Hidden updates

Hidden updates are updates which are not mentioned in the RuneScape news or the official forums. Jagex used to add many small updates and bug fixes which were too trivial to announce. They are now including most of their updates in the Patch Notes sticky of Recent Updates forum section. However, there are still some updates which are not included in the Patch Notes for various reasons. This page lists the hidden updates for 2012. Hidden updates that occur separately from major updates can also be recognised due to the build changing, which can be found in the Developer's Console.

December

 * 4 December
 * Saradomin wizards, Guthix wizards, Zamorak wizards, and the Double agent have been balanced for the Evolution of Combat
 * Max had his appearance updated to match the new armour look.
 * 1 December
 * Snowmen Penguins have returned.

November

 * 28 November
 * Void Knight equipment has had its defensive bonuses reduced to be equivalent to level 30 armour. Elite Void Knight equipment has additionally had its prayer bonuses reduced from +4 per piece to +2.
 * The dramen staff has been changed to have its original appearance.
 * The blue and red Soul Wars capes from Nomad's Requiem and the minigame itself have had their prayer bonuses halved.
 * The Skeletal Horde boss from dungeoneering no longer gives experience.
 * Tutorial island has been removed from the game map.
 * 20 November
 * The cave entrance at Trollheim to reach the herblore patch has been graphically tweaked in style of the Troll Warzone.
 * The Report Abuse screen has been updated, along with this, the screen for skilling (fletching, cooking, etc.) has been updated.
 * The ancient staff, croziers, and Armadyl battlestaff have been graphically updated.
 * The inventory icon for magic secateurs has been tweaked to more closely match the model.
 * The animation for mining has been updated to stop pickaxes from twisting around in a player's hands when mining a Shooting Star.
 * The mercenaries north of Falador have been removed.
 * The Orb of Oculus has a new mode: Flying mode.
 * The Troll Warzone tutorial's opening portion has been updated, with a new cinematic and new voice acting for the Baby troll.
 * Emotes were tweeked to take advantage of the new player kit and idle animation.
 * 14 November
 * It is now possible to quick-switch rings of kinship while in combat in Daemonheim.
 * 6 November
 * Spirit trees are now animated.
 * The image on the Noticeboard tab that is shown when you have no task has changed.

October

 * 24 October
 * The Home Teleport sound effect has been updated.
 * The Resting Animation has been slightly altered.
 * Blooming in DirectX now works with anti-aliasing.
 * Minimap glitches and issues in DirectX have been fixed.
 * 17 October
 * A road has been added that connects the Dwarven Mine at Ice Mountain to the path north of Falador.
 * Dwarves in the Artisans Workshop have been graphically updated.
 * All mysterious statues have been updated to look like the one by the Tower of Life.
 * The edge of the Falador park tree patch has been updated.
 * 14 October
 * Players may no longer post new threads in the Tech Support forum.
 * 9 October
 * Many monsters have had their sound effects updated, including lesser demons, chaos dwarves, magic axes, and hill giants/moss giants/fire giants.
 * The stairs on the east side of the tunnel under White Wolf Mountain were turned to face towards the cave's entrance.
 * A new shortcut to an area of the Brimhaven dungeon was added.
 * 2 October
 * Mazchna has received a graphical update.

September

 * 26 September
 * The resting animation has been altered.
 * Shantay Pass no longer requires a toll or pass; as such, the passes have been removed from the game.
 * The Kalphite Hive has been updated.
 * The clay golem's chathead is updated.
 * 18 September
 * A new mechanic now destroys ad bots at the Grand Exchange, complete with an animation of the account dying.
 * The font size for the wicked hood's interface's numbers have been reduced.
 * 7 September
 * Torva gloves and boots, pernix gloves and boots, and virtus gloves and boots are now listed on the Grand Exchange.
 * 5 September
 * Many pieces of Void Knight equipment, particularly the top, bottom, elite top, elite bottom, and deflector, have been graphically updated to match their appearance in the Evolution of Combat beta. Void Knight helmets remain unchanged except for the void ranger helm.
 * 4 September
 * The confirmation interface when turning on fullscreen in the lobby has been updated.

