Hidden updates

Hidden updates are minor changes made to the game, but are too trivial by Jagex to be noted on the RuneScape main page.

It also refers to the ghost miniquests (Ghostly robes and Shadow Sword) released without notice on the main page.

Minor changes

1. 21 October 2008: The "+ summoning level" Does not show up in f2p anymore.The message,when attacked with the stone equip,in the fist of guthix mini game does not appear anymore.
2. 17 October 2008: The word "level" was changed from white to green, yellow, orange, or red depending on your Combat level.
3. 16 October 2008: There was a bug where there was an empty spot on the normal spellbook. This was later fixed and the spells Weaken, and Lvl-6 Enchant were back where they belong before the log-in screen was updated.
4. 16 October 2008: Right click options where "lvl-" could be seen, are replaced with "lvl:".
5. 15 October 2008: Melee sounds for Scimitars, Longswords, Short Swords, and Daggers while attacking were enchanced.
6. 29 September 2008: The Grim reaper hood image had a minor graphical update.
7. 29 September 2008: The Graveyard of Shadows had a minor graphical update prior to the new quest. Gravestones are more colours and changed, and dirt is now 3D. Also there was a statue of a Grim Reaper.
8. 9 September 2008: Spirit Shards were able to be bought from the Grand Exchange.
9. 19 August 2008: The run energy meter on the left of the minimap now lets players toggle run on/off by clicking on the icon. It turns a bright yellow/gold colour when toggled "on". In addition, the following were mentioned on the forums by Mod Osborne in reference to The Great Orb Project
   1. You are now able to sign up for the minigame with any of the wizard apprentices
   2. You can now sign up to whichever team currently has the least players
   3. If a game lacks enough players it will instantly finish
   4. Reward tokens will be given whether you win, lose or draw, based upon how well you've done
   5. A number of useful phrases have been added to Quick Chat for this minigame
10. 8 August 2008: The detail choices of RuneScape and RuneScape High Detail switched sizes, so that the old version of RuneScape had the larger sized box than RuneScape HD.
11. ? August 2008: The Tzhaar-Ket-Om (Obsidian Maul) and Dharok's Greataxe were changed so that they are held on the shoulder again.
12. ? August 2008: Restoring your Hitpoints, Prayer, and Energy to full when you brought an offending item, entering the wrong crater, or entering in a different world in Bounty Hunter was fixed. To restore them, you must enter your crater suited for your level, not carrying offending items, and entering at the right world.
13. ? August 2008: Almost every emote with a glitch were fixed, including the infamous Bounty Hunter Skull Glitch.
14. 14 July 2008: Dying and getting hit sounds were altered for human NPCs.
15. 25 June 2008: A (-/+) option was added above the categories dividing the the official forums. (-) to hide the category of that forum, and (+) to show it.
16. 5 June 2008: The word "dwelling" in the examine info for the Swamp Titan was changed to the more appropriate "duelling."
17. 22 April 2008: A message "RuneScape is loading, please wait..." was added above the loading bar while loading the game.
18. 9 April 2008: An Empty option was added to baskets and sacks
19. 1 April 2008: Jagex released a Dragon kite as an April Fools' Day joke, which players thought was a real Dragon kiteshield.
20. 18 March 2008: The ranged attack of the Cockroach soldier has been increased to be about the same as the melee attack.
21. Beginning of March 2008: The Zombie hand emote could be done in monkey form.
22. 14 February 2008: The safe spot for Commander Zilyana was removed.
23. 1 January 2008: Snow from the snowglobe could no longer be created in the Clan Wars arena.
24. 18 December 2007: A Vulture egg was added as a drop from Vultures and Raven eggs were able to be acquired from bird's nests.
25. 18 December 2007: Yanille Petshop was released, but access was denied for a month.
26. 12 November 2007: the graphics for the Gnome scarf change again.
27. 12 November 2007: Goblin High Priest miniquest was released.
28. 5 November 2007: The graphics for the Gnome scarf change.
29. 20 September 2007: All zeros in games have a line put inside of them to help distinguish against capital Os.
30. 17 July 2007: The music for Pest Control has changed during play. (This ended up being a glitch and was fixed the next day)
31. 5 July 2007: Unicode characters can now be used in the game, using Alt+number shortcuts built into Windows. For example, (Alt-0254) becomes þ
32. ? July 2007: Barrelchest anchor attack style is changed to mace style.
33. 26 June 2007: Engine update:
    1. Loading and connection messages now appear in the upper-left corner of the game applet.
    2. The scroll bar on the chat box has been updated.
    3. Items now don't 'flash' when you unequip them, in the way that they do when you use them on one another.
    4. When sending a Private Message to someone there's now a space between "Enter message" and your text. (Was put back afterwards.)
    5. Cannot go beyond the first floor of Melzar's Maze after the quest. The quest is also extended slightly, and there is a Music piece added.
    6. Large monsters can now move diagonally. This can disrupt former safespots and safespot luring.
34. 2 June 2007: The graphic for Rabbit snares was changed.
35. ? June 2007: The location where Jagex stores data on a player's computer has changed. (This might have only been changed on Windows computers.)
36. 30 May 2007: Broken shields from Shield of Arrav quest can no longer be sold in shops or noted.
37. 16 May 2007: It is reported that the new Lunar spells were changed so that players did not level too quickly.
38. 14 May 2007: 4 new worlds number 141-144 are added
39. 17 April 2007: Players can now walk and alch items at the same time.
40. 15 April 2007: You can no longer stand on the evil chicken to avoid attack, It says "Bwuk! Get off me!" and throws the character off the square.
41. 27 March 2007: The in-game switching worlds function has been slimmed down.
42. 27 March 2007: King Roald's graphics were improved.
43. 13 March 2007: Players may now use caps in the middle of a sentence.
44. 13 March 2007: Switching prayer during combat will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.
45. 13 March 2007: There is now a search feature next to the Manual link.
46. 13 March 2007: Switching attack method will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.
47. 7 February 2007: Ardougne Zoo walls changed from traditional rock colour to marble, looking more like Falador.
48. ? February 2007: Shadow Sword miniquest is released.
49. ? February 2007: You no longer need to go through a message while entering Mort Myre, also, when your food rots while being attacked by a Ghast, it only takes up one line of dialogue.
50. When The Fremennik Isles was released, an NPC used the word "damn", which Jagex considers offensive. Later, it was changed to "blasted" instead.
51. Sometime between 25 January, 2007 and 16 February, 2007: All Snowballs melt, becoming extinct and discontinued.
52. Early January 2007: The granite area of the desert was changed so that you need waterskins whilst mining there.
53. 12 December 2006: The witch in Draynor Manor can now be talked to (due to the Animal Magnetism quest).
54. 18 October 2006: Players failing thieving would get a twittering sound.
55. Around July 2006: Members can no longer tan dragonhides on free servers.
56. Mid 2006: Two-handed swords are now held to the shoulder.
57. Players now get a message if the Evil Chicken disappears.
58. 2004: Members objects can no longer be alchemized on the free worlds.
59. The gate connecting Taverley and Falador was changed to a thicker metal.