current Ranged Meta First, how do things currently stand? Toxic Blowpipe It’s no secret that the Toxic Blowpipe is strong. Here's why it's so popular: It's never a bad weapon to use unless a monster is specifically invulnerable to Ranged, you’re forced to wear a shield, or you are attacking a creature that the Blowpipe cannot reach (such as TzKal-Zuk). It has a very versatile special attack (when it hits). It is very obtainable, costing anywhere from as little as 3m to 5m GP depending on the market. It's among the fastest attacking weapons in the game, which drastically reduces its overkill potential (this also allows it to scale better than most Ranged items as max hit increases). The upkeep cost isn't all that high unless using Rune/Dragon Darts, and the return on investment only provides marginal increases in damage. It’s the only Ranged weapon which can compete with the Twisted Bow in terms of DPS output against lots of creatures. The only Ranged weapons which out-perform the Blowpipe in places where Ranged is relevant are: Dragonhunter Crossbow against high-defence dragons like Vorkath (but only if their Defence is not reduced) Twisted Bow against creatures which have mid-high Defence and also a mid-high Magic level Armadyl crossbow with Ruby Enchanted Bolts against creatures with exceptionally high Hitpoints, such as TzKal-Zuk Chinchompas in places where creatures can be affected by Ranged AoE damage Even against creatures it would not typically be match for, the Blowpipe will be a reasonably strong choice as long as the Defence can be reduced, making it fit to take on tough cookies such as: Xarpus Vorkath Abyssal Sire Sotetseg Twisted Bow When used against creatures with a high Magic level, the Twisted Bow is the strongest Ranged weapon in the game by a large margin. This is because of its unique effect; the higher the target's Magic level or Magic accuracy, the higher the Twisted Bow's accuracy and damage becomes! It can be used to great effect against creatures including: The Great Olm Commander Zilyana Dagannoth Prime Alchemical Hydra Skotizo Vasa Nistirio Most Chambers of Xeric: Challenge Mode creatures TzTok-Jad TzKal-Zuk Zulrah And, even if it isn't the strongest weapon, The Twisted Bow is still a reasonable choice against creatures such as: Cerberus Abyssal Sire King Black Dragon Maiden of Sugadinti Sotetseg Xarpus However, The Twisted Bow is significantly worse than almost any other alternative Ranged weapon if the creature has a low Magic level, and is worse than almost every weapon in the game when the creature has no Magic level at all. Because the Twisted Bow is a very rare drop from end-game content, it remains relatively exclusive and has held its position as one of the most expensive non-cosmetic items to obtain in the game. Heavy Ballista The Heavy Ballista sits within the Tier 75 Ranged weapons alongside the Twisted Bow and Toxic Blowpipe. Even though it is comparable in requirements, it sees next to no use in most PvM scenarios compared to its tier-mates because of its slow attack speed. With the Ballista having such a slow attack speed, the potential for overkill becomes a much bigger issue. It is, however, one of the best Ranged KO weapons in PvP due to its high hits and powerful special attack. Crystal Bow The Crystal Bow is an iconic Tier 70 Ranged weapon, known for having one of the longest attack ranges in the game - and not requiring arrows to shoot! It can be used by players on a budget, and is great for those that cannot afford (or are yet to unlock) the Toxic Blowpipe. It also has some niche uses such as attacking the respiratory systems of the Abyssal Sire. The strength of the Crystal Bow can be enhanced further by equipping a full set of the Crystal Armour. Each armour piece will give a 3% damage boost and 6% accuracy bonus to the bow. If all pieces are worn, the total set bonus is equal to a 15% damage and 30% accuracy boost. This increase in power would suggest its effective strength should be higher than a Tier 70 item. However, it isn't all that useful because: The set bonus require a head slot to be equipped, so it's often replaced by the Slayer helmet for better bonuses in many situations. The set bonus is not strong enough to outdo the Toxic Blowpipe - even in situations where you cannot fight a creature on a Slayer task. The armour set takes up a total of four worn equipment slots (including the bow), limiting its effectiveness where switching gear is favoured. The Bow and its armour have a steep upkeep cost as they degrade in combat. They can only be recharged with Crystal Shards. The armour is reasonably expensive/difficult to unlock, and the cost does not necessarily reflect its strength. Standard Crossbows The most commonly used standard Crossbows in game are Tier 61 for Rune, Tier 64 for Dragon and Tier 70 for Armadyl. There is very little difference in power between them, with the best Tier (Armadyl) only providing +1 Prayer bonus alongside +10 Ranged accuracy over Rune and +6 Ranged accuracy over Dragon. However, Dragon and Armadyl crossbows are the only crossbows which can fire Dragon Bolts and their enchanted variants, which provides a substantial DPS increase over the Adamant enchanted Bolts used by the Rune