GrinderScape Updates

🎰 Massive Gambling Expansion:

GrinderScape's gambling content has received another massive expansion!

Players now have a huge variety of games available, ranging from competitive player-versus-player challenges to casino-style games and risk-versus-reward activities.

🎮 Games Board:

The Games Board provides a collection of head-to-head games where players can challenge one another using shared stakes.

Games Board matches support:

• Shared item stakes.
• Synchronized rounds.
• Secured wagers.
• Reconnect protection.
• Server-authoritative outcomes.
• Reliable match settlement.

⚔️ Runelink:

Challenge another player through one of the Games Board's competitive head-to-head games while your wager remains safely secured throughout the match.

🧩 Rune Grid:

Rune Grid provides another competitive Games Board challenge with synchronized rounds and protected stakes.

🔤 Rune Word Duel:

Rune Word Duel has received a massive content expansion.

The available word pool has increased from only 79 words to 591 RuneScape-themed words, covering:

• Bosses.
• Items.
• Locations.
• Skills.
• Other RuneScape content.

This makes repeated words considerably less predictable and gives the game far more variety.

🚢 Gnome Fleet:

Gnome Fleet introduces a private-deployment naval duel to the Games Board, providing a completely different style of head-to-head gambling.

⚗️ Alchemist's Code:

Alchemist's Code is a simultaneous deduction race where both players attempt to solve the correct combination using exact and misplaced-reagent clues.

• Clear 75-second countdown.
• Cleaner reagent labels.
• Reconnect protection.
• Fair handling when a player leaves the arena.

🌋 TzHaar Lava Drop:

Release an ember through an eight-row basalt board using three different heat tables and watch where the ember lands.

The game features its own molten TzHaar-themed interface, animations, entrance audio, and dedicated landing sounds.

🐉 Dragonfire Hoard:

Enter the dragon's lair and attempt to steal treasure from a sleeping dragon.

After every successful theft, choose whether to escape with your growing hoard or risk another attempt for an even larger reward.

The Dragonfire Hoard interface includes custom:

• Dragon artwork.
• Fire effects.
• Smoke effects.
• Satchel artwork.
• Announcements.

🔒 Games Board Wager Protection:

Games Board staking has been simplified to require one clear acceptance from each player, removing the unnecessary second confirmation screen.

Interrupted matches safely retain each player's exact offer until the final result has been stored.

Outstanding challenges also clear correctly when a player:

• Leaves the gambling area.
• Moves away.
• Closes the invitation.
• Begins another action.

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🎰 Slot Machine:

The Slot Machine joins the expanding GrinderScape gambling floor!

Spin the reels and see whether luck is on your side.

Slot outcomes now have their own dedicated audio as part of the upgraded gambling sound system.

Spin the reels and chase the big win!

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🌪️ Elemental Wheel:

Take your chances on the Elemental Wheel!

The Elemental Wheel has received a major presentation and audio upgrade, including:

• Layered casino-style spinning audio.
• Dedicated result sounds.
• A unique victory flourish for winning results.
• A dedicated cash-out reward jingle.
• Improved entrance audio synchronized with its animation.

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🎯 Gnome Shooter:

Gnome Shooter joins the growing collection of GrinderScape gambling games, giving players another completely different activity to try on the gambling floor.

With the gambling area continuing to expand, players now have far more choice in how they want to test their luck.

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🎲 Five Additional Gambling Games:

Another major gambling wave introduced five additional games:

• 💣 Mines.
• 🔮 Rune Prophecy.
• 🎲 Dwarven Dice Forge.
• 🏰 Rune Tower.
• 🎟️ Scratch & Win.

These games received custom interfaces, animations, sounds, wager protection, and reconnect recovery.

💣 Mines:

Choose excavation tiles, uncover valuable rewards, and avoid the hidden mines while increasing your potential payout.

🔮 Rune Prophecy:

Predict whether the next tablet will be higher or lower and decide when to secure your winnings.

Fate Shift result messaging has now been improved so it clearly distinguishes the tablet that was correctly predicted from the new omen that guides the player's next choice.

🎲 Dwarven Dice Forge:

Roll and reroll dice to build increasingly valuable combinations before deciding when to secure the payout.

