The One Where They Add Fishing
Hello adventurers! It's been a few weeks since we launched Dowdun Reach, and we're celebrating our 1-year anniversary with you in style!
This one's reel good, so let's catch you up on what you'll be hooked on for the next 99 levels! Cast your eyes over this.
Fishing
Hooray! We're launching Fishing today with a dozen fish types to catch. Have a chat with the Wise Old Man in Brynmoor (awww, it's good to be back - simpler times, eh?) to start your quest and get Fishing! Starting out, it'll be just a net and a dream, like the noobs over on the mainland, but as you progress, you'll climb the levels and start reely getting into it.
bitf0x edit: To start the quest, craft a fishing net (which requires coarse thread be unlocked; Flax + Spinning wheel). This will then prompt the quest with the Wise Old Man in Bramblemead Village. From there, to unlock your first rod, level up to Fishing 3!
Fishing launches with 3 new skill spells for you - Fishing Frenzy, Infernal Rod and Fishnado. No prizes for guessing what that one does.
Fishing Frenzy: A fishing node springs to life with a significantly increased number of fish in the water.
Infernal Rod: Infuse your fishing rod with the power of fiery anima and cook your catches on contact.
Fishnado: Plunge a storm of magic into the water and catapult a hearty helping of fish into the air, and right into your backpack. Might need to wash your pockets out after this one, it'll start to smell.
You'll be able to cook (and burn!) fish to stock up your storage with plenty of fish. In the event that you pocket a Pristine Fish, you'll be able to craft a decorative Fishing Trophy out of it, and proudly mount it on your wall! They don't sing though. Do we say "Sorry" or "You're welcome"?
And, of course - reaching Level 99 in the Skill will allow you to craft the Fishing Skill Cape. Time to get hooking and cooking!
Quests and Activities
We've added a selection of new quests that channel the classic RuneScape feeling that you've been asking for - we heard you!
Added three new quests: Cook's Assistant, Room With Garou and Animal Magnetism.
Cook's Assistant: Slopfinger, the overworked Goblin, is desperate to make an impression. A cake should do the trick. The reward for your work is a recipe for a Victoria Sponge Cake that provides a buff for 5 minutes that reduces your fatigue drain rate!
Animal Magnetism: You're a long way from Draynor Manor - but Manktongue the Goblin has found an advert in a bottle with a recipe for something he calls the "Arrow Grabba". Find the materials he needs, get the parts and you'll be able to craft something you can place on your back which will... accumulate arrows you've fired in a radius around you.
A Room With Garou: The Elder Garou has lost his eyesight with age. Looking to see out the later years of life in a quiet, tranquil place, the Garou is looking for help from a young pup with the know-how to build a home. They can't tell if you're a Garou or not, but they trust you to help them.
We've also added new activities for you to get stuck into:
Scarecrow Scavening: Find a strange Scarecrow pointing out something - follow the clues, piece together the sketches and slowly unravel the mystery. Completing the trail will next you the new Farmer Hat. Dashing!
Buried Treasure: We've got a few more secrets stashed away for you to dig up, including rewards including new torches.
More Updates
Masterwork Weapons
Two Masterwork Weapons are getting updated with NEW Special Attacks with this update - Unleash the unholy fires of the Zamorak's wrath with the Zamorakian Staff, and cleave your enemies asunder with the Titan's Wrath special attack. Ignite your blade and let the rampage begin - kills will extend this ability's duration.
Enemy Aggression
Chickens, Cows and Kebbits will now no longer attack the player unprovoked. Just in time for you to stand around not getting attacked while you patiently fish. You're welcome!
Auto Run
You'll be able to toggle on the feature where you can now automatically sprint to save you a button press!
Auto Magnetise Items
You'll be able to toggle on the feature where nearby items in the world are pulled to you from a short distance to reduce the number of inputs required.
Rune Stacks
Rune Stack caps have been raised to 9,999. We added a nice round 9000 to that limit. Fill 'em up!
Black Metal Drop Rates
We've heard your feedback around Black Metal drop rates. We’ve doubled the drop rates of Zamorak Warrior Packs from Elite Black Knights, and Zamorakian Warrior Packs now guarantee a Black Metal Salvage drop. We’ve also increased the rate at which Black Metal Scraps drop from these.
Assorted Fixes
Resolved an issue where using "Sort" in chests would make some items disappear. Itemo reappearus!
Fire magic hitsplats no longer get stuck in the world.
Fixed an issue causing the Ring of Life to work incorrectly in Dedicated Servers.
Runecrafting decorations no longer give Runecrafting XP. Stop that, those things are fragile you know!
Patched various holes in Dowdun Reach.
Known Issues
We've got a few pieces that are on our radar that we're still investigating and/or have fixes lined up for.
The Staff of Subjugation may fall through the landscape if dropped in certain conditions.
We're targeting a hotfix for this as soon as possible!
Ava's Attractor will not collect arrows if you have disabled Auto-Magnetise World Items in the Settings Menu.
Ava's Attractor can be placed on Cape Racks, Hooks and Mannequins but currently sits further from the decoration than desired.
The tooltip for the Victoria Sponge Cake is not visible, but it reduces the drain rate of Fatigue by 25%.
When attempting to use a fishing net of the correct tier for the region, an error message occurs stating "Unable to catch fish, net tier is too low" - this is incorrect, and the net will function as intended. The text string will be getting fixed with our next minor update. Feel free to ignore it!
Focused Fishing potion presently shows "x%" in tooltip text.
Bug Fixes
The Lesser Dragons' Spiral Fire attack deals the right amount of damage to the player - which is to say, tons.
Controller prompts and Focus now switch correctly when a Controller is plugged in while in a Crafting menu.
Fixed an issue affecting a Lorebook in Brynmoor being impossible to interact with.
Fixed an issue where the progress wheel in the UI for the Processing Stations would not function correctly.
Fixed a bug where a buried chest could be interacted with through the ground.
Tuned down Anima Vent volume in Dowdun Reach.
Fixed an issue where dying in the elevator near the Demon Gate of Dowdun Reach would cause Gravestones to respawn in mid-air.
Resolved an issue where casting the Eye of Oculus skill spell in the Saradomin Temple would push the camera under the map.