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RuneSpan:

30-Apr-2012 14:13:03
At Runefest 2011’s You Be the Judge session, attendees chose a new Runecrafting training method from a choice of 5 potential updates. As promised, today sees the release of a brand-new Runecrafting training method: the Runespan.

The Runespan is an arcane plane of floating islands and wild magic, making it the ideal place for an evolution in Runecrafting training. You can siphon runes from the creatures that inhabit the Runespan, and from elemental nodes that manifest across its vast expanse.

Doing so will grant you runes (as well as a healthy stream of Runecrafting XP, of course), which can be used to activate the transport platforms installed by the wizards of the Runecrafting Guild. The further you traverse the Runespan, the higher the value of the runes you can craft, and the XP you gain from doing so.

While you’re training, you’ll also have the chance to take part in two new D&Ds:

Stranded wizards: You’ll always be able to return to your starting point within the Runespan, but some hapless hedge-wizards aren’t so well-prepared. Occasionally, a stranded wizard will call out for aid, and you’ll have the chance to help him home by bringing him the runes he needs. The grateful mage will no doubt have some Runecrafting experience to share with you for the favour.

Runespheres: Occasionally, a runesphere – a conduit for pure, runic energy – will manifest within the Runespan. Siphoning from its outer shell is not only excellent training in its own right, but will also provide you with rune dust. Piercing through the layers of the runesphere will be hard, and you’ll need the help of others to get through before the runesphere dissipates, but break through and you’ll be able to combine the dust with the sphere’s glowing core for a big XP reward.


The Runecrafting Guild claims ownership over the Runespan, and it’s only through their portals that the plane can be accessed. As such, you’ll have to hand in any runes crafted in the Runespan when you exit. You’ll be reimbursed in points, which can be spent in Wizard Finix’s shop on some unique rewards, many of which help traditional runecrafting in Gielinor. These include robes that enhance the wicked hood when purchased; recolouring options for the wicked hood and robes; staves which hold spell charges and absorb hostile spells; and a degradable pouch that can hold up to 18 rune or pure essence. You’ll also be able to spend points on Esteem ranks, which unlock icons to customise your wicked robe set.




How to access the Runespan:

Speak to Wizard Finix in the Wizards’ Tower.

There are three levels to the Runespan. Everyone can reach the first level and a small part of the second, but you must be a member for full access to the second and third levels.


Mod Pi

In Other News

Trimmed completionist cape wearers will now need to attain the highest Esteem rank possible from training in the Runespan (rank 1) in order to wear their cape.

Over the next week, you'll find lily of the valley growing across the grassy areas of RuneScape.

Point gain in the Flash Powder Factory was slightly lower than intended, and has now been increased by approximately 10%.

Patch notes:

Graphical:

The ghostly face of Akrisae has been added to the Barrows Prayer-drain interface.
The Werewolf emote now delays the player as it plays.
An area used in The Golem no longer goes white with bloom enabled.
Damis' Lair is no longer bright white with bloom enabled.
An area used in a section of Summers' End no longer goes white with bloom enabled.
The iron sickle's wear model is now more closely resembles the inventory model.
Some willow trees south of Rimmington are no longer split in half and no longer hover.
The wield position of enhanced Excalibur has been altered to line up with auras.


Quests & Tasks:

The crystal mine key from Haunted Mine now works when on a steel key ring.
Some objects from Gunnar's Ground are now using the correct capitalisation.
Crafting a 4-dose potion now counts for completing the "Finding your Balance" task.



Skills & Minigames:

Finding the unlock locations in a dungeon for Fremennik Sagas no longer cuts off the unlock message. It is also now a colour that appears more clearly on fixed screen mode.
A "trivial" typo in the Moia saga has been fixed.
The mind interface in the Moia saga now suggests that the audio hints are optional.
Nomad in Dominion Tower will no longer get stuck between two pillars.
Starving NPCs will now only eat one item of stackable food during Temple Trekking.
An NPC cutting down a tree in Temple Trekking now shows the correct tree stump.
It is now possible to destroy Court Case objects if a player manages to get hold of them outside of a court case.


Other:

120 Dungeoneering is now announced through the player broadcast system. Broadcasts will also now only appear once for each achievement.
Several Grand Exchange armour sets are now using the correct derived prices from their components in the trade tracker.
Checks around bought Squeal of Fortune spins have been made tighter to prevent players from not receiving them.
The graphics options screen now fully displays in the lobby.
The make-x interface now shows cutting a red topaz as the cut version instead of the uncut.
A typo on the Investigator's Notebook in Player owned house bookcases has been fixed.
A typo on trying to quickswitch a Dungeoneering ring has been fixed.
Torch sound effects have been made quieter.

And the scripting begins.

How long till a runespan bot ;p

Wish Jagex used a Public Test Realm system like Blizzard, made fixing bots soo much easier.

From: ssshhhaaa
How long till a runespan bot ;p

Wow really.. its JUST been released into RuneScape and you already want a 'bot' for it?…………

I suppose ++Over the next week, you'll find lily of the valley growing across the grassy areas of RuneScape++ is an attempted swipe at us….

From: ssshhhaaa
How long till a runespan bot ;p

LOL

:norris:

I am sure Flight will be working on it as soon as he's around :) Can't wait for it.

