Patch Notes (4 January 2011)

These official Patch Notes are copied verbatim from this forum thread of the RuneScape forums. It is copyrighted by Jagex.
These Patch Notes were announced on 4 January 2011.

The following small fixes and adjustments have now been made to the game. If you spot any further bugs in-game, please use the Bug Report feature ('Submit a Bug Report' under the 'Help' drop-down menu of the website).

Graphical

• Incorrect invisible blocking in the Agility course on Ape Atoll and near the south-west corner of Daemonheim.
• Various barbarian women had their spears offset from their hands.
• Brimhaven Dungeon had black patches on the floor.
• The golden hammer was been seen in animations even if you were using Stealing Creation hammers for their bonuses.
• Graphical conflicts between the Cape of Legends and Runecrafting Guild clothes.
• Capes in Castle Wars were changing colour to match your base kit.
• Decorative platelegs stretched during certain animations and clipped with skillcapes.
• Players floated above some steps near Castle Wars.
• Overhauled the cutscene showing you enter the Chasm of Tears.
• Brimstail’s crystal bowl clipped with the floor.
• Dagon’Hai robes clipped with skillcapes.
• Cross on Defence skillcape was unclear in your inventory.
• Dragonhide chaps clipped with desert kit.
• Rellekka docks looked wrong on the minimap.
• The entrance to the Stronghold of Player Safety had problems with its shadow.
• Female gardeners were holding watering cans incorrectly.
• A farmer had inappropriate combat animations.
• Flared trousers on women could clip with boots.
• The timer bar did not appear in Fist of Guthix in DirectX mode.
• Fixed a floating bit of roof in the Barbarian Village.
• Bandos tassets no longer stretch while fishing.
• There was a stretching polygon on a floating barrel in Witchaven.
• Some Hunter animations have been updated to work better with capes.
• Incorrect floor colour and roof height in Zanaris.
• Health bars were at inappropriate heights on tormented demons and the Phoenix.
• Reworked a minimap dot for a dairy cow in Rellekka.
• Revenant goblin animations have been fixed.
• Some generic boulders were clipping with the ground.
• Large crashed stars had z-bias issues.
• A rift in Stealing Creation clipped with the floor.
• Improved animation for opening Betty’s chest in Swept Away.
• Cyclopean helmet stretching fixed.
• A trapdoor by White Wolf Mountain was clipping with the ground.
• Barrows kit and monk robes clipped with the fire cape.
• The banker at the Wilderness Volcano had a stretchy head.
• Clipping issues with gravestones near Fenkenstrain’s castle.

Audio

• Additional roaring noises added to certain dragon animations.

Quests and Tasks

• The description of Kayle in the Blood Pact quest was out of date.
• Polished a cutscene in Dream Mentor.
• The Task system thought you couldn’t do the “Graceful Barbarian” task if you’d already completed Scorpion Catcher.
• A task specified that you should speak to a banker in Lumbridge, whereas any banker would suffice.

Activities and Distractions

• An unnecessary warning message on the Clan Wars setup menu has been removed.

Miscellaneous

• When gravite weapons degraded, the message referred to them as chaotic weapons.
• Fixed a typo in “Marmaros” in the in-game skill guide for Attack.
• In-game skill guide for Summoning now lists Fremennik helms more clearly.
• The scroll of cleansing was preserving the wrong item when various potions were mixed.
• Trimmed studded chaps had no damage absorption properties.
• Aluft’s free delivery token could stop working if the gnome couldn’t reach you.
• Cave lizards in the Ourania Altar area didn’t give combat XP.
• Circus equipment was sometimes missing.
• Sir Tiffy’s chat for retrieving a lost CommOrb was illogical.
• Wrong colour hitsplats from a Dungeoneering challenge.
• The zombie farmer didn’t stop protecting trees if you dug them up.
• Some of Faruq’s tools had inappropriate options in the bank screen.
• Grubfoot should no longer appear in Goblin Village after he’s moved to Dorgesh-Kaan.
• Fixed the capitalisation on some messages about Summoning headgear.
• Fixed some issues with POH servants returning to your house after their bedroom had been deleted.
• Herbicide now works on herbs from grenwalls.
• Updated some code in The Feud, Creature of Fenkenstrain and Nature Spirit to improve the use of variables.
• Adjusted the way beasts of burden hold onto items after you switch to a different familiar.
• Wrong skill listed in requirements for entering the Warriors’ Guild.
• Golden hammers can now be used to repair godswords and upgrade spirit shields while the hammer is equipped.