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==2009==

===December===
*[[23 December]]
**The first RuneScape Newsletter, named RuneScape Courier, has been sent to players who have confirmed their e-mail address.
*[[21 December]]
**[[Nomad]] received a graphical update.
**All imp chatheads (snow and fire) received a graphical update.
**[[Zimberfizz]] in [[Soul Wars]] now has the same options as [[Nomad]] does.
*[[15 December]]
**All cape holders, when moused over now reveal which capes the player may receive.
**[[Chickens]] now lay eggs randomly while not under attack.
**A [[bank deposit box]] has been added to the [[Port Sarim]] docks near the boat to [[Entrana]].
**Ball of wool received a graphical update
**[[Father Urhney]], [[Ghost (monster)|ghosts]], and some ghost related objects now have a graphic of a Ghost's head in the examine box indicating that you will need an [[amulet of Ghostspeak]] to talk to them.
**[[Black sheep]], [[Black Wool|Black Wool,]] and [[Ball of black wool]] were put in [[Lumbridge]] for the quest [[Sheep Shearer]].
**Some songs have a [[Honky Tonky]] version that can be played in various bars.
*[[8 December]]
**The welcome screen (initial page for first-timers) now displays a random tip.
*[[5 December]]
**A red skull was added on the [[Canoe]] interface in the [[Chaos Tunnel]] location.
*[[3 December]]
**The Home Page was updated so that the player counter was changed from a number such as 123456 to 123,456.
**The in-game font is changed.
**A new [[fairy ring]] is introduced to the [[Ancient Cavern]].
**Typing Alt + 0151 no longer creates the 0-pixel character. It is now replaced with a dash (-). This makes it impossible to type in capital letters by placing this character between characters in words. The different floating style Easter egg with Wave2: is also impossible to be done.
**[[Donie]] has been added back to [[Lumbridge]].
**[[Kuradal]], a [[Slayer Master]], now appears randomly in Slayer locations.

===November===
*[[11 November]]
** The [[Grim reaper hood]] icon is updated again.
** Moderator crowns are now visible in ''[[RuneScape Classic]]''
*[[9 November]]
** Idle animations have been slightly updated, and the player can see their animations turned off when in a crowded area.
** [[Skeleton]]s' attacking animations and sounds are slightly enhanced.

===October===
*[[26 October]]
** The beta version of the [[Adventurer's Log]] is released.
** Rocks near the [[Kandarin]] monastery are updated.
*[[20 October]]
**Animations of burying [[bones]], going down ladders, filling leaks in [[Fishing Trawler]], etc. have been smoothed out.
**Players hold certain [[weapon]]s, such as all [[hatchet]]s, all [[pickaxe]]s, etc. with a slight slant.
**Idle animations have been slightly tweaked.
*[[13 October]]
**You will log out after five minutes of inactivity even in combat, thus getting rid of [[Afk]] training.
**The [[training sword]]s' inventory icon was changed, yet again.
**Training weapons now have a drop option that acts like a destroy option.
*[[7 October]]
**The [[Items kept on death]], [[Price Checker]], and [[Equipment Stats]] tabs are slightly tweaked.
*[[2 October]]
**There is now a shortcut on the main page of ''RuneScape'' to the RSS feed.

===September===
*[[23 September]]
**The gates at Barbarian Village (now known as [[Gunnarsgrunn]]) have been reduced to one pair, with the one besides the guards remaining.
*[[20 September]]
**The thinking problem of cooking on [[stove]]s has returned. See the part in 17 September 2009.
*[[17 September]]
**The [[Grand Exchange]] staff has been halved to reduce duplicate options which appeared when players right clicked.
**[[Shortsword|Swords]], [[two-handed sword]]s, and [[scimitar]]s animations and models have been updated. Please notice that [[rune scimitar]]s and [[dragon scimitar]]s, as well as [[rune longsword]]s, [[dragon longsword]]s, and the attacking animation of the [[Abyssal whip]] have once again been updated.
**Animation of [[rat]] is updated.
**The ability to view quest starts on the quest list is removed.
**The [[Doomsayer]] has moved onto a box.
**The wooden bridge crossing the [[River Lum]] in [[Lumbridge]] now has a roof.
**The [[Lumbridge Sage]] now has a completely blue staff, and stays beside his stall reading a book.
**The doors behind [[Lumbridge Castle]] can't be closed anymore.
**The [[Fishing bait|bait]] and [[fly fishing]] animations have been updated.
**Players no longer cook food towards the coal gate, but towards the heat pan when cooking on a [[Stove]].
**Clicking the [[compass]] makes the camera angle face north and lowers the angle viewing.
**It is now possible to right click private messaged quickchat, and use quickreply.
**The bridge connecting the Barbarian Village (now known as [[Gunnarsgrunn]]) to [[Varrock]] now has a gate and a roof.
**There is now a gap in the wall north of the [[Cooking Guild]], making it easier to reach the [[Grand Exchange]] from [[Edgeville]].
*[[9 September]]
**[[Pickaxe]]'s graphics been updated.
**Attack animations for [[battleaxe]]s, [[warhammer]]s, [[mace]]s, [[pickaxe]]s and [[maul]] class weapons have changed.
*[[2 September]]
**[[Tormented Wraith]]s cannot be safe spotted anymore.
**Four [[Mobilising armies]] worlds were added as well as disabling you to play Mobilising Armies on any other world.
**There is a small "flying camera" icon on the bottom-left of the login screen. When toggled on, it rotates around several places.
**The [[Trouble Brewing]] Mini-game shop rewards have nearly all their prices reduced to 1/10th the original cost of [[Pieces of Eight]].
*Unknown date
**[[Rock hammer]] animation has been updated.