🏰 Rune Tower:

Progress through the Rune Tower by opening safe chests while increasing your potential reward as the risk grows.

🎟️ Scratch & Win:

Use Scratch Tickets at the Gilded Fortune Table to reveal and keep rewards hidden inside a sealed Scratch & Win card.

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🚢 Fishing Trawler Minigame:

Fishing Trawler is now live at Port Khazard!

Players can board Murphy's Fishing Trawler for shared five-minute voyages, with difficulty designed to remain manageable for solo players and smaller groups.

🔨 Keep The Trawler Afloat:

During each voyage, players build personal contribution by helping maintain and defend the ship.

• Patch leaks.
• Bail water from the lower hold.
• Repair the fishing nets.
• Repair damaged rails.
• Fight enormous Kraken tentacles.

🌊 Improved Bailing:

Bailing has been corrected so water removal and contribution are counted when the bucket actually collects water from the hold, rather than when the full bucket is later emptied.

This makes contribution accurately match the moment the player actually helps remove water from the ship.

🌊 Improved Flooding:

Changes to the water level no longer interrupt sailors who are fighting the Kraken on the upper deck.

Flooding changes also no longer trigger unnecessary loading screens for players upstairs.

🕸️ Visible Net Damage:

The Fishing Trawler's large rear nets now visibly tear when damaged.

Repairing the nets with rope restores them to their intact visual state.

🐙 Kraken Defence:

Enormous Kraken tentacles can attack the upper deck and must be fought back while other sailors keep the vessel operational.

📊 Voyage Summaries:

Fishing Trawler now displays complete voyage information once all connected sailors have returned to Port Khazard.

The summary includes:

• Contribution.
• Activity.
• Points.
• Catches.
• Rewards.

The successful-voyage announcement is displayed after the summaries.

Players who disconnect during the return journey have their result safely stored and receive the saved summary when they next log in at the Port Khazard dock.

🔌 Disconnect Protection:

Fishing Trawler return journeys now finish correctly even when the final sailor disconnects.

Each player's saved result remains available on their next login at Port Khazard.

🐾 Followers:

Fishing Trawler now gives the correct warning and refuses cats and other unsupported followers before departure.

Chaos Elemental Jr. retains its unusual permission to join the voyage.

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🏜️ Sorceress's Garden:

Sorceress's Garden is now fully available!

Players who have completed Prince Ali Rescue can unlock Sorceress's Garden through Osman and the Apprentice.

Once the introduction has been completed, players can return whenever they like through the minigame teleport.

🌦️ Four Seasonal Gardens:

All four seasonal gardens are available:

• ❄️ Winter Garden.
• 🌸 Spring Garden.
• 🍂 Autumn Garden.
• ☀️ Summer Garden.

The gardens feature:

• Shared elemental patrols.
• Multiplayer catches.
• Seasonal music.
• Fruit trees.
• Herb patches.
• Sq'irkjuice.
• Thieving rewards.
• A chance to receive Rocky while picking fruit.

🍹 Sq'irkjuice Rewards:

Handing Sq'irkjuice to Osman now awards coins directly to the player's Money Pouch:

• ❄️ Winter — 5M Coins.
• 🌸 Spring — 12M Coins.
• 🍂 Autumn — 26M Coins.
• ☀️ Summer — 40M Coins.

Handing in at least five cups also awards Participation Points that scale with the size of the complete batch.

Qualifying XP and coin rewards are announced to the server.

🧙 Apprentice Access:

Both Apprentice locations now provide the same protected Garden dialogue and teleport journey after the required introduction has been completed.

🗺️ Teleport Improvements:

Sorceress's Garden remains visible inside the teleport menu.

Players who still need to complete Prince Ali Rescue or Osman's introduction are clearly told what remains before they can enter, while eligible players can teleport there directly.

👕 Guild Hunter Outfit:

Equipment hover information now correctly explains the full Guild Hunter outfit's:

• Hunter Rumour catch-success benefits.
• Rare-part guarantee benefits.

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👕 Skilling Outfit Bonuses + They are available in store!

The Carpenter's Outfit and every colour of the Raiments of the Eye now grant their intended experience bonuses.

