Dungeoneering Improvements (Free Players & Members)

There’s nothing like breaking new ground in the murky depths of Daemonheim with a full party of friends at your side. If you prefer to go it solo or with just one or two friends, though, some of Daemonheim’s sweetest swag could – until now – feel unobtainable. That wasn’t fair, and today’s update changes that.

Clearing floors in Daemonheim now gives you far greater XP returns than before – at least double for a solo player – as well as a far higher yield of tokens. While a full group of five is still the fastest way to progress, no-one should feel that Daemonheim's bounty is out of reach. Start saving up for that chaotic rapier!

In line with feedback received on the Evolution of Combat, we’ve also overhauled the item binding system. Everyone - regardless of Dungeoneering level - can now bind ten items. You won’t get to carry all ten at a time, of course; they’ll go into a remotely-held pool of bound items, from which you'll be able to select loadouts by speaking to the Smuggler. You can return to the Smuggler at any time to switch your bound items, and he'll remember up to three presets for ease of use. The number of your bound items that can be included in a loadout varies according to your Dungeoneering level:

• 1 Dungeoneering: 1 item
  
• 20 Dungeoneering: 2 items
  
• 50 Dungeoneering: 3 items
  
• 90 Dungoneering: 4 items
  
• 120 Dungeoneering: 5 items
  

With this new system, you never need be without the right weapon for the job – doubly important when the Evolution of Combat lands in a week’s time. Switching between specialised melee, range and mage setups is as simple as a trip back the smuggler and will no longer take such a heavy toll on your inventory. Couple that with a slick new interface to manage the new system, and no foe need stand in your way.

 

Gravestone Update (Free Players & Members)

Ever died in Darkmeyer, watched as your gear faded before your grasping fingers, and found yourself in a city full of hungry vampyres, wearing just your undergarments and an expression of dismay? Brr…

With the new gravestone interface, there's no longer any reason to be left out in the cold. Just click once on your gravestone to neatly display everything you dropped on death, allowing you to choose the items from your gravestone rather than clicking frantically through a long list. It's also possible to click the gravestone timer while nearby, to take you straight to the point of your demise - useful if there's more than one stone about. There are also 'take all' and 're-equip all' buttons, so you'll be up and back into the fray before you know it.

Mod Liono & Mod Chris L

 

 

In Other News

• We've made a selection of tweaks to the Crucible based upon player feedback:
  
  • We've placed a Prayer altar in each of the Crucible's banks to help out between battles.
    
  • The pairing mechanic has been reworked to give fairer opponents.
    
  • Familiars have been disallowed.
    
  • Information about the Supreme Champion has been made clearer.
    
  • The Supreme Champion role will now deal more damage, and reward an extra trophy bone per killing blow.
    
  • Gorajian mushrooms are now allowed into the arena.
    

  [*]Put some boom into your skilling with Explosive Skilling Animations, now available in Solomon's General Store!

  [*]The 3 quest points awarded for Prince Ali Rescue have been removed. As such, the quest point total has been lowered from 338 to 335.

[spoiler=Patch Notes]

Graphical:

• All Dominion Tower gloves are now using the correct coloured particle effects.
  
• The Dragonkin in the Tale of Two Cats cutscene have been graphically updated.
  
• The Ariane, Ozan, The Raptor, Owen and Xenia no longer appear multiple times in certain locations.
  
• Fixed an issue with flickering on one of the docks in the Fremennik Province.
  
• The Yo-yo animation has been corrected.
  
• The Bow/Curtesy icon now switches correctly when a player switches gender.
  
• A small graphical glitch has been fixed on a wall in Varrock.
  
• Jimmy's Kegs are now visible whilst wearing a piece of headgear from Solomon's Store.
  
• Fixed an issue with the fencing outside the Legends' Guild.
  
• The floorbridge in Meiyerditch has been re-aligned.
  
• Fixed some issues with the Tropical style roof in player owned houses.
  
• Solomon Store mining animations no longer play when a player tries to open a Mining door in Dungeoneering that they don't have the requirements for.
  