August

 * 28 August
 * Kebbits have been graphically updated.
 * 24 August
 * A message now appears when you sign in telling you when your Squeal of Fortune spins reset.
 * A border has been added to the x at the top right of the interfaces with the new design (such as the Equipment Bonuses)
 * 17 August
 * All game updates released up to the Summer of Squeal update are now available in the Evolution of Combat Beta.
 * The "Collect-bank" option for the Head Guard at citadel has been changed to "Collect". The ability to collect Avatar Handbooks from him was also added.
 * Grizzly bears have been given a minor graphical update.
 * 14 August
 * Gardener Gunnhild's and Farmer Fromund's animations have been updated.
 * Nitroglycerin no longer damages a player in Barbarian Assault, which had been used to boost points.
 * 9 August
 * On the homepage the 'Forum' header has had a drop down box added to it with a few of the main sections in the Forums.
 * 7 August
 * A discount for the Deep-Sea Fishing animation and the Gravedigger emote has been added.
 * The Boogie bow can now be reclaimed from Diango.
 * 1 August
 * Glowing buttons have been added to show you that you unlocked new customisation options in Solomon's General Store or that you have unlocked new emotes.
 * Some mouse cursors have been graphically updated.
 * Shark fists 1, 2, 3 and 4 have been added to the Attack skill guide.
 * The Armadyl battlestaff is now wielded with the same animation as other staves.

July

 * 24 July
 * The Squeal of Fortune and Solomon's Store in the Extras Tab have been brightened up.
 * U.S. servers have been divided between East and West coast.
 * 17 July
 * The chaotic longsword, chaotic staff, and Enhanced Excalibur's idle animations is updated to match that of other longswords. It is now held further out from the body.
 * New animations are added for using member weapons in free-to-play worlds, instead of punching/kicking and the weapon dissapearing, most weapons now have a unique animation. For example, when attacking with a godsword in a F2P world, the player will hit the enemy with the hilt of the sword.
 * 11 July
 * 'Home', 'Support', 'Forums', and 'Clans' buttons have been built into the game itself.
 * The POH's workbench interface has been updated.
 * The sky lighting at Varrock city centre has been changed back to what it was before June 1 2011.
 * All Dungeoneering music tracks have been updated to remove the quiet pause at the beginning of each.

June

 * 26 June
 * Health bars now fade out after combat instead of disappearing.
 * 22 June
 * Golden katana have been distributed to a number of players for reasons unknown.
 * 19 June
 * Option selection interfaces have been graphically updated. (For selecting what to craft, crafting logs, making potions, etc..)
 * Pointing arrows have been graphically updated and no longer flicker. (arrows that appear above caught kebbits with falconry, minigame targets, etc.)
 * 13 June
 * It is now possible to get a free spin on the Squeal of Fortune by watching an ad.
 * A forced teleport, allowing one to smuggle stances, has been fixed.
 * A graphical glitch with the fishing waders has been fixed.

May

 * 31 May
 * Victory messages over the Queen Black Dragon have been added to the Adventurer's Log.
 * More images showing future updates have been put into the media section of the RuneScape website.
 * 29 May
 * Mercenary's gloves had their ranged attack bonus increased from +13 to +15.
 * The Celebrate emote has been added.
 * The Fist of Guthix reward shop interface has been updated.
 * The King Black Dragon has had its examine text changed to "Was the biggest, meanest dragon around."
 * 22 May
 * Three new music tracks, Long Road, Getting on With Things, and Weaving have been added to around Rimmington.
 * Player-owned house portals have been graphically updated.
 * The mysterious statue by the Tower of Life has been updated. The statue by Rimmington has been removed.
 * 11 May
 * The stock on jute and cactus seeds in the Mobilising Armies shops has been decreased.
 * 10 May
 * The animation for trying to light a fire has been updated.
 * A new task has been added to the introductory Task System called "Raising the Stokes", which requires you to add a log to an existing fire.
 * Essence gained from siphoning creatures in the Runespan has been increased (depends on creature).

