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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;==2008==&lt;br /&gt;
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===December===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[16 December]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The game now shows a more informative message when operating a [[dragonstone]] jewellery with zero charges.&lt;br /&gt;
**When you see [[cutscene]]s you can&amp;#039;t change the view by pressing on the arrows, you&amp;#039;ll have to wait until the cutscene is over.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[9 December]]&lt;br /&gt;
**Disciple of the Devourer is renamed [[Lapalok]].&lt;br /&gt;
**The walking boundaries of [[Tormented Demons]] is changed, making the area considerably more dangerous, considering it is now more likely multiple demons would attack the player.&lt;br /&gt;
**The room above the [[Edgeville]] General Store is changed.&lt;br /&gt;
**The layout of the Equipment Stats screen is changed.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[4 December]] &lt;br /&gt;
**If a player&amp;#039;s [[life points]] falls below 25%, the sound effect of a heartbeat is heard.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Lumbridge]] [[General store]] had 2 doors. Note: If you open the door to the east from the inside it won&amp;#039;t work.&lt;br /&gt;
**Most curse words have been blocked on the [[RuneScape France|French]] servers, of which were originally uncensored.&lt;br /&gt;
**The water of the fountain at [[Varrock]] Square is reworked. The water is now more blue and shiny and some animated ripples were added on the water.&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Corporeal Beast]] lair is changed. One of the noticeable changes is that there&amp;#039;s a peek option at the entrance of the area.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===November===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[26 November]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Fight Arena (building)|Fight Arena]], [[Battlefield]] and [[Legends&amp;#039; Guild|The Legends&amp;#039; Guild]] receives a makeover.&lt;br /&gt;
**A player is no longer able to do [[Give Thanks]] while under attack.&lt;br /&gt;
**Several additional scenes are added to the [[RuneScape HD|High Definition]] log-in screen, including the [[Dragon forge]], [[West Ardougne|West]] and [[East Ardougne]]. &amp;lt;!--Several more, please add them.--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[24 November]]&lt;br /&gt;
**Sheep [[examine]] texts are changed.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[11 November]]&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Woodcutting]] action animations are changed.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Port Sarim]] receives a makeover.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Wise Old Man]] is removed from [[Clan Wars]] arena.&lt;br /&gt;
**When activating [[LootShare]] on a non-LootShare world, it only uses up 2 lines of dialogue.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===October===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[31 October]] &lt;br /&gt;
**When doing the [[Trick]] emote, a player&amp;#039;s weapon and shield no longer appears.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[28 October]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The banner at the top of the RuneScape website changes between day and night settings at specific times of the day.&lt;br /&gt;
**The once slippery stairs in the [[Ancient Cavern]] now allows access to a new room with three metallic dragon heads and 10 [[anvil]]s, also the [[Ancient Cavern|mithril door]] can now be tried to be opened but the player will be pushed out again before entering. (The area with the metallic dragon heads is now confirmed as the [[Dragon forge]] as of the release of the [[While Guthix Sleeps]] quest.)&lt;br /&gt;
**An [[Armadyl]] messenger appears and delivers the player urgent information in an [[Armadyl communiqué]].&lt;br /&gt;
**When standing, the character&amp;#039;s right leg is placed slightly forward, just like before the graphical update.&lt;br /&gt;
**Monsters hit sound effects are changed on specific [[NPC]]s. (i.e. [[Grizzly bear]], [[Unicorn]], etc.)&lt;br /&gt;
**Cooking action animations are changed.&lt;br /&gt;
**There is a huge gap in the Emotes interface under the [[Trick]] emote. (This gap has been replaced with a new emote.)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[21 October]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The &amp;quot;+ [[Summoning]] level&amp;quot; does not show up in [[F2P]] worlds anymore. Players can only see this at the [[Bounty Hunter]] area and [[PvP worlds]].&lt;br /&gt;
*[[17 October]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The word &amp;quot;level&amp;quot; is changed from white to green, yellow, orange, or red depending on the [[Combat level]] of the player.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[16 October]] &lt;br /&gt;
