Battle of Lumbridge

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Not to be confused with Battle of East Lumbridge.

Battle of Lumbridge

Saradomin and Zamorak, locked in battle.
Date
1, Sixth Age
Place
Lumbridge
Outcome
N/A
Combatants
Saradominist sages, Saradominist rangers, Saradominist sentries, Saradominist crusaders, Saradominist minelayers, Saradominist rogues, Saradominist field medics, Saradominist sharpshooters, Saradominist adventurers	Zamorakian warlocks, Zamorakian snipers, Zamorakian sentries, Zamorakian footsoldiers, Zamorakian gatherers, Zamorakian field medics, Zamorakian minelayers, Zamorakian sharpshooters, Zamorakian adventurers
Commanders
Saradomin, Padomenes	Zamorak, Moia
Strength
Many human troops	Many human troops
Casualties
Many Saradominist sages, rangers, crusaders, rogues, medics, minelayers, sharpshooters	Many Zamorakian warlocks, snipers, footsoldiers, gatherers, medics, minelayers, sharpshooters
Previous battle
Assassination of Guthix
Next battle
None

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The Battle of Lumbridge is a world event that takes place alongside the beginning of the Sixth Age and the dawn of RuneScape 3. The battle is waged between Saradomin and Zamorak and occurs in Lumbridge between the area which was the Lumbridge Swamp and west of the Lumbridge Castle. The battle features weekly choices made by the players which will define its outcome and course of action. It was stated by Jagex as having an "ultimate outcome [which] will set the course for RuneScape’s future.".

History

A few weeks after the Assassination of Guthix (two weeks before the battle), a large portal appeared west of Lumbridge Castle and south of the H.A.M. Hideout, although it was not known at the time what role this mysterious portal would play in the battle. On 11 July, the portal increased in size and several other NPCs were added to the scene. The original NPCs' dialogue was also altered slightly to reflect the change to the portal. This same event occurred again on 17 July.

Finally, on 22 July the portal opened, and Zamorak used it to travel into Gielinor, where he attempted to harness the power left when Guthix died. At this point Zamorak was confronted by Saradomin and at once the two began fighting. They reached a stalemate and the ground where the portal was disintegrated forming a large crater where the life force of Guthix began seeping out from the ground.

At the opening of their encounter, Zamorak and Saradomin found themselves equally matched. Both gods raised defensive structures and teleported in their generals and first waves of soldiers. The early stage of the battle broke down into a general close combat with neither side gaining an upper hand. The battle raged along the perimeter with troops fighting among the siege towers and towards the centre of the crater. The gods began teleporting followers in to collect fragments of Guthix's power, in the form of divine tears, to increase their power and overwhelm the opposing god.

Individual troops that did manage to reach the other faction's base would simply be incinerated by the sentries and generals. A slow but steady stream of soldiers would continue to reinforce the battlefield and make their way into the fray one at a time. Unfortunately, to reach the battlefield the soldiers had to pass through narrow bottlenecks between their camps and the crater. Thousands of soldiers on both sides charged straight to their deaths as large of groups of adventurers waited at the mouth of the bottlenecks to kill them for any divine tears they might carry. Lucky soldiers who survived the bloodbath at the battlefield's entrances were soon finished off by adventurers gathering divine tears at the centre of the crater.

As the battle wore on, however, troops were teleported to different parts of the battlefield. Both Moia and Padomenes had realised that most of their troops were being killed off by adventurers waiting right outside their camps. To circumvent this problem, the two generals began teleporting their soldiers directly into the battlefield in addition to sending steady streams of soldiers from their camps. Sometimes soldiers would be teleported directly outside their enemies' camp, where they would quickly be eliminated by sentries.

On the first day of the battle, both sides had only deployed basic troops that used melee, ranged, and magic attacks. Within days, however, specialised fighters were deployed as well, from field medics to minelayers. Some adventurers on the battlefield had even reported encountering extremely powerful soldiers of various combat styles who have already managed to amass many divine tears.

