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The Updates That Forever Changed RuneScape


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Well since we have had another major update installed into RuneScape (eliminating protect items in a pvp situation), and my RS career may be coming to and end, (rl resaons, not the update) I figured I would make a timeline of the most memorable, impacting, or infamous, updates introduced to the game. I am going to need help doing this because I WILL make mistakes and miss some things. I'm also going to need help with dates for the events. I'm going to start from my earliest memory and work my way forward. This is where you guys will come in. I want to work my way back to the begining of RS and forward till today.

 

PS- Month and Year is fine for dates

 

Note: If a similar topic has been created, or it is in the wrong forum please lock or move this topic. Thank you

 

 

 

01/2001- Banking is introduced (coins only)

 

05/2001- Banking is expanded (all other items)

 

06/2001- Fishing is introduced

 

10/2001- First rare items is dropped (pumpkin)

 

02/2002- P2P is started

 

12/2002- Agility is introduced

 

03/2003- Underground Pass quest is introduced

 

09/2003- Real world trading rule is instated

 

11/2003- Party Hat duping begins

 

12/2003- RS2 Beta is started

 

02/2004- Bank notes become available

 

03/2004- RS2 launch

 

09/2004- Underground Pass quest is released

 

01/2005- Slayer is introduced

 

04/2005- Desert Treasure quest is introduced/2nd spellbook added

 

05/2005- Barrows minigame and armor is introduced

 

07/2005- Farming is introduced

 

09/2005- 'Cook-x' is put into place

 

03/2006- Recipe For Disaster/100th quest

 

04/2006- Pest Control makes it debut

 

04/2006- Pures Essence is introduced

 

05/2006- Construction is introduced

 

07/2006- Crossbows are expanded and revamped

 

07/2006- Lunar Isles quest is added/3rd spellbook added

 

10/2006- Anchievement Capes

 

11/2006- Hunter is introduced

 

08/2007- Clan Chat is introduced

 

08/2007- God Wars Dungeon becomes available

 

11/2007- Grand Exchange is introduced

 

12/2007- Removal of PKing in the Wilderness

 

01/2008- Unbalanced trade removal

 

01/2008- Summoning is introduced

 

03/2008- Summoning Batch 2

 

05/2008- Smoking Kills quest adds equipment expansion to slayer

 

07/2008- Fullscreen/High Detail is introduced

 

10/2008- PvP worlds are introduced

 

11/2008- While Guthix Sleeps quest is introduced/1st grandmaster quest

 

06/2009- PvP 26k/76k trick- ancient artifacts

 

07/2009- Auto-skull when entering a PvP world-eliminates 1-itemers

 

07/2009- "1-item" pk worlds are introduced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEED DATES FOR

 

-censor update

 

-quick chat

 

-corpreal (sp?) beast

 

-mithril dragons

 

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dunno when but rsc? and p hats santas yadda yadda

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Dragon Drops: 1 Shield Left Half, 2 Dragon Claws, 10 Dragon Platelegs, 4 Dragon Medium Helmets

 

GWD Drops: Gs shard 1: 3 times GS Shard 2: Nil GS shard 3: 2 times 1 Bandos Tassets, 1 Bandos Hilt 1 Bandos Boots, Armadyl Hilt, 3 Saradomin swords

 

Misc: Ranger boots, Dragonic Visage, Guthix bow,

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i do want to include things from RSC as i had a account on there that lasted all of 2 hours :oops: but again i need dates

 

 

 

as for Holiday Tradeables I will include them since they had such a big impact of the economy

 

 

 

im not sure on the removal of the wildy and trade restrictions, i know the GE was introduced before december

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-RS2

 

-Construction

 

-Summoning

 

-Removal of Wilderness, Trade Limits, Death of Staking, Grand Exchange

 

-Addition and removal of BH in the WIlderness Volcano

 

-New BH/PvP Worlds

 

-Rise of 26k/76k tricking in PvP/BH worlds, addition of ancient artefacts

 

-Alteration of PvP/BH worlds. Automatic skulling and banning of the protect item prayer. Resulted in a drastic and chaotic crash of expensive items.

 

-While Guthix Sleeps quest

 

-God Wars Dungeon

 

-Stealing Creation - allowed players to be able to buy morphic tools from the minigame rewards show, which drastically cut down on the cost of several 99s, including construction, smithing, and crafting.

