February Patch Week

General

• Thanks to Mod Nixon, the Still Night music track is reborn! Busy Night and Still Night music tracks are once again unlocked from the mining site south-east of Varrock.
• Broken fences should now appear correctly on the Livid Farm.
• Reduced Pickpocketing common loot from targets introduced with 120 Thieving, reflecting the changes outlined in the recent blog (approximately a 30% loot reduction, this does not impact rare items such as clues/tetras etc).
• Players will no longer find the 'green cape' when collecting the eggs for the Cook's Assistant quest.
• Fixed an issue where players didn't receive the 'Blood Bank Withdrawal' achievement for opening the blood rune chest in the Chaos Druid tower.
• Fixed an issue where Starbloom seeds could not be received from pickpocketing master farmers.
• Fixed an issue where the Building status window and Construction skill guide were showing old XP bonus values from Fort Forinthry chapel.
• During the One Of A Kind cutscenes the camera will no longer be able to clip under the ground.
• Updated the interface that appears when trying to destroy an item.
• If the loot interface is open and if the player tries to open the settings interface, the options menu pop-up should now disappear correctly.
• The vis wax menu has been fixed to hold the text within the buttons and tooltip areas more appropriately, specifically the "Harmony Pillar" button and the "gather limit extender" menu.
• Increased the size of the "Add Friend" and "Remove Friend" buttons in the "Friends" tab in the lobby to prevent truncated text.
• Fixed an issue with text overlapping in the Temple Trekking Rewards interface.
• The combat mode icon toggle has been removed from the edit mode window, due to defunct functionality.
• Text in the Animal Info panel should now wrap nicely.
• Death's Overflow Storage buttons have been changed to yellow.
• Improved the readability of the text in the Mystery journal during "Murder on the Border".
• If the player's interface is set to the classic layout, it will no longer be forcibly changed to the modern one if the player played on mobile.
• Resized the loot window on the Classic interface layout so the custom loot button now fits the text within it.
• The Dungeoneering "Start Room Modifications" interface has been updated so that the text no longer overlaps.
• Graphically updated chicks across the game.
• Initial reduction of sizes of some textures used in Free-to-play areas to help improve performance.

Hotfixes

The following changes have been already implemented.

• Improved the AFK-ability of pickpocketing in line with the recent blog.
• Improved the level bonus for all targets across 3 brackets. The level bonus gives you an extra "X-level boost" for your next X pickpockets
• For low-level targets (level 1 - 30) your initial level bonus has been increased from 10 -> 15 for 10 picks.
• For mid-level targets (level 31 - 50) your initial level bonus has been increased from 10 -> 20 for 10 picks.
• For high-level targets (level 100+) your initial level bonus has been increased from 10 -> 25 for 25 picks.
• A new effect has been added to the Crystal Mask spell that will reset the players’ pickpocketing target when used.
• When pickpocketing the player's success % goes down with each attempt after X guaranteed attempts. If the player goes under 100% and then reuses this spell they correctly jump back up to above the 100% threshold as expected.
• After the buffer your chance of being caught starts to reduce, this has been reduced from 1 level per time to 0.25
• This will ultimately prolong the amount of AFK that players can have from the current 2-3 mins to around 4-6 mins, lining up with the Crystal Mask time of 5 minutes and what players have suggested is a good AFK time.
• Added a message when you can first start to be spotted (your chance has gone below 100%) so that it is clear to players that they should try to find a new target (or renew Crystal Mask)
• Also added a sound effect.
• Adjusted Sticky Fingers Archaeology relic to be less harmful to the player
• Currently it makes the player pickpocket 50% faster for 33% less XP. In the new system this means you fail much faster too.
• We're going to make the relic reduce the above threshold to 0.17 per attempt instead which should balance the speed aspect to still allow a decent amount of afk.
• Reduced Pickpocketing XP for targets introduced with 120 Thieving, reflecting the changes outlined in the blog (approximately a 30% XP reduction).
• Resolved an issue with the Thieves’ Guild doors being unusable.
• Rune arrowheads will no longer be converted to components by the spring cleaner.
• Fixed an issue that caused the UI to not update after completing a clue step.

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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:

Skill n Chill

• When: Monday 23rd February, 03:00 Gametime
• Who: Firesteal918, Princess Rae & Spirits of Arianwyn Clan
• Where: Fort Forinthry
• World: 116

Gregorovic

• When: Wednesday 25th February, 12:00 Gametime
• Who: M e r c y & Helpscape
• Where: The Heart of Gielinor - Sliske Lobby
• World: 35
• FC: Helpscape

Community Sunday - K'ril Tsutsaroth, Hard mode

• When: Sunday 01st March, 17:45 Gametime
• Who: Doctor Brian, Rubby Ecktuh, Bakkertie2 and Community Sunday Crew
• Where: God Wars Dungeon
• World: 10
• FC: Doctor Brian

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!