The Bird and the Beast

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The Bird and the Beast

File:Epic tower.png
Start date	11 December 2013 (Update)
End date	TBA (Update)
Location	Misthalin and Asgarnia
Outcome	TBD
Preceded by	Battle of Lumbridge
Succeeded by	World Event 3
Head developer	Helen D
Battle info Gods Armadyl Bandos Commanders Unknown edit Unknown edit Combatants Humans, golems, aviantese Humans, golems, goblins, ogres

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The Bird and the Beast (known as BnB) is the second world event, which started on December 11th 2013, and will last for six weeks. The event features the gods Armadyl and Bandos fighting over weapons of mass destruction atop towers that they have aimed at the opposing god, in addition to caravans all over Gielinor that can be raided by players. The Godless are interfering with this world event, sending members to ambush the gods' troops.

Unlike the Battle of Lumbridge, the loser of the conflict will die. Divination plays a role in this world event, and safe PvP conflict is avaliable. Players are able to build golems. The benefits of enabling PvP include increased renown, more experience, faster construction of buildings and Heroic skulls. The Heroic skulls are a possible drop from killing a worthy opponent in PvP, and will be able to be buried at the tower of your faction for a chunk of Prayer experience.

As seen in the BTS 81 video, players are able to once again gain armour for the god they side with. These are hybrid armour similar to the Warpriest of Zamorak and Saradomin available from the first world event, the Battle of Lumbridge. Unlike the warpriest armours from the Battle of Lumbridge, these armours give a decrease to ability cooldowns. Other rewards include 3 new Abilities for all combat types, and new emotes.

Like during the first world event, players are able to switch factions at will, albeit at a cost of losing all their unspent renown and token level that they have gained from the first faction.

Introduction

With the depletion of the rift in Lumbridge at the climax of the battle between Saradomin and Zamorak, the gods have been forced to find other sources of divine energy. Both Armadyl and Bandos have turned to the newly discovered skill of Divination, and caravans of their followers travel the world to bring the energy back to their mighty towers. To do this, they've established sites in key places around Asgarnia and Misthalin, and are gathering followers to claim and defend these sites as well as the caravans.

Sites

Sites are locations that either side of players can dominate. Note occupied sites are localised on each world, not shared for all worlds.

There are 14 sites, scattered around in the free-to-play game area.

Area	Screenshot	Location	Map
North Barbarian Village		North of Gamers' Grotto.
South of Barbarian Village		North of Draynor Manor.
East of Draynor Manor		East of Draynor Manor near River Lum.
South of Draynor Manor		Entrance of Draynor Manor.
North of Falador		Between Falador lodestone and Gamers' Grotto.
East of Falador		Between Falador and Draynor Manor.
South of Falador		North of Falador Farm patch near Elder Tree.
Goblin Village		South of where Rupert the Beard is.
Lumbridge		North of Combat Academy.
North of Lumbridge	File:WE2 site - North of Lumbridge.png	South of Champion's Guild across River Lum.
Port Sarim		South of Falador Farm on the road.
South-east of Varrock		East of Dark Wizard's Circle.
South-west of Varrock		Near Champion's Guild.
West of Varrock	File:WE2 site - West of Varrock.png	West of Cook's Guild.

Gameplay

Sites

Building sites

File:Birdandbeast building construction interface.png

Interface choosing the tower to build.

After occupying a site, there are four types of tower that followers can build: Faction Banner, Spider Hole, Combat Monolith, Divining Siphon.

Killing

Player and NPC killing is only possible within PvP area, which is denoted on ground by brown double lines. If players deal a successful kill, they may receive a Heroic Skull, which can only be buried within the base camp for 20 Prayer experience.

Note: Only Heroic Skulls are lost on death. All other items are not lost.

Golems

Going up one floor of any base camp, players can choose the constituent parts of a golem which is sent to enemy base. Note making a choice requires votes donation. See Golem master section below.

Earning Renown

Renown can be earned by repairing structures. 5 renown is awarded each time an action is performed; this is doubled to 10 renown per action when PvP mode is enabled.

Construction experience is also awarded depending on the player's Construction level. The Constructor's outfit, Sculpting chisel, Wisdom or Festive Aura can be used to gain additional experience.

Members can gather 30,000 renown daily while free-to-play players can gather only up to 14,000 each day.