Crossbow. Crossbows allow a shield to be equipped at the same time making them a more defensive option, and in some specific encounters, this approach is forced by design. Some examples include: Taking an Antifire Shield or a Dragonfire Ward against Dragons such as Vorkath Taking a Crystal Shield or Dragonfire Shield into places where Defence matters Taking a Mirror Shield or V's Shield against creatures such as Basilisks and Basilisk Knights With Dragon Bolts equipped, the Armadyl Crossbow is the strongest Ranged weapon option against high Defence targets with high Hitpoints and a low Magic level. It's the second strongest weapon against creatures such as TzKal-Zuk. The Armadyl Crossbow also has a special attack that doubles the accuracy of the next attack by 40%. However, this attack has no effect if the next move triggers the special effect of a Bolt, as this is checked before accuracy rolls occur. Against the vast majority of creatures, a Toxic Blowpipe will always be better DPS than any Crossbow. Karil’s Crossbow Karil’s Crossbow is another Tier 70 Ranged weapon, though it sees much less use due to its high upkeep cost. As it is a part of the Barrows set, it degrades during combat, and after 15 hours of use it will need repairing before it can be used again. In addition to this, the crossbow uses unique ammunition that is consumed with every shot fired. Other noteworthy points about Karil's Crossbow include: It has higher DPS than a Rune Crossbow against low-mid Defence targets, unless the Rune Crossbow is used with enchanted Ruby Bolts against creatures with high Hitpoints. A shield cannot be equipped at the same time as it is two-handed. When worn with a full set of Karil the Tainted's armour, shots from the Crossbow benefit from a special effect that gives a chance to reduce the agility level of an opposing player by 25% But... this has little to no significance even in PvP combat When worn with a full set of Karil the Tainted's armour and an Amulet of the Damned, there is also a 25% chance for each attack to deal a second hit for half the damage of the first. This set effect does provide a slight DPS increase and can find uses in PvP for certain players, but it does requires 5 items to be worn, all of which will degrade over time. Magic bows The Magic Shortbow and Magic Longbow are Tier 50 Ranged weapons, though Longbows are mostly considered irrelevant due to their slow attack speed. However, this doesn’t outweigh the benefits of having an increased attack distance! Magic Shortbows can have comparable DPS to a Rune Crossbow, depending on the Defence of the creature and the quality of ammunition used. But a shield cannot be equipped at the same time, as they are two-handed weapons. Even when using Amethyst arrows, the Magic Shortbow is weaker than using Karil’s Crossbow. However, the cost of upkeep is severely reduced as it doesn't degrade and any ammunition used benefits from the ammunition-saving effect of Ava's devices. The Magic Shortbow can be imbued, increasing its base Ranged accuracy from +69 to +75 and lowering the special attack energy used from 55% to 50%. But, imbued or not, you're always better off using a Rune Crossbow against targets with Hitpoints high enough to take full advantage of Ruby Bolt special attacks. Room for Growth The Tier 70 Ranged meta has lots of options, with plenty of ways for lower-tier items to be improved, increasing the available variety. However, the Tier 75 Ranged meta only has four options: Twisted Bow against specific bosses (for those who can afford it) Toxic Blowpipe for everything else, unless there's a significant drawback/reason why it can't be used Armadyl Crossbow for the few occasions where the Toxic Blowpipe isn't the right choice Crystal Bow with Crystal Armour... trying to be relevant and failing spectacularly! The solution to the current meta isn't as simple as just introducing more Ranged items at Tier 75 either. Simply put, the Toxic Blowpipe is just too strong everywhere it is used. Its damage per tick ratio (see further down for more info) is too high for where it sits. This leaves us with the following options: Nerf the Toxic Blowpipe so we can introduce more Ranged items at Tier 75. These would fill in places where the Blowpipe was previously used, and might be even better in some circumstances. Create a new Tier above the Toxic Blowpipe. This would unavoidably result in powercreep for what one is one of the most dominant playing styles. Our Previous Proposal What was it? These are the changes we had suggested for the charged Toxic Blowpipe: 100% increased accuracy added to the special attack Toxic Blowpipe base Ranged accuracy reduced from +60 to +30 Toxic Blowpipe base Ranged strength reduced from +40 to +25 All Dart variants' accuracy and strength reduced (see table below) Ranged level requirement increased from 75 to 78 The intention was to make Dart choice more important, with cheaper ones being notably weaker than the more expensive options. In addition to reducing the base stats of the Toxic Blowpipe, this would bring its overall power more in line with where we considered it to be as a Tier 75/78 Ranged weapon. Space would have been created for new items in the Tier 75/78 bracket, leading to increased