• Carpenter's Outfit grants its intended Construction XP bonus.
• Raiments of the Eye grant their intended Runecrafting XP bonuses.
• The active total is displayed inside the Equipment Effects panel.

Equipment hover tooltips also show the correct Construction XP bonus provided by each individual Carpenter outfit piece.

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📜 Prince Ali Rescue Improvements:

Prince Ali Rescue preparation dialogue has been improved.

Ned, Aggie, Phillipa, and Osman now clearly explain:

• Which materials the player needs.
• What the player should do next.

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🏪 Store Changes:

Store promotions no longer advertise or award Premium Points.

Limited-time promotions now provide only the remaining non-points rewards.

Item Upgrade Kit is now available in the store (Allows you to upgrade any item to tier 10).

Upgrade crest is now available in the store; it guarantees your next upgrade will succeed, and it will be consumed.

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🛠️ Starter Path Improvements:

The Starter Path support objective has been fixed.

Using: ::help now correctly completes the support step and opens the community support link.

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🐞 Additional Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Phantom Muspah's thorn knockback placing players inside arena icicles.
• Fixed V's Shield so it protects against Basilisk gaze damage and stat drains in the same way as a Mirror Shield.
• Fixed farming shop Plant Pots so they can correctly create tree seedlings.
• Fixed Tormy and Porzi Pick-up interactions.
• Fixed Sorceress's Garden teleport access incorrectly reporting that the content was restricted to developer validation.
• Fixed seasonal Garden gates sometimes reporting that they could not be reached after an elemental caught the player.
• Sq'irkjuice hand-ins now correctly wait for each Continue click.
• Sq'irkjuice Thieving XP reward text now fits cleanly across the dialogue window.
• Improved no-items minigame entry checks so every player is verified to have an empty inventory and equipment before entering.
• Fishing Trawler now correctly refuses unsupported followers before departure.
• Fishing Trawler return journeys finish safely even when the final sailor disconnects.
• Disconnected Trawler participants receive their stored result when they next log in.
• Fishing Trawler bailing contribution is now counted when the water is collected.
• Fishing Trawler water changes no longer interrupt combat upstairs.
• Fishing Trawler flooding no longer causes unnecessary loading screens upstairs.
• Fishing Trawler rear nets now visibly show their damaged and repaired states.
• Rune Prophecy Fate Shift messaging now separates the previous correct prediction from the next omen.
• Ready hops now correctly display their Harvest option.
• Seed Vault full-stack withdrawals no longer leave null or overlapping grid entries.

⚔️ GEAR CHANGES:

Alongside the NPC adjustments, we’re also making sweeping changes to the gear you use to take them down. Let’s take a look!

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🩸 SANGUINESTI STAFF TWEAKS:

• Healing chance increased to 1 in 5, up from 1 in 6.
• Deals 8 additional damage whenever the healing effect activates, averaging roughly +1.6 damage per hit.
• Base maximum hit increased by +1.
• Charge cost reduced from 3 Blood runes to 2 Blood runes per cast.

Blood Rune Refund
You will be refunded 1 Blood rune per existing charge when logging in after the update.

If your inventory is full, the runes will be sent to your bank. If your bank is also full, or you are a UIM with a full inventory, the runes will be dropped on the ground.

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🪓 SOULREAPER AXE CHANGES:

• Gains +4 Strength bonus.
• Maximum stack limit remains at 5.
• Each stack continues to provide a 6% damage bonus.
• Stacks now take 50 ticks to begin decreasing, up from 20 ticks.
• Stacks no longer drain HP.

Special Attack

• Accuracy bonus increased from 6% to 12% per stack, reaching 60% at maximum stacks.
• Now gains 6% minimum hit per stack, reaching 30% at maximum stacks.
• Updated the special attack animation for the Soulreaper Axe and Soulreaper Axe (o).

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🗡️ WEAPON & GEAR IMPROVEMENTS:

Ghrazi Rapier
• Stab accuracy increased by +6.
• Strength bonus increased by +4.

Blade of Saeldor:
• Slash accuracy increased by +6.
• Strength bonus increased by +4.

Pegasian Boots:
• Gain +1 Ranged Strength bonus.

