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.

May

 * 13 May
 * A unknown "Search Rock" has been found in Lumbridge swamp east of the mine near the shed, it currently has no uses, but may be used for a future update.
 * Some npc's in the Enchanted Valley had a graphical update
 * All Fairies had a graphical update, expect for 4 fairys
 * The way a player holds magical staves is changed.
 * 1 May
 * The way a player holds swords, bows, pickaxes and hatchets is changed.
 * The animation of searching crates is improved.
 * Door opening and ladder climbing sounds in the Gnome Stronghold are improved.

April

 * 28 April
 * Diango now has a "Redeem - Code" option on his right click menu, which is used to submit a code given to you after purchasing a RuneFest ticket. Players that submit their code will receive a Flagstaff of Festivities.
 * 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.
 * 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.

December

 * 23 December
 * The first RuneScape Newsletter, named RuneScape Courier, has been sent to players who have confirmed their e-mail address.
 * 21 December
 * Nomad receive a graphical update.
 * All imp chatheads (snow and fire) received a graphical update.
 * Zimberfizz in Soul Wars now has the same options as Nomad does.
 * 15 December
 * All cape holders, when moused over now reveal which capes the player may receive.
 * Chickens now lay eggs randomly while not under attack.
 * A bank deposit box has been added to the Port Sarim docks near the boat to Entrana.
 * Ball of wool receives a graphical update
 * Father Urhney, ghosts, and some ghost related objects now have a graphic of a Ghost's head in the examine box indicating that you will need an amulet of Ghostspeak to talk to them.
 * Black sheep, Black Wool, and Ball of black wool were put in Lumbridge for the quest Sheep Shearer.
 * 8 December
 * The welcome screen (initial page for first-timers) now displays a random tip.
 * 5 December
 * A red skull was added on the Canoe interface in the Chaos Tunnel location.
 * 3 December
 * The Home Page was updated so that the player counter was changed from a number such as 123456 to 123,456.
 * The in-game font is changed.
 * A new fairy\ring is introduced to the Ancient Cavern.
 * Typing Alt + 0151 no longer creates the 0-pixel character. It is now replaced with a dash (-). This makes it impossible to type in capital letters by placing this character between characters in words. The different floating style Easter egg with Wave2: is also impossible to be done.
 * Donie has been added back to Lumbridge.
 * Kuradal, a Slayer Master, now appears randomly in Slayer locations.

November

 * 11 November
 * The Grim reaper hood icon is updated again.
 * 9 November
 * Idle animations have been slightly updated, and the player can see their animations turned off when in a crowded area.
 * Skeletons' attacking animations and sounds are slightly enhanced.

October

 * 26 October
 * The beta version of the Adventurer's Log is released.
 * Rocks near the Kandarin monastery are updated.
 * 20 October
 * Animations of burying bones, going down ladders, filling leaks in Fishing Trawler, etc. have been smoothed out.
 * Players hold certain weapons, such as all hatchets, all pickaxes, etc. with a slight slant.
 * Idle animations have been slightly tweaked.
 * 13 October
 * You will log out after five minutes of inactivity even in combat, thus getting rid of Afk training.
 * The training swords' inventory icon was changed, yet again.
 * Training weapons now have a drop option that acts like a destroy option.
 * 7 October
 * The Items kept on death, Price Checker, and Equipment Stats tabs are slightly tweaked.
 * 2 October
 * There is now a shortcut on the main page of RuneScape to the RSS feed.

