09-Dec-2008 Achievement Diaries Hairstyles + PVP Improvement

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Venture into the cold north-west for a new round of challenges as the Fremennik lands and islands show what they have to offer. Whether you want to explore, hone your skills or just kill a few local beasties, there is plenty on offer.

 

 

 

Its true to say that the Fremennik enjoy a challenge, and those who take on their Achievement Diary will get to see just the sort of trials the Fremennik enjoy. Youll find yourself in the midst of dagannoths, kyatts, Lunar mages and mithril dragons, not to mention using the raw tools the barbarians have perfected over the centuries.

 

 

 

Prove yourself under the watchful eyes of Chieftain Brundt and his peers and you'll get more out of Rellekka. Impress Advisor Ghrim and your approval in Miscellania can soar, and don't forget the lure of antique lamps to bring you illumination.

 

 

 

Mod Hew

 

RuneScape Developer

 

 

 

Summary:

 

Where to start the Fremennik Province Achievement Diary

 

 

 

Speak to the council workman on the bridge south of Rellekka, Yrsa in Rellekka or Advisor Ghrim on Miscellania

[hide=Falador Achievement Diary]

As the dazzling capital of Asgarnia, the city of Falador is ripe with adventure. From the White Knights Castle to the harbour of Port Sarim, even as far south as the coastal settlement of Rimmington; the Falador Achievement Diary will soon have you climbing castles, healing elemental wizards and battling skeletal wyverns.

 

 

 

Tasks range from the delightfully simple to the infuriatingly challenging. Feed the Hairdressers pet chinchompa, Ridgeley, pickpocket one of the citys helpless guards, and craft a hoard of air runes, all on your way to the rewards.

 

 

 

With enough tasks complete, Wyson might share a few green-fingered secrets with you. You may even receive some new kit to protect you in your travels further afield.

 

 

 

Mod Trick

 

RuneScape Developer

 

 

 

Summary:

 

Where to start the Falador Achievement Diary

 

 

 

Speak to Redbeard Frank in Port Sarim, the Chemist in Rimmington or the Squire in the White Knights Castle

[hide=PVP Improvements]

This week, we have made some improvements to the amount of loot you can gain while fighting other players on PvP worlds.

 

 

 

We have noticed that many players on PvP worlds choose to leave some of their drops on the ground, rather than pick them up or bank them. This is because the drops are often too low in value to justify picking them up. We have, therefore, implemented two changes to the way drops work on PvP worlds:

 

 

 

1) Drops are now slightly more weighted towards a few, higher-value drops, rather than lots of low- or medium-value ones.

 

 

 

2) Overall, we have made the drops a bit more generous.

 

 

 

Note: there is no change in the frequency of 'useful' drops (e.g. food and potions).

 

 

 

We also wanted to take this opportunity to more clearly explain how drops are determined, to help you get better rewards. Broadly speaking, the drop system works as follows:

 

 

 

1) For each player, we store a 'drop potential'. Your drop potential gradually increases, the more time you spend risking items on a PvP world.

 

 

 

2) When you get a successful kill, a portion of the drop potential you have accumulated is used up to generate your drop. How much of your accumulated drop potential is used depends on the kill. Any unused drop potential is saved up and carried over to any future kills.

 

 

 

3) Finally, the portion of drop potential used determines which drop table is used to generate your drop. Generally, the higher your drop potential, the higher the AVERAGE value of the drop table your drop will be chosen from.

 

 

 

HOW TO MAXIMISE THE VALUE OF YOUR DROPS

 

 

 

In order to get a good drop on a PvP world, there are a few simple things that you must do to both build up a high drop potential and to claim that potential.

 

 

 

BUILDING UP YOUR DROP POTENTIAL

 

 

 

If you find that you continually only get drops of a lower value than you would like, it's almost certainly because you aren't building up enough drop potential. In this case, you need to spend more time building up your drop potential BEFORE making a PvP kill. To do this you must:

 

 

 

1) Spend time outside of safe zones.

 

 

 

For every 30 minutes you spend on a PvP world outside of a safe zone, your drop potential will increase. Those 30 minutes do NOT have to be all in one go - you can log out or visit safe zones - but the system only counts full minutes, so it will likely take longer to build up your drop potential if you do not spend 30 consecutive minutes outside of safe zones.

 

 

 

Note that your drop potential will increase by more if you spend time in hot zones (Ardougne, Varrock, Falador and the Wilderness).

 

 

 

2) Risk at least 75k coins' worth of items.

 

 

 

Your drop potential will ONLY increase if you are risking at least 75k coins' worth of items on a members' world, or 25k coins' worth of items on a free world. An item is considered to be at risk if it is something you would have lost if you were to die - i.e. it is not covered by the Protect Item prayer or the 'keep three items on death' rule. If you are not risking enough, then however long you spend outside of safe zones, your drop potential will not increase.

