Update:Hallowed Sepulchre Instances & More (2024)

Toggle Sepulchre instances and suit up for Construction with this week’s QoL update!

13:00 BST We are investigating a potential issue with our Australian Data Centre. To avoid potential unexpected downtime and safeguard item losses, we will be temporarily taking AUS worlds offline until further notice. If you usually play on Australian worlds, we recommend using West US worlds at this time. We appreciate your patience while we explore further.We'll update you via the Game Status page as soon as we have further information to share. Thank you for your patience and understanding, the team is working hard to mitigate all risks associated.

Update - 17:30 BST Our tech staff have been working to address the potential risk to AUS worlds. Following our investigation, we will shortly be bringing AUS worlds back online.
There is still a low level of risk associated. To mitigate this, we've added a warning upon login for AUS worlds, and we have temporarily blocked access to ToA & ToB as a precaution to avoid unsafe deaths. This is only for AUS worlds - other worlds will behave as normal.
We believe the risk to the stability of these servers is low, but if you are concerned about particularly dangerous content, we would encourage you to continue to use US West worlds where possible. Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Changelog June 19th

QoL Fixes

Between the Mobile TLI Beta and the upcoming While Guthix Sleeps quest, we’ve been very busy – but we’ve still found time to squeeze in a pair of quality of life fixes this week.

Firstly, those of you hoping for a bit of peace and quiet when sneaking through the Hallowed Sepulchre will be happy to hear that you can now unlock the option to create instances! To do so, simply pay 200 Hallowed Marks to the friendly Mysterious Stranger at the door, who will then allow you to toggle instances on and off as often as you like.

In other skilling news, the Carpenters’ Clothing has been buffed! Budding Construction workers will enjoy a slight boost to XP rates when wearing individual items, with a +2.5% boost for the full set.

We also have the usual miscellaneous changes coming up later in the blog – but these are the highlights!

New Slayer Boss

Earlier this week a new 8-legged beast emerged from the cobwebs and we got our first look at Araxxor, a new Slayer boss for Old School!

This creepy character – who is absolutely not a spider, by the way – brings with him a host of rewards including new equipment, consumables, and a surprisingly cute pet. Read all about it on the blog! When you’re done absorbing knowledge, please do fill out this survey to let us know your thoughts.

We hope to launch the Araxxor poll on July 1st, once we’ve updated the original post to reflect new Crafting requirements and other key talking points. Whether you have two eyes or eight, you’ll want to keep ‘em peeled!

Deadman All-Stars Finale

The ultimate superstar showdown has been going strong since Friday, and we're getting closer and closer to the nail-biting finale! Which team will come out on top?

The Finale will be streamed live on our Twitch channel on Saturday, June 22nd at 18:00 BST, so be sure to show up and support your favourite squad! Remember, there’s an exciting twist - teams will choose an order to send their members out in and fight 1 vs. 1, with the previous bout's winner remaining in the ring to take on their next opponent with whatever supplies they have left over.

While you wait, you can catch up on the action so far on our YouTube playlist.

Free Quick Start Guide for RuneScape Kingdoms TTRPG

Interested in RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game, but not sure where to start? Then you’re in luck! On Saturday 22nd June, RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game will be getting a free Quick Start Guide for Free RPG Day! Find your local participating store here. With core rules, a pre-written adventure, player profiles and stats for all the necessary monsters, it’s the ideal way to give RuneScape Kingdoms: the Roleplaying Game a go.

The guide includes Trance of Ellara, a pre-written one shot game. Your group will embark on a thrilling adventure in the bustling city of Varrock, where a recent crime wave has cast a shadow over the once-lively streets. With King Roald yet to respond and put his people at ease, it's up to you and your friends to bring back the city's cheer and restore peace. Will you take on the challenge and be the heroes Varrock needs?

Your local store may be planning some RPG sessions you can join in with, or you could even volunteer to run one yourself with the help of the Quick Start Guide!

The full core rule book for RuneScape Kingdoms: The Roleplaying Game is available to purchase at your local hobby gaming store, online, or direct from Steamforged Games and the Official Merch Store.

Other Changes

• Previously, the Fishing Trawler divided the number of fish caught between the remaining players at the end of the encounter, so if multiple players left, remaining players received boosted loot and XP. In the interest of fairness, loot is now divided by the number of players present when the ship sets off. This means you might see a small dip in loot or XP from this minigame going forward.
• In Bounty Hunter, there was previously an option that restricted the range of combat levels of your potential targets, requiring the target to be within 5, 10 or 15 of your own level. This option has been changed, so it now controls only the maximum level of your potential targets. You can therefore control whether your targets are up to 5, 10 or 15 levels higher than you, without your setting affecting the minimum level of your targets.
• Additionally, the minimum level of Bounty Hunter targets is now always 15 below your own.
• Fixed a bug that falsely claimed players had obtained a Clue Scroll every time they opened a Reward Casket with a Master Clue in their possession.
• Updated the description of the Dark Lure spell.
• Players can now dismantle Ancient Sceptres powered by Quartz to reclaim the component parts.

PvP World Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

• 560 - (UK) - PvP World
• 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World
• 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World
• 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.

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