diversity of options for Ranged combat. These changes would also have helped to overcome the balancing hurdle we face currently when designing new PvM content. The Toxic Blowpipe would have a new identity as the best Ranged weapon to use against low Defence targets. We then looked to offset the nerf of the Toxic Blowpipe by increasing the damage and accuracy bonus of Crystal Armour set. Unfortunately, our previously proposed buffs weren’t enough to make a sufficient difference and failed to bridge the gap that would have been left behind. You can find the original details of the Toxic Blowpipe changes and more in this newspost. What worked? Darts became a more important factor, emphasising that higher DPS should have an appropriately higher cost. It created a larger gap between the Toxic Blowpipe and the Twisted Bow, allowing us to fill that space over time with future rewards. It created space for diversity in the Ranged meta and made existing items better in various situations. It gave the Toxic Blowpipe a clear identity - the best weapon against low Defence targets. What didn’t work? The power level between those who owned a Twisted Bow and those who didn't was widened considerably, resulting in players feeling like more content would be locked behind an incredibly expensive item. Despite its identity as the best weapon against low Defence targets, the Toxic Blowpipe would still be the best weapon against medium Defence targets too, unless they were specifically susceptible to the Twisted Bow. With the power level of the Toxic Blowpipe being balanced more around Rune and Dragon Darts, players with limited access to these Darts (especially those playing an Iron account) felt like the nerf impacted them more than others. Whilst the Ranged meta changed, it didn't really change by enough to make a noticeable immediate impact, especially towards end-game content. It still mostly revolved around using either the Toxic Blowpipe or the Twisted Bow, with the Toxic Blowpipe just being weaker than it was before. This went against our goal of increasing diversity in viable Ranged weapons, and relied too heavily on new items being added in the future. The changes essentially nerfed the player rather than the weapon, as there were no immediate replacements for the Toxic Blowpipe. With no publicly available schedule for releases of new items, this undermined player confidence in the changes. Many felt like those who had used the Toxic Blowpipe pre-nerf had achieved things more easily than players attempting the same tasks post-nerf. Even after buffing the Crystal Armour, the Crystal Bow would remain uncompetitive. After testing various stat changes, we determined that we'd have to increase the set bonus accuracy and damage to 40% accuracy and 50% damage for the Crystal Bow to be better against the Ket-Zek in the Inferno. That's quite a substantial increase over our proposal, and something we were not comfortable doing given the Crystal Bow is still a Tier 70 item! The Crystal Armour was still less viable against creatures where getting a Slayer task is possible. Is This REALLY Needed? The game has been just fine for the last six years with the Toxic Blowpipe in its current form, so why change it now? Does it even need to be changed at all? No it doesn’t. There is almost certainly a scenario where the Toxic Blowpipe could remain in-game just the same. However, we’d be left in a situation where adding new Ranged gear from future pieces of content would result in blatant powercreep. The gap between Melee/Magic and one Ranged item would continue to grow. We believe that making changes now is in the best interest of the long-term health of the game. We still want the Toxic Blowpipe to remain viable, but for it to be a tool in your arsenal rather than the entire army! Top Level Concepts Since first suggesting Equipment Rebalancing we’ve received an overwhelming amount of feedback. We’ve listened to it all, and here are some of your suggestions. Ranged Damage Types One popular suggestion was to separate Ranged accuracy and strength into different styles, similar to how Melee works with Stab, Slash and Crush. Our internal discussions proposed: Piercing (Arrows/Bows) Bludgeoning (Bolts/Crossbows) Magical/Special (Crystal Bow) A change like this would definitely help to fix the issue with diversity in Ranged equipment, although it's arguably a bit extreme considering the issue only really exists because of one Ranged weapon. Implementing the fundamentals of this would require an incredibly large amount of dev work. First we’d need to completely re-write almost all existing NPCs defensive stats and respective Ranged weapon offensive stats. Then, a similar amount of time would be needed to calculate the shift in DPS values for each Ranged weapon to ensure each one was correctly balanced. With something of this scale, it’s likely a lot of existing metas would change (potentially for the worse) and the reality is that no matter how much time we spent balancing things internally, it would take several iterations to get right. This would have huge implications on the work done for Combat Achievements and potentially delay the project even further. It’s also a huge shift in how Ranged combat works across