This week brings spring spirit to Gielinor and a whole heap of PvP QoL improvements!


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Easter 2026 Event

• The Easter Event has arrived with a familiar sense of mystery... Chat with the Easter Bunny located at the south entrance of the Grand Exchange to start the egg hunt!

PvP QoL Improvements

• Last Man Standing changes:
• LMS has had some gear adjustments to bring the gear more in line with the current meta. See the list of updated items further down the blog.
• You can no longer lose your skull by entering a Last Man Standing game lobby, logging out and hopping world while inside the lobby.
• You can now hold up to 3 Saradomin Brews, but only 10 Sharks.
• Max/Med bracket has had its Defence level increased to 85.
• Zerker bracket has had its Attack level increased to 80.
• Bounty Hunter changes:
• Bounty Hunter rewards can now also be used in the TzHaar Fight Pit, player-owned house combat ring and Clan Hall combat ring.
• While unskulled in Bounty Hunter, you will receive 50% less EP per minute and your Archaic Emblem will not upgrade past tier 5.
• The Vesta's spear (bh) will now block ranged damage as well as melee damage when the special attack is used.
• Players dying in the Bounty Hunter lobby will now be considered as skipping their target.
• Emir's Arena changes:
• Emir's Arena has had some gear adjustments to bring the gear more in line with the current meta. See the list of updated items further down the blog.
• Updated the Pure, Zerker and Max/Med starter sets to be more up to date when playing Emir's Arena for the first time, so getting stuck into some fights should be easier than ever! More details further down the blog.
• Note that these new starter kits for Pure, Zerker and Max/Med will replace your existing build.
• Deadeye and Mystic Vigour prayers are now allowed in fights and can be used by players who meet the level requirements.
• The "Zerker" account build has been adjusted as follows:
• Attack level is increased to 75, up from 60
• Defence level is increased to 50, up from 45
• Prayer level is increased to 63, up from 55
• The "Max/Med" account build's Attack, Defence and Prayer levels are increased to 99.
• Some items that have cosmetic overrides that would typically be lost will now refund the cosmetic variant to the player on PvP death. See the list of cosmetic variants further down the blog.
• In PvP areas, if you have not attacked another player in the last 20 ticks, swapping between weapons will retain any autocast settings that have been set.
• The spawn location after leaving Venenatis, Callisto and Vet'ion have been slightly altered to place players above ground. You'll still be placed in close proximity to the escape cave entrances if you'd like to escape any PKers.
• Vet'tion will now spawn fewer Hellhounds for larger groups.
• Venenatis will now spawn slightly fewer spiderlings. It will also now only change phases every other attack if there are more than 10 players, rather than just 5.
• Dizana's Quiver and Revenant Weapons now accurately reflect your risk wealth on the Items Kept on Death UI.
• Revenants and the Revenant Maledictus will no longer invalidate Iron accounts from obtaining loot if another player attacks those NPCs. The Iron account will still only receive a drop if they are the MvP (player that dealt the most damage).
• This change is inline with the recent adjustment to how the loot from Zombie Pirates function, as well as other existing Wilderness NPCs such as Callisto, Vet'ion and Venenatis.
• When crossing a Revenant Cave shortcut, the slight delay when arriving at the other side has been removed.
• Ranging ammunition no longer spawns on top of the Revenant Cave shortcut pillars.
• The rear entrance to the Brimhaven Dungeon, which is accessed by paying trading sticks, now will no longer null damage upon use in a PvP or Deadman world.
• The PJ timer in PvP worlds increased to 16 ticks (9.6 seconds) up from 8 ticks (4.8 seconds), to stop bad actors PJing fights when two opponents eat at the same time.
• In PvP worlds, players can now use cannons in the Wilderness.
• In single combat, you can no longer telegrab food dropped by others in the Wilderness. If you've dropped a piece of food in the Wilderness, or a monster you're fighting has dropped some food, you're now able to pick up that food if you're in combat with another player.
• The placement of the Elder Chaos Druids at the Zombie Pirates have been slightly adjusted so that players passing by get teleblocked less frequently.
• In PvP worlds, the Chugging Barrel can now be used in the bank located at the Camelot teleport spot. Likewise, you're now able to use the Chugging Barrel in the safe area of the white portal in Clan Wars.
• Outside designated Castle Wars worlds, barricades will always appear under players. On designated worlds, they will continue to appear on top of other players.
• On non-designated Castle Wars worlds, bandages will heal a maximum of 18 hitpoints.
• Added a toggle to disable Combat XP at Castle Wars, Soul Wars, TzHaar Fight Pits and Clan Wars. These toggles can be accessed as follows:
• Castle Wars: Right-click Lanthus
• Soul Wars: Talk to Nomad
• TzHaar Fight Pits: Talk to TzHaar-Mej-Kah
• Clan Wars: Right-click the white or purple portal
• In permanent Deadman, trinkets will now break on death again. Also, the hitpoints for the breach NPCs will be restored to being significantly lower.

