Old School RuneScape — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Leagues VI Changes | April 23rd | 2026-04-23 | Theories have met power - what a week it's been! Take a look at the initial tweaks for Leagues VI: Demonic Pacts... Changelog - April 23rd Leagues VI Changes "Defeat Hueycoatl 1 time" has now become a pact reset task, which means completing it will give a reset point. If you've already completed this task, you'll be retroactively granted the reset point upon opening the Pacts interface. Added pact points to the following existing pact tasks: (If you've already completed these pact tasks, pact points will be added to your account retroactively upon opening the Pacts interface. Note that the 40 pact points max limit will still apply.) Equip an |
| Leagues VI is OUT NOW! | April 15th | 2026-04-15 | Changelog - April 15th Leagues VI: Demonic Pacts Leagues VI: Demonic Pacts worlds will go online today at 10:30am UTC. Just like previous iterations, we've made some big changes which were gently requested by Yama: Demonic Pacts: We've developed a more flexible Skill Tree for you to really feel unique and powerful this time. Earn Pact Points and spend them to unlock insane buffs to combat. Echo Bosses: These powerful variants return, this time with items that benefit directly from the Demonic Pacts! New Starting Area: We're beginning our journey this time around in Varlamore, which is a huge shake up from previous leagues as you'd start in th |
| Remaining Getting Around Changes | April 1st | 2026-04-01 | This week brings the rest of the Getting Around Poll changes, along with tweaks to boat combat and Last Man Standing QoL improvements! There will be no game update next week as the team's focusing on getting everything ready for the Leagues VI: Demonic Pacts launch. We'll be back with our sixth League on Wednesday, April 15th! Changelog - April 1st Remaining Getting Around Changes The Perfected Quetzal Whistle has been given the same functionality as the Corrupted Bow of Faerdhinen: charging any Quetzal Whistle now contributes to the infinite Perfected Quetzal Whistle unlock. Added a new canoe route along the River Dougne, with 5 new canoe st |
| Easter 2026 & PvP QoL Improvements | March 25th | 2026-03-25 | This week brings spring spirit to Gielinor and a whole heap of PvP QoL improvements! Changelog - March 25th Easter 2026 Event The Easter Event has arrived with a familiar sense of mystery... Chat with the Easter Bunny located at the south entrance of the Grand Exchange to start the egg hunt! PvP QoL Improvements Last Man Standing changes: LMS has had some gear adjustments to bring the gear more in line with the current meta. See the list of updated items further down the blog. You can no longer lose your skull by entering a Last Man Standing game lobby, logging out and hopping world while inside the lobby. You can now hold up to 3 Saradomin B |
| Boat Combat Improvements | March 18th | 2026-03-18 | We're launching a number of boat combat improvements! Changelog - March 18th Sailing Combat Fixes Cannons have been rebalanced. They shoot slower but hit harder. You can now build two cannons on the same side of your Sloop. Added a new facility to retrieve 60% of the cannonballs used. Two extra facility slots have been added to the Sloop (which can be used for cannons or the Ballistic Attractor). Traditional combat using player gear now works the same on sea creatures as it does on land. Sea creatures have had their HP adjusted accordingly. We've removed the delay in looting sea creatures. You can now use Telekinetic Grab to instantly loot a |
| More from the Getting Around Poll | March 11th | 2026-03-11 | Minigame Teleport Menu and the ability to reclaim lost Perfected Quetzal Whistles are here, along with more changes and fixes! Changelog - March 11th More From the Getting Around Poll You can now reclaim a Perfected Quetzal Whistle from Soar leader Pitri if you have lost it, as long as: You showed one to Pitri to ask about unlimited Quetzal Whistles, Or you had one in your possession when this game update went live. We’ve added a dedicated Minigame Teleport Spell which you can find in ALL spellbooks and by using the spell filtering option. Clicking on this spell will open the Minigame Teleport Menu, which: Only displays minigames Clearly show |
| Cow Boss and Skill Guide & Level-Up Changes | March 4th | 2026-03-04 | Initial tweaks to the Cow Boss are here! Plus, we've got the "Skill Guide and Level-Up Rework" from Game Jam VII and more. Changelog - March 4th Cow Boss Tweaks You can now store all four colour variants of the Cow Slippers as well as the Brutus Slippers in the Magic Wardrobe of your Player-Owned House. Adjusted Bottomless Milk Bucket's high alch value from 27,000 to 9,000 GP to better align with its rarity. Removed Demonic Brutus's immunity to Thralls from the Arceuus Spellbook. Adjusted Brutus’s soft anti-safespot mechanics so that he now uses his stomp special attack if he’s safespotted while the player is only one tile away. Random events |
