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I'd abandon ship on that account and start a fresh, completely clean one instead, just to be safe. Also moving to Help & Advice as this is RS-related :).

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As far as I know people had to create a new profile. That's why everyone's join date falls on or after a certain summer - I forget which year exactly it falls on though.

You need to use up some earned keys first (play Treasure Hunter a few times) as you can have a maximum of 10 earned keys at once, excluding ones from quests which can count over that figure. Then you can click on the key tokens to consume and add to your earned keys. As for future challenges, you can usually get a pretty decent hint if you go to Adventures (F3 on Windows), click the Challenges tab, and then click on the daily challenge on the left-hand side that you want more information/help with. Of course if you're still stuck feel free to ask for help!

So I take it you are running the RuneScape client? Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling/updating it? At some point they changed version.

Guess this is RIP bat wand, Merry Christmas to you too Jagex :P.

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It's been changed after a vote, but you now lose 25% of your total experience in all skills that are not protected. You can protect two combat skills and three non-combat ones, and also buy insurance as a one-off, permanent unlock to keep your Hitpoints at 25, 50, or 75 once you achieve those levels the first time for a certain number of coins. I think it's a million for 75 and somewhat less for the other two.

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You started a revolt about employees' rights to have Thanksgiving off? Just kidding, good you at least had yesterday together though :).

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'm just hanging out here by myself. I don't have any turkey...

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But aren't Air Blast and Fire Blast the same damage? You don't have to use the more expensive spell if you don't want to. I think Fire Blast is a substantial amount more - they're not just identical copies post-EoC but depend on level of the spell too. Assuming that Wiki's mechanics are correct, Air Blast is 393 damage that scales up to 585 at high enough magic and Fire Blast 566 scaling up to 710

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Rune arrows cost 151 (and adamant 50), whereas Fire Blast costs 360. It's almost as if the issue has gone full circle with the cost of elemental runes picking up the gap from when it formerly needed a death rune and was around a similar cost. It's not quite ammo-free either. With a fire staff, you would still need airs, so it's not quite free. I suppose it might be wise to leave the combination ones out though. P2P does have a few more staves, even if they don't strictly fulfill the definition. Armadyl battlestaff fulfills free air runes, The camel staff, albeit new and expensive for the moment, supplies free runes. You're right about Dungeoneering staves, I had forgotten about those. Still, it's a different amount of effort to buy a staff off the GE than to save up and spend DG tokens on it, especially for people who aren't hardcore F2P.

F2P has no elemental stave above T5 - not T50, T5 (mindspike), and in fact no two-handed magic weapons either I think, save TH promotions. At least a level 40 staff that provides elemental runes would even that out a bit.

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Adding in mystic elemental staves to F2P would patch up a few issues though, given they are willing.

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Well, at least they didn't knock bat wand and orb down to T30. Wait, I shouldn't have said that out loud...

