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Hey there, everyone!

Been a little while. Needless to say, launch was a fair bit busier than we’d anticipated, and we’ve been exceptionally busy each day tending to the incredible community feedback we’ve been receiving! Composed of the necessary quick fixes to keep the wheel spinning, brilliant suggestions to improve upon the overall game quality, and a ton of other ideas, our suggestion section (and unfortunately, equally the bug reports) has been absolutely brimming with responses… just like we’d been hoping for!

It was a little tough for the first short while there to etch even the tiniest bit of time to progress through some of the post launch content we’d wanted to tend to, but finally, and with this update, we’re able to bring forth the first post major content update post. Hopefully you’re all as excited as we are. There’s much, much more still to come; this is but the first step on a very long journey.

Thanks!

Neox Staff

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Warriors

For those of you a little more privy towards a touch of the ol’ violent tendencies, we’ve opened up an brand new avenue for such expression. Following this post and ensuing server update, the ever infamous PVP Armors will become available in the Blood Money shop… though not without a cost.

       

Which of these is your favorite, and why is it absolutely not the Morrigan's?

For what might seem cheap at face value, these powerful items will need to be charged following their purchase for a substantial investment of blood money. Once charged, they will operate until the handler meets their demise, at which point they will drop 40% of the blood money investment value to whomever managers to overpower them, each losing their invested charge. These items will not disappear upon death and will remain with the original person to have purchased them; they will, however, lose their charge and will require another investment to be used again. Additionally, these items are restricted solely to activities within the Wilderness and will fail to function outside of its borders and may not be traded between members.

Each equipment piece must be charged before it can be worn.    

Will you be one of the few daring enough to acquire the different armors and harness their power? Though coming with a hefty cost (and equally hefty risk), they offer tremendous strength in the hands of those capable of wielding them. We’ll be keeping a very attentive eye on the affect this armor has within the economy and will make any necessary adjustments over time!

Remember, 40% of the charge cost is what’s dropped upon death. These items will not disappear, but will need to be recharged before being used again. They will also need to be charge following purchase.

Consumable items, such as the Morrigan’s Javelin or Throwing Axe will require a charge, much like the weapons, however will be able to be used an unlimited times until death. There is no ammo consideration for these items.

Warlocks

And for those who’ve an interest in the dark arts and all surrounding, we’re finally introducing the Arceuus spellbook, and all twisted spells within! Warlocks who’ve proven themselves capable of handling this expansion of their magics through completing various Kourend tasks will unlock access and be given the Book of the Dead.

For access to these dark magics, members will be required to complete the Kourend Citizen achievement; as access to the resurrection spells requires the Book of the Dead, those in pursuit will need to further their accomplishments and see the Kourend Noble achievement through! These spells include utility spells such as Shadow Veil, which will improve upon the success rates of auto-thieving, as well as the aforementioned resurrection spells, which will summon thralls to attack your enemies.

Very spooky!

Alongside this extensive spellbook, we’ve also introduced a ton of new content throughout the Kourend region! Members will now be able to explore through 144 new tasks based entirely in the Kourend and Kebos regions, progress through 9 new achievements, and reap the rewards that come with! We’ll include more information on that through the patch summary at the bottom of the page.

Patch Summary

Below will outline all changes found within this patch. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to share feedback within our Community Discord.

