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...

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.

Another Slayer Update
Note: this is most likely the Slayer challenges released on 21st of April. This update expanded on the idea of Special tasks like Kuradals TzTokJad task.

Hiscores
This might refer to the recently released Adventurer's Logs, or the Barbarian Assault statistics.

Elemental Workshop III
It has also been hinted at in the Chaos Elemental's suitcase; see http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Letters_to_the_Chaos_Elemental#Letter_13_.28Suitcase.29

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.

Quest series finished in 2010
As it has been confirmed that the Fairy Tale series will be concluded in 2010, this may not have any further meaning.

Void Knights 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!".

Love Story - Wise Old Man storyline
In a Developers Blog, from 12th 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 recieve 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. Currently, not much is known about this quest.

The Ritual of the Mahjarrat
The final quest in the Mysteries of the Mahjarrat quest series and will be a Grandmaster quest as hinted in the Chaos Elemental letter. 'Regarding standard game updates, I'm very excited about a three-part quest we're writing on the various Orders of Knights within the game (that will be released with a new minigame), and also the quest that Paul Gower (the original creator of the RuneScape back story and the other co-founder) is writing that concludes one of our oldest storylines, called "The Ritual of the Mahjarrat".'

Dragon ore / dragon bar
This may be known as the update towards metal dragons as well, or possibly hinting that you have to take it somehow from Dragonkin (they may still exist)... but who knows?

When Mod Mark says "Though the owners of such ore wouldn’t be too happy about losing it, and we wouldn’t like it much if they came looking for it..." he might mean, if there was a dragon ore it would be around dragon's who would guard it.

New Armour and weapons

 * Note: The set of equipment referred to is likely the Dungeoneering set, which does include some level 99 items (specifically, those items which are tier 11).

99 requirement armour

 * Note: The new dungeoneering skill has released level 99 armour into gameplay. But none of this armour is for Non-combat skills. There is yet to be 99 armour for skills such as woodcutting and fletching

New mage hats

 * Note: The fact the hats will be released can be indirectly derived from the answer. There was no question about the hats, though Mod Mark showed interested in them. It might be a strong hint, and could be part of the combat rebalancing updates.

Better weapons than Godswords

 * Note: These may be the chaotic weapons from Dungeoneering.

2010: Year of skill completion

 * Note: This was said in 2009; the 'aimed update until the end of this year' refers thus to 2009 and not to 2010.

New Dungeon

 * Note: It may be possible that the dungeon mentioned is the Dungeoneering dungeon released in April of 2010.

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. Indicating that Jagex May Have already 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.

More fairy ring teleports

 * Note: It sounds plausible this update will come along with Fairy Tale part 3.

Improved Fairy Ring Teleports

 * Note:This implies that FTP3 might introduce staff-free fairy rings

Magic Graphics Update
{{cquote2 Mod Mark: Yes, we plan to add particle effects and bloom aspects to spell animations, bringing them up to standard. Our artists mention it weekly! Mod Fetzki: It is a massive task and a unique challenge to get this done to a high standard, in both Standard and High Detail modes. The early prototypes look great, though! {{cite web }}
 * 4 = Mod Mark and Mod Fetzki
 * 1 = Amirul179: Will you update the magic animation to make it more unique and powerful? as the old one doesn't fit RuneScape HD anymore.

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.

Fairy graphical rework
Mod Tytn's November 2009 Development Blog announces with the release of Fairy Tale III that the city of Zanaris will be updated along with the inhabitants, constituting mostly of fairies. In a Development Diary released earlier that year, Mod Joe presents some screenshots of the what Zanaris would look in the near future. Although not confirmed, it is expected that in 2010 the third part of the Fairy Tale quest series will be released, along with a Zanaris graphical rework that includes the fairies' homes and landscape. In Mod Fetzki's Icould video, released 1 March 2010, a screen in the background of a shot shows someone working on the remake of Zanaris.

Mod Fetzki: iCould - New Update Revealed

Forum

 * Note: A recent update had allowed greater forum access to players. Players could now post in the forums having at least 5 million exp in total.

Fairy General
The fairy general was confirmed to be a character in the unreleased and untitled Fairytale III in the Fairy Tale III: Subtitle Yet to Be Approved Developer Blog.