Patch notes/Aug 02 2024
Update from Aug 02 2024
This major update focuses on improving game stability and fixing critical bugs while introducing Slayer Task Instances to address congestion. The update also enhances GIM group functionality, improves Ring of Life mechanics, adjusts talent requirements, and implements numerous quality-of-life changes across various game systems.
GIM improvements
GIM grouping functionality should now be working properly. If the party interface is still experiencing issues, you can use the following commands:
::groupcreate::groupinvite::groupleave
Slayer Task Instances
To help with the huge amount of congestion, you can now right click the Slayer Teleporter at home, and choose to either pay:
- 30 slayer points, or
- 1.8m cash
You'll spawn in an area with 6 of your chosen slayer task NPC, where they will be non-aggressive, and respawn until either:
- your task is completed, + 1 minute grace time
- 30 minutes has elapsed since the start of your instance
There should be permanently more gem beast spawns around the caves. We are working on adding more spawns across the rest of Gielinor as well.
You can now pay 500k to cancel a slayer task, as an alternative option to the slayer points option.
Stability improvements
- NPCs bugging out has been fixed
- Following will no longer build up a massive chain of queued actions that were potentially the cause of the server nulling issues
- The Grand Exchange will stop losing items
- Stale Baguette will no longer fill logs with doom
Combat changes
- Hephaestus and Keuthonymos now should have a proper boss health pool
- When fighting Zalcano, your equipped scythe or Tonalztics (or other weapons with hit effects) will no longer proc when throwing imbued tephra
- Apollo's orbs had an issue with setting the damage reduction applied to Apollo. This is fixed now
- Corp will no longer spawn in the world. Planning to add Corp and Zalcano to the cycle of world event instances for masses
- Corp magic attacks no longer hit 1, and the core has been made more damaging
- Ring of Life and Home Teleport Tab both give you 5 seconds of immunity upon usage of the effect
- Poison and venom should now also proc the ring of life effect
- Ring of Life now works, as well as home teleport tabs, which are available in the ironman shop for irons
Talent changes
- Talents will no longer require you to have specific ranks in previous tiers to unlock higher tiers. They will all just require a number of points across any of the previous tiers
- Talent respec cost resetting will now reset on a fixed time schedule
Other improvements
- Proccing infernal gatherer on dust-giving-ores will give you the proper amount of XP now
- The Corp and Heron pets right click options should no longer malfunction
- Broken barrows pieces can be broken down into ethereal essence with a hammer
- The Olympian Raids regular loot will no longer give you useless statuettes, and now has a chance to give talent point orbs
- Fee Fi and Fo Fum will also send loot to the bank if your inventory is full
- The vote boss should no longer get stuck not spawning