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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Penguin Locations: week 30 December 2009

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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. Al Kharid – near cactus patch – one point
  2. Haunted Woods/Canifis – Fenkensteins castle - north of enterance - two points
  3. Wilderness - Lava Maze – two points
  4. Wilderness - Lava Maze – two points (i.e. 2 are in the lava maze)
  5. McGrubbors Wood’s – use fairy ring "ALS" – one point
  6. Eastern Karamja/Shipyard - use fairy ring "DKP" and run south east of the fairy ring – one point
  7. Mudskipper point – runs about near the crafting guild and Remmington – one point
  8. Miscellania/Etceteria – at the teak trees near the bank - two points
  9. Jatizso - running about in the town near the anvil houses - two points
  10. North Ardougne – in the potato field – one point
  11. Polar bear - Varrock well - 1 pt - Near east Varrock bank, near the rat pits and the tea stall.


Circus location: near Cooking guild in Varrock

Happy hunting!


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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Penguin Locations: week 23 December 2009

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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!



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Monday, December 21, 2009

RS Updates: A Christmas Warble (Christmas 2009)

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Christmas time has come round again and the Queen of Snow has invited guests to her realm for one of her legendary Christmas feasts, and perhaps a snowball fight or two. Hop into one of the Christmas cupboards in Varrock, Falador or Draynor to join in the festivities along with Santa Claus, Jack Frost, and an entourage of guests from across RuneScape.

Hard as it may be to believe, not everyone in the Land of Snow is full of Christmas cheer. The Queen of Snow’s neighbour, Ebenezer Scourge, isn’t known for his goodwill or for his love of a good party, but that’s nothing to worry about. Nothing’s going to go wrong. I’m quite sure that this year we’ll have a quiet Christmas. I’m almost certain that there’ll be no kidnapping, ghosts of Christmas past, magical curses or vigilante snow imps.

Adventurers with the impish cunning to see this one through will be richly rewarded with a dramatic new emote, a fiendish costume, and not to mention a tasty-looking and festive wieldable item.

Merry Christmas from all of the RuneScape team!

Mod Edam
RuneScape Content Developer


Summary:

Where to start A Christmas Warble:
Enter one of the magic wardrobes in Varrock, Falador or Draynor Village.

Requirements to complete A Christmas Warble: None.


In other news...

We’ve enabled a new graphical feature called 'particles' in the game engine. You’ll most likely notice our first use of particles during the Christmas event. Use of particles can be set to high, medium or low in the Graphics Options menu. Players with older versions of Java might not be able to experience the effects to their full potential. If this is the case, you may not be able see the snow particles or change this detail setting.






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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Penguin Locations: week 16 December 2009

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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. Observatory – Yanille south wall - Crate – 1 point
  2. Gnome Maze - Yanille south wall – Bush - 2 points
  3. Mort Myre – at hollows near boat in swamp - Rock – 2 points
  4. Feldip – Bush - 2 points - outside Mobilising Armies by the water - Bush – 2 point
  5. Dragontooth Isle – near the boat as you arrive at the island - Crate – 2 points
  6. Neitiznot – in the city east of the bank - Rock – 2 points
  7. Ape Atoll - at agility course - Bush – 2 points
  8. Musa Point/Brimhaven – at docks east of banana plantation - Crate – 1 point
  9. Draynor - inside Draynor Manor - Crate – 1 point
  10. Goblin Village – at the enterance to the village - Bush - 1 point
  11. Polar bear - Falador well at south enterance to the town - 1 point

Circus location: Lumbridge

Happy hunting!


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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

RS Updates: Blood Runs Deep

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The mysterious Lunar Isle rarely gets many visitors, and especially not of the ‘washed up on the shore unconscious, battling hidden demons’ kind. Eminent lunatic Baba Yaga requires your help in answering just one question: who is this stranger?

Finding the answer to this question will prove to be just the beginning of a journey that will see you delving back into the dream world, rescuing old friends and rallying the Fremennik of all isles, leading them to war against their deadliest and toughest foe – a new breed of horror from the deep.

Dust off your armour, weapons and runes – and we do mean ALL of them – and ready yourself for battle, Farstrider. This day, death (and glory) is upon all who call themselves Fremennik. And to the victor, the spoils, for any adventurer brave enough to succeed will be rewarded with hundreds of thousands of XP, new equipment and much respect.

"I’m glad to be continuing the Fremennik quest series and carrying on the prophecy storyline set up in Glorious Memories. This quest has proven to be a different challenge from that quest, though, with a much heavier focus on combat, as befits the Fremennik people."

"I’m also happy to be furthering the Princess Astrid/Prince Brand thread from Throne of Miscellania. To get the most out of the storyline, your character must be as they were during that quest, so some players may wish to visit the Makeover Mage before starting this quest. I hope you enjoy it."

Mod Hew
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:
Where to start Blood Runs Deep:
Speak to Baba Yaga in her walking house on Lunar Isle.

Requirements to complete Blood Runs Deep:
  • 75 Attack
  • 75 Strength
  • 65 Slayer
  • High Magic and Ranged levels are also recommended
  • Dream Mentor
  • Glorious Memories
  • Horror from the Deep
  • Completed all easy, medium and hard tasks in the Fremennik Achievement Diary


In other news...

