Battle of Lumbridge

Not to be confused with Battle of East Lumbridge.

Battle of Lumbridge

Start date	22 July 2013 (Update)
End date	2 October 2013 (Update)
Location	Lumbridge crater
Outcome	Decisive Saradominist victory; Saradomin is greatly empowered, draining Zamorak significantly; diminishing of Zamorakian following; parts of Lumbridge destroyed
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	The Bird and the Beast
Head developer	James C
Battle info Gods Saradomin Zamorak Commanders Padomenes, Sir Amik Varze Moia, Lord Daquarius Rennard Combatants Saradominist sages, rangers, sentries, crusaders, minelayers, rogues, medics, sharpshooters, gatherers, centaur champions, prideleaders, colossi, adventurers Zamorakian warlocks, snipers, sentries, footsoldiers, minelayers, rogues, medics, sharpshooters, gatherers, demon champion, butcher demon, siege beast, adventurers

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The Battle of Lumbridge was a ten-week world event that took place alongside the beginning of the Sixth Age and the dawn of RuneScape 3. It started on 22 July 2013. The event was set to end on 30 September 2013 after ten weeks of battle. However, the event was extended for two days, and ended on 2 October 2013.

The battle was waged between the god of order, Saradomin, and the god of chaos, Zamorak, and occurred in Lumbridge between the area which was the Lumbridge Swamp and west of the Lumbridge Castle. The battle featured weekly choices made by the players which defined its outcome and the course of action. It was stated by Jagex as having an "ultimate outcome [which] will set the course for RuneScape’s future."

History

Some time after Guthix was assassinated and the Edicts of Guthix were abolished, a large portal appeared west of Lumbridge Castle. People flocked to the portal, all speculating as to what the portal was, and what would come through it, although most agreed that its appearance had something to do with a god. As time went by, the portal grew bigger, and more people flocked to it.

Weeks after the portal first appeared, it finally opened, and Zamorak stepped through it. Seeing cracks of green energy in the ground, power left after Guthix's death, Zamorak started destroying the area in an attempt to get it, causing onlookers to flee. At this point Zamorak was shot in the back by Saradomin, and at once the two began fighting. Firing beams of energy at each other, they caused a huge explosion, damaging much of the nearby Lumbridge, and forming a large crater, with more of Guthix's power seeping out of the ground.

They both created a camp at the edge of the battlefield, and Zamorak summoned his general Moia and some Black Knights, while Saradomin summoned his general Padomenes and summoned some White Knights, which charged at each other, beginning the battle. The gods tasked their followers with collecting fragments of Guthix's power, in the form of divine tears, which were found all over the crater, to increase their power and overwhelm the opposing god.

Players' role in the battle

The battlefield

Aligning with a faction

With Zamorak and Saradomin both struggling to gain control of the power left by Guthix, they required the aid of adventurers to help them gain the upper hand. Players chose which god they wished to follow, and headed to either the Saradominist or the Zamorakian camp after confirming with the Recruitment Officer their desire to help. The Recruitment Officer gave the player a token representing the side the player wished to help. If the player wished to change sides, they spoke to Kara-Meir located near the Lumbridge lodestone at any time.

Player aligned with Saradomin

Player aligned with Zamorak

Player helped by collecting divine tears to help fuel their god's power and help them gain the upper hand. Tears were collected in two ways, either through combat or skilling.

Divine tears

The crater where the battle took place, full of divine tears ready for harvest.

After joining one of the gods, players were given a token depending on what god they chose (i.e Zamorakian token or Saradominist token). The token improved through depositing divine tears to the chosen god (and receiving renown for doing so), starting off at bronze then silver, gold, runite and dragon. Tokens gave a small boost to the amount of divine tears the player collected. Gold, Runite and Dragon tokens even reduced damage taken from the other gods forces by a small amount. Tokens also changed the amount of experience earned while skilling or fighting on the battlefield.

