Digging up the past at Moonrise

Index:

• New Archaeology Dig Site: Moonrise

• A message from Mod Stu

• A note about Tuesday's Maintenance

• Patch Notes

• Whats Happening in the Community

Community notes follow below.

Avatar Latest News:

1. Focus on fixing Critical Bugs and known issues

2. Finish off the outstanding work to bring all items in line with the new Avatar. That includes ensuring none of the old Avatar skin is present on worn items.

3. Consider which modifications to Avatar faces or body proportions are necessary and possible based on evolving community feedback.

What's happening this week:

• Come join Mod Yuey, Zura, Shiba, Pickle and DBarker as we unlock all the mysteries behind the new Moonrise Digsite in Havenhythe on Twitch! Tune in on June 16th at 17:00 BST.

• We've got a double-pack of news updates for you this week!

  • Firstly we'll be previewing the Grand Exchange improvements on Wednesday the 17th.

  • We will then also be sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the work that has been going into the API project - look out for this blog on Thursday the 18th.

In Case You Missed It:

• We shared news about the future Full Transition towards Jagex Accounts for all players.

• We worked with content creator "Silenced" to preview todays Moonrise Digsite release!

• Mods Yuey, Ante, Bex along with special guest @thepreztle took us through the history of the Player Avatar in a special Avatar Launch Celebration Stream on Twitch.

• We also shared an overview of the latest RuneScape Marketplace news for those of you who are interested in cosmetics.

JMod Replies on discussions worth highlighting:

• Mod Rat ratting out a Jmod

• Mod Anvil on adding 4 customization slots.

• Mod Anvil on future Linux support.

• Mod Ryan by proxy of Mod Anvil on four additional customization slots.

• Mod Anvil on what's going on with the Flaming Sword Enchantment.

• Mod Mohawk with a fun fact about hairstyle categorization.

• Mod Anvil on why certain cosmetic items are missing from the game.

Uncovering the Moonrise Dig Site

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A Farewell to Mod Stu

• inherit TzHaar curatorship ("the T is silent") and complete the Ga'al story with my first RuneScape quest, "The Brink of Extinction"

• name the second Elder God

• develop "The Death of Chivalry", "Dimension of Disaster" and Davendale with Mod Osborne

• finish the Myreque quest series with Mod Rowley and Mod Orion

• rework Shield of Arrav and Imp Catcher and Sheep Shearer and Demon Slayer (again)

• make Prif a thing

• make the Arc a thing

• make flying metal dragons a thing

• make Stutorials a thing

• make Fletching and the Player Owned House and a whole lot more F2P

• make Excalibur not so shouty

• get master trimmed completionist cape

• extend the lore in Memorial to Guthix in ways we're still paying off a decade later

• finish the Mining & Smithing rework

• finish Fern's story after Battle of the Monolith

• tell you all how to pronounce vis wax ('vis'-to-rhyme-with-'fleece'; blame Latin)

• giggle like children throughout 'Accidental' Fletching & Firemaking (alternate title: "Bill & Ben's Effluent Egg Venture") with Mod Abe

• assist Mod Raven in his musical swan song and I'm not sorry

• add XP blocking and minor resets for skill pures

• put tooltips on worldmap resources

• name "Requiem for a Dragon"

• be the least convincing Ozan ever

• declutter Lumbridge

• fix Camelot

• fix Christmas and tell my most personal story with "Cold Front"

• fix things you'll never notice but felt really good in the Dungeoneering remaster

• fix more things that may or may not ship with Leagues but we'll see

• dramatically voice so many behind the scenes videos

• RuneFest

• examines (and I shall not elaborate)

• fly some particularly questionable achievement names under the radar

• do countless things to quest systems and quest data and tutorials and early game and achievements that you probably don't remember but you'd probably miss if they were gone

A note on Tuesday Maintenance

Patch Notes

Player Avatar Refresh

• The sleeves for female avatar have been updated.

