Tutorial Island
Brand-new characters now start on Tutorial Island. Pick I'm new, teach me the basics for a short island run by tutors, or I've played before to go straight to Lumbridge with the starter kit.
Void 2.0
Void 2.0
Start on Tutorial Island, mine dragon ore and smith dragon armour, spend Slayer points in a new shop, trade in a full-screen Market and a new Market Square, take on the Hushfall raid with your friends, and see the world in a new light.
Restart the desktop launcher, reload the browser game, or install the Android update.
In this update
New playersTutorial Island and quieter first settings.
DragonsDragon ore, dragon armour, dragon cannonballs, and Mining and Smithing to 118.
SlayerA points shop, couriers, Skull Mask upgrades and boss trophies.
The MarketFull screen, item stats on hover, twice the slots.
Market SquareEdgeville's new square. The Dueling Guild has closed.
The DescentThe Hushfall raid, solo or with friends.
EquipmentAn EQUIP tab and a SPEC button.
HerbalismHerbalism, classic herbs and batch sorting.
A new lookRegion by region, before and after.
Loot and dropsChests in your loot log, drop chances as 1 in N.
SettingsClearer menus and favourites.
FixesWhat we fixed along the way.New players
Eight short stations
Tutors teach fighting, cooking, fishing and fires, mining, banking and magic, one instruction at a time. Then the Boatman rows you to Lumbridge.
Then your first quest
On the mainland, the same panel walks you to your first quest and combat level 4. Finish and you earn the title the Adventurer and a full pool of rested XP. You can skip the guide at any time.
Before: new players began in a small garden. After: Tutorial Island.
Wisp's Garden and the week-one journal are retired.
Quieter first settings
New characters start with music, ambience and sound effects off and roofs hidden, now on the website sign-up too. Turn any of them on in Settings > Audio.
Dragons
Mining and Smithing now go up to level 118, and dragon armour starts with ore you mine yourself.
Dragon ore
At Mining 100, mine dragon ore from six dragon rocks. Each rock gives two ores, then stays empty for an hour. Every ore mined is announced to the whole server, along with where it was mined. A dragon pickaxe can't squeeze out a third.
| Where | Rocks | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dragonforge Hollow, in the black dragon lair under Taverley | 3 | No PvP |
| Beside the Lava Maze rune rocks | 2 | Wilderness level 46, guarded by red spiders |
| Next to the rune rock in the Lava Maze dungeon | 1 | Wilderness level 44 |
The deadly red spiders are back around the Lava Maze rocks.
Dragonforge Hollow
A new corner of the black dragon lair under Taverley, built around the bones of an old wyrm, with three dragon rocks, the Dragonforge and the Dragon anvil.
The Dragonforge: dragon bars
At Smithing 100, the Dragonforge smelts 1 dragon ore + 1 runite ore + 4 coal into a Dragon bar.
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Dragon ore
Mining 100. Two per rock, then an hour's wait.
Dragon bar
Smithing 100 at the Dragonforge: 1 dragon ore, 1 runite ore, 4 coal.
Dragon armour
At the Dragon anvil, smith classic-looking dragon armour. Every piece needs Defence 85 and is stronger than rune, against monsters and players alike; the gauntlets are the strongest gloves in the game. It is made to be worn with the dragon medium helmet and square shield.
Dragon gauntlets
Smithing 101 · 2 bars · Armour 14, Aim +4, Power +4
Dragon platelegs
Smithing 103 · 3 bars · Armour 60
Dragon plated skirt
Smithing 103 · 3 bars · Armour 60
Dragon chain mail
Smithing 105 · 3 bars · Armour 80
Dragon platebody
Smithing 109 · 5 bars · Armour 100
Dragon plate top
Smithing 109 · 5 bars · Armour 100
| Piece | Rune | Dragon |
|---|---|---|
| Platebody or plate top | 80 | 100 |
| Chain mail | 65 | 80 |
| Platelegs or plated skirt | 49 | 60 |
| Gloves (Klank's gauntlets against Dragon gauntlets) | 8, Aim +2, Power +2 | 14, Aim +4, Power +4 |
Dragon cannonballs and Fire cannon
At Smithing 102, at the Dragonforge, 1 Dragon bar + 50 cannonballs + an ammo mould make 50 dragon cannonballs. Use them on your own cannon while standing next to it to take control, then choose Fire cannon on a monster within 7 tiles. The ball lands where the monster stood when you fired, so a moving monster can dodge it. At 99 Ranged a shot hits 45 to 90, and monsters on the tiles around it take half. Step away, run out, or wait 10 seconds without firing and the cannon goes back to its normal load. If a shot can't fire, the game now tells you why.