Mobile and Official Client Changes

• Added the ability to reduce the UI scale on the Mobile client.
• You'll find that the default value is 400%, as the Mobile Client defaults to high scale. There's also a magnification cap in place, so the interface never gets too tiny to use.
• Official Client changes:
• To make the UI scaling interface consistent and easier to use across Mobile and desktop, we've updated it to a drop-down rather than slider. We've also added a second option, "Input", which lets you type in valid numbers from the whole range directly. To do this, you need to long-press on the scaling drop down if on mobile, or right-click on desktop and select the "input" option.
• Desktop users should find their defaults retained, as this is saved per client. If you do see a change however, you can still reset the scaling to the default value by pressing the reset interface scaling button.
• Added separate “Max Foreground FPS” and “Max Background FPS” settings, allowing the game to run at a lower frame rate while not in focus.

Other Changes

• In preparation for the upcoming game worlds based in Brazil, we've added a new filtering option to the Configure World Switcher menu today. We'll keep you updated when we have more information to share on these game worlds.
• A typo has been corrected in the Thieving skillguide.
• Yami's chathead no longer has blue stripes while he's in a menagerie.
• The F2P restriction on using chat-channels with a skill total below 150 has been made slightly more flexible to accommodate certain specialist builds.

PvP Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period A:

• 539 - (US) - PvP World
• 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World
• 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World
• 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.
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Spring has once again arrived in Gielinor, and with it comes a familiar sense of mischief! The Easter Bunny has returned, bringing with it pastel-coloured decorations, a whole lot of carrots and eggs, but something's missing... One of the chocolate eggs has run away, leaving a note behind that hints its whereabouts. This calls for someone with egg-ceptional hunting skills to hop right in! Will you help our good ol' pal the Easter Bunny, who is having a bad hare day?

You'll notice a cosy nook at the south entrance of the Grand Exchange. Start the event by talking to the Easter Bunny waiting for you there!

If you can’t see the image above, click here[cdn.runescape.com]!


Upon completing the event, you'll get the rewards well in hand - literally. Egg hunters who are successful will get their hands on Archibald, a holdable Easter egg, much like a pet rock!

You'll be able to paint Archibald to unlock different designs. Flex your house's ancient bloodline with the Dragon egg, match the Chick egg with the Nest Hat, go crazy with the fashionscape combinations!

If you can’t see the image above, click here[cdn.runescape.com]!

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Want to get the rewards from previous Easter Events as well? Do be sure to drop in on Diango in Draynor Village to claim them while you can, before the event ends on April 15th!


If you can’t see the image above, click here[cdn.runescape.com]!

Mark your calendars for our upcoming Easter 2026 Livestream!

• When: Thursday, April 2nd, 15:30 UTC
• Where: Our official Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv]
• We'll be sailing across Gielinor in Easter fashionscape on World 520 - route map will be shared next week!
• The finalists of the egg decoration competition will be polled by the Twitch chat.
• We'll be playing Hide and Seek with you live on Twitch.
• Mass Nex event with Mod Manked on World 521

See you next Thursday!

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We've got a handful of QoL changes that should be welcome for any of you at home who love Wilderness content or a spot of high-octane PvP. The list of changes is long, so without further ado, let's get right into it!


Last Man Standing has had some gear adjustments to bring the gear more in line with the current meta. To start with, we've added the following items to Last Man Standing:

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• Bow of faerdhinen
• Crystal body
• Crystal legs
• Crystal helm
• Avernic treads
• Osmumten's fang
• Elidinis' ward (f)
• Noxious halberd
• Magus ring
• Ultor ring
• Purging staff
• Dragonfire shield
• Twisted buckler
• Masori body (f)
• Masori chaps (f)
• Torva platelegs
• Virtus robe top
• Virtus robe bottom
• Burning claws
• Aranea boots

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Additionally, the starter gear for the "Max/Med" bracket has been updated with:

• Avernic treads (max)
• Torag's platelegs
• Karil's leathertop
• Ahrim's robetop
• Ahrim's robeskirt
• Staff of the dead

If you can’t see the image above, click here[cdn.runescape.com]!

Additional Last Man Standing changes:

• You can no longer lose your skull by entering a Last Man Standing game lobby, logging out and hopping world while inside the lobby.
• You can now hold up to 3 Saradomin brews (cap increased from 1), but only 10 Sharks (cap decreased from 11).
• Max/Med bracket has had its Defence level increased to 85.
• Zerker bracket has had its Attack level increased to 80.

