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, and can be earned after the release of the Members Loyalty Program. 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, and from there the number per month will increase by 2,000. 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 18 months to have enough points to buy all of the 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 December 28th 2012, 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.

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. 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, where the original price was decreased to 400 points.

Emotes
There are thirteen 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 the others.

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 colors can be changed by talking to Xuan and asking for a new color.

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
 * Eastern Outfit
 * Samba Outfit
 * Saxon Outfit

Titles
Titles appear before your username in the chat box. 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.

Color Changes
Pet rocks and Robin hood hats can have their colours changed by using them on Xuan. There are four new colors 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

 * On the day of release, the prices of many cheaper rewards were on sale.