For resource gathering skills, the experience $x$ at level $l$

$x=(10+l)\times T$

For combat, the experience gained was approximately:

$x=(3+l)\times T$

where the modifier $T$ for a bronze token was 1.4, for a silver token was 1.6, gold was 1.8, runite 2.0, and dragon 2.4.

Tears were earned from combat both on and off the battlefield. Players could attack the enemy faction's NPC reinforcements, and upon defeating them tears appeared in the players inventory. If players died during battle, they received the game message "A comrade helps you off the battlefield." and respawned in their faction's camp. They did not lose any items in their inventory (including divine tears), and did not leave behind a gravestone. Players could also receive tears as drops from charm-dropping creatures slain outside the battlefield. Obtaining tears outside the battlefield could be switched off via the battle interface.

Players mining and killing enemies for divine tears

Tears could also be earned from skilling, both on and off the battlefield. On the battlefield were mining, woodcutting, and fishing spots. There was no skill requirement to do this, and players collecting tears on the battlefield were not attacked by enemy soldiers, save for aggressive Saradominist and Zamorakian sharpshooters. The resources randomly become depleted for a short amount of time, even when no players were collecting tears from them. Tears could also be earned by skilling outside the battlefield, in a similar way to how anagogic orts are collected. Tears were awarded from skilling surprisingly frequently, and a player could quickly collect a substantial amount of tears from skilling activities such as farming, fishing, herblore, hunting, mining, runecrafting, and woodcutting. The players skill levels (and utilised tools and equipment) used to obtain these tears also had no effect on the rate at which they were collected (both on or off the battlefield).

Getting tears on the battlefield, either from combat or skilling, started from a multiplier of 4 (for free players) or 5 (for members). As more tears were collected, the multiplier decreased down to zero, so as to prevent a player in exceeding the daily maximum divine tears collection limit. The tear multiplier was restored every day at midnight (UTC). Previously, there was a bug where the multiplier was not restored but this has since been fixed.

The multiplier displayed in the battlefield HUD was rounded to the nearest integer; i.e. the player's multiplier had a constantly decreasing fractional part that was not displayed. As the player could not have non-integer amounts of an item, this was handled differently. At most times, the fractional part was ignored; however, at amounts that were (invisibly) closer to the next integer, tear gathering could show the fractional part. For example, at a newly changed 4x multiplier, the player may have noticed tears were harvested in a pattern such as 4, 4, 4, 5. The additional tears bonus from tokens cannot entirely account for such a regular interval. More definitively, the opposite could occur at a 5x multiplier with a pattern such as 5, 5, 5, 4.

Free players could harvest up to 1,320 divine tears a day, while members could harvest 3,000. While mining a divine shard, a message would sometimes be displayed saying players had reached a 'weekly limit' of divine tears gathered, however this would not stop them from actually collecting divine tears by other methods. It was also still possible to mine another divine shard, but it sometimes required several tries. The following table shows the tear multiplier when players gathered a certain amount of tears in a day.

After the voting in week 8, the rate of divine tears gained in the battlefield was increased by 5%. On the final week of the battle, the daily limit on divine tears was increased to 4,500 for members, and 1,920 for free players.

Multiplier	Tears (Week 1–9)		Tears (Week 10+)
x5	–	0 – 1,259	–	0 - 2,059
x4	0 – 209	1,260 – 1,889	0 - 314	2,060 - 2,889
x3	210 – 629	1,890 – 2,309	315 - 809	2,890 - 3,509
x2	630 – 989	2,310 – 2,669	810 - 1,484	3,510 - 4,069
x1	990 – 1,319	2,670 – 2,999	1,485 - 1,979	4,070 - 4,499
x0	1,320	3,000	1,980	4,500

Once divine tears were collected, they were to be deposited at the collection point located in each of the faction's camp. If the player switched between factions, the contribution to the previous faction was reset.

