[colossus110]

It's time again for another Achievement Diary, for those players who like to explore what’s available in a specific area. It's the turn of Ardougne to come under the all-seeing-eye of the diary taskmasters, but we're not limiting things to just a few tasks here and there this time. A number of them have either come from or been inspired by player suggestions on the forum thread we ran for this not too long ago.

Explore the Ardougne area as you've never done before! From the Legends' Guild to Castle Wars, and from the Combat Training Camp to Yanille, there's something for everyone. You'll uncover some fiendishly difficult tasks that will push your skills to their limits, plus a rather ‘sneaky’ reward at the end of your travels. Hopefully, everyone will learn a thing or two along the way too.

So get out those gloves of silence and your teleport runes, and take a walk round Kandarin today.

Mod Maz
RuneScape Developer
Queen of the Squirrels

Summary:
Where to start the Ardougne Achievement Diary:

Speak to Dr Orbon in the church, Ardougne’s town crier or Aleck in Yanille’s Hunter shop.


In other news...

Health bars will no longer become completely red unless the player/monster has zero hitpoints.

When you're in resizeable mode, the chat window can now be vertically resized to show more lines of text, chat and other messages. Your stats interface will also expand itself to remove the need for a scroll bar.

After completing Within the Light, you can ask Eluned to help you add a choice of destination to your teleport crystals.

Your gravestone should now be indicated on the minimap.

The position of your Friends and Clan Chat list vertical bars are now remembered between logins, provided you're using the signed applet.

You are now allowed to purchase multiple skillcapes.

We've changed the way the TzHaar Fight Cave records your progress. In future, if you get disconnected during a wave, you'll automatically restart from that wave rather than having to begin the minigame again. You can still use the logout button to make the minigame log you off when you've completed your current wave.

The interface that lets you change the left-click function of the Summoning status globe (next to the minimap) will no longer be closed by combat.

Murky Matt at the Grand Exchange can now combine the charges on members' teleport jewellery.

Duel update

Duel Tournaments have undergone a little bit of an overhaul. Everything will look the same, but we've been working under the hood to make some improvements to the mechanics of this minigame. The changes are as follows:

On entering the Duel Tournament waiting room, you will now be assigned to a single registrar. This assignment is partially based on combat level, but also on many other factors.

The registrar you are assigned has a Tournament Rank cap. You will not be able to gain rank beyond that cap until you move on to the next registrar. The best way to move up a registrar is to train your combat skills.

Registrar caps are as follows:

* Registrar 1: rank cap of 1999
* Registrar 2: rank cap of 2499
* Registrar 3: rank cap of 2999
* Registrar 4: rank cap of 3499
* Registrar 5: no rank cap

Please note that you will not lose any rank due to this update if it is currently above your assigned registrar's cap. To remind yourself of your current cap, simply examine your assigned registrar.

We also now record when your rank passes a multiple of 500, which is referred to as a rank milestone. This milestone will be saved so that if you lose a tournament, and that loss would take you below your milestone, your rank will simply be set to the milestone amount. For example, if you had reached a Tournament Rank of 1045, your milestone rank would be recorded as 1000. If you subsequently lost a tournament which would reduce your rank by 50 points, it would only drop your rank down to 1000, since that is the last milestone you reached.

Finally, the most exciting change: we now reward the entrant who places second in a tournament with 20% of the entry fees! Now all your hard work will get some reward.

Mod Nancy
RuneScape Content Developer

[Draconic]

You guys post too fast.

And this "In other news..." is EPIC.

[3_Hit_U]

colossus110, on 20 October 2009 - 02:31 PM, said:

Health bars will no longer become completely red unless the player/monster has zero hitpoints.

When you're in resizeable mode, the chat window can now be vertically resized to show more lines of text, chat and other messages. Your stats interface will also expand itself to remove the need for a scroll bar.

Your gravestone should now be indicated on the minimap.

The position of your Friends and Clan Chat list vertical bars are now remembered between logins, provided you're using the signed applet.

You are now allowed to purchase multiple skillcapes.

We've changed the way the TzHaar Fight Cave records your progress. In future, if you get disconnected during a wave, you'll automatically restart from that wave rather than having to begin the minigame again. You can still use the logout button to make the minigame log you off when you've completed your current wave.

The interface that lets you change the left-click function of the Summoning status globe (next to the minimap) will no longer be closed by combat.

Murky Matt at the Grand Exchange can now combine the charges on members' teleport jewellery.

All very good updates!

[lady_ninane]

FML, I just pulled an all nighter and I'm too exhausted to do the diary!