• Added 144 new tasks and 9 new achievements themed around the Kourend & Kebos regions.
  • New achievement: Kourend Tourist, completed by obtaining 120 Kourend task points.
  • Rewards:
    • Rada’s blessing 1, which grants 2% chance to catch an additional fish when Fishing, and has 3 daily teleports to the Kourend Woodland.
    • Kharedst’s memoirs, an off-hand item with unlimited teleports to each of the five Kourend houses.
    • Access to Crabclaw Isle.
    • 100% increased drop rate of Xeric’s talisman from Lizardmen.
    • Access to the Farming Guild (with 45 Farming).
    • Access to the Woodcutting Guild (with 60 Woodcutting).
    • XP lamp usable on any skill level 30 or above.
  • New achievement: Kourend Citizen, completed by obtaining 450 Kourend task points.
  • Rewards:
    • Unlocks the Arceuus spellbook.
    • Rada’s blessing 2, which grants 4% chance to catch an additional fish when Fishing, and has 5 daily teleports to the Kourend Woodland.
    • +10kg to Resource bag capacity in the Woodcutting guild.
    • +5% increased yield from Farming patches in the Farming guild.
    • +10% chance to receive Brimstone key drops.
    • +10% increased chance for Superior Slayer monsters to spawn in the Catacombs of Kourend.
    • XP lamp usable on any skill level 40 or above.
  • New achievement: Kourend Noble, completed by obtaining 1500 Kourend task points.
  • Rewards:
    • The Book of the dead, which is required to cast Resurrection spells.
    • Dense runestones will never deplete when mined.
    • Rada’s blessing 3, which grants 6% chance to catch an additional fish when Fishing, unlimited teleports to the Kourend Woodland, and 3 daily teleports to Mount Karuulm.
    • +10kg to Resource bag capacity in the Farming guild. (stacks with Citizen reward)
    • +5% increased yield from Farming patches in the Farming guild. (stacks with Citizen reward)
    • +10% chance to receive Brimstone key drops. (stacks with Citizen reward)
    • +10% increased chance for Superior Slayer monsters to spawn in the Catacombs of Kourend. (stacks with Citizen reward)
    • Konar quo Maten’s Slayer assignments grant 2 additional Slayer reward points.
    • +10% increased points gained in the Chambers of Xeric.
    • 10% reduced point loss for deaths in the Chambers of Xeric.
    • XP lamp usable on any skill level 50 or above.
  • New achievement: Kourend Ruler, completed by obtaining 4000 Kourend task points.
  • Rewards:
    • Ash sanctifier grants full experience for scattered ashes.
    • Crops in the Farming guild are immune to disease.
    • Immunity to the heat in Karuulm Slayer dungeon.
    • +108 to maximum Dark essence fragments held
    • 10% increased Blood runes crafted in Arceuus
    • Rada’s blessing 4, which grants 8% chance to catch an additional fish when Fishing, unlimited teleports to the Kourend Woodland, and unlimited teleports to Mount Karuulm.
    • +10kg to Resource bag capacity in the Farming guild. (stacks with Citizen and Noble rewards)
    • +5% increased yield from Farming patches in the Farming guild. (stacks with Citizen and Noble rewards)
    • +10% chance to receive Brimstone key drops. (stacks with Citizen and Noble rewards)
    • +10% increased chance for Superior Slayer monsters to spawn in the Catacombs of Kourend. (stacks with Citizen and Noble rewards)
    • +10% increased points gained in the Chambers of Xeric. (stacks with Noble reward)
    • 20% reduced point loss for deaths in the Chambers of Xeric. (stacks with Noble reward)
    • XP lamp usable on any skill level 70 or above.
  • New achievement: Kourend Legend, requires completing all Kourend tasks. Unlocks the of the Five Houses title.
  • New achievement: Yama’s Nemesis, completed by completing a set of specific Chasm of Fire related tasks.
  • Rewards:
    • The Ash sanctifier, an item that when held and charged, automatically scatters ashes from slain demons.
    • 50% increased experience from scattering ashes in the Chasm of Fire.
    • Prayer experience lamp.
    • Yama’s Nemesis title.
  • New achievement: Hydraslayer, requires completing all Alchemical Hydra tasks. Unlocks the Hydrated title.
  • New achievement: Darkly Altered, requires completing all Skotizo tasks. Unlocks the Darkly Altered title.
  • New achievement: Sarachnis Slayer, requires completing all Sarachnis tasks. Unlocks the Chosen of Ralos title.
  • The Completionist achievement now requires the Kourend Ruler and Yama’s Nemesis achievements, and its global points requirement has been increased to 65,000, from 60,000.
• Added the complete Arceuus spellbook. To access it, you must complete the Kourend Citizen achievement. Resurrection spells require the Book of the dead, which is a reward from the Kourend Noble achievement.
  • The Arceuus spellbook includes new combat spells such as the demonbane and grasp spells, utility spells like Shadow Veil, which improves auto-pickpocketing, and Resurrection spells, which summon thralls to attack your enemies, and more.
  • The Skull sceptre, Slayer’s staff, Ahrim’s staff, Staff of the dead (and Toxic variant), Master wand and Kodai wand can be used to autocast Arceuus combat spells.
• Added support for the Corruption status effect. When corrupted, your prayer will be periodically drained. Currently, this can only be applied through the Corruption spells in the Arceuus spellbook.
• Demons now drop new variants of ashes which can be scattered for Prayer experience, or consumed with the new Demonic Offering spell from the Arceuus spellbook.
• Added the Ancient Warriors’ equipment to Ferox’s blood money store.
  • These are powerful new untradeable items which can only be used in the Wilderness.
  • In order to be used, they must first be charged with blood money. When you die, the charge will be lost, but you will keep the uncharged version of the item and your killer will receive part of the blood money that was used to charge it.
• Added an option to hide your donator rank. It can be found in the Player Information tab.

• Increased the PJ timer from 4.8 seconds to 12 seconds.
• The Chasm of Fire is no longer a Slayer-exclusive area.

• All cosmetic variants of items will now function correctly.
• Fixed Nurse Wooned expecting an incorrect answer for her clue challenge.
• Fixed the reward text for the Morytania Tourist achievement being cut off in the interface.
• Fixed the Ornate granite maul special attack not being instant.
• Eniola, the banker at the Ourania altar, now has a Presets option.
• Elite void equipment now correctly only requires 42 defence, rather than 50.
• Fixed an issue causing certain Chambers of Xeric tasks and the Solo time competition to not update correctly.

• Nothing has been removed… for now!

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