A new and updated version of the Barbarian Village City Guide has been uploaded, thanks to Boy_1331 and everybody else who helped with the remake.

A new Cooks' Guild Guide has also been uploaded, thanks to Jakesterwars for this wonderful guide.

-Alk12-

The Eyes of Glouphrie Quest Guide has been added to the site! Please thank Markusthaman and everyone who helped with it!

~ [Im4eversmart] ~

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15 August 2006 - The Eyes of Glouphrie

Since your dealings with Glough and the plot to destroy the Grand Tree, things have been pretty quiet in the gnome world, save the odd escaped Terrorbird or drunken barbarian. Brimstail's not been lazing about though, oh no. He's found a strange machine, built by Oaknock the Engineer during the Golden Age of the Gnome which took place hundreds of years ago. What does the weird device do? Why on RuneScape was it built? What other secrets does it hold?

Agreeing to help fix this mechanical marvel is bound to be the easy part of this plot-rich, history filled quest, where an enquiring mind and an aptitude for puzzles are a must. You'll even get to see some of the most glorious moments of gnomic military strategy!

Can you uncover the new threat (or is it an old one?) to gnome security? Rewards include a useful little crystal tool, which we are sure the constructors out there will enjoy.

~Fireball0236

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7 August 2006 - Gnome Cuisine

Gnome Cuisine is well known all over RuneScape for its unusual ingredients and unique flavours. Toad Battas G and Worm Crunchies G are two of the more popular dishes that most humans turn their noses up at, but for travel-worn gnomes a long way from the Grand Tree, gnomish foods are a sweet taste of home. For too long has the art of gnomish cooking been neglected!

Visitors to the Gnome Stronghold will find a refurbished restaurant area, with new improved recipes (including improved XP and a more streamlined cooking process) for all the gnome foods and cocktails.

Aluft Gianne's entrepreneurial son Aluft jnr. has also set up a new Gnome food delivery business right next to his dad's restaurant. Once trained you will be asked to make and deliver gnome foods to gnomes all over the world. But don't take too long, time is of the essence! After a more challenging delivery, you may find your customers are so pleased that they will give you an extra special tip - maybe some new gnomish explorer's equipment, or standard issue gnome pilot's clothing.

Particularly hard-working cooks and delivery adventurers will also find they are able to call on the delivery service themselves, for even the hardiest of warriors needs a good old helping of gnome cooking from time to time.

(Some lower lvl cooks will find many of the requirements for cooking gnomic cuisine have been raised to support the new amounts of experience points gained.)

There's no place like gnome.

~Fireball0236

The Bandit Camp (Wilderness) City Guide has been uploaded to the site, thanks to Scorchy_Devil for writing this wonderful City Guide.

-Alk12-

RuneHQ August Event!

Do you think you have what it takes to be on the RHQES?

Can you think up, plan and execute your own event?

Do you want to help decide who gets to be on the RHQES?

Then this is the month for you!

Welcome to the start of the August Event Challenge!

Prospective Event Staff, it's time to showcase your talents!

Party atttendees, it's up to you to help us choose who joins the staff!

Read more... here

The Runehq Events Staff

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1 August 2006 - Behind the Scenes - August

Welcome to the Behind the Scenes - August edition!

For many of us, August brings sun, holidays, cheap souvenirs and sunburn... but in RuneScape it's a whole different story! So, in no particular order....

Gnomes on holiday often miss the sweet taste of home - so it's up to you to bring it to them all wrapped up in a gnome delivery bag! Players who have visited Aluft Gianne's restaurant in the Grand Tree may have offered to help out with orders in the past, but just keeping the restaurant in stock of worm battas and fruit blasts is hardly a challenge for today's gliding, spirit tree hopping adventurers. So, in August, why not help out with Aluft Junior's Gnomic delivery service? Make the stuff and trek over the world delivering this, erm, "Gnourmet" food and you'll find you are rewarded with some very interesting gear as well as some vastly improved XP for the actual cooking. If you're really good, you may be able to get fresh gnome cuisine delivered to you!

Also in the gnome kingdom this month, we dig deep into gnomic history after the discovery of a strange old machine from the era of King Healthorg the Great, whose glittering reign preceded that of King Narnode Shareem. What is its purpose and why didn't anyone notice it before? What secrets can be unearthed, and will all the gnomes appreciate a human nosing about again? Only time will tell.....

Later this month we release a new batch of prayers, this time adding the ability to temporarily boost your ranged and magic attacks with prayers like "Hawk Eye" and "Mystic Law". All these new additions will match the existing attack and strength boosting prayers.

In addition to all the above, we also bring you the new sailing transport system. Many of RuneScape's ports will be connected via a network of high quality sailing vessels. Although the initial cost can be quite heavy, players familiar with piratical ways and those handy in the art of persuasion will find it a lot easier on the wallet. The crew members will no doubt be able to sell you a few choice goods from their travels, so keep a look out for them too.

And finally for the month of August, the Dragons, Giants and Demons have all been at the rehab clinic for the last few months getting a well deserved makeover. Gone will be the flabby bellies and dull claws of the past... we will be saying goodbye to weak-limbed, flailing attacks and hello to the sparkling-eyed, razor-sharp, meaty new look of the future! Demons who actually look like they could destroy you from a badly-directed sneeze are far more fun to fight than ones that, well, don't. Dragons that swagger as they walk and moss giants with beards that actually are alive are just a few of the magnificent changes we will be making. Don't worry! We won't make them tougher.

Enjoy!

Postbag from the Hedge

The July edition of Postbag from the Hedge has arrived at last!

