Having spent his whole life fishing' date=' Jones the fisherman has decided to retire in style. He believes that there’s a fortune to be had by hunting the dreaded Thalassus: a sea monster that’s rumoured to be thousands of years old and as big as a village. That’s what the stories say anyway, as no survivors have returned to tell tales of it, but you can be sure of one thing: you want to be far, far away from it when it surfaces.

 

If Jones is to stand a chance of landing this deadly beast, he needs your help. A rower, harpoon and map are needed before you can head out to hunt (those who suffer from sea-sickness, beware). Then there’s the small problem of finding the beast; while Thalassus is big, the oceans are bigger, and hunting it is like finding a giant, hungry needle in a humungous haystack.

 

You might come across treasure in the shipwrecks out to sea, and there’s a healthy haul of XP to salvage from this master quest. That’s not all, as additional hunting opportunities are on offer to eager sailors.

 

At the end of the day, a hunter or their quarry will be on the menu. So, who will be the Deadliest Catch: Jones or the Thalassus?

 

[i']Mod Tim

RuneScape Content Developer [/i]

 

 

Summary:

 

Where to start Deadliest Catch:

Talk to Jones next to the Fishing Guild bank. He’s the one with the large fishing rod.

 

Requirements to start Deadliest Catch:

70 Fishing

67 Hunter

60 Thieving

Tower of Life

Druidic Ritual

 

 

In other news...

 

As those who voted in the ‘What’s My Name?’ Guaranteed Content Poll will have already noted, the winning sea monster name of ‘Thalassus’ has made it in game and the creature is munching on players as we speak! Thank you to all of those who voted and got the name into RuneScape.

 

We are ending support for older versions of Java (versions older than Sun Java 1.6.0_10) in a couple of weeks time. So that we do not catch players unaware, we have created a warning screen for those players who will be affected, which will pop up when you initially load the RuneScape applet, offering links to help you upgrade. Upgrading from an older version of Java will have the added benefit of running the RuneScape applet more smoothly.

Well, new quest.

 

Got all requirements, so let's do this. I'am guessing we'll have to go diving again.

 

No item requirements/combat.

 

Rewards[hide]

1 Quest Point

70k Fishing exp

26k Hunter exp

8k Thieving exp

New deposit boxes

Ability to hunt Thalassus for more Hunter exp (up to 10 times)

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Woop, looks like I don't need to go to bed just yet. :shades:

 

Bring it on.

the update is in 2 mins, this was posted 2 mins ago..

 

wow. thats fast.

Sailing is here.

Sailing is here.

 

i should of put gp on someone saying that..

But you didn't ;)

The house wins yet again.

omg sailing.

 

another 20 minute quest with a lame reward.

 

weeeeee

damn, they'd better make all human models look as good as that Linza girl! O_O

We got trolled. Water/sea didn't get new graphics. :P

 

At least not near land.

Amulet of nature is fixed.

 

Yay :D

70k fishing xp is fairly nice. Like two hours worth of fishing. And two hours not spent fishing is always welcomed.

Quest complete really easy.

Out at the ocean now, hasn't been updated.

 

And is the smith...making a Dragon Shortsword? :lol: I'll hazard a guess she may end up being involved with new smithing methods and possibly another quest for Sir Vvyin in the future.

70k xp is like one hours fishing xp so I think the quest is worth doing for me anyway, will be interesting to see if you get 26k hunter xp per catch of the new fish thing.

Done. Fun quest I guess.

It can't be that hard if everyone is finishing it mere minutes after the update. :?

 

Does Thalassus look like he did in the update teasers?

[spoiler=Quest Done]

Quest done:

 

Overview: Very easy quest. Could be a bit harder imo, it was a little bit too easy seeing the xp reward. The other rewards (hunting Thalassus and fish nets) aren't interesting. Hunted Thalassus 1x after finishing quest, took 5 minutes for 2,5k hunting xp.

 

It worries me that this was actually the best thing of the whole BTS June.

Fast quest lol

 

I'll hunt more, I'll say if anything new.

 

1st hunt after quest: 2510 Hunt xp.

2nd hunt: 2990 Hunt xp.

3rd hunt: 3470 Hunt xp.

4th hunt: 3950 Hunt xp.

5th hunt: 4430 Hunt xp.

6th hunt: 4910 Hunt xp.

7th hunt: 5380 Hunt xp.

8th hunt: 5860 Hunt xp.

9th hunt: 6340 Hunt xp.

10th hunt: 6820 Hunt xp.

 

No extra rewards.

I have some xp bonuses from The Deadliest Catch Activity:

 

Difficulty 1/10: 2,510 xp

Difficulty 2/10: 2,990 xp

Difficulty 3/10: 3,470 xp

 

I'll post more as I get further on.

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The following small fixes and adjustments have now been made to the game. If you spot any further bugs in-game, please use the Bug Report feature ('Submit a Bug Report' under the 'Help' drop-down menu of the website).

 

Graphical

 

 

* The recent crow infestation in a field north-east of Lumbridge has abated; they have now moved on to the spooky atmosphere of Draynor Village.

* Ozan's quiver no longer floats whilst sliding in the Three's Company Fremennik saga.

* A puddle of blood no longer flickers during the Thok it to 'em Fremennik Saga.

* Items being flung in the catapult room in the Warrior's Guild no longer clip through the floor above.

* An animation will now play when getting out of the pipe on the Werewolf Agility Course.

* It is no longer possible to use the "V" in the veteran cape's emote as a podium to preach from.

* Teleporting whilst transforming into a statue using a death hat no longer leaves a blue statue behind.

* The duelist cap no longer gets removed whilst resting.

* Turmoil and Berserker curses no longer take precedence over other emotes.

* Giving a dog a bone now uses improved animations.

* Werewolves no longer disappear briefly when transforming from their human forms.

* The dungeoneering skillcape emote no longer causes female avatars to transform into males during the animation.

 

 

 

Activities

 

 

* Clicking out of dialogue at the beginning of the Thok it to 'em Fremennik saga no longer removes the interface.

* Thok can no longer avoid the ramokee room in the Thok it to 'em Fremennik saga.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

* Frost dragons can now be left-click attacked.

* The Morytania slayer challenge can be completed again.

* Aggie no longer walks to the wrong place when creating dyes.

* It is no longer possible to lure monkey guards across Ape Atoll by equipping and unequipping greegrees.

* The milestone capes are no longer blocked from Entrana.

* The Dream lunar spell is no longer considered a combat spell when reordering the magic interface.

* For smaller party sizes, the arming statues in the dungeoneering challenge room no longer stop the player from walking when statues are not placed down.

* Obsidian walls have had the Prospect op removed.

* Multiple blessed spiders in Underground Pass no longer attack the player if they are in combat, and have not been fighting Kalrag.

* The Twiblick Night Special has been renamed from Twiblik Night Special.

* The parts table in the Artisans Workshop no longer references a cannon barrel, as it currently holds moulds and a hammer.

* Two male forgotten warriors no longer sound like women when hit.

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Looks like a quest I can actually do.

quest was pretty epic

 

Found this in the patch notes while I was reading:

 

* Frost dragons can now be left-click attacked.

 

FINALLY. Now do this for every single monster already.