**Right-click options where &amp;quot;lvl-&amp;quot; could be seen, are replaced with &amp;quot;lvl:&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[15 October]] &lt;br /&gt;
**Melee sound effects for weapons (such as [[scimitar]]s, [[longsword]]s, [[shortsword]]s, and [[dagger]]s) while attacking are enhanced.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===September===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[29 September]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Grim reaper hood]] image has a minor graphical update.&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Graveyard of Shadows]] has a minor graphical update prior to the new quest. [[Gravestone]]s are updated with more colours, and the dirt is now 3D. A statue of the [[Grim reaper]] is also added.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[9 September]] &lt;br /&gt;
**[[Spirit shard]]s are made tradeable in the [[Grand Exchange]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===August===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[19 August]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Energy|run energy]] meter on the left of the [[minimap]] is made so that it can be toggled &amp;quot;On&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Off&amp;quot; by clicking on the icon. It turns a bright yellow/gold colour when toggled &amp;quot;On&amp;quot;. In addition, the following were mentioned on the forums by Mod Osborne, in reference to [[The Great Orb Project]]:&lt;br /&gt;
**Players are now able to sign up for the activity with any of the wizard apprentices.&lt;br /&gt;
**Players can now sign up to whichever team currently has the least players.&lt;br /&gt;
**If a game lacks enough players, it will instantly finish.&lt;br /&gt;
**Reward tokens are given whether players win, lose, or draw, based upon how well they&amp;#039;ve done.&lt;br /&gt;
**A number of useful phrases has been added to [[Quick Chat]] for this activity.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[8 August]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The detail choices of [[RuneScape]] and [[RuneScape High Detail]] switches in size, so that the old version of RuneScape has the larger sized box than RuneScape HD.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Tzhaar-ket-om]] (Obsidian maul) and [[Dharok&amp;#039;s greataxe]] are updated so that they are held on the shoulder again.&lt;br /&gt;
**Restoring the [[life points]], [[Prayer]], and [[Energy]] to full when players brought an offending item, entered the wrong crater, or entered in a different world in [[Bounty Hunter]] is fixed. To restore the levels, players must enter the crater suitable for their level.&lt;br /&gt;
**Almost every emote with a glitch are fixed, including the infamous Bounty Hunter Skull [[glitch]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===July===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[14 July]] &lt;br /&gt;
**Dying and &amp;quot;getting hit&amp;quot; sound effects is updated for human NPCs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===June===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[25 June]] &lt;br /&gt;
**A (-/+) option is added above the categories dividing the [[official forums]]. (-) to hide the category of that forum, and (+) to show it.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[5 June]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The word &amp;quot;dwelling&amp;quot; in the examine info for the [[Swamp titan|Swamp Titan]] is changed to the more appropriate &amp;quot;duelling.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===April===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[22 April]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The message &amp;quot;RuneScape is loading, please wait...&amp;quot; is added above the loading bar while loading the game.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[9 April]] &lt;br /&gt;
**An &amp;quot;Empty&amp;quot; option is added to [[basket]]s and [[sack]]s&lt;br /&gt;
*[[1 April]] &lt;br /&gt;
**Jagex releases a [[Dragon kite]] as an April Fools&amp;#039; Day joke, which players thought was a real [[Dragon kiteshield]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===March===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[18 March]] &lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Ranged]] attack of the [[Cockroach soldier]] is increased to be about the same as the melee attack.&lt;br /&gt;
*Unknown date&lt;br /&gt;
**The [[Zombie Hand]] emote now may be done while in [[Monkey Greegrees|monkey]] form.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===February===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[14 February]]&lt;br /&gt;
**The safe spot for [[Commander Zilyana]] is removed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===January===&lt;br /&gt;
*[[1 January]] &lt;br /&gt;
**Snow from the [[snowglobe]] can no longer be created in the [[Clan Wars]] arena.&lt;br /&gt;
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