From: [J]ustin
Wow really.. its JUST been released into RuneScape and you already want a 'bot' for it?…………

Couldnt you tell i was joking ;p….-_-

I am currently at RuneSpan, seems very easy to do legit, I am sure it is scriptable

Time to open up Simba..

From: Sin
Time to open up Simba..

Sure is! Also you need 1,000 RuneSpan points for the new pouch, you also need 90 RuneCrafting to use it.

From: [J]ustin
Sure is! Also you need 1,000 RuneSpan points for the new pouch, you also need 90 RuneCrafting to use it.

Hmm, should bump up RC xp rates by a few K/h O.o

I'll look into it once I get home.

Awesome. In the second I am home I will open up runescape and going to no life that game. I need the new pouch :)

Currently sitting on 341 points :P

How long have you been playing?
And what's the XP rate?

From: Sin
How long have you been playing?
And what's the XP rate?

Around 40 mins, I have only gotten 14k xp because I am still getting the hang of things

Also if anyone is wanting to know what the runes look like,

1.set marker to spawn
2. hunt some storms and stuff until red text
3. walk on marker
4. ask for hints
5. follow yellow marker
:P

From: nokkasiili
1.set marker to spawn
2. hunt some storms and stuff until red text
3. walk on marker
4. ask for hints
5. follow yellow marker
:P

I believe that is only showing on the tutorial. You don't have that in the real RuneSpan

From: [J]ustin
I believe that is only showing on the tutorial. You don't have that in the real RuneSpan

Do you mean members runespan?

From: nokkasiili
Do you mean members runespan?

No. When you first enter RuneSpan you are given the option to see the tutorial, in the tutorial you will have markers… When you finish the tutorial you will no longer have the markers.

From: [J]ustin
No. When you first enter RuneSpan you are given the option to see the tutorial, in the tutorial you will have markers… When you finish the tutorial you will no longer have the markers.

I did tutorial and i still have markers if i ask for it.

OMG MASSIVE POUCH! 89 rcing, one more level :s. I'm gonna have to go against tradition and try for 400k exp till 90 today

Hmm, this seems interesting. Will check it out!

Looks good for free and easy rc xp

From: [J]ustin
Wow really.. its JUST been released into RuneScape and you already want a 'bot' for it?…………

i also want a script for it, it's boring

camping on the island with 2 soul esswraiths im getting about 75k xp/h pretty sick for semi afk runecrafting

I MIGHT work on a small afk script for this tomorrow if there isn't one already released (will be members+ only)

At school atm, so haven't had time to test runespan out, but can you get randoms at any time during the gameplay?

From: Liimujx
At school atm, so haven't had time to test runespan out, but can you get randoms at any time during the gameplay?

yes you can get randoms during it. Seen a few people get them

you do ye :(

From: the flea
yes you can get randoms during it. Seen a few people get them

Damn that sucks, Oh well :(

anyone got degrade rate and how to repair on new pouch? Bought one but still not degraded my guess is you have to buy a new one every time. Prolly lasts pretty long.

The most fun part is finding the wizards and runeball thing! :p

From: Kyle Undefined
The most fun part is finding the wizards and runeball thing! :p

I am very impressed with this update to be honest. I think i am going to enjoy training runecrafting now!

Arround 40 uses the Massive pouch has before it disappears if anyone cares.

From: [J]ustin
I am very impressed with this update to be honest. I think i am going to enjoy training runecrafting now!

Yeah, same! The yellow wizard teleported right next to me, and then I got the message where it said I had to find him, hahaha!

Shame you can get randoms in there though :P

Looks so fun. I'll try it

I believe this will be EASILY bottable. I can put my mouse on a esswraith, absorb it, and it respawns within 30 seconds right where it was before. (gives about 100 pts a wraith)

Theres an island with two soul wraiths, and they is always one up,

Theres about 20 people there atm, just afking it,

Im getting about 65k exp an hour atm at 94 rcing.

Honestly would be easy to script this in comparison to the zmi script it would be a 5 minute job,

Lol it's possible to farm xp there by just camping at an island. inb4nerf on spawn rates.

From: litoris
Lol it's possible to farm xp there by just camping at an island. inb4nerf on spawn rates.

I love how Jagex states that they worked incredibly hard on getting the right xp curve.. and it seems that the xp rate is incredibly high for the amount of effort needed. Considering after all, it is runecrafting. Interesting update, and some bots have already released - even for Simba.

lol making a huge teaser 2 days before releasing, isnt that kinda idiotic or is it just me thinking this way?

gonna try it out

massive pouch degrades, makes me not want to get one till i get everything else first. lol

People complain that runecrafting xp is slow, they release an update that gives high runecrafting and most people complain?!? They just cant win!

From: [J]ustin
People complain that runecrafting xp is slow, they release an update that gives high runecrafting and most people complain?!? They just cant win!

I'm happy with Exp rate :3

i was expecting something sophisticated where u need to run around and do a lot different stuffs, end up its so plain easy…did they not expect it to be bottable or they no longer cares?

My XP rate for runespan was a little over 65k an hour and 1k points per hour before they nerfed the nodes already.

I'm getting a steady 60k per hour and almost 1k points per hour with 93 runecrafting in the runespan.

ALSO: Yes the essence pouch degrades but it lasts a pretty decent amount of time.. Anyways, it's not hard to get 1k points for a new one. I've already collected 10k points in the runespan since they released it so I will be good on essence pouches for a while :)

Good update. Using a bot from another site. Constant 60k exp per hour.