 

-Ancient Magicks/Desert Treasure quest - made magic more dangerous

 

 

 

I'm sorry, but I don't know any of the dates. I hope some of the listed things help though.

SWAG

 

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Thanks Serephurus all those things do help and ill add them to the need dates list

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I won't go searching for the exact dates for you, but if you want help go to Runescape.wikia.com and type in pretty much any update name and it'll give you the date of release for it. Hope it helps if you didn't already know it.

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this wasnt an update but maybe mention the 6/6/06 fally massacre just cus it was a pretty big thing for those that were around when it happened...not too mention the fact that it just happened to occur on the day teh world "was supposed to end"

 

 

 

also maybe the phat duping thing cus that defenitely changed rs

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-Slayer stilled added to the game (26/01/2005)

 

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-Farming (11/06/2005)

 

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-Construction (31/05/2006)

 

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-Hunter (21/11/2006)

 

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Honestly, did yesterdays update really 'change Runescape forever'?

 

 

 

All it did was eliminate an easy-ish way to make money, unlike most of the others listed. :|

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God Wars - 28-Aug-2007

 

ZMI - 18-Sep-2007

 

Grand Exchange - 26-Nov-2007

 

Summoning - 15-Jan-2008

 

Unbalanced Trade Removal - 02-Jan-2008

 

Fist of Guthix - 09-Apr-2008

 

Summoning 2 (changes) - 31-Mar-2008

 

Quick Chat - 21-May-2008

 

Stealing Creation - 11-Nov-2008

 

Soul Wars - 10-Feb-2009

 

Mobalising Armies - 08-Jul-2009

 

Clan Chat - 06-Aug-2007

 

Dragonfire Shield - 18-Jun-2007

 

Dark Bow - 11-Jun-2007

 

Hunter - 21-Nov-2006

 

Barbarian Assault - 04-Jan-2007

 

Construction - 31-May-2006

 

Pest Control - 18-Apr-2006

 

Hundredth Quest (Recipe for Disaster!) - 15-Mar-2006 [Maybe Not Changing, But Cool]

 

Fight Caves - 04-Oct-2005

 

Cook-X - 12-Sep-2005

 

Farming - 11-Jul-2005

 

Barrows - 09-May-2005

 

Weapons Update (Dragon Scim) - 29-Mar-2005

 

Slayer - 26-Jan-2005

 

Player Mods - 14-Jun-2004

 

RS2 Launch - 29-Mar-2004

 

Bank Notes - 10-Feb-2004

 

Christmas Drops Skipped - 22-Dec-2003

 

RS2 Beta - 01-Dec-2003

 

Party Hat Dupes (or crackers) - 07-Nov-2003

 

Real World Trading Rule Added (It did bring a whole lot) - 09-Sep-2003

 

Fishing Trawler - 28-Jul-2003

 

Sleeping Bags - 27-May-2003

 

Dwarf Cannon Quest - 27-May-2003

 

Throwing Weapons - 14-Apr-2003

 

Agility - 12-Dec-2002

 

Tutorial Island - 24-Sep-2002

 

Members Started* - 27-Feb-2002

 

 

 

(Approximate date. The date was found as an announcement for 1 year of membership, I just subtracted one year (yes, i did it in my head)

 

 

 

Theres a few updates that changed rs in some ways :P

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Any update that wasnt reversed changed runescape forever. So I guess you should start listing all of them.

The clock is ticking, and your time is running out, mortals.

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I've been playing runescape for way too long.

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Fishing skill (and karamja) introduced - Spring/Summer 2001

 

 

 

Removal of the PK/NPK system and wilderness introduced - Autumn 2001

 

 

 

The first rare introduced (physically dropped by moderators)- October 31st 2001

 

 

 

Rune introduced

 

 

 

P2P introduced

 

 

 

You'll have to look up the dates, it's far too long ago for me to remember. :P

Capone Sabre since April 2001.

99 Attack, Defence, Strength and Hitpoints Achieved January 2005. When it still meant something.

 

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Pumpkin Event - First of the discontinued items

 

Bunny Ears event -First of the non tradable discontinued

 

Infinite stock - Price ceiling on many items including runes/arrows

 

RS2 Weapon Speed - R2h to Rune Skim being weapons of choice, with the most important thing in a weapon changed from max hit to speed.

 

RS2 Combat Triangle - No introduction needed

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