Hidden updates

Hidden updates are minor changes made to the game, but are too trivial by Jagex to be noted on the RuneScape website.

It also refers to the several miniquests (e.g. Ghostly robes and Shadow Sword) released without notice.

2009
January
 * 10 January: When you for example trade, or bank an item, and have several of the item it used be the first item in the inventory (the item highest in the inventory) that would be offered (trade) or banked (bank). But now the one you click on will be banked. (If you still want everyone to be offered/banked, you can right-click and press offer/trade X or ALL)
 * 6 January: A few hours after the release of the phoenix familiar the create experience for making the pouch was lowered from 614 to 301.8
 * 5 January: In the Evil Twin event the Twin OR the innocent civilian will say "You're putting me in a cage?!" when you grab her.
 * 5 January: Ectophial teleport changed to look like normal teleports. but a slimy green colour instead of the normal blue teleport colour.
 * 5 January: Ectophial given "destroy" option, which replaces "drop".

2008
December
 * (The day of release of the Christmas Event): When you see cutscenes you can't change the view by pressing on the arrows, you'll have to wait until the cutscene is over.
 * ? December: The Lumbridge General store had 2 door.
 * ? December: Most curse words have been blocked on the French servers, of which were originally uncensored.
 * ? December: The water of the fountain at Varrock Square is reworked. The water is now more blue and shiny and some animated ripples were added on the water.
 * ? December: The Corporeal Beast lair is changed. One of the noticable changes is that there's a peek option at the entrance of the area.
 * 16 December: The game now shows a more informative message when operating a dragonstone jewelery with zero charges.
 * 9 December
 * Disciple of the Devourer is renamed Lapalok.
 * The walking boundaries of Tormented Demons is changed, making the area considerably more dangerous, considering it is now more likely multiple demons would attack the player.
 * The room above the Edgeville General Store is changed.
 * The layout of the Equipment Stats screen is changed.
 * 4 December: If a player's Hitpoints falls below 20, the sound effect of a heartbeat is heard.

November
 * 26 November
 * The Fight Arena, Battlefield and The Legends' Guild receives a makeover.
 * A player is no longer able to do Give Thanks while under attack.
 * If a player tries to do an emote immediately after performing another emote, they will receive this message, "You're already doing an emote!"
 * Several additional scenes are added to the High Definition log-in screen, including the Dragon forge, West and East Ardougne.
 * 24 November: Sheep examine texts are changed.
 * ? November: When activating LootShare on a non-LootShare world, it only uses up 2 lines of dialogue.
 * 11 November
 * Woodcutting action animations are changed.
 * Port Sarim receives a makeover.
 * ? November: Wise Old Man is removed from Clan Wars arena.

October
 * 31 October: When doing the Trick emote, a player's weapon and shield no longer appears.
 * 28 October
 * The banner at the top of the RuneScape website changes between day and night settings at specific times of the day.
 * The once slippery stairs in the Ancient Cavern now allows access to a new room with three metallic dragon heads and 10 anvils, also the mithril door can now be tried to be opened but the player will be pushed out again before entering. (The area with the metallic dragon heads is now confirmed as the Dragon forge as of the release of the While Guthix Sleeps quest.)
 * An Armadyl messenger appears and delivers the player urgent information in an Armadyl communiqué.
 * When standing, the character's right leg is placed slightly forward.
 * Monsters hit sound effects are changed on specific NPCs. (i.e. Grizzly bear, Unicorn, etc.)
 * Cooking action animations are changed.
 * There is a huge gap in the Emotes interface under the Trick emote. (This gap has been replaced with a new emote.)
 * 21 October: The "+ Summoning level" does not show up in F2P worlds anymore. Players can only see this at the Bounty Hunter area and PvP worlds.
 * 17 October: The word "level" is changed from white to green, yellow, orange, or red depending on the Combat level of the player.
 * 16 October: Right-click options where "lvl-" could be seen, are replaced with "lvl:".
 * 15 October: Melee sound effects for weapons (such as scimitars, longswords, short swords, and daggers) while attacking are enhanced.

September
 * 29 September
 * The Grim reaper hood image has a minor graphical update.
 * The Graveyard of Shadows has a minor graphical update prior to the new quest. Gravestones are updated with more colours, and the dirt is now 3D. A statue of the Grim reaper is also added.
 * 9 September: Spirit shards are made tradeable in the Grand Exchange.