Old School, and might not be a universally accepted direction for the game to take. This level of change needs serious thought, and isn’t something we’d approach without first fully investigating alternative options. Special Boss Mechanics Another suggestion was to introduce unique mechanics for bosses and creatures that would limit the effectiveness of the Toxic Blowpipe against them. This is something we’ve done in the past and continue to keep in mind with new content releases. For example, Basilisk Knights require a shield and TzKal-Zuk is intentionally placed out of range for the Blowpipe. Alternate ways of achieving this could involve: Mechanics such as damage reflection, making the use of a fast attacking weapon much more punishing. Mechanics that require the player to move around a lot so there are fewer opportunities to attack. Drastically increasing the Defence/Ranged Defence of bosses and creatures to combat the Toxic Blowpipe. However: This would however impact the viability of Melee Increasing Ranged defence makes all Ranged weapons weaker, not just the Toxic Blowpipe Landing special attacks with the Dragon Warhammer still has the potential to undo any high Defence stats we apply unless we specifically limit the amount of Defence that can be reduced like we have at Sotetseg Ultimately we still feel like these solutions don't fix the underlying problem. Whilst we’re able to design new content with the current Toxic Blowpipe in mind, all existing content would remain susceptible to powercreep as and when new Ranged items become available. There’s also the potential for any changes having an unintended negative impact on other weapons. Rebalancing Old Content One of the most common concerns was that existing content would become much harder, or that some PvM goals would take longer to achieve. For example: Lizardman Shamans would be impacted significantly due to the low Ranged accuracy of the Shayzien armour, which is required to fight them effectively. The Inferno would become slightly harder. If the Blowpipe is dealing less damage, then monsters are taking longer to die. This would become a problem when reaching TzKal-Zuk, as taking down the Jal-MejJak’s quickly is very beneficial. There were also concerns raised about the increased difficulty of defeating sets of Jal-Xil and Jal-Zek during the TzKal-Zuk phase, and that the triple JalTok-Jads taking longer to kill. Vasa Nistiro becomes even more reliant on having fellow raiders with a Twisted Bow, especially in Challenge Mode. It was suggested that we could reduce the stats of affected creatures accordingly. But again, applying this kind of change across the entire game is something we’d like to avoid. However, we can certainly look case-by-case and adjust bosses and creatures where necessary. Why don't we just ban the bots? “The Toxic Blowpipe is only a problem because it's cheap. It's only cheap because Jagex haven't banned bots/goldfarmers. It's not our fault and we shouldn’t suffer because of this.” Whilst the affordability and upkeep costs of the Toxic Blowpipe are an issue, they’re only contributing to the bigger problem of how crazy powerful the weapon is. By just making it more expensive to purchase and use, we'd still face the following snags: A single Tier 75/78 weapon being the meta. Continued issues with powercreep whenever new Ranged strength and accuracy items are introduced. Dart scaling issues, with extremely accessible and affordable Darts out-DPS-ing some of the best-in-slot alternatives. We don't disagree that the Toxic Blowpipe is cheaper than we’d like. And yes, that is partially due to the amount of them available because of accounts farming Zulrah. We asked our Anti-Cheating Team to provide some insight into the situation: "We have multiple BotWatch heuristics specifically looking at bosses such as Zulrah. These are frequently updated to remain as accurate and informative as possible. However, with the vast amount of scripts and bots out there, we simply can't catch every one of them, all of the time. This is an ongoing battle between the Anti-Cheating Team and people abusing our system. "The number of botted accounts that the team remove on a weekly basis fluctuates, but is usually in the low thousands. A lot of these accounts are played manually, just as a normal player would do, but their intention is purely around Gold farming. "This is an issue because players seek to make a living from converting in-game items to real-world currencies. So long as our games provide these players with a real-world financial incentive to play, then they'll do so at all costs. These type of accounts aren't easily identifiable via BotWatch - they require a mixture of data analysis, profiling and manual tracking. "Over the last year, the team has been working to improve our arsenal with new talent, fresh ideas, and innovative ways of working. One example we can give is the implementation of Machine Learning models and analysis to help flag any suspicious accounts for manual review! "We're happy to report early success with this. Through these additional analysis methods we're now seeing on average of 600 to 2,500 additional Real World Trading bans applied daily. "We're aware that there is more work to