| Cow Boss is Out Today! | 2026-02-25 | Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Changelog - February 25th Cow Boss is Here! Talk to Cassius located northwest of Lumbridge to start The Ides of Milk quest. Completing the quest will give you: Access to the Cow Boss Cow Bell Amulet XP Lamp providing 1000 XP in any combat Skill, including Prayer. Cow Boss is a true low level boss. Rewards include: Beef the Pet Cow Slippers Mooleta Bottomless Milk Bucket T-bone Steak Bull Bones Combat Achievements of the Cow Boss are also here, listed further down the blog. Hard Mode Cow Boss: This members-only version has increased stats and requires much harder mechan |
| 25th Anniversary Event: 25 Years, 25 Mementos | February 18th | 2026-02-18 | 25 years of RuneScape meets 13 years of Old School... This calls for a celebration! Changelog - February 18th 25th Anniversary Event: 25 Years, 25 Mementos This year marks 25 years of RuneScape and 13 years of Old School, bringing the perfect opportunity for a brand-new anniversary event! Start the event by talking to the Apprentice Wizard Gary Grayzag in southern Varrock, and help him open a portal to the Realm of Memories, a place where you can see and fight versions of creatures from the history of RuneScape. Think you've been there before? Well, there are more memories now - including the retro Kalphite Queen in her 2004-style glory! New |
| Music System Improvements & Deadman Tweaks | February 11th | 2026-02-11 | This week we've got music system improvements and Deadman: Annihilation tweaks, alongside some under-the-hood improvements! Changelog - February 11th Music System Improvements Audio Slider: The volume sliders in the settings menu will now actually slide whenever you want to adjust the volume. Area Mode: We’ve now expanded the modern music Area Mode across the entire game, using natural scenery like walls and cliffs for smoother instead of perfectly square areas, resulting in more natural and atmospheric music transitions between locations. Custom music playlists: You can now make up to three custom playlists of your own. Just pick any music t |
| DMM Tweaks, Shellbane Gryphon CAs & More! | February 4th | 2026-02-04 | Deadman: Annihilation first round tweaks are here! Plus, Shellbane Gryphon CAs, Getting Around poll changes and more… Changelog - February 4th Deadman: Annihilation Tweaks Breaches now award points to the top 100 damage dealers per Breach NPC (up from 16). Fixed a bug where the Deadman's Chests were taking longer to open than they should in both Single- and Multi-way combat areas. Removed the limit on Starter Kit reclaims for non-PvP deaths. You can now receive an unlimited amount of Starter Kits from the Combat Tutors in Lumbridge, or Burger Brunsen at the Grand Exchange. We're also converting the Chronicle pages you'd receive into charges a |
| Deadman: Annihilation Drops This Friday! | 2026-01-28 | Get ready for Deadman: Annihilation dropping this Friday! Plus, we've got some feedback changes and tweaks. Changelog - January 28th Deadman: Annihilation drops this Friday! Deadman: Annihilation will drop this Friday, January the 30th, at 17:00 UTC! Reminder: if you have a permanent Deadman character on world 345, you'll need to reset its progress at Nigel in Lumbridge Graveyard to use that same character for Deadman: Annihilation. Here's a quick breakdown of what you can expect: Earn Deadman Points through just about any activity you can think of: PvM, Skilling, completing Quests, completing Achievement Diaries/Combat Achievements, completi |
| Holy Moleys & The Hooded Slayer Helm are Here! | January 21st | 2026-01-21 | Holy Moleys and the Hooded Slayer Helmet have landed! Alongside some further fixes to Sailing and more… Changelog - January 21st Holy Moley, the Hooded Slayer Helm is Here! You can now combine the Holy Sandals and Mole Slippers into Holy Moleys! With the Holy Sandals and Mole Slippers in your inventory, visit Wyson in Falador Park and speak to him to combine them. You can now combine the Slayer Skillcape Hood and the Slayer Helmet or Slayer Helmet (i) into the Hooded Slayer Helmet! Visit any Slayer Master to unlock the Absolutely Slayin' option at the Slayer Rewards Shop for 1,000 points. Sailing Tweaks & Fixes Last Wednesday, we hotfixed an |