Master Wand
• Gains +10% Magic Damage bonus.

Ancient Sceptres
• All variants now provide +10% Magic Damage, up from +5%.

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🔨 INQUISITOR CHANGES:

Inquisitor’s Great Helm:

• Gains +2 Crush accuracy.
• Gains +2 Strength bonus.
• Provides an additional +0.5% Crush damage and Crush accuracy.

This bonus is no longer increased by wearing the full set or by specifically using the Inquisitor’s Mace.

Inquisitor’s Hauberk:

• Gains +4 Crush accuracy.
• Crush damage and accuracy bonus increased from +0.5% to +1%.

This bonus is no longer increased by wearing the full set or by specifically using the Inquisitor’s Mace.

Inquisitor’s Plateskirt:

• Receives no additional Crush accuracy or Strength since it already matches its Oathplate equivalent.
• Crush damage and accuracy bonus increased from +0.5% to +1%.

This bonus is no longer increased by wearing the full set or by specifically using the Inquisitor’s Mace.

Inquisitor’s Mace:

• Gains +7 Strength bonus.
• Gains +7 Crush accuracy.

This guarantees at least one additional maximum hit in all setups and may provide two additional maximum hits in certain setups.

Additional Inquisitor Change:
• All negative Stab and Slash bonuses have been removed from Inquisitor armour pieces.

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🪄 ADDITIONAL GEAR CHANGES:

Shaman Mask:
• Magic bonus increased from -6 to +2.

Tonalztics of Ralos:
• Special attack Defence reduction increased from 10% to 12.5% of the opponent’s Magic level per hit.
• Special attack now gains +50% increased accuracy.

Burning Claws:
• Special Attack Energy cost increased from 30% to 35%.

Server update is live!

We’ve pushed one of our largest recent updates, introducing major new encounters, combat systems, activities, client improvements, and fixes across the game.
🛠️ General Bug Fixes:
• Fixed Zaryte crossbow creation incorrectly increasing Nihil shards instead of consuming 250.  
• Fixed Covenant of Coal still requiring or consuming coal with Superheat Item.  
• Fixed the Mining cape’s extra-ore effect not activating on runite.  
• Fixed legacy crystal halberds failing to equip or degrade correctly.  
• Players can now empty pots of flour into reusable empty pots.  
• Repeat tutorial players now keep and are shown their existing Slayer task.  
• Fixed XP lamps and the Tome of Knowledge granting Herblore XP before Druidic Ritual.  
• Fixed the starter guide not completing the training-portal task.  
• Fixed Starter Path cash rewards failing when an existing collection-box coin stack was full.  
• Fixed mystery supply crates awarding unnoted seaweed.  
• Fixed Ironman players receiving other players’ Falador Party Room items.  
• Fixed the minimap run orb remaining highlighted after run energy was exhausted.  
• Fixed shop NPCs opening quest dialogue alongside their stores.  
• Fixed the brine sabre forgetting its selected attack style.  
• Fixed carried Hardcore Ironman armour disappearing after Hardcore status was lost.  
• Recurring Discord event announcements no longer repeatedly notify everyone.

🔥 Combat & Progression:
• Updated Mystic Will, Mystic Lore, Mystic Might, and Augury to match OSRS bonuses.

**Full Third Age sets now provide powerful combat effects:**
• Melee can completely block a hit and empower the next melee attack.  
• Melee and ranged build Momentum through consecutive successful hits.  
• Melee and ranged attacks can cleave nearby monsters.  
• Third Age magic chains elemental spells through nearby enemies.  
• Third Age ranged receives an additional accuracy and damage boost.

New Porzi, Tormy Pets & QOL Pet Improvements:
• 🆕 Porzi and Tormy pets are added, and now have polished models, dialogue, ambient effects, and animated conversation portraits.  
• Glod Jr, Nexling, Prince Black Dragon, Little Nightmare, Corporeal Critter, and TzRek-Jad can perform harmless miniature boss effects.  
• Jal-Nib-Rek and TzRek-Zuk now have separate Inferno-themed showcases.  
• Fixed the Porazdir faceguard and void-rift variant causing dialogue portraits to disappear.