• Fixed some stretching on Stanky Morgan's, Chief Thief Robin's, Estrith's and the Doomsayer's faces.
  
• Royal dragonhide chaps no longer attach to crossbows when firing.
  
• Crafter Dirndl's apron no longer clips through knees when burying bones.
  
• Fixed an animation issue when filling Ogre bellows.
  
• The TokHaar-Kal no longer clips through Barrows equipment.
  
• Necromancer staves now have the skulls attached to the staff.
  
• The female Agility skillcape no longer has trim on the bottom of the cape.
  
• Musclebound arms now appear more muscular.
  
• Priests in Sophanem no longer look so patchy.
  
• Items no longer float if dropped on top of a Player Owned House stuffed trophy head.
  

Quests, Challenges & Achievements:

• Players can now reclaim the Gofannon amulet from Doric during the Denulth post-quest task.
  
• Several non-quest journal interfaces that display similar to the Quest Journal have been updated to work with the Noticeboard changes.
  
• Several quest journals have been updated to use the new Quest Journal colour scheme.
  
• The battlefish interface in Some Like It Cold will now work correctly with the health overlay in fixed screen mode.
  
• The correct task completion message will now appear after Summer's End.
  
• Added some hyphens to the "Plentypotioniary" task to stop wrapping on the task interface.
  
• The Sawmill challenge no longer accepts quick jobs.
  
• Ores mined from concentrated gold deposits whilst wearing the Varrock armour platebody will now count towards the relevant Mining challenge.
  
• The "Unpin" task button and the "Hide" task button on the main game screen now function individually, making it possible to have a task pinned but not display in the main game window.
  
• The 3 quest points awarded for Prince Ali Rescue have been removed. As such, the Quest Point total has been lowered from 338 to 335.
  

Skills & Minigames:

• The first wave of the Fight Kiln will now spawn correctly when a player tries to click out of a dialogue window.
  
• A blocked location has been removed at the Herblore Habitat to prevent a jadinko getting stuck.
  
• Players can no longer gain lots of XP from the Dagannoth Sentinels in Dominion Tower.
  

Other:

• The "Cure Poison" option on the lifepoints icon near the minimap now works with the Prayer book reward from Great Brain Robbery.
  
• The Falador south wall agility shortcut now awards a token amount of Agility XP.
  
• Ghostly robe bottoms have been added to the Dragon Keepsake box whitelist.
  
• Some audio has been added in the Kalphite Nursery and the Vulture area of the Desert.
  
• There is now a warning on exiting the Tears of Guthix cave about needing a light source.
  
• A ladder in the Lighthouse dungeon has been rotated to make it conform to the laws of physics.
  
• Gravestones will now be moved out of Botany Bay.
  
• Locked Dungeoneering doors no longer break players' routefinding.
  
• An issue with the assist system displaying the wrong amount of bonus XP being awarded has been fixed.
  
• Yrsa's shoe shop now refers to the blue-ish shoe colour "roguish brown" as blue.
  
• Hitmarks now appear on the final hit against Carnivorous chinchompas.
  
• We have improved the examine info on Cooking urns to avoid misinterpretation.
  
• Broadcasted messages no longer refer to the Bandos warshield as a Bandos shield.
  
• Players can no longer get behind the Warriors' Guild bank.
  
• A typo has been fixed with Wilough's chat.
  
• Fixed a typo in the Adventurer's Log when obtaining Dragon rider gear from the KBD.
  
• Free players will now be moved out of the Chaos Temple upper level in the Wilderness.
  

 

 

Patch notes

 

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The following fixes and tweaks have now been implemented. As always, be sure to submit a bug report should you encounter a gameplay bug or graphical glitch in-game.

 

Graphical:

 

 

 

All Dominion Tower gloves are now using the correct coloured particle effects.

The Dragonkin in the Tale of Two Cats cutscene have been graphically updated.

The Ariane, Ozan, The Raptor, Owen and Xenia no longer appear multiple times in certain locations.

Fixed an issue with flickering on one of the docks in the Fremennik Province.

