Changes: Swarm

Latest revision as of 21:06, 10 April 2019

Not to be confused with Mosquito swarm or Swarm (fishing spot).

Swarms are non-interactive groups of insects found to the west of Musa Point. They are harmless, and follow players around, although they cannot wander far. Multiple swarms can follow a single player at the same time.

History

Swarms were formerly a random event. They randomly appeared and attacked players, hitting one or two hitpoints (10 or 20 life points) of damage. The swarm would hit infrequently however and was not a threat to most players. Players could not attack the swarm, instead they needed to walk or run away from it to stop the swarm from attacking. Swarms would "steal" a player from combat if they were encountered in a non-multicombat area.

On release, the swarm was actually attackable, however it had an incredibly high Defence and only a few 1s and 2s (or 10s and 20s life points) were able to pierce through it. It also had an amazing amount of hit points and healed faster than normal. The ability to attack it was eventually removed, although something methods to deal damage to it remained. The ring of recoil worked against it for some time, however this ability was eventually removed. If a player had a familiar out in a multicombat area, it would attack the swarm, although it would only rarely be able to deal any damage.

It was considered one of the most annoying random events by many players since the only way to get rid of it, assuming they were unwilling to wait for their familiar to finish it off, was to flee the area and return.

On 25 February 2009, the swarm was removed as a random event, and was added to Musa Point in its current form.

Trivia

If a swarm occurred underwater, the examine text would be "A swarm of vicious plankton!" instead of the usual "A swarm of vicious insects!"
The swarm is very similar to the sweetflies encountered during Trouble Brewing minigame.

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-{{Gone}}
+{{External|os}}
+{{confuse|Mosquito swarm|Swarm (fishing spot)}}
-[[File:Swarm.png|right|frame|A swarm.]]
+{{NPC
+|name = Swarm
+|image = [[File:Swarm.png|150px]]
+|release = [[25 February]] [[2009]]
+|update = Random Event Update and More
+|race = Insects
+|members = No
+|quest = No
+|location = [[Musa Point]]
+|shop = No
+|gender = N/A
+|examine = Insects buzzing around.
+|map = no
+}}
+'''Swarms''' are non-interactive groups of insects found to the west of [[Musa Point]]. They are harmless, and follow players around, although they cannot wander far. Multiple swarms can follow a single player at the same time.
-==Swarm==
+==History==
+Swarms were formerly a [[random event]]. They randomly appeared and attacked players, hitting one or two hitpoints (10 or 20 [[Constitution|life points]]) of damage. The swarm would hit infrequently however and was not a threat to most players. Players could not attack the swarm, instead they needed to walk or run away from it to stop the swarm from attacking. Swarms would "steal" a player from combat if they were encountered in a non-[[multicombat area]].
-The '''swarm''' is a discontinued ''[[RuneScape]]'' [[random event]]. It used to randomly attack a player, and the player could not attack it back. It hit for either one or two points of damage (10 or 20 LP), however its attack level was very low, so it rarely hit even the weakest of players. Thus, the swarm was mostly just a nuisance for most players.
+On release, the swarm was actually attackable, however it had an incredibly high [[Defence]] and only a few 1s and 2s (or 10s and 20s life points) were able to pierce through it. It also had an amazing amount of hit points and healed faster than normal. The ability to attack it was eventually removed, although something methods to deal damage to it remained. The [[ring of recoil]] worked against it for some time, however this ability was eventually removed. If a player had a familiar out in a multicombat area, it would attack the swarm, although it would only rarely be able to deal any damage.
-All a player needed to do to escape it was to do is walk or run away for a short distance, and then the swarm would stop attacking. Make a note that even in a single combat zone, the swarm will attack the player, and make the monster that the player was fighting oblivious to the player.
+It was considered one of the most annoying random events by many players since the only way to get rid of it, assuming they were unwilling to wait for their familiar to finish it off, was to flee the area and return.
-The swarms still exist and follow players around, but they will not attack the players. These are found in Karamja Jungle.
+On [[25 February]] [[2009]], the swarm was removed as a random event, and was added to Musa Point in its current form.
-==History==
-This random event was in fact attackable with its release, the only problem was that it had an incredibly high [[Defence]] and only a few 1's and 2's were able to pierce through. It also had an amazing amount of [[Hitpoints]] and healed faster than normal. [[Ring of Recoil]] used to be able to work against it, but this no longer happens. If the player had a familiar out in a multi combat area, it would attack the swarm, although it would only rarely be able to deal any damage.
-As of the [[25 February]] [[2009]] Random event update the swarm has been moved to [[Musa Point]], east of the banana trees on [[Karamja]]. Although it is no longer aggressive, it will follow any player who walks past.
 ==Trivia==
-*The item '[[Insect repellent]]', located in a house at [[Catherby]], will not work on the Swarm.
 *If a swarm occurred underwater, the examine text would be "A swarm of vicious plankton!" instead of the usual "A swarm of vicious insects!"
-*The swarm was very hard to see with low detail. In 2007, barely anybody noticed it attacking a player.
+*The swarm is very similar to the [[sweetflies]] encountered during [[Trouble Brewing]] [[minigame]].
-*Swarms used to be attackable, which before it ''retired'', it was not.
-*The new examine text for a swarm when examined on [[Musa Point]] is "Insects buzzing around", while when it popped up as a random event the text was "A swarm of vicious insects!". This may be due to the fact it no longer attacks players.
-*Even though a player cannot directly attack it, his or her summoning familiar can.
-*They are very similar to sweetflies during trouble brewing minigame.
-==See also==
-* [[Mosquito Swarm]]
 {{Random Events}}
-[[Category:Discontinued random events]]
-{{Check HP|checked}}