Mar 22, 2023

Quest Speedrunning Final Batch | Weekly Game Update (March 22nd)

Old School RuneScape - Mod_Alcyone

Attention speedy ‘Scapers: the final batch of Quest Speedrunning updates is here!

This week's update is smaller than most, so we wanted to take a moment to let you know that the team are working away behind the scenes. Next week you'll be able to get your hands on some upcoming Bounty Hunter rewards in beta worlds. When the Bounty Hunter rewards beta wraps up, you'll get the chance to experiment with some Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire rewards in another beta. If you're not feeling beta (sorry...) after reading that, perhaps the promise of three New Skill pitches in the very near future is something to look forward to!

With all that said, let's take a look at exactly what's changing in Gielinor this week.

Changelog - March 22nd

[expand type=show more]
Quest Speedrunning - Final Batch

Black Knights' Fortress and Dragon Slayer II have been fully added to Quest Speedrunning Worlds.
A Diamond time has been added to all quests in Quest Speedrunning. This doesn't give points but instead awards you a Diamond Trophy item for your main save. This is only equippable if you've completed the Diamond time for every available quest.

Other Changes

Party leaders in Tombs of Amascut can now promote other members of the party while the group is forming in the lobby.
Two new options have been added to the Settings menu's Chat section, allowing players to have permanently banned and permanently muted accounts removed from their Ignore lists. This check runs once per day.
It's no longer possible to redeem a Bond in the last three minutes before a server reboot.
Improved the wander range of brown bears, rogues and bandits within the Wilderness.
Changed the Desert Protection bonuses of various items.
Damage in Wintertodt will now visibly interrupt Fletching animations.
The grey, teal, yellow, purple and red boots are no longer members-only items, for consistency with the gloves from the same Canifis shop. Bring on your best fashionscape!
The Cemetery Teleport spell no longer pops up its Wilderness warning when clicked unless you're actually able to cast the spell, so misclicks will be less disruptive.
When using a gold bar on a furnace, you will no longer need to confirm you want to craft a Gold Tiara if the only mould you have on you is a tiara mould.
A typo has been corrected in the Curse of the Empty Lord miniquest journal.
A graphical issue with the 10th Birthday Balloons has now been fixed.

Golden Gnomes

Don't forget, we're hosting the 12th Annual Golden Gnomes on Twitch at 17:00, Friday March 24th!

PvP Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

560 - (UK) - PvP 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.

The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.
[/expand]

Quest Speedrunning Final Batch

Dragon Slayer II and Black Knights' Fortress are now out of Beta and ready for you on Quest Speedrunning Worlds!

That will be the last of our promised Quest Speedrunning updates, but don’t worry, we'll still be adding more in the future, just at less regular intervals.

Quest Speedrunning Worlds allow you to replay some of Old School's most iconic quests with the aim of completing them as quickly as possible. You're given stats and any items required for each quest and will earn points depending on how quickly you finish. As you might expect, faster times (such as Platinum or Diamond times) reward more points, which can be exchanged for main-game cosmetics such as the Adventurer's outfit or Speedy teleport Scroll - just visit Eliza in Varrock Square to claim your fast fashionscape!

If you're looking for some handy resources to help get you started, we'd recommend checking out the OSRS Wiki page (where you can even find speedrun guides for each of the quests) or the Quest Speedrunning Discord.

Here's everything you need to know about this final batch:

Black Knights' Fortress

Stats

30 Agility
Base 10 combat stats

Miscellaneous

12 Quest Points (given via miscellaneous quests)

Items Provided

300 Coins
3 Energy potions
5 Tuna

Trophy Times

Bronze - 8:30
Silver - 7:00
Gold - 6:00
Platinum - 5:30
Diamond - 5:00

Dragon Slayer II

Quests Completed

Legends' Quest
Dream Mentor
A Tail of Two Cats
Animal Magnetism
Ghosts Ahoy
Bone Voyage
Client of Kourend
Recipe for Disaster
The Fremennik Exiles
King's Ransom
Knight Waves Training Grounds
Barbarian Firemaking Training

Stats

70 Smithing
68 Mining
62 Crafting
80 Agility
70 Thieving
50 Construction
Base 95 combat stats

Miscellaneous

200 Quest Points (given via miscellaneous quests)
A POH in Yanille

Items Provided

50,000 Coins
3 Stamina potions
5 Sharks
4 Saradomin brews
2 Super restore potions
15 Teleport to house tablets
Anti-venom+
Catspeak Amulet(e)
Ghostspeak Amulet
Seal of Passage
Lunar Staff
Abyssal Whip
Dragon Defender
Bandos Chestplate
Bandos Tassets
Primordial Boots
Neitiznot Faceguard
Fire Cape
Amulet of Fury
Berserker Ring (i)
Barrows Gloves
500 Ruby Bolts

