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Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

The penguin locations below are where I last found them. Please go to a penguin cc, namely: w60_penguins, world60pengs, w60_PengieS or w60pengS and ask for an update on locations.

1. Morty Myre swamp - NW of fairy ring BKR - 2 points
2. Al Kharid - Mage Training Arena - 1 point
3. Varrock - NE corner of sawmill/lumberyard - 1 point
4. Castle Wars - SE of CW and or west of the fairy ring - 2 points
5. Ice Mountain - by the Oracle - 1 point
6. Port Phasmatys/Ghost Town - south of the enterance and west of bank - 2 points
7. Lletya - at the teleport - 2 points
8. Sophanem - at the alter in the town - 2 points
9. Witchaven - on the bridge from Ardougne to Witchaven - 2 points
10. Brimhaven - north of golden horse shoe (the gold mines) - 1 point
11. Polar bear - North Ardougne well - 1 pt

Circus location: Sawmill/Lumberyard

Happy hunting!

Happy hunting!

Circus Location: in Draynor Village on the way to Wizard's tower

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

1. Miscellania - at fairy ring CIP - Bush – 2 points
2. McGrubor's Wood - Bush - 1point
3. Mudskipper – at Fally farmhouse by the chickens - Bush – 1 point
4. Lighthouse - near the broken bridge - Rock - 1 point
5. Al-Kharid - Mage arena - Bush – 1 point
6. Castle Wars – Yanille south wall - Rock – 2 points
7. Wilderness – running about inside the volcano where greater demons are - Rock – 2 points
8. Jatizso – anvil house - Bush - 2 points
9. Brimhaven - on the docks - Bush - 1 point
10. Mos Le Harmless - on west wall - Barrel - 2 points
11. Polar bear - Rimmington well- 1 point

Circus location: in Rimmington


Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

A new challenge awaits worthy adventurers at the Champions’ Guild! It doesn’t matter if you have never seen a champion scroll in your life or have defeated all of them already, there will be something for you. The leprechaun champion is taking on all-comers – there’s no need to find a challenge scroll to fight this little pugilist. Just head on over to the Champions’ Guild and prepare yourself for some ‘no items’ fisticuffs.

Also, three new races have just joined the guild. If you prove yourself to be their enemy, one of them might just drop a scroll challenging you to a duel with their champion, so keep an eye out when battling monsters! Meanwhile, Glophren, the gnome champion of champions, is waiting for the worthiest of adventurers so he can finally issue his challenge. Will you be one of them?

What with the days getting shorter and colder, we thought we'd brighten things up with some new hairstyles! The much requested ‘mullet' haircut is now available, as well as a few variants on existing styles. The full list is as follows...

Male hairstyles: Dragon variant, Mohawk shaved, Mullet.

Female hairstyles: Asymmetric fringe, Half-up/half-down, Headband, Page boy.

Mod Maylea (Champions’ Challenge) and Mod Nancy (Hairstyles)
RuneScape Content Developers




In other news...

Two worlds have been designated ‘Skill Total’ worlds - that's world 113 (free) and 114 (members). Only players who have a total level of at least 1,000 will be able to log into these worlds. If this proves to be popular, we can always add more worlds.

We've created a handful of item packs for some shops, similar to the box of spirit shards. In certain shops, you can now buy the whole stock of eyes of newt, empty or water-filled vials, raw bird meat, and empty baskets or sacks in one go.

A click-delay issue has been fixed in Castle Wars. The game engine has been modified to adjust the behaviour of these clicks back to their previous speed.

An animation has been added for when players are viewing the world map. Other players will see them in-game looking at a map.

A large number of items with parentheses after their names have had spaces added for consistency and easier searching on the Grand Exchange (e.g. “Agility potion(4)” is now “Agility potion (4)”).

An altar has been added to an upper floor in Falador Castle for players to recharge their Prayer points at.

We've added a confirmation when casting High Alchemy on items with a Grand Exchange value of 500,000gp or higher. This should prevent the accidental alching of those expensive items.