• Bounty Hunter rewards can now also be used in the TzHaar Fight Pit, player-owned house combat ring and Clan Hall combat ring.
• While unskulled in Bounty Hunter, you will receive 50% less EP per minute and your Archaic Emblem will not upgrade past tier 5.
• The Vesta's spear (bh) will now block ranged damage as well as melee damage when the special attack is used.
• Players dying in the Bounty Hunter lobby will now be considered as skipping their target.

The following items have been added to the list of items that can be used at Emir's Arena:

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• Magus ring
• Amulet of rancour
• Twinflame staff
• Swampbark body
• Swampbark gauntlets
• Swampbark helm
• Swampbark legs
• Swampbark boots
• Bloodbark body
• Bloodbark legs
• Bloodbark gauntlets
• Bloodbark helm
• Bloodbark boots
• Oathplate legs
• Oathplate chest
• Oathplate helm
• Burning claws
• Purging staff
• Soulreaper axe
• Bellator ring
• Venator ring
• Virtus mask
• Virtus robe top
• Virtus robe bottom
• Lightbearer
• Osmumten's fang
• Torva platelegs
• Torva platebody
• Torva full helm
• Zaryte vambraces
• Aranea boots
• Elidinis' ward (or)
• Avernic treads (max)
• Ultor ring
• Twisted Buckler
• Masori body (f)
• Masori chaps (f)
• Voidwaker
• Dragonfire shield
• Noxious halberd

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We've updated the Pure, Zerker and Max/Med starter sets to be more up to date when playing Emir's Arena for the first time, so getting stuck into some fights should be easier than ever! Note that these new starter kits for Pure, Zerker and Max/Med will replace your existing build.

The updated Max/Med starter kit in Emir's Arena.
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The updated Zerker starter kit in Emir's Arena.
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The updated 1 Def Pure starter kit in Emir's Arena.
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Moreover, Deadeye and Mystic Vigour prayers are now allowed in fights and can be used by players who meet the level requirements.

You'll also find that the "Zerker" account build has been adjusted as follows:

• Attack level is increased to 75, up from 60
• Defence level is increased to 50, up from 45
• Prayer level is increased to 63, up from 55

Whereas the "Max/Med" account build's Attack, Defence and Prayer levels are increased to 99.


Previously, dying in PvP would result in losing any applied cosmetic overrides as part of the item loss. To ensure you can keep showing off some of your unlocks, the following items that have cosmetic overrides that would typically be lost will now refund the cosmetic variant to the player on PvP death:

• Magma helm refunds Magma mutagen
• Tanzanite helm refunds Tanzanite mutagen
• Araxyte slayer helmet refunds Araxyte head
• Black slayer helmet and Dragon hunter crossbow (b) refund King Black Dragon heads
• Green slayer helmet refunds Kalphite Queen head
• Red slayer helmet refunds Abyssal demon head
• Purple slayer helmet refunds Dark claw
• Turquoise slayer helmet and Dragon hunter crossbow (t) refund Vorkath's head
• Hydra slayer helmet refunds Alchemical Hydra heads
• Twisted slayer helmet refunds Twisted horns
• Elidinis' ward (or) refunds Menaphite ornament kit
• Masori assembler and Masori assembler max cape refund Masori crafting kit
• Sanguine scythe of vitur and Sanguine scythe of vitur (uncharged) refund Sanguine ornament kit
• Holy scythe of vitur, Holy scythe of vitur (uncharged), Holy sanguinesti staff refund (uncharged) and Holy ghrazi rapier refund Holy ornament kit
• Osmumten's Fang (or) refunds Cursed phalanx
• Twisted ancestral hat, Twisted ancestral robe top and Twisted ancestral robe bottom refund Twisted ancestral colour kit

As an example, dying with a Magma helm means you will lose the Serpentine helm, however the Magma mutagen will be placed in your gravestone.

• In PvP areas, if you have not attacked another player in the last 20 ticks (12 seconds), swapping between weapons will retain any autocast settings that have been set. This should improve Wilderness Slayer tasks where Burst and Barrage spells are used.
• The spawn location after leaving Venenatis, Callisto and Vet'ion have been slightly altered to place players above ground. You will still be placed in close proximity to the escape cave entrances if you would like to use those to escape any PKers hunting you.
• Made some changes to improve the Vet'ion and Venenatis fights for larger groups:
• Vet'tion will now spawn fewer Hellhounds for bigger groups.
• Venenatis will now spawn slightly fewer spiderlings. It will also now only change phases every other attack if there are more than 10 players, rather than just 5.
• Dizana's Quiver and Revenant Weapons now accurately reflect your risk wealth on the Items Kept on Death UI.
• Revenants and the Revenant Maledictus will no longer invalidate Iron accounts from obtaining loot if another player attacks those NPCs. The Iron account will still only receive a drop if they are the MvP (player that dealt the most damage). This change is inline with the recent adjustment to how the loot from Zombie Pirates function, as well as other existing Wilderness NPCs such as Callisto, Vet'ion and Venenatis.
• When crossing a Revenant Cave shortcut, the slight delay when arriving at the other side has been removed.
• Ranging ammunition no longer spawns on top of the Revenant Cave shortcut pillars.
• The rear entrance to the Brimhaven Dungeon, which is accessed by paying trading sticks, now will no longer null damage upon use in a PvP or Deadman world.
• The PJ timer in PvP worlds increased to 16 ticks (9.6 seconds) up from 8 ticks (4.8 seconds), to stop bad actors PJing fights when two opponents eat at the same time.
• In PvP worlds, players can now use cannons in the Wilderness.
• In single combat, you can no longer telegrab food dropped by others in the Wilderness. If you've dropped a piece of food in the Wilderness, or a monster you're fighting has dropped some food, you're now able to pick up that food if you're in combat with another player.
• The placement of the Elder Chaos Druids at the Zombie Pirates have been slightly adjusted so that players passing by get teleblocked less frequently.
• In PvP worlds, the Chugging Barrel can now be used in the bank located at the Camelot teleport spot. Likewise, you're now able to use the Chugging Barrel in the safe area of the white portal in Clan Wars.
• Outside designated Castle Wars worlds, barricades will always appear under players. On designated worlds, they will continue to appear on top of other players.
• On non-designated Castle Wars worlds, bandages will heal a maximum of 18 hitpoints.
• Added a toggle to disable Combat XP at Castle Wars, Soul Wars, TzHaar Fight Pits and Clan Wars. These toggles can be accessed as follows:
• Castle Wars: Right-click Lanthus
• Soul Wars: Talk to Nomad
• TzHaar Fight Pits: Talk to TzHaar-Mej-Kah
• Clan Wars: Right-click the white or purple portal
• In permanent Deadman, trinkets will now break on death again. Also, the hitpoints for the breach NPCs will be restored to being significantly lower.

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The mobile client is played across a wide range of screen dimensions - from standard phones to larger tablets. With such variety, along with differing player preferences, many mobile players have asked for greater control over the interface size. In particular, tablet users want to be able to scale down the UI for a more customisable experience.

Following your feedback, we've now added the ability to reduce the UI scale on the Mobile client. You'll find that the default value is 400%, as the Mobile Client defaults to high scale. There's also a magnification cap in place, so the interface never gets too tiny to use.

If you can’t see the image above, click here[cdn.runescape.com]!

Note: Some devices will see no change when moving through the higher values, as depending on your device, the interface will likely have capped at a lower value. We recommend just moving through the values and see what works best for you.

To make the UI scaling interface consistent and easier to use across Mobile and desktop, we've updated it to a drop-down rather than slider on the Official Client as well. On fresh install, the UI Scaling is set the same as the Operating System Display Scale, and if you have a different preference, you can adjust it in the drop-drown in the settings.

We've also added a second option, "Input", which lets you type in valid numbers from the whole range directly. To do this, you need to long-press on the scaling drop down if on mobile, or right-click on desktop and select the "input" option.

• To give players more control over performance, we’ve added separate “Max Foreground FPS” and “Max Background FPS” settings, allowing the game to run at a lower frame rate while not in focus.

These changes came with yesterday's client update, but we thought we'd do a quick ICYMI!

• Improved behaviour of Audio Sliders so they act more like you'd expect. Previously, having a low Master Volume could result in some audio channels being unintentionally muted.
• (Android/PC only) Fixed a bug that prevented Anti Aliasing settings appearing on supported devices.

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We wanted to share a quick update on further boat combat balancing changes that are currently in progress and scheduled to release next week.

As mentioned on our Q&A Livestream, we're applying a buff to cannons when they are actively manned by a player. Take a look at this GIF of it working in action below!

Check out the video here[cdn.runescape.com]!

Whilst we can't give you exact rates of what's changing yet, our goal is to close the gap between cannons and player gear, ensuring that a player using a cannon is on par to the DPS of traditional combat +2 Crew members using cannons.

We're also going to be reducing sea creature HP, especially for those that are smaller and lower-level, so that they are less tanky and their health is more thematically suitable.

