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	<title>Hidden updates/2001–2007 - Revision history</title>
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		<title>imported&gt;Smith ghast4 at 00:01, 10 October 2012</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==2007==&lt;br /&gt;
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===December===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[18 December]]&lt;br /&gt;
**A [[Vulture egg]] is added as a drop from [[Vulture]]s and [[Raven egg]]s were able to be acquired from bird&amp;#039;s nests.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[18 December]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Yanille Petshop]] is released, but access is denied for a month.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===November===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[12 November]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The graphics for the [[Gnome scarf]] is changed again.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[12 November]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Goblin High Priest]] [[miniquest]] was released.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[5 November]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The graphics for the [[Gnome scarf]] is changed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===September===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[20 September]]&lt;br /&gt;
**All zeroes in the RuneScape games are updated to have a line through them to help distinguish them from capital Os.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Flight Kilisa]] no longer drops only God Wars items.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===August===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[28 August]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Two-handed sword]]s are now held to the shoulder.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===July===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[5 July]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wikipedia:Unicode|Unicode]] characters can now be used in-game, using Alt+number shortcuts built into Windows. For example, (Alt-0254) becomes þ.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Barrelchest anchor]] attack style is changed to a [[mace]] style.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===June===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[26 June]]&lt;br /&gt;
** Loading and connection messages appears in the upper-left corner of the game applet.&lt;br /&gt;
** The scroll bar on the chat box is updated.&lt;br /&gt;
** Items now do not &amp;#039;flash&amp;#039; when they are unequipped, in the way that they do when they are used on one another.&lt;br /&gt;
** Players are not allowed to go beyond the first floor of [[Melzar&amp;#039;s Maze]] after the quest. The quest is also extended slightly, and there is a Music track added.&lt;br /&gt;
** Large monsters are able to move diagonally. This disrupts former safespots and safespot [[luring]].&lt;br /&gt;
*[[2 June]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The graphics for [[Rabbit snare]]s is changed.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**The location where [[Jagex]] stores data on a [[player]]&amp;#039;s computer is changed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===May===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[30 May]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Broken shield]]s from the [[Shield of Arrav]] quest can no longer be sold in shops or noted.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[16 May]]&lt;br /&gt;
**It is reported that the new [[Lunar spell]]s are changed so the rate of levelling up was slowed.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[14 May]]&lt;br /&gt;
**4 new worlds (numbered 141-144) are added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===April===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[17 April]]&lt;br /&gt;
**Players may now walk and [[High Level Alchemy|alchemise items]] at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[15 April]]&lt;br /&gt;
**Players can no longer stand on the same square as the [[Evil Chicken]] to avoid attack, it says: &amp;quot;Bwuk! Get off me!&amp;quot; and throws the character off the square.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===March===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[27 March]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The in-game world switching interface is slimmed down.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[King Roald]]&amp;#039;s graphics are improved.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[13 March]]&lt;br /&gt;
** Players are able to use capitals in the middle of a sentence.&lt;br /&gt;
** Switching [[Prayer]] during combat will no longer cause the [[player]] to stop attacking the [[monster]].&lt;br /&gt;
** A search feature is added next to the Manual link in the RuneScape website.&lt;br /&gt;
** Switching attack methods will no longer cause the [[player]] to stop attacking the [[monster]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===February===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[7 February]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Ardougne Zoo]] walls are changed from traditional rock colour to marble, similar to the style of houses in [[Falador]].&lt;br /&gt;
*[[28 Feburary]]&lt;br /&gt;
**When [[The Fremennik Isles]] quest was released, an NPC used the word &amp;quot;damn&amp;quot;, which Jagex considers offensive. Later, it is changed to &amp;quot;blasted&amp;quot; instead. For some reason, recent updates such as the [[Party Demon]] and the [[Stolen Hearts]] quest use the word &amp;quot;damn&amp;quot; unchanged.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Shadow Sword]] [[miniquest]] is released.&lt;br /&gt;
**Players no longer need to go through a message while entering [[Mort Myre]]. When the food rots while being attacked by a [[Ghast]], it only takes up one line of dialogue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===January===&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**The granite area of the desert is changed so that players need [[waterskin]]s whilst [[mining]] there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==2006==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===December===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[12 December]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The witch in [[Draynor Manor]] can now be talked to (due to the [[Animal Magnetism]] quest).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===October===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[18 October]]&lt;br /&gt;
**Players failing to [[Thieving|pickpocket]] would get a twittering sound effect after being hit by an NPC.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===July===&lt;br /&gt;
*Mid-July&lt;br /&gt;
**Members can no longer tan [[dragonhide]]s on free worlds.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===May===&lt;br /&gt;
*31 May&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Sawdust]] was added to the game in response to a [[Postbag from the Hedge]] letter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==2005==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[23 August]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Wise Old Man]]&amp;#039;s bank robbery [[cutscene]] is added to the game.&lt;br /&gt;
*A 30-second wait was attached to world switching&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==2004==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Members object]]s can no longer be alchemised on the free worlds.&lt;br /&gt;
*The thickness of the gate connecting [[Taverley]] and [[Falador]] is increased.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==2002==&lt;br /&gt;
*The screen would randomly jump around slightly - this was to prevent macro use&lt;br /&gt;
*[[2002 Easter event]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[2002 Halloween event]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[2002 Christmas event]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==2001==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[2001 Halloween event]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[2001 Christmas event]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Hiddenupdates}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Updates]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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