We’ve also converted the Superheat, Enchant lvlx and Plank Make spells to work in a similar fashion to High and Low Level Alchemy spells (i.e. you can now queue up your next cast).

Slayer Masters have now been given a right-click ‘Get-task’ option to speed things up a bit. You can also find out how many more kills you need with a right-click option on enchanted gems, which will even work if you are currently in combat. Finally, gargoyles have a new ‘Smash’ option when they're near death to allow you to more easily finish them off with a rock hammer.

Drop tables for the TzHaar have been significantly reworked and now drop more TokKul than before. This is to make up for the changes in the TzHaar shop prices earlier this year. The TokKul awarded for defeating TzTok-Jad in the Fight Caves has also been doubled.

The fairy ring network has been given an auto-dial feature. You’ll still need to discover each fairy ring destination to put in your log, but once there they can be simply clicked on to input the code for you.

Yanille has had more points of entry added to it in the form of a new ladder and doorway.

This week’s patch notes are also more extensive than usual. To read the complete list, check out this forum thread.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

The penguin locations below are where I last found them. Please go to a penguin cc, namely: w60_penguins, world60pengs, w60_PengieS or w60pengS and ask for an update on locations.

1. Port Khazard/Ardy - clock tower - 1 point
2. Rellekka - skulgrimen's helm shop which is north of the enterance to the city – 1 pt
3. Neitiznot - across the first bridge - 2 pts
4. Draynor - at the jail - East of Draynor bank
5. White Wolf Mountain - eastern side of the mountain
6. Elf - in limestone quarry area - near the crystal gate opposite Gnome Stronghold
7. Jatizso - SW corner tower
8. Desert - Nardah - in the city north of fountain.
9. Desert - Pollinvinch - at Smoking Kills dungeon where dust devils are found
10. Ape Atoll - right about just outside the city gates
11. Polar Bear - Varrok well - SE of Varrock Bank near the tea stall

Circus Location: in Taverley

Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

1. Yanille - at door in north wall - Rock – 2 pts
2. Varrock - Sawmill/lumberyard – Crate – 1 pt
3. Edgeville - general store - Rock – 1 pt
4. Wilderness – lvl 7 east wildy - run right to the edge.. use the world map - Rock – 2 pts
5. Lletya – near city gates - Toadstool – 2 pts
6. Al-Kharid - at mage training arena – Bush - 1 pt
7. Sophanem – east house (material shop) - Cactus – 2 pts
8. Port Phasmatys – in the bank - Barrel – 2 pts
9. Karamja – near tree patch and dock - Bush - 1 pt
10. Witchaven – Ardy church - Rock – 1 pt
11. Polar Bear - Musa Point bar - 1 pt

Iconis the wizard has set up a strange tent in a quiet field near Falador, not too far from his colleague the Makeover Mage, just through the members’ gate. He’s advertising there the wonders of his new picture-taking magic, which sends a still representation of any adventurer to a completely different plane of existence altogether: the RuneScape forums.

Expose yourself to the mischievous magic of Iconis’s impish business partner in the Photo Booth and you may find that the next post you make on the RuneScape forums will have a picture of your head and whatever was on it when the spell was cast. (Note that you can't pose for a photo while wearing or wielding borrowed items.)

There are only so many spells the poor imp can perform at any one time, though, so for the first few days, it might take several hours from you taking your picture to it being displayed on the forums. Iconis thanks you for your patience.

Mod Maylea
RuneScape Content Developer

and

Mod Heinz
Web Systems Developer

This week, high-level herbalists will find a variety of new, untradeable potions at their disposal. Using your increased knowledge of the Herblore skill, you will find you now have the ability to add tertiary ingredients to some potions to increase their effect.

These potions aren't just limited to stat boosts either. Have you ever wanted to take your godsword on dragon-slaying trips? Now's your chance, with the super antifire potion (at level 84). Are you approaching near mastery of the Herblore skill? If so, there’s a potion that may just ‘overload’ your entire body (at level 96) – dare you drink it?