We've made some necessary changes to how shops in TzHaar work. For full details, please read this forum thread.


Kuradal's Dungeon Improvements:
After some of your feedback about last week’s Slayer dungeon update:
  • Kuradal can now assign dagannoths.
  • Murky Matt can now combine ferocious ring charges.
  • Hellhounds should now respawn at their normal rate.
  • We've squeezed in a couple of extra creatures.
  • You won't get any Random Events while in Kuradal’s Dungeon.




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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Penguin Locations: week 09 December 2009

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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. Neitiznot - across the first bridge and then run east - Bush – 2 points
  2. Entrana – NW part of island - Barrel – 1 point
  3. Barbarian Outpost- in the house at the waterfall – Bush – 1 point
  4. Gnome Stronghold - south of the swamp - Bush – 1 point
  5. Southern Desert – NE of granite mines where you see the quest start point - Cactus – 1 point
  6. Canifis – running about in the town between the houses - Crate – 2 points
  7. Mort Myre Swamp - at haunted mines – Toadstool – 2 points
  8. Port Khazard – south of Ardy Castle - Barrel - 1 point
  9. Jatizso – across 2nd bridge from the city (go west) - Rock – 2 points
  10. Wildy - north of Edgeville
  11. Polar bear - Rellekka well - 1 pt
Happy hunting!


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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

RS Updates: Kuradal's Dungeon

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Kuradal, daughter of Duradel, left Shilo Village to experience the fullness of combat and surpass her peers in the art of Slayer. Years later, she has settled somewhere she would call "comfortable" - the Ancient Cavern! Using only her raw power, she has rounded up various creatures of RuneScape and secured them in an off-shoot of the dungeon. Here, she'll offer her skills as a new slayer master, allowing exclusive access to the dungeon if you have something in there to kill.

Is there more to this slayer master and dungeon? Kuradal is a keeper of many secrets and she has one task she might offer you that's a little less conventional than other Slayer tasks...but that's for you to discover. As for the dungeon, who knows what the creatures have foraged from their new location?

Summary:
  • To be assigned a task from Kuradal, you need 75 Slayer and 110 Combat.
  • 86 Agility is required for the low wall-climb shortcut
  • 90 Agility is required for the dungeon wall-run

Mod Chris L RuneScape
Content Developer
In other news...

The Contact NPC spell from the lunar spellbook has been reworked. You should see at least one new face and some extra functionality that you might find quite useful!

The Cryptic Clue Fest event has now been removed.

All fonts should now be back to normal.


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Thursday, December 03, 2009

RS Updates: The Temple at Senntisten

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If you’ve passed all your archaeology exams you’ll know just how strict the researchers at the Digsite can be, so when an unproven archaeologist shows an interest in restoring the temple you discovered in the caverns under the site, the archaeological expert there is somewhat suspicious.

As it so happens, your colleague Ali the Wise is also an acquaintance of this Dr Nabanik, and has suggested that you might be of assistance. With Dr Nabanik’s experience and your adventuring know-how combined, perhaps you can restore this long-forgotten temple.

It won’t be easy, though. Only original artefacts are good enough for this expert in all things ancient, and the current owners of these artefacts are unlikely to give them up without a considerable fight.

“Since creating the first quest in this recent Mahjarrat series – The Tale of the Muspah – I’ve been eager to develop more. Mod Newmatic (Missing My Mummy), Paul (Curse of Arrav) and I combined forces to bring you this latest episode of Mahjarrat-based antics.”

Mod Roderick
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:
Where to start The Temple at Senntisten:
Speak to Ali the Wise at his home in Nardah.

Requirements to complete The Temple at Senntisten:
  • 50 Prayer
  • Desert Treasure
  • Devious Minds
  • The Curse of Arrav
  • 125 Kudos with Varrock Museum


In other news...

There's a new setting in the display options menu for CPU usage, so you can set how much of your computer's CPU resources are available to RuneScape. You may have to test it out to see which setting works best for your setup.

The delivery cost for dragon daggers has been slightly adjusted and their initial shop supply has been improved.

The recharge costs for most items (excluding gloves) from Fist of Guthix have been reduced.

Five minutes before your cannon fully decays, you’ll notice some new animation effects to give you a bit more warning.

For those who have not completed the Cryptic Clue Fest, we will be removing it from the game on the week commencing 7th December, so you have a few more days to unravel it.



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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Penguin Locations: week 02 December 2009

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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. Burthorpe - NE corner of Heroes guild - Rock - 1 point
  2. Piscatoris - on top of Eagle's Peak - Crate - 2 points
  3. Rellekka - pig pen - Rock - 1 point
  4. NorthWest Ardougne - in apple orchard outside the Gnome stronghold - Bush - 1 point
  5. Canifis - in Fenkenstrain's Castle
  6. Feldip - Yanille south wall - Rock - 1 point
  7. Castle Wars - Yanille south wall - Rock – 2 points
  8. Elfland - south of Elf Camp - it cannot leave this area– Toadstool – 2 points
  9. Elf lands/Limestone Mine – right of agility shortcut to previous penguin - i.e. south east of brige - Rock – 2 points
  10. Southern Desert – runs about in Bedabin camp or East of Bedabin camp - Cactus - 1 point

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



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