We're also addressing an issue with the player's worn gear not contributing as expected to damage calculations. A fix for this will be included alongside the above changes, ensuring that gear will correctly contribute to your overall damage.

You’ve given us plenty of great suggestions for further improvements to boat combat. For now, we'd like to see how these changes land before planning any further adjustments, so we can see how these changes affect your gains in practice. Once the update is live, we'll be closely monitoring your feedback, so let us know how it feels when it launches next week.

A huge thank you for all of your feedback and your patience while we work on these changes. Sailing will continue to be shaped by the community, and we really value the hands-on experience from those of you who have jumped in to try it out. While we know there are broader changes you'd like to see for boat combat, we hope these updates demonstrate our commitment to iterating alongside you and creating a better foundation for future expansions.

Speaking of future expansions, we're also nearly ready to share details on our next expansion to boat combat (NPC Boats). This includes new enemies, new rewards and new cannonballs, so keep an eye out for more information coming soon!

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As mentioned earlier this year[secure.runescape.com], we're working on setting up game worlds in more parts of the world. In preparation for the upcoming game worlds based in Brazil, we've added a new filtering option to the Configure World Switcher menu today. We'll keep you updated when we have more information to share on these game worlds. Now let's get to the additional changes we've rolled out with this game update:

• A typo has been corrected in the Thieving skillguide.
• Yami's chathead no longer has blue stripes while he's in a menagerie.
• The F2P restriction on using chat-channels with a skill total below 150 has been made slightly more flexible to accommodate certain specialist builds.

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Think you’ve got what it takes to be the last one standing?

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We’re heading back to the TzHaar Fight Pits for a full community showdown, and this time it’s creator vs creator.

Dino_xx[www.twitch.tv] & SkillSpecs[www.twitch.tv] are bringing their communities into the Pit to battle it out in World 520. You can fight for your side, fight for yourself, or betray everyone when it suits you.

Just remember, only one can wear the crown.

Where & When?

• World 520 - TzHaar Fight Pit
• Friday, March 27th - 15:30 UTC/GMT / 11:30 ET / 8:30 PT / 2:30 AET.

How it works:

• We’ll run three official competition rounds.
• The last player standing in each official round wins 3 OSRS Bonds.
• If you die, gear fast and get back in! Rounds restart quickly.

Mods Rach & Manked will be sharing their POVs live over on the Official OSRS Discord[discord.com] Stage.

Full T&Cs can be found here: https://osrs.game/Fight-Pits-Comp-2026.

We'll see you in the pit...

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The PvP rota has moved to Period A:

• 539 - (US) - PvP World
• 318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World
• 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World
• 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

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You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord[discord.gg] in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki[oldschool.runescape.wiki].

Mods Abe, Abyss, Acorn, Ape, Arcane, Archie, Argo, Ash, Asherz, Ayiza, BigRig, Blighted, Blossom, Boko, Brooksie, Bruno, Chilly, Criminal, Curse, Daizong, Default, Ed, Elena, Enigma, Entropi, Freddie, Frogs, Fuzz, Gecko, Gizmo, Goblin, Grace, Grub, Halo, Harold, Hend, Hornet, Husky, Ivory, Jalo, Jamesy, Jerv, Keyser, Kieren, Kirby, Kurotou, Leebleh, Lenny, Light, Liron, Lykos, Lotus, Mack, Manked, Markos, Maylea, Mobius, Moogle, Morty, Moz, Necro, Nin, Nixon, Nox, Nylu, Ori, Other, Otter, Philomel, Pork, Pumpkin, Puppi, Rach, Redfield, Rice, Romy, Roy, Ry, Saiyan, Sarnie, Schmidt, Shogun, Shroom, Sigma, Skylark, Smithy, Sova, Spyro, Squid, Starry, Stilrush, Suharun, Surma, Sween, Tide, Titania, Titus, TJ, Tomb, Tsourorf, Tyran, Veda, Vegard, West, Wolfy, Yozora & Yume

The Old School Team.

We're launching a number of boat combat improvements!

