Two weeks ago, we introduced USB wireless mice, hoodies, t-shirts and other goodies to the Jagex Store. This week, we can add to their number with four items for use at school, work or home:
- USB flash drive
- Backpack
- Drawstring bag
- Pencil case
Visit the Jagex Store to start filling up your shopping basket! Also, keep your feedback and suggestions coming on the Jagex Store Feedback forum, as we plan to keep creating merchandise according to your ideas.
Add comment September 7, 2008
1 September 2008 – Behind the Scenes – September
Take Penguin Hide and Seek, for example. You may be walking around RuneScape, summoning yaks and thieving paladins, when something catches your eye. Is that a flash of beak in that nearby bush? Does that toadstool have flippers? You won’t be going loopy – the penguins of the north are spying on us humans, and Larry will want you to spot them first. He’ll be willing to pay well for a penguin sighting and will even cash in your Penguin Points for experience in any skill.
It would be hard to get more bizarre than penguins in mushroom costumes, but Distractions and Diversions has an ace up its sleeve. That ace will be Balthazar Beauregard’s Big Top Bonanza, a travelling circus that encourages the audience to get up and join the action. Wow the crowds with a magic trick, acrobatic feat and a well-placed throwing knife and you’ll gain experience or even an outfit to clown about in.
The last Distraction and Diversion will come in the form of a Shooting Star. Instead of making a wish, you’ll need to rush to the crash site and mine its thick outer layers. Break through them on your own or with others and you’ll uncover a curious-looking star sprite, the magical inhabitant of shooting stars. As a reward, it might even help you out with some gold, objects and the ability to temporarily mine quicker.
Not all of our updates arrive and depart as unpredictably as Distractions and Diversions; the following release, the Clan Wars Update, is a far more predictable (but welcome) addition to this Behind the Scenes. It’ll bring a swathe of new options for creating a clan war that suits you. What options will be available? Time for a list!
- Free-for-all battles
- The optional ability to run back into battle after death
- Combat style
- New obstacle choices
- Single-way areas
- Time limits
- Kills required for a victory
- Keep/Lose items on death (without the ability for other players to pick them up)
- New arenas
The option we’re most stoked about is free-for-all battles, where anyone will be able to run in and start battling immediately. It won’t matter if you’re in a clan or not; you’ll be teleported to a vast PvP area where you can have a large scrap with anyone else you meet in there.
‘A large scrap’ is exactly what will be offered in Summer’s End. In this dramatic conclusion to Spirit of Summer, you’ll be confronted by the beast who has been sapping the family’s souls. Unfortunately, yours is particularly tasty, so you’ll need swift feet, hard skin and help from some spirited friends if you’re going to survive. The quest will be particularly taxing for those who are not prepared, but you’d expect that from a skill-based battle with one of RuneScape’s hardest-hitting monsters, right? Don’t worry: the rewards and the family’s heartwarming smiles will definitely be worth it.
There will be few smiles in our last thriller update, Defender of Varrock. Deep in the Wilderness, braindead hordes will form into ranks, in a manner that the evil dead rarely do. Such an occurrence will need to be investigated, of course, and the identities of those behind it will have to be revealed. The question is, can you turn the zombie tide before Varrock becomes a shambling land of the dead? Reading the Legend of Arrav lores and histories may well help you out in this particular adventure…
It’s not all war, zombies and soul-eating this month: there are laughs to be had in the Postbag from the Hedge, with some pictures that are far more handsome than a zombie’s ugly mug in our Players’ Gallery and wallpaper release
Add comment September 1, 2008
All Fired Up
Increasingly concerned by Morytania mischief makers and invaders from the Wilderness, King Roald has a burning desire to increase homeland security. This has taken the form of a beacon network that will warn Varrock of invasion. The beacons have been built and firetenders have been assigned to look after them; the only problem is that they are yet to be tested – and that’s where King Roald could use your pyromania…
After you learn the basics of lighting and maintaining the beacons in a sizzlingly short quest, you are free to use the beacons as you please. Why not challenge yourself and see how many beacons you can keep simultaneously alight? Rewards are in store for those who succeed, not to mention some Firemaking experience for flashy firetenders.
Summary
| Where to start the All Fired Up quest:Talk to King Roald in the Varrock Palace throne room. |
| Requirements to complete the All Fired Up quest: |
| Level 43 Firemaking Priest in Peril |
| Access to:
A new way to train Firemaking |
In other news…
The level 86 Plank Make spell now has the option to skip the warning message when converting logs to planks. At this level, we feel that most players are aware that it costs money; so, after one cast, you can opt to turn the message off.
Various dyes have had their Grand Exchange price ranges adjusted to allow for a built-in ‘delivery’ cost. This compensates those players who have taken the time to gather dyes in larger quantities.
A new option has been added to allow the collection of Grand Exchange purchases in note form. Don’t worry: you can still choose to take the objects directly, but for larger quantities this option should be cert-ifiably handy!
Add comment August 22, 2008