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Raptor's Challenge | Acheron Mammoths Prepare yourself for the fourth and final high-level Slayer monster as part of November's Raptor's Challenge: Acheron mammoths! Head to Gielinor's frozen north with your best gear to take on the Acheron mammoths! Be sure to check them out this week to make the most of the remaining double Slayer XP! Will you be brave enough to take them on? Read on for further details, or play now! Where to Find Acheron Mammoths Use the new boat, north-east of Rellekka, by the rock crabs. Requirements You must be a RuneScape member.96 Slayer is required to harm Acheron mammoths.99 Summoning is required to use the new beast of burden.100 combat is required to be assigned Acheron mammoths by a slayer master. Other Information Very high combat stats and your best gear are strongly recommended.Beware of their charge, and fight with honour! Acheron Mammoths were an excellent RuneLabs suggestion made by Adelunth and will be the last Slayer mob to be added to Raptor's Challenge. Start by travelling to the coast north-east (and outside) of Rellekka, north of the lodestone. By the rock crabs, you'll find two boats: use the larger one to sail to an ancient iceberg, where you’ll discover a herd of Acheron mammoths. These territorial beasts will pose a real threat to any adventurer who dares to face them. If they have you in their sights, get out of the way fast or you'll see nine tons of tusks, bones and fur coming for you with their charge attack! Survive a fight with them and you may be awarded with a mammoth tusk which can be used to summon a baby pack mammoth (99 Summoning required). They may be small, but they're the best beasts of burden in the game, holding a whopping 32 slots of mammothy haulage! Make sure you keep an eye out for that fourth and final key part! Piece your keys together and – finally - redeem your loot from Raptor's chest. It's packed to the brim with Slayer-related goodies – and more – so be sure to pop the lock if you can! Have Fun! This is the final slayer monster of Raptor's Challenge! We hope you enjoy taking down the Acheron mammoths and return to test yourself against them in future. Enjoy, and let us know your thoughts over on the forums. The RuneScape Team This Week's Live Streams Each week we stream developer Q&As, in-game events and more. Watch our streams and find a full streaming schedule over on our Twitch channel. Check our YouTube channel, too, for recap videos of streams you may have missed, including this month's Good Morning Gielinor. Developer Q&A: Christmas! | 17:00 UTC, Tuesday 24th November Ho ho ho! This week, it's all about Christmas. Join the Ninja Team on the sofa for your first chance to check out what we've got planned for you this holiday season. We think you're going to love it! We'll also be talking about how RuneLabs will be used to define next year's new player-created game area. Ask your questions on the forums, or on Reddit, or on Twitter using the hashtag #RSDevQA. Community Stream: Bot-busting special | 18:00 UTC, Tuesday 24th November Bot Busting is back! Join us on the computers for another session of bot banning live! This time, we’ll be checking out the wealth in the bots’ banks, and showing you their top 5 most valuable items. It’s not to be missed! Ask your questions on the forums, on Reddit, or on Twitter using the hashtag#RSDevQA. [spoiler=Patch Notes]Graphical The Executioner skirt no longer stretches when playing the Strongarm Teleport animation.Fixed some blocking issues on the wall at the back of Castle Drakan.It is no longer possible to remove the ferns surrounding the Grand Exchange.Fixed a minor blocking issue with a ladder in the Haunted Mine.Skills, D&Ds & Minigames The abilities in Wizard Chambers’s reward shop now has tooltips detailing what the abilities actually do. This is to help players make an informed decision before purchasing.Quests, Challenges and Achievements Fixed a spelling error in 'receive' in the "Bringing Home the Bacon" quest journal.Selling statues in the Lumbridge graveyard will no longer mention selling to Xenia when she is no longer present.Other Increased the range of the wyvern crossbow to 9 tiles.Each Raptor key part is now guaranteed a lootbeam when dropped.The destroy messages of the miners’ journals and Jebediah Omni's diary have been updated to mention the need to read them first.The Ugthanatos can now be gained from Camel Warriors while not on a Slayer or Raptor task.Fixed some spelling errors in the Ugthanatos.All Treasure Hunter Slayer masks are now hybrid class.Durzag no longer continues to hit players after he's begun to die.Airut on Mazcab no longer give the 'Another player is already fighting this Airut' message when there is nobody fighting them.Warpriest of Tuska armour will now correctly switch tier if equipped from the bank.Fully broken tetsu katanas, tetsu wakazashis, seasinger kibas and seasinger makigais no longer disconnect the player when attempting to repair them using plate or chi.Corrected the melee attack accuracy for the following NPCs: Dagannoth Mother, Dominion Tower Dagannoth Mother, Temple at Senntisten quest fiends and Cockatrices.Fixed a grammar issue with the text in Kaigi's journal.The destroy text for Ghost Hunter equipment now gives up-to-date information for reobtaining it.Teleporting no longer removes weapon poison.The Rise from the Ashes scroll will no longer cause the wrong player to become skulled.The staff of darkness special attack now correctly unsets if you are currently unable to use it.Fixed a typo when handing in Mazcab critters to Arod.Ninja Fixes It is now possible to purchase bonus XP in bulk from the Stealing Creation reward shop. XP rates are the same as those of proto-tools.Mystic armour now requires level 50 defence (was previously 30).Batwing armour now requires level 30 defence (was previously 50).Mystic armour is no longer members' only, and completion of Dragon Slayer is required to equip the robe top.

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