Contribution	Equivalence	Use
Renown	1 tear = 1 renown	Used to purchase rewards and consumables (see Rewards for more information)
Faction point	10 tears = 1 point	Increases the faction's score
Votes	10 tears = 1 vote	Used for voting specific buffs and reinforcements for one's faction in the Battle of Lumbridge. The voting ended at the beginning of week 10.

The Duke's Dilemma (m)

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/The Duke's Dilemma

The Duke's Dilemma was a weekly player-choice event during the Battle of Lumbridge. Lumbridge was very badly damaged by the battle, and Duke Horacio was currently working on rebuilding the city. Each week he asked players to vote on how to allocate the town's emergency resources toward dealing with various situations pertaining to this goal. The Duke had a total of 160,000 coins to use for rebuilding. The situation changed periodically through the world event. Players were limited later on in the event by the amount of money they spent. Voting could be done by either speaking to Duke Horacio, using the right-click option "Manage-Crisis", or by accessing the lectern in his room.

Regardless of which option the player chose, they were rewarded with an amount of bonus experience for voting, which players could add to a skill of their choosing (e.g. "The Duke grants you an XP bonus. This will be used up as the player earns XP in this skill."). Members will earn double experience as you earn experience in the skill, until the experience bonus from Duke Horacio decreases to zero. The remaining bonus experience can be checked by hovering over the chosen skill in the skills menu. Several of these bonuses are bugged though, fishing for example.

The first two weeks were available to all players: free players and members. However, starting at week 3, the voting changed to require membership. The Duke's Dilemma ended in week 8 when the remaining treasury was exhausted to buy food for the citizens of Lumbridge.

Buffs and reinforcements

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/Voting

Every week throughout the event, players could spend their votes accumulated through contributing divine tears. Votes were used to decide the outcome of chosen buffs and reinforcements for the following week. Votes not spent in the previous week carried over to the following week.

Buffs provided a boost to the faction (such as more damage to the enemy, or less damage from the enemy), and the chosen buff was displayed in the battle HUD. Reinforcements to the battlefield were in the form of more powerful enemies providing additional benefits to the faction.

The voting officially ended at the beginning of week 10.

Switching factions

Players who wished to switch factions could do so by talking to Kara-Meir. Players would lose their god token (Zamorakian token or Saradominist token), accumulated renown, and votes. However, players retained in their inventory all battle-related items (i.e. divine tears, sacred metal fragments, warpriest armour, etc.), and were still able to use unlocked emotes and titles.

Kept upon switching	Lost upon switching
Divine tears Divine shards Sacred metal fragments Unlocked emotes Unlocked titles Weapon overrides Drinks (and their effects, if any) Hiscore points Warpriest armour	God token prior to switch Accumulated renown Votes (both used/unused) Token Rank Contribution

Events

Random events

From time to time, random events occurred on the battlefield. Messages appeared as a drop down from the battlefield score HUD, and as game text in the chatbox when they occur. It was possible for two different events to happen at the same time, even two different node events such as the sacred metal nodes and yellow nodes.

Event	Text		Description
	Saradomin	Zamorak
Obelisks	Saradomin's obelisks are charging with a deadly energy.	Zamorak's obelisks are charging with a deadly energy.	The obelisks around the battlefield glow and have a blue or red symbol at their base. Standing in the symbol will cause people of opposing factions to take large, fast damage.
God's curse	Saradomin curses the followers of Zamorak, decreasing their might for a short while.	Zamorak curses the followers of Saradomin, decreasing their might for a short while.	You will deal 10–15% less damage to enemies for three minutes.
God's blessing	Saradomin has blessed his followers, decreasing their damage taken for a short while.	Zamorak empowers his followers, decreasing their damage taken for a short while.	You take 15% less damage from enemies for three minutes.
God power surge	Saradomin's blessing infuses his followers.	Zamorak's zealous hatred infuses his followers with a singular purpose.	You will gather divine tears at an increased rate for a short time.
Thieves	Saradomin's rogues have joined the battle to steal resources from Zamorak's forces.	Zamorak's forces storm the field to steal resources from Saradomin.	Thieves pickpocket enemies for divine tears. You can kill them for additional tears.
Minelayers	Saradomin's sapper has joined the battle.	Zamorak's sapper has joined the battle.	Drops landmines until killed. The bombs deal a large amount of damage when placed on the floor and can hit both parties. Killing them gives some mines as a drop for your own use.
Healers	Saradomin's healers have joined the battle.	Zamorak's healers have joined the battle.	Multiple healers will enter the battlefield. They will attempt to heal their companions, and if attacked, will fight using magical attacks. You can kill them for extra tears.
Sharpshooters	Saradomin's sharpshooters have joined the conflict.	Zamorak's sharpshooters have joined the conflict.	Sharpshooters will spawn attacking the other god's minions. They are also aggressive to players of opposing factions, unlike other units.
Devout followers	Saradomin has sent out a devout follower to gather resources for him.	Zamorak has sent out a devout follower to gather resources for his army.	The followers will attempt to gather resources for the god they follow. You can kill them for extra tears.
Neutral
Falling rocks	Rocks are falling from the sky. Avoid them!		Small rocks will rain down, before a boulder falls. The boulder will hit 1/3 of maximum health to those standing under it, and can then be mined for divine shards, which are worth 30 divine tears. Though you can only have one shard at a time, it may be quickly deposited before mining more and repeating. Enemies may be lured to where rocks are falling for an instant kill.
Unstable nodes	Several resource gathering points have become unstable. Be careful!		Certain resource gathering points will turn orange or yellow. Gathering from yellow points yields triple tears. Orange points will instantly damage you for 10% of your maximum life total and no resources can be gathered from them.
Sacred metal fragments	Several resource points have turned to sacred metal.		Certain resource gathering points will turn grey. Gathering from grey points will let you collect sacred metal fragments. There was also a chance of obtaining weapon parts from the metal nodes.
Guthix's life force	Some residual energy from Guthix's life force has seeped out onto the battlefield.		A green gas will appear upon the battlefield. Running through this gas provides a random player buff, one of the four drinks' effects. For 30 seconds, all killing grants an extra 15% more divine tears. Note that the green gas may only be seen in HTML5, not Java. Nevertheless, despite it being invisible, one still gets a buff if walking through gas.

Saradomin Obelisk

Zamorak Obelisk

A fallen rock containing a divine shard

An unstable gathering formation

An unstable gathering pool

An unstable gathering rock

An explosively unstable gathering tear formation

An explosively unstable gathering pool

An explosively unstable gathering rock

A formation of divine tears temporarily affected to give fragments

A pool of divine tears temporarily affected to give fragments

A rock of divine tears temporarily affected to give fragments

Jagex Moderator clones

Main article: JMod clone

Occasionally, clones of Jagex mods appeared on the battlefield, fighting for the god that mod supports. While they had different appearances and used different combat styles, they all provided a healing aura to nearby followers, and boosted the speed at which divine tears were gathered.

Players could attack the clones, and the clones' level scaled to the level of the players that attacked them. The clones could be healed for 10 divine tears by right-clicking them and selecting the heal option. The clones were not aggressive towards players as they targeted other JMods first, then NPCs. They did not charge to the other side of the field.

The clones always dropped a sizable amount of divine tears, and had the potential to drop several joke items (such as off-white partyhats and really rotten potatoes) which would vanish if a player attempts to take them.

Progress of the battle

Kinshra fight the White Knights, aided by a demon and a centaur.