Votes

The votes from contributing in the war can be spent on two aspects: Record keeper, or Golem master.

Record Keeper

Escalations

Main article: The Bird and the Beast/Escalations

As with Battle of Lumbridge, votes can be casted for additional features and improvements of battlefield or structures as the war proceeds.

Army Management

Main article: The Bird and the Beast/Army Management

As with Restoration of Lumbridge, votes can be casted to claim xp.

Battle statistics

Main article: The Bird and the Beast/Data

The following is the faction score for Bandos and Armadyl during the event.

Phase	Day	Date	Time (UTC)	Score				Percentage
				Total			Lead
1	1	11 December	16:00	235,260	71,640	163,620	91,980	30.45%	69.55%
1	1	11 December	17:15	318,584	92,948	225,636	132,688	29.18%	70.82%
1	1	11 December	22:27	649,711	172,570	477,141	304,571	26.56%	73.44%
1	1	11 December	23:42	735,281	199,303	535,978	336,675	27.11%	72.89%
1	2	12 December	00:40	804,382	219,947	584,435	364,488	27.34%	72.66%
1	2	12 December	05:40	1,113,998	301,697	812,301	510,604	27.08%	72.92%
1	2	12 December	14:20	1,726,499	512,324	1,214,175	701,851	29.67%	70.33%
1	2	12 December	18:10	1,986,801	591,119	1,395,682	804,563	29.75%	70.25%
1	3	13 December	01:15	2,430,117	739,122	1,690,995	951,873	30.42%	69.58%
1	3	13 December	21:21	3,604,192	1,180,960	2,423,232	1,242,272	32.77%	67.23%
1	4	14 December	01:03	3,806,490	1,251,867	2,554,623	1,302,756	32.89%	67.11%
1	4	14 December	13:47	4,517,669	1,513,023	3,004,646	1,491,623	33.49%	66.51%
1	4	14 December	20:24	4,881,053	1,639,792	3,241,261	1,601,469	33.6%	66.4%
1	5	15 December	04:44	5,350,320	1,808,999	3,541,321	1,732,322	33.81%	66.19%
1	5	15 December	14:50	5,961,623	2,054,901	3,906,722	1,851,821	34.47%	65.53%
1	5	15 December	21:14	6,310,804	2,171,445	4,139,359	1,967,914	34.41%	65.59%
2	6	16 December	04:45	6,729,044	2,319,035	4,410,009	2,090,974	34.46%	65.54%
2	6	16 December	11:43	7,164,225	2,499,114	4,665,111	2,165,997	34.88%	65.12%
2	7	17 December	03:00	8,042,941	2,813,713	5,229,228	2,415,515	34.98%	65.02%
2	7	17 December	11:01	8,542,986	3,016,779	5,526,207	2,509,428	35.31%	64.69%
2	7	17 December	21:17	9,219,836	3,311,820	5,908,016	2,596,196	35.92%	64.08%
2	8	18 December	07:12	9,844,045	3,571,435	6,272,610	2,701,175	36.28%	63.72%
2	9	19 December	06:09	11,407,379	4,271,641	7,135,738	2,864,097	37.45%	62.55%
2	9	19 December	15:14	12,077,219	4,547,605	7,529,614	2,982,009	37.65%	62.35%
2	10	20 December	01:36	12,849,900	4,805,737	8,044,163	3,238,426	37.4%	62.6%
2	10	20 December	15:20	13,919,280	5,186,382	8,732,898	3,546,516	37.26%	62.74%
3	11	21 December	07:08	15,273,625	5,663,169	9,610,456	3,947,287	37.08%	62.92%
3	11	21 December	13:21	15,901,873	5,907,154	9,994,719	4,087,565	37.15%	62.85%
3	12	22 December	11:06	18,038,646	6,704,480	11,334,166	4,629,686	37.17%	62.83%
3	12	22 December	21:05	19,042,168	7,090,083	11,952,085	4,862,002	37.23%	62.77%
3	13	23 December	17:14	21,016,147	7,826,940	13,189,207	5,362,267	37.24%	62.76%
3	14	24 December	05:00	22,174,054	8,256,754	13,917,300	5,660,546	37.24%	62.76%
3	14	24 December	16:39	23,363,371	8,721,937	14,641,434	5,919,497	37.33%	62.67%