🐛 Boss, Raid & Combat Fixes:
• Fixed the Vasa Nistirio entrance barrier sometimes preventing groups from starting the encounter.  
• Fixed Kalphite Queen repeatedly restoring to full health during phase two.  
• Fixed duplicate Dagannoth King, Ice Queen, and Glod spawns.  
• Fixed Elvarg disappearing during longer Dragon Slayer attempts and prevented duplicate quest dragons.  
• Fixed some Gargoyle kills failing to count toward Slayer tasks.  
• Fixed Leviathan loot appearing at the wrong elevation.  
• Fixed rare casket rewards from Kraken tentacles dropping into the water.  
• Fixed the Item Drop Finder showing different tables or rates from Boss Drop Tables.  
• Fixed Phantom Muspah spike coordinates appearing in player chat.  
• Fixed Weapon Game supply chests failing to provide ammunition and runes.  
• Fixed blowpipe dart recovery becoming inconsistent with charge-saving effects.  
• Fixed several special-attack healing effects removing Hitpoints granted by Sanguine Overflow.  
• Fixed Endless Quiver producing different max hits depending on where ammunition was stored.  
• Fixed recoil damage sometimes returning to the wrong monster.  
• Fixed Eastern Wilderness and Mountain Camp elite clue routes.

🖥️ Client, HD & Interface Changes:
• Improved 117 HD interface clarity when using Windows display scaling or Stretched Mode.  
• Players can adjust the 3D game resolution and scaling mode independently from the interface.  
• Improved HD performance on high-DPI displays.  
• Fixed anti-aliasing and viewport sizing at fractional display scales and when moving between monitors.  
• Fixed a client startup crash involving Wilderness risk-rank icons.  
• Fixed Skills Progress bars appearing over Skills-tab tooltips.  
• Fixed the Collection Log boss list so Xamphur, Zalcano, and Zulrah appear correctly.  
• Fixed equipment slots and ammunition counts not immediately updating.

Nightmare Boss:
• Fixed husks disappearing immediately after spawning.  
• Fixed charged totems occasionally failing to advance the encounter.  
• Improved the prayer curse and protection-prayer switching.  
• Rewards now appear beneath each eligible player.  
• Fixed completions being processed more than once.  
• The Pool of Nightmares now unlocks correctly after a player’s first normal Nightmare kill.

**Phosani’s Nightmare has arrived as a private solo encounter, available after completing your first normal Nightmare kill.**

Additional Changes:
• Added the perfected crystal bow as an ammo-free ranged weapon.  
• Added the Mask of Rebirth’s protection overhead while the effect is active.  
• Fixed high damage skipping Phantom Muspah’s teleport phase and adjusted Twisted Bow damage against the boss.  
• Wyrms now eventually lose aggression without interrupting active fights.  
• Weekly PvP Tournaments now offer a fixed 100B winner prize.  
• Slayer task cash rewards have been increased by 3x.  
• Ironman modes have an improved chance of receiving sigils from skilling and Slayer.  
• Dragon limbs are now available as rare King Black Dragon and Rune Dragon drops.  
• Battle Royale minigame-point rewards have been reduced by 40%.  
• Personal presets now preserve exact tiers, charges, and other stored item data.  
• Banks reuse the correct placeholders while keeping separate tiers and copies distinct.  
• Preset previews and bank searches display and select the exact upgraded copy.  
• Perdu repairs preserve tiers and stored item data.  
• Destructive dismantles now warn before permanently removing a upgraded item.  
• Charging, building, depletion, and supported transformations retain the correct item state more reliably.  
• Players can create charged crystal halberds at Prifddinas singing bowls.  
• Rune Without End now lights up spells when only rune requirements are waived.  
• Wilderness players display one of five carried-risk ranks above other overheads.  
• Help clan ranks now update automatically from earned milestones and account roles.  
• New players start with bank quantity set to 1, useful plugins enabled, and XP tracking focused on their latest trained skill.  
• Music, sound effects, and area sounds are enabled by default for new client profiles.

Thank you for your continued feedback and patience. We hope you enjoy everything included in this update!

Third Age armour is receiving several powerful new set effects!

⚔️ Full Third Age Melee:

• Incoming combat hits have a 10% chance to be completely blocked. Works in both PvM and PvP.