• By the second day of the event, there had been over 20 million votes cast in the battle. The hi-scores showed that players who aligned themselves with Saradomin had fewer points than those who followed Zamorak, although Saradomin had a greater number of followers as compared to Zamorak.
• By the end of day four, Saradomin's lead had extended to over 9 million. The followers of Zamorak had collected more tears per person, but Saradomin had at least twice as many followers. Saradomin's lead had increased in absolute terms, but had decreased as a proportion of the total accumulated.
• By the end of week 1, Saradomin had extended his lead over Zamorak, but the rate of tears collected had declined in comparison to Zamorak.
• At the end of week 2, Saradomin maintained a small lead, but was very slowly losing percentage points as an effect of the law of large numbers. Both factions had their damage buffed by 10%.
• At the beginning of week 4, the Zamorakian lesser demon champion and the Saradominist centaur champion joined the battle. In response to this, quartermasters on both factions opened up access to the Tier 2 rewards from their stores.
• During week 4, the crater became more unstable, increasing the frequency of unstable node events. Sacred metal fragments became available from grey nodes.
• At the beginning of week 6, a second Saradominist champion joined Saradomin's cause, fighting alongside the first Saradominist champion. Meanwhile, the Zamorakian champion became 50% more powerful.
• At the beginning of week 7, quartermasters on both factions opened up access to the Tier 3 rewards. Also, icyenic and infernal weapon overrides were added to free-to-play during this week.
• The beginning of week 8 saw the entry of both factions' elite units: two Saradominist prideleaders and one Zamorakian butcher demon.
• During week 8, the frequency of sacred metal fragment drops from silver nodes and enemies increased.
• At the beginning of week 9, a buff went into effect for both sides for an increase in the number of tears gained on the battlefield by 5%.
• At the beginning of week 10, both quartermasters had reduced their costs of rewards by 5%. In addition, the Zamorakian siege beast and Saradominist colossus joined the battle for their respective factions. The divine tears cap became 4,500 for members as opposed to 3,000, and 1,980 for non-members as opposed to 1,320.
• During week 10, the drop rates of titles increased, and the quantities and drop rates of sacred metal fragments increased.
• At midnight on 30 September, an inexhaustible sacred metal node appeared in front of Saradomin Camp's gates.

Battle statistics

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/Data

The following is the number of tears collected for Saradomin and Zamorak during the event:

