Hello Etherealians, or however I should call u guys idk lol

This update brings a brand-new boss, aimed at mid-high level players. This boss will bring some interesting mechanics to the table, but has a low max hit to compensate! I won't be giving you guys any hints for this fight, so hopefully you guys can figure out the pretty easy mechanics! Hope you're accurate on your clicks!

You can access the Runebound behemoth by going southwest of the home area, near Donator island or by using its respective teleport in the teleports menu. Talk to Captain Tobias, where he will ask for your help in slaying the creature. (You won't have to go through this dialogue again, you can simply use the "Pay-fare" option to quickly access the fight again.)


The Runebound behemoth will have the Protect from Melee prayer active at all times, so be sure to only use Ranged or Magic attacks against it! Good luck! In terms of its drops, it will drop one new weapon and 2 new recipes for 2 new items.



Shadow sword: This new sword will serve as a strong special attack weapon against NPCs that use magic - it will drain the target's magic level by 75% for 15 seconds if the target is a NPC. Against players, it will drain the opponent's Prayer by half of the damage inflicted. The special attack will cost 60% of your special bar, and has stats around a Dragon scimitar.
Shadow necklace: This new necklace will require a recipe as a drop from the Runebound behemoth; it will require an Occult necklace, death runes, and ancient shards from the Catacombs of Kourend. It shares stats with an Occult necklace, with slightly boosted magic attack (not damage!) and some Prayer bonuses. It also boasts some unique traits; against Shadow and Demon monsters, your magic damage and accuracy will be boosted by 5%, and it has a 33% chance in saving ALL the death rune cost for a spell that requires Death runes.
Shadow cape: This new cape will also require a recipe as a drop from the behemoth; it will require a Mythical cape, some obsidian capes, and ancient shards as well. It shares stats with the Mythical cape with a slight added crush, strength bonus, and prayer bonus. It also shares the same benefit as the Shadow necklace in which it boosts Melee accuracy and damage against Shadow and Demon monsters by 5%.

In other news:

- Fixed an issue where banking herbs in an herb box would come up as 0.
- You can now open a Coal bag to be able to mine coal directly into the coal bag.
- Farming daily tasks should now work as intended.
- The gold ore in Donator island should now be able to be repeatedly mined as intended.
- You can now use a "::thread thread #" command to get to a specific forum thread.
- You can now lock Combat experience in the purple tab in your Journal tab.
- Fixed an issue where mage arena NPCs cannot be attacked with magic.
- Fixed an issue where the welcome to Ethereal message can be spammed by relogging.
- Fixed an issue where the eastern part of the Wilderness Slayer Dungeon would not be in the wild.
- Fixed an issue where the Mirror shield wasn't working against its intended NPCs.
- Fixed an issue where following a player into the donator island would put them into an infinite loop.
- Adjusted the hobgoblin map clue to its correct spot.
- Added sinew to the ironman supplies store and the general store.
- Added drops to Bandits in the bandit camp.

Hey Ethereal players,

 

It's time for our first event since our forums release - a GUIDE COMPETITION! We want to flesh out the forums with community-created content, and nothing better than a guide competition for you guys to create well-made guides for our new players to follow! However, it's hard to judge who "wins" a guide competition; whether it be amount of guides created or the most user votes for a guide; so I'll have the judging like this to ensure quality over quantity:

1. How easy is the guide to read and follow? (Pictures, easy-to-follow steps, etc. all help)

2. How much content does the guide entail? (Is it a full-on starter guide, a guide for a singular skill/boss, etc.)

You can create as many guides as you want, but the amount of guides you create does not factor into the judging - it only increases your chances at a better guide since we will judge each guide individually. 

THE EVENT HAS BEEN CONTINUED! THE DEADLINE WILL BE ON 7/22/2022!

Prizes

1st place: 50$ bond
2nd place: 25$ bond
3rd place: 10$ bond

An incredible chance to receive some great goodies and be a valuable part of our community! Hope to see some great guides released soon!

Sorry for the delay in this one. Was giving myself a bit of a break.

- There's a new island exclusively for donators southwest of home island! You can also access here using the command ::di or ::dz; whichever one you prefer!



- You can find a Sq'irk tree here, which donators can pick up to 3 times per day depending on their donator rank! 
Sapphire - Ruby: 1 pick/day
Diamond - Dragonstone: 2 picks/day
Onyx - Ethereal: 3 picks/day



- You can also find Councillor Orson here, which will have a store that sells some teleport tablets and Sandworms, used for the nearby Anglerfish fishing spots.



- You'll also see a trapdoor in the donator mining area, which will be used for a future update for a Donator-exclusive dungeon.

Other fixes:
- Fixed a bug where Zanaris bankers would actively try to kill you.

- Added drops to the wilderness black dragons.

- Added clockworks to the Construction supplies shop for birdhouses.

- Added spades to the general store.

- Added balls of wool to the general store/ironman supplies shop.

- Added god staves back to the ironman magic store.

- Increased the stock of gold/coal ore in the Stardust shop.

- Fixed an incorrect clue dig spot in Yanille.

- Nerfed the coin rewards from the Crystal key chest.

- Temporarily removed the Abyssal demons' ability to teleport players.

- Slightly reduced the delay between cooking food.

- Hunter daily tasks should work properly now.
- Slightly nerfed Larran's key drop rate for lower leveled monsters.