New Updates to Runescape

If you have been away from the game as I have been, had other things to do.

There have been many changes, most are good and there are some that do not make the game as much fun as it had been before.

The wild have been made very small and now it is very hard to get around there and survive, prior to the change even a low level player had a chance to wander around there and survive.

It was a challange to make it all the way up the east side to the fence on the north side and on to the west side and back down to leave the wild.

Some players like to do these things,

Mining sites can be found throughout RuneScape, though not every mining site will contain all possible ores available. To locate the different mining sites, look for the following symbol on your maps: It is worth noting that not all mining sites are shown on the map, you may need to search in other places, such as within dungeons, or along mysterious paths, to find other hidden sites.

Different rocks contain different types of ore. To find out what ore a specific rock contains you will need to 'Prospect' it. To do this, simply right-click on the rock and select the 'Prospect rocks' option from that list that appears on your screen. This will tell you what ore the rock contains. Over time you will be able to tell which rocks contain what ore by the colour of the rocks instead of prospecting them.

Once you have found type of ore that you wish to obtain, you will need to start mining the rock. You can do this by either using a wielded pickaxe, or just by having one in you inventory. When you select 'Mine Rocks' from the menu, your character will automatically use the pickaxe. If your pickaxe was in your inventory it will return there, or if you were wielding the pickaxe it will stay in your wielded inventory slot.

Tools

When you become a skilled miner you will be able to mine increasingly difficult ores, this makes the process of extracting the ore from the rock take longer. The amount of time taken can be reduced by using a good quality pickaxe, so when mining make sure that you use the highest level pickaxe that you can.

Different pickaxes you can use to extract ore from rocks are shown in the table below. You can obtain these different pickaxes by buying them from Nurmof the dwarf in the Dwarven Mines.

Pickaxe	Level Required
Bronze	1
Iron	1
Steel	6
Mithril	21
Adamant	31
Rune	41

The mining level required, ONLY applies when you wish to use the pickaxe as a tool to mine rocks. If you do not have the required mining level, you may still wield the pickaxe as a weapon (provided you have the necessary attack level to do so). However, you cannot use it to mine rocks. For example, if you have a mining level of 30 and you obtain a rune pickaxe (which needs a Level 41 mining to be used), you may still use it to attack monsters, but if you try and mine coal ore with it you will not be able to use it.

Runescape Mining

Mining - The Basics

Introduction Mining is the skill in which you extract ores from rocks. These ores can be smelted into bars and smithed into useful items such as armour and weapons. See the Smithing section of the manual for more details. Before you are able to start mining, you will need to acquire a key piece of equipment commonly known as the pickaxe. Initially, you will only be able to use a Bronze Pickaxe, available for purchase at Bob’s Axe shop in Lumbridge, respawn points in Rimmington, Barbarian village and in some General Stores across RuneScape. As your skill increases you will find yourself able to wield pickaxes of a higher quality, making it far easier for you to mine.

Runescape Free World

The Free World in Runescape offers access to about one quarter of its whole site.

Quick info from the Runscape knowledge base.

Player controls

The player options button

allows you to control your character's behaviour.

The Move speed option allows you to select whether your character walks or runs.

You will have to use this feature if you are trying to get away from something that is attacking you.

The two lines on the right of this option display the Energy level of your character and how much weight your character is carrying. The more items in your inventory and what your character has equipped, the more weight they will be carrying.

If you set move speed to 'Run', then each time your character moves, they will run. However, running reduces your character's energy level. Your character can only run as long as the energy level is more than 0%. When it gets to 0%, your character's move speed will automatically be changed to walk.

Weight also affects your energy. If you are carrying lots of heavy items, your total weight will be increased, making your energy decrease even faster if you try to run. Your run energy will recharge slowly if you stop running. It recharges faster if you have a high agility level. Some potions and foods can also restore run energy.

If you press the 'Ctrl' button on your keyboard whilst clicking, your character will run to the place you clicked on instead of walking there, even if you have the move speed option set to 'Walk'.

After Tutorial Island

Once off of Tutorial Island, do yourself a favor and talk to the Lumbridge Guide. Read all he has to talk about, but especially the information about where to find a bank. As a new player with very few belongings, you want to protect your belongings by banking everything you don't need to be carrying around with you. Even as a high level player, I keep my inventory small and focused on the specific task at hand.

Visit the bank in Draynor Village, following the directions the Guide offered you, and stow away everything but your bronze axe. Whatever you do, don't go into battle until you've stowed away your items! Without money you can't purchase replacements, and NOBODY likes beggars. It's important to be self-sufficient and that includes being able to go on without great pain if you die and lose everything you were carrying.

Now your inventory is ready to be filled with logs that you can store in the bank until you can find a player willing to buy the logs. And for 100 logs, you should be able to get 3,000-5,000 coins! That kind of money will be great for buying armor for your upcoming battles.

You're off to a great start!

Making Money in Runescape

Like real life, you need Money.

In Runescape the currency is gold coins, there are many ways to make money.

At Tutorial Island you will get a brief outline of making Money. Find the financial advisor and talk to him.

He will tell you that you can make money by Combat, a few coins at a time, Completing Quests, they pay out more money. buying and selling will turn out to be real profitable.

Doing Quests and completing them, will allow you to do other things.

Just about anything you do in Runescape can be turned into Gold Coins.

Next look up Brother Brace he will tell you how getting up your prayer levels will help you during you life on Runsacape.

The last thing on your is a visit with Wizard Terrova, talk to her/him (not sure which) you will be instrcted on the use of runes, you will be given 5 Air Runes abd 5 Mind Runes and shown how to use then.

Once this is completed talk to Terrova again and you will get some more Runes and be transported to the mainland.

You will be on your own, good luck and have fun :)