Items in Bank

500 Runite Bolts
100 Diamond Bolts
Dragon Hunter Crossbow
Armadyl Chainskirt
Armadyl Chestplate
Armadyl Helmet
Archers Ring (i)
Ava's Accumulator
Salve Amulet (ei)
Anti-Dragon Shield
Sarachnis Cudgel
Dragonstone
16 Super restore potions
24 Saradomin brews
35 Sharks
9 Stamina potions

Trophy Times

Bronze - 140:00
Silver - 110:00
Gold - 90:00
Platinum - 80:00
Diamond - 70:00

As an extra twist, we've added Diamond Times to all the current quests available on QSR Worlds. These don't offer any additional points but achieving all of the Diamond times on every available quest will snag you an exclusive Diamond Trophy for your main account.

A hefty prize for the fastest runners among you. It looks pretty heavy - hopefully, you've been working on those arms alongside your speedrun cardio!

This item can be equipped, so you can really flex how fast of a spacebar speedster you truly are. In the manner of Quest Cape, Music Cape and other similar items, when new content is released you'll need to achieve any new Diamond Times in order to equip the item. Good luck!

Finally, we've introduced some techniques to prevent players getting a headstart on speedruns by performing actions before the quest begins. Namely, ashes and hunter traps can no longer be obtained by lighting a fire or placing a hunter trap before starting your run - meaning you'll have to route them into your run instead!

Other Changes

We've changed the Desert Protection bonuses of a variety of items:

Circlet of Water

+12s

Slave shirt

+6s

Slave robe

+6s

Slave boots

+3s

Kharidian headpiece

+12s

Desert disguise

+12s

Robe of Elidinis

+12s

Robe of Elidinis

+12s

Fez

+12s

Desert top

+12s

Menaphite purple top

+12s

Menaphite purple robe

+12s

Menaphite purple kilt

+12s

Menaphite red top

+12s

Menaphite red robe

+12s

Menaphite red kilt

+12s

Two new options have been added to the Settings menu's Chat section, allowing players to have permanently banned and permanently muted accounts removed from their Ignore lists.

The option for removing banned accounts is enabled by default, whereas the option for removing muted accounts is disabled by default. The check runs quietly once per day, rather than checking continually, so as to avoid excessive load on the chat system.

We've also got a few smaller changes to finish:

Party leaders in Tombs of Amascut can now promote other members of the party while the group is forming in the lobby.
It's no longer possible to redeem a Bond in the last three minutes before a server reboot.
We've improved the wander range of brown bears, rogues and bandits within the Wilderness. This should make it easier to use your Dwarf multicannon and/or Ice barrage for some of your Wilderness Slayer tasks.
Damage in Wintertodt will now visibly interrupt Fletching animations.
The grey, teal, yellow, purple and red boots are no longer members-only items, for consistency with the gloves from the same Canifis shop. Bring on your best fashionscape!
The Cemetery Teleport spell no longer pops up its Wilderness warning when clicked unless you're actually able to cast the spell, so misclicks will be less disruptive.
When using a gold bar on a furnace, you will no longer need to confirm you want to craft a Gold Tiara if the only mould you have on you is a tiara mould.
A typo has been corrected in the Curse of the Empty Lord miniquest journal.
A graphical issue with the 10th Birthday Balloons has now been fixed.

Golden Gnomes

We're only a couple of days away from the 12th Annual Golden Gnomes, and thousands of you have voted for your favourite video makers, streamers, artists and cosplayers, out of the talented finalists.

So, who did you pick? Join us for a spectacular livestream extravaganza over on Twitch at 17:00 GMT, Friday March 24th!

Crack the Clue Hints

This week's hint from Woox is for the clue obtained from a ghost.

PvP World Rota

The PvP rota has moved to Period A:

539 - (US) - PvP 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. The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

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

Mods Arcane, Archie, Argo, Ash, Ayiza, Boko, Bruno, Chilly, Crystal, Curse, Daizong, Dylan, Ed, Elena, Errol, Fed, Gecko, Gizmo, Goblin, Grub, Halo, Hend, Hornet, Husky, Jalo, Keyser, Kieren, Kirby, Kurotou, Lenny, Light, Mack, Markos, Maylea, Meat, Moogle, Morty, Nin, Nylu, Other, Redfield, Regent, Roq, Ry, Sarnie, Shroom, Sigma, Skylark, Soffan, Sova, Squid, Starry, Stevew, Surma, Sween, Tide, Titus, Torrance, Tyran, Veda, Vegard, West & Wolfy

The Old School Team.