September

 * 23 September
 * The gates at Barbarian Village have been reduced to one pair, with the one besides the guards remaining.
 * 20 September
 * The thinking problem of cooking on stoves has returned. See the part in 17 September 2009.
 * 17 September
 * The Grand Exchange staff has been halved to reduce duplicate options which appeared when players right clicked.
 * Swords, two-handed swords, and scimitars animations and models have been updated. Please notice that rune scimitars and dragon scimitars, as well as rune longswords, dragon longswords, and the attacking animation of the Abyssal whip have once again been updated.
 * Animation of rat is updated.
 * The ability to view quest starts on the quest list is removed.
 * The Doomsayer has moved onto a box.
 * The wooden bridge crossing the River Lum in Lumbridge now has a roof.
 * The Lumbridge Sage now has a completely blue staff, and stays beside his stall reading a book.
 * The doors behind Lumbridge Castle can't be closed anymore.
 * The bait and fly fishing animations have been updated.
 * Players no longer cook food towards the coal gate, but towards the heat pan when cooking on a Stove.
 * Clicking the compass makes the camera angle face north and lowers the angle viewing.
 * It is now possible to right click private messaged quickchat, and use quickreply.
 * The bridge connecting the Barbarian Village to Varrock now has a gate and a roof.
 * There is now a gap in the wall north of the Cooking Guild, making it easier to reach the Grand Exchange from Edgeville.
 * 9 September
 * Pickaxe's graphics been updated.
 * Attack animations for battleaxes, warhammers, maces, pickaxes and maul class weapons have changed.
 * 2 September
 * Tormented Wraiths cannot be safe spotted anymore.
 * Four Mobilising armies worlds were added as well as disabling you to play Mobilising Armies on any other world.
 * There is a small "flying camera" icon on the bottom-left of the login screen. When toggled on, it rotates around several places.
 * The Trouble Brewing Mini-game shop rewards have nearly all their prices reduced to 1/10th the original cost of Pieces of Eight.
 * Unknown date
 * Rock hammer animation has been updated.

August

 * 23 August
 * The sound for all Two-handed swords are changed.

July

 * 28 July
 * The sound for the whip was changed.
 * Bandos icon was changed into Bandos Scrimshaw.
 * Master farmers receive a graphical makeover.
 * Tools for Games icon was added on the Minimap.
 * The first shortcut in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (which requires 81 Agility) was changed to a chasm which has to be jumped over.
 * The birds that appear over your head when stunned have received a graphics update.
 * A Smithing anvil now shows spark animation when hammering a metal bar on it.
 * 21 July
 * Killerwatts receive a graphical makeover.
 * 15 July
 * When you are poisoned, the life points icon will be green with an option to cure, assuming you have something to cure it. When you are diseased, it will turn yellow.
 * 8 July
 * Broad-tipped bolts in-game image changed.
 * Prayer icon now appears under health bar.
 * Sound effects for Greater demons had changed.
 * The font is changed.
 * Spirit tree teleport interface is updated.
 * you now run across the rope bridge short-cut regardless if your run is on or not.
 * Unknown date
 * The "give to" option in Stealing Creation is changed to "trade with".
 * An endless fire is added to Edgeville Dungeon.

June

 * 16 June
 * Female characters resting sit with their legs straight out instead of crossed.
 * 14 June
 * Hit Splats are less transparent, and more visible.
 * 11 June
 * Players can no longer light fires in the Party Room; they will receive the message, "Lighting a fire in the party room would be a safety hazard!".
 * 9 June
 * New servers, based in India, are added.
 * The Forgotten Cemetery received a makeover similar to the Graveyard of Shadows.
 * 2 June
 * Zookeepers at Ardougne Zoo have received a makeover.
 * Unknown date
 * The health bar no longer changes shades.
 * The climb up/climb down options on the rope bridge short-cut through the Mort Myre Swamp have been replaced with one "Climb" option, and you no longer have to click on every square to move past it, as it is now done by itself.

May

 * 27 May
 * The picture of the flag on the minimap is changed.
 * The globe-picture under the minimap is changed.
 * A new option was added to the key to the world map to rearrange icons.
 * Trollheim is no longer a hotzone on PvP worlds.
 * The Lumbridge Guide has received a makeover, and his position has been moved.
 * Submarines are peeking out of the water along the coast of various places.
 * 19 May
 * Worlds 35, 45, 62, 80, 89 and 167 are no longer Bounty Worlds.
 * 6 May
 * Redberry seed image in the Grand Exchange on the website no longer has an image.
 * Unknown date
 * The sound is different when the leprechaun magic is banking your logs.

