Quest Speedrunning Final Batch | Weekly Game Update (March 22nd)

Attention speedy ‘Scapers: the final batch of Quest Speedrunning updates is here!

This week's update is smaller than most, so we wanted to take a moment to let you know that the team are working away behind the scenes. Next week you'll be able to get your hands on some upcoming Bounty Hunter rewards in beta worlds. When the Bounty Hunter rewards beta wraps up, you'll get the chance to experiment with some Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire rewards in another beta. If you're not feeling beta (sorry...) after reading that, perhaps the promise of three New Skill pitches in the very near future is something to look forward to!

With all that said, let's take a look at exactly what's changing in Gielinor this week.

Changelog - March 22nd

Quest Speedrunning Final Batch

Dragon Slayer II and Black Knights' Fortress are now out of Beta and ready for you on Quest Speedrunning Worlds!

That will be the last of our promised Quest Speedrunning updates, but don’t worry, we'll still be adding more in the future, just at less regular intervals.

Quest Speedrunning Worlds allow you to replay some of Old School's most iconic quests with the aim of completing them as quickly as possible. You're given stats and any items required for each quest and will earn points depending on how quickly you finish. As you might expect, faster times (such as Platinum or Diamond times) reward more points, which can be exchanged for main-game cosmetics such as the Adventurer's outfit or Speedy teleport Scroll - just visit Eliza in Varrock Square to claim your fast fashionscape!

If you're looking for some handy resources to help get you started, we'd recommend checking out the OSRS Wiki page (where you can even find speedrun guides for each of the quests) or the Quest Speedrunning Discord.

Here's everything you need to know about this final batch:

As an extra twist, we've added Diamond Times to all the current quests available on QSR Worlds. These don't offer any additional points but achieving all of the Diamond times on every available quest will snag you an exclusive Diamond Trophy for your main account.

A hefty prize for the fastest runners among you. It looks pretty heavy - hopefully, you've been working on those arms alongside your speedrun cardio!

This item can be equipped, so you can really flex how fast of a spacebar speedster you truly are. In the manner of Quest Cape, Music Cape and other similar items, when new content is released you'll need to achieve any new Diamond Times in order to equip the item. Good luck!

Finally, we've introduced some techniques to prevent players getting a headstart on speedruns by performing actions before the quest begins. Namely, ashes and hunter traps can no longer be obtained by lighting a fire or placing a hunter trap before starting your run - meaning you'll have to route them into your run instead!

Other Changes

We've changed the Desert Protection bonuses of a variety of items:

Two new options have been added to the Settings menu's Chat section, allowing players to have permanently banned and permanently muted accounts removed from their Ignore lists.

The option for removing banned accounts is enabled by default, whereas the option for removing muted accounts is disabled by default. The check runs quietly once per day, rather than checking continually, so as to avoid excessive load on the chat system.

We've also got a few smaller changes to finish:

• Party leaders in Tombs of Amascut can now promote other members of the party while the group is forming in the lobby.
• It's no longer possible to redeem a Bond in the last three minutes before a server reboot.
• We've improved the wander range of brown bears, rogues and bandits within the Wilderness. This should make it easier to use your Dwarf multicannon and/or Ice barrage for some of your Wilderness Slayer tasks.
• Damage in Wintertodt will now visibly interrupt Fletching animations.
• The grey, teal, yellow, purple and red boots are no longer members-only items, for consistency with the gloves from the same Canifis shop. Bring on your best fashionscape!
• The Cemetery Teleport spell no longer pops up its Wilderness warning when clicked unless you're actually able to cast the spell, so misclicks will be less disruptive.
• When using a gold bar on a furnace, you will no longer need to confirm you want to craft a Gold Tiara if the only mould you have on you is a tiara mould.
• A typo has been corrected in the Curse of the Empty Lord miniquest journal.
• A graphical issue with the 10th Birthday Balloons has now been fixed.

Golden Gnomes

We're only a couple of days away from the 12th Annual Golden Gnomes, and thousands of you have voted for your favourite video makers, streamers, artists and cosplayers, out of the talented finalists.

So, who did you pick? Join us for a spectacular livestream extravaganza over on Twitch at 17:00 GMT, Friday March 24th!

Crack the Clue Hints

This week's hint from Woox is for the clue obtained from a ghost.

PvP World Rota

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 'Zerker' 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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