===August===
*[[23 August]]
** The sound for all [[Two-handed sword]]s are changed.

===July===
* [[28 July]]
** The sound for the [[Abyssal whip|whip]] was changed.
** [[Bandos icon]] was changed into [[Bandos Scrimshaw]].
** [[Master farmer]]s receive a graphical makeover.
** [[Tools for Games]] icon was added on the Minimap.
** The first shortcut in the [[Fremennik Slayer Dungeon]] (which requires 81 [[Agility]]) was changed to a chasm which has to be jumped over.
** The birds that appear over your head when stunned have received a graphics update.
** A [[Anvil|Smithing anvil]] now shows spark animation when hammering a metal bar on it.
*[[21 July]]
** [[Killerwatt]]s receive a graphical makeover.
*[[15 July]]
**When you are [[poisoned]], the life points icon will be green with an option to cure, assuming you have something to cure it. When you are diseased, it will turn yellow.
*[[8 July]]
** [[Broad-tipped bolts]] in-game image changed.
** [[Prayer]] icon now appears under health bar.
** Sound effects for [[Greater demon]]s had changed.
** The font is changed.
** [[Spirit tree]] teleport interface is updated.
** you now run across the rope bridge short-cut regardless if your run is on or not.
*Unknown date
**The "give to" option in [[Stealing Creation]] is changed to "trade with".
** An endless fire is added to [[Edgeville Dungeon]].

===June===
*[[16 June]]
** Female characters resting sit with their legs straight out instead of crossed.
*[[14 June]]
** Hit Splats are less transparent, and more visible.
*[[11 June]]
** Players can no longer light fires in the [[Party Room]]; they will receive the message, "Lighting a fire in the party room would be a safety hazard!".
*[[9 June]]
** New servers, based in India, are added.
** The [[Forgotten Cemetery]] received a makeover similar to the [[Graveyard of Shadows]].
*[[2 June]]
**Zookeepers at [[Ardougne Zoo]] have received a makeover.
*Unknown date
** The health bar no longer changes shades.
** The climb up/climb down options on the rope bridge short-cut through the [[Mort Myre Swamp]] have been replaced with one "Climb" option, and you no longer have to click on every square to move past it, as it is now done by itself.

===May===
*[[27 May]]
**The picture of the flag on the [[minimap]] is changed.
**The globe-picture under the [[minimap]] is changed.
**A new option was added to the key to the [[world map]] to rearrange icons.
**[[Trollheim]] is no longer a hotzone on [[PvP world]]s.
**The [[Lumbridge Guide]] has received a makeover, and his position has been moved.
**[[Submarine]]s are peeking out of the water along the coast of various places.
*[[19 May]]
**[[Worlds]] 35, 45, 62, 80, 89 and 167 are no longer [[Bounty Worlds]].
*[[6 May]]
** [[Redberry seed]] image in the [[Grand Exchange]] on the website no longer has an image.
*Unknown date
**The sound is different when the leprechaun magic is banking your logs.