do, and we can be doing better. Over the coming months we are actively going to be working on developing new systems to aid in the fight against cheating in our games. We can't go into detail about these new systems for obvious reasons, but alongside hiring more staff it's been a main focus of the team's planning and strategy over the past year." Damage Per Tick - Accuracy Is Our Friend One of the fundamental issues with the Toxic Blowpipe is its potential damage output is far higher than its competition. By working out the raw potential damage output of an item, we can focus purely on the figures when comparing them. We don’t need to worry about various different stats, if a weapon is one-handed or two-handed, or things like attack range. In its simplest form, our calculations take a weapon's max hit and attack speed, and then output a simple figure that we can refer to. The below table is based on the following: Maximum Ranged gear available A boosted Ranged level of 112 Rigour active No Slayer Helmet We've used three different Magic levels for the Twisted Bow to show how the Magic level really affects its raw damage output We've ignored the Bolt effect chance of Crossbows Naturally this doesn't take into account any upkeep costs, which we'd normally consider during balancing We assume that you have 100% accuracy and will never miss, which is a good way for us to actually show the potential DPS output of a weapon Weapon Attack Speed Max Hit Average Damage Theoretical Max Damage per tick Theoretical Max Damage per second Twisted Bow with Dragon Arrows at 350 Magic level* 5 84 42 8.4 14 Toxic Blowpipe with Dragon Darts 2 30 15 7.5 12.5 Twisted Bow with Dragon Arrows at 250 Magic level 5 73 36.5 7.3 12.16 Toxic Blowpipe with Rune Darts 2 28 14 7 11.67 Toxic Blowpipe with Adamant Darts 2 27 13.5 6.75 11.25 Toxic Blowpipe with Bronze Darts 2 25 12.5 6.25 10.41 Twisted Bow with Dragon Arrows at 150 Magic level 5 55 27.5 5.5 9.17 Karil's Crossbow 3 29 14.5 4.83 8.05 Magic Shortbow with Amethyst Arrows 3 29 14.5 4.83 8.05 Crystal Bow with Crystal Armour 4 36 18 4.5 7.5 Armadyl/Dragon Crossbow with Dragon Bolts (without Bolt effects) 5 44 22 4.4 7.33 Rune Crossbow with Rune Bolts (without Bolt effects) 5 42 21 4.2 7 Crystal Bow without Crystal Armour 4 32 16 4 6.67 Twisted Bow with Dragon Arrows at 0 Magic level 5 18 9 1.8 3 *The Twisted Bow only scales past 250 Magic inside the Chambers of Xeric, where its cap becomes 350 Magic. Accuracy Matters, So Why Are We Ignoring It? Accuracy is a very important metric in Old School combat. It controls how often you’re going to hit with a weapon, which directly impacts to the amount of damage you can output over a period of time. As a monster's Defence value increases, accuracy against that same creature decreases, and therefore the overall DPS typically goes down. However, accuracy is not a very reliable stat, especially given how a lot of existing encounters involve using Defence-reducing special attacks to get as close to 100% accuracy as possible. So in general, this is a good way to show the potential power level of items. You can clearly see from the table above just how far ahead the Toxic Blowpipe is against low Defence targets, even with low-tier Darts being used! This method also emphasises the non-existent gap between the Toxic Blowpipe and the Twisted Bow - something we should certainly work on filling with other items or future rewards. Let’s take a look at how things are when we bring Effective Defence into the mix… The below graph is based on the following: Effective Defence is calculated by the formula Effective Ranged Defence = (Ranged Defence + 64) * (Defence + 9) The benchmarks in order of effective Ranged Defence: Lizardman Shamans, Jal-Zek, Jaltok-Jad, Tzkal-Zuk, Sarachnis Twisted Bow: The Accuracy/Damage of Twisted Bow assumes a creature with a Magic level of 250 Creatures are shown in this graph only to highlight Effective Defence - this is not the DPS against these specific creatures (they are placed approximately where their Effective Defence level lies) Armadyl Crossbow and Dragon Bolts with procs assumes that the max hit of the special attack is always 100 The true DPS value will be somewhere between the 'with procs' and 'no procs' lines, though this would entirely depend on the creature being killed at the time Click the image to see the graph in full. By looking at the graph, it’s very clear that the Toxic Blowpipe is strong against more than just low Defence creatures, which is really limiting the Ranged design space. In our eyes, a healthy meta would look something like this: Weapon A = 12 DPS against 0 Defence and 4 DPS against 30,000 effective Defence Weapon B = 9 DPS against 0 Defence and 6 DPS against 30,000 effective Defence This allows for a clearly identifiable breakpoint where you choose to use weapon A over weapon B. Obviously this is just an example of how it would look, and a rather simple one at that! We'd expect the actual meta to be much more diverse, factoring in one-handed vs two-handed weapons, attack range, bane effects against specific monsters, special attacks etc. Moving Forward If you’re still with us after all this information, then very well done - you most certainly command the power