April

 * 28 April
 * Heal Other cannot be cast on another player in a single combat zone, even if they have turned Accept Aid on. Vengeance other and Energy transfer still works.
 * The sound for High Level Alchemy is changed.
 * 21 April
 * When getting a killcount in the God Wars Dungeon the god's name will turn blue once you have the amount of kills to go to the boss room.
 * Gemstone rocks in Shilo Village receive a graphical update.
 * 14 April In the quest interface, the quest While Guthix Sleeps is now changed to Grandmaster if you choose to sort the quests by difficulty. It previously was in Master.
 * 8 April
 * The highwaymen have had a graphical update.
 * 1 April
 * The Rest option on the run button was removed.
 * Unknown date
 * Maple logs on Miscellania are changed, taking many more to get respect back up.
 * The inventory image for the dragon medium helmet has been recoloured to match the colour spectrum of other dragon equipment.
 * The Non-combat zone barrier now looks different in FFA Clan Wars.
 * The Guards around Varrock have new attacking and dying animations.

March

 * 25 March
 * The run button close to the minimap has a new look.
 * An option to rest has been added to the run option near the minimap. When using this a message stating "Coming Soon..." appears in the textbox.
 * Giant Rats received a graphical update.
 * 17 March
 * The Dharok's Greataxe receives yet another update, and is held just like the TzHaar-Ket-Om, where 2 hands hold it instead of being held straight in the air.
 * 3 March
 * The TzHaar-Ket-Om is once again changed to now be held with two hands, versus the standard one while it sits on the player's shoulder. The Dharok's Greataxe is now held straight up in the air; before, the Greataxe was held on the shoulder.
 * The Protection Prayers will randomly make a sound when they block an attack.
 * 1 March: The Grand Exchange Beta Page updated images to correctly respond to the newly graphical version in-game. Images include those such as the Dragon Platebody.

February

 * Unknown date
 * The account creation interface is changed to allow users to input information more easily.
 * 25 February
 * The Burthorpe Games Room now allows random events to occur.
 * Shades have been added to the 4th level of the Stronghold of Security.
 * Mime emotes are updated to abide to the new graphics engine along with the zombie dance and zombie walk emotes.
 * Black demons in the Edgeville dungeon now drop charms.
 * All leprechauns received a graphical update.
 * 13 February: The keg from the top of Lumbridge castle is replaced by a normal barrel without a tap.
 * 10 February
 * The Seer's Headband is updated with different graphics for each stage.
 * The High-Detail Login page now shows an image of the Soul Obelisk from the newly released game, Soul Wars.
 * At the top of the stairs where the greater demons are in Brimhaven dungeon dungeon, there is a new portal that seems to work like the stairs.
 * The Dragon Platebody 2D icon has been changed and elbows were added to the platebody.
 * Additional NPCs are added to the login screens featuring Al-Kharid, East Ardougne, Oo'glog and Varrock.
 * Unknown date
 * The account creation interface is changed to allow users to input information more easily.

January

 * 27 January
 * Rubber chickens are updated to abide with the new graphics engine.
 * Changed different text messages for some treasure clues through RuneScape.
 * [Check date] Along with the World Map upgrade (You are here), a new zoom level is introduced (200%). Upon the day of release, this map had a bug that caused icons to stay small when zooming in further, which caused much chaos.
 * 26 January [check date]: The farming skill guide interface is changed to show the protection price of crops when clicked on.
 * 20 January: The collection interface of Kingdom Management was changed.
 * 16 January: The hidden update from 13 January was reversed, you can now drop members items on free-to-play worlds again.
 * 15 January: Now, when talking in private chat, you can right click something you've written to message the other player, while as previously you could only click the friends message.
 * 13 January: While playing on a Free-to-play server, the "drop" option for Member's items in a player's inventory has been removed.
 * 6 January
 * Flatpacked furniture was removed from Treasure Trails rewards for all levels (Need verification-From Treasure Trails page).
 * A few hours after the release of the phoenix familiar the create experience for making the pouch was lowered from 614 to 301.8.
 * 5 January
 * In the Grab the Evil Twin Random event the twin OR the innocent civilian will say "You're putting me in prison?!" when you grab her.
 * Ectophial teleport changed to look like normal teleports, but a slimy green colour instead of the normal blue teleport colour.
 * Ectophial's "drop" option was replaced with a "destroy" option.

