Update:Patch Notes (7 February 2012)
These official Patch Notes are copyrighted by Jagex. It is a direct quote from the forums of the RuneScape website.
These Patch Notes were announced on 7 February 2012.
These Patch Notes were announced on 7 February 2012.
The following small fixes and adjustments have now been made to the game. If you spot any further bugs in-game, please use the Bug Report feature.
Graphical:
- The whirlpool at the entrance to the Ancient Cavern is now visible on all graphical modes.
- The magical shield on the top of the Watchtower no longer flickers.
- Climbing Trollheim shortcuts now functions correctly when under attack.
- Grinding a birds nest then chopping ivy now faces you in the correct direction.
- Some graphical abnormalities in the ocean around Neitiznot have been fixed.
- The Taskmaster emote can no longer be interrupted by playing another emote.
- Spiky vambraces have returned to their normal colour.
- Summoning and dismissing familiars no longer causes the familiar to reappear.
- Crafting a Dramen branch no longer appears as a Dramen staff in the crafting interface.
- Ariane is no longer wearing Dungeoneering robes during Troll Warzone.
- The "putting logs into beacon" animation from All Fired Up has been updated.
- The interface for cutting sapphires now shows an uncut sapphire.
- Female Saxon shoes no longer stretch whilst running.
- The Blisterwood staff no longer causes player hands to glow when performing certain Agility animations.
- Savant's chathead is no longer too big for the chat window.
- Players no longer occasionally float when riding in a minecart.
- Destroying Dungeoneering binds now uses the updated chat UI interface.
- The spike pit on the Barbarian Agility course is no longer partially occluded.
- Animations in the Artisan Workshop now uses the correct hammer.
- Stacks of Fellstalk seeds now appear the same colour as a single Fellstalk seed.
- The Quest cape animation has been improved to place the player inside the glowing effect.
- Count Draynor's death animation is no longer overridden by using the Vine whip's special attack.
- An old message box in Giant Dwarf has been updated.
- The Fishing skillcape animation has been updated to not clip with the ground.
- Spirit warrior's wielding maces no longer attack as if they're not holding a weapon.
- Luminescent icefiends now always play their freezing animation.
- Several more bloom-related fixes have been implemented.
- The Christmas seal emote no longer snaps.
Quests & Tasks:
- The altars in the Tower of Life all now function off of a left-click option.
- The Nature spirit grotto has had some obsolete options removed.
- Some repeatable content is now available to all players after the reworked Death Plateau is complete.
- The Bartender from Rocking Out no longer recognises the player without a disguise after A Void Dance.
- The Spirit realm version of the Rogues' Castle now functions correctly.
- A typo from the General malpractitioner in A Clockwork Syringe has been fixed.
- A typo in the Do No Evil quest journal has been fixed.
- Cutscenes in Garden of Tranquility no longer use fixed-rate chat windows.
- Some typos in the Shades of Mort'ton quest has been fixed.
- Troll Stronghold now requires 30 Thieving, instead of recommending the level.
- Clicking out of a cutscene in Do No Evil no longer leaves the screen black.
- Players are no longer offered 3k coins in Recruitment Drive as the Makeover Mage is now free.
- A spade has been placed to allow players to dig with a spade in a toolbelt as part of Olaf's quest.
Skills & Minigames:
- It is now possible to use Disruption Shield in a Duel.
- Gravestones now appear outside of the cyclops room in the Warriors' Guild.
- It is once again possible to collect-x bandages in Soul Wars.
- Ghasts in Temple Trekking now correctly award Prayer XP.
- Right-click redeeming purchases now works correctly on the Flash Factory rewards interface.
- The Barrows heads interface has been tweaked to show the heads correctly.
- The Circus worldmap icon is now closer to the Ticket vendor when near the Chefs' Guild.
- The Shooting Star location near Falador has been updated due to Troll Warzone.