of armies, and could probably punch a horse to the ground? Which is why we need your help! We've been working on a new proposal for the Ranged portion of Equipment Rebalancing, but before we share that, we’d really appreciate some additional guidance from you all. We’ve created a survey about the Ranged meta and how we might proceed. Please help us by clicking here and letting us know what you think! Some of the questions in the survey should give you some insight into our current thinking. While we will not be polling all of these changes, we do want you as a community to help us shape a healthy Ranged meta that will keep us playing happily for years to come! Once we’ve processed your feedback from both this post and the survey, we'll come back to you with some new proposals. We expect that there will be several rounds of feedback required, so don’t worry - we won't rush this! As Combat Achievements is close to completion, it’s important we make these changes soon, and that we get them right. We'd like to give ourselves an opportunity to evaluate any immediate changes to the meta too, so this time has been factored in. As always, thank you for your continued support and we'll see you next blog with our shiny new Ranged meta proposal!

Issues and Hotfixes (14th April) Issues Raised Current Progress (12:50 BST) World 345 is currently offline. (17:30 BST) The team are currently working to get this world back online. This world will be available again tomorrow (15th April). An update will be made to this newspost once it is live. (12:50 BST) Players interacting with the same inactive Golem will cause the NPC disappear. (14:10 BST) This issue has now been resolved. (12:50 BST) Players are receiving a game message upon login about obtaining Graceful items even if they haven't got any. (14:00 BST) This issue has now been resolved. (12:55 BST) Some held items are not appearing correctly within the Below Ice Mountain cutscenes. (13:40 BST) This issue has now been resolved. (14:55 BST) Some relics from the Ice Mountain dungeon are not unlocking as intended within the Collection Log. (16:20 BST) This has been fixed for anyone that now unlocks the relic pieces. For players that have already received a relic piece, you can now speak to Ramarno to update your Collection Log. (15:10 BST) Clicking out of the cutscene with Burntof will not allow players to progress with the quest. (15:40 BST) This issue has now been resolved. (15:10 BST) Traps in the Vault within the Ice Mountain dungeon will block all players from walking once it spawns. (15:40 BST) This issue is currently being investigated It's time to uncover the secrets of Ice Mountain in our new free-to-play quest! We've also tweaked Tempoross and souped-up the seedbox. Read on for more! Below Ice Mountain Willow, an energetic archaeologist (perhaps suspiciously so) is hunting for her next big discovery. She believes she has found the entrance to ancient underground ruins just to the west of Ice Mountain. There's a catch though - it's sealed tight and she needs to re-unite her old crew to help her break in. Naturally, she has to stay close to the ruins (south of Ice Mountain, near the Dwarven Mines) in order to lay claim to the find. It therefore falls to you to bring her rag-tag group back together for one last caper and a final big pay-off! Burntof is an old dwarf with a penchant for demolition, Checkal is a well-built lifter of heavy things and Marley is a cunning thief with a knack for disarming traps. Together, they have the talents it will take to gain entry to the secret ruins. But persuading them might not be easy. See, the gang aren't all too keen on working with Willow again, and her intentions might not be as honourable as she claims...Requirements and Rewards (SPOILER WARNING) Ice Mountain Dungeon Once the quest is complete, you'll have access to the dungeon below Ice Mountain. These ruins are packed with lore, but we're keeping those cards very close to our chest for the moment. Read on for a spoiler-free guide to what awaits: Activities In The Ruins Within the ruins is a great forge powered using Barronite, a unique material that can only found there. Somebody within the ruins believes it is their duty to keep the forge lit, lest the flame be diminished forever. This somebody is perhaps a few years past their prime and, with failing eyesight, will reward anybody who helps to gather vital Barronite... There are a range of rewards for handing over the Barronite, most notable of which is access to the Vault. What's so exciting about this Vault? Well, it contains many treasures belonging to the old inhabits of the ruins, and they are all yours for the taking! However, to get the lock open you'll need to offer Barronite every time you want to enter. Barronite can be gathered while skilling within the ruins, so you'll be gaining XP as you go. The activities available are primarily aimed at low-ish level free-to-play adventurers with the intention of filling notable gaps in free-to-play skilling. Let's take a look at some of them: Religious Offerings (Prayer) The caves deep below Ice Mountain are home to various rare cave fish. In ancient times, it was tradition for these fish to be used as religious offerings. Here cave fishy