December

 * 16 December
 * The game now shows a more informative message when operating a dragonstone jewellery with zero charges.
 * When you see cutscenes you can't change the view by pressing on the arrows, you'll have to wait until the cutscene is over.
 * 9 December
 * Disciple of the Devourer is renamed Lapalok.
 * The walking boundaries of Tormented Demons is changed, making the area considerably more dangerous, considering it is now more likely multiple demons would attack the player.
 * The room above the Edgeville General Store is changed.
 * The layout of the Equipment Stats screen is changed.
 * 4 December: If a player's life points falls below 25%, the sound effect of a heartbeat is heard.
 * Unknown date
 * The Lumbridge General store had 2 doors. Note: If you open the door to the east from the inside it won't work.
 * Most curse words have been blocked on the French servers, of which were originally uncensored.
 * The water of the fountain at Varrock Square is reworked. The water is now more blue and shiny and some animated ripples were added on the water.
 * The Corporeal Beast lair is changed. One of the noticeable changes is that there's a peek option at the entrance of the area.

November

 * 26 November
 * The Fight Arena, Battlefield and The Legends' Guild receives a makeover.
 * A player is no longer able to do Give Thanks while under attack.
 * Several additional scenes are added to the High Definition log-in screen, including the Dragon forge, West and East Ardougne.
 * 24 November: Sheep examine texts are changed.
 * 11 November
 * Woodcutting action animations are changed.
 * Port Sarim receives a makeover.
 * Unknown date
 * Wise Old Man is removed from Clan Wars arena.
 * When activating LootShare on a non-LootShare world, it only uses up 2 lines of dialogue.

October

 * 31 October: When doing the Trick emote, a player's weapon and shield no longer appears.
 * 28 October
 * The banner at the top of the RuneScape website changes between day and night settings at specific times of the day.
 * The once slippery stairs in the Ancient Cavern now allows access to a new room with three metallic dragon heads and 10 anvils, also the mithril door can now be tried to be opened but the player will be pushed out again before entering. (The area with the metallic dragon heads is now confirmed as the Dragon forge as of the release of the While Guthix Sleeps quest.)
 * An Armadyl messenger appears and delivers the player urgent information in an Armadyl communiqué.
 * When standing, the character's right leg is placed slightly forward, just like before the graphical update.
 * Monsters hit sound effects are changed on specific NPCs. (i.e. Grizzly bear, Unicorn, etc.)
 * Cooking action animations are changed.
 * There is a huge gap in the Emotes interface under the Trick emote. (This gap has been replaced with a new emote.)
 * 21 October: The "+ Summoning level" does not show up in F2P worlds anymore. Players can only see this at the Bounty Hunter area and PvP worlds.
 * 17 October: The word "level" is changed from white to green, yellow, orange, or red depending on the Combat level of the player.
 * 16 October: Right-click options where "lvl-" could be seen, are replaced with "lvl:".
 * 15 October: Melee sound effects for weapons (such as scimitars, longswords, shortswords, and daggers) while attacking are enhanced.

September

 * 29 September
 * The Grim reaper hood image has a minor graphical update.
 * The Graveyard of Shadows has a minor graphical update prior to the new quest. Gravestones are updated with more colours, and the dirt is now 3D. A statue of the Grim reaper is also added.
 * 9 September: Spirit shards are made tradeable in the Grand Exchange.

August

 * 19 August: The run energy meter on the left of the minimap is made so that it can be toggled "On" or "Off" by clicking on the icon. It turns a bright yellow/gold colour when toggled "On". In addition, the following were mentioned on the forums by Mod Osborne, in reference to The Great Orb Project:
 * Players are now able to sign up for the minigame with any of the wizard apprentices.
 * Players can now sign up to whichever team currently has the least players.
 * If a game lacks enough players, it will instantly finish.
 * Reward tokens are given whether players win, lose, or draw, based upon how well they've done.
 * A number of useful phrases has been added to Quick Chat for this minigame.
 * 8 August: The detail choices of RuneScape and RuneScape High Detail switches in size, so that the old version of RuneScape has the larger sized box than RuneScape HD.
 * Unknown date
 * The Tzhaar-ket-om (Obsidian maul) and Dharok's greataxe are updated so that they are held on the shoulder again.
 * Restoring the life points, Prayer, and Energy to full when players brought an offending item, entered the wrong crater, or entered in a different world in Bounty Hunter is fixed. To restore the levels, players must enter the crater suitable for their level.
 * Almost every emote with a glitch are fixed, including the infamous Bounty Hunter Skull glitch.