 

 

 

As an example, one way of doing this is to take 75k coins' worth of items, not protected by death or prayers, then go outside of a safe zone and train as normal (by training a skill of fighting NPCs), and avoid PvP combat. All the time you are doing this, not only are you earning XP from whatever activity you are doing, you are also increasing your drop potential. Once you have built up some drop potential in this way, you can get your PKing gear on and try to get a kill to claim your drop.

 

 

 

CLAIMING YOUR DROP POTENTIAL

 

 

 

1) Once you have built up some drop potential, you will need to find and defeat another player to get a drop. Don't forget that the player you defeat must be risking at least 25k coins' worth of items (on either a free or members' world) for you to receive a good drop. If the player you defeated was not risking that much, you will only receive a token drop, but, in this case, NONE of your drop potential will be used up to determine your drop.

 

 

 

There are some other, less important, rules to PvP worlds, but you should read about them on the Knowledge Base to learn more.

 

 

 

We're really interested in hearing your feedback on these changes, so please feel free to visit the Forums after trying them out.

 

 

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Mod Benny

 

RuneScape Developer

 

[hide=New Haircuts]

Is your hair falling a bit flat? Tired of the same old wild [bleep]es? Well, why dont you try our new hairstyles?

 

 

 

Thats right: we have 24 new hairstyles to spice up your character with. Head on over to the Hairdresser in Falador and try out some new styles a few of them are inspired by Ak-Haranu, the strange warrior on the docks of Port Phasmatys.

 

 

 

Because the Hairdresser wants to make sure you get the best deal, all haircuts are free. Nothing is holding you back from trying something new! You can find the Hairdresser north-west of the White Knights Castle.

 

 

 

Mod Nancy

 

RuneScape Developer

 

 

 

Summary:

 

 

 

* 12 new female hairstyles

 

* 8 new male hairstyles

 

* 4 new male facial styles

 

* Free haircuts from the Hairdresser in Falador

 

 

 

woohoo.. the Fremennik tasks seem quite easy. :)

Looks easy enough really.

Only requirement I don't have is 66 runecrafting, have everything needed for Relekka diary and the rest for falador.

PvP improvements sound good, shame I don't have the money to PK at the moment :(

Falador diary seems easy enough, only thing that troubles me though about the Fremmik one is the "Kill a mithril dragon" one...

Intresting updates to PvP, and these achievement diarys seem intresting. I'll start working on falador right now...

i need 4 more rc lvls for falador, so i guess ill get those this week. can finish fremennik entirely though, so im happy \

cant wait to see the reward.

Falador diary seems easy enough, only thing that troubles me though about the Fremmik one is the "Kill a mithril dragon" one...

I wonder how many people are going to get a full helm from their kill... :cry:

Falador diary seems easy enough, only thing that troubles me though about the Fremmik one is the "Kill a mithril dragon" one...

 

 

 

I wonder how many people are going to get a full helm from their kill... :cry:

the mahogany log means i have to fire up my kingdom

I wanna do Fremennik, sounds very fun.

Wow 4 updates today?! :shock:

Falador Diarie seems to have higher requirements than Fremmenik one :o Different than many (including me) expected.....

Reward for falador is a sheild apparently...

Oh, if anyone has a yew seed for sale, I'll pay 150k...Pm me

Can´t wait to find out about the AD awards ^^

There is emo hair :shock:

There is emo hair :shock:

haha screen shot it please

One task from finishing fally hard tasks... I have to cut down the yew tree that I have grown in the patch...

So, I have a yew tree in there, but I'm 72 exp from 99 wc and I wasn't planning on getting the level for a while... thanks jagex.. :(

See if it counts if you pay to have it removed.

One task from finishing fally hard tasks... I have to cut down the yew tree that I have grown in the patch...

 

 

 

So, I have a yew tree in there, but I'm 72 exp from 99 wc and I wasn't planning on getting the level for a while... thanks jagex.. :(

:o sucks to be you :) Wanna sacrifice yourself? Kinda a good way to lvl 99 WC.

See if it counts if you pay to have it removed.

Just tried.. nope. Sigh.

Yay, I have all the reqs for both diaries, will definitely do later today. I even already have a Yew Tree in place in Fally Park =]

~Dan

See if it counts if you pay to have it removed.

 

Just tried.. nope. Sigh.

idea try requesting assistance to get it removed. I'm not sure if that works for tasks (probably not) but worth a try i guess.

Already removed my tree so it'll be a few hours before I get another yew tree fully grown anyway.

Woo achievement diaries \

The new male hairstyles and facial hair:

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Hmm, I have yew there too, didnt want to cut it down though. Anyway, anyone knows wheres the highest tree at relekka?