July Quest Qol and Game Health Update - This Week In RuneScape

Mod Shrike continued her diligent work addressing player-submitted quest feedback! If you want to flag up your quest related concerns head over to the Official Discord and share your thoughts in the #lore-raise-feedback channel!

This time around she has swept up some inconsistencies in the timeline, added a way to rewatch Zamorak's challenge from the end of Twilight of the Gods and cleared up some critical path interactions in quests like Jungle Potion and One Small Favour! Check out the patch notes below for more info.

What is a Game Health Update and why are they important?

Game Health Updates in RuneScape represent broad, systemic efforts aimed at preserving and enhancing the game's overall experience, balance, and long-term sustainability. These updates can encompass a wide range of adjustments from rebalancing economic systems and refining skill progression to implementing quality-of-life improvements and addressing unintended gameplay advantages.

While some changes may reduce the effectiveness of certain strategies or impact the profitability of familiar grinds, their purpose is to proactively address issues before they escalate. It’s a bit like visiting the dentist, not always enjoyable, but necessary to maintain long-term health. These updates are about investing in the future of RuneScape, ensuring that the game remains fun, fair, and engaging for all types of players.

If you're interested in a deeper look at the reasoning behind this particular update, be sure to check out the May Game Health Update blog. It offers insight into the design philosophy and decision-making process that guided these changes.

It’s also important to understand that this isn’t a “set it and forget it” situation. Game balance is a continual process. We’re committed to monitoring the impact of these updates over time and making further refinements as needed. Our goal is to ensure that RuneScape continues to evolve in a way that respects its legacy while delivering a vibrant, rewarding experience for everyone.

We have scheduled essential planned maintenance for UK RuneScape and Old School game worlds on Tuesday July 15th at 07:00-10:00* (UTC) / 12:00-03:00* (PST) / 03:00-06:00* (EST).

During this period, some game worlds alongside some instanced content such as clan citadels will be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this downtime and will keep players informed of any changes to this estimated schedule.

*approximated end of downtime.

Quest Qol

• Hazeel's appearance at the start of Children of Mah now correctly reflects the choice you made in Hazeel Cult.
• Zamorak's challenge to the World Guardian now appears at the end of Twilight of the Gods. After completing Aftermath, it is replayable from Adrasteia's research table in Falador castle.
• Various player experience fixes for the following quests, including moving critical path interactions to the left-click option and removing unnecessary random pass/fail stat checks. The quests affected are as follows:
• Jungle Potion
• Shilo Village
• One Small Favour
• The Tourist Trap
• Nature Spirit
• Shades of Mort'on
• In Aid of the Myreque
• Legacy of Seergaze
• Zogre Flesh Eaters
• Legends' Quest
• While Guthix Sleeps
• Added post-quest dialogue for Emir Ali, Khonen the Librarian, and Commander Akhomet following the events of Pharaoh's Folly.
• Extinction and Sins of the Father are now placed correctly when the quest list is viewed in 'Timeline' order.
• Moved a window needed in The Fremennik Isles in the forge of Jatizso so that it's no longer blocked from view.
• Gudrun now refers to Gunnar as her great-great-grandpa in Gunnar's Ground, which is significantly more believable.

