Hidden updates

Hidden updates are updates which are not mentioned in the RuneScape news or the official forums. Jagex used to add many small updates and bug fixes which were too trivial to announce; they now include most of their updates in the Patch Notes sticky of the Recent Updates forum. However, there are still some updates which are not included in the Patch Notes for various reasons. Hidden updates that occur separately from major updates can sometimes also be recognised due to the build changing, which can be found in the Developer's Console.

This page lists hidden updates for 2024.

July

• 31 July
  • A "pop" option has been added for water balloons.
• 24 July
  • Decorated woodcutting urns have been changed to work when chopping crystal tree shards.
• 17 July
  • Fire Lycan has been added.
  • Event noticeboards are back, referencing Build A Beach event.
• 10 July
  • Health and adrenaline bars have been graphically tweaked in the NXT client.
• 3 July
  • A shoe shop has been added to the Menaphos merchant district, run by Qaseem.
  • Aristarchus's Pollnivneach dialogue has been made accessible within the Grand Library of Menaphos.
  • Vultures can now be seen flying in the southern part of Sophanem.
  • Information about the current tier and active skills have been added to the Shifting Tombs interface.
  • Chests within shifting tombs have been given the chance of spawning corrupted scarabs.
  • The two Chronicle Players playing Chronicle: RuneScape Legends have been removed from all the remaining areas.
  • The Sandy title has been added.

June

• 26 June
  • The Chronicle, Book of legends pet can now be unlocked by entering the Legends' Guild.
  • The interface tab icons for defensive, magic, melee, prayer and ranged abilities, and familiar interface have been updated.
  • The toggle for Familiar interface has been added to the Powers section in the ribbon.
• 21 June
  • Rare item tokens have been changed to cash out for 10 coins each on Treasure Hunter instead of the previous value of 0.
• 19 June
  • A wand of treachery cannot be immediately dropped after receiving one. Doing so gives the message "The wand refuses to leave it's new master so quickly!"
  • Event noticeboards are now referencing Aiding the Exile event.
• 12 June
  • Desert pantheon aura's top left corner "Feast of Amascut" has become usable.
  • Havoc's and Smash's maximum ability damage was increased from 125% to 157%.
• 5 June
  • The Motherlode Maw now checks if the player has level 115 Dungeoneering and 95 in all other skills, instead of 2,585 skill total.
  • The Spring Fayre has been removed.
  • The City of the Dead, The Plundered Tomb, Spirits of Elid and Tune from the Dune music tracks have been reworked.
  • The old desert pantheon items have been made available as cosmetic overrides (Aten, Pantheon (Apmeken) Mask, Pantheon (Apmeken) Ankh, Pantheon (Scabaras) Mask, Pantheon (Scabaras) Was, and Uraeus).
• 2 June
  • All Hazelmere's signet ring drops now result in a server-wide announcement

May

• 22 May
  • Prawn balls have had their kept on death value reduced.
• 15 May
  • The Mighty Zoltan has been changed so that the confirmation prompt mentions spending tokens, and the prompt may be toggled off permanently.
  • Partyhats equipped on male characters have had their dark spots removed on NXT.
  • Big event mystery box (Birth by Fire) has been changed to big event mystery box (Gielinorian Giving), for those who still had them in their account.

• 11 May
  • A number of items have had their Grand Exchange prices adjusted.
    • All the Bob shirt variants were updated.
    • The greenman's ale referred to the flatpack variant.
    • The hydrix amulet referred to the strung variant.
    • The mystic gloves referred to the light variant.
    • In addition to the listed items, at least the following items were updated: adamant plateskirt (h1), (h2), (h3), (h4), and (h5), adamant shield (h2), and (h4), black plateskirt (h1), (h2), (h3), (h4), and (h5), black shield (h2), and (h4), and demonic title scroll (rending).
• 8 May
  • The defeating the phoenix requirement of the master quest cape was reset again and upon completing it again will now correctly tick off on the Achievements System interface.
  • The artisan's workshop interface has been shifted to the left in Legacy Mode fixed size.
  • A rusty chest has been added to the game.
  • Event noticeboards are back, and now displaying the Gielinorian Giving event.
• 2 May
  • Ground textures in Burthorpe, Catherby, Lumbridge, Piscatoris, and Taverley have been updated slightly. Lumbridge Swamp has received new textures entirely.
  • Killerwatts have been graphically updated.

April

• 24 April
  • The Jungle Hunt music track has been reworked.
• 18 April
  • A number of tutorial achievements have been removed.
  • A sundial was added north of Menaphos.
• 2 April
  • The "Get Bond" button on the currency pouch has been removed.

March

• 27 March
  • Hazelmere's signet ring is released.
  • The Wyrmfire potion buff icon has been changed to match the Antifire icon.
• 20 March
  • Event noticeboards are now referencing Agents of Fury seasonal event.
  • Waiko Reward Shop's "items" tab has been changed to "equipment, "XP lamps" tab has been changed to "Consumables", and items have been moved around accordingly.
• 11 March
  • The rarity of the Nature's sentinel outfit was changed from yellow to orange on Treasure Hunter.
• 6 March
  • Bonds can now be redeemed for an additional Treasure Hunter key for 28 days.

February

• 27 February
  • Chuck now provides hints related to the Penguin Hide and Seek Shadow Realm penguin randomly amongst other hints.
  • The music tracks Espionage, Have an Ice Day, Ice Day for Penguins and Storm Brew have been reworked, along with the magic carpet ride jingle.
• 15 February
  • Event noticeboards are now displaying artwork relating to the second part of the 2017 Valentine's Day event.
• 6 February
  • The music track Love Story has been reworked.
  • The icons for simple parts and Armadyl, Bandos, Brassican, Saradomin, Zamorak, and Zaros components have been updated.
  • Wizard Deedit has been added to the Lumbridge Crater as a teaser for the upcoming Valentine's event.

January

• 23 January
  • Raw wobbegong fishing spots on Uncharted Isles no longer have a wobbegong spot near the shores on the Java game client. Instead, the off-shore wobbegong must be clicked on to fish it.
• 16 January
  • Pikkenmix once again has his unique idle animation when Familiarisation is active.
  • Event noticeboards are now displaying Deathbeard's Demise event.
  • Mysterious Runed Rock has been removed from the Agility skill guide.
• 9 January
  • The 15th year anniversary party garden has been relocated to the anniversary island, and the anniversary tree has been added north of Falador.
  • The Piscatoris region has received a ground textures graphical update. It also includes the addition of new trees and the Eagles' Peak rework.
  • Orla Fairweather has been added to Burthorpe.
  • Event noticeboards have returned as a reminder to Memorial to Guthix.
  • The skills guide interface now defaults to show everything rather than "Milestones".

Date unknown

• If the player tries to "Add to" the statue of Rhiannon in Prifddinas without any golden rocks, there will now be a message saying so.