Battle of Lumbridge

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This is a safe activity. If you die, you will not lose any of your items.

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
Numerous human troops	Numerous human troops
Casualties
Numerous Saradominist sages, rangers, crusaders, rogues, medics, minelayers, sharpshooters	Numerous 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

Zamorak emerges from the portal.

Some time after Guthix was assassinated and the Edicts of Guthix were abolished, a large portal appeared west of Lumbridge Castle. People flocked to this 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 attacking the ground in an attempt to get it, causing onlookers to flee. At this point Zamorak was confronted by Saradomin, and at once the two began fighting. Firing beams of energy at eachother, 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 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

The crater where the battle takes place, full of Divine tears ready for harvest.

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 improves 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 give a small boost to the amount of Divine tears you collect, Runite and Dragon tokens even reduce 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 tears will appear in inventory.

Players mining and killing enemies for divine tears.

Tears can also be earned from skilling, both on and off the battlefield. On the battlefield are mining, woodcutting, and fishing spots. 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).

Getting tears on the battlefield, be it from combat or skilling, starts from a multiple of 5. As more tears are collected, the multiple decreases down to zero. This multiple is restored every day (UTC+0). Players may also receive tears as drops from creatures slain outside the battlefield.

There is a limit on the total 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. As players gather tears, the rate will start to decrease. This is because players are only allowed to gather a set amount per day and so the rate will slow to prevent players from reaching that cap and not being able to contribute to their faction any more that day.

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 reinforcements

The Duke's Dilemma

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/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 world 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 being able to choose which skill to apply the bonus experience (e.g. "The Duke grants you an XP bonus. This will be used up as you earn XP in this skill."). Players will earn double experience as you earn experience in the skill, until the XP bonus from Duke Horatio decreases to zero. The remaining bonus experience can be checked by hovering over the chosen skill in the skills menu. Several of these are bugged though, fishing for example.

Buffs and reinforcements

Main article: Battle of Lumbridge/Voting

Every week, votes (accumulated through contributing divine tears) can be spent to decide the outcome of chosen buffs and reinforcements for the following week. Votes not spent in the previous week will carry over to 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.

Switching factions

Players who wish to switch factions can do so by talking to Kara-Meir. Players will lose their god token (Zamorakian token or Saradominist token), accumulated renown, and votes. However, players will retain in their inventory all battle-related items (i.e. divine tears, sacred metal fragments, etc.), and will still be able to use unlocked emotes and titles. The points contribution to the faction score will also not decrease.

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

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	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 symbol at their base. Standing in the symbol will cause the player 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.
Sapper	Saradomin's sapper has joined the battle.	Zamorak's sapper has joined the battle.	Drops 3 mine bombs. The bombs deal a large amount of damage when placed on the floor. Can hit both parties.
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 other gods minions.
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 causes damage to those standing under it, and can then be mined for divine shards, which are 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 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.

Saradomin Obelisk

Zamorak Obelisk

Jagex Moderator clones

Main article: JMod clone

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 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.

Week	Percentage (as of 23:59 UTC)
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1	22 July Saradomin 72.10%	23 July Saradomin 67.40%	24 July Saradomin 63.55%	25 July Saradomin 61.32%	26 July Saradomin 60.05%	27 July Saradomin 59.30%	28 July Saradomin 56.04%
2	29 July Saradomin 58.26%	30 July Saradomin 57.86%	31 July Saradomin 57.53%

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 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. Over the course of the 10-week event, tier 2 rewards will be unlocked on week 4, and tier 3 rewards will be unlocked during week 7.

Gallery

Teaser images

Announcing the World Event

Lobby Message upon logging in on 22 July

The Battle of Lumbridge as shown on the noticeboard.

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