4th April 2016 - Patches | Terrorbird Mounts | Navigator Outfits

[Sally]

Before April gets busy with the launch of NXT and the vampire finale, this week has a smattering of helpful little improvements that make life in Gielinor sweeter. You can also get your hands on a completely free “mount”.

 

Solomon’s Store also welcomes a brand-new nautical outfit. Check it out and read on for all our live streaming info and other announcements.

 

Patch Notes

 

Clans have received some love, and there are some useful changes to a host of items and NPCs amongst this week’s fixes. Check out everything that’s gone in game by reading the full patch notes in the forum thread - let us know what you think!

 

While there are no major updates this week, you can be sure that there are fantastic things coming in April. From a vampyre finale quest to the NXT client (18th April!), Mod Mark has you covered in his month ahead BTS video - give it a watch if you haven’t already.

 

Terrorbird Mounts | Get Yours For Free!

 

More than just an April Fools’ joke, our terrorbird “mounts” are available for free in Solomon’s Store from now until 23:59 on the 30th April. They might not get you round Gielinor any quicker but a mount’s a mount, right? Right?

 

Solomon’s Store | Navigator Outfits

 

Get yourself looking ship-shape with Navigator Outfits – now in stock in Solomon’s Store.

 

This nautically-inspired get up is perfect for showing off your navigational skills. Hop through your favourite shortcuts or stroll over to Port Sarim knowing that you’ll always put your best foot forward in this one.

 

Treasure Hunter will also be offering some more fantastic items this week – keep an eye out for the news post, coming soon!

 

This week’s live streams

 

Each week we stream developer Q&As, in-game events and more. Watch our streams and find a full schedule on our Twitch channel. Check our YouTube channel for recap videos and streams you may have missed.

 

Tuesday, April 5th| 16:00 Game Time | Developer Q&A – April unwrapped

 

We'll have all the guys you need to know on the sofas talking about April's updates. Post your questions about anything April related on the forums, Reddit, or by using #RSDevQA on Twitter.

 

Tuesday, April 5th | 20:00 Game Time | Mod Shauny takes on Gregorovic in NXT!

 

Gregorovic is next up on the God Wars Dungeon 2 Boss list - find out how Mod Shauny gets on from 9pm on the NXT Client!

 

Sunday, April 10th | 18:00 Game Time | PvM with Mod Lee!

 

Mod Lee will be hosting some more community PvM goodness, live on Twitch.

 

In Other News

 

Easter Event

 

Sliske has abandoned the idea of a chocolate factory for now, and so the Easter Bunny retires victorious for another year. Guthixian Butterflies have also disappeared from Gielinor.

 

Jmod & Pmod in-game events

 

To make sure you are notified about upcoming in-game events, remember to turn on your in-game clock!

 

Check out the JMod In-Game Events thread as well as the Pmods In-Game Events thread for more details.

 

NXT Game Client Release Date Confirmed | 18th April

 

If you didn’t catch Mod Mark’s April preview video last week, we proudly announced that the NXT game client will be available for you to download and play from the 18th April. Needless to say – we are very happy to announce this and very grateful to all of you for your bug hunting, beta-weekend efforts – we couldn’t have done it without you! Stay tuned for more information closer to the date.

 

[spoiler=Patch Notes]

 

Graphical:

 

• Players no longer reappear at the end of Tuska Storm teleport animation.
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• The Twang crossbow now animates correctly when keepsaked.
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• Fixed a small gap on the rear waist of male characters when wearing the nimble outfit.
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• Fixed a transparent gap around the midriff of male Ancient Outfit.
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• Fixed some stretching 15th Anniversary banners in the Grand Exchange.
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• Removed some unneeded broken ground decoration in the Tunnel of Chaos.
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• Fixed the inventory icon for the noted mud battlestaff.
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• Zachory Bragg has been graphically updated.
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• Fixed a transparency issue with the equipped Lit bug lantern.
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• Players once again have a jaw when wearing a black dragonhide coif.
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• Roddeck's idle animations now appear more smooth.
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• Tidied up the Grouping System chat filter icons to make it more clear what they are.
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• Fixed a stretching issue with penguin legs on male characters.

 

 

Skills, D&Ds & Minigames

 

• Players can now catch double urchins when the shark outfit is equipped.
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• Corrected the additional defence requirement listing for Focus Sight and Hexcrest in the Ranged and Magic skill guides respectively.
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• Corrected Enchanted armour to level 45 in the Defence skill guide.
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• A typo for the Augmented Hatchet description in the skill guide has been corrected.
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• The Runecrafting guild token count now correctly updates in the reward interface when deductions are made via reward purchases.
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• Running out of grimy herbs to clean now references the correct herb.
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• Free players can now equip a variety of off-hand weapons from Treasure Hunter.
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• Player can now skip the intro taunt scene in Dominion Tower.
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• Killing harder bosses now awards more reward points for Dominion Gloves.
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• Dominion gloves now last 10 hours, up from 4.
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• The Dominion gloves stat-reducing effect no longer stacks.
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• An "auto-redeem" option has been added in Treasure Hunter when claiming a prismatic lamp or star, allowing players to select which skill to award the XP in.

 

 

Quests, Challenges and Achievements

 

• Fixed a typo when speaking to Clivet in Hazeel Cult.
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• The Tirannwn task "Sing-along-a-Seren Verse 1" no longer displays that it can be completed with a boosted Summoning level.

