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7/18/2022 - New D&D: Dreamland, setting up GIM competition, and more! - Ene - 07-19-2022 Hey Etherealians, Sorry for the wait - this was a bit of a passion project of mine and was a lot to work on. We'll have a lot of updates in this one, as well as GIM for the GIM competition starting tomorrow, Tuesday, July 19th at 10:00 AM PST. Today's update introduces a new Distraction & Diversion that runs every four hours: Dreamland. Players will be notified in advance when the event is going to start, giving 3 minutes for players to gather at the location and enter the portal. Once inside, players will be greeted with an ethereal-like platform; the book in the middle can be activated when the event is officially started. What comes next will be a surprise; it's up to the players to play through whatever awaits them! Rewards from Dreamland include various supplies, herblore secondaries, a new weapon recipe, and a new perk. Lunar staff (i)  A new weapon exclusive to obtain from Dreamland, requiring its recipe. It gives decent magic stats, defence, and can autocast spells from both the modern and ancient spellbook. It also has a passive effect that has a 10% chance at nullifying a magic hit. Nightmare (perk) A new perk that increases the damage Vengeance can deal by 25%. You can now trade in Archaic emblems for either guaranteed blood money, or a chance at receive a new Wilderness casket. These caskets range between three tiers, and the chance at getting each depends on the tier of your archaic emblem. With this, Archaic emblems can now be obtained (or upgraded) from killing players in the wilderness at a low chance; however, killing your bounty target will guarantee an upgrade. Tool leprechauns now bring up a new interface when you talk to them - letting you teleport to various Farming patches across Ethereal. Slayer tasks also have had their weights adjusted - it should be more in line with Duradel's task weights on OSRS. Let us know if you see a noticeable change! In other news: - Dagannoth kings spawn times have been adjusted to be more in line with Runelite's spawn timers - Unsired drop rates have been slightly increased. - A shop has been added to the top floor of the Myth's Guild that sells shield right halves. - A tool leprechaun has been added to home island for convenience. - Rolling out some more major tests to make sure the raids light and farming guild patches work now. - A 3 minute timer before and after Chronozon spawns has been added to allow players time to get to the vote boss and collect loot. - Chronozon will now drop a guaranteed 5-10 vote tickets upon kill. - Fixed a bug where Dagannoth prime and supreme will hit players twice. - You can now examine clues and their respective caskets to see potential loot. - The COX recruitment board should no longer null. - A COX party should now only disband when there are no more players left or if the leader specifically chooses to disband the party. - You can now use a golden tinderbox at Wintertodt. - The Ancient godsword special attack should now properly stack. - Zaryte crossbow should now properly increase enchanted bolts' effectiveness by 10%. - Magic shortbow special attack should now properly account for broad arrows against leaf-bladed vulnerable monsters. - Magic shortbow scroll should now properly imbue a magic shortbow. - Game message filtering and split private chat should now properly save. - Superior slayer rare drop rates have been buffed. - New players now have an option to skip the tutorial during the dialogue. - Salve amulet (ei) should now properly increase damage to both forms of Vet'ion. - Keris partisan from the Desert elite diary should now function properly. - Nerfed the bonus coin drops while Thieving. - Eternal gem should now be able to be used as a normal enchanted gem as well. - Dragon harpoons can now be combined with a smouldering stone into an infernal harpoon, and its functionality has also been added. - Players can now "check" their looting bag to see the items inside. - Demonic gorilla kills should now properly show up in the collection log. - Alchemical hydra kills should now have a killcounter associated with it. - RDT drops should no longer show for everyone. - Got rid of the Baker's stall in the ocean at home. - You can now place a Dwarf cannon in various spots in the Wilderness, including the slayer dungeon. - You can now retrieve pets from a menagerie. - You can now catch and cut sacred eels in Zul'andra. - You can now use a pestle and mortar on Crystal shards to create crystal dust for divine potions. - Rolling out a possible change for box traps. Hard to test it on my own but hopefully this does the trick. - Carpenter outfit should now give an experience bonus similar to the Angler outfit.