July

 * 14 July: Dying and "getting hit" sound effects is updated for human NPCs.

June

 * 25 June: A (-/+) option is added above the categories dividing the official forums. (-) to hide the category of that forum, and (+) to show it.
 * 5 June: The word "dwelling" in the examine info for the Swamp Titan is changed to the more appropriate "duelling."

April

 * 22 April: The message "RuneScape is loading, please wait..." is added above the loading bar while loading the game.
 * 9 April: An "Empty" option is added to baskets and sacks
 * 1 April: Jagex releases a Dragon kite as an April Fools' Day joke, which players thought was a real Dragon kiteshield.

March

 * 18 March: The Ranged attack of the Cockroach soldier is increased to be about the same as the melee attack.
 * Unknown date
 * The Zombie Hand emote now may be done while in monkey form.

February

 * 14 February: The safe spot for Commander Zilyana is removed.

January

 * 1 January: Snow from the snowglobe can no longer be created in the Clan Wars arena.

December

 * 18 December: A Vulture egg is added as a drop from Vultures and Raven eggs were able to be acquired from bird's nests.
 * 18 December: Yanille Petshop is released, but access is denied for a month.

November

 * 12 November: The graphics for the Gnome scarf is changed again.
 * 12 November: The Goblin High Priest miniquest was released.
 * 5 November: The graphics for the Gnome scarf is changed.

September

 * 20 September: All zeroes in the RuneScape games are updated to have a line through them to help distinguish them from capital Os.

August

 * 28 August: Two-handed swords are now held to the shoulder.

July

 * 5 July: Unicode characters can now be used in-game, using Alt+number shortcuts built into Windows. For example, (Alt-0254) becomes þ.
 * Unknown date
 * Barrelchest anchor attack style is changed to a mace style.

June

 * 26 June
 * Loading and connection messages appears in the upper-left corner of the game applet.
 * The scroll bar on the chat box is updated.
 * Items now do not 'flash' when they are unequipped, in the way that they do when they are used on one another.
 * Players are not allowed to go beyond the first floor of Melzar's Maze after the quest. The quest is also extended slightly, and there is a Music track added.
 * Large monsters are able to move diagonally. This disrupts former safespots and safespot luring.
 * 2 June: The graphics for Rabbit snares is changed.
 * Unknown date
 * The location where Jagex stores data on a player's computer is changed.

May

 * 30 May: Broken shields from the Shield of Arrav quest can no longer be sold in shops or noted.
 * 16 May: It is reported that the new Lunar spells are changed so the rate of levelling up was slowed.
 * 14 May: 4 new worlds (numbered 141-144) are added.

April

 * 17 April: Players may now walk and alchemise items at the same time.
 * 15 April: Players can no longer stand on the same square as the Evil Chicken to avoid attack, it says: "Bwuk! Get off me!" and throws the character off the square.

March

 * 27 March
 * The in-game world switching interface is slimmed down.
 * King Roald's graphics are improved.
 * 13 March
 * Players are able to use capitals in the middle of a sentence.
 * Switching Prayer during combat will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.
 * A search feature is added next to the Manual link in the RuneScape website.
 * Switching attack methods will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.

February

 * 7 February: Ardougne Zoo walls are changed from traditional rock colour to marble, similar to the style of houses in Falador.
 * Unknown date
 * The Shadow Sword miniquest is released.
 * Players no longer need to go through a message while entering Mort Myre. When the food rots while being attacked by a Ghast, it only takes up one line of dialogue.
 * When The Fremennik Isles quest was released, an NPC used the word "damn", which Jagex considers offensive. Later, it is changed to "blasted" instead.

January

 * Unknown date
 * The granite area of the desert is changed so that players need waterskins whilst mining there.

December

 * 12 December: The witch in Draynor Manor can now be talked to (due to the Animal Magnetism quest).

October

 * 18 October: Players failing to pickpocket would get a twittering sound effect after being hit by an NPC.

July

 * Mid-July: Members can no longer tan dragonhides on free worlds.

2004

 * Members objects can no longer be alchemised on the free worlds.
 * The thickness of the gate connecting Taverley and Falador is increased.

Unknown

 * Flight Killisa no longer drops only God Wars items.