• Legacy Kebbitskin outfit has been updated for the female avatar.

• Female Builder's outfit has been updated.

• Legacy Mage's outfit has been updated.

• Short sleeves for the female avatar have been updated.

• The Skirt has been updated for the female avatar.

• Fixed an issue with Fern on Havenhythe where her thumbs were severely stretching.

• Fixed an issue which resulted in the male and female avatar both showing "possessed" looking eyes whilst performing the fletching animation.

• The issue causing the Gnome Child T-shirt to stretch the male character model has been fixed.

• Fixed an issue where the 20 year veteran cape was floating above the player shoulders on female characters.

• Resolved a gap on the Ogre wig while it was worn on a female avatar.

• Fixed an issue with the Retro Stealthy Gear clothing on female characters where a seam was visible at the bottom of the torso.

• Fixed the issue that caused visual artifacts to appear on the male version of the Deathwarden Robe Top.

• Fixed a stretching issue on the Cap'n's Blackbeard legacy beard.

• Adjusted the Wrathful Pauldron to fit better around the new avatar proportions.

• Globetrotters jacket no longer causes stretching issues with the avatar's hands

• Overseer Siv is no longer missing her head.

• Fixed an issue with the following clothing items that caused the wrists to be stretched on male characters:

  • Retro meshed crew neck

  • Retro ranger gear

  • Retro sleeveless cowl

• Fixed an issue with the 'Captain Deathbeard (Phantom)' override on female characters which resulted in small seams being visible.

• Fixed a stretching issue with the 'Retro pantobles' shoe option

• Fixed an unnatural sink of the shoulders while using the 'Sad Walk' walk override.

• Fixed the issue that caused the hands of male and female character models to appear broken when wearing Ariane Bracers and Shadow Ariane Bracers overrides.

• Some NPCs had issues with their chathead animations since the avatar update. With this fix we have resolved.

  • Bill the Blueprints Manager

  • Geva the Wendlewick Lookout

• Resolved various issues that affected a handful of NPCs.

Dungeoneering Remastered

• Fires in Dungeoneering no longer have blocking on them.

• Increased XP penalties for mismatched difficulties in Dungeoneering, to ensure they're still appropriate for the skill level, and time required, compared to matched difficulty dungeons.

• Fixed an issue where you couldn't interrogate the merchant at the start of the Nadir saga.

• Fixed an issue where floor progress would not reset after the full number of floors were complete, under specific conditions.

Secrets of Amberfell

• Sorrel and Anya now offer a dialogue line directing the player to Inanna in the north of Amberfell if the player has completed the quest with a full inventory.

• Total number of fairy rings to discover updated from 56 to 57.

• Blocking has been added to the entrance of Moonrise temple.

• During the combat sequence in Secrets of Amberfell, the player's actions are now cleared when entering a cutscenes, preventing any interruptions.

• Missing chathead animations for Inanna have been added for when the player's inventory is full with a couple of minor text tweaks/typo fixes.

• Empty vials can now be obtained from the cabinet in Esther's workshop.

• Players are now correctly shunned by the Amberfell villagers and do not return to their default dialogue trees.

• The door in Amberfell bank is now locked.

• The quest reward, Inanna's gift, can now be added to the Keepsake Box.

• Amberfell's Rowan has been renamed to 'Farmer Rowan' to make it clearer that he counts as a farmer for pickpocketing purposes.

General

• Buttons in the Appearance tab of the Customisations interface should no longer disappear when selecting a hair colour, nor should they appear when selecting a colour, while previewing a locked hairstyle.

• Fixed a client crash caused by holding removed items.

• Fixed an issue that prevented the use of Dive and Bladed Dive abilities while transmogrified using the Occult Living Death ability override.

• Fixed an issue with the 25th anniversary task list text.

• Fixed an issue that caused multiple quest completion messages to trigger in the chat.

• Changing the minimap shape no longer prevents players from using the 'M' hotkey.