August
 * 19 August: The run energy meter on the left of the minimap is made so that it can be toggled "On" or "Off" by clicking on the icon. It turns a bright yellow/gold colour when toggled "On". In addition, the following were mentioned on the forums by Mod Osborne, in reference to The Great Orb Project:
 * Players are now able to sign up for the minigame with any of the wizard apprentices.
 * Players can now sign up to whichever team currently has the least players.
 * If a game lacks enough players, it will instantly finish.
 * Reward tokens are given whether players win, lose, or draw, based upon how well they've done.
 * A number of useful phrases has been added to Quick Chat for this minigame.
 * 8 August: The detail choices of RuneScape and RuneScape High Detail switches in size, so that the old version of RuneScape has the larger sized box than RuneScape HD.
 * ? August: The Tzhaar-ket-om (Obsidian maul) and Dharok's greataxe are updated so that they are held on the shoulder again.
 * ? August: Restoring the Hitpoints, Prayer, and Energy to full when players brought an offending item, entered the wrong crater, or entered in a different world in Bounty Hunter is fixed. To restore the levels, players must enter the crater suitable for their level.
 * ? August: Almost every emote with a glitch are fixed, including the infamous Bounty Hunter Skull glitch.

July
 * 14 July: Dying and "getting hit" sound effects is updated for human NPCs.

June
 * 25 June: A (-/+) option is added above the categories dividing the the official forums. (-) to hide the category of that forum, and (+) to show it.
 * 5 June: The word "dwelling" in the examine info for the Swamp Titan is changed to the more appropriate "duelling."

April
 * 22 April: The message "RuneScape is loading, please wait..." is added above the loading bar while loading the game.
 * 9 April: An "Empty" option is added to baskets and sacks
 * 1 April: Jagex releases a Dragon kite as an April Fools' Day joke, which players thought was a real Dragon kiteshield.

March
 * 18 March: The Ranged attack of the Cockroach soldier is increased to be about the same as the melee attack.
 * Beginning of March: The Zombie hand emote now may be done while in monkey form.

February
 * 14 February: The safe spot for Commander Zilyana is removed.

January
 * 1 January: Snow from the snowglobe can no longer be created in the Clan Wars arena.

2007
December
 * 18 December: A Vulture egg is added as a drop from Vultures and Raven eggs were able to be acquired from bird's nests.
 * 18 December: Yanille Petshop is released, but access is denied for a month.

November
 * 12 November: The graphics for the Gnome scarf is changed again.
 * 12 November: The Goblin High Priest miniquest was released.
 * 5 November: The graphics for the Gnome scarf is changed.

September
 * 20 September: All zeroes in the RuneScape games are updated to have a line through them to help distinguish them from capital Os.

July
 * 5 July: Unicode characters can now be used in-game, using Alt+number shortcuts built into Windows. For example, (Alt-0254) becomes þ.
 * ? July: Barrelchest anchor attack style is changed to a mace style.

June
 * 26 June
 * Loading and connection messages appears in the upper-left corner of the game applet.
 * The scroll bar on the chat box is updated.
 * Items now do not 'flash' when they are unequipped, in the way that they do when they are used on one another.
 * Players are not allowed to go beyond the first floor of Melzar's Maze after the quest. The quest is also extended slightly, and there is a Music track added.
 * Large monsters are able to move diagonally. This disrupts former safespots and safespot luring.
 * 2 June: The graphics for Rabbit snares is changed.
 * ? June: The location where Jagex stores data on a player's computer is changed.

May
 * 30 May: Broken shields from the Shield of Arrav quest can no longer be sold in shops or noted.
 * 16 May: It is reported that the new Lunar spells are changed so the rate of levelling up was slowed.
 * 14 May: 4 new worlds (numbered 141-144) are added.

April
 * 17 April: Players may now walk and alchemise items at the same time.
 * 15 April: Players can no longer stand on the same square as the Evil Chicken to avoid attack, it says: "Bwuk! Get off me!" and throws the character off the square.

March
 * 27 March: The in-game world switching interface is slimmed down.
 * 27 March: King Roald's graphics are improved.
 * 13 March
 * Players are able to use capitals in the middle of a sentence.
 * Switching Prayer during combat will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.
 * A search feature is added next to the Manual link in the RuneScape website.
 * Switching attack methods will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.

February
 * 7 February: Ardougne Zoo walls are changed from traditional rock colour to marble, similar to the style of houses in Falador.
 * ? February: The Shadow Sword miniquest is released.
 * ? February: Players no longer need to go through a message while entering Mort Myre. When the food rots while being attacked by a Ghast, it only takes up one line of dialogue.
 * When The Fremennik Isles quest was released, an NPC used the word "damn", which Jagex considers offensive. Later, it is changed to "blasted" instead.
 * Sometime between 25 January 2007 and 16 February 2007: All Snowballs melt, becoming a discontinued item.

January
 * Early January: The granite area of the desert is changed so that players need waterskins whilst mining there.

2006
December
 * 12 December: The witch in Draynor Manor can now be talked to (due to the Animal Magnetism quest).

October
 * 18 October: Players failing to pickpocket would get a twittering sound effect after being hit by an NPC.

July
 * Mid-July: Members can no longer tan dragonhides on free worlds.

Undated
 * Mid 2006: Two-handed swords are now held to the shoulder.
 * Players now get a message if the Evil Chicken disappears.

2004

 * Members objects can no longer be alchemised on the free worlds.
 * The thickness of the gate connecting Taverley and Falador is increased.