Game Health Update

• Kerapac
• Normal Mode
• Increased the maximum drop quantity of Manuscripts of Jas from 1 to 2.
• Increased the drop rates of rares by 1%.
• Replaced Inert Adrenaline Crystal with Super Magic (3). Drops at a quantity of 4-8.
• Decreased the quantity of Coins dropped from 158,753-249,522 to 100,000-150,000.
• Decreased the quantity of Large Plated Orikalkum Salvage from 2-4 to 1-2.
• Decreased the quantity of Cannonballs dropped from 459-550 to 250-400.
• Decreased the quantity of Dragonkin Bones from 20-30 to 10-15.
• Decreased the quantity of Royal Dragonhide from 94-115 to 75-90.
• Decreased the quantity of Soul Runes from 80-120 to 50-100.
• Decreased the quantity of Uncut Dragonstones from 20-27 to 17-25.
• Decreased the quantity of Light Animica Stone Spirits from 41-57 to 30-40.
• Decreased the quantity of Primal Stone Spirits from 25-35 to 13-18.
• Decreased the quantity of Fire Battlestaffs from 30-61 to 15-30.
• Hard Mode
• Increased the drop rates of Fractured Staff of Armadyl pieces by 13%.
• Increased the drop rates of the remaining rares by 6.2%.
• Increased the minimum dropped quantity of Hydrix Bolt Tips from 45 to 50.
• Increased the maximum dropped quantity of Manuscript of Jas from 1 to 2.
• Replaced Inert Adrenaline Crystal with Super Magic (3). Drops at a quantity of 8-12.
• Decreased the quantity of Coins dropped from 300,000-600,000 to 250,000-400,000
• Decreased the quantity of Large Plated Orikalkum Salvage from 5-8 to 5-6.
• Decreased the quantity of Cannonballs dropped from 550-1,200 to 450-900.
• Decreased the quantity of Dragonkin Bones from 64-110 to 40-70.
• Decreased the quantity of Royal Dragonhide from 94-115 to 75-90.
• Decreased the quantity of Soul Runes from 150-300 to 100-250.
• Decreased the quantity of Uncut Dragonstones from 41-60 to 30-52.
• Decreased the quantity of Light Animica Stone Spirits from 80-120 to 50-100.
• Decreased the quantity of Primal Stone Spirits from 30-50 to 20-32.
• Decreased the quantity of Fire Battlestaffs from 40-90 to 27-72.
• Arch Glacor
• Normal Mode
• Decreased the quantity of Charm drops.
• Drops 1 charm in 0 and 1 mechanic fights.
• Drops 3-9 charms in 2+ mechanic fights.
• Removed Sirenic Scales.
• Redistributed the chance to Uncut Dragonstones.
• Increased the base quantity of Hydrix Bolt Tips from 1 to 2.
• The 0 and 1 mechanic fights now have a separate shared drop table and only give 1 drop per kill instead of 3.
• 2-5 mechanic fights will continue to give 3 drops per kill.
• The loot multipliers on different mechanic kills have been scaled down.
• Hard Mode
• Increased the base chance for a rare roll and contribution from enrage by 50%.
• This results in an increase of ~50% chance to roll a rare.
• Increased the chance to obtain a Frozen Core of Leng by 4%.
• Decreased the chance to obtain a Scripture of Wen by 2%.
• Decreased the chance to obtain a Leng Artefact by 2%.
• Decreased the base quantity of Coins from 225,000 to 150,000
• Decreased the base quantity of Hydrix bolt tips from 15 to 10
• Decreased the base quantity of Medium blunt orikalkum salvage from 15 to 5
• Decreased the base quantity of Water talisman from 45 to 30
• Decreased the base quantity of Water battlestaff from 30 to 20
• Decreased the base quantity of Crushed nest from 75 to 20
• Decreased the base quantity of Banite stone spirit from 75 to 20
• Decreased the base quantity of Onyx dust from 30 to 15
• Replaced Spirit Weed Seeds with Water Runes.
• Adjusted base quantity to 40.
• Replaced Sirenic Scales with Cannonballs.
• Adjusted base quantity to 100.
• Elite Dungeon Zamorakian Undercity
• Story Mode:
• Decreased the quantity of Huge Bladed Rune Salvage from 5 to 1-2.
• Added variance to some drops which only had a single base quantity:
• Soul Runes now drop 3-4.
• Blood Runes now drop 4-6.
• Death Runes now drop 4-6.
• Fire Runes now drop 15-20.
• Dark Animica Stone Spirits now drop 3-6.
• Phasmatite Stone Spirits now drop 5-10.
• Fixed a bug with Dark Animica Stone Spirits not dropping in story mode.
• This has been achieved by splitting 60% of the weighting to Phasmatite Stone Spirits and keeping 40% to Dark Animica Stone Spirits.
• Normal Mode:
• Rare Drops:
• Increased the chance to receive any of the Slivers of Pain, Power, and Strength by 1% each.
• Decreased the chance to receive Onyx Dust by 3%.
• Replaced Sirenic Scales with Large Spiky Rune Salvage. Drops at a quantity of 3-6.
• Alchables:
• Decreased the quantity of Huge Bladed Rune Salvage from 30-70 to 10-23, and 20-30 to 5-10.
• Decreased the quantity of Large Blunt Rune Salvage from 15-35 to 6-9, and 4-12 to 2-4.
• The 1-3 drop is unchanged.
• Decreased the maximum drop quantity of Small Plated Mithril Salvage from 15 to 6.
• Other:
• Decreased the quantity of Tooth Half of a Key from 2-6 to 1-2.
• Decreased the quantity of Loop Half of a Key from 2-6 to 1-2.
• Added variance to some drops which only had a single base quantity:
• Soul Runes now drop 3-4.
• Dark Animica Stone Spirits now drop 9-15.
• Phasmatite Stone Spirits now drop 18-30.
• Zamorak
• Increased the value-weight of Chaos Relic (Rare) from 5 to 6.
• Increased the chance to receive a Bow of the Last Guardian piece by ~10% at enrages above 500%
• Decreased the quantity of Torstol Seeds from 3-4 to 1-2.
• Increased the value-weight from 2 to 3.
• Decreased the quantity of Dwarf Weed Seeds from 7-10 to 3-4.
• Decreased the quantity of Blood Runes from 200-300 to 150-250.
• Decreased the quantity of Soul Runes from 150-210 to 100-150.
• Increased the value-weight from 3 to 4.
• Decreased the quantity of Hydrix Bolt Tips from 80-120 to 40-60.
• Decreased the quantity of Onyx bolt Tips from 120-180 to 50-72.
• Decreased the quantity of Huge Bladed Salvage from 3-10 to 5-8.