3	15	25 December	01:00	24,214,889	9,060,075	15,154,814	6,094,739	37.42%	62.58%
4	16	26 December	03:23	26,922,579	10,117,610	16,804,969	6,687,359	37.58%	62.42%
4	17	27 December	02:09	29,282,750	11,043,356	18,239,394	7,196,038	37.71%	62.29%
4	17	27 December	14:33	30,544,458	11,539,881	19,004,577	7,464,696	37.78%	62.22%
4	18	28 December	07:20	32,213,273	12,176,226	20,037,047	7,860,821	37.8%	62.2%
4	19	29 December	03:50	34,339,600	13,024,376	21,315,224	8,290,848	37.93%	62.07%
4	19	29 December	14:59	35,477,012	13,472,536	22,004,476	8,531,940	37.98%	62.02%
4	20	30 December	06:15	37,043,935	14,084,580	22,959,355	8,874,775	38.02%	61.98%
5	21	31 December	00:35	38,994,544	14,872,898	24,121,646	9,248,748	38.14%	61.86%
5	22	1 January	05:56	43,163,886	16,427,466	26,736,420	10,308,954	38.06%	61.94%
5	23	2 January	04:17	46,338,938	17,630,623	28,708,315	11,077,692	38.05%	61.95%
5	23	2 January	16:48	48,110,564	18,308,060	29,802,504	11,494,444	38.05%	61.95%
5	24	3 January	10:07	50,543,321	19,217,859	31,325,462	12,107,603	38.02%	61.98%
5	24	3 January	23:17	52,449,073	19,950,061	32,499,012	12,548,951	38.04%	61.96%
5	25	4 January	11:11	54,118,439	20,571,486	33,546,953	12,975,467	38.01%	61.99%
6	26	5 January	07:40	57,047,627	21,659,466	35,388,161	13,728,695	37.97%	62.03%
6	27	6 January	05:41	60,152,505	22,809,254	37,343,251	14,533,997	37.92%	62.08%
6	28	7 January	05:56	63,630,015	24,119,565	39,510,450	15,390,885	37.91%	62.09%
6	29	8 January	13:58	68,225,955	25,871,334	42,354,621	16,483,287	37.92%	62.08%
6	30	9 January	03:57	70,236,722	26,623,403	43,613,319	16,989,916	37.91%	62.09%
7	31	10 January	02:32	73,543,563	27,876,711	45,666,852	17,790,141	37.91%	62.09%
7	32	11 January	01:56	77,550,307	29,443,949	48,106,358	18,662,409	37.97%	62.03%
7	32	11 January	09:20	78,811,267	29,934,381	48,876,886	18,942,505	37.98%	62.02%
7	32	11 January	23:37	81,242,859	30,891,417	50,351,442	19,460,025	38.02%	61.98%
7	34	13 January	08:53	86,870,736	33,071,727	53,799,009	20,727,282	38.07%	61.93%
7	34	13 January	20:58	88,937,541	33,888,991	55,048,550	21,159,559	38.1%	61.9%
7	35	14 January	13:44	91,789,689	35,008,409	56,781,280	21,772,871	38.14%	61.86%
8	36	15 January	01:44	93,799,204	35,799,556	57,999,648	22,200,092	38.17%	61.83%
8	37	16 January	01:52	97,841,030	37,424,421	60,416,609	22,992,188	38.25%	61.75%
8	38	17 January	10:01	103,449,115	39,608,121	63,840,994	24,232,873	38.29%	61.71%
8	38	17 January	15:12	104,375,020	39,976,575	64,398,445	24,421,870	38.3%	61.7%
8	39	18 January	10:59	107,718,500	41,245,760	66,472,740	25,226,980	38.29%	61.71%
8	40	19 January	12:39	112,187,686	42,993,270	69,194,416	26,201,146	38.32%	61.68%
9	41	20 January	03:53	114,531,389	43,897,505	70,633,884	26,736,379	38.33%	61.67%
9	42	21 January	01:22	117,869,568	45,188,097	72,681,471	27,493,374	38.34%	61.66%
9	42	21 January	13:00	120,047,892	46,034,420	74,013,472	27,979,052	38.35%	61.65%

Rewards

Main article: The Bird and the Beast/Rewards

Gallery

Concept art of the Armadylian golems.

Bandos watching over the battlefields.

Armadyl on his perch.png

Armadyl watching over Gielinor.