On the first day of the battle, both sides had only deployed basic troops that used melee, ranged, and magic attacks. Within days, however, specialised fighters were deployed as well, from field medics to minelayers. Some adventurers on the battlefield had even reported encountering extremely powerful soldiers of various combat styles who have already managed to amass many divine tears.

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 require the aid of adventurers to help them gain the upper hand. Players may choose which god they wish to follow, and head to either the Saradominist or the Zamorakian camp to help out. If the player wishes to change sides, they may speak to Kara-Meir located near the Lumbridge lodestone at any time.

Player aligned with Saradomin

Player aligned with Zamorak

Players can help by collecting Divine tears to help fuel their god's power and help them gain the upper hand. Tears can be collected in two ways, either through combat or skilling.

Divine tears

Mining tears and killing enemies.

After joining one of the gods, players will be given a token depending on what god they chose (i.e Zamorakian token or Saradominist token). The token increases in level the more tears contributed to the chosen god, starting off at bronze then silver, gold, runite and dragon. The token gives a small boost to the amount of Divine tears you collect and reduces damage taken from the other gods forces by a small amount.

Tears can be earned from combat both on and off the battlefield. Players may attack the enemy faction's NPC reinforcements, and upon defeating them will be awarded with tears. Depending on how many Divine Tears the player has collecting that day, the number of Divine Tears that is collected decreases from five at a time, down to zero. Players may also receive tears as drops from creatures slain outside the battlefield.

Tears can also be earned from skilling, both on and off the battlefield. On the battlefield are mining, woodcutting, and fishing plots which can be used to collect tears beginning at a rate of 5 at a time which will gradually decrease as the player continues to collect them. There is no skill requirement to do this, and players collecting tears on the battlefield will not be attacked by enemy soldiers. Tears can also be earned by skilling outside the battlefield, in a similar way to how anagogic orts are collected. Tears are awarded from skilling surprisingly frequently, and a player can 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 have no effect on the rate at which they are collected (both on or off the battlefield).

There is a limit on the amount of tears a player can collect per day. Free players can receive up to 1,320 Divine tears a day. Members can receive 3,000 tears on a daily basis.

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

Contribution	Equivalence	Purpose
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 events

The Duke's Dilemma

Lumbridge was very badly damaged by the battle, and Duke Horacio is currently working on rebuilding the city. Each week he asks players to vote on how to allocate the town's emergency resources toward dealing with various situations pertaining to this goal. The Duke has a total of 160,000 coins to use for rebuilding. The situation will change periodically through the event. Players will be limited later on in the event by the amount of money they have spent. Voting can 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 chooses, they will be rewarded with an amount of bonus experience for voting, with players able to choose what skill to apply it to. This bonus experience is "added" to the skill, and is used up as players train that skill (excluding the use of lamps, etc). The remaining bonus experience can be checked by hovering over the chosen skill in the skills menu.

Week 1: Destruction of homes

Two crafters, each with a wife and child, have lost their homes in the destruction. There is a damaged house in Lumbridge which could be restored.

The options given to the player are:

• Restore the house, moving the Zamorakian herbalist in, for 20,000 coins.
• Restore the house, moving the Saradominist summoner in, for 20,000 coins.
• Restore the house as a refugee shelter, moving both families in, for 40,000 coins.
• Leave the house alone, and this costs nothing.

Buffs and reinforcements

Every week, votes (accumulated through contributing divine tears) can be spent to decide the outcome of chosen buffs and reinforcements for the following week.

Buffs provide a boost to the faction (such as more damage to the enemy, or less damage from the enemy), and the chosen buff will be displayed in battle HUD.

Reinforcements to the battlefield will be in the form of more powerful enemies providing additional benefits to the faction.

Events

Random events

From time to time, random events will occur on the battlefield. Messages appear as a drop down from the battlefield score HUD, and as game text in the chatbox when they occur.

