Loyalty Rewards Sale

Edit: The loyalty sale is now over. All items have been put up to their full costs. However, point payouts will happen soon, so start plotting your purchases!

     Loyalty rewards are out now! Anyone who is a Runescape member and signs up here will receive their first 500 loyalty points. For every month that you're a member after that you will receive even more loyalty points. The number of points you earn each month increases depending on how long you've maintained a straight membership. There is a small window of time in which Jagex allows your membership to lap before you start losing your bonuses/get your bonus reset. You cannot lose points unless you spend them! If you have questions or are concerned about something, the official FAQ can be found here.

     Loyalty points can be used to buy emotes, auras (yes, a new item slot!), titles (that display in front of your name in chat), the ability to recolor certain items, and new costumes. The rewards are pretty cool to say the least - the 'catfight' emote, the title of 'sir/dame' or 'lord/lady' and even a tribal "samba costume".

You may address me as 'Sir' now.

     But here's the most important part - for a limited time the vast majority of items within the loyalty rewards shop in Buthorpe have been slashed down to incredibly low prices. Titles that normally cost 1000 points are 100 - and auras that cost 5000 are down to about 400! Head on over to Buthorpe and talk to Xuan to buy some cool new stuff - but do it quickly, you never know how long the sale will last. Enjoy your exclusive new stuff!

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Members Loyalty Rewards Sneak Peek

This video gives us a look into the members loyalty rewards program ('programme'), due out June 28th...



Pretty cool huh?

Teaser Pics

     Now that you've all had your fill of hunting sea monsters and helping out fisherman with visions of glory, it's time for another installment of Teaser Pics! There were so many teaser pics released this week that I narrowed it down to only three of them for display here. This week's update is a new Distraction & Diversion involving a certain race of monsters we all know and love/hate...

Hmm, i wonder what THAT is... *sarcasm*

All your base...

'Cliff' the troll, perhaps?

     So yes, this week's update is the Distraction and Diversion that lets you defend Buthorpe from Invading trolls. Supposedly there will be one big reward a month plus smaller rewards the more you play, as well as 2 different ways of playing - combat and skiller. Combat will involve fighting the trolls themselves, skilling will involve fixing up the castle and boosting morale.

So it looks like a decent update, but i bet you all are really looking forward to the Members' "Loyalty Rewards Program" coming out sometime this month. For those of you that are fretting over it (or wondering whether Jagex will be charging real money for loyalty points), you can check out Jagex's FAQ on the forums. Hopefully that should clear some things up. Happy 'Scapin, thanks for reading, and look out for some personal blogs and achievements this summer from yours truly. Hope you're interested...

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Teaser Pics

    Well, the Fremennik Sagas update is out! To access these three new miniquests, head over to Daemonheim and play on one of the frozen floors with complexity 2 or higher. You should eventually come across a frozen old man. Light a fire next to him to melt the ice (this is Skaldrun), then examine the bear pelt on the floor nearby to unlock the first saga. There are both abridged and unabridged versions with different requirements and rewards, and you can unlock the other two miniquests by finding a collection of swords on the abandoned floors and a collection of scribbled notes on floors 30 through 35. Apologies for no teaser pictures by the way, i should be better about updates in the summer due to more free time.

     Here's your teaser picture from the Runescape Facebook page, and I really must say this quest looks awesome. Killing that thing is going to be a blast. Looks like Jagex is going the "Final Fantasy" route with this monster - if you don't believe me just look at aquatic monsters from the Final Fantasy games. Similar yes? But very, very cool. The requirements for doing the quest to fight Thalassus will be 70 fishing, 67 hunter, and 60 thieving. There will also be an after-quest sort of activity for more rewards. I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy this week's update. Have fun 'Scapin!

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June Behind the Scenes

     Well my favorite month of the year (and the one that has my birthday) has rolled around once again (finally) and Jagex has released a Behind the Scenes article with a whole bushel of odd new updates that promise to be pretty good! Here's the gist of what you can expect:

• Deadliest Catch master quest that lets the player come face to face with the "Thassalus" sea monster that was voted on in the last content poll. Plus extra experience for hunting the monster again. 
• Troll Invason distraction and diversion which allows you to go to Buthorpe and fight, defend, or repair the castle against the attacking trolls to earn experience rewards.
• Members Loyalty Rewards granting either long-time Members or those who have played for a long time (not sure about this yet) extra benefits such as exclusive items and titles.
• New 'Aura' player worn slot with items providing stat boosts just like normal armor. 
• New emotes and 'titles' from the Members Loyalty Program.
• [POSSIBLY] Fremmenik Sagas (see last month's BTS)

     So it all looks pretty good, but I'm definitely most interested in that Loyalty Rewards Program. I'm hoping it works depending on how long you've played - not how much membership you've purchased - as I'm looking forward to grabbing some of that new "exclusive" stuff. Hope there's something in here for you to enjoy too, and have fun 'Scapin!

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