Battle of Lumbridge/The Duke's Dilemma

The Duke's Dilemma is a weekly player-choice event during the Battle of Lumbridge world event.

Lumbridge was very badly damaged by the battle, and Duke Horacio is currently working on rebuilding the city. Each week he asks players to vote on how to allocate the town's emergency resources toward dealing with various situations pertaining to this goal. The Duke has a total of 160,000 coins to use for rebuilding. The situation will change periodically through the world event. Players will be limited later on in the event by the amount of money they have spent. Voting can be done by either speaking to Duke Horacio, using the right-click option "Manage-Crisis", or by accessing the lectern in his room.

Regardless of which option the player chooses, they will be rewarded with an amount of bonus experience for voting, which players can add to a skill of their choosing (e.g. "The Duke grants you an XP bonus. This will be used up as you earn XP in this skill."). Players will earn double experience as you earn experience in the skill, until the XP bonus from Duke Horacio decreases to zero. The remaining bonus experience can be checked by hovering over the chosen skill in the skills menu.

For the first two weeks, this activity was available to both members and free players. Beginning in the third week, it became available only to members.

Week 1: Destruction of Homes
Members and Free players

Week 2: Defence of Lumbridge
Members and Free players

Week 3: Requesting Aid
Members only

Week 4: Improving Guardsmen
Members only

Week 5: Magical Support
Members only