Deadman: Armageddon & While Guthix Sleeps Updates - RuneNation (2024)

Prepare for Deadman: Armageddon!

The latest iteration of our fast-paced PvP game mode launches this Friday! Before we get into it, don’t forget to check out this blog, which covers all the mechanics and a full list of everything that’s changed since Deadman’s last outing.

You may be wondering why we’ve chosen to launch Deadman: Armageddon on a Friday, when our game updates are typically a midweek affair. The reason we're moving to 'late on Friday' openings is to give our players the opportunity to start progressing straight into a weekend so that you can hide yourself away from responsibility and get stuck in.

And Deadman: Armageddon will have plenty to get stuck into! This temporary game mode spans two weeks and features rapid account progression, powerful Sigils that redefine your gameplay, worldwide PvP chaos, and Breaches where you'll tackle hordes of bosses while fending off loot-hungry players. It all culminates in a Grand Finale on Saturday, August 3rd at 18:00 BST (tune in on our Twitch channel!) where we'll be trying out a brand new format: five finales across five combat brackets, giving everybody an opportunity to optimise their builds and compete like never before.

For full Terms and Conditions for Deadman: Armageddon, click here.

What's New?

You can learn everything you need to know about Deadman: Armageddon in this blog, but we’ll share the highlights here.

For the most part, Deadman: Armageddon is building on the success of last year's Deadman: Apocalypse and amplifying things up to 11.

This year, we'll have four Breaches per day and introduce brand-new 'Region Breaches'. Region Breaches see monsters spawn across an entire area such as Misthalin, Asgarnia, perhaps even Varlamore - you'll have to wait and see! An extra breach per day keeps the doctor away, but one of them will spawn at a completely random time, meaning the schedule looks a little like this:

• 03:00 BST
• 11:00 BST
• 20:00 BST
• Mystery, totally random time - it could literally pop up at any moment!

The Breaches with a 'fixed' time will alternate between the Breaches you've come to expect from Deadman: Apocalypse and the brand-new Region Breaches, one after the other, for the duration of the tournament. The mystery-time Breach will choose at random between a 'regular' or a Region Breach, so stay on your toes!

Getting involved with Breaches will earn you Points, helping you secure a higher spot on the Leaderboard and a chance to win a slice of this year’s $25,000 Prize Pool.

You can also earn Points by participating in Breaches, or progressing your account through PvM, Skilling, Quests, Combat Achievements, Achievement Diaries, and even Clue Scrolls. This year, for the first time, you’ll also be able to use your Deadman Points to earn tradeable cosmetic rewards for the main game!

These rewards, as voted on by you, include God Cape recolours, Corrupt Weaponry Kits, a new Rug for your Player Owned House, and perhaps our favourite Home Teleport Override Animation to date.

You’ll be able to purchase these in the main game from Nigel in Lumbridge Graveyard after Deadman: Armageddon wraps up and your points are transferred over. Just like Leagues, you won’t be able to spend your points on rewards until the event is over.

We cannot stress enough: you earn Points by doing just about anything and all of these rewards are tradeable. Whether you’re a PvP pro or a tentative newbie, there are rewards for everyone – so there’s never been a better time to get into Deadman.

If you do happen to be a seasoned PvP player, you might want to shoot for one of our grand prizes. This year, we’re splitting the Finale into five combat brackets (Combat Levels 45-50, 51-70, 71-90, 91-110 and 111-126). The winners from each bracket will earn a slice of the prize pool, allowing players to theorycraft their way to the win in all kinds of different combat brackets. You can also earn prize money and medals by moving up the Leaderboard and scoring an entry in our raffle draw.

Sounds exciting, eh? Other changes include brand new Breach monsters and Corrupt Weapons, Blighted Overloads, changes to Prayers that are sure to shake-up lower combat brackets, reworked, revived and rebalanced Sigils, Global Loot Table changes, and your first chance to experience Scurrius, Varlamore, and Tormented Demons in a seasonal game mode. Deep breath.

So, what are you waiting for?! Oh, right. You’re waiting for Friday, July 19th at 17:00 BST, when Armageddon begins! See you there... if you dare!

This iconic quest made its way to Old School last week, sending players on a whirlwind adventure to stop a powerful artefact from falling into the wrong hands...

We were thrilled to see you all so excited to relive the iconic moments in this quest, embracing the nostalgia and encountering old enemies. Also, have you spied that new loading screen yet? Stunning.

However, we were quickly made aware of a number of feedback points from the community, many of which we addressed in an update to last week’s newspost. The team didn't stop there though and have been working on more hotfixes, which led to the following changes:

• Re-renamed the Bone Claws to Burning Claws.
• Added a UI icon when inside the Guthixian Temple that shows you how many demons you can fight at once. This should address the confusion of being attacked by more demons than intended or being unable to find the right areas to try Combat Achievements.
• Tormented demons will no longer lose focus on their original target during combat when a new player enters the area, meaning they won't wander off and ruin your strategy.
• Tormented demons no longer switch to another player during the special attack if the player they’re already attacking has been in the area a long time.

We also took time to focus on your feedback regarding the tormented demons’ loot table which you should see reflected in-game today via a hotfix. Here’s what we plan to do:

• Remove low tier herbs
• Remove some lower value seeds
• Remove Fire Runes
• Remove Vile Ashes
• Up the value of alchables (Adamant becomes Rune, the previous Rune becomes Dragon)
• Add an additional Rune alchable
• Shortbows, Battlestaves, and Malicious Ashes drop as noted
• Reduce the drop rate of Burning Claws (formerly known as Bone Claws) by ~17%

Coupled with the 17% reduction in drop rate, we'd like to take a moment to reassess the power of the Burning Claws. While they deal less damage per hit than some alternatives, their low energy cost was causing them to outperform items like Voidwaker and the Dragon Claws in a few too many cases. We'll evaluate the spec cost and see whether or not it might need to increase since it's slightly overperforming our expectations.

We're hoping that these changes alongside the fixes to the tormented demon's behaviours will make your wins more satisfying!

The team are still working to address further feedback points, and we'll be keeping you updated as they go.

• Stamina Mixes can now be used to charge the Ring of Endurance interchangeably with Stamina Potions.
• Mosol Rei’s warning messages for climbing over the cart can now be disabled.
• