28 October 2008 - Hallowe'en Event and
Quest
Maggie, a travelling witch, has come to southern Asgarnia for
the holiday festivities, but she's in a bit of a spot. She needs an
enchanted broom to finish her potion but her ox has a cold and
can't be left alone. In Swept
Away, you'll need to visit several nearby witches on Maggie's
behalf – and solve a few puzzles along the way.
While you're in the neighbourhood, why not try out the Holiday
Event: a bit of trick-or-treating in Draynor, Rimmington and
Port Sarim. The towns are decked out in holiday décor and the
villagers have treats to distribute to those wearing a suitable
costume. If you're interested in some holiday garb, have a chat
with Maggie: she's on the look-out for someone who can do a bit of
trick-or-treating on her behalf.
Swept Away can be started by talking to Maggie, who is located
south of Falador and east of the Crafting Guild. The quest will be
available to all players for two weeks; after this time, it will
only be available to members. The Hallowe'en decorations and
trick-or-treating will only be available during the same holiday
period. Any treats remaining in your bank or inventory after this
time will disappear after Hallowe'en.
Where to start the Hallowe'en
Event or Swept
Away:
Speak to Maggie, south of Falador
Requirements:
None
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In other news...
A large number of sound effects and changes to sound effects
have been added, especially to capes and the skillcape emotes.
Human animations have been extensively modified to stop players
appearing to glide around. You should also notice less 'clipping'
with items like capes and armour when performing various actions or
using emotes.
When you're dismissing a familiar, you can now right-click on
the 'Dismiss' button. This will let you skip the confirmation
screen, making it easier to dismiss the familiar during combat.
Fairy rings now have a larger clickable area. Previously, it was
quite small and potentially difficult to click on, so we've
enlarged it to make your journeys quicker.
Adding items to fill up compost bins should now be considerably
easier. When you've used one item on the bin, your character will
automatically attempt to put any further items of that type into
the bin, saving you a bit of clicking.
Metarialus and Blandebir (the brewing chaps in Port Phasmatys
and Keldagrim) will now offer to fill all your pots with yeast at
once rather than making you go through their conversation for each
pot. Using one beer glass on a barrel of freshly brewed beer will
also make your character attempt to fill all their beer glasses
without any additional clicking, and there's a newly installed
water source in the brewery at Port Phasmatys.
Bounty Hunter Combat levels have been updated to reflect recent
Combat level changes. The crater entrance requirements are now:
3-55, 50-100 and 95+ (all without Summoning).
Dragon dagger p++ should now be easier to find on the Grand
Exchange. We've also taken the opportunity to change some adamant
items to use "addy" at the start. This is only for the super
poisoned items, namely arrows, daggers and spears.
QuickChat has now been given a predictive search feature to
allow you to find the phrases you want more effectively.
A distant rumble has recently been heard just north of Baxtorian
Waterfall...
