Easter Event Update

This year's easter event is out now! Spoiler alert: Basically, you have to do a small task of sorts for the Queen of Sunrise to get her the 'year' so that it can become spring. If you do that, you'll receive a special "Sunbeam Crown". You can also help the Queen of Snow as well to receive an "Icy Crown". Don't worry, you can help both of them.

In addition to the Easter Event, the following updates (and community events/features) have been released:

• Diango is now stocking souvenir mugs, confetti, bubble blowers, firecrackers and fireworks. These items are tradable. Jagex has not announced if they are going to remove these items from the game or make Diango permanently sell them.
• Livid Farm spells have been reduced in cost by 20%. Refunds of produce points have been issued to those who have already bought spells.
• Environment, monster, and NPC sounds in the free area have been updated.
• Rated Clan Wars kill tallying rules have been altered to stop abuse of kill-count.
• All mining rocks in Runescape have received a graphical update.
• A new items-kept-on-death and respawn mechanic has been implemented.
• Jagex has announced "Club 99" and will release a player hall of fame for those with 10+ skillcapes in the future.

So it's a very celebratory week for events! The Easter event is fairly easy: you just kill some evil trees and collect keys from some spirits, then go find the year. Also, the holiday items are pretty cool. Check em out! Have fun 'Scapin, and see you again soon!

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Teaser Pics

This week's teaser pics are here! Easter event definitely to be released this week, something about the Queen of Snow and the "Year Baton", but it involves the Easter Bunny and a squirrel too apparently. All of the following pictures are property of Jagex and have been retrieved from Twitter or RuneHQ. Enjoy!

The "Queen of Sunrise" (?) and the Queen of Snow.

More Easter characters.

Runescape starting to look a bit too much like WoW. New trees all over RS this week?

So we definitely have the Easter event this week, but what about a new tree update and the limbo-death update? Looks like we'll have to wait a bit and see. Have fun 'Scapin and see you soon,

Tee 3

In-Game Clan Update

Apologies for the delay, I've been somewhat busy for the past few days. Alright, so Monday Jagex released their long awaited in game clan update! You can now officially be a member of a clan in game and Jagex will record it for you! There are all sorts of cool new features for both F2P and P2P players to enjoy.

The clan cape of Daemon's Bane.

Sorry I've missed anything as this is fairly long, but here is the list of updates:

• New In-Game Clans
• New clan-chat that automatically puts you in it if you're in a clan
• The original clan-chat has been renamed friends chat
• New ranks and job titles for clan members
• Clans now have in-game vexillums (flagstaffs) and capes that can be customized by the clan owner
• People can be recruited to clans if a clan member uses a vexillum on them.
• New clan camp area
• New rated Clan Wars
• New website features including clan memberlists, pages, highscores, stats, and forums.

Daemon's Bane's clan vexillum.

So if you're interested in getting in on this action, head on in to the game and join a clan. If you can't find one, you could always join Daemon's Bane (my monster hunting clan) by sending me a private message (username Tee 3) or posting on this thread. Enjoy the new updates and have fun 'Scapin!

Tee 3

Join Daemon's Bane!

Need a clan for tomorrow's update? Tired of your old clan and want to meet some new people? Want some fat lewts for killing bosses? Want to be part of the beginning of an awesome new PvM Monster Hunting Runescape clan? Well then join Daemon's Bane today! You can find our thread on the Runescape forums at QFC 87-88-930-62657293

Daemon's Bane is essentially the rebirth of Apogee into a monster hunting clan with new ranks and events. Getting new members is critical for us as we would like to get our clan started officially within the game for tomorrow's update! (see last post)

So if you're interested in joining, head on over to the clan thread on the Runescape forums at QFC  87-88-930-62657293 and fill out an application! Additionally, you can meet us on World 14 (it is a F2P world just so some of our F2P people can join too, but rest assured the clan is mostly P2P) in the East Falador bank tomorrow when we're getting the clan started. We'd love to have you. See you soon and have fun 'Scapin,

Tee 3

Teaser Pics

Apologies for the lack of posts this week, the internet has been down for the past few days. Now that it's working again we can go back to one of our weekly norms: Teaser Pics! All of these pictures are property of Jagex and are from either RuneHQ, Zybez, or Twitter. Enjoy!

The new Clan Camp, along with new... clan capes?

The soon to be released rated clan-wars battlefield.

Entrance to the rated clan-wars battlefield, most likely.

The new rated clan-wars battlefield honestly looks great! I wasn't expecting clan capes though, they should be an interesting new piece of gear. I'm a bit concerned by that fact that it takes like 6 people to start a clan, as my clan only has 4 to 5 people and I can't seem to readily recruit more (blah). I may just get some friends together to get it started. Me and Hippy (co-leader of my current clan, author on this blog - although he hasn't written any articles yet) are thinking about starting a community/PvM clan so if you're interested, leave a comment! Anyway, thanks for reading and have fun 'Scapin!

Tee 3

Livid Farm Update

Today's game update entails the release of the new livid farm activity, several new lunar spells, and the pre-cursor to the clan camp (as well as a graphical update to some trees south of Falador).

The livid farm!

So the livid farm is basically an area on Lunar Isle full of mutant jade vines tended by this poor moonclan girl who is head over heels for Lokar (yeah, that guy that ferries you to pirate's cove). Basically, you have to tend to the livid plants, repair the farm fences, and package (string) the livid pieces together using your lunar spells. In return you can receive various new magic spells such as Vengeance Group (yes, you read that right) and a defensive spell that negates damage from a single attack (oh shoop, claw rushing is pointless now! Just kidding, most people probably won't get the spell for a while). 'Produce Points' can be earned by working around the farm. For the full article, read here.

The very beginnings of the Clan Camp.

The second update is a graphical update to all trees south of Falador, which will for a limited time provide a 10% bonus chance to receive birds nests. Also, you can find some supply wagons, rocks, and these two friendly (well, the one on the left is anyway) individuals. According to the dialogue with them, 5 people will be needed to start an official in game clan, so if you're interested in joining one right at the update, head on over to my clan's thread and fill out an application. We'd love to have you! Hopefully we'll see you soon, but until then have fun 'Scapin!

Tee 3

April Behind the Scenes

April's behind the Scenes article is out and the goody bag of updates that'll be happening this month has been opened! The following game updates are planned:

• New Livid Farm Activity/Area on Lunar Island (either a quest or a D&D)
• New Lunar Spells, including Group Vengeance
• New 'Clan Camp' area
• New in-game clan feature allowing specific ranks and official memberlists
• New flagstaff and capes for clan members
• Website page for every clan
• Rated Clan Wars
• New Death Mechanic - when you die you choose the 3 items you want.
• Easter Event
• Royal Wedding Celebration (special items from Diango)

So it looks like the majority of this months updates will be clan-related with some other stuff thrown into the mix. I'm not sure if the Lunar Isle Livid Farm is supposed to be a quest/activity or just a Distractions and Diversions thing. In other news, players who are part of a clan on April 30th will be entered into a $10k prize draw.

The Winning Design for the Veteran's Cape (from the Runescape Website).

Last but not least, the Guaranteed Content Poll for the Veteran's Cape Design has been closed and a winner has been announced! It looks pretty awesome with a combination of fiery and heroic designs, and should be a favorite of players everywhere. Time will only tell when this cape will be released! Oh, and if you haven't seen Jagex's Runescape Behind the Scenes April Fool's Day 2011 article, you may want to check it out while you can. Have fun and keep on 'Scapin!

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