On a side note, those who can mix the extreme magic potion will find it doesn't work in a similar way to its lower-level equivalents. When used, this potion will boost all offensive spell damage by 40% for a duration of six minutes, and will stack with magic staves that boost magic damage.

Mod Chris L
RuneScape Content Developer


In other news...

As part of the conversion of the worn interface and inventory to a newer internal file format, certain items now have clearer right-click options when using them. For example, the amulet of glory now lists the four different destinations it can take you to instead of just saying 'Operate'.

The Game Engine team have made sure the player list is now randomised to prevent priority being given to some players over others because of their IP address.

You can now navigate around the world map using arrow keys.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

The penguin locations below are where I last found them. Please go to a penguin cc, namely: w60_penguins, world60pengs, w60_PengieS or w60pengS and ask for an update on locations.

1. Elf Land - south of Elf Camp - Toadstool – 2 points
2. Elf Land - before limestone mine - just across the bridge where you take the agility shortcut to get to the other penguin - Rock – 2 points
3. Burthorpe - outside the castle wall near the soldiers - Rock -1 point
4. Rellekka - in cow pen - Rock – 1 point
5. Castle Wars - yanille north wall - Rock – 2 points
6. Feldip Hills - yanille south wall - Rock – 1 point
7. Piscatoris - apple orchid outside gnome stronghold - Crate – 2 points
8. Draynor - in jail east of Draynor bank - Bush – 1 point
9. Southern Desert - runs between Uzer and Nardah - Cactus – 1 point
10. Southern Desert - at shanty pass - Cactus – 2 points
11. Polar bear -Rellekka - 1 point

Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

This is a members quest.

Start point: Keldagrim
To Start: Talk to Veldaban
Quest Length: Medium

Minimum Requirements:

• Level 61 Hunter
• Level 61 Firemaking
• Level 69 Strength
• Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf
• Between a Rock...
• Must be able to defeat a level 100 combatant

1. Talk to Commander Veldaban in west Keldagrim
2. You will be shown a cut-scene.
3. He will tell you to go on top of the tower to kill a dwarf.
4. The dwarf drops a note one you kill him. Go and show the note to Veldaban.

5. He will tell you to take the to the GE clerk.
6. The GE clerk will hand you a package (you can open the package now or later).
7. Go back to Commander Veldaban - you can use the mine cart system at the GE trapdoor to access Keldagrim more quickly.
   
8. Velaban can be found in the pub in east Keldagrim.
9. After talking to Velaban for a bit... he tells you to get him a drink from the barmaid.
10. After doing that, talk to him some more. After a while he will ask you to take him back to the HQ.
11. You are then shown another cutscene - He argues with the supreme commander then leaves to go and sleep.
12. Go back to the tower where you killed the level 100 dwarf.
13. Open the package and use the boot on the footprints to reveal a longer foot print trail leading to the area behind the Dwarven multicannon used for Between a Rock and a Hard place.

14. You will see a fire pit. Use the metal bowl on the fire (the fire on the west side of the bridge) to put it out, and remove the bowl. On closer examination it will be revealed that a socket is at the bottom of the pit.
15. Take out the rod and use it on the pit, and turn it.
16. The secret wall will open and you can pass through. Go through the wall and cross the cavern to the next doorway, and go through it.
17. Place any colored stone (yellow or green) in the control panel next to the cart behind the cave.
18. Jump in the cart and it will take you for a little ride. It will say something like: "I should get Veldaban to help." Try and leave the cave. There will be two options. Select "Return to Keldagrim" and you will appear right next to Veldaban in West Keldagrim at the HQ.
19. Talk to Veldaban and he will ask you to take him with you back to the cart. He will follow you.
20. When you get back to the mining cart, talk to him and give him the stones. He will use the control and you will ride in the cart.
21. Get in the cart, and when the options come up pick the follwing:
    
