RuneScape – September 2022 Patch Notes | Revamped Loot System: Get Ready for Epic Drops!

Introduction

Introducing the thrilling new Wilderness Flash Events and Miniquests! Brace yourselves, because the Wilderness is about to get a major makeover with an abundance of skilling and combat events, as well as exciting miniquests. Prepare for an autumn filled with endless adventures in the Wilderness. This time, it's not just about combat - we're expanding Wilderness skilling with regular events that will boost your XP. And that's not all! We're also introducing new combat encounters and improving the rare drop rates for some of the existing bosses. But wait, there's more! We've got three brand new miniquests coming your way, bridging the gap between Daughter of Chaos and the final quest of the year. These miniquests will take you deep into the heart of the Wilderness, but we're keeping the details under wraps for now. Just know that completing these miniquests is essential to unlock the third, fourth, and fifth upgrades to the Infernal Puzzle Box. Head to Adrasteia in Falador to find out how you can lend a hand. The first two miniquests will be released alongside the Wilderness Flash Events system on October 17th, with the third and final miniquest launching later in the year. Get ready for an epic journey filled with thrilling encounters and exciting rewards! Speaking of rewards, let's not forget about the Wilderness Flash Events. The Wilderness has undergone a refreshing transformation, and we've added a new events system to spice things up. No longer just combat and Slayer-focused, these events will offer a variety of short-form encounters across different skills. It's time to explore the Wilderness like never before and enjoy it together with fellow adventurers. The Zamorakian Civil War continues to rage on, bringing with it monstrous creatures from Daemonheim. Prepare yourself for intense combat encounters and new training opportunities as both sides of the conflict need supply runners. Gather resources from short-lived skilling nodes and prove your worth in the midst of war. The new events will run on a set schedule, with the encounter type and location determined by the system. Please note that all events are exclusive to members. To kick off your Wilderness adventure, pay a visit to the Hosts in Edgeville, Nikkel, and the Wandering Ramokee, near the Wilderness Wall. Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey through the revamped Wilderness. It's time to unleash your skills, conquer fearsome foes, and claim your well-deserved rewards. Don't miss out on the excitement - join us in the Wilderness today!

WHAT IS AN ART FIGHT?

An Art Fight is a 'friendly' competition between two teams of artists in which they 'attack' one another using artwork of their opponent's character. The attacks are scored based on a variety of different criteria, and the team with the most points is declared the victor! Now that we're all on the same page, let's meet the teams! .

PHOENIX GANG

Led by the ruthless Dagna and the not-so-ruthless Sir Theodore, the Phoenix gang has set its sights on snuffing out the Black Arm Gang once and for all!

BLACK ARM GANG

Led by the fearless Enkoro and the wise Prezleek, the Black Arm Gang intend to extinguish the Phoenix Gang's flame and reign supreme!

NEW WILDERNESS FLASH EVENTS AND MINIQUESTS

The new-look Wilderness is popping off with a slew of skilling and combat events and miniquests! There’s going to be more to do in the Wilderness this autumn – not just combat! We’re expanding Wilderness skilling with new events spawning regularly to get your XP up. Plus we’re throwing in some new combat encounters, and improved rare drop rates for some existing bosses. On top of that, we’ve got three new miniquests arriving to bridge the gap between Daughter of Chaos and the final quest of the year. Here’s what’s happening.

MINIQUESTS – COMING OCTOBER 17TH

Three new miniquests will be released in the lead-up to the Daughter of Chaos finale, and they’ll take you deep into the Wilderness! We’re keeping the details under wraps for now, but you’ll need to complete these miniquests to unlock the third, fourth and fifth upgrades to the Infernal Puzzle Box respectively. To get started, head to Adrasteia in Falador and find out how you can help. The first and second miniquests will release alongside the Wilderness Flash Events system on October 17th, while the third and final miniquest will launch a little later in the year.

Reward	Description	Quest	Notes
Infernal Puzzle Box (tier 3)	Wilderness Refresh - Adrenaline will not drain outside of combat.	Civil War I unlock	Players who have already unlocked this will not lose access to it.
Infernal Puzzle Box (tier 4)	Wilderness Flash Events - Brawling gloves give 25% extra experience.	Civil War II unlock

WILDERNESS FLASH EVENTS

The Wilderness has just had a refresh and, so far, it's been entirely combat and Slayer-focused. So, we've added a new events system to give a variety of short-form encounters across a range of different skills! This should open the Wilderness up for other players, so we can all enjoy the Wildy together.

WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

The Zamorakian Civil War rages on, and the Wilderness is plagued by monstrous creatures from Daemonheim. That means new combat encounters galore! On top of that, both sides of the demons-versus-Daemonheim conflict need supply runners, so you’ll have loads of new training opportunities as you gather resources from short-lived skilling nodes.