Week	Day	Date	Time (UTC)	Score				Percentage
				Total			Lead
1	1	22 July	18:15	2,031,283	1,456,583	574,700	881,883	71.71%	28.29%
1	2	23 July	00:00	5,200,000	3,600,000	1,600,000	2,000,000	69.23%	30.77%
1	3	24 July	00:00	16,000,000	10,800,000	5,200,000	5,600,000	67.5%	32.5%
1	4	25 July	00:00	27,649,957	17,571,603	10,078,354	7,493,249	63.55%	36.45%
1	5	26 July	00:00	37,446,543	22,960,852	14,485,691	8,475,161	61.32%	38.68%
1	6	27 July	00:00	46,354,708	27,836,757	18,517,951	9,318,806	60.05%	39.95%
1	7	28 July	00:00	54,631,701	32,362,944	22,268,757	10,094,187	59.24%	40.76%
2	8	29 July	00:00	62,769,520	36,856,157	25,913,363	10,942,794	58.72%	41.28%
2	8	29 July	12:00	67,535,112	39,435,208	28,099,904	11,335,304	58.39%	41.61%
2	9	30 July	00:00	70,775,152	41,234,456	29,540,696	11,693,760	58.26%	41.74%
2	10	31 July	00:00	78,393,078	45,361,066	33,032,012	12,329,054	57.86%	42.14%
2	11	1 August	00:00	85,256,846	49,052,444	36,204,402	12,848,042	57.53%	42.47%
2	12	2 August	00:00	91,625,327	52,489,424	39,135,903	13,353,521	57.29%	42.71%
2	13	3 August	00:00	97,776,353	55,787,024	41,989,329	13,797,695	57.06%	42.94%
2	14	4 August	00:00	103,743,102	59,010,168	44,732,934	14,277,234	56.88%	43.12%
3	15	5 August	00:00	109,597,823	62,201,307	47,396,516	14,804,791	56.75%	43.25%
3	16	6 August	00:00	115,336,416	65,294,090	50,042,326	15,251,764	56.61%	43.39%
3	17	7 August	00:00	120,895,659	68,289,442	52,606,217	15,683,225	56.49%	43.51%
3	18	8 August	00:00	126,208,450	71,152,227	55,056,223	16,096,004	56.38%	43.62%
3	19	9 August	00:00	131,330,859	73,935,150	57,395,709	16,539,441	56.3%	43.7%
3	20	10 August	00:00	136,341,798	76,667,016	59,674,782	16,992,234	56.23%	43.77%
3	21	11 August	00:00	141,392,438	79,414,131	61,978,307	17,435,824	56.17%	43.83%
4	22	12 August	00:00	146,556,464	82,241,545	64,314,919	17,926,626	56.12%	43.88%
4	23	13 August	00:00	153,284,072	85,836,210	67,447,862	18,388,348	56%	44%
4	24	14 August	00:00	160,484,148	89,737,813	70,746,335	18,991,478	55.92%	44.08%
4	25	15 August	00:00	168,179,842	93,934,671	74,245,171	19,689,500	55.85%	44.15%
4	26	16 August	00:00	175,639,237	98,009,909	77,629,328	20,380,581	55.8%	44.2%
4	27	17 August	00:00	182,857,005	101,953,443	80,903,562	21,049,881	55.76%	44.24%
4	28	18 August	00:00	190,218,758	106,003,427	84,215,331	21,788,096	55.73%	44.27%
5	29	19 August	00:00	197,829,131	110,205,511	87,623,620	22,581,891	55.71%	44.29%
5	30	20 August	00:00	205,232,139	114,309,097	90,923,042	23,386,055	55.7%	44.3%
5	31	21 August	00:00	211,480,485	117,741,907	93,738,578	24,003,329	55.68%	44.32%
5	32	22 August	00:00	215,867,943	120,147,574	95,720,369	24,427,205	55.66%	44.34%
5	33	23 August	00:00	220,244,489	122,516,995	97,727,494	24,789,501	55.63%	44.37%
5	34	24 August	00:00	224,599,993	124,877,314	99,722,679	25,154,635	55.6%	44.4%
5	35	25 August	00:00	229,178,705	127,371,015	101,807,690	25,563,325	55.58%	44.42%
6	36	26 August	00:00	233,922,780	129,953,351	103,969,429	25,983,922	55.55%	44.45%
6	37	27 August	00:00	238,500,000	132,400,000	106,100,000	26,300,000	55.51%	44.49%
6	38	28 August	00:00	243,086,524	134,866,681	108,219,843	26,646,838	55.48%	44.52%
6	39	29 August	00:00	247,461,488	137,208,990	110,252,498	26,956,492	55.45%	44.55%
6	40	30 August	03:43	252,472,791	139,875,091	112,597,700	27,277,391	55.4%	44.6%
