More Poll 79 Changes (2024)

This week we have loads of changes and improvements for you – including some of the ones you voted for in Poll 79!

We're back with a whole bunch of updates from the latest Quality of Life poll!

Swampbark Armour

First up, we've made it so you don't need every piece of Swampbark Armour to obtain the full bonus effect! From now on you’ll only need the Helm, Body and Legs to get the full effect, so you can don your Mystic Gloves and Boots before your next magical battle. This means the Gloves and the Boots offer no additional effects outside of the regular stat bonuses.

We’ve also increased the effectiveness of the bonus by 1 tick per item, meaning you'll get an additional 6 ticks of duration using Bind, Snare or Entangle when wearing the Helm, Body and Legs!

• Bind: 8 ticks base -> 14 ticks boosted
• Snare: 16 ticks base -> 22 ticks boosted
• Entangle: 24 ticks base -> 30 ticks boosted

Bloodbark Armour

Bloodbark's biggest benefit is the increase in healing from Blood spells. With today's update, each piece will give an increased 2% effectiveness – up from 1.5% - allowing you to heal an additional 10% of damage inflicted.

We’ve also increased the magic attack bonuses on the Body and Legs:

• Body: 21 (previously 18)
• Legs: 16 (previously 13)

Escape Crystal

Players may now enable their Escape Crystal to teleport them after a specified period of inactivity – and that’s customisable!

'Inactivity’ is defined as any time you’re not actively typing, clicking, or tapping the screen – although in a few weeks we’ll expand that definition to rotating the camera or actively mousing over the screen.

To clarify, this feature will only function when you’d be able to teleport away normally – so the deep Wilderness is out, and you can’t use your Escape Crystal to wriggle out of a teleblock.

Additionally, you can now affix the Crystal to your finger like a ring, and you can also toggle it to act like a Ring of Life and teleport you to safety if your health drops below 10%. Be warned, though – it will act exactly like a Ring of Life, which means it won’t save you from raids or similar events, even though the usual Escape Crystal would.

Lastly, a niche case: if you happen to have an Escape Crystal with the new inactivity teleport enabled on you when you enter the Gauntlet, you’ll find that it will function as expected even though it was supposed to be removed upon entry. You’ll also be unable to configure or turn off this feature while you’re in the Gauntlet, so make sure your settings are set up the way you like them before you enter.

If you have questions about Escape Crystal functionality, Rick on the 1st Floor of the Wizards’ Tower has all the details – just don’t bring up the pumpkin incident.

Smaller Changes

• Wearing a Gas Mask, Facemask or Slayer Helmet will now prevent you from being infected by Nex’s virus via other players.
• Equipping the full set of Zealots’ Robes will provide a 5% chance (1.25% per piece) to save both Bonemeal and Buckets of Slime while worshipping the Ectofuntus.
• Players may now pay 3,000 Numulites for permanent access to the Volcanic Mine.
• Players are now 15x more likely to receive the Phoenix pet at Wintertodt when above 200million Firemaking XP.
• Ultimate Iron players may now store Abyssal Tentacles, Guardian Boots, and Primordial Boots in S.T.A.S.H. units.
• Ultimate Iron players may now use the Spice Rack in a Player-Owned House.

This isn't a section talking about any content changes for this week, but a reminder to check out our latest blog on the Ruinous Powers, which goes into detail about the prayers, power creep, and our ultimate decision to shelve the Ruinous Powers for now. You can check out the blog for yourself by clicking here.

Some of the other requirements for the quest have been adjusted to compensate, meaning the skill requirements for Desert Treasure II are as follows:

• 75 Firemaking.
• 75 Magic.
• 70 Thieving.
• 62 Herblore.
• 60 Runecraft.
• 60 Construction.

Additionally, while nothing's changing this week, we wanted to give you a heads-up about changes to the requirements of Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire. With prayers no longer on the table as part of the quest's release, we'll be removing the 60 Prayer requirement and changing the previously mentioned Prayer XP lamp to a 'your choice' Combat XP lamp. You'll still have the option to pick Prayer XP as a reward from this lamp if you like!

Keep an eye out later this week for the Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire Rewards Poll, where you'll have your chance to vote on all of the other rewards on offer from Old School's most ambitious quest to-date!

• Food can once again be dropped as 1-hour supply piles upon PvM death in the Wilderness. These piles will no longer be saved and follow you if you hop worlds. However, they will continue to follow you if you die outside of the Wilderness.
• Rune Pouches now keep their contents when their owner dies outside of PvP combat.
• Fixed an issue where the Twisted Bow bonus accuracy stopped being calculated during Phase Two of The Wardens.
• The Wardens should no longer delete themselves when bound at the start of Phase Two.
• The Dragon and Barrows Gloves are no longer prioritised over Infernal Capes for protection on death.
• Fixed the hair colour on the Makeover Mage’s chathead.
• (C++ Client Only) Using the Master Volume slider will no longer cut the music.

Angels Scapes has been working with us for years to create unique pin and keyring designs based on our games – you might even have picked up a few of them yourself! But where’s the best place to start your collection? And what about those rare, limited edition items that you just can’t get any more?

Luckily, the Merch Store has the solution in the form of Angels Scapes Mystery Bags! Each pin bag will contain either three individual pins, a complete three or four pin set, or a very special large commemorative pin. What’s more, each bag is guaranteed to contain at least one limited edition pin, including items from the Christmas and Anniversary event collections, the Baroo collabs with star artist Prezleek, the Cities of Gielinor collection, and more! Maybe you’ll even take home your very own Tim and Crunchy?

Keyring bags contain three different keyrings, with a good chance to get a limited edition keyring in each bag. Rare goodies on offer include long sold-out Capes, Godswords, the King Black Dragon, the Wise Old Man, and event keyrings from the Runefest, Christmas, and Black Friday lines.

This might be your last chance to get your hands on these Limited Editions – but you can also pick up end-of-line items, and some of the store’s most popular current lines!

Stock is limited, so grab your Mystery Bag while you can!

Woox has provided us all with another cryptic clue this week... maybe this will be the last?

The PvP rota has moved to Period A:

• 539 - (US) - PvP World
• 548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World
• 577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

You can also discuss this update on our official forums, on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.

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