1Dragon bar+
50Cannonballs+
Ammo mould=
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Ordinary cannonballs hit a little softer: at 99 Ranged, up to 30 instead of 35.
Dragon cannonball
Smithing 102 · 1 bar + 50 cannonballs makes 50
Where dragon bars come from now
| No longer from | Now from |
|---|---|
| Red and Black Dragon drops | The Dragonforge (dragon ore) |
| The Dragon Chest | The Sanctum and Margin Void Dragons, 1 in 64 |
| Hushfall Hard and Death Match rewards | |
| Melting dragon swords and axes at the Lava Great Furnace |
Those rewards now give something else in place of the bars.
Mining and Smithing to 118
Mining and Smithing now go up to level 118. Every other skill stays at 99.
Slayer
A Slayer points shop
The Slayer window has a new Shop tab, and you can buy from it anywhere.
| What | Points |
|---|---|
| Shelve your monster | 25 |
| Extend your task a second time | 10 |
| Title: the Slayer (after 100 tasks) | 250 |
| Title: the Skullsworn (after 300 tasks) | 1,000 |
| Title: Vexis's Chosen (99 Slayer, after 600 tasks) | 2,500 |
| Skull Mask upgrade (each) | 5,000 |
| Boss trophy unlock (each) | 750 |
Couriers, and a pricier teleport
Away from a Slayer master, a courier can give, skip, cancel, block or extend your task for 10 points more than a master charges. Couriers don't reach above level 20 Wilderness. Teleport to task now costs 15 points (was 10).
Skull Mask upgrades
Beside Vexis, rework your Skull Mask into one of three upgrades for 5,000 points. Each keeps everything the mask does, gains moving colours and adds a perk. Upgrades can't be traded. If one drops on death it becomes a plain Skull Mask.
Skull Mask
The mask you have now.
Void Skull Mask
Echo: 1 task kill in 8 counts twice (not on boss tasks).
Infernal Skull Mask
Mark: the on-task bonus is 25% instead of 20%.
Spectral Skull Mask
Ward: monsters on your task hit you 15% softer.
Boss trophies
After one kill of the boss, unlock its trophy in the Shop's Trophies section for 750 points, for good: the Crypt Warden, the Elder Fire Giant, the Demon King or the King Black Dragon. Build it yourself as a showroom piece at 85 Construction, with the Dragon trophy's materials.
The Market
The Market fills the screen
Browse and buy, Sell, My orders, the Order book, Intel and Watches are now full-screen pages. The old small window is gone.
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Item stats on hover
Rest your pointer on any item picture in the Market to see its bonuses and level requirement. On a phone, press and hold.
Twice the Auction House slots
Everyone now has 12 listings and buy orders open at once (was 6). Each of the five upgrades from the Void Auctioneer adds 2 slots instead of 1, up to 22 (was 11). Prices are the same, 250,000 coins doubling up to 4,000,000, so a slot costs half what it did. Upgrades you already bought count double straight away.
The Sell page shows how many slots you're using, results appear inside the Market, and a card at login tells you what's waiting with the Auctioneer.
The Edgeville Market Square
A Market Square behind Edgeville bank
Edgeville has a new square behind the bank with the Auction House counter and its clerks, the casino's blackjack and Hold'em tables, the Fortune machine and the Event Chest. The event donation box works here too.
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The Dueling Guild has closed
The guild across the river is gone, and the riverbank is back as it was. You keep the gear rights and the Staker title you earned. The Marked Deck quest is retired, and players who finished it keep its quest point.
The Descent: the Hushfall raid
A team raid
Talk to Warden Ostrel by the Lumbridge rowboat, or type ::raid. Choose Easy or Hard. You need combat level 70. Bring your own gear and supplies. Death in the raid is safe, but the supplies you use are gone.
Go alone, with friends, or in a hosted raid
- Alone: pick Go in alone and computer-controlled Lamplighters fill your team.
- With friends: right-click a player and choose Invite to raid, like a trade. Up to 8 per party.
- Hosted: staff can open a raid for everyone from the event banner.
Everyone sees one briefing card before going in. One raid runs at a time, and groups wait in line.
What's down there
Find your way through the dark with team pings, guard your light from thieves, face the Echo, fight player-like soldiers in The Hold, and finally the Warlord, who rises again as the Wyrmborn.
Team pings
The loot
When the Warlord falls, everyone gets loot and every drop is announced. The raid keeps its own loot record.
Knell's amulet
1 in 68 raids on Easy, 1 in 38 on Hard (one raider gets it).
Lamplighter's lantern
1 in 136 raids on Easy, 1 in 100 on Hard (one raider gets it).
Hush cape
Every raider has a 1 in 40 chance.