    1. Yellow
    2. Green
    3. Yellow
    4. Green
    5. Green
    6. Yellow
    7. Yellow
    8. Yellow
    9. Yellow
22. You will end up on the other side of the platform (behind the bridge), operate the control box to lower the bridge.
23. Go to the cage and free the captives.
24. Go further south and turn the switch to open the doorway, and go through.
25. Watch the cutscene of them transforming the dwarf into a Chaos dwarf, and in the middle of it Veldaban will cry out, attracting grimmson's attention.
26. Run into the room behind you and watch out for the dwarf, who will attack you (with a hand cannon) and can hit very high (you can use prayer for protection), open your package and take out the metal plate.
27. Use the metal plate on the sorting machine to stop it, and then use the screw driver on it.
28. Squeeze through the hole and ride the mine cart. A cut-scene will follow.

29. Congratulations! Quest complete!
    

Quest Rewards

• 2 Quest Points
• 30,000 Hunter xp
• 30,000 Firemaking xp
• 30,000 Strength xp
• Access to the Chaos Dwarf Battlefield and the North Keldagrim mining area

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

1. Eagle's Peak - running about near falconary, fairy ring (AKQ) and west by the water - Bush - 1 point
2. Feldip Hills - in Yanille south wall - Bush - 2 points
3. Dragontooth Island - on south island - Crate - 2 points
4. Tyras Catapult - Toadstool - 2 points
5. Lumbridge - on bridge to Wizard's Tower - Toadstool - 1 point
6. Brimhaven- running around near the south pub - Crate - 1 point
7. Goblin Village - in south part of maze - Bush - 1 point
8. Mort Myre - at graveyard in the swamp - near broken bridge - Rock - 2 points
9. Southern Desert - running around near the Ancient Pyramid (south area) - Cactus - 2 points
10. Polar bear - Falador - West of the south entrance at the chain mail shop - 1 point

Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

1. Most importantly, it allows us to relax the price limits on the Grand Exchange. For somewhat complicated reasons, it means it is safe for us to drop the minimum price for many items, and raise the maximum price for some items. This means many items will no longer have their price set against an artificial limit, allowing prices to move more freely and better match player supply and demand. Similarly, many items that are popular for high-alching have had their lower limits relaxed to make the Grand Exchange work more smoothly.
2. It means shops no longer have to offer unlimited stock to meet everyone's needs. Because each player sees their own stock, we can put in more realistic stock behaviour, where the stock (and price) goes up and down as you buy and sell, without worrying about one player buying out all the stock and depriving everyone else. Unlimited stock has weird effects on the economy of the game, and getting rid of it is vital for being able to relax the Grand Exchange price limits. Don’t worry, the stock is still very generous and should be plenty to supply ordinary play – particularly for items that you might need in greater numbers (e.g. arrows, runes and other consumables will be available in higher quantities than items like armour, tools and weapons).
3. Shops may now be more worth selling your items to. A general store will never be full of other players’ unwanted items and specialist stores may offer better prices when they are low on stock. This means they are more useful for converting ‘junk’ items into cash, because each player has their own separate allowance for how much they can sell into the shop before the price drops.

1. Autocasting no longer requires a magic staff.
2. Autocasting is now controlled via your spellbook. To set a spell to autocast, simply select the “Autocast” option from the spell icon in your spellbook.
3. You can still single-cast spells by selecting the “Cast” option from the spell icon in the spellbook.
4. In the standard spellbook, “Autocast” is now the default option (left-click) for combat spells, with “Cast” as the alternate option (right-click).
5. In the Ancient Magicks spellbook, “Cast” remains the default option (left-click), with “Autocast” as the alternate option (right-click).
6. As with before, there are no spells in the Lunar spellbook that can be set to autocast.
7. You can still choose whether to receive Defence XP or not when autocasting spells via the new toggle button in the bottom-left corner of your spellbook.
8. You can now also receive Defence XP for single-casting spells that deal damage, if you have this option toggled on.
9. Four buttons have been added to the bottom of the Magic Spellbook interface that allow you to filter what spell icons are visible. Click on these buttons to toggle the visibility of combat, teleport, skill-based and miscellaneous spells.
10. As staves are no longer required for autocasting, we have granted some of the more special ones the ability to cause 10% more magic damage. The following staves receive this bonus:
• Ahrim’s staff
• Master wand
• Void Knight mace
• Zuriel’s staff
• Corrupt Zuriel’s staff
• Ancient staff
11. Finally, it is also now possible to autocast these spells:
• Saradomin Strike
• Flames of Zamorak
• Iban Blast

