Notes





The Notes feature was released with the Mobilising Armies update of 8 July 2009. It is a part of the interface that allows players to add up to 30 notes in plain text, with a maximum of 50 characters each. , for a total of 1500 characters. Players can add a note by pressing the button at the top-left of the interface, which is marked with a green 'plus' (+) symbol, and then typing on the keyboard.

Players can customize an individual note by right-clicking it. This allows them to change the colour of the note's text to any of four different colours (red, green, amber and white), with white being the default. They can also edit the text of any note, using the Caret to select certain parts of the note to go back to.

Players can delete any note by selecting it and then pressing the "Delete" bar, or delete all notes by right-clicking the Delete bar and selecting "Delete all".

The Notes feature is useful for keeping track of prices or writing down lists of things to buy. It could also be used in quests that require you to remember a word or phrase.

The code for player notes was optimised on 9 November 2009.

Users restricted to quick chat (under 13s or muted players) cannot use this feature. This feature can also be used on Quick Chat worlds.

Players should not store their Password, their Bank PIN, or any personal information in the notes section.

Easter Eggs
Typing any key or specific phrases will result in the note changing to a popular cultural reference or meme.

Mod Hope has tentatively confirmed there are more to be found.

In the guide section of the RuneScape website Controls - Notes there was an example note pictured that states "Finish reading the Oxford English Dictionary -S.". This could be a reference to the movie Evan Almighty in which God leaves notes for protagonist Evan Baxter, signed with "G". The note could have been signed by the RuneScape God Saradomin, encouraging players to spell better. The pictured note has been removed from the Game Guide.

Glitches

 * Occasionally, if a player adds or edits notes after being logged in for more than fifteen minutes, they will be deleted. This was fixed in an update on 13 July 2009.


 * There used to be a bug where you could get images before your text when you edit it by typing in this format: " text". Changing the number would change the image, the usable images were: [[File:PMod crown.png]], [[File:Jmod crown.png]], [[File:Notes arrow.png]] and [[File:Quick chat button.png]]. Anything above results in an empty space. This bug was fixed with an update on 28 April 2010.
 * There is a glitch when you are following someone, while pressing the "add note" button, you stop following and walk on the spot instead. You are still facing the one you are following. This glitch has not been fixed yet.

Trivia

 * When the game state is rolled back as a part of a bug fix (as happened on 14 April 2010), notes that were added in the period that was rolled back are not deleted. For example during the time to be rollback, a player could have finished a slayer task, got a new one, and made a note about it. After the rollback, the note still exists for the new task, even though the player is now back on the previous task. This retention of notes, however, is possibly not a glitch, since the player could have made a note that would be unaffected by the rollback.
 * Apparently, this feature was suggested by a RuneScape player, who posted this is the 'Suggestions' section of the forums. He/She only suggested the basics of the notes feature, Jagex added the ability to colour the note, etc. It is considered that the player wanted the notes feature because the player wanted a way to sort out a way to keep track of what you want to do in RuneScape, without having to remember it after logging out.
 * "Marmaros had a close encounter with a prayer-eating behemoth" states that Marmaros' Dungeoneering level would be at least 101. This also explains the way he behaves when you see him.