Solomon's General Store

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The featured part of the store.

Concept art of Solomon

File:Squeal of Fortune Control Panel.png

Solomon's General Store is a micro-transaction-based store released on 17 July 2012. The store sells a variety of unique customisation skins, titles, hairstyles, and other items for the player to purchase. All transactions in the store are done with runecoins, which are purchased with real world money; however, every player is given 200 free runecoins from the start. All members are given a 10% discount on every item in the store.

The General Store shares its location on the interface with the Squeal of Fortune and customisation, in the bottom-left tab.

Shop stock

Packs

Image	Name	Cost	Members Cost	Contains	Other notes
File:Assassin outfit equipped.png	Assassin pack	1800	1620	Backflip emote, Assassin home teleport animation, Assassin title, Assassin outfit containing: mask, chest, legs, boots, gloves, cape and sword	The outfit does not show in PvP areas. You need to have a single-handed slashing sword equipped for the Assassin scimitar to appear.
File:Dwarven warsuit.png	Dwarven Warsuit pack	1800	1620	Robot dance and Thruster Stomp emotes, home teleport animation, The Mighty, Flyboy/Flygirl titles, Dwarven warsuit outfit containing: helm, chestplate, legwear, boots, gauntlets, sword, shield, crossbow.	The outfit does not show in PvP areas. Longsword required for dwarven longsword

Equipment

Image	Name	Cost	Info
	Achievement banner	Free: 1000 Members: 900	States details about the players account; is customisable. Does not show in PvP areas.

Titles

Name	Cost	Members Cost
[Name] the Handsome / Beautiful	100	90
The [Name]	100	90
[Name] the Skillful	84	76
[Name] the Suave / Elegant	80	72
[Name] the Hot	80	72
Doctor [Name]	70	63
[Name] the Intimidating	68	61
The Untouchable [Name]	60	54
The Mysterious [Name]	56	50
[Name] the Stylish	52	47
The Outrageous [Name]	48	43
Cheerful [Name]	20	18
Grumpy [Name]	20	18
[Name] the Thrifty	Free	Free
[Name] Junior	44	40
Mr/Mrs [Name]	60	54
Master/Miss [Name]	60	54
Esquire/Ms [Name]	60	54
[Name] the Wild	80	72

Services

Name	Cost	Members cost
Bank booster +50*	420	378
Dragon Keepsake Key	140	126
Dragon Keepsake Key 3 Pack	300	270
Dragon Keepsake Key 6 Pack	440	396

* Five identical bank boosters (Bank Booster 1 to Bank Booster 5) are available, allowing up to 250 extra bank spaces available.

Controversy

The store itself caused a great deal of controversy at launch, as the items are only obtained using real world money. Many players voiced concerns over further microtransactions, however, many others were pleased knowing that this store was purely cosmetic, unlike the Squeal of Fortune.

However, on 28 August 2012, a new wave of controversy was sparked with the release of Bank Boosters, which allowed players to add 50 more slots to their bank, up to 250 extra bank spaces. Some players saw this as a blatant disregard of Jagex's previous stance on real-world trading, allowing the purchase of what they believe to be an in-game advantage with real-world funds.

Jagex has responded by pointing out that the Bank Boosters will also be available for purchase with Loyalty Points, and that it gives an opportunity to non-members to grow their bank while still allowing members for "free" extra bank space. They have also been noted as saying that they do not consider the extra bank space an in-game advantage under their stance on microtransactions and real-world trading.

Gallery

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  Skill-Fu concept art

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  In game ad for the Skill Fu update.

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  Solomon's General Store Grand Opening banner

Trivia

• After 9 October, Jagex made it so that teleportation spells will have a random animation, chosen from those a player has bought, played when he or she chooses to teleport. This was suggested on the RuneScape Forums.<ref name="teleport-suggestion">RuneScape Forums: random animation idea.. Retrieved on October 10, 2012.</ref>

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