Postie Pete brings you another offering from the Chaos Elemental, a picture of a Wallbeast, a stylish advert for kebabs (as endorsed by 100% of drunken dwarves) and an interview with the man who might be RuneScape's latest billionaire, the Sawmill Operator.

~Fireball0236

Following to Jagex release of new crossbows, the Agility, Ranging and Fletching guides have been updated. Thanks to Alk12, Carduel, and all the rest that helped in the making of this update.

-Carduel-

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31 July 2006 - Crossbows

Fletchers and rangers are treated to a huge expansion to crossbows today. Use your Fletching, Smithing and Crafting skills to make yourself up to seven new crossbows and even more bolts. Tip your metal bolts with gems and use your magical abilities to enchant them for some pretty spectacular effects for combat against both monsters and other players.

You can also smith yourself a grappling hook to make getting around that little bit easier - with a rope attached you can scale walls, cross rivers and climb cliffs if you have the agility and strength to do so.

Take a look at our Knowledge Base for specific information and talk to Hirko, Hura and Holoy, the crossbow salesdwarves who are located in Keldagrim, the pub under White Wolf Mountain and the Dwarven Mine. Hirko even has a useful way of storing all your new bolts so they don't take up too much of your precious bank space - for a price of course!

If you've completed the Knight's Sword quest you also have the option of Smithing yourself a beautiful blurite crossbow and bolts. Please note that blurite items and enchanted bolts are not tradeable.

~Fireball0236

Following to Jagex release of new crossbows, the Agility, Ranging and Fletching guides have been updated. Thanks to Alk12, Carduel, and all the rest that helped in the making of this update.

-Carduel-

We now have the Lunar Diplomacy Quest Guide ready for use, thanks to Piro_Omar, Meowmix686, Zharramadar, and all the rest that helped in the making of this quest guide.

-Alk12-

We now have 2 news maps. These are:

Gorak underground dimension. Thanks to Alk12 and Carduel for making this wonderful map.

Centaur's Grove. Thanks to Alk12 for this great map and all the others who helped him!

--samwilliamh--

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26 July 2006 - Website Maintenance

Over the next hour we will be performing some essential maintenance on our systems. During this time certain areas of the website will be unavailable.

We apologise for the inconvenience and are aiming to restore normal service as soon as possible.

Please note that this will not affect the game itself.

Magic

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24 July 2006 - Lunar Diplomacy

This week we bring you an epic quest of gargantuan proportions!

In the distant lands of the north-west, a mysterious clan has been living far away from the other inhabitants of RuneScape. Frequent travellers to the Fremennik lands might recognize their name... They're the mysterious Moon Clan; a magical race that use their unbelievable grasp of the mystical arts in everyday activities. If it can be done using magic, the Moon Clan know a way! Daily tasks such as travelling to distant lands, tending to plants and baking pies are all much more fun when you can sit back while magic does all the work for you!

Be prepared to explore a huge island of activities, visit your own dreams, conquer magical monsters, find another source of rune essence, unlock a whole new type of rune, be given a spell book of unique and exciting spells, gain experience in magic and Runecrafting, wear special Lunar clothes, discover a new type of staff, play a variety of mini-games and so much more you may never want to leave the island of all things magical!

What would cause you to visit such an island (other than the superb treats on offer)? Well, the Moon Clan are the not too distant cousins of the Fremenniks - a race whose distaste for magic is well known. Despite their linked bloodlines, they've been in vicious conflict since before anyone can remember. It must be time for an adventurer to brave this world of magic and bring back the hope of a peace by conducting some Lunar Diplomacy... all the while sailing on a boat full of Fremennik pirates! Arrrr, that it be!

So, go and visit Lunar Isle today by chatting to the crew of the Lady Zay, the largest ship yet to grace the Rellekkan Seas.

It's magic.

¥Brenden¥

There will be a site outage soon to add memory to our database servers. We are hoping this will help out with the lag and timeout issues we have seen recently. The exact time when this will occur is unknown. The length of the outtage should only be an hour or two at most. I have asked the maintenance support people to install this between the hours of midnight to 8:00 am CST (which is 6pm-2am GMT)

We are very hopeful this will help out the performance of the site, if not we will continue to troubleshoot the cause and do what we can to fix the performance issues.

~MrStormy

The Trouble Brewing Mini-game has been uploaded! Thanks to Sheep01 and all that helped.

~Magic

The Pyramid Plunder Minigame Guide has been added to the site! Let's all thank Watsermetjou, Ismajosh, and everyone else who helped with it!

~ [Im4eversmart] ~

Quotations taken directly from Runescape.com

17 July 2006 - Pyramid Plunder

Isn't it frustrating when tomb raiders keep stealing your treasure and smashing up all your urns? No? Well, if you were a thousand year old mummy charged with looking after a tomb, you'd be frustrated. Believe us. In fact, there is one Mummy in Sophanem who became so angered by the pesky thieves that he adapted part of his tomb to cater for them. If he can keep them busy, then maybe they will leave him and the King's treasures alone!

In this thieving minigame, players have a limited time to pick through tombs, sarcophagi and urns, dodging venomous asps, scarabs and even a few mummies. Confident thieves can try to find their way to the higher floors where the rewards and risks are greater... The particularly light-fingered may also find the King's sceptre - this regal item will aid the frequent pyramid visitor in their travels.

To start this game, make your way to Sophanem, and investigate the northern pyramid. Tarik will tell you some of the mysteries of the pyramid if you wish to prepare for dangers within. Then you will have to solve the Mummy's first small puzzle: which of the mysterious doors marks the way in?

¥Brenden¥

Again, we have another new map! The Red Dragon Isle Map has been added! Thanks to Beepem for this great map!

~Magic