HOW IT WORKS

The new events will run on a set schedule. The encounter type and location will be decided by the system. All events are members-only. Players should start by visiting the Hosts in Edgeville (Nikkel and the Wandering Ramokee, near the Wilderness Wall). Each event will have a win condition which scales with the number of players involved. There will also be a time limit that acts as a failure condition. Many of these encounters will have fairly simple gameplay - we don't want to overload you, especially when you'll be taking the new Wilderness threat system into consideration! Completing events will increase your threat level, so you might not want to hang around much longer afterwards... The new system also adds combat encounters with King Black Dragon and brings lots of Daemonheim nasties out to play! None of the events have a quest or skill requirement, but combat levels will not be scaled, so tread carefully! You'll get a notification five minutes before an encounter spawns. Just hop over the wall to get to the location and complete the job. There will be four encounter types - general skilling (resource gathering), special skilling (new Shooting Star and Evil Tree variants), general combat (killing NPC mobs) and special combat (new miniboss encounter with the King Black Dragon). Encounters can be tackled in groups and will scale to the number of players involved. If you win an encounter, you all get rewards! Now your threat level is up you can choose to leave the Wilderness, resetting your threat level, or risk staying longer in the area if you're feeling bold. Are you up to speed on the new Wilderness threat system, by the way? Here's the newspost if you need a refresher

REWARDS

• Wilderness Puzzle Box Upgrade:
  • Boosts to Brawling Gloves - increased XP boost in and outside the Wilderness.
• Extra loot chances
  • Special events (Evil Tree, Infernal Star and King Black Dragon) give out an extra reward bag that can contain: Draconic visage, Dragon Rider Boots and Gloves. Completing the KBD encounter gives a chance at Last Riders and pet. The chance for Last Riders is significantly improved.
• Obelisk Shards and Portable Obelisk:
  • Shard - A single use teleport that takes players to a random Wilderness obelisk. If the player has the hard Wilderness Tasks unlocked they'll be able to select which obelisk.
  • The Portable Obelisk is an infinite use version of the Shard.
• XP for completing events:
  • XP during the events will be token, but if a player 'wins' the encounter, they get a dollop of XP scaled to their appropriate level and their contribution.
• Obsidian Palmstones
  • Stackable inventory item that prevents Wilderness threat level from increasing after killing things/completing events.
• Alchemical Onyx Enchantments
  • A Dark Onyx Core will drop from special encounters that can be used to create three enchantments, one for each Alchemical Onyx item. These will be tradeable.
    • Grace of the Elves → Dark Facet of Grace (further reduce skill Prayer drain rate, hold more Porter Stacks)
    • Luck of the Dwarves → Dark Facet of Luck (chance to skip a clue step, chance to get double Reward Caskets, useful clue teleport to the Dwarven Outpost)
    • Passage of the Abyss → Dark Facet of Passage (infinite charges)

NEW ACHIEVEMENTS

Found in a new section in the activities category, Wilderness Flash Events. There are two new achievements for this update:

• Walk on the Wildy Side:
  • Tracks the number of events completed by the player.
  • T1 required for Puzzle Box reward, along with Civil War miniquests.
  • T3 required for Trim completion.
• Far-Reaching and Wild-Ranging:
  • Tracks completion of specific events.
  • Required for completion and teleport from hosts reward.
  • Only last event in a chain is required for the chain events.

THE EVENTS

So what's happening? Here's the full list, and what you'll have to do for those rewards.

Event type	Event name	Game loop
General skilling	Surprise Seedlings	Mutated flower seedlings spawn on the ground. Water them until they're fully grown. Harvest the fully grown flowers - some will be poisonous, and deal damage when interacted with.
General skilling	Butterfly Swarm	A flock of butterflies spawn. Catch the non-dangerous ones and avoid the dangerous ones - if you catch the dangerous ones (clue: they're a different colour) they'll sting you, dealing poison damage!
General skilling	Displaced Energy	Gather Displaced Energy.
General skilling	Unnatural Outcrop	A Corrupted Ore outcrop spawns. Mine it to deplete it.
General skilling	Lost Souls	Gather Ectoplasm from Ghosts. You can also kill Graveside Phantoms to gain Ectoplasm.
Special skilling	Evil Bloodwood Tree: Feed	Nurture the Evil Tree sapling! Harvest bones from nearby skeletons, crush them and feed them to the tree.
Special skilling	Evil Bloodwood Tree: Chop	The Tree roots attack nearby players - time to chop it down!
Special skilling	Evil Bloodwood Tree: Burn	The Tree dies: set it on fire to properly destroy it. Keep the bonfire burning until the remains are fully destroyed.
Special skilling	Infernal Star: Mine	Get to the centre of the fallen star! If the centre of the star isn't reached by the end of the event time, it despawns and the linked next event won't start.
Special skilling	Infernal Star: Fight	An aggressive swarm of Pyrefiends emerges from the centre of the star.
General combat	Forgotten Soldiers	A mob of Forgotten Warriors/Mages/Rangers spawns somewhere in the Wilderness.
General combat	Ramokee Incursion	A mob of Ramokee Deathslingers, Bloodragers, and Stormbringers spawns somewhere in the Wilderness.
General combat	Spider Swarm	A mob of Spiders (mixed type) spawn.
General combat	Hellhound Pack	A mob of Hellhounds spawn.
General combat	Demon Stragglers	A mob of Demons spawn somewhere in the Wilderness.
Special combat	King Black Dragon Rampage	The KBD is infuriated by the disturbances in the wilderness and needs to be defeated!