Mod Rathe
RuneScape Content Developer



RuneTek 5 Game Engine
This week sees the release of a massive upgrade to several elements of the RuneScape game engine. These include the RuneTek 5 graphics upgrade described in last week’s developer blog as well as key parts of the game server and RuneScript systems.

The graphics engine update brings with it a complete revamp of the Standard Detail option, bringing resizable window (for everyone) and fullscreen (members only) modes, as well as optional new features that include:

• Distance fogging and sky colour.
• Ground blending and path smoothing.
• Underwater visibility.

• Mis-clicking in heavy load areas (such as the Grand Exchange) causing unwanted actions.
• Progress bars on Grand Exchange interfaces not working on several graphics cards.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

1. Polar bear - Rellekka - 1 point
2. Jatizso - in house NW of bank - Rock - 2 points
3. Neitiznot - across first bridge - Bush - 2 points
4. Gnome Stronghold - just north of grand tree - runs about a lot - Bush - 1 point
5. Draynor - inside Wizard Tower - Bush - 1 point
6. White Wolf Mountain - on top of the mountain - Rock - 1 point
7. Ape Atoll - near dungeon outside the city - Barrel - 2 points
8. Desert - near pub and southern carpet ride in Pollinvich - Cactus - 1 point
9. Desert - At ancient pyramid (south part) - Cactus - 2 points
10. Port Khazard - at general store - Barrel - 1 point
11. Wilderness - north of Clan Wars - Rock - 2 points

Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

The penguin locations below are where I last found them. Please go to a penguin cc, namely: w60_penguins or penguins_w60 and ask for updated locations.

1. Castle Wars - Yanille - south wall - rock - 2 points
2. Haunted Woods - bush - 2 points
3. Lumbridge - across the bridge near toll gate - cactus - 1 point
4. White Wolf mountain - North western part of mountain - rock - 1 point
5. Piscatoris - west of fairy ring AKQ - near water - bush - 1 point
6. Karamja - south of shipyard - bush - 1 point
7. Elf - south of elf camp - mushroom - 2 points
8. Feldip - west of Yanille running about - rock - 1 point
9. Wildy - low lvl wildy - south of cementary by the railings - just north of portal - rock - 2 points
10. Wildy - High lvl wildy - Lava Maze - can be spotted outside north of maze - rock - 2 points
11. Polar bear - Varrock well - 1 point - It is south of the eastern bank, near the rat pits - It cannot leave the well.

Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

Distractions and Diversions: Penguin Hide and Seek

1. Fally - south well - Polar bear - 1 point
2. Ardy church – Crate - 1 point
3. Digsite - NW corner – Rock - 1 point
4. Ape atoll - SE of alter - near king's house – Bush – 2 points
5. Draynor - Draynor manor - at the back – Crate – 1 point
6. Dragontooth Isle – Crate – 2 points
7. Brimhaven - SE corner by fence near the pub – Crate – 1 point
8. Neitiznot - inside the gates near bank - east end of island – Rock - 2 points
9. Fight Arena - east of Tree Gnome Village maze – Bush – 1 point
10. Lunar - inside house south of bank – Rock – 2 points
11. Wildy - volcano tele - N E stairs - level 29 wildy – Rock – 2 points

Have fun hunting the penguins this week.

After you have completed Fur 'n' Seek, there is a mini game which can be played once a week. There is a wish list which is pasted against the Odd Old Man's shack wall.



