110 Woodcutting and Fletching Launching Today! - This Week In RuneScape

Skills are at the heart of RuneScape, defining your journey and achievements in Gielinor. Earlier this year, we raised the level caps for Mining and Smithing to 110, and now it's time for Woodcutting and Fletching to take their turn!

These skills are about to reach new heights as the level cap rises to 110, opening up a world of fresh opportunities. Venture into a new magical grove near Eagle's Peak to chop Eternal Magic Trees, enhanced by new mechanics like "Tree Timers" and "Lumberjack's Intuition." You can read all about it in our recent blog.

Collect Enchanted Bird Nests and new Woodcutting consumables to boost your performance. Use the Eternal Magical logs to craft Shortbows, Crossbows, and the pinnacle of Fletching expertise—the level 100 Masterwork Bow, created through advanced multi-skill processes.

To top it all off, equip yourself with cutting-edge level 90 and 100 augmentable hatchets for ultimate tree-felling efficiency.

Find out about all this and more in our blog or check out the Dev Diary here!

December 11th: J-Mod Runeskill and Chill Stream

Sharpen your axes and ruffle your feathers! Mods Hooli, Stu and Breezy are skilling and chilling around the new 110 Woodcutting and Fletching Skill update. Catch the stream live on our Official Twitch Channel at 17:00 Game Time.

Woodcutting and Fletching

• Hatchets can now be removed from the tool belt and replaced with a bronze hatchet, mimicking the tool belt functionality of pickaxes.
• Orikalkum, necronium, bane and elder rune hatchets can now be smithed.
• The Pickaxe of Earth and Song is now smithed at the dragon forge in the ancient cavern, instead of any anvil. Consequently, the A Song of Earth and Pickaxes achievement now has Relight My Fire (re-kindle the dragon forge) as a pre-requisite.
• Damage from Elder God Arrows are now capped at level 100 rather than level 95, so that level 100 bows fully benefit.
• Corrected "runite crossbow (u)" to "rune crossbow (unstrung)".
• Added Fletch option to crossbow string.
• Added " in Daemonheim" to the Woodcutting skill guide entries for Dungeoneering hatchets, to differentiate them from the smithed Primal Hatchet.
• Hatchets are now listed under "Misc" alongside pickaxes and mattocks in the Smithing interface.
• The crafting area in Burthorpe has had a modest makeover, and one of the looms has been replaced with a Fletching station.
• Environment lighting at the Memorial to Guthix is less painfully bright.
• Four teak trees have been added to Musa Point so level 30 trees can be chopped in free-to-play.
• Three maple trees have been added south of Varrock so level 40 trees can be chopped in free-to-play.
• Three acadia trees have been added near Het's Oasis so level 50 trees can be chopped in free-to-play.
• Teak and acadia logs are no longer listed as members-only in the Woodcutting skill guide.
• Acadia logs and teak, maple and acadia woodboxes are now free-to-play objects.
• Teak and acadia trees can now be chopped on free-to-play worlds.
• The I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay achievement can now be completed in free-to-play.
• Removed Jungle Potion quest requirement from I'm a Lumberjack and I'm Okay and I Sleep All Night and I Work All Day, since there are more sources of teak and mahogany than Tai Bwo Wannai.
• Corrected the Woodcutting requirement of Weeping Willow from 30 Woodcutting to 20 Woodcutting.
• Corrected the Woodcutting requirement of I Sleep All Night and I Work All Day from 50 Woodcutting to 60 Woodcutting.
• Corrected the Woodcutting requirement of See Yew at Five from 60 Woodcutting to 70 Woodcutting.
• Corrected the Woodcutting requirement of Arborehole and Sing-Along-a-Seren Verse 3 from 75 Woodcutting to 80 Woodcutting.
• Corrected the Dungeoneering requirement of Arborehole from 60 Woodcutting to 65 Woodcutting.
• Added Woodcutting site map icons to the mahogany trees south of Cairn Isle and in the Kharazi jungle.
• Reordered the Nature's Sentinel teleports to reflect the re-tiering of trees introduced with Woodcutters' Grove.
• Tipping bolts now has a stack make limit of 20 to be consistent with tipping arrows and darts.
• Added reward icons to the Everything Is (Still) Oresome achievements.
• Added a levelling benefits filter to the Woodcutting and Fletching skill guides.
• The world map boat hire icon has been graphically updated, and a facilities icon has been added for Fletching workbenches.
• Wood boxes can now be filled with noted logs in the backpack, to facilitate the new fletching upgrading process.
• Non-elite ankou now drop Ghost Hunter equipment and Cremation on free-to-play and members worlds.
• Improved feedback when using a bee hive without insect repellent.
• Increased the time a bird nest remains on the floor to 2 minutes, up from 30 seconds.
• Added eternal magic wood spirits to the drop tables of edimmu, liverworts, ripper dinosaurs, Solak, Nex: Angel of Death, Durzag and Yakamaru, Vorago and Kalphite King (in some cases replacing magic logs or stone spirits).
• Added primal warhammers (main hand and off hand) to Smithing.
• Fletching knife animation overrides now match the logs in the player's left hand in the default Fletching animation.
• Fixed a bug where Fletching magic logs into shafts or an unstrung magic shieldbow showed basic logs in the player's hand instead of magic logs.
• Zygomite carestyling with a crystal knife now shows the crystal knife in the player's hand instead of a regular knife.
• Added a Gameplay Settings section for Skills & Fletching.
• The 'Perfect Equilibrium' buff bar icon will now turn grey when the player has 0 stacks.
• The 'Balance by Force' buff bar icon has been changed to a more thematic icon as it was previously the 'Bow of the Last Guardian' object.
• Removed specific skill level cap from the examine of all decorated urns, since they currently function above level 99 when the skill's level cap is increased.

