August - The Month Ahead
Last Man Standing
Later on this week we will be releasing Last Man Standing into Old School RuneScape, available for all players to enjoy! The minigame will be available on three worlds, one of which will be free-to-play.
Over the course of July we ran several Last Man Standing betas to gather feedback on the minigame. During the three betas we received invaluable feedback from many members of the community, and as a result we've made some substantial changes to the minigame in preparation for release.
Let's take a look at some of the changes we've made since the first beta.
Single combat
The first key piece of feedback we wanted to address in Last Man Standing was multi-combat vs single combat. The benefits of multi-combat were that it prevented boxing to stay alive until the last few moments of a game, however the negatives were that the gameplay was undesirable for solo players.
After disabling multi-combat in the second beta, we found that players were finding the minigame far more enjoyable and saw a massive increase in the number of people playing. In the final release of Last Man Standing, the entire map will remain single combat as a result of the feedback from the betas.
Improved gear
The equipment you can potentially receive within Last Man Standing has been substantially buffed all around. You're now far more likely to get your hands on a starting weapon and the available gear is higher level.
Improved gear means quicker fights and more action overall. And, most importantly, no more mithril scimitars!
Vending shrines
Another way to get your hands on higher level gear is via vending shrines. No longer do repeat loots or unlucky chests have to be a total loss. You can trade in your unwanted items in exchange for tokens, spent on the gear you would like.
Player-owned house update
Last year at RuneFest we announced that we would be working on some big new additions for player-owned houses. We mentioned two new types of room and a menu to help you manage your house. These highly anticipated updates will be on their way into Old School later on in August!
House viewer interface
One of the features which has had the community excited is the new house viewer interface. The house viewer interface allows you to see an overhead view of your house, move rooms, rotate rooms, add rooms and delete rooms.
The beauty of this menu is that when moving and rotating most rooms, you won't have to part with the furniture you've built inside it. You can move and rotate rooms while preserving their contents.
This menu is still in the pipeline, but we're hoping to have it out later on this month for you to get your hands on.
Superior garden & achievement gallery
Two new rooms are on their way to player owned houses. The superior garden and achievement gallery are high level rooms, offering some exciting additions to player-owned houses for players with high Construction.
The superior garden will require level 65 Construction to create and will offer the following:
Tree/ring
Name Requirement Function
Spirit tree
75 Construction 83 Farming
Works as a normal spirit tree.
Fairy ring
85 Construction
Works as a normal fairy ring.
Fairy ring tree
95 Construction 83 Farming
Works as both a fairy ring and a spirit tree.
Topiaries
Name Requirement Function
Topiary
65 Construction
Can be sculpted into various boss heads.
Revitalisation pool
Name Requirement Function
Pool of restoration
65 Construction
Restores special attack.
Pool of revitalisation
70 Construction
Restores special attack & run energy.
Pool of rejuvination
80 Construction
Restores special attack, run energy & prayer.
Fancy pool of rejuvination
85 Construction
Restores special attack, run energy, prayer & all stats.
Ornate pool of rejuvination
90 Construction
Restores special attack, run energy, prayer, all stats & hitpoints.
Garden theme/style
Name Requirement
Zen style
65 Construction
Zanaris style
75 Construction
Dark style
85 Construction
Fence
Name Requirement
Redwood fence
75 Construction
Marble wall
79 Construction
Obsidian fence
83 Construction
Seating
Name Requirement
Garden chair
66 Construction
Gnome bench
77 Construction
Marble bench
88 Construction
Requiring level 80 Construction to create, the achievement gallery offers even more very useful additions for your house:
Altar
The altar hot spot allows you to place one of three new kinds of altar. They can be used to switch spellbook on the fly.
Altar Requirement Function
Ancient altar
80 Construction
Used to switch to Ancient or standard spellbook.
Lunar altar
80 Construction
Used to switch to Lunar or standard spellbook.
Dark altar
80 Construction
Used to switch to Arceuus or standard spellbook.
Altar of the Gods
90 Construction
Used to switch to any spellbook.
Log display
The log display allows you to show off your various in-game logs to anyone who visits your house.
Name Requirement Function
Mahogany log display
83 Construction
Show off your slayer log, boss log, duel arena wins/losses, clue scroll count, chompy kills & Champions Challenges.
Gilded log display
88 Construction
As above, on a gilded parchment.
Marble log display
93 Construction
As above, engraved into a fine stone ornament.
Jewellery box
Each jewellery box will require a number of gems to create, including quite a few dragonstones for the fancy and ornate boxes.
Name Requirement Function
Basic jewellery box
81 Construction
Provides unlimited ring of duelling & games necklace teleports.
Fancy jewellery box
86 Construction
In addition to the above, provides unlimited combat bracelet & skills necklace teleports.
Ornate jewellery box
91 Construction
In addition to the above, provides unlimited ring of wealth & amulet of glory teleports.
Boss lair display
Each display can be created using jars dropped by the appropriate monster.
Name Requirement Function
Kraken display
87 Construction
A big, fancy display showing the Kraken.
Zulrah display
87 Construction
A big, fancy display showing Zulrah.
Kalphite Queen display
87 Construction
A big, fancy display showing the Kalphite Queen.
Cerberus display
87 Construction
A big, fancy display showing Cerberus.
Abyssal Sire display
87 Construction
A big, fancy display showing the Abyssal Sire.
Skotizo display
87 Construction
A big, fancy display showing Skotizo.
Mounted display
The mounted display allows you to show off some of the most prestigious items in game.
Name Requirement
Mounted emblem (tier 10)
80 Construction
Mounted fire cape
80 Construction
Mounted diary cape (t)
80 Construction
Mounted music cape (t)
80 Construction
Mounted quest cape (t)
80 Construction
Mounted coins (100 million)
80 Construction
Mounted max cape
99 Construction
Mounted skillcape
80 Construction
Quest list
The quest list hot spot is a long parchment on the wall which can be used to display your progress through every quest in the game. It will show whether you have not started, started or completed each quest.
Raids rewards blog & beta
Next week we will be releasing a follow-up blog for raids rewards. We'd like to address some of the concerns of the community, as well as making a few tweaks to what was previously offered.
To follow this developer blog, we will be running a beta weekend during which you'll be able to try out the elder maul and elder wand! We will be opening up a tournament world-style world where you will be able to try out the weapons against both other players and some commonly killed monsters.
Content poll #46
A little later on in the month we'll be running content poll #46. This poll will be packed with your top quality of life requests, as well as any other pieces of content we can fit in.
If you have anything you'd like to see appear on content poll #46, let us know! The poll will be coming to a poll booth near you very soon.
Mods Archie, Ash, Ed, Ghost, Ian, Jed, John C, Kieren, Mat K, Maz, Ronan, Roq, Weath, West
The Old School Team