• Decreased the quantity of Accursed Ashes from 25-30 to 10-12.
• Decrease value-weight from 2 to 1.
• Decreased the quantity of Small Plated Orikalkum Salvage from 10-18 to 5-8.
• Increase value-weight from 3 to 4.
• Decreased the quantity of Huge Bladed Rune Salvage from 10-18 to 5-8.
• Decreased the quantity of Infernus Pyroclasts from 7-10 to 2-5.
• Decrease value-weight from 2 to 1.
• Replaced Uncut Onyx with Chaos Relic (uncommon).
• Drops at a quantity of 10-20.
• Increase value-weight from 5 to 6.
• Removed Lantadyme Seeds.
• TzKal-Zuk
• Minions:
• Decreased the quantity of Onyx Bolt Tips from 40-60 to 7-18.
• Decreased the quantity of Large Blunt Orikalkum Salvage from 4-6 to 1-3.
• Replaced Sirenic Scales with Elder Wood Spirits.
• Drops at a quantity of 1-2 on the "uncommons" table.
• Drops at a quantity of 2-3 on the "rares" table.
• Minions that respawn when failing Igneous waves will no longer drop loot after the first time.
• Normal and Hard Mode:
• Replaced Sirenic Scales with Elder Wood Spirits.
• Drops at a quantity of 15-25.
• Shifted some of the chance to receive various items on the "commons" table to Elder Wood Spirits.
• Raksha
• Decreased the quantity of Small Blunt Rune Salvage from 50 to 15-22.
• Decreased the quantity of Medium Spiky Orikalkum Salvage from 12-18 to 3-7.
• Decreased the quantity of Huge Plated Orikalkum Salvage from 10-15 to 6-8.
• Decreased the quantity of Onyx Dust from 75-125 to 25-33.
• Decreased the quantity of Dinosaur Bones from 80-120 to 60-100.
• Decreased the quantity of Crystal Keys from 25-45 to 10-14.
• Decreased the quantity of Dark Animica Stone Spirits from 60-90 to 50-80.
• Decreased the quantity of Light Animica Stone Spirits from 60-90 to 50-80.
• Replaced Spirit Weed Seeds with Arbuck Seeds.
• Decreased the quantity from 5-10 to 2-4.
• Replaced Golden Dragonfruit Seeds with Ciku Seeds.
• Decreased the quantity from 5-10 to 2-3.
• Replaced Inert Adrenaline Crystal with Catalytic Anima Stone.
• Drops at a quantity of 40-60.
• Increased the chance to get this drop.
• Removed Sirenic Scales.
• Redistributed the chance to get this drop to other items on the drop table.
• Removed Laceration and Blast Diffusion Boots.
• Redistributed the chance to get this drop to other rare items on the drop table.
• Vorkath
• Normal Mode
• Increased the chance to obtain a Invoke Lord of Bones Incantation Codex by 17%.
• Increased the chance to obtain Vorkath's Spike by 10%.
• Increase the drop quantity from 4-6 to 5-7.
• Hard mode
• Increased the chance to obtain a Invoke Lord of Bones Incantation Codex by 40%.
• Increased the chance to obtain Vorkath's Scale by 40%
• Rasial
• Decreased the quantity of Onyx Bolt Tips from 80 to 65.
• Decreased the quantity of Onyx Dust from 60 to 45.
• Decreased the quantity of Large Blunt Necronium Salvage from 2 to 1.
• Decreased the quantity of Medium Spiky Orikalkum Salvage from 8 to 6.
• Decreased the quantity of Torstol Seeds from 40 to 5-8.
• Split this drop into 1 of 3 potential seed drops, and added Dwarf Weed Seeds and Fellstalk Seeds.
• Drops at a quantity of 5-8 and 4-7 respectively.
• Replaced the original Dwarf Weed Seeds drop slot with a chance to get either Elder or Eternal Magic Wood Spirits.
• Drops at a quantity of 5-8 and 4-7 respectively.
• Wilderness Flash Events
• Sack of Wild Rewards
• Decreased the maximum dropped quantity of Bloodweed seeds from 3 to 2.
• Decreased the quantity of Wyvern Bones from 5-10 to 4-6.
• Decreased the quantity of Infernal Ashes from 30-50 to 20-40.
• Decreased the quantity of the Muddy Key from 3-4 to 2-3.
• Replaced Tiny Bladed Necronium Salvage with Tiny Bladed Orikalkum Salvage.
• Replaced Small Plated Necronium Salvage with Small Plated Orikalkum Salvage.
• Replaced Medium Plated Necronium Salvage with Medium Plated Orikalkum Salvage.
• Sack of Very Wild Rewards
• Increased Dark Onyx Core drop chance by 50%
• Decreased the quantity of Magic Logs from 250-300 to 100-150.
• Decreased the chance to get this drop.
• Decreased the quantity of Coins from 200,000-300,000 to 75,000-150,000.
• Redistributed the chance of getting the removed items to other items broadly across the drop table.
• Replaced Large Blunt Necronium Salvage with Large Blunt Orikalkum Salvage.
• Increased the chance to receive this drop.
• Replaced Bakriminel Bolts with a Runes drop.
• This gives a random rune from possible regular and combination runes, and excludes Necromantic runes and Time runes.
• Added a very rare chance to receive Magical Thread as a reward in this slot.
• Removed Huge Spiky Necronium Salvage.
• Removed the Annihilation, Decimation, and Obliteration weapons.
• Increased the chance to receive these weapons from Wilderness slayer.
• Split the Lucky Charm (Zamorakian Undercity) drop slot to also include Lucky charm (Dragonkin Laboratory).
• Increased the chance of this drop.
• There's a 50% chance to get either item.
• Wilderness slayer chest
• Decreased Dragon Trinkets drop chance from 21.8% to 20.3%.
• Decreased Metallic Dragon Trinkets drop chance from 21.8% to 20.3%.
• Increased Annihilation drop chance from 0.1% to 1.1%.
• Increased Decimation drop chance from 0.1% to 1.1%.
• Increased Obliteration drop chance from 0.1% to 1.1%
• Slayer
• Added new sources for Spirit Weed Seeds, Inert Adrenaline Crystals and Sirenic Scales across various Slayer monsters:
• Spirit Weed seeds - Automatons, Strykewyrms, Turoths, Gemstone Dragons (on task), Brutish Dinosaurs, Grotworms, Moss Giants, Flesh Crawlers, Cockatrices, Kurask and Rare Seed Drop Table.
• Inert Adrenaline Crystals - Gemstone Dragons, Brutish Dinosaurs, Liverworts and Wilderness Slayer Chest.
• Sirenic Scales - Additional Drop while on Dinosaur or Vile Bloom Slayer Task and Wilderness Slayer Chest.

