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. Now they are 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. Some of which may disrupt the steady atmosphere of the player community for a short amount of time if released to the public.

July

 * 19 July
 * Daemonheim was increased in size.
 * Maple trees are made cuttable for free players.
 * Glassblowing pipes have been reverted to their original sounds.


 * 12 July
 * The browser header for all webpages is changed back to "RuneScape - The Number 1 Free Multiplayer Game"
 * 5 July
 * The sounds of glassblowing are updated to simulate Vuvuzelas, which have become renowned for their extremely irritating sound. This is most likely temporary, in honour of the World Championships in South-Africa.
 * The idle animations of demons are improved.
 * A redberry bush was added near the Draynor Village pig pen.
 * The boulder in the Brine Rat Cavern doesn't continuously roll, and eventually comes back down the ramp. Despite this, the Examine info while on the ramp remains, "Keeps rolling, rolling, rolling"
 * You can now no longer dismiss your summoned familiar when attacked by another player.
 * Unknown Date
 * House portal animations are tweened.

June

 * 29 June
 * RuneScape Classic tab has been removed from the mainpage Website Features list, and new Downloads and Wallpapers tab has been added.
 * The Instant Demo is placed back onto the main login screen.


 * 17 June
 * You can now log into the game from nearly anywhere in the website with a smaller version of the login button at the top of the page.
 * The Adventurer's Log page is updated to match the layout of the rest of the website.
 * 10 June
 * A new forum, Account Help, is added.
 * 9 June
 * The Accept Aid icon is changed to green.
 * A large number of items receive graphical updates for their inventory view, including - but not limited to - : Defenders, capes of Legends, runes (except for combination runes and astral runes), charms, all God Wars Dungeon rewards, leaf-bladed swords, helms of Neitiznot (except for enchanted and charged version), barb-tail harpoons, explorer's rings, lobsters, rocktails, bird's eggs, crossbows, potions, Snape Grass, partyhats, disks of returning, feathers, waterskins, ancient staffs, toktz-ket-xils, steel key rings, cannonballs, Lava battlestaves, Nurse hats, strange skulls, runed sceptres, Black d'hide chaps, plant pots, watering cans, Ogre bellows, bowls, Noose wands, cake tins, pots of flour, needles, dragon halberds and kebabs. Most of these items' images have only been rotated to display a different angle of the item in the inventory.
 * Roddeck's Chat Head in the lobby is changed to face the screen.


 * 1 June
 * The Developers' Blogs on the Homepage has been expanded to 5 blogs instead of 3,
 * A new tab was added to the right side of the RuneScape mainpage with RuneScape Classic information. This should give RuneScape Classic more popularity as it is now more accessible.
 * Inventory icons for the Ectophial, knives, necklaces and the Helm of Neitiznot have been updated.


 * Unknown date
 * The Faithful shield is given a Defence requirement of 40, when before it was 1.
 * The speed of the death animation is slightly increased.
 * The sound of a lyre is changed.
 * The servant will now first give the item you asked him to get from the bank, and then ask for his payment.

May

 * 27 May
 * The examine for the Catalytic staff has been changed to "Makes destructive spells more powerful."
 * The way a player holds banners is changed.
 * Bandages '+' sign changed from red to green.
 * Particle effects are introduced to the Varrock fountain in the main square.
 * 25 May
 * The Windows client was revamped to an open source game launcher.
 * 19 May
 * The browser header of the main page was changed to RuneScape - MMORPG - The No.1 Free Online Multiplayer Game.
 * You can now talk in the clan chat without typing the / symbol if you click on 'clan' down the chatbox.
 * 13 May
 * The way a player holds magical staves is changed.
 * 1 May
 * The way a player holds swords, bows, daggers, pickaxes and hatchets is changed.
 * The animation of searching crates is improved.
 * Door opening and ladder climbing sounds in the Gnome Stronghold are improved.
 * Unknown date
 * Particle effects are introduced to the Mort Myre Swamp.
 * The message "I can't reach that" is changed to "You can't reach that."
 * A loading screen with "Loading - Please wait" (along with a yellow dot spinning between circles) has been added for whilst logging in from the RuneScape lobby.

April

 * 21 April
 * Players who had their emote Around the World in Eggty Days locked will now find it unlocked.
 * 18 April
 * Various parts of Unstable Foundations have been updated to make the tutorial run a bit faster.
 * 16 April
 * "Random Objective" screen changed
 * 15 April
 * The RuneScape main page is changed to represent the Dungeoneering skill.
 * The rogue jewellery shop found west of the Varrock East Bank has been nerfed, and now only buys Jewellery for Low Alchemy price instead of the G.E. minimum price.
 * 14 April
 * The eating animation is slightly improved.
 * 13 April
 * Halberd and spear swipe attack animations are tweened somewhat.
 * The XP Counter icon is changed, and the "XP+" is changed to "XP".
 * 12 April
 * Prayer icons for Rapid Restore, Rapid Heal, Mystic Will, Mystic Lore, Mystic Might and Redemption are tweaked.
 * The sound of emptying liquid from a vessel is improved.
 * Unknown date
 * Typing a player name in notes and editing it no longer results in the said name having a mod crown before it.
 * Metal dragon firebreath is improved.
 * The sound of receiving a strange rock in one's inventory is improved
 * The sound of picking spikes in the tenth wave of Barbarian Assault is improved.

March

 * 24 March
 * The in-game account creation process and tutorial is changed.
 * The dungeon used for the Unstable Foundations quest is changed.
 * 23 March
 * The Fishing Guild and Hemenster receive a graphical update.
 * The in-game login page now shows an "Abort Login" option under the timer when you switch worlds.
 * A "Hide Done" option is available in the quest tab.
 * The line above your name in the chat box is now silver/grey.
 * 3 March
 * Cockatrice attack animations are now tweened.
 * Finnish swear words are censored.
 * Unknown date
 * Port Sarim receive a graphical update. One floor square in every building has a different dark shading.

February

 * 22 February
 * Zombie implings now can be looted for a monkey skull, which can then be made into a new greegree - with it being a Blue Faced Gorilla form.
 * A new castle guarded by 2 Fremennik has been found east of Fist of Guthix. It contains ice and the Orb of oculus can be used here.
 * New wheat fields have been placed in the Tree Gnome Stronghold, North-East of Catherby farming patches, and near the Brimhaven Spirit Tree patch.
 * 8 February
 * The option to play a music track that you have not unlocked has been removed.
 * The option to loop a music track was removed.
 * 1 February
 * The browser header for all pages was also changed to RuneScape - The Number 1 Free Multiplayer Game
 * The animation for a fairy's wings have been improved. (only when it is moving around)
 * The RuneScape official forums button Up to RuneScape was changed back to the way it was before.
 * The Explorer's ring would now have a caution message when using low-alchemy on an item.

January

 * 31 January
 * The walking animation for a Dagannoth Spawn was improved.
 * 28 January
 * The browser header for the RuneScape Forums changed from RuneScape - the massive online adventure game by Jagex Games Studio to RuneScape - The Number 1 Free Multiplayer Game
 * RuneScape official forums button Up to (the current subforum you're in) was changed to Up to RuneScape
 * 17 January
 * The music that plays when a player dies now plays while the player is dying rather than when they respawn.
 * 10 January
 * The gnome farmer interface was changed slightly.
 * 8 January
 * The animation for opening and closing drawers has been changed to a more fluid one.
 * The death animation for a Dagannoth has been improved.
 * Unknown date
 * Catch rate for Wily cats are reduced slightly.