Event	Text	Description
Saradomin
???	Saradomin's obelisks are charging with a deadly energy.	The Saradomin Obelisks around the field glow and have a blue symbol at their base. Standing in the symbol will cause the player to take large, fast damage.
???	Saradomin curses the followers of Zamorak, decreasing their might for a short while.	If you are aligned with Zamorak, you will deal 10–15% less damage to Saradominist for three minutes.
???		If you are aligned with Saradomin, you take 15% less damage for three minutes
Saradomin Powersurge	Saradomin's blessing infuses his followers.	You will gather resources at an increased rate for a short time.
Zamorak
???	Zamorak's obelisks are charging with a deadly energy.	The Zamorak Obelisks around the field glow and have a red symbol at their base. Standing in the symbol will cause the player to take large, fast damage.
???	Zamorak curses the followers of Saradomin, decreasing their might for a short while.	If you are aligned with Saradomin, you will deal 10–15% less damage to Zamorakians for three minutes.
???	Zamorak empowers his followers, decreasing their damage taken for a short while.	If you are aligned with Zamorak, you take 15% less damage for three minutes.
Zamorak Powersurge	Zamorak's zealous hatred infuses his followers with a singular purpose.	You will gather resources at an increased rate for a short time.
Neutral
Falling rocks	Rocks are falling from the sky. Avoid them!	Small rocks will rain down, before a boulder falls. The boulder causes damage to those standing under it, and can then be mined for Divine shards, which is worth 30 divine tears.
Unstable nodes	Several resource gathering points have become unstable. Be careful!	Certain resource gathering points will turn orange or yellow. Gathering from one of these will damage you for 1% of your maximum life points if it is yellow, or 10% of your maximum life total if it is orange.
Guthix's gas	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.

Jagex Moderator clones

Occasionally, clones of Jagex mods will appear on the battlefield, fighting for the God that mod supports. While they have different appearances and use different combat styles, they all provide a healing aura to nearby followers, and boost the speed at which divine tears are gathered.

Players can attack the clones, and the clones' level scale to the level of players that attack them. The clones can be healed for 10 divine tears by right-clicking them and selecting the heal option. The clones are not aggressive towards players as they target other JMods first, then NPCs. They do not charge to the other side of the field.

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

Progress of the battle

• By the second day of the event, 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 9 million. It was still the case that the followers of Zamorak collected more tears per person, but Saradomin has at least twice as many followers. Saradomin's lead is still increasing in absolute terms, but is decreasing as a proportion of the total tears collected; Saradomin used to have more than twice as many tears as Zamorak, now he has less than 1.5 times as many.

Outcome of the battle

• Many buildings were destroyed in the battle that Duke Horacio needed to accomodate people into different houses or make refugee shelters.
• Several NPCs including King Roald, Aeonisig Raispher, Fred the Farmer, Hank, Explorer Jack, Hans, Wise Old Man, Maggie, Wendy, the Lumbridge Guardsmen, the Lumbridge Sage, Father Aereck, Donie, the Herald of Lumbridge, the Candle seller, the Lumbridge Shopkeeper and Shop assistant, Miss Schism, Fortunado, the Town Crier, the Doomsayer, Harlan and the High Priest of Entrana 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, and the Water altar near Lumbridge Swamps were moved.
• The H.A.M. Hideout was moved.

Rewards

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/Rewards

Divine tears can be collected both on and off the battlefield, from both skilling and combat. These are turned in at the god camps in exchange for renown, which can be used to purchase a variety of rewards.

Gallery

Teaser images

Announcing the World Event

Lobby Message upon logging in on 22 July

The Battle of Lumbridge as shown on the noticeboard.

Prior to the battle

The mysterious portal and surrounding NPCs.

The portal grows bigger and greener.

The portal prior to the battle's commencement.

The portal with bloom on.

The remains of the portal, after it briefly disappeared.

During battle

Zamorak, having just arrived from the portal, prepares to attack

Zamorak begins to cause chaos in Lumbridge, moments after arriving from the portal

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

The maelstrom in the center of the battlefield