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Sailing Combat Fixes

• Cannons have been rebalanced. They shoot slower but hit harder.
• You can now build two cannons on the same side of your Sloop.
• Added a new facility to retrieve 60% of the cannonballs used.
• Two extra facility slots have been added to the Sloop (which can be used for cannons or the Ballistic Attractor).
• Traditional combat using player gear now works the same on sea creatures as it does on land. Sea creatures have had their HP adjusted accordingly.
• We've removed the delay in looting sea creatures. You can now use Telekinetic Grab to instantly loot a sea monster corpse with no net animation.
• A 'Fire At Will' Mode has been added to the Sailing side panel, allowing your crew to hit sea creatures in range automatically. There is also a right-click option if you prefer.
• We've buffed the amount of cannonballs that can be received from Cannonball Thieving, Shipwreck Salvaging and various NPCs.
• The pathing for Ancient Furnace has also been improved to remove awkward obstacles.
• A new NPC, the Veiled Kraken, has been added to the Tangled Kelp alongside two new Bounty Tasks to hunt it down. Unique drops include the Dragon Cannon Barrel and Inky Paint.
• Fixed a bug where the invisible +2 Sailing boost for the Keg of Whirlpool Surprise was not applying in certain situations.
• Fixed an animation bug with 1.5 tick shipwreck salvaging.
• Players can now use a filled fish crate on a bank booth, banker, or bank chest to empty the fish into their inventory. This works the same as using the "Empty" option on the crate.
• Fixed an issue where the message shown when attempting to create Adamant keel parts incorrectly stated the required Smithing level.
• Enemy attacks will no longer interrupt most Captain actions, so you can continue to use interfaces or other menus without them forcibly closing.

Other Changes

• The God Wars dungeon to Wilderness shortcut is now correctly shown as being one way on the world map.
• Drops in the Sarachnis instance now last longer on the ground before disappearing.
• Removed the 'Disable Cancel' option from the Minimenu Filtering settings. In certain situations this setting could prevent players from cancelling actions (such as casting spells), leaving them stuck. Any players who previously had this option enabled will have it automatically turned off.
• Fixed an issue where players with Deadman Protection could still attack Breach NPCs in certain situations. Previously, players could bypass protection rules by manually casting spells (such as Wind Strike) on Breach monsters. This allowed players to attack NPCs even while their protection timer was active. Players in Deadman under protection can now no longer attack Breach NPCs anywhere, whether the area is single or multi combat. Once protection expires, Breach NPCs can be attacked normally. In the tournament version of Deadman, players under protection will not be able to attack NPCs in multi-way combat but can in single-way.
• Fixed a graphical issue with Crystal Pants in Deadman worlds.
• A spelling error has been fixed in the new minigame teleport menu, and the alphabetical order of its buttons has been corrected.
• Fixed an issue where 'Sinister Offering' was missing from the Arceuus Spellbook when spell filtering was disabled.
• Fixed an issue with the Wilderness Player-Owned House theme where terrain incorrectly blocked the stairwell opening, preventing the dungeon level from being visible.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to assemble a Dwarf Multicannon without all the required parts could incorrectly display a message stating that your cannon had decayed and should be reclaimed from Nulodion.
• Adjusted the display value of Sun-kissed bones for clan loot broadcasts and similar messages to a more appropriate value.
• Fixed an issue where defeating Demonic Brutus with thrall damage during certain special attacks could cause the fight to stall between phases.
• Fixed an issue where Ultimate Iron players who died during the Abomination fight in A Taste of Hope could lose their items due to their death pile spawning in an inaccessible location.

PvP Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

• 560 - (UK) - PvP World
• 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World
• 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World
• 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using Zerker loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.
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We're making a range of improvements to boat combat today to address issues that were highlighted by you during our Sailing opinion poll! Whilst these changes will create a noticeable improvement, it's important to emphasize that this isn't a massive content update. Rather, these are a series of small quality of life boosts that will make the content feel more smooth and fix some of the key problems you've told us about.

Our main goal with this update is to create a stronger foundation to build on in future content. We're almost ready to share plans on how we will further iterate on boat combat by implementing NPC boats - stay tuned! So, you might only feel small differences right now, but these improvements will ensure that future updates to boat combat feel even better.

So, let's see what's changing.


Ship Cannons have been rebalanced: they now fire more slowly, but each shot will be more impactful. This means you'll deal significantly more damage per cannonball which will also help to improve cannonball efficiency, which was another area you let us know needs addressing.

Additionally, during testing we found that crew cannon damage was incorrectly scaling with the captain's Sailing level. This has now been fixed and cannon damage scales only with a crewmate's Privateering level."

Check out this table for their updated stats.


We've also added the functionality to be able to build two cannons on the same side of your Sloop, named 'first' and 'second' cannon. This feature removes the need to 'wiggle' your boat in order to get both cannons firing at enemies simultaneously. There are up to four hotspots for cannons, but you will still only be able to have a maximum of two cannons built at any time.


Many of you told us that you're using way too many cannonballs, so we've got a few changes lined up to improve that.

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First of all, check out Sailing's newest facility: the Ballistic Attractor. This recovers 60% of the cannonballs you fire, meaning boat combat will be much less expensive to engage in.