fishy! Players can offer cave fish within the ruins to train their Prayer skill. You'll need to perform the same ritual used by the long-departed inhabitants of the ruins: Step 1: Fishing Players will either need a small net, big net or fishing rod to catch cave fish within the ruins. Fish Fishing Level Equipment Free-to-play Raw Guppy 7 A small net YES Raw Cavefish 20 A small net YES Raw Tetra 33 A small or big net YES Raw Catfish 46 A big net NO Players will also sometimes find Barronite when fishing. Plus, there's a rare chance of catching a Barronite Handle (see below). The fish caught here cannot be traded. There are a few cave eel to be found (members only). They can't be used as an offering, but are a source of food. You'll also have a chance to receive the Heron pet when fishing for cave eels. Step 2: Cooking With fish in your net, players will need to head to one of the old preparation tables with a knife. But be careful how you cook, budding chefs - it's possible to mess up and ruin the fish. The chance of failure is dependent on your Cooking level, so bring your culinary A-game! Fish Cooking Level Free-to-play Guppy 7 YES Cavefish 20 YES Tetra 33 YES Catfish 46 NO The prepared fish cannot be traded. Step 3: Prayer With your fish prepared, it's time to make an offering at an ancient altar and train that Prayer skill! Golem Cores The old inhabitants of the ruins controlled Golems, programming them to do many tasks. The Golems were fuelled by runic energies and imbued with the power of the Body and Mind altars. It was hoped that they would one day become more self-sufficient and be freed of the requirement for programming - but the magical arts are never predictable. The unstable energies of the nearby Chaos altar slowly seeped in the Golem Cores, corrupting them and filling them with uncontrollable power. The dangerous Golems were sealed away in the ruins for good. Players can hunt and kill Golems within the ruins. When defeated, they will sometimes drop their corrupted Cores, which can be used at the relevant Runecraft altar to gain XP and runes. Step 1: Combat Players can find the following golems in the ruins: Name Level Notable Drops Free-to-play Flawed Golem 13 None YES Mind Golem 30 Mind Core YES Body Golem 50 Body Core YES Chaos Golem 70 Chaos Core NO Killing golems will sometimes yield Barronite, too, and there's a rare chance they'll drop a Barronite Guard (see below). Golem cores cannot be traded. Step 2: Runecrafting Players can use the Cores to train their Runecraft skill, offering them at the relevant Runecraft altar for XP and runes. Each Core offers more XP and runes than a single essence, meaning fewer trips to the altar. However, this benefit is offset by the time it takes to obtain the Cores. Gathering Relics (Mining and Smithing) Players can mine Barronite rocks to find (you guessed it) Barronite and (you guessed it again) Barronite deposits. These deposits can be smelted down to gain additional Barronite and Ancient Relics. Step 1 - Mining Barronite rocks can be tackled at 15 Mining. Mining here will work similarly to the upper-level ore veins in Motherlode Mine (ensuring the rocks can be worked in groups). Players will get around 25 XP per Barronite mined, and finding a deposit will yield some additional XP. Step 2 - Smithing Players with 15 Smithing can break down Barronite deposits with a hammer at the anvil within the dungeon, and obtain various items: Barronite (common) Ancient Relic (uncommon) Barronite Head (rare) Broken Barronite Hammer (rare + members-only) Ancient Relics can be handed in at the Varrock Museum for coins. In addition, members also get Kudos for the first Relic they hand in! The Barronite Head and Broken Barronite Hammer, meanwhile, can be made into new items (see below). When Smithing, players will get around 37.5 XP per deposit. We will be monitoring drop rates and will adjust them accordingly once we've received more data. The Vault The Vault is buried deep within the ruins - just hand in your Barronite to gain access! As we mentioned above, it was used by the ancient inhabitants of the ruins to store treasure, so it's well worth a gander. But there's a catch. Each payment of Barronite allows just one entry, and players only get a limited time inside before they are forced out by the ancient security systems. The Vault itself is maze-like, and home to many chests. Players have one minute to loot as many chests as possible and then reach the exit. If the player doesn't make it out in time, all the precious bounty will be lost! Making things even more challenging, the locations of chests - and the loot within them - will be randomised. Similarly, doors will at times be blocked off, forcing the player to think fast and dash down alternative paths. Players will be able to stack Barronite payments to make Vault entry more convenient. For example, a player could pay for 20 entries in a single transaction. Smooth. Other Rewards In addition to all of the above, the ruins offer new and unique rewards! Snag yourself one of these: Barronite Mace An untradeable mace that was once used by the ancient inhabitants of the ruins. Players need to find three components: Barronite Handle - found while hunting for cave fish Barronite