Christmas

• Fixed an issue in the quest 'A Christmas Reunion' that was reverting the workbench building spots to a version without a "build" option.
• The Christmas pudding amulet can now be keepsaked.
• Sleds can now be obtained and equipped within the Christmas Village.
• The ice amulet can now be used to summon a snow imp within the Christmas Village.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the Black Christmas scythe to appear as a normal Christmas scythe when overriding familiars or legendary pets using the Spirit of Harvest.
• Added a spam filter to Spencer's shouts in Burthorpe and reduced the frequency of his shouts.
• Snowboard (yeti) can now be used to perform tricks when equipped.
• Fixed an issue causing candy canes in the Grand Exchange to have an examine interaction with no examine output.
• Unlock hints for rewards available from 2023 Christmas presents have been updated to reflect their availability from 2024 Christmas presents.
• Advent calendar on interface will no longer have the "Op 4" button on mobile devices.

General

• Refilled the Prifddinas waterfall.
• The system in which Clue Scroll slider puzzles muddle up its puzzles has been made consistent with how Old School RuneScape's clues work. This change reduces the number of steps needed to complete a puzzle drastically.
• Calendar entry has been created in game for the shooting star refresh from Monday 16th December - Sunday 22nd December 2024. The entry offers players a teleport to Wizard Rosalina to start the new updated distraction and diversion.

Starts 10th December | Ends 12th December | Tinkerer's Trail

The Tinkerer's workshop is in full production mode! This time it is churning out tons of Wrapping Paper! Collect curios to earn modified multipliers all the way up to x8 and really stock up.

Starts 13th December | Ends 15th December | Dragon's Dozen

Dozens of dragons all over the place! In this instance of Dragon's Dozen, every gem has had a wrapping paper option added. You can stock up, or get a huge boost from the shadow gem, giving a huge pile of wrapping paper!

Community Showcase

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Pink Skirts Player Events - community supplied events to highlight each week

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

Mega Duck Runs

• Hosted By: Jen, Mega Duck and IcyLove
• Date/Time: Friday December 13th, 19:00 Gametime
• Location: Falador Park
• World: 39
• FC: Mega Duck

Rex Matriarch

• Hosted By: M e r c y and Dung Titan
• Date/Time: Saturday December 14th, 13:00 Gametime
• Location: Rex Matriarch Lair
• World: 35
• FC: Dung Titan

Nex - Angel Of Death

• Hosted By: Pippyspot and Boss Guild
• Date/Time: Friday December 13th, 20:00 Gametime
• Location: God Wars Dungeon - Ancient Prison
• World: 88
• FC: Boss Guild

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!

Community Spotlight

Clue Chasers

Clue Chasers is a community-driven discord where players share tips, collaborate, and discuss Clue Scrolls. Whether you're new or fine-tuning your setups, it's the perfect space for Treasure Trail enthusiasts in RuneScape! Join the 'Clue Chasers' Friends Chat or connect on Discord for upcoming events, including a Hide and Seek and the biannual Clue Mass Opening alongside an exciting community bingo board packed with opportunities to win amazing prizes. Don’t miss out on the holiday cheer!

Hide and Seek Event

Six 10-minute rounds with 2 Bonds awarded to the first successful seeker of each location, plus a temporary cosmetic rank on Discord!

• Where: All around Gielinor. Locations posted on discord in #hide-and-seek - World 138
• When: Saturday, December 14, 2024 - 16:30 UTC to 17:30 UTC

Winter Mass Opening and Community Bingo Board

Socialize with fellow players, open clue caskets, compete on the live broadcast leaderboard, and complete tasks during the mass opening to help fill the community bingo board, earning chances to win exciting prizes throughout the event!

• Where: Christmas Village at Santa's Lodge - World 138
• When: Saturday, December 14, 2024 - 18:00 UTC to 23:00 UTC

"The Twelve Days of PvM" Schedule

Looking to do some festive bossing? Check out the list below for some upcoming community boss events!

• 11th December - 18:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Croesus by Redwigon and RS Discord Mentors
• 12th December - 18:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Nex by Mr Quick (RuneHQ), Mega Duck and RS Discord Mentors
• 13th December - 18:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - HM K'ril Tsutsaroth by Jay Sindab and RS Discord Mentors
• 14th December - 20:00 UTC, W88, FC: Boss Guild - Nex - Angel Of Death by Pippyspot and Boss Guild
• 15th December - 18:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Kalphite King by Mrs Caitlyn and Discord Mentors
• 16th December - 17:00 UTC, W76, FC: Mod Events - Hermod, the Spirit of War by Mod Yuey and Discord Moderators
• 17th December - 19:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Rex Matriarchs by Jay Sindab and RS Discord Mentors
• 18th December - 18:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Vorago by Redwigon and RS Discord Mentors
• 19th December - 20:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Osseous by Mr Quick (RuneHQ), Mega Duck and RS Discord Mentors
• 20th December - 23:00 UTC, W76, FC: Ahelp - Corporeal Beast by Jordyre and RS Discord Mentors
• 21st December - 20:00 UTC, W88, FC: Boss Guild - Nex - Angel Of Death by Pippyspot and Boss Guild
• 22nd December - 18:00 UTC, W23, FC: Ahelp - Hardmode Vorago by Chiev Hunter and Legionary team