| 25 Years of RuneScape | January 15th | 2026-01-15 | Twenty-five years ago, the first adventurers set foot in Gielinor. This year marks the start of new adventures, new content, and new experiences for us to share together across RuneScape, Old School RuneScape and RuneScape: Dragonwilds. With that, we have a packed calendar of events, announcements, and nostalgia lined up to mark RuneScape’s 25th anniversary. We’re kicking things off today with a special cross-game celebration video. It offers a first look at the year ahead, shaped by deeper investment across all three games, a renewed focus on player driven developments, and some of the most ambitious content and live experiences we’ve built |
| New Player Improvements Round 2 | January 14th | 2026-01-14 | Today's game update introduces the second batch of New Player Improvements, featuring updates to Quest Journal and Dialogue, as well as more informative Skill Guides - tell your friends! Changelog - January 14th Questing & Interface Improvements for New Players We've updated the dialogue of some older early-game quests to better explain what's expected of new players, pointing them to the right direction more clearly. Likewise, we've improved the the detail of Quest Journal entries for some of the older early-game quests, offering clearer in-game guidance. New-style Skill Guides: We've given the Skill Guides a tune-up and added beginner-frien |
| QoL Tweaks & Fixes | January 7th | 2026-01-07 | We’re kicking off 2026 in Gielinor with our first game update of the year! Changelog - January 7th Sailing Fixes Many thanks to the thousands of you who shared your thoughts in the Sailing Opinion Poll! We're still analysing the results so we won't be sharing them today, however, we'll aim to give you a broad update on what we've learned sometime during the Winter Summit, which is happening on the 25th January. For now though, we'd like to acknowledge that Ship Combat needs changes. We're aiming for this work to happen as soon as possible, ideally within this month or next. Additionally, we fixed the following bugs before the team headed off |
| More Sailing & Interface Changes | December 17th | 2025-12-17 | Changelog - December 17th Sailing Improvements & Fixes In the Gwenith Glide, if your boat is hit by Resonance Crystals while you’re off the Helm, you can now get back on it shortly after breaking the crystal, instead of being locked out. Rune and Dragon Helms now have increased Resonance Crystal resistance, meaning fewer clicks for removing crystals at higher tiers. In the Gwenith Glide, the speed boost now fully resets when a trial starts, so the speed boost from removing the crystals from the Crystal Helm can no longer be carried over to the next trial. Fixed an issue in the Gwenith Glide where leaving the crystal’s teleport area just befor |
| Christmas 2025 Event | December 10th | 2025-12-10 | It's the most wonderful time of the year! Gielinor has gone all festive for the Christmas 2025 Event! Changelog - December 10th Christmas Event 2025 The 2025 Christmas Event is here! Speak to the Cook at Blue Moon Inn in Varrock to start the event. Added festive rewards for completing the event, including a community-designed Christmas Jumper! Sailing Fixes & Tweaks Group Irons can now use facilities on their group members' ships regardless of whether or not they've built that facility themselves, so long as they have the Sailing level required. The Bonecrusher and Bonecrusher Necklace now work for any Sailing creatures who drop bones. Resett |
| Sailing XP Review & Further Fixes | 2025-12-03 | Pull up a chair and hold on to your Crystal Extractors because this week's update features a whole host of Sailing tweaks and improvements, alongside some hefty XP balancing changes. Changelog - December 3rd \ Sailing XP Changes Made a variety of balancing focused tweaks to Sailing XP. Please see the full blog for more info and full context. Other Sailing ChangesXP Rewards like XP Lamps or the Tears of Guthix are now able to be used on Sailing!We've improved the hitbox of Lost Supplies to better match their model and make them more intuitive to collect. We're almost certain we've got it right this time!The size of the Cargo Hold's model and c |
| Sailing Changes & Fixes | 2025-11-26 | This week addresses a bunch of Sailing bugs and feedback!Changelog - November 26thSailing ChangesWe're preparing a hotfix to stop the Crystal Extractor working while near the docks or Bank Boat. While we enjoy how you've been using Crystal Extractor, to give extremely passive Sailing experience while being able to 'bankstand' train other skills feels against the spirit of Sailing.We've reduced the animations on Fetid Pools with The Jubbly Jive to help improve performance. We'll be continue to monitor this area and look to further address performance issues.To make sure that everyone starts a trial with their boat in a neutral state, the Cryst |