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Build this facility by speaking to Ava after completing the Animal Magnetism Quest.

Other requirements include:

• 50 Sailing
• 44 Construction

The Ballistic Attractor can be added to a Sloop and Skiff, but not a Raft. To build it, you'll require 10 Mahogany Planks, 5000 Water Runes, 1000 Law Runes, 5 Lead Bars and 5 Steel Bars.

For those of you who were worried about this item being a facility and not just a flat boat upgrade, don't worry. You won't need to remove any facilities on the Sloop, since we've also added two extra facility slots where you can place a cannon or Ballistic Attractor facility.

As we mentioned above, Cannonballs now also hit harder (albeit slower).

You can check out their new stats in this handy table:



We've improved the rates at which you can get cannonballs from cannonball thieving, shipwreck salvaging and NPC loot tables.
Cannonball Thieving
Tweaks have been made so that you have a higher chance of getting the more impactful cannonballs, rather than the ones on the lower end.


Salvaging


NPC Loot


We've also fixed a pathing issue with the Ancient Furnace, used for smithing cannonballs. Players travelling from the fairy ring nearby reported some awkward pathing issues, so we've adjusted the placement of the nearby skeleton so that the route is much easier to navigate.


There was a damage cap on combat from player characters on boats which was originally designed to incentivize players to use their cannons instead of gear. However, by doing so we invalidated hard-earned gear progression and this resulted in sluggishly long fights. We've now removed that damage cap, so that player combat from boats against monsters at sea now works exactly like it does on land. Your gear will feel much more impactful, and we hope this change will help Sailing combat feel more naturally integrated with the wider game.

As part of this update, the Dwarf Multicannon will no longer fire at creatures at sea instead of dealing lower damage to them. This prevents unintended effects with Bounty Tasks, which have been balanced around boat-based combat. Allowing the Dwarf Multicannon (used on land) to target sea creatures would be detrimental to that balance.

Additionally, we've improved how you can get loot from sea creatures. The delay for the animation has been removed, so you'll receive loot much faster in general. You can also cancel the action and come back later if you need to deal with something else, and finally we've improved the way that corpses are positioned so that you can more reliably click them. You can also use 'Telekinetic Grab' to loot corpses instantly without needing to pull loot in using a net!
Loot Tables
We expect that the changes to boat combat in this update will significantly increase the amount of kills per hour which will have an impact on the game's overall economy. Rather than tweaking drop rates, we've balanced this around the hitpoints of Sea NPC Monsters so that they will take a similar time to kill, which will keep kills per hour roughly the same. We expect that mid to low level boats will see marginal improvements in their kills per hour, compared to where they are currently. High-level boat setups should remain the same.

Additionally, a previous bug made unique drops more common than intended. While we're not changing that, we are tidying up some of that code. This may have a very small impact on loot tables, but it shouldn't be very noticeable. Do let us know if you encounter anything unusual and we'll be sure to follow up.
The Veiled Kraken & New Bounty Task
A new sea monster has been spotted lurking in the Tangled Kelp. It's a Veiled Kraken!

This creature has a very high Magic defence and it is weak to Heavy Ranged. It also hits with melee, so don't get too close. Its unique drops include the Dragon Cannon Barrel and Inky Paint. We think it's good to add a more active way of getting the Dragon Cannon Barrel especially, as currently the only method of obtaining it is through shipwreck salvaging, which is very AFK.

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At Level 80 Sailing, you'll also be able to grab a Bounty Task for the Veiled Kraken at Port Tyras and Deepfin Point. Whilst we were creating this new task, we identified and fixed an issue with the task generation system where certain tasks were not showing as intended. As a result of this fix, you may find that some tasks are rarer and more common than previously due to the pool of possible tasks being fixed. Let us know if you have any significant feedback on this bug fix if you decide to try out Bounty Tasks.


Managing your ship's crew is also getting easier. You can now order your crew to "Fire at Will", allowing them to automatically search for targets and fire cannons whenever enemies at sea are within range. This makes ship combat far more hands-off, letting you focus on sailing, positioning, or other tasks while your crew handles the work!

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We've added a new toggle onto the Sailing side panel, allowing you to toggle between:

• Follow Captain's Target
• Do Not Follow Captain's Target
• Fire at Will

There is also a right-click option on the toggle, if you prefer to quickly swap between these modes.

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When this feature is enabled, your crew will search for any enemies in range and remain on them until their target dies or moves beyond double the attack distance. If that happens, the crew will search for another target. There is no target prioritization system - as long as the creature is in range and a sea monster, the crew will attack. However, you can manually reset targetting using the 'cancel target' button if desired. The "Fire at Will" mode lasts for 10-minutes until the crew will decide to go on a break. But if you would like them to get back to work, simply click to turn it back on again. The timer should reset if you need to re-board your boat.