God, your lessons are cruel!

[thunderlord]

wonder what the rewards will be...

[ikeforever]

Lots of good stuff this time. I wonder what the Ardy Items are.. Guessing pants. lol GL to those who wish to get them

[Siobhana]

I'm stuck at work, someone please get me a list of tasks? I wub achievement diaries

[PBPProductions]

Pick a papaya or coconut from the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village.

WHYYYYYYY!!!

[swampjedi]

Yeah really, the small updates on the side are really awesome. I am hoping for a nice resizeable interaface soon so I can play on my TV!

[Draconic]

Hastily Copy/Pasted from the KBase.

Easy Tasks


Task


Quests Started / Required


Skill / Other Requirements



Have Wizard Cromperty teleport you to the essence mine
Rune Mysteries None

Attempt to steal from any stall in Ardougne Market, or from any guard
None 5

Sell silk to the silk trader in Ardougne for 60gp each
None None

Use the altar in West Ardougne's church
Plague City None

Enter the Castle Wars waiting room
None None

Go out fishing on the Fishing Trawler
None 15

Enter the Combat Training Camp north of Ardougne
Biohazard None

Talk to a civilian in West Ardougne about selling a cat
Plague City None

Kill a unicow in the Tower of Life
Tower of Life None

Get a civilian to throw a tomato at the army recruiter in West Ardougne
Plague City None

Sail from East Ardougne to Karamja
None None

Attempt to picklock a certain door east of the gem stall in Ardougne's marketplace
None 16

Spend some Penguin Points with Larry (or Chuck) at Ardougne Zoo
None None

Use the Summoning obelisk to the east of the Fight Arena
Wolf Whistle None

Pop a balloon in the monastery south of Ardougne
Monk's Friend None

Buy a water-filled vial from the general store run by Aemad and Kortan
None None

Use the noticeboard near in the Observatory to gather information about shooting stars
None None

Kill something on the Khazard Battlefield
None None

Buy a skewered kebab from the Poison Arrow pub
None None

View the Hunter equipment in Aleck's shop
None None

Talk to the head servant at the servants' guild to find out about servants for your house
None None

Use a ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars
None None

Talk to Tindel Marchant about identifying swords
None None


Click the box below to see the rewards for completing the easy tasks:

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Medium Tasks


Task


Quests Started / Required


Skill / Other Requirements



Enter the unicorn pen in Ardougne Zoo using the fairy rings
Fairy Tale Part II - Cure a Queen None

Teleport to the Wilderness using the lever in Ardougne
None None

Grapple over Yanille's south wall
None 39
21
38

Craft some runes at Ourania Altar
None A high combat level is recommended

Sell some rubium to Ezekial Lovecraft in Witchaven
Kennith's Concerns 46

Pick watermelons from the Farming patch north of Ardougne
None 49

Cast the Watchtower Teleport spell
Watchtower 58

Travel to Castle Wars by hot-air balloon
Enlightened Journey 50

Claim buckets of sand from Bert in Yanille
Hand in the Sand None

After Meeting History, return to the past and talk to Sarah about Herblore
Meeting History None

Catch a fish at the Fishing Platform using either a net or rod
Sea Slug 3

Cross the River Dougne using the log balance
None 33

Pickpocket the master farmer north of Ardougne
None 38

Attempt to steal a nature rune from a chest in Ardougne
None 28

Mine some coal from the rocks east of Ardougne
None 30

Kill a swordchick in the Tower of Life
Tower of Life None


Click the box below to see the rewards for completing the medium tasks:

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Hard Tasks


Task


Quests Started / Required


Skill / Other Requirements



Recharge a bracelet of combat or a necklace of skills at the Legends' Guild
Legends' Quest None

Kill a shadow warrior in the Legends' Guild basement
Legends' Quest None

Enter the Magic Guild in Yanille
None 66

Use the portal in the Magic Guild to teleport to Thormac's tower
None 66

Be on the winning side in a game of Castle Wars
None None

Cast the Ourania Teleport spell
Lunar Diplomacy 71

Pickpocket a watchman in Yanille while wearing gloves of silence
None 65
54

Kill a frogeel in the Tower of Life
Tower of Life A high combat level is recommended

Have a zookeeper put you in Ardougne Zoo's monkey cage
Monkey Madness None

Kill your own jade vine after the Back to my Roots quest
Back to my Roots 59

Use the Air Guitar emote near the musician outside the monastery south of Ardougne
None Unlock 500 music tracks

Cast the Ardougne Teleport spell
Plague City 51

Cross the monkey bars in the Yanille Agility Dungeon
None 57

Catch a red salamander from the Hunter area outside of Ourania Altar
None 59

Pick a papaya or coconut from the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village
None 57

Attempt to steal blood runes from the chest in the chaos druid tower's dungeon
None 59

Use a catapult in Castle Wars after gaining the knowledge from the Catapult Construction quest

[Morionic]

PBPProductions, on 20 October 2009 - 08:36 AM, said:

Pick a papaya or coconut from the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village.