• Each consecutive melee hit grants 2% increased accuracy and damage, stacking up to 10%. Missing or changing combat styles resets the bonus.

• Normal melee attacks have a 10% chance in PvM to strike a nearby monster for 50% of the original damage.

• After successfully blocking a hit, your next melee attack within 8 ticks gains 15% accuracy and 10% damage.

🔮 Full Third Age Magic:

• Elemental spells from the standard spellbook can ricochet through up to 3 nearby targets.

• Each ricochet deals 33% less damage than the previous hit and performs its own accuracy roll.

• Ricochet hits award combat experience normally and can splash.

• In multi-combat areas, ricochets can strike valid players while respecting normal PvP restrictions, including Wilderness combat-level limits.

• Ancient Magicks, Tumeken’s Shadow, powered staves, and other special spell types are not included.

🏹 Full Third Age Ranged:

• All ranged attacks gain 10% accuracy and damage in both PvM and PvP.

• Each consecutive ranged hit grants an additional 2% accuracy and damage, stacking up to 10%. Missing or changing combat styles resets the bonus.

• Normal ranged attacks have a 10% chance in PvM to strike a nearby monster for 50% of the original damage.

 Third Age armour is finally becoming worthy of its legendary status!

Hey folks,

This is one of the biggest updates we have ever done, bringing a brand-new league progression system, a major new account progression tree, the new Upgrade Forge, three new bosses, fresh client plugins, and a huge wave of fixes and improvements.

Demonic Pacts: A New League Perks System

• Added Demonic Pacts, a brand-new league progression system.
• Players now earn League Points through active gameplay instead of relying only on prestige.
• Pacts can be toggled on or off to fit your own playstyle.

League Points can be obtained by:

• Completing Slayer tasks
• Completing clues
• Boss kills
• Raid completions
• Minigame activity
• PKing
• Random event completions
• Skilling and skilling tasks
• Daily and weekly tasks
• Account milestones, including level-ups, progression unlocks, and more

Tree of Ascendency

• Added the new Tree of Ascendency.
• This is a long-term account progression system with permanent unlockable nodes.
• Designed to give players more meaningful long-term progression goals.

The tree includes upgrades for:

• Combat
• Skilling
• Utility
• Quality of life
• PvM bonuses
• Charge preservation
• Elemental spell upgrades
• Extra combat range

Upgrade Forge: Item Upgrades

• Added the new Item Upgrade System.
• Players can now upgrade eligible gear through the Upgrade Forge.
• Successful high-tier upgrades will be announced globally.

Each attempt shows:

• Upgrade path
• Required materials
• Success chance
• Bonus success chance, if applicable

New Bosses

• Added Scurrius.
• Added Hespori.
• Added Vardorvis.
• Added Duke Sucellus.

Each boss brings a different PvM style:

• Scurrius: more entry-friendly and fast-paced.
• Vardorvis: high-pressure mechanics and punishments.
• Duke Sucellus: slower, heavier, and more methodical fight flow.

New RuneLite Plugins & Client Upgrades

• Added Keyboard Bank PIN.
• Added Inventory Setups.
• Added Equipment Inspector.
• Added Detached Camera.
• Added Radius Markers.
• Added Zulrah Helper.
• Added Fight Caves Waves.
• Added Wilderness Lines.
• Added Consumable Cooldowns.
• Added Quick Prayer Preview.
• Added Tick Flick.
• Added Skills Progress.
• Replaced the old bank PIN with the newer OSRS-style Bank PIN interface.

New VVIP Player Titles

• Added new Billionaire and Trillionaire title systems.

Notable Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed the Corrupted Dragon Warhammer special attack.
• Fixed Dusk and Dawn issues for Grotesque Guardians.
• Fixed Xamphur Protect from Magic damage reduction.
• Fixed Starter Path reward issues.
• Fixed the CoX multiple rewards multiplier.
• Fixed the Pest Control boat timer.
• Fixed several client crash issues, especially in the Wilderness.
• Fixed broken tiles while zooming.
• Added support for cleaning poisoned weapons and ammunition.
• Emberforge Torva is now tradeable.
• Removed the Slayer requirement for the Leviathan boss.