April

 * 30 April
 * A deposit box in the form of a chest has been added outside of the Runecrafting Guild entrance.
 * A runecrafting wizard that offers to teleport players to the Runecrafting Guild for free is now standing next to every runecrafting altar.
 * Runecrafting Altars, other than blood and astral, have been graphically updated.
 * 24 April
 * The sound effects of various melee weapons have been altered.
 * Born to Do This has been replaced by Daemonheim Entrance and Daemonheim Fremenniks as the music track that plays while on the Daemonheim peninsula.
 * 19 April
 * Members objects have been updated to have their actual name stated on free to play worlds.
 * The Character Creation screen has been once again reworked.
 * Extraneous dialogue when unnoting ores with Ordan at the Blast Furnace has been removed, and the dialogue remembers the amount of ore unnoted the last time.
 * Giant spiders in the Stronghold of Security have received new audio for attacking.
 * 11 April
 * A small bit of land has been extended south of Rimmington.
 * Vyre corpse inventory icons have been slightly altered.
 * The Fork handle has been added as a joke item that one may obtain from any store that sells candles.
 * All capes bought from the Castle Wars reward shop can now be put on a Cape rack in a player owned house.
 * 2 April
 * When rubbing a skill-specific experience lamp from the Squeal of Fortune, a confirmation message appears to make sure you want to gain the experience.

March

 * 27 March
 * The animation of the Barrelchest anchor has been updated.
 * The Ectofuntus now has a particle glow effect instead of the old effect.
 * The Temple guardian is now named Cerberus before Priest in Peril is completed, and Lycurgus afterwards.
 * The woodcutting animation has now been altered when cutting in a vertical direction.
 * The combat options when using a Salamander have changed to include an image of a green lizard next to the texts.
 * The animation for mining pure essence has been updated.
 * Miscellanian maple trees have been fixed to no longer appear as evergreens on the minimap, yield normal logs and no longer not give the logs to Lumberjack Leif.
 * 21 March
 * A tree has been added north-west of the Seers' Village bank.
 * 13 March
 * The Home Teleport animation has been altered with the introduction of the Lodestone Network.
 * The Shake Hands emote animation has been changed slightly.
 * The altar map at the Runecrafting Guild has been updated.
 * 6 March
 * Most of Kandarin, except the north-eastern part, has been updated with new trees, ground textures, and lighting.
 * Extra pitfall trap areas have been added for sabre-toothed kyatts to the east of the polar hunter area.
 * The developer's console's snow has been removed.
 * The Spirit Tree east of the Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon has been graphically updated, along with the gnome rework.

February

 * 28 February
 * Grim Reaper as the Death tutor has received a voice.
 * The Audio Options menu has been graphically updated.
 * When logging into the lobby, the screen has been adjusted to fade in from black.
 * Xuan now says something different when handing you your Rewards book.
 * 21 February
 * TzRek-Jads have been updated in line with the recent TzHaar updates.
 * 4 February
 * The play button on the RuneScape website was updated.
 * Three more tasks have been added to Burthorpe/Taverley set. These are Bank On It, Mind Out Of Matter and Walking In The Air Altar.
 * 3 February
 * Fist of Guthix scoreboards have been updated.

January

 * 31 January
 * The Equipment stats interface has been graphically updated.
 * Runecrafting altars are now marked on the world and mini map.
 * The left and right-click symbol animations has been changed.
 * All med helms have been renamed to helms.
 * A maximum of 1 million dungeoneering tokens can only be traded for experience now.
 * The Tool leprechaun's tool interface has received a small graphical update.
 * Item names in inventory and in right-click context menu now have different colours according to their class.
 * The XP-pop up has been updated, the counter will track together with the amount of Xp now.
 * The interface when checking Jadinko requirements with Astlayrix has changed slightly.
 * Drinking potions, waterskins and praying sounds have been updated.
 * (Mountain) Trolls have received another graphical update.
 * Spirit shards can no longer be sold to Dodgy Derek's Dirty Deals.
 * The animation when running with bows has been changed.
 * You can no longer do anything while setting up a Hunter trap.


 * 23 January
 * More images have been added to the RS website.
 * Juna's animations have been updated.
 * 16 January
 * All Skills' icons have been updated.
 * The Quest start and the slayer master symbols have been updated.
 * The Combat styles, Options, Stats, and Worn Equipment screens have received a new look.
 * The Price Checker button on the Worn equipment tab has been removed. Players can still access the Price Checker via the Money Pouch.
 * 11 January
 * The sound effect of when logs catch fire has been updated.
 * 5 January
 * The colour of Jagex moderator posts on the forum has changed to a more golden colour and the border of the post has been made yellow.
 * 4 January
 * Akrisae has been graphically updated.
 * The Barrows Brothers' combat levels have been increased.
 * Trade declined red.png trade declined notification has been made easier to see, in response to an ongoing scam.