DAY ONE SCHEDULE

Launch day is October 17th 2022. The schedule from 11:00 Game Time is planned as follows:

Time (Game time)	Event
11:00	Spider Swarm
12:00	Unnatural Outcrop
13:00	Demon Stragglers
14:00	Butterfly Swarm
15:00	King Black Dragon Rampage
16:00	Forgotten Soldiers
17:00	Surprising Seedlings
18:00	Hellhound Pack
19:00	Infernal Star
20:00	Lost Souls
21:00	Ramokee Incursion
22:00	Displaced Energy
23:00	Evil Bloodwood Tree

YOUR SPOOKY SCHEDULE

We take spooky season seriously here at RuneScape, and this year's Halloween celebrations will run for two terrifying weeks from October 24th to November 6th. Visit Draynor Manor to get started.

NEW MINIQUEST

A mysterious woman has appeared at the Manor, and she seems a little too fascinated by vampyres. Sounds like an investigation to really get your teeth into! Speak with Death or Luna in the Manor grounds to begin the quest. Once you're done you'll be rewarded with a new outfit – the Vampyric Regalia – plus 1,000 Spooky Tokens and a +2% increase to the Spooky Time buff, for a potential total of 14%! (More on Spooky Time further down this post).

ACTIVITIES

Hark! A creaking coffin... Last year's activities are back from the dead! Earn Spooky Tokens by participating in your favourites. Each activity is linked to a different miniquest; if you completed the relevant quest in previous years the activity will be unlocked automatically.

FRAGMENTED SOULS

Help the four fragmented souls that are moving around the courtyard. Death is the host for this activity, so you must finish the Death miniquest first.

PLAGUE SOUP

Yum! Gather 25 of each type of vegetable using one of the three crates scattered around the area and turn them in at the cauldron. This activity is hosted by Pestilence, so make sure you finish the Pestilence miniquest first.

DOGGY BONES

Death's faithful hellhound wants a treat! Using Muncher's spade, search the graveyard area next to Death's Dogwalker for small and big bones. You'll need to finish the Death's Dogwalker miniquest first.

SHOOTING GALLERY

Use the three cannons to destroy the sea creatures that spawn in each of the three lanes. Ed's hosting this one, so you'll need to finish his miniquest first.

SKELETON INVASION

Quickly dispatch the ravenous skeletons that spawn in the area using the four abilities you unlocked during the miniquest! Greg's on hosting duties, so complete Greg's miniquest first.

SPOOKY HOUR

The Spooky Time buff is back! If you finish all of the Halloween miniquests, you will receive up to 14% more XP (2% for not completing any miniquests and an additional 2% for completing each miniquest). Spooky Time occurs every three hours, and each buffing session lasts an hour. Note: this buff is not available in Ironman mode.

REWARDS

HALLOWEEN DAILY REWARDS

Claim a Halloween reward every day when you log in for the first time! You can also collect your rewards by speaking with Death in the grounds of Draynor Manor. Note: Iron players are not eligible for daily rewards.

DEATH'S SPOOKY REWARD SHOP

Well it is Halloween, so naturally you'll be wanting a fabulous costume to frighten away any lurking evil spirits! Fortunately Death's Spooky Reward Shop has a cornucopia of creepy cosmetics this year – in fact there are now a whopping 20 items to collect! There are two brand new items, the Renegade Armour and Death's Death Mask, and the Web Cloak will be swishing back in stock too. Trade in your Spooky Tokens from the activities above to build your collection. We've also heard rumours of an eight-legged creature scuttling around the grounds of the Manor... maybe take a look around and see if you can find a new friend?

BOOSTS

Death and his pals have created some BOOsts to help you complete the various Halloween activities. Each boost can be purchased from the Spooky Reward Shop.

Buff Names	Activity	Details
BOOst - Famine's Feast	Plague Soup	Gather six ingredients at a time rather than three while gathering the correct ingredient.
BOOst - Frank's Fibula Finder	Doggy Bones	Discover bones from a longer distance.
BOOst - Death's Fastness	Fragmented Souls	Additional souls appear for you to help.
BOOst - War's Repeat	Skeleton Invasion	Ability cooldowns are reduced by 50%.
BOOst - Pests' Precision	Shooting Gallery	Increase the firing rate of the cannons.

TREASURE HUNTER: GRIM HARVEST

Grim Harvest is back with a bounty of monstrous cosmetics! Halloween is a time of mystery, intrigue and of course, costumes, so the latest incarnation of Grim Harvest is all about... masks! A set of three spooky face coverings - the Boolap Bag, Spooky Hare, and Spooky Ghost Masks - can be obtained via the Harvest Bonus. Plus, there's one more surprise - the new tradeable Purple Halloween Mask! You have a chance to find this Very Rare Reward with any Key used in Grim Harvest. In addition to the masks, every Key used will grant you H'oddments that you can use in the seasonal store. Goodies include the new Wraith Walk Override and a collection of past Yak Track rewards from Count Yakula's Yak Track. Fang-tastic.