WHYYYYYYY!!!

where are these super high requirements that the high level forum supposedly hinted that we were getting!

[romy]

I'm curious about the rewards ...

[PBPProductions]

Morionic, on 20 October 2009 - 08:39 AM, said:

PBPProductions, on 20 October 2009 - 08:36 AM, said:

Pick a papaya or coconut from the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village.

WHYYYYYYY!!!

where are these super high requirements that the high level forum supposedly hinted that we were getting!

I have to wait more than 12 hours for the tree to grow why do they do this to me.

[3_Hit_U]

News post BBCode:

It's time again for another [b][url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/ardougne_achievement"]Achievement Diary[/url][/b], for those players who like to explore what’s available in a specific area. It's the turn of [b][url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/east_ardougne_members"]Ardougne[/url][/b] to come under the all-seeing-eye of the diary taskmasters, but we're not limiting things to just a few tasks here and there this time. A number of them have either come from or been inspired by player suggestions on the forum thread we ran for this not too long ago.

Explore the Ardougne area as you've never done before! From the [b][url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/legends_quest_members"]Legends' Guild[/url][/b] to [b][url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/castle_wars"]Castle Wars[/url][/b], and from the [b][url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/biohazard_members"]Combat Training Camp[/url][/b] to [b][url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/yanille_members"]Yanille[/url][/b], there's something for everyone. You'll uncover some fiendishly difficult tasks that will push your skills to their limits, plus a rather ‘sneaky’ reward at the end of your travels. Hopefully, everyone will learn a thing or two along the way too.

So get out those gloves of silence and your teleport runes, and take a walk round Kandarin today.

[b][i]Mod Maz
RuneScape Developer
Queen of the Squirrels[/i]

Summary:
Where to start the [url="http://www.runescape.com/kbase/guid/ardougne_achievement"]Ardougne Achievement Diary[/url]:[/b]

Speak to Dr Orbon in the church, Ardougne’s town crier or Aleck in Yanille’s Hunter shop.


[b]In other news...[/b]

Health bars will no longer become completely red unless the player/monster has zero hitpoints.

When you're in resizeable mode, the chat window can now be vertically resized to show more lines of text, chat and other messages. Your stats interface will also expand itself to remove the need for a scroll bar.

After completing Within the Light, you can ask Eluned to help you add a choice of destination to your teleport crystals.

Your gravestone should now be indicated on the minimap.

The position of your Friends and Clan Chat list vertical bars are now remembered between logins, provided you're using the signed applet.

You are now allowed to purchase multiple skillcapes.

We've changed the way the TzHaar Fight Cave records your progress. In future, if you get disconnected during a wave, you'll automatically restart from that wave rather than having to begin the minigame again. You can still use the logout button to make the minigame log you off when you've completed your current wave.

The interface that lets you change the left-click function of the Summoning status globe (next to the minimap) will no longer be closed by combat.

Murky Matt at the Grand Exchange can now combine the charges on members' teleport jewellery.

Enjoy

[purewcnub]

My favorite update... The no more redbarring! If its red, it's ko!

[demby123]

Quote

In other news...

Health bars will no longer become completely red unless the player/monster has zero hitpoints.

Thank god...So does this mean no more redbarred opponents?

[colossus110]

Thanks 3 hit U.

[demonsbane37]

PBPProductions, on 20 October 2009 - 08:40 AM, said:

Morionic, on 20 October 2009 - 08:39 AM, said:

PBPProductions, on 20 October 2009 - 08:36 AM, said:

Pick a papaya or coconut from the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village.

WHYYYYYYY!!!

where are these super high requirements that the high level forum supposedly hinted that we were getting!

I have to wait more than 12 hours for the tree to grow why do they do this to me.

I have one there from when i was training for wgs ftw

[bedman]

Runescape isn't loading for me. Anyone else?

[Myweponsg00d]

Ahhh...I am at work also like some other poor people here....=(

Can someone find out about the new teleport crystal option...? It says theres a new location?