- It is no longer possible to drop items during the Dominion Tower flythrough cutscene.
- Players can no longer poison Temple Trekking shades.
- The Dominion Mine animation has been smoothed out in software mode.
- Dessourt's teleport and attack animations no longer play when stunned.
- Troll Invasion correctly gives the player a hammer if they don't have one in their toolbelt or inventory.
Other:
- Wizard Cromperty now has a right-click "Collect" option for claiming daily runes and pure essence.
- The Gorilla mask can now be stored in players' Fancy Dress boxes.
- The XP reward for performing in The Pit has been increased.
- There is now a make-x interface for splitting granite and sandstone.
- Picking herbs with the Greenfingers aura active now gives a feedback message when the effect causes the player to gain an extra herb.
- There is now a warning about when anti-poison is about to wear off.
- Eluned has been added to the NPC contact spell.
- World 42 now has a disclaimer on login explaining that the world is a Roleplay world.
- A right click "Travel" option has been added to the Keldagrim trapdoor at the Grand Exchange.
- Ancient spellbook teleport spells are now more descriptive about where the destinations are.
- Crafting Sanfew Serums now uses a make-x interface.
- A new "Initiate Sallet" has been added to the game.
- The Ectophial is now kept on death.
- A "Sweep" option has been added to the Broomstick when wielded.
- It is now possible to enter the Crafting guild without an apron with the Hard Falador task set complete.
- Champion scroll drops are now announced in the chat window and a jingle is now played.
- Mud pies can now be made with several different sources of water.
- The Vecna skull now announces when it is recharged.
- The "You are already performing an emote" text has been added to the game filter.
- The side-stone menu that was open before travelling on a boat now reopens after arriving at your destination.
- It is now possible to quick-claim a hatchet from canoe stations.
- Picking multiple White fruit has been sped up.
- The "Fill Yer Bucket" task is once again completable.
- Pathfinding around Edgeville bank has been fixed.
- The Turkey hat is now placed in the Toy Box instead of the Fancy Dress box, and only appears if the player owns one.
- Trying to log in to an offline world using the "favourite" world buttons now pops up a message saying the world is offline.
- Bank PIN protection has been added to the Slayer rewards interface.
- Dungeoneering spell boxes now correctly retain charges if charges are added after it has been bound.
- Completionist cape skill requirements are no longer cut off if trying to list too many skills.
- Baby Troll names now appear correctly in a POH pet house.
- The Loyalty shop now uses Bank PIN protection.
- Some incorrect chat by Linza during the mining section of Troll Warzone has been corrected.
- Some typos from Troll Warzone have been fixed.
- Some Seers and Gnome Task areas have been removed from around Troll Warzone.
- The Wicked Hood's destroy message has been updated to point at the correct location to obtain another.
- The final chapter of "Troll Warzone" is no longer referred to as "Return to the Front".
- The monkey bars in Troll Warzone no longer sound like metal.
- The Surefooted aura now functions correctly on the agility course in Troll Warzone.
- Kepple now talks about being from Falador instead of Varrock.
- It is once again possible to talk to Tureal, Spria and Pikkupstix via the NPC Contact spell.
- A typo on teleportation spheres has now been fixed.
- Gravestones now appear outside of Brimhaven Agility Arena.
- A louder sound is now played when a Golden Nymph appears in the Lava Flow Mine.
- An incorrect sentence on the Bank PIN setting page has been fixed.
- Calquat trees without fruit no longer have two "Clear" options.
- A typo on training an overgrown cat into a wily cat has been fixed.
- Stray dogs no longer render over pets.
- It is now possible to rake a farming patch with a scarecrow.
- An unlock hint for a music track no longer refers to Stealing Creation being in the Wilderness.
- It is now possible to use money in a money pouch to buy monsters in a POH.
- The Falador shield's emote now has sound.
- A misspelled Mithril rock has been corrected.
- Beast of burden familiars can now hold untradeable potions/flasks.