Upcoming updates

The following is a list of upcoming updates, derived from official Jagex content:

Smithing

 * Note: Some mining updates have already happened- Dragon pickaxes, Concentrated coal rocks, Concentrated gold rocks, and, for smithing, the update in the success of creating iron bars from iron ore, you can also now mine shooting stars at various levels...

Construction
Construction will also recieve an improvement when in the dungeons of Daemonhiem. Below is a quote from the "July - Behind The Scenes" article released on the 1st June 2010:

"We’re also adding the Construction skill to Dungeoneering in the form of a new building spot to the smuggler’s room. Players with the appropriate Construction level will be able to create their own locations in the start room, whether it’s a prayer altar or farming spot, or even the new group gatestone portal (fantastic for getting your team about within larger dungeons), there’s bound to be something useful you can build (assuming you have the appropriate materials, of course)."

Prayer

 * Note: The prayer 'Augury' that is unlocked whilst training the Dungeoneering skill is a magic based prayer, and in a recent FAQ a Jagex mod stated that a range prayer is in the works to be released via the dungeoneering rewards.

Several more Grandmaster quests to come

 * One of the Grandmaster quests Jagex said to be released is Nomad's Requiem, which was released on 11 January 2010. However, this is not the level 80 requirements quest, as none of the requirements for Nomad's Requiem are level 80 or above, simply recommended to be that high.

Void Knights quest series
In his Developers' Blog, Mod Moltare outlines an upcoming series about the Void Knights consisting of "three quests and an activity". Mod Moltare mentions that "Summer Knights is more a pun than an indication of the release date!".

Note - The first quest of the series, Quiet Before the Swarm, was released on June 24, 2010. It did not come with a new activity, so the activity will be released with either one of the next two quests, most likely the last one.

Love Story - Wise Old Man storyline
In a Developers Blog, from 12 May, 2010, Mod Ash has confirmed a new quest in the Wise Old Man storyline - Love Story. It has almost finished development, and should be released soon. Also, the Wise Old Man will receive a graphical update when the quest is released. For more details, see the Love Story article.

Goldflipper
Another quest in the Penguin series has been confirmed, entitled Goldflipper. on the 26 May 2010 in a jagex video called Inside Jagex - Content Developer Q&A the penguins quest was talked about, while in the seen on one of the screens was artwork of the motherland, with a ship crashed into a iceberg, also seen is a unknown image of what looks to be a monster in the ice, possibly the master of the mother of the motherland, this is all that is known at current.

The Ritual of the Mahjarrat
This is a planned future quest, and has been confirmed to be the final quest of the Mysteries of the Mahjarrat quest series :

Dragon defender


Confirmed by Mod Ajd in a comment on Thejagexchannel YouTube channel.

Dragon ore / dragon bar
- Therefore if Dragon ore/bars are introduced into RuneScape, Mod Mark has stated above to give us a hint to that the ore would be guarded by some sort of bestiary or boss.

F2P Item of accomplishment
In a Q&A, a Mod (MMG) stated that instead of making skill capes available for free, that they would be releasing a new free item of accomplishment that Jagex think will be more popular.

Update Treasure Trails
With the release of the "July - Behind The Scenes" article on the 1st June 2010, it confirmed that there would be an update to the old trasure trails. Below is a direct quote from the article about this future update:

Our final update this month [July] starts with a rework of our old treasure trails. We wanted to make sure that players felt more rewarded for doing every treasure trail and not just rely on blind luck to get a treasure trail-only reward or cool pieces of costume. So we’ve changed all of the existing trails to ensure that you’ll always get a unique, trail-specific reward every time you open the reward casket at the end! Naturally, to achieve this, we needed to add a plethora of new rewards and challenges, so this update will also introduce a brand new set of treasure trails – called the elite treasure trails – and new rewards.

More Elite diaries to be created
Jagex asked on the future updates on RSOF for player's suggestions on possible future elite tasks and rewards. As this thread is posted in future updates section (and not suggestions section) and there's a develop blog in the same section created, it is to be assumed there will be more elite diaries in the future.


 * Note: The threads concerning questions and suggestions in relation to the Elite development blog have been deleted. This may indicate that Jagex has decided which suggestions would be suitable for the Elite tasks.

Barbarian Assault, Gnomeball, Trouble brewing and Castlewars Updates

 * Note: the Barbarian Assault update was released on the 19th of January 2010.
 * Note: the Castle wars update was released on the 27th of May 2010.

Dragon graphical rework
Mod Knox's response to a thread about the new look of the Tutorial dragon.

In the dungeons used for the dungeoneering skill, all dragons have the new look, both chromatic and metal dragons.

The update of the graphics for dragons was also confimred in the " July - Behind The Scenes" article released on the 1st June 2010 in which this is quoted:

"We are also improving the look of dragons in the game with this update, so look out for some scorching new graphics to accompany the summer heat."