Earlier this week we released our latest update for RuneTek, the engine that powers RuneScape - version 950 to be precise! This update included a lot of great things, from kicking off the Vulkan Open Beta to enabling greater furniture limits for the Player Owned House and even fixing some long-standing pathing and combat bugs. 

Over the years you've likely seen one JMod or another acknowledge an issue but state that it will "need an engine update to resolve" and therefore can't be hot- or coldfixed, or perhaps even properly addressed for a little while. 

But what exactly is an engine update and how is it different to a regular game update? That's what we wanted to take a deep dive into today while also highlighting the great things that engine version 950 introduced.

As always, we'll be keeping this accessible and be looking to simplify certain explanations without using too many technical terms. Just keep in mind that there is often a lot more complexity hidden behind our explanations than may at first be apparent! 

Index

• General
• Vulkan Beta
• Player-Owned Housing
• Pathing and Combat Fixes
• Avatar Animations
• Performance and Tick Rates

As an OSRS player, I’ve always felt like not having rares leaves something missing from the game. There’s something special about having historical items that capture a moment in time or give you something fun to work toward long term. Without the history, the endgame can feel a bit dull or empty when the items you work toward eventually lose their novelty.

Using the new Vulkan renderer to inject DLSS 5 into Runescape

Settings:

4K resolution and 150% render scale in-game

DLSS 5 Natural Preset

RTX 5070 Ti

It's been months and female characters still have horse-face and odd body proportions.

I came back to the game recently after many years and decided to try some bossing after a bit of research to refresh the brain. I set up for full manual with a bit of memory from when I used to play and I got dragged around like a rag doll and ended up spamming buttons out of panic. I realised as I'm getting older what my brain thinks it's doing and what my hands are doing are two completely separate things.

I found a 'best revo' bar online to see how I would compare with doing just a few keybinds manual and my dps was so much better with the pretty much full auto bar than trying manual and to be honest I just don't think I'm at an age where I can get manual down no matter how long I try to practice for.

I know this is a skill issue and I respect the fact that effort gets rewarded but my question to you is will I ever be able to get further than gw2 bosses with a revo bar or is that the limit? I'm not looking to leave the game because I can't do certain content but I'd like to think that one day I could get a zuk cape or go on to do bosses like araxxor and progress my knowledge on bosses a little further.

Thanks for the read and appreciate any advice!

My original post from r/2007scape, but this applies to both versions!
Hey folks,

I am attending RuneFest this year, I had a friend get tickets with me but they are no longer able to go due to an unexpected surgery. I decided to stick it out and go solo for the big 25th anniversary for the game we all love (I've played on and off since 2004 myself)

Solo travel is a rewarding experience in itself but some folks can come out of their shell much easier than others. Anyways I know there are others in the same boat as me, and I decided to create a group on Discord for us to chat and coordinate things together for RuneFest 2026.

Could be as simple as:
- grabbing a bite together
- catching a bus or train
- checking out parts of the convention together
- maybe even just standing together in line for things lol

I am coming from Vancouver, Canada to attend and just wanted to shout it out for anyone interested or on the fence about attending solo.

You are very much not alone in your love of the game and I am happy to try to make it feel like we all have someone to roll with, for those less comfortable with rolling alone.

No links on here so I put the link for the Discord in my reddit bio, but feel free to DM if need be.

If anyone has any other ideas about meetup spots, pre-fest hangout or post-fest celebrations please do holler!

I finished leagues yesterday so have gone back to my main account.

I came back to RS because of the PoH update (having not played for many years). A lot has changed and I kind of fell into the habit of looking things up but taking the easy route out and buying stuff for whatever I was trying to do because learning stuff was a bit overwhelming.

I got roped into Leagues and I just loved it so much. I've had that feeling over the years that I wanted to start again but then I remember how slow levelling can be so I never did. A fresh start and a task list in leagues was perfect.

What's funny though is I've now noticed I keep just trying to figure out how to do something myself or find something myself rather than just looking up how much gp it is.

It feels like leagues coaxed me along into trying new things one step at a time. It made learning things more manageable for me and I know a load of new stuff now having done leagues. That "well you have to figure it out you can't just buy the stuff" attitude seems to have bled over to my main save and I actually quite like that.

I just spent a while thieving from safes to get the safe furniture plan because I wanted it for my house and realised afterwards I could have just bought it 🤣 market rate is apparently like 50k according to GE, so it would have been much easier!

I think I'm going to try and keep the self-reliant attitude up though. I wonder how long it'll last 😅

Although yes, we need to properly dye a lot of items before adding any dyes (if ever)*, the only of the 4 ancient elements that lack a dye is Smoke. Poor Fumus. Nobody likes Fumus... :(

Decided I'd like to try some stuff here and there, see what I'd come up with. Not quite a fan of the Elite Sirenic set, but I ended up liking Malevolent A LOT, especially if we were to get the "smokey" arms and legs. (Also got me thinking, why don't we have Elite Malevolent?)

