Heists: Thieving Skill Update Launches Today! - This Week In RuneScape

Grab your lockpicks & stethoscope, slip into your finest sneaking attire, and get ready, Heists drop today!

This new repeatable, “solo-together” activity reinvents Thieving like never before. Alongside Heists, we’re raising the level cap to 120 and expanding core Thieving gameplay with new stalls, fresh pickpocket targets, and a fully overhauled chest system.

Test your cunning as you infiltrate secure facilities to escape with the treasure, refine your skills through revamped mid-intensity chest delving, and seek out new opportunities for larceny across Gielinor. And of course, keep an eye out for the powerful tools and weapons waiting to be liberated from deep within each Heist.

Read more about Heist's and this updated here in our recent blog!

Last week we launched the 4k version of Amascut, and after some gruelling attempts, she was finally defeated. At the time, we held off on releasing the patch notes so as not to spoil the experience, but today, we’re sharing the full details below for clarity.

Amascut 4k

• Damage is scaled up for 4k throughout the fight from all sources.

P1/P3:

• Bend the knee now clears immortality.
• Each corruption stack amounts to players taking 15% extra damage, up from 10%.

P2/P4:

• Two gatekeeper gorillas spawn on each side, these fixate on their target, randomly choosing a player. If there are less than 4 players, players will be targeted by multiple gorillas.
• Both gorillas need to be killed before the portal becomes active on the corresponding side.
• There is now a third Crocodile that spawns on the south stairs.
• In P4 the chains in each room will now regenerate their carapace over 15 seconds.
• If they fully regenerate their carapace they will require another scarab to break again

P5:

• Players receive more stacks of the interceptor debuff (Max player count -1) If you are a team of 4 you will receive 3 stacks after intercepting Amascut's altar strike.
• This is visible on the player's debuff bar on the icon.
• Obelisks are now more dangerous.
• Damage output is doubled from 2k
• They damage at a range of 40, up from 18
• They heal twice as much as before
• They damage players every 4 cycles, up from 5
• Players must charge at least 2 fragments before clicking to reform Tumeken.
• A gorilla ahk will now spawn and fixate on a random player when a fragment is charged past 50%.
• These gorillas have 250k HP and share the gatekeeper gorilla behaviour (Can stun, will charge at the player)
• These have a 30 second cooldown from when they spawn, meaning as long as you do not lose progress past 50% on a fragment you will only get 1 gorilla per fragment

P6:

• Platform minions HP increased to 75k.
• Shadow clone max HP increased to 350k.
• Increased damage of shadow clones when in close proximity of other clones.
• 25% defensive penetration added to clones.
• Additional 10% per proximity stack.

P7:

• When voking towards an altar, the player now must take the direct hit and can no longer surge/dive out of the way.
• When taking the hit the player will receive interceptor debuff, the same as P5 (Max player count -1).
• This means a different player will need to voke the next altar until they run out of interceptor stacks.
• Het healing increased from 25% -> 100%.

Graphical Update

• Graphically updated the Nakatra, Devourer Eternal model
• Fog has been significantly reduced in Lumbridge swamp.
• Force walk tiles have been removed from Lumbridge swamp.

Combat

• Dev Note: With recent combat updates, we've better defined the identity of dual wield and two handed melee weapons. 120 Thieving capitalizes on this within its reward space. To better align dual wield with multi-hit, we've made some changes to several dual wield melee abilities."
• Havoc: Halved damage and split into two hits.
• Damage: 100%-120% damage, hits once -> 50%-60% damage, hits twice.
• Destroy: Halved damage but now hits twice with each channel iteration.
• Damage: 120%-140% damage, hits 4 times, once every 1.2 seconds -> 60%-70% damage, hits 8 times, once every 0.6 seconds.
• Flurry: Now hits 8 times; once every 0.6s instead of once every 1.2s, 4 times.
• Damage: 100%-120% damage, hits 4 times, once every 1.2 seconds -> 50%-60% damage, hits 8 times, once every 0.6 seconds.
• Frenzy: Now hits 8 times; once every 0.6s instead of once every 1.2s, 4 times.
• Damage: 145%-175% damage, hits 4 times, once every 1.2 seconds -> 65%-95% damage, hits 8 times, once every 0.6 seconds. Damage increased by 10-20% per additional hit remains the same.
• Adjusted Greater flurry's berserk cooldown - it now reduces 0.6s per iteration instead of 1.2s to account for it hitting twice as many times

General

• Fixed an issue where leaping sturgeon no longer gave caviar.
• Resolved an issue with the Lunar Diplomacy quest that prevented players from finding the symbols on the ship

Engine

• Fixed an issue with NPC's health bars displaying an incorrect position.
• Reverted RS3 App Icon after Leagues Catalyst end.
• Improved login & logout performance at peak times.

Starts November 27th | Ends November 30th | Final Showdown

Yarr you ready for a Showdown! Choose between Mariner's and the Corsairs! Represent your side and win brand new themed Outfits, Weapons and Lootbeams!

Alongside these new rewards past Showdown rewards will also be available too + you can convert your previous Sigils to the universal Showdown Sigil! Time to clean out those bags.

November 26th - RuneSkill & Chill: Soul Wars!

Time for a clash! Mod Yuey battles in the Soul wars for supremacy! Watch it live at 17:00 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:

Croesus (Learner Event)

• When: Saturday 29th November, 18:00 Gametime
• Who: Redwigon & Aarie
• Where: Croesus front
• World: 76
• FC: Ahelp

Kalphite King

• When: Sunday 30th November, 20:00 Gametime
• Who: Pippyspot & Boss Guild
• Where: Exiled Kalphite Hive
• World: 88
• FC: Boss Guild

Penguin Hunt Event

• When: Wednesday 26th November, 07:00 Gametime
• Who: Evenstar8888 & RS Discord Mentors
• Where: Ardougne Zoo
• World: 60
• FC: Ahelp

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!