Difficulty: difficult - depends on your level - for me (a lvl 136) it was easy.

Length: long - as you need to kill lots of monsters

Requirements:

• Slayer lvl 78
• Hunter lvl 55
• Be able to enter the Ancient Cavern ( for Mithril Dragons)
• Depending what monsters you kill and where you kill them, will determine what additional requirements are needed.
• The ability to fight a level 320 monster.
• High combat is advisable.

Recommended items:

• Varrock teleports
• Other teleports
• 1,000 gp
• Entrance fee to Brimhaven dungeon (875gp) or Shilo gloves
• Food - sharks or monkfish
• 20 Pot of vinegars - buy from Fortunato in Draynor market
• 20 logs - any type
• Tinderbox
• Armour and weapons
• Super set
• hatchet
• Witchwood icon
• Antifire shield and elemental/mind shield
• a pot

Wish List:

1. Foot bone of a large ape-like creature.
2. Sabre-like teeth.
3. Long, sharp claws.
4. Fibula bone of the third leg on an adult three-legged creature.
5. Very large hand.
6. Tail-bone of 9 different members of the dragon family.
7. Neck bone of a camel.
8. Shoulder of a Giant
9. Spine of a giant snake.
10. Pelvis of a four-legged, magic-casting water creature that dwells in caves.
11. Femur of a large follower of Bandos.
12. Humerus of a large tortoise.
13. A Golden Fleece.

Monsters needed to kill:

Bones	Monsters
foot bone	Monkey Guard or Cave horror or Jungle horror
sabre-like teeth	Sabre-toothed kyatt
long sharp claws	Gorak (fairy ring: DIR) or Nail beast or Wall Beast
fibula bone	Turoth
hand bone	Crawling Hand
dragon tail bone	Bronze Dragon, Iron Dragon, Steel Dragon, Mithril Dragon, Green Dragon, Blue Dragon, Red Dragon, Black Dragon, Skeletal Wyvern
neck bone	Ugthanki or Camel
shoulder bone	Any Giant
giant snake spine	Big Snake
Pelvic bone	Aquanite
femur	General Graardor or Bork
humerus bone	Tortoise
Golden fleece	Pay Lalli 1,000gp

1. Once you have gotten the fleece and all the bones (cleaned it with vinegar in a pot and put on the fire pit) and handed them all to the Odd Old Man, you will be required to kill a level 320 monster, a Skeletal Horror.
2. Come prepared for battle.
3. I recommend wearing high melee defence armour and prayer mage and using melee weapons. It is pretty easy to kill the monster this way.
4. During the battle, part of the Skeletal Horror will fall off. Bury these parts as it will reduce the combat level of the monster.




5. The combat levels of the monster is: 320, 260, 180 and 100 providing you bury the parts that break off during battle.
6. Once the monster has been killed, speak to the Odd Old Man.
7. If you have either the Bonesack or Ram Skull Helm in your bank, ensure to bring it along. If you don't, the Odd Old Man will ask you to fetch it.

Rewards:
Bonesack(e) or Ram Skull Helm(e)
10,000 Slayer Experience
7,000 Prayer Experience



The Skeletal Horror can be attacked once a week for additional experience after the quest has been completed. The Bonesack(e) and Ram Skull Helm(e) let you teleport to the arena after the skeleton has been reconstructed.

1. Lumbridge – Toadstool - 1point
2. Entrana – Barrel – 1 point
3. Barbarian Outpost – Bush – 1 point
4. Gnome Stronghold –Bush – 1 point
5. Eagle’s Peak – Bush - 1 point
6. Tyras Catapult – Toadstool – 2 points
7. Mort Myre – Toadstool – 2 points
8. Canifis – Crate – 2 points
9. Southern Desert – Cactus – 2 points
10. Wilderness – Rock – 2 points
11. Polar Bear - Rellekka well by entrance - 1 point

Happy Hunting. :)