 

 

God Wars 2

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• Vin'Diddy and Greg will now adorn their weapons whilst in boss pet form.
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• Helwyr's Cywir alphas now continue to spawn correctly in Challenge Mode instances.
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• The Twin Furies now always begin their rotation with the wall slice attack.
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• Refined anima core armour can now be keepsaked.
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• Drops and kills from God Wars 2 now broadcast correctly on the Adventurer's log.
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• Shadow glaives are now correctly disassembled one at a time, instead of fifty.
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• Boss pets from God Wars 2 now have a loot beam.
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• Players are now unable to obtain multiple pet items.
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• The Dormant anima core drops have been removed from the world broadcast.
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• The broken variant of the Dragon Rider Lance can now be traded via the Grand Exchange.
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• Creating Refined anima core legs of Zamorak now displays the correct materials.

 

 

Other

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• The Bonds pouch has been converted into a more generic "Currency pouch" for storing upcoming Treasure Hunter promotion currencies.
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• Players can now right-click on various Treasure Hunter outfits in Diango's interface to claim all parts of the outfit at once.
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• The DarksCape override for having played DarkScape for longer than 10 hours has been added.
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• Defence boosting prayers once again work in PvM situations.
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• Players can now open the RuneMetrics settings interface while in combat.
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• Fixed an issue with the RuneMetrics Stopwatch showing negative values incorrectly.
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• RuneMetrics will now display Araxxor kills... even if you don't manage to defeat a more terrifying foe afterwards.
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• RuneMetrics now correctly displays Nex kills.
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• Added unlock information to the backflip emote.
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• Clicking out of the make-x dialogue box will no longer stop players from using the interface.
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• The Enchanted gem and Grim gem are now correctly loaded with bank presets when saved to the pocket slot.
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• Fixed the chatbox message when previewing 'The Victor' and 'The MVP' titles when they are not unlocked.
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• Fixed a typo in the Barrows Brothers information in the Beasts interface.
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• Removed some force walk tiles near some cliffs in the Lumbridge cow pen.
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• Fixed a typo with the Yanille Inventor's workbench 'Manufacture' option.
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• The Fremennik have stood down now they are sure the winter wolves have been driven away for another year.
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• Dreadnips no longer ignore temporary stun immunity.

 

 

Ninja Fixes

 

• Chat messages will now persist throughout world hopping and the lobby.
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• You now have the ability to clear chat messages in-game
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• Clan avatars are now summoned for up to 23 hours to match the maximum login session length, unless dismissed manually.
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• Players are no longer restricted from rejoining boss instances when the remaining time is below 10 minutes.
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• The Truthful Shadow Core, Blissful Shadow Core and Manifest Shadow Core daily challenges for Divination have been removed.
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• The 7 day wait between joining a new clan has been removed.
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• Juju gumbo and strange potatoes can now be noted, stored in a Beast of Burden and now use the Make-X system.
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• The Gem bag and Gem bag upgrade now have an Empty option usable from the inventory in the Bank interface which deposits all stored gems directly to the bank.
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• Added the Fremennik Lighthouse to the teleport options for the Mask/Helm of the Dagannoth.
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• The Wise Old Man is now able to help clear out more quest items that are no longer useful from the players bank and inventory.
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• Scan clues now open in a new window and will automatically scan while that window is open.
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• Scan and Compass clue interfaces now close automatically when you have completed them.
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• Both Scan and Compass clue interfaces now have a shortcut button to dig when you are in the right spot.
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• Wealth evaluator announcements are no longer displayed if the announcer is on your ignore list.
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• The Weird Old Man near the Kalphite Hive now has a right-click claim option for Desert task reward Potato cacti.
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• Players can now adjust a setting in the Interface Options that will allow for a fixed amount of columns in the Backpack interface.
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• The following keybinds have been added for the loot interface:
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• - Space to "loot all".
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• - Shift & space to "loot custom".
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• - Esc to close interface.

 

 

 

[wozzels]

Thank you Sally,

 

Wow, a terrorbird mount does sound good indeed :)

Also, in the patch notes:

- dominion gloves now 10 hours - are they still popular?

- Ninja: gem bags straight into bank!

 

Ciao,

Wozzels

[Arceus]

Thank you Sally,

 

Wow, a terrorbird mount does sound good indeed :)

Also, in the patch notes:

- dominion gloves now 10 hours - are they still popular?

- Ninja: gem bags straight into bank!

 

Ciao,

Wozzels

Spurred on by the mention in the patch notes, I got my first pair of swift gloves, and having fun so far. They do seem to be useful as the upshot is to grant you a small dps buff (comparable to t90 gloves/dt brace?) and more importantly, have a chance on each basic ability to debuff your target's defense, ranged, and magic (for swifts). If you're not at 100% accuracy, this is a huge boon and very noticeable. If you're killing GWD bosses or low level slayer tasks, I'd imagine it's somewhat less useful. Some of the higher level team PvM bosses also regenerate stats, so sadly not much use there.

[Veiva]

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Refined anima core armour can now be keepsaked.

Wonderful!

 

 

So much nicer.

[Saradomin_Mage]

what's the visual difference between refined and regular?

[Veiva]

what's the visual difference between refined and regular?

Can't speak for the others, but it's much brighter compared to dormant:

 

[Saradomin_Mage]

O right I was just asking about the difference between refined (t85) and regular (t80). Turns out the refined version gets a brighter finish as well as some extra details (e.g. pauldrons)

 

e: nvm wtf I just saw your refined pic above idk what's wrong with my brain

[Alg]

The more subtle look of the T80 variant is quite nice

[Miss_Kozlov]

Also makes you look thicker through.

[Alg]

Think that's just because it doesn't blend with the cape

[Melos]

The terrorbird mount cracked me up so hard XD.