===April===
* [[28 April]]
** [[Heal Other]] cannot be cast on another player in a single combat zone, even if they have turned [[Accept Aid]] on. [[Vengeance other]] and [[Energy transfer]] still works.
** The sound for [[High Level Alchemy]] is changed.
* [[21 April]]
** When getting a killcount in the [[God Wars Dungeon]] the god's name will turn blue once you have the amount of kills to go to the boss room.
** Gemstone rocks in [[Shilo Village]] receive a graphical update.
* [[14 April]] In the [[quest]] interface, the quest [[While Guthix Sleeps]] is now changed to Grandmaster if you choose to sort the quests by difficulty. It previously was in Master.
* [[8 April]]
**The [[highwaymen]] have had a graphical update.
* [[1 April]]
** The [[Rest]] option on the run button was removed.
* Unknown date
** [[Maple logs]] on [[Miscellania]] are changed, taking many more to get respect back up.
** The inventory image for the [[dragon medium helmet]] has been recoloured to match the colour spectrum of other dragon equipment.
** The Non-combat zone barrier now looks different in FFA Clan Wars.
** The [[Guards]] around [[Varrock]] have new attacking and dying animations.

===March===
* [[25 March]]
** The run button close to the minimap has a new look.
**An option to rest has been added to the run option near the minimap. When using this a message stating "Coming Soon..." appears in the textbox.
**[[Giant Rat]]s received a graphical update.
* [[17 March]]
**The [[Dharok's Greataxe]] received yet another update, and is held just like the [[TzHaar-Ket-Om]], where 2 hands hold it instead of being held straight in the air.
* [[3 March]]
** The [[TzHaar-Ket-Om]] is once again changed to now be held with two hands, versus the standard one while it sits on the player's shoulder. The Dharok's Greataxe is now held straight up in the air; before, the Greataxe was held on the shoulder.
** The Protection Prayers will randomly make a sound when they block an attack.
* [[1 March]]: The Grand Exchange Beta Page updated images to correctly respond to the newly graphical version in-game. Images include those such as the [[Dragon Platebody]].

===February===
* [[25 February]]
** The [[Burthorpe Games Room]] now allows [[random event]]s to occur.
** [[Shades]] have been added to the 4th level of the [[Stronghold of Security]].
** Mime [[emote]]s are updated to abide to the new graphics engine along with the [[zombie dance]] and [[zombie walk]] emotes.
** [[Black demon]]s in the [[Edgeville dungeon]] now drop [[charms]].
** All leprechauns received a graphical update.
* [[13 February]]: The keg from the top of [[Lumbridge castle]] is replaced by a normal barrel without a tap.
* [[10 February]]
** The [[Seer's Headband]] is updated with different graphics for each stage.
** The High-Detail Login page now shows an image of the [[Soul Obelisk]] from the newly released game, [[Soul Wars]].
** At the top of the stairs where the [[greater demon]]s are in [[Brimhaven dungeon]], there is a new portal that seems to work like the stairs.
** The [[Dragon Platebody]] 2D icon has been changed and elbows were added to the platebody.
** Additional NPCs are added to the login screens featuring [[Al-Kharid]], [[East Ardougne]], [[Oo'glog]] and [[Varrock]].
* Unknown date
** The account creation interface is changed to allow users to input information more easily.

===January===
* [[27 January]]
** [[Rubber chicken]]s are updated to abide with the new graphics engine.
** Changed different text messages for some treasure clues through RuneScape.
** [Check date] Along with the World Map upgrade (You are here), a new zoom level is introduced (200%). Upon the day of release, this map had a bug that caused icons to stay small when zooming in further, which caused much chaos.
* [[26 January]] [check date]: The [[farming]] skill guide interface is changed to show the protection price of crops when clicked on.
* [[20 January]]: The collection interface of [[Kingdom Management]] was changed.
* [[16 January]]: The hidden update from 13 January was reversed, you can now drop members items on free-to-play worlds again.
* [[15 January]]: Now, when talking in private chat, you can right click something you've written to message the other player, while as previously you could only click the friends message.
* [[13 January]]: While playing on a Free-to-play server, the "drop" option for Member's items in a player's inventory has been removed.
* [[6 January]]
** Flatpacked furniture was removed from [[Treasure Trails]] rewards for all levels (Need verification-From Treasure Trails page).
** A few hours after the release of the [[phoenix familiar]] the create experience for making the pouch was lowered from 614 to 301.8.
* [[5 January]]
** In the [[Grab the Evil Twin]] [[Random event]] the twin OR the innocent civilian will say "You're putting me in prison?!" when you grab her.
** [[Ectophial]] teleport changed to look like normal teleports, but a slimy green colour instead of the normal blue teleport colour.
** Ectophial's "[[drop]]" option was replaced with a "[[destroy]]" option.

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