Upcoming updates


 * For updates of which there have been hints, see Update hints.

Please note that these updates have not occurred yet. For updates that have occurred, please click here.

The following is a list of upcoming updates, derived from official Jagex content:

New Skill
Mod Mark confirmed in a recent interview with RuneShark (recorded 27/04/2012, published 12/06/2012) that Jagex does have plans to release another skill into RuneScape, with him hinting at a late 2013 release. He confirmed it would not be sailing, whilst listing several suggestions that had come up, including unarmed combat, necromancy and others.

Combat
On 3 May 2012, Mod MMG (Mark Gerhard), the CEO of JaGeX released a statement about the negative feedback about the Squeal of Fortune. In the bottom paragraph of his news post he stated that:

This clearly states that the game's combat system will be changed. There was a workshop at RuneFest 2011 where changes to combat were discussed.

Some ideas that were discussed:
 * Hitpoints boosting on all armour
 * Removal of offensive bonuses on all armour.
 * Negative offensive bonuses on combat styles not aligned to the style of that armour (e.g. negative melee and ranged bonuses on magic armour.)
 * Dual wielding of weapons.

Jagex has also stated on several previous occasions that they intend to "rebalance" the combat triangle in 2012. (See the section on Dragon crossbow below.) There is also a leak of a bunch of actionbars which may be involved in the update. The update will also be beta testable.

New and Final Slayer master
On 3 October, a player asked in Mod Mark's friends chat if they could have Glacors/Tormented demons as Slayer task, and Mod Mark responded, maybe one day. Then he said: "I'd like to think theres room for a final slayer master."

Dungeoneering
Mod Emilee hinted a Daemonheim 'finale' in the Game Updates FAQ for the Warped Floors.

Construction
In a development blog, Mod Mark commented that Jagex was planning to release many more rooms and the Menagerie was only the start. What the new rooms could be is unknown.

Several more Grandmaster quests to come
Jagex has since released three Grandmaster quests: Nomad's Requiem, on 11 January 2010; The Void Stares Back, on 6 October 2010; Ritual of the Mahjarrat, on 14 September 2011. However, none of these quests have several level 80 requirements as stated by Mod Mark. In fact, the only level 80 requirement among these three quests is level 80 Magic, in The Void Stares Back.

In the Game Update FAQ for 05/07/11, Mod Osbourne said the following when asked about the low level requirements for Salt in the Wound:


 * The last line implies that there will also be one or more grandmaster quests in the Elf and Myreque quest series.

Also, a grandmaster quest would conclude the Rise of the Red Axe series.

One more quest in the Dwarf storyline
The final quest of the dwarf storyline will be a grandmaster quest.

Some Like It Cold
Another quest in the Penguin series has been confirmed. On 26 May 2010 in a Jagex video called Inside Jagex - Content Developer Q&A the penguins quest was talked about, while in the scene on one of the screens was artwork of the motherland, with a ship crashed into an iceberg, also seen is a unknown image of what looks to be a monster in the ice, possibly the master of the mother of the motherland, this is all that is known right now. [Confirmed by Mod Nancy at RuneFest2010 that this was some artwork sent in by a fan.] Mod Nancy recently re-confirmed that the title "Goldflipper" was still her favourite title. However, the final title was confirmed at RuneFest 2011 to be Some Like It Cold. In a recent Q&A, it was given out the penguin quest would be released some time in 2012. In the first Runecast, Mod Mark announced that this quest will be based off of a real film, as the Hunt for the Red Raktuber was.

More Elemental Workshop Quests
In the Game Update FAQ for Elemental Workshop IV, Mods Dylan and Mark have confirmed more quests being planned.

Mourning's Ends Part III
The ninth quest in the Elf series, the currently unsubtitled Mourning's Ends Part III, is to be released in 2012 or 2013, according to RuneFest 2011. There is little known about it, other than the fact that access to Prifddinas will be granted as a reward, and it will be released alongside the Elf Task Diary.

Tasks set and more Equipment slots

 * One of these new slots is the aura slots, it is unconfirmed if that is the only slot mentioned.

Dragon crossbow
Due to the update of magic equipment released with the Polypore Dungeon update, this may have been all or part of the combat triangle rebalance.

The Dragon crossbow will most likely be released after The Evolution of Combat update.

Dwarves' graphical update


Since both the Gnomes and the Trolls received their graphical rework, it is safe to assume that the Dwarven race is next.

Also the new Dwarf model has been implemented in Taverley and Oo'glog.

Gnomeball, Trouble Brewing and Games Room updates
Note: The KB, or the Knowledge Base, no longer exists after an update.

Multi-Core Support
On a thread made by a player concerning Frames Per Second (FPS) and Multi-Core support on the day of release of Z-Buffering, Mod Chris E confirmed it is implemented but disabled.



Daemonheim tasks
After a leak in game that showed Daemonheim in the task set, Mod Mark confirmed that Daemonheim tasks are in the works.

Random Events Rework
In the Player Feedback Library, Jagex answered on a question that they would like to rework the Random Events.

More Voice Acting and Real Instruments
After the positive reception of One Piercing Note, Mod Lord announced that the audio team plans to make use of real instruments and voice acting in future content.

Since then, the option to adjust voiceover volume has been added to the audio options.

Player-owned ports
In the RuneScape 2012 Highlights video, Mod Mark revealed that there will be player-owned ports added to the game at some point in the future. Players will have to build the port and a few houses to attract captains. After that, they'll have to give the captains various assignments. The captains will have to be paid with money. As a reward, the captain will find so-called 'recipes', methods with which players will be able to make several high levelled items.

Mod Mark confirmed that high level smithing will be expanded with player-owned ports.

Kalphite King
The Kalphite King was originally introduced as an April Fool's Day joke along with the Queen Black Dragon. However since Jagex has released the QBD they may also release the Kalphite King. It was confirmed at RuneFest 2011 that it will be released.

Unknown area
A screenshot and some concept art for an unknown mossy area has been given to the press by Jagex. (Probably Brimhaven Dungeon update)

Adamant Dragons
Word of Wind asks:

Few weeks ago I heard from players that there are going to be Adamant dragons. I could like to know, are you really planning those or is it just simply joke?

mod_mark:

We are planning to add some adamant dragons in the future, but the screenshot that people "thought" were addy dragons weren't. Honest!

Cinematic trailer
In the Cinematic trailer there are a few updated monsters and a possible new area

Clan Avatars and Hairstyles
On 31 May 2012, Jagex released a new video on their Youtube channel. This video was a tour of Jagex's stand at MCM Expo, and featured a Q&A with Mod Mark and Mod Chihiro. Clan avatars were said to be "a clan mascot that you can take out to the surface. You can customise it to a point, and you can put your clan colors and clan logo on it. And it will have some gameplay help as well."

Mod Mark also mentioned that they were "gathering feedback from the forums" and they were expecting that the hairstyle update would arrive in 2012.

Jagex Cup 2012
There is a new entry in the "In-game Events" listing with the title of "Clan Cup 2012". It's an "official event" posted by a Jagex Moderator. It hints about the upcoming yearly clan tournament held by Jagex.