29th June 2004 - Easier to rearrange bank
We've added a couple of new options to make it easier to keep the contents of your bank arranged. (if you want to.)

1) At the bottom of the bank screen you will see 2 new buttons marked 'insert' and 'swap'.

'Swap' mode is the mode you are used to, whereby when an item is dragged to a new slot it swaps places with the item already there. This works exactly the same way as before.

'Insert' mode is a new option. In this mode dragging an item to a new position causes it to be inserted at that point, and everything else is moved up one space to make room. This is useful for instance if you get a new rune, and you want to place it next to your existing runes without having to manually move everything else.

2) It is now easier to move items a long way across your bank. Now if you drag an item to the top or bottom of the bank window, the window will automatically scroll up or down for you. This makes it much easier to move items several rows at a time. (note: this particular feature has actually been online for about a week now, but wasn't mentioned before so is here for completeness.)

 

29th June 2004 - Priest In Peril Quest
Priest In Peril Quest

King Roald of Varrock has recently found communications with the Temple guarding the Eastern border of Misthalin have been abruptly cut off.
Anxious that something may have happened to his close friend Drezel, he is seeking volunteers to go forth and discover what the problem may be.

Those in search of adventure should make their way to see King Roald in Varrock palace immediately, to set forth on the Priest In Peril quest!

 

28th June 2004 - Lots more improvements
Today's update makes a variety of small improvements to RuneScape.

Bigger friends list for members! As a new members benefit, you now get twice as much space on your friend-list. Giving you a total of 200 slots.

Multiple hit-splats during combat. If a player or monster is being attacked by multiple opponents, or is taking damage very rapidly, the game will now show multiple damage indicators at once. This makes it much easier to see how much damage is being dealt. Note: the total damage received is the same, it's just shown more clearly now.

Npcs better at retreating. We've improved the intelligence of the npcs a bit, such that if they are being attacked from beyond the edge of their wander zone, they will run away rather than just standing there stupidly.

Music+sounds work on more machines. We've found why the music+sounds sometimes wasn't working when you select the SUN java plugin. We're still working on reaching 100% compatibility, but a few more people should find it works for them now.

Fixed dragon-spear special attack. We've fixed the bug which meant attacking a player with the dragon-spear special attack didn't give a pk-skull in the wilderness.

 

25th June 2004 - 3 more game worlds online!
The number of people playing RuneScape is still increasing rapidly, with a record 36,000 simultaneous players last night.

To help cope with all these new players we've added another 3 game worlds. Due to popular demand we've put some of the new ones in the UK this time.

The new servers are as follows:
World-23: UK - free
World-24: UK - members
World-25: US - free

Enjoy!

 

23rd June 2004 - Alternative RuneScape Client
Today we have released an updated version of our RuneScape Windows client.

Use of this alternative client is entirely optional, and it doesn't add any extra features compared to playing through your web-browser at our website like normal. It does however allow you to play without all that browser clutter, which is particularly useful for low-memory or low-resolution machines.

The client can be found in the new Extra Files section on the front page. Unofficial downloads from other sites may contain malware, so to keep your account safe we recommend you only get the client from www.RuneScape.com

 

21st June 2004 - Saradomin Illuminates
Everybodies favourite lord of order Saradomin has deigned once more to answer a few of his loyal followers questions in Letters 21.

Those players curious to know what the future for the lands of RuneScape may hold for them, would be wise indeed to see what this curiously well informed deity has to say for himself by visiting the Library of Varrock immediately...

 

21st June 2004 - Various tweaks to the game
Todays update is just a small one to make a few minor tweaks to the game. Some of the more noticeable changes are:

The stone border around the edge of the game window is now narrower. This is to make the game fit better for people running at 800x600. The actual 3d view area is still the same size however. There is just less wasted space now.

The chat scroll is now slightly brighter, to make chat easier to read.

When you click to use an item, it now has a white outline to show that it is selected.

Fixed several cases where using 2 objects together only worked one way around. (the order objects were clicked in made difference)

Fixed a bug which meant the Iban-staff could be wielded at level 49, despite stating a requirement of 50.

Fixed a couple of digsite bugs where it sometimes didn't recognise you had the required items.

Fixed a bug with the treasure trail puzzle-box where it occasionally didn't recognise you had completed it.

Lots of other minor changes and fixes.

 

17th June 2004 - Warning - fake emails
It has come to our attention that a number of our players are receiving fake emails claiming to be from Jagex, offering players the chance to apply to be player moderators.

Remember, Jagex does NOT send out emails to players EVER! If we want to send you a message we instead send it to your message-centre here on this website, and then notify you about it next time you login to the game.

We have our own message centre system and so have no reason to use email to contact you! Email is fundamentally insecure and easy to forge which is why we never ever use it to contact players.

If you are a player and you receive any email from us, it doesn't matter how genuine it looks, or what it says, you should always assume it is a fake!

Please do NOT under any circumstances reply to these emails, just delete them immediately, they are not from Jagex and are an attempt to steal account passwords.