Friends Chat

The Clan chat feature was released on August 6, 2007. It allows players (including free players) to create their own chat channels and assign ranks to other players in their channel. Similarly to public chat, any messages sent in a chat channel are sent to all players in that channel; messages are entered into chat channels in the same way as with public chat, except using a slash (/) before every message.



Using a channel


To enter a chat channel, players simply click on the "join chat" button in the clan chat interface (accessed by pressing F7). The name of the player hosting the channel must be entered in the message box. Once this is done, the player is able to send messages to other players in the channel by writing messages in the public chat box with a slash before them.

The clan chat interface shows the name and creator of the channel the player is currently chatting on. In addition, each player in the channel (up to 100) is shown on a list, along with their channel rank and current world. Players not on the channel owner's friends list do not have a rank icon; players on the owner's friends list but not assigned any other rank have a friend icon; and each of the other ranks (except channel owner) are assigned by the owner to other players on his/her friends list. Note that some of these icons do not show up properly on a white background!

The interface also contains a button for players to enter or leave a channel. Note that Jagex moderators have powers equivalent to a channel owner if they come into a channel.

Players who are breaking rules in chat channels can be reported using the report abuse button as normal.

Creating a channel
Any player can create their own channel, using the "clan setup" button in the clan chat interface:



The player will then be presented with an interface that allows them to set ranks for people on their friends list and control who can enter, talk, and kick other players from the channel. They can also set the channel name, which will appear on the side of the chat box to indicate something said on that channel.



Players that have the rank required to kick others in the channel can only kick those with rank lower than theirs, for example, a general with kick power cannot kick other generals. They are free to kick those at captain rank or below, however, the channel owner may not approve (and can lower their rank). Players kicked from a channel cannot re-enter for an hour; in addition, those on the channel owner's ignore list cannot enter a channel at any time.



If a channel reaches the player limit (100) and someone tries to join, another player with a lower rank than the one entering will be kicked to make room.

A Jagex moderator can always join a chat, will always be able to chat on it, and can kick any player off the chat. The owner of the clan chat is free to give them any rank he/she wishes, however.

While both Andrew Gower and Paul Gower's RuneScape accounts (Andrew and Paul respectively) have their own clan chat channels, players cannot join them because they don't have a high enough rank. It is likely that only Jagex moderators can access their channels.

In addition, while some Jagex moderators such as Mod Peter, Mod Mark H, Mod Nexus, and Mod Emilee have clan chat channels which function as Andrew and Paul Gower's channels, many moderators do not have channels at all.

Mod Michael is the only Jagex moderator whose channel ("Room Of Doom") is open to players. Players cannot talk in his channel.

Loot Share
Main Article: LootShare

On October 16th, Jagex added another feature to Clan Chat called Loot Share. When loot share is active, all players within a 16-square radius of a fallen monster have a chance to get the drop. There is an additional message in the chat box that alerts the clan who gets the drop, and what it is. Furthermore, getting substandard drops or none at all increases the chance that a player will get a more valuable drop the next time.

To activate loot share, the owner of the clan must enable it through the clan setup menu, then each member of the clan must activate it as well. It should be noted that the minimum clan rank needed to engage in Loot Share is "Friend." In addition, when Loot share is activated it requires 2 minutes to begin working.

Loot Share is only available in certain worlds, noted by the world select screen.

Loot Share does not work for Player Killing

The Chat Channel Sticky
If players are looking for a clan chat channel to join, they may try looking in the Chat Directory sticky in the General Forum on the Official forums. Sometimes a player may not come across an unoccupied channel, but a few of them are popular. Members may also advertise their clan chat there. Players are only allowed to advertise the chat channel relating to the username who posted it.