New Necromancy Conjure - This Week In RuneScape

Give a warm welcome to the Phantom Guardian! This resilient soul will help keep you safe while in combat.

The Guardian is aimed to round out the conjure team by providing a defensive benefit. This conjure will not directly attack targets and will instead focus on keeping you safe, though once you have unlocked the Command ability you can have them retaliate against your enemies.

You can unlock this conjure in the Well of Souls once you have reached the fifth tier. Once unlocked you can unlock the Command ability at tier 6. Check out the abilities below for some extra insight.

Conjure Phantom Guardian : Conjure a Phantom Guardian from the Underworld to protect you from harm. They will protect you by reducing damage taken from core damage types by up 5%, capped at a threshold. While active they gain Valour stacks when you are attacked, which are used to enhance the strength of their Command Ability.

Command Phantom Guardian : Command the Phantom Guardian to blast the target with energy stored in its shield. This attack hits a main target and up to four additional enemies in a tile around that target.

This damage is improved by consuming all Valour stacks the Guardian has gained.

We have scheduled essential planned maintenance for all RuneScape and Old School game worlds on Tuesday September 3rd at 09:00-12:00* (BST) / 01:00-04:00* (PST) / 18:00-21:00* (AEST).

During this period, all game worlds will be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this downtime and will keep players informed of any changes to this estimated schedule.

*approximated end of downtime.

Mining and Smithing

• Corrected progress needed by primal armour spikes from 1,100 to 550 so they're smithed at a similar rate to elder rune armour spikes. Also adjusted elder rune armour spikes XP from 1,000 to 500, and primal armour spikes XP from 1,400 to 700, to account for their creation speed being twice that of typical 1-bar items.
• Corrected a typo in the masterwork cross guard centerpiece.
• Prevented heating of members' unfinished smithing items on free-to-play worlds.
• Disassembling primal equipment now has a slightly better chance of materials than elder rune equipment.
• Content that determines the lowest skill, such as Tears of Guthix and Guthix Butterflies, now prioritises 120 skills over 110 skills.

General

• The following items are now available to ironman players, available in Commander Connad's reward shop at Barbarian Assault:
• Penance Trident
• Penance Trident Upgrade
• Attacker's Insignia
• Collector's Insignia
• Defender's Insignia
• Healer's Insignia
• Players can no longer enter the crumbling watchtower during the Nadir (saga).
• Created an in-game calendar entry for the Ode of the Devourer Quest, from launch day 16th September 2024 to Sunday 22nd September 2024.
• Corrected spelling on the Enchanter's Echo outfit.
• Replaced the force walk tiles at the jade vine patch with blocking tiles to prevent players walking through bushes.

Starts September 5th | Ends September 9th | Assassins' Return

Assassins are in high demand once again, and that means a series of contracts for you to deal with! Complete the contracts to get your hands on the Faceless Assassin outfits including the Shadow version, and the Shadowstep Aura!

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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:

• Hosted By: Redwigon & Aarie
• Date/Time: Saturday September 7ths, 18:00 Gametime
• Location: Varrock Square
• World: 76
• FC: Ahelp

• Hosted By: Jamiely, Zurm, and Fast Sc
• Date/Time: Sunday September 8th, 16:00 Gametime
• Location: Gamers' Grotto
• World: 99
• FC: Fast Sc

Mega Duck Runs

• Hosted By: Jen, Mega Duck & IcyLove
• Date/Time: Friday September 5th, 18:00 Gametime
• Location: Falador Park
• World: 39
• FC: Mega Duck

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

Boss Guild

Boss Guild friend’s chat hosts learner friendly community masses, along with small team finding and forming, and learner raids. They are celebrating 7,500+ members in their Discord this week with a whole feast of boss masses for you. Check them all out!

• Friday 6th September
• 14:30-18:00 - Hardmode GWD1 Tour (Graar/Kril/Zily/Kree)
• 18:15 - Regular Nex + Next To No Power Achievement
• 20:00 - Angel Of Death
• Saturday 7th September
• 10 Hour Kalphite King Marathon
• 20:00 - Angel Of Death
• Sunday 8th September
• 09:15 - King Black Dragon
• 10:25 - Corporeal Beast
• 11:35 - Arch-Glacor
• 12:45 - Osseous
• 13:55-17:10 - GWD2 Tour (Twins/Greg/Helwyr/Vindy)
• 17:20 - Angel Of Death
• 18:30 - Vorago
• 20:00 - Kalphite King