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A werewolf experiencing the stretchy skin glitch.
A glitch (also known as a bug) is a fault in the program that causes it to function improperly. The severity of glitches can vary. The most common glitch is the reoccurring graphical stretching glitch, which causes models to stretch, but has no impact on the gameplay. More severe glitches include the infamous Falador Massacre, where a player was able to attack other players outside of a player-versus-player zone.
Rules on bug abuse
Abuse of glitches is a direct breach of the "bug abuse" rule under the honour section of the rules of RuneScape. The punishment for guilty parties varies depending on the particular glitch and the degree to which it was abused. Minor graphical glitches generally go unpunished, while major abuse such as what occurred in the partyhat duplication glitch, may result in a permanent ban.
Jagex has recommended that players who find a glitch in RuneScape should report it to Jagex immediately via the "Submit a Bug Report" interface on the RuneScape website main page.
Noteworthy glitches
Falador Massacre
The Falador Massacre was an infamous glitch where a player was able to attack other players after a glitch involving player-owned houses was discovered, and proceeded to attack many players in the Falador area until he was stopped.
Noclip glitch
The noclip glitch allowed a pair of bug abusers to walk through barriers in RuneScape, nearly entirely unrestricted.
25 February 2009 crash
In February 2009, there was a bug where, if your chat was on, seeing the "µ" character in the chatbox made the game crash, and was abused for player-versus-player combat.
Partyhat duplication glitch
The partyhat duplication glitch is one of the most famous glitches in RuneScape, where a third-party program was used to manipulate the game engine, allowing the creation of items.
9 June 2009 game engine update glitch
The game engine was significantly rewritten on 9 June 2009, causing a multitude of bugs to crop up all across RuneScape. Glitches ranged from nonoperational bank booths to ranged attacks only working when standing right next to a foe.
Penguin Hide and Seek glitch
The Penguin Hide and Seek glitch allowed players to spy the same penguin multiple times, allowing them to get unlimited penguin points, which could be exchanged for experience.
PvP drop potential glitch
When RuneScape used PvP worlds, a glitch allowed them to be manipulated, by using a beast of burden on a free to play, then dying multiple times, fooling the game with the wealth you have carried, before returning to a members world for kills with high drop potential.
Bolt duplication glitch
The bolt duplication glitch was a glitch where the player could enchant multiple bolts out of only a single bolt, vastly multiplying their profit.
Smuggling Dungeoneering items glitch
Several similar glitches have allowed items normally restricted to the dungeons of Daemonheim to be smuggled outside, using either teleports or a beast of burden. Currently all dungeoneering weapons disintegrate if equipped outside of Daemonheim.
Equipable knife glitch
A glitch in RuneScape Classic allowed multiple knives to be equipped, allowing massive damage to be dealt.
Runecrafting experience in Dungeoneering glitch
Upon release of the Dungeoneering skill, a bug in the Runecrafting formulas caused experience gained to be increased exponentially, prompting a quick rollback.
Guthix rest tea glitch
The Guthix rest tea glitch caused the drink to heal the player entirely, as well as remove poisoning and restore run energy.
Ring of wealth glitch
Following an update to the ring of wealth, a glitch caused lootshared kills to utilize all player's rings, greatly increasing the chances of getting rare drops.
Dropping destroy-only items and pets glitch
A feature allowing items to be dropped while banking caused a glitch allowing items that normally can only be destroyed, as well as pets, to be dropped.
TzHaar massacre
The TzHaar massacre was a glitch allowing players in the waiting lobby of the Fight Pits minigame to be attacked, losing their items on death.
Rat Pits Massacre
A bug allowed a player to manipulate the rat pits into allowing his cat to kill followers. Items dropped by a beast of burden follower were visible for the bug abuser.
Mindspike glitch
Upon release of the updated graphics for Burthorpe, the mindspike reward from the Troll Warzone tutorial was able to kill any NPC instantly, although they only dropped bones.
Adding yourself to your friends list glitch
Several methods, including utilizing display names and adding spaces before or after their name, allowed players to add themselves to their friend or ignore lists.
Kennith's Concerns death glitch
The Kennith's Concerns death glitch occurred when a player died when sneaking past the guards in Kennith's Concerns. Normally players could not die during this part of Kennith's Concerns, but some players were able to kill themselves using Nitroglycerin, which allowed them to go anywhere in RuneScape in this position. Upon death outside of the mines, however, the player would simply end up back in the mines, their items intact.
Player moderator forums glitch
A pair of bug abusers found access to the player moderator's forum through a security exploit.
Items falling through the floor glitch
After the release of Z-buffering, items would occasionally be rendered underneith the floor. The items could still be clicked and picked up, but were effectively invisible.
Anger weapons glitch
A glitch allowed anger weapons to be taken out of Tolna's rift, although the weapons did not maintain their high damage potential.
Attacking players in the Tower of Life glitch
Upon release of the Tower of Life, the basement's placement, directly below the wilderness, allowed players to attack each other.
Persistant glitches
Graphical stretching glitch
Graphical stretching glitches, where a part of a model stretches in a way not intended, are one of the most common types of glitches in RuneScape.
Minimap glitches
Minimap glitches are common in RuneScape, including black backgrounds on the minimap, black sections, or the failure to display the minimap all together.
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