Guard - dropped by Golems when killed Barronite Head - found while breaking down Barronite deposits Smash your way through golems with the Barronite Mace! Once you have all three components, a character within the ruins will tell you how to combine them to finish the Barronite Mace (you'll also need some Barronite, obviously - the clue's in the name!). The Mace is positioned slightly below the Rune Scimitar. It's a useful crush weapon for low to mid levels, and requires 40 Attack. This Mace also comes with a unique effect - it's a golembane weapon. That means it will provide extra accuracy and damage when fighting Golems! As the item is untradeable it will behave similarly to items like the Fire Cape on death. Dwarven Hammer This is a members-only, untradeable hammer that was once used as Smithing equipment by ancient dwarves. It's been a while since it's been much use to anyone, so you will first need to find the busted version while breaking down Barronite deposits. A character within the ruins will tell you how to repair it. It will function as a normal hammer when skilling, but because it can be equipped in the main-hand, it frees up an inventory slot. Note that the hammer has no combat stats when equipped. Ruins Area Buffs Players will also be able to spend Barronite to unlock various buffs and effects that work only within the ruins: Increased catch rate for fishing Decreased failure chance when preparing fish Reduced damage from golem attacks Increased chance of obtaining Barronite deposits Increased chance of finding mace components and the broken hammer A one hour buff to the dungeon that increases the success chance of all activities And that's everything for Below Ice Mountain and our new free-to-play dungeon area. We can't wait for you to delve deep into the mysteries of these strange and wonderful ruins. What will you uncover? Tempoross Updates Items that require setting up (e.g. Dwarf Cannon, Mithril seeds, Hunting Box, etc) can no longer be used on the Tempoross lobby ship. You can no longer light fires here either. Fishing XP may now be gained in Tempoross encounters on W45. Players can no longer stall to run through fires. Points from dousing fires and fixing totem poles have doubled from 20 to 40. Get splashing! The tackle box can now be used to store the Pearl Barbarian Rod, Tiny Net, Molch Pearls, Merfolk Trident, Dark Flippers and all variants of the Trailblazer Harpoon. Stackable fish can no longer be stored in the fish barrel. Angler and Spirit Angler outfits are now separated in Player Owned Houses. The messaging when subduing Tempoross has been slightly tweaked. Other News Seedbox Improvements While we were discussing the bolt pouch design, the team noted that the seedbox isn't behaving right on death in the Wilderness. Upon death to an NPC, the seed box would drop to the ground with all of its contents still stored. If the player died below level 20 Wilderness, it would drop to the ground, along with all of its contents. If the player died above level 20 Wilderness, it would be dropped as 1 coin and all of its contents would be destroyed. It will now behave as follows: PVM death below 20 in Wilderness: the container and contents go to the gravestone. PVM death above 20 in Wilderness: the container is destroyed but the contents can be preserved within the next container acquired. PvP deaths act the same way regardless of location. The pouch is destroyed and its contents awarded to the PKer. PvP World Rota The PvP world rota has moved to Period B. The host for the High-Risk PvP world will be W337 (US East) The host for the Standard PvP world will be W325 (UK) The host for the free-to-play PvP world will be W371 (UK) The members-only LMS world will be W492 (US East) The free-to-play LMS world will be W326 (UK) Extras For Ironmen, certain slayer monsters' loot and XP will be discredited if a player hits a 0. This is to discourage the use of alternate accounts to speed up the efficiency of certain tasks. Nightmare drop calculations will now factor in the total contribution that is present when the boss dies. This is to prevent boosting of drops. After an egg-ventful Eastdoor, Gregg has returned to doing... whatever it is that human-sized rabbits do. You can now use the Twisted or Trailblazer Cane emotes directly from the emotes interface (as long as you have a set of tier 3 relic hunter on your Leaguehall's outfit stand in your Player Owned House). The Iron Dragon in the Soul Wars dungeon has been moved closer to the rune ore spot to prevent botters from getting there without a fight. Brimhaven graceful pieces will now be correctly counted within the Collection Log on log-in. Players can now search for all boss categories in the Collection Log. The Dragon Harpoon will now always consume 100% of the special attack power. Zuriel's staff now gives its Ancient Magicks buffs in Last Man Standing. The Undead Zealot in Mort'ton has more cosmetic variation. Some more shields have been updated to prevent them from disrupting players' walking animations. A typo has been fixed in the Settings menu. A typo has been fixed in Istoria's dialogue. Some grammatical errors have been corrected in drake combat messages.

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