A new quest guide has been added to the site! You can find the new Holy Grail Quest Guide here.


A big thanks goes out to Elyria1 for helping convert the Runescape Classic guide to the new Runescape.



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1st June 2004 - New game update system

Today we have replaced the update system that RuneScape uses to grab updates from the server.
The new system has 3 main advantages:



1) Whilst this update will take a while to load, It will make all future updates much faster to download, up to 10x faster. Before if we updated a model the game redownloaded the entire model pack, now it just grabs the changed ones. You won't really see this improvement until our next update though, because for this update your system has to get all the models in the new incremental format.



2) For non-essential files the game will now let you login and start playing even whilst they are still downloading! For instance you can login before all the models have arrived, and if the game needs one it will just quickly fetch it as necessary. This means new players coming into the game can get started much quicker. However if you prefer everything to be 100% ready before login, then just wait for the "extra files" counter on the title-screen to reach 100% before logging in.



3) The game now prefetches maps & music whilst you are playing, so when entering a new area for the first time there will be less of a delay for the map to load, and the music to start. Again you won't really see the benefit of this straight away because currently your computer will be missing quite a lot of files, but once you have fully downloaded the current update you should experience much shorter delays in the future

I'm sure some of you are thinking, "Well that's all good, but what we really want is content updates." Don't worry we have a new quest just around the corner, which we will release as soon as we are confident the new update system is running smoothly for everyone. There's a lot of new code here, so we just want to be certain it's working properly first.



Thanks
Andrew




Also a minor update,


1st June 2004 - Friends List Hiscores



We have made some further improvements to the Hiscores system in addition to those made last week, with the introduction of a new way to see the hiscores.
Now when logging into the secure area of the site you can see a special set of hiscore tables with only you and your friends names in them, making it easier than ever to see how close you are to beating your friends in a skill.



You now have the perfect excuse to delete everyone on your friends list who is better than you and be the best in your circle of friends... unless everyone else you know does the same thing!

~Kidd~ , - Pirate Bob-

The pool.

Sleeping in.

Building a sandcastle.

Chasing the ice cream man.



Riding a rollercoaster.



The simple pleasures of summer.



With the warmer temperatures, longer days and more sunshine, we are bound for a great tan.



To commemerate the end of the school days and the start of the summer
the RuneHQ Staff has decided to make this edition's newspaper a summer
theme!



That's right, now while lying on the beach with the sun's rays beaming
down on your face you can read this scorching hot newspaper.



Click here to dive into it!

*~-~* Monkeychris, Ariendiablo and the RuneHQ Newspaper Staff. *~-~*

Myself and Ariendiablo have choosen the following people out of the
people who have applied to be apart of the new era of the News Staff.



If you are on this list, Congratulations! If not, feel free to still contribute stuff in the Public News Forum located in the "Media" Category of the Forums.



~ Graphic Designers:

• Willi
  
  
• Mars_monky
  
  
• doglove000
  
  
• x4
  

• Cubanice01
  

• Rez777
  
  
• kgbspy
  

• bolognacamel
  
  
• fearlessjoshie
  
  
• zus
  

• evadek
  

• Rekeri
  
  
• dmsuperman
  

*~-~*Monkeychris and Ariendiablo*~-~*

The new guide to King Lathas' Training Area has been added under the City Guides section.

Check it out!

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This is a direct quote from Runescape.com



Players will be glad to hear that today we have expanded our RuneScape hiscores list to show the top 500,000 players in every skill.

We have made this change as the competition was getting extremely fierce for a place in the hiscores in certain stats.
You now have a greater chance of being able to see how you rank against your friends and enemies in your favourite skill!

« Freakybat »

The New Al Kharid Desert Mining Map has been added under the More Maps section. Click here to view it.

Thanks to Master242424 for making this map.

~stormer

The Big Chompy Bird Hunting guide has been uploaded to the site, Thanks MuH-K0o0o, and Xjoe for the pics.

You can get to it by clicking on the Quest Guides link above or by clicking here.



And also a big thanks goes to payman whos Watchtower Quest Guide is now added here for you.

The new Crandor Mining Map has been added under the More Maps page.

This map was made by The Game Pro.



Thanks,

« Freakybat »

mrlemonjelly has submitted a wonderful Mining Guide to RuneHQ.


Click the following link to view it:


Mining Skill Guide

*~-~* Monkeychris *~-~*

Wes Lauth , A.K.A. Zephon, has generously coded two calculators for
Rune Headquarters.


You can access them by clicking on the following links:


Prayer Calculator

Woodcutting Calculator

Thank you a million Wes, we really appreciate it! : )



*~-~* Monkeychris *~-~*


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Tonight we have sent out PMs to the following people asking them if they'd be interested in being a moderator for the following categories/boards:



Wildying/Dueling/Clan Boards:



FluFFy (accepted)

Pirate Bob49 (accepted)



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Runescape Category:



henry-x (accepted)

patgil2003 (accepted)




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Media:



x4 (accepted)




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General:



Firkløver (accepted)

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Market Categories:


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holly45638 (accepted)



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If you are just now seeing this and your name is there, please check your Private Messages to read your PM and reply if interested.


Please check back later to see if anyone else is added to this list!

*~*Weezy*~*

Hi folks, we've got new uploads for you.



Family Crest Guide has been remade from rsc one by Firkløver.



A map of South Ardougne Mine, made by bige man has been added.



Also the RuneScape Hero's Quest has been added under the Quest Help section. Check it out here.

Thanks Jarik C-Bol for making this.



Thanks a bunch,

« Freakybat and stormer»

This is a direct quote from RuneScape Staff:



Rangers now get arrows back from duels. Previously when a duel ended a ranger would be teleported out, leaving all the arrows they had fired on the ground.

Now they get the arrows put back in their inventory at the end instead.



New duel options:



Flower power - Duelists must fight each other wielding flowers.



No Jewellery - Have a duel where you can't use amulets or rings.
This option was put in as these objects can still be used if you select no weapons and no armour.



People were commenting that the fire giants under the waterfall were getting overcrowded; they will be happy to know the giants have now increased in numbers there.



Enjoy,

Fudge

The new
Yanille City Guide has been added, made by patgil2003.



Also Murder Mystery is now up you can view it here


made by supercoolyo



A map of
Dwarven Passage made by jsem has been added to the More Maps section.



Thanks,

« Freakybat », ~Cav103~

The new Catherby City Guide
has been added to the City Guides section.



Thanks goes to supercoolyo for this nice guide.



Also, The Grand Tree quest guide has been added to the Quest Help section.



Thanks to pj for modifying it from the rsc one.

« Freakybat »

Cav103 is now an Admin on the site.



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Hello again, a big thanks goes out to irish_buddha, for the new Bar Crawl guide, and to Firklover for providing the pictures for this guide. Now hurry up and get to those bars. Click here to view it.

-=DRAVAN=- and ~Keystone~

jonny monoxide has created a WORLD MAP with COORDINATES that is helpful for the new treasure trails.



You can view the new map here. It will be updated sometime in the near future with more information regarding how to navigate, etc.



Thank you jonny for taking the time to grid the world map!

*~*Weezy*~*