6	41	31 August	00:00	256,122,825	141,829,981	114,292,844	27,537,137	55.38%	44.62%
6	42	1 September	00:00	261,010,614	144,448,360	116,562,254	27,886,106	55.34%	44.66%
7	43	2 September	00:00	266,107,797	147,186,674	118,921,123	28,265,551	55.31%	44.69%
7	44	3 September	00:00	275,089,999	151,889,846	123,200,153	28,689,693	55.21%	44.79%
7	45	4 September	00:00	281,163,909	155,018,133	126,145,776	28,872,357	55.13%	44.87%
7	46	5 September	00:00	287,160,751	158,082,436	129,078,315	29,004,121	55.05%	44.95%
7	47	6 September	00:00	293,068,234	161,098,484	131,969,750	29,128,734	54.97%	45.03%
7	48	7 September	00:00	299,030,001	164,180,651	134,849,350	29,331,301	54.9%	45.1%
7	49	8 September	00:00	304,773,045	167,121,502	137,651,543	29,469,959	54.83%	45.17%
8	50	9 September	00:00	311,076,870	170,386,916	140,689,954	29,696,962	54.77%	45.23%
8	51	10 September	00:00	316,760,847	173,296,589	143,464,258	29,832,331	54.71%	45.29%
8	52	11 September	00:00	322,192,954	176,050,892	146,142,062	29,908,830	54.64%	45.36%
8	53	12 September	00:00	327,455,661	178,746,495	148,709,166	30,037,329	54.59%	45.41%
8	54	13 September	00:00	332,963,383	181,569,251	151,394,132	30,175,119	54.53%	45.47%
8	55	14 September	00:00	338,092,935	184,158,389	153,934,546	30,223,843	54.47%	45.53%
8	56	15 September	00:00	343,718,232	187,041,396	156,676,836	30,364,560	54.42%	45.58%
9	57	16 September	07:46	351,916,061	191,255,454	160,660,607	30,594,847	54.35%	45.65%
9	58	17 September	00:00	356,236,871	193,429,465	162,807,406	30,622,059	54.3%	45.7%
9	59	18 September	00:49	361,556,823	196,095,040	165,461,783	30,633,257	54.24%	45.76%
9	60	19 September	00:38	366,182,866	198,389,878	167,792,988	30,596,890	54.18%	45.82%
9	61	20 September	00:39	371,026,303	200,813,549	170,212,754	30,600,795	54.12%	45.88%
9	62	21 September	08:08	377,466,231	204,071,610	173,394,621	30,676,989	54.06%	45.94%
9	63	22 September	01:45	381,351,854	206,044,390	175,307,464	30,736,926	54.03%	45.97%
10	64	23 September	00:52	386,602,632	208,744,638	177,857,994	30,886,644	53.99%	46.01%
10	65	24 September	00:02	392,305,321	211,615,639	180,689,682	30,925,957	53.94%	46.06%
10	66	25 September	00:23	398,429,082	214,696,067	183,733,015	30,963,052	53.89%	46.11%
10	67	26 September	00:30	404,689,423	217,873,243	186,816,180	31,057,063	53.84%	46.16%
10	68	27 September	02:37	412,252,841	221,761,459	190,491,382	31,270,077	53.79%	46.21%
10	69	28 September	12:48	426,112,867	228,965,719	197,147,148	31,818,571	53.73%	46.27%
10	70	29 September	03:43	427,550,802	229,732,960	197,817,842	31,915,118	53.73%	46.27%
10	70	29 September	23:30	434,475,549	233,377,013	201,098,536	32,278,477	53.71%	46.29%
10	70	29 September	23:45	434,618,673	233,453,428	201,165,245	32,288,183	53.71%	46.29%
10	70	29 September	23:55	434,728,873	233,513,228	201,215,645	32,297,583	53.71%	46.29%
11	71	30 September	00:05	434,874,591	233,582,122	201,292,469	32,289,653	53.71%	46.29%
11	71	30 September	02:16	435,601,757	233,966,034	201,635,723	32,330,311	53.71%	46.29%
11	72	1 October	01:14	441,774,567	237,146,781	204,627,786	32,518,995	53.68%	46.32%
11	73	2 October	00:00	446,984,549	239,841,898	207,142,651	32,699,247	53.66%	46.34%
11	73	2 October	14:00	450,187,285	241,410,424	208,776,861	32,633,563	53.62%	46.38%