General

• Fixed an issue where players would stop Mining a shooting star when it has been mined down to the next layer.
• Added a strikethrough to dialogue in Duck Quest.
• Fixed an issue where the Cure Plant spell was not curing diseased grapevines.
• Updated the language on the report text box and button to reflect the Online Safety Act.

Engine

• Fixed an issue where some cutscenes would render as black screens.

Starts July 17th | Ends July 21th | Smuggler's Spoils

Take a peak at the smuggler's chests and pick the prize that's right for you! Keep a keen eye out and maybe you can snatch up the brand new Duskrunner Outfit or Hair token! Finally unlock the Duskrunner's Blade via the bonus reward track!

July 15th - RuneSkill and Chill: Bank Cleaning

Mod Yuey needs to sort out his bank, this is no longer a request, this is a threat. Join him live on World 76 at the Beach or Watch it live at 16:00 Gametime on our Official Twitch Channel.

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Pink Skirts Player Events

Each week the Pink Skirts put on a selection of fun activities that everyone can join. Here are the main events this week:

Non-Combat Stealing Creation

• When: Sunday 20th July, 23:00 Gametime
• Who: Jordyre, Avatar Korra & Fast Sc
• Where: Gamers' Grotto
• World: 99
• FC: Fast Sc

Croesus (Learner Event)

• When: Saturday 19th July, 18:00 Gametime
• Who: Redwigon & Aarie
• Where: Croesus front
• World: 76
• FC: Ahelp

Dungeoneering Team Forming

• When: Thursday 17th July, 18:15 Gametime
• Who: Jen & Redwigon
• Where: Daemonheim
• World: 77
• FC: DGChat

If these don't take your fancy, take a look at the full events schedule here. There’s sure to be something you’ll enjoy!

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RuneHQ

This is the official server for the RuneHQ website. Your source for RS3 and OSRS guides, databases, clues, and more!

This week they will be doing our usual Distractions & Diversions, before heading to Gamers grotto for some cabbage vs monkeys fun on Saturday and Corporeal Beast on Sunday!

FC: EventHQ

• Wednesday, July 16th - 00:00 / World: 60 - Tues-Di-Straction Stream. Come join in at https://www.twitch.tv/therealrunehq
• Saturday, July 19th - 18:00 / World: 60 - Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza
• Sunday, July 20th - 18:00 / World: 88 - Corporeal Beast mass