The Yo-yo animation has been corrected.

The Bow/Curtesy icon now switches correctly when a player switches gender.

A small graphical glitch has been fixed on a wall in Varrock.

Jimmy's Kegs are now visible whilst wearing a piece of headgear from Solomon's Store.

Fixed an issue with the fencing outside the Legends' Guild.

The floorbridge in Meiyerditch has been re-aligned.

Fixed some issues with the Tropical style roof in player owned houses.

Solomon Store mining animations no longer play when a player tries to open a Mining door in Dungeoneering that they don't have the requirements for.

Fixed some stretching on Stanky Morgan's, Chief Thief Robin's, Estrith's and the Doomsayer's faces.

Royal dragonhide chaps no longer attach to crossbows when firing.

Crafter Dirndl's apron no longer clips through knees when burying bones.

Fixed an animation issue when filling Ogre bellows.

The TokHaar-Kal no longer clips through Barrows equipment.

Necromancer staves now have the skulls attached to the staff.

The female Agility skillcape no longer has trim on the bottom of the cape.

Musclebound arms now appear more muscular.

Priests in Sophanem no longer look so patchy.

Items no longer float if dropped on top of a Player Owned House stuffed trophy head.

 

 

 

Quests, Challenges & Achievements:

 

 

 

Players can now reclaim the Gofannon amulet from Doric during the Denulth post-quest task.

Several non-quest journal interfaces that display similar to the Quest Journal have been updated to work with the Noticeboard changes.

Several quest journals have been updated to use the new Quest Journal colour scheme.

The battlefish interface in Some Like It Cold will now work correctly with the health overlay in fixed screen mode.

The correct task completion message will now appear after Summer's End.

Added some hyphens to the "Plentypotioniary" task to stop wrapping on the task interface.

The Sawmill challenge no longer accepts quick jobs.

Ores mined from concentrated gold deposits whilst wearing the Varrock armour platebody will now count towards the relevant Mining challenge.

The "Unpin" task button and the "Hide" task button on the main game screen now function individually, making it possible to have a task pinned but not display in the main game window.

The 3 quest points awarded for Prince Ali Rescue have been removed. As such, the Quest Point total has been lowered from 338 to 335.

 

 

Skills & Minigames:

 

 

 

The first wave of the Fight Kiln will now spawn correctly when a player tries to click out of a dialogue window.

A blocked location has been removed at the Herblore Habitat to prevent a jadinko getting stuck.

Players can no longer gain lots of XP from the Dagannoth Sentinels in Dominion Tower.

 

 

Other:

 

 

 

The "Cure Poison" option on the lifepoints icon near the minimap now works with the Prayer book reward from Great Brain Robbery.

The Falador south wall agility shortcut now awards a token amount of Agility XP.

Ghostly robe bottoms have been added to the Dragon Keepsake box whitelist.

Some audio has been added in the Kalphite Nursery and the Vulture area of the Desert.

There is now a warning on exiting the Tears of Guthix cave about needing a light source.

A ladder in the Lighthouse dungeon has been rotated to make it conform to the laws of physics.

Gravestones will now be moved out of Botany Bay.

Locked Dungeoneering doors no longer break players' routefinding.

An issue with the assist system displaying the wrong amount of bonus XP being awarded has been fixed.

Yrsa's shoe shop now refers to the blue-ish shoe colour "roguish brown" as blue.

Hitmarks now appear on the final hit against Carnivorous chinchompas.

We have improved the examine info on Cooking urns to avoid misinterpretation.

Broadcasted messages no longer refer to the Bandos warshield as a Bandos shield.

Players can no longer get behind the Warriors' Guild bank.

A typo has been fixed with Wilough's chat.

Fixed a typo in the Adventurer's Log when obtaining Dragon rider gear from the KBD.

Free players will now be moved out of the Chaos Temple upper level in the Wilderness.

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• Players can no longer gain lots of XP from the Dagannoth Sentinels in Dominion Tower.
  

Daemonheim’s sweetest swag

Players can no longer gain lots of XP from the Dagannoth Sentinels in Dominion Tower.