Outcome of the battle

During battle

• Many buildings were destroyed in the battle that Duke Horacio needed to accommodate people into different houses or make refugee shelters.
• Numerous NPCs received new dialogue relating to the Battle of Lumbridge.
• New voice-acted NPCs were added to inform players of the battle:

• Ardougne - Concerned mother and Frightened girl
• Varrock - Saradominist fanatic and Zamorakian fanatic
• Taverley - Panicking old soldier
• Edgeville - Belligerent man and Argumentative man
• Falador - Excited knight
• Yanille - Harbinger of destruction
• Catherby - Drunken mariner

• The Lumbridge lodestone, farming patch, god statue and the Water Altar near the Lumbridge Swamp were moved.
• The H.A.M. Hideout was moved and graphically updated.

After the battle

• Moia teleports the wounded Zamorak to safety.
• Saradomin gains the Guthixian energy, increasing his power significantly, and teleports as well, while Zamorak is severely weakened.
• The Lumbridge crater is drained of Guthixian power and becomes a permanent scar on the landscape of Lumbridge.
• Kara-Meir leaves the battlefield.
• Both Saradomin and Zamorak Camps are abandoned, except for the Zamorakian quartermaster and the Saradominist quartermaster. A wounded female Saradominist combatant is left behind in a tent behind the Saradominist quartermaster.
• The Saradominist preacher makes an appearance at the Lumbridge crater.
• The Lumbridge Rebuildathon commences with the aim of tearing down the Saradomin and Zamorak Camps to rebuild buildings that were destroyed as a result of the battle. Most of the camps are dismantled, several buildings in Lumbridge are rebuilt, and the Lumbridge Castle walls are patched up.

Rewards

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/Rewards

Divine tears could be collected both on and off the battlefield, from both skilling and combat. These were turned in at the god camps in exchange for renown, which could be used to purchase a variety of rewards. Over the course of the 10-week event, tier 2 rewards were unlocked at the beginning of week 4, and tier 3 rewards were unlocked at the beginning of week 7. After the week 9 vote, all prices were reduced by 5%.

Renown-based rewards are still available for a short period after the event.

Music unlocked

• Battlefield I
• Battlefield II
• Machines of War
• Master of Light
• Saradominists
• Saradomin Camp
• Remnants
• Zamorak Camp

Gallery

Teaser images

Announcing the world event

Lobby message upon logging in

The Battle of Lumbridge as shown on the noticeboard

Another teaser image

Head banners

Week 1 head banner

Week 2 head banner

Week 3-10 head banner

Battle images

Zamorak, having just arrived from the portal

Zamorak attempts to harvest Divine tears, causing chaos in Lumbridge

Saradomin arrives to confront Zamorak

Lumbridge, about to be destroyed by a powerful blast

Zamorak summons his troops to fight Saradomin

Saradomin summons his troops to fight against Zamorak

Zamorak commands his troops to attack

The soldiers of both factions, locked in combat for their god

Saradomin strikes Zamorak with the enhanced power of the divine tears.

Zamorak is finally defeated.

Saradomin prepares a powerful spell to defeat Zamorak once and for all.

Moia teleports Zamorak before he is able to do so.

Saradomin, now empowered with the power of the tears, leaves the battlefield.

Saradomin's camp

Padomenes leads Saradomin's troops into battle.

The Saradominist quartermaster sells wares to those who show devotion to Saradomin.

A Saradominist recruitment officer rallies supporters of Saradomin to the battlefield.

A small chest on the edge of the camp allows access to the bank.

Zamorak's camp

Moia stands at Zamorak's side as troops charge into battle

The Zamorakian quartermaster sells equipment, emotes, titles and items useful on the battlefield.

A Zamorakian recruitment officer gives faction tokens and allows players to join Zamorak's cause.

A bank chest allows Zamorakian players quick access to their equipment.

Trivia

• As of week 9 of the battle, there was a glitch where spending votes causes your contribution (and hiscore) to be reduced by the same amount.
• At the beginning of week 9, after the activation of the buff increasing the tear gather rate on-field by 5%, there was a bug that showed the wrong modifier in the interface. The correct modifier was still used for the tears gained. Players could also collect tears beyond the daily tear cap. This was patched shortly afterwards.
• During week 10, an inexhaustible sacred metal node had appeared in front of Saradomin Camp's gates, and was thought to be a glitch and subsequently patched. Upon release on 30 September, it was confirmed to be an intentional feature, and that the node was initially released too early due to the confusion over Runedates.
• If the player attacked an enemy NPC with low enough health, it at times rounds down to zero, making it impossible for you to kill them until their health regenerates back up.
• Before the event started, Zamorak was expected to win, so his victory cutscene was prepared first.