Equipment
The EQUIP tab
Worn gear moves to its own EQUIP tab and no longer takes backpack space. There are 10 slots, including an Offhand slot for quivers. The EQUIP tab also shows what you keep on death, and right-clicking a worn item gives its full menu: cape perks, amulet, cape and Skull Mask teleports.
Prefer your gear beside your bag? Set Settings > Interface > Inventory layout to Classic on desktop or desktop web. Worn gear then sits in two short rows in the inventory box, and Gear rows puts them at the bottom or the top.
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Easier gear switches
Swap gear and the piece you take off lands in the cell you clicked, so nothing else in your pack moves. Deposit all at the bank keeps your worn gear on.
The SPEC button
A new SPEC button beside INVENTORY and EQUIP uses your weapon's special in one click. Right-click it, or press and hold on a phone, for your worn items' perks and teleports.
Herbalism
Herblaw is now Herbalism
Your level, experience, herbs and potions are all kept. The skill is called Herbalism, and you still Sort unidentified herbs instead of Identify. Batch sorting and potion recipes are unchanged.
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Classic herbs restored
Following player feedback, the eleven herb families have their classic names and artwork again: Guam, Marrentill, Tarromin, Harralander, Ranarr, Irit, Avantoe, Kwuarm, Cadantine, Dwarf weed and Torstol. Their unfinished potions use the matching classic names. Your existing herbs and potions are kept.
Ingredient names
These secondary ingredients keep their new names and artwork.
| Old name | New name |
|---|---|
| Limpwurt root |  Burdock root |
| Snape grass |  Spikerush |
| Jangerberries |  Sloe berries |
A new look
Lumbridge, Misthalin, the Kharidian Desert, Kandarin, Asgarnia, the south and the Wilderness all have a new look: island flagstone roads, slate roofs, lamps that glow at night, and each region's own colours. Hide roofs still works as before. Drag each picture to compare.
Lumbridge
The castle, the bridge and the fields in the island's look, in classic green.
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Misthalin
Varrock and Draynor Village.
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The Kharidian Desert
Al Kharid in warm desert stone.
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Kandarin
Ardougne and Seers' Village, with lush green fields.
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Asgarnia
Falador, Port Sarim, Rimmington, Taverley and Crandor.
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The south and the Wilderness
Karamja, the Feldip Hills, the Void Enclave and the Wilderness.
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Loot and drops
Chests in your loot log
Opening a chest now adds a row to Stats > LOOT, like a kill, with everything it gave: the Slayer, Skilling, Void, Dragon, Event, Crystal, Muddy and Sinister chests. Counting starts from this update.
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Drop chances as 1 in N
Every drop chance now reads as 1 in N, in the game, on the drops page and on the wiki. The exact fraction is still there when you hover it.
Settings and interface
Clearer settings
Advanced Settings is split into plain tabs such as Audio, Graphics, Camera, Interface, Chat, Combat, Skilling, Loot and Accessibility, and every row has a one-line description. Your saved choices are unchanged.
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And more
- Magic and Prayer lists move one row per mouse-wheel notch and show up to ten rows. Star your favourites (right-click, or press and hold on a phone) and show only those.
- Chat badges: if you have more than one, pick which to show in Settings.
- XP locks: every lockable skill always shows its padlock on the Stats panel, and ::freezexp tells you which are still locked.
- World map search is much faster and shows the best 100 results.
- The friends list scrolls properly in phone browsers.
- Type ::help to see where to find help, or ::wiki for the Getting started guide.
Fixes
- Monsters no longer catch you from two tiles away while you run. They have to really be next to you.
- Red rifts land you on a free tile next to a crowded arrival point instead of refusing.
- Alchemy circles only need their own space: 3x3 for chalk and 5x5 for a staff (was 7x7 and 9x9).
- Home Teleport no longer fails at low Magic levels.
- Ironman: a monster only becomes a shared fight once someone really fights it. Choosing or chasing a target no longer counts.
- Ruby, sapphire and emerald bridles colour your horse again.
- The Listening Map: the third sound points at Rush Green well, and the last clue names the creaky pines.
- Wrong Way Home: Tilly no longer gets stuck behind the dead trees, and the helper follows the rescue.
- The Burst Levee: killing the weakened silt beast now counts.
- Petra no longer loses her head after a spar.
- Slayer: the guide and the task tip explain that King Black Dragon tasks come only from Vexis's Wilderness list.
- A title card no longer pops up again and again around the Hushfall raid.
- Fixed an Android crash when a quest card opened next to the health display, and a rare graphics crash after long sessions.
- Capes and unused pictures take less memory.
- Player-facing text no longer names other games.
Captured with the desktop client. Select a picture to enlarge it. Map pictures show the new looks in Void 2.0.