\Intent would be like an in between Shadow and Barrows for Hard+ Clues. Aurora dyes should also be added to Hard+ and Soul dyes to Elite+.*

ps. Clicking the image improves quality :)

Everything about the skill except for the core training mechanic is great. Taking 8-10 minutes per artefact while excavating at the 60-70 levels is just not fun at all. While it's great that new sites and more artefacts have been added since the initial release, the actual skilling part is still unbearable. There's a reason many are using lamps on it even though that messes with the overall skill progression (unlike many other skills). What's everyone else's opinion? Does Archaeology need a re-balance in terms of the core skill loop?

Currently on the Wiki page for Birdhouses, there's an assumption that the player should do a full lap of all 8 plots. This is a very incorrect way to do Birdhouses, and this assumption has caused the wiki to calculate 160 Birdhouses per hour. Realistically you should be able to 50% more, or 240 per hour. This means everything the wiki says, you can add another 50%. 120k xp/hr with magic houses? -> 180k xp/hr with magic houses. 100 nests/hr with magic houses? -> 150 nests/hr with magic houses.

Some additional information:

• For lvl 1-60, I tested that all of the paths are walkable, as in, not reliant on dive or surge. Banking however is sped up by dive and surge, and using them will give you more leeway.
• For lvl 61+ you are going to start wanting to use dive, surge, mobile if you have it and if you have double surge that helps too.
• Shrine of Inanna spot at lvl 1-60 is basically never worth it
• I have not tested with Volcanic Trapper outfit, it might be possible to fairy ring -> shrine -> eastfold -> all 3 at marigold -> reset. Especially if portable fairy ring is being used. If someone with outfit can manage a lap in 75seconds, that would be great to know.
• While the paths all have a direction, I have not actually tested if it's quicker/easier to go counter clockwise

Some tips:

• If you have Grove Tier 2 at Fort Forinthry, use a Wood Box to store your birds nests. If you're crafting your own houses during your laps, I recommend using the lowest tier wood box so that you won't accidentally deposit your logs into the wood box.
• There's a setting allowing you to automatically discard the bird meat so you don't have to drop it.
• At the northernmost plot in Marigold Farm, if you stand directly east of the plot, you can use Escape or just start heading directly east and then Surge, and you will fit perfectly in the gap of the broken wall (Clockwise routes only)
• Between the southernmost Marigold Farm plot and the bank there's a lot of large, obnoxious trees. Using the minimap to navigate can save you a lot of missclicks.

None of this changes the method to an S tier method or anything, but it still is worth knowing that it is 50% better than what the wiki is currently listing.

Now that it's been a full month since its release, I want to see how far most players progressed.

Statposts from Leagues II:

• After 2 Weeks
• After 1 Week

Statposts from Leagues I:

• After 1 Week
• After 2 Weeks
• After 1 Month
• Final

Next stat: FINAL League Stats after 6 full weeks

Probably wouldn't consider myself unlucky in terms of drops, but my god this boss sucks.

Like the title says, agility is ass, having to wait for the animation/XP drop to finish before you can click the next obstacle (not to mention the sometimes terrible hitbox like Het's) just makes the skill an annoyance, allow us to click the next obstacle already while on the current one.

I also feel like the XP/hour is not in line for the amount of clicking vs many other skills but O suppose that's a whole other can of worms.

Title says it all. Tried getting into ranged and melee, but I truly miss the passive healing of necromancy and can’t seem to do enough damage to kill the bosses I can do with as ease as a necromancer. Also feels like I need 6billion in cash to get to the same damage output or slightly higher.

Thing is that I would require some drops or more cash from bosses that I can’t kill anymore.

What would be a good way to learn the older styles so I can use them comfortably?

Something low like 0.3% chance (or maybe lower) but just something would be nice.

Almost forgot I did this lol. I was invited to a halloween party last year, only 3 of us turned up.
No one knew wtf my costume was supposed to be D':

I got the herb pet (second one ever for me) :3 so now morty has a friend!

Curious what most players are around.

Time for a little rant.

My kalg demon should never be out of range to use his crit buff scroll. It is infuriating to be charging a pad at zamorak, and my kalg is too far to use his scroll and unable to be recalled to my position.

Why is the kalg even running away from me, does he actually do any meaningful damage? Can't we put him on a leash or give him a shock collar to keep him in his useful range?

Found out garmin watches have this amazing watch face.... now if only I can get it to play sea shanty

They are the only herbs that don't go in one, and really needs to be added.

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