 

Good fight to those who trained at dags in the dominion tower. Attempting to load game now.

When you start a floor you need to ask the smuggler for your binds. They don't start equipped as they used to.

 

Edit: it also uncharged my csb

Like the dung update!

Oh, my CSB is empty again. Smooooth.

Oh, my CSB is empty again. Smooooth.

 

Notice how I posted that without "reserving" it?

New bind system: you can use the same binds for more than one "loadout":

 

 

Oddly, my CSB doesn't show up in my bind pool, despite being equipped and bound at the start of the dungeon.

still the same old ammo binds or?

 

Edit:

They shouldve let you choose a "start set"

*Holds breath* No SoF/Solomon in other news?

*Holds breath* No SoF/Solomon in other news?

 

Animations in Solomon

People already whining how 120 dung is degraded by letting everyone bind 10 items. Um... Hello!?

 

This means people who are 90+ will probably have a starting loadout of primal/prom 2h, primal/prom/sag top, primal/prom/sag legs and bn/hex/primal/prom/sag hat. This leaves 120 ding folks to just fill out more.

 

I think the ideal pool would be this:

1. Primal two-hand sword

2. Primal platebody

3. Primal platelegs

4. Hex hunter bow

5. Saggitair leatherbody

6. Saggitair leatherskirt

7. Celestial catalytic staff (T11)

8. Celestial robe top

9. Celestial robe bottom

10. Saggitairian arrows

 

I think the ideal starting loadout would be primal two-hand sword, primal platebody, hex hunter bow, saggitair body, saggitairian arrows.

CSB is leaving game in a week. Break it...

*Holds breath* No SoF/Solomon in other news?

 

Relatively minor, but there.

 

Put some boom into your skilling with Explosive Skilling Animations, now available inSolomon's General Store

 

 

Interesting update, definitely looking forward to trying it out.

Anyone know what method is now the fastest melee XP/hour now that sentinels have been nerfed?

 

I need 90-99 strength before EoC.

CSB is leaving game in a week. Break it...

They still exist in DG in the EoC, they give infinite air runes in the ammo slot.

CSB is leaving game in a week. Break it...

They still exist in DG in the EoC, they give infinite air runes in the ammo slot.

 

Wouldn't that mean it's obsolete once you can bind a celestial catalytic staff? If so, I'll destroy mine once I can bind the staff.

Can you right click the grave and get items without opening the interface? This is important, because if aggressive things can close the interface graves just got more difficult.

New pendants on SOF. "Any-pendants" Lets you choose what skill they're designated to. Didn't see any mention of that in patchnotes or the news post.

New pendants on SOF. "Any-pendants" Lets you choose what skill they're designated to. Didn't see any mention of that in patchnotes or the news post.

Prism?

I think the ideal pool would be this:

1. Primal two-hand sword

2. Primal platebody

3. Primal platelegs

4. Hex hunter bow

5. Saggitair leatherbody

6. Saggitair leatherskirt

7. Celestial catalytic staff (T11)

8. Celestial robe top

9. Celestial robe bottom

10. Saggitairian arrows

 

I think the ideal starting loadout would be primal two-hand sword, primal platebody, hex hunter bow, saggitair body, saggitairian arrows.

You forget hood and blood necklace. Leg armour is relatively minor. In the current combat system, you're looking at bn/hex+arrows/primal plate+2h with a choice of gauntlets or hood for primary set, with Sagittarian only for hexes in case of Necro, and ccs/efs with robes only for csbs in case of Hope etc.

 

It's stupid you can't bind more than one ammo bind. Personally I don't like the ability to switch within a dungeon as well, it makes it far too easy to switch to tank gear for example, or to go all-out Sagittarian when you find Necro.

XP rates seem a bit... low? Even if I did the floor in 10 minutes, that's still only 120k xp/hr at level 91, unless I'm doing something wrong >_>

 

Well in the video, they said they did 4 mediums an hour, which would be about 240k with your numbers.

 

How do you figure? 4 mediums would only be 80k xp/hr at that rate >_>