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From: R0oN3 $c@P3

Some adventurers never retire, but, as they get older, they learn the value of teamwork. Veteran adventurer Xenia has seen some Zamorakian cultists take a prisoner into the catacombs beneath Lumbridge Church, but she wants another adventurer to join her before she heads in after them. Xenia was there when the catacombs were built, so she knows something about the dark secrets that they contain. If the cultists have discovered those same secrets, then their prisoner will be only the first of many victims. It's up to you to stop them.

The Blood Pact is the first free-to-play quest we’ve released in many years, not counting the tutorial and seasonal events. It's meant as a suitable first adventure for a brand new character. Completing the quest will reward you with a set of weapons and access to the Lumbridge Catacombs – a dungeon that’s also designed for low-level characters, full of new monsters to fight, which drop the collectable parts of a new costume item.

Mod John A
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:

Where to start The Blood Pact:
Speak to Xenia in Lumbridge Church’s graveyard.

Requirements to complete The Blood Pact:
None.


In other news…

With the release of The Blood Pact, there are now 300 Quest Points available in the game. If you have the full 300 points, make sure you speak to Xenia again after completing The Blood Pact, as she has a special reward to help you show off your dedication to quests. Unlike the Quest Cape, the new item's requirements will stay fixed at 300 Quest Points even after new quests are released – once you can wear it, you can wear it forever.

Weapons with a high-enough slash attack can now cut through webs. These are items such as the whip, Dharok's axe, the dragon 2h and battleaxe, godswords, Guthan's spear and the staff of light.

Quest: The Blood Pact

[INDENT]Difficulty:
Easiest Quest in the Game.

Length:
Quest takes < 5 mins to do.

Reward

• 1 QP
• 250 bronze arrows, 250 mind runes, 250 air runes.. (50 of each gained in quest)
• 100 Exp in att, str, def, magic, and range..
• And some crappy weapons…

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I think this quest isnt spectecular at all. Well maybe its cool if your new to the game ;) Im curiouse how the new monsters look like. Maybe its a good place to auto for beginning pures ? something to check out in the weekend :)

Excellent place to auto if you ask me… Monsters spawn super fast, they are very low lvl, and drop A LOT of bronze arrows, mind runes, and air runes.. And of course a whole bunch of other crap, but they drop arrows and runes often… The only thing that sucks is it will ruin any def 1 pure because completing the quest will get you to def 2.. But if you dont complete the quest you still get all the arrows and runes you jus cant go into the dungeon…

From: nose_smasher
Excellent place to auto if you ask me… Monsters spawn super fast, they are very low lvl, and drop A LOT of bronze arrows, mind runes, and air runes.. And of course a whole bunch of other crap, but they drop arrows and runes often… The only thing that sucks is it will ruin any def 1 pure because completing the quest will get you to def 2.. But if you dont complete the quest you still get all the arrows and runes you jus cant go into the dungeon…

haha, maybe they knew it and did that on purpose. Defence 2 isnt a disaster right ? In general pure's fails now a days :p. There are to many pures so its pure against pure. some good defence can be better and save you a lot gp's.
Its good that beginners who are gonna train in there dont know much about autoing or not responding people. So maybe the change of getting reported down there is less.

From: nose_smasher
The only thing that sucks is it will ruin any def 1 pure because completing the quest will get you to def 2.. But if you dont complete the quest you still get all the arrows and runes you jus cant go into the dungeon…

I bet they made that on purpose to stop all pures from training there, since the dungeon is really meant for low level players.
Great update if you ask me, new monsters with more/better drops for starting players. Until now the only drops you can get from other low level NPCs are pretty much feathers, coins and some random runes. These new monsters drop gold amulets which many new players will probably find fancy, and leather armour that will also give a feeling that monsters yield also useful items. The mask parts were a brilliant idea, since when a newbie gets item called "Mask part 1" he really can't resist to get all the parts. When noobs get levels, they get a nice reward from the statues there.
Besides, I bet many new players meet other newbies in the dungeon, thus making it another new social get-together spot.


Well done, Jagex! Best update in a long time!