RuneScape

By Stephen Warren(noreply@blogger.com) Due to the excellent response we received from the first diary, we thought you'd enjoy another Development Diary sooner rather than later. This second diary centres around our Graphics team and the work they've been doing on improving the monsters of RuneScape.

By Stephen Warren(noreply@blogger.com) A new bow has made its way to RuneScape from the shadowy dimension of the dark beasts. These dark bows are strange and dangerous weapons, designed to shoot two arrows at a time, even with the most powerful arrows. Its mysterious special attack deals massive damage, which is even more powerfu...

By Stephen Warren(noreply@blogger.com) Grrr....Growl....Woof! The Makeover Mage has been hard at work giving man's best (and sometimes not so best) friend a new look. The Makeover Mage paid a visit to Canifis and gave the werewolves a haircut and pedicure. Then off he/she went to the cold mountain ranges of RuneScape to smarten up the wolv...

By Stephen Warren(noreply@blogger.com) The update doesn't stop at the walls of Varrock. Further afield, there's a new look for the Jolly Boar Inn (your last chance for a pint before the Wilderness, but watch out for the astonishingly unpleasant cook), the Lumber Yard, the Cooking Guild and the Mining spots south of the city.

By Stephen Warren(noreply@blogger.com) Player X Total Level: Over 1600 Total time in-game: 140 days, 8 hours Status: Permanently banned for real-world trading Player Y Total Level: Over 1550 Total time in-game: 89 days, 14 hours Status: Permanently banned for real-world trading

By Stephen Warren(noreply@blogger.com) Therefore, we are going to be cracking down HARD on people who breach Rule 12 (no real world trading). We can catch people who break this rule, because we have a sophisticated trade monitoring system and we can trace suspicious activity all the way back to the original bot accounts.

By Stephen Warren Not wanting to be outdone, the King of Varrock heard about this proposed makeover and, well, he got a bit upset by it all. How could a funny little insect get all this attention when his own kingdom was feeling a little neglected? Queen Ellamaria wouldn’t stand for this much longer; left with...

By Stephen Warren This week we've made another internal upgrade to the RuneScape game engine, which makes it possible for us to do more complex/varied updates in the future. Esc - Inventory F1 - Combat options F2 - Your statistics F3 - Quest Journal F4 - Equipped interface F5 - Prayer F6 - Spellbook F8 - Friend...

By noreply@blogger.com (Stephen Warren) This month's Postbag from the Hedge brings you tales from the history of RuneScape... as well as the Mysterious Old Man's notes on some random events he never got round to making. You'll also find that Chieftain Brundt has supplied you with a painting of one of the Fremennik expeditions to Wate...

By noreply@blogger.com (Stephen Warren) In Grim Tales you take on Sylas's quest to find some of the most collectible items in RuneScape (well, they're collectible if you're odd like Sylas). Make incredible potions that will drastically change your perspective on the world. Explore your musical talents. Steal gold from the guard...

By Stephen Warren Ava's lab work has triumphed once more as her chicken knowledge expands. Users of the rewards from the Animal Magnetism quest will now notice that their devices now aid automatically in the recovery of fired missiles. This functionality operates for all arrow types commonly in use. Effect...

By Stephen Warren RuneScape players, dust off your spades, gather up your items and practice your emotes: new treasure trails are here! Emote-based treasure trails have been added to the types of trail available by the shifty-looking Uri and his team of agents. These will be dropped from now on amongst the...