Miscellaneous Quality of Life Changes

• Around the launch of Sailing, we mentioned that the Keg of Whirlpool Surprise gives an invisible +2 Sailing bonus. However, after a brief investigation, this buff was not applying correctly. This has now been fixed.
• Players can now use a filled fish crate on a bank booth, banker, or bank chest to empty the fish into their inventory. This works the same as using the "Empty" option on the crate.
• We've also reduced interruptions while your ship is under attack. Previously, whenever your boat was hit by an enemy, it would interrupt the Captain, closing interfaces like the cargo hold, and disrupting any actions they were performing, such as looting. This is particularly frustrating when you are engaging directly in combat. Now enemy attacks will not interrupt most Captain actions, so you can continue to use interfaces or other menus without them forcibly closing. However, you still won't be able to log out or world hop while your boat is in danger. Attempting to do so will give you a warning message until your boat is in a safer place.
• Last week, we fixed an animation bug with crew which accidentally added an animation delay to the player character hook animation, making 1.5 tick shipwreck salvaging feel sluggish. This has been fixed so that it is possible to 1.5 tick salvage again, and the animations adjusted accordingly.
• We've also fixed an issue where the message shown when attempting to create Adamant keel parts incorrectly stated the required Smithing level.

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• The God Wars dungeon to Wilderness shortcut is now correctly shown as being one way on the world map.
• Drops in the Sarachnis instance now last longer on the ground before disappearing.

Mobile:

• Removed the 'Disable Cancel' option from the Minimenu Filtering settings. In certain situations this setting could prevent players from cancelling actions (such as casting spells), leaving them stuck. Any players who previously had this option enabled will have it automatically turned off.

Deadman:

• Fixed an issue where players with Deadman Protection could still attack Breach NPCs in certain situations. Previously, players could bypass protection rules by manually casting spells (such as Wind Strike) on Breach monsters. This allowed players to attack NPCs even while their protection timer was active. Players in Deadman under protection can now no longer attack Breach NPCs anywhere, whether the area is single or multi combat. Once protection expires, Breach NPCs can be attacked normally. In the tournament version of Deadman, players under protection will not be able to attack NPCs in multi-way combat but can in single-way.
• Fixed a graphical issue with Crystal Pants in Deadman worlds.

Other bug fixes:

• A spelling error has been fixed in the new minigame teleport menu, and the alphabetical order of its buttons has been corrected.
• Fixed an issue where 'Sinister Offering' was missing from the Arceuus Spellbook when spell filtering was disabled.
• Fixed an issue with the Wilderness Player-Owned House theme where terrain incorrectly blocked the stairwell opening, preventing the dungeon level from being visible.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to assemble a Dwarf Multicannon without all the required parts could incorrectly display a message stating that your cannon had decayed and should be reclaimed from Nulodion.
• Adjusted the display value of Sun-kissed bones for clan loot broadcasts and similar messages to a more appropriate value.
• Fixed an issue where defeating Demonic Brutus with thrall damage during certain special attacks could cause the fight to stall between phases.
• Fixed an issue where Ultimate Iron players who died during the Abomination fight in A Taste of Hope could lose their items due to their death pile spawning in an inaccessible location.

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Don’t miss your final chance to grab these limited-edition Youtooz collectibles before they’re gone for good on March 28th!

Pick up Rune or Dragon armour figures for your shelf, or grab a pair of Tim & Crunchy Monitor Buddiez to sit proudly atop your screen!

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Mods Rach and Manked are heading back to the TzHaar Fight Pits for some more organised chaos!

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Think you’ve got what it takes to be the last one standing?

You can fight for your side, fight for yourself, or betray everyone when it suits you. Just remember, only one can wear the crown!Where & When?

• World 520 - TzHaar Fight Pit
• Friday, March 27th - 15:30 UTC/GMT / 11:30 ET / 8:30 PT / 2:30 AET.

How it works:

• We’ll run three official competition rounds.
• The last player standing in each official round wins 3 OSRS Bonds.
• If you die, gear fast and get back in! Rounds restart quickly.

Want to sit back and watch the carnage? Mods Rach & Manked will be sharing their POVs live over on the Official OSRS Discord[discord.com] Stage.

Full T&Cs can be found here: https://osrs.game/Fight-Pits-Comp-2026.

We'll see you in the pit...

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The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

• 560 - (UK) - PvP World
• 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World
• 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World
• 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using Zerker loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

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You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord[discord.gg] in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki[oldschool.runescape.wiki].

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