Members Loyalty Programme

The Members Loyalty Programme was released on 28 June 2011. It was first announced in the Behind of the Scenes of June 2011. Loyalty Points are an additional reward for being a Member of RuneScape. Players with pending or existing subscriptions will receive Loyalty Points for their remaining days of membership, but will not earn these points for the days before the actual update. On the release date of the Loyalty Programme, players were given a discount on most items in the rewards shop for a limited amount of time.

Loyalty Points can be spent on a various range of rewards, including emotes, costumes, and items for the new Aura slot.. Concurrent members will accumulate points at a higher rate than the players who only subscribe occasionally, so that the very loyal players can earn their rewards faster.. This feature will only be available through the main site. In addition to the news that Jagex has released, they have also released a sneak preview video that shows some new things that will be included in the Members Loyalty Programme.

Loyalty Points accrue more quickly the longer a player has membership. For the first month, players receive 500 points. The next month, they will get 3,000, then 5,000 the next, followed by 7,000. From there it increases by 1,000 per month, to finally, after a year's continuous subscription, stop at 15,000 points per month. There is a 7 day grace period in which to continue to subscribe, at which point the number of points per month will drop down to the amount from two months ago (eg. if a player subscribes for 6 months and then waits 10 days to resubscribe, they would get points for the 4th month). If a player does not resubscribe after 30 days, they will drop down to 500 points a month the next time they subscribe.

Items, emotes and titles can be bought from Xuan in Burthorpe. It would take 24 months to have enough points to buy all of the current rewards.

The table below shows the fastest time that a player could unlock all rewards. This is assuming they renew members every month from now, until 28 August 2013, that there are no future updates adding new rewards before then, and that the player does not buy any rewards while they are on sale. This information was added to the Knowledge base Loyalty points F.A.Q.s on 29 June 2011

Auras
Auras improve gameplay in many different ways, including effects with Combat, Fishing, and Agility. Other auras serve no practical purpose. They all have a particle effect that glows when the aura is active. They are equipped in the aura slot, and are activated by clicking Activate aura. All of them have an activation time, which shows how long they last, and a cooldown time, which shows how long it takes to be used again. This is clock time and count down even if you log out. If they are lost, they can be replaced by Xuan. Only one aura can be used at once.

If you un-equip the Aura, you cannot use it again until it is recharged.

All auras, except for Jack of trades, had a reduced price for the first two weeks, when the original price was decreased to 400 points.

Emotes
There are twelve emotes that can be bought from Xuan and used in the same way that all other emotes are used. They give no benefits.

The emotes Cat Fight, Talk to the Hand, Shake Hands and High Five had a reduced price for the first two weeks, where the original price was decreased to 100 points for Cat Fight, and 400 points for Talk to the Hand, Shake Hands and High Five.

It was confirmed in Behind the Scenes-September that there will be atleast three new emotes including, fist palm emote, ghost emote and Ninja Dissapear Emote.

Outfits
There are four outfits that can be bought from Xuan, all costing 1000 points. All parts of the outfit are bought at once. Only the Dervish Outfit give any benefits - it protects from desert heat. The colours can be changed by talking to Xuan and asking for a new colour.

For the first two weeks after the release, the prices for the outfits were decreased. The dervish outfit's price was reduced to 100 points, and the other outfits cost 400 points.
 * Dervish Outfit — [[File:Dervish female 1.png]][[File:Dervish female 2.png]][[File:Dervish female 3.png]][[File:Dervish female 4.png]][[File:Dervish female 5.png]][[File:Dervish male 1.png]][[File:Dervish male 2.png]][[File:Dervish male 3.png]][[File:Dervish male 4.png]][[File:Dervish male 5.png]]
 * Eastern Outfit — [[File:Eastern female 1.png]][[File:Eastern female 2.png]][[File:Eastern female 3.png]][[File:Eastern female 4.png]][[File:Eastern female 5.png]][[File:Eastern male 1.png]][[File:Eastern male 2.png]][[File:Eastern male 3.png]][[File:Eastern male 4.png]][[File:Eastern male 5.png]]
 * Samba Outfit — [[File:Samba female 1.png]][[File:Samba female 2.png]][[File:Samba female 3.png]][[File:Samba female 4.png]][[File:Samba female 5.png]][[File:Samba male 1.png]][[File:Samba male 2.png]][[File:Samba male 3.png]][[File:Samba male 4.png]][[File:Samba male 5.png]]
 * Saxon Outfit — [[File:Saxon female 1 icon.png]][[File:Saxon female 2 icon.png]][[File:Saxon female 3 icon.png]][[File:Saxon female 4 icon.png]][[File:Saxon female 5 icon.png]][[File:Saxon male 1.png]][[File:Saxon male 2.png]][[File:Saxon male 3.png]][[File:Saxon male 4.png]][[File:Saxon male 5.png]]
 * Theatrical outfit
 * Pharoah outfit
 * Cheongsam Changshan outfit
 * Silken outfit

Titles
Titles appear before your username in the chat box on both members and free worlds.

There are 16 different titles, 8 of which depend on the player's gender. Titles can be changed by talking to Xuan, and after one title has been bought it can be changed and used again for no extra charge.

For the first two weeks, the price for the Sir/Dame title was reduced to 100 points, and the prices for the Lord/Lady, Duderino/Dudette and Lionheart title were reduced to 400 points.

Duderino could be a reference to the Simpsons. The character Ned Flanders says words that end in "idly" doodly" "rino" etc. It could also be a reference to the movie "The Big Lebowski", in which Jeff Bridges' character, Jeff Lebowski AKA The Dude, lists various things to call him, relating to the word "dude", including "duderino".

Colour Changes
Pet rocks and Robin hood hats can have their colours changed by using them on Xuan. There are four new colours for each item. Once coloured, the robin hood hat cannot be traded to other players until it is changed back to its original colour by talking to Xuan.

Trivia
Auras: All auras except "Jack of Trades" were 400 points.
 * On the day of release and during the 2 weeks after, the prices of many cheaper rewards were on sale.Members Loyalty Proramme Box.png

Emotes: Cat Fight – 100 points Talk to the Hand - 400 points Shake Hands - 400 points High Five - 400 points

Outfits: Dervish - 100 points Eastern - 400 points Saxon - 400 points Samba - 400 points

Colour Changes: Pet Rock - 100 points Robin Hood Hat - 400 points

Titles: Sir - 100 points Lord - 400 points Duderino - 400 points Lionheart - 400 points
 * The next time users log in after they have registered to the Members Loyalty Programme, a box is Mercenary_leader.png
 * displayed, asking the player if they would like to view the shop, allowing players to be teleported to the shop in Burthorpe.
 * On the day of release, due to the mass popularity of the programme, the additional load on the website caused technical issues to areas of the site related to this update.
 * In the first reward batch, it took 287000 points to purchase all of the rewards assuming it is not purchased when they are discounted. This would take 24 months, or 2 years of being a member.
 * Although it is the only outfit to have an effect, the Dervish outfit was the cheapest, while they were on sale.
 * On 6 September 2011, the mercenary leader, mercenary mage, mercenary ranger, and mercenary warrior were placed in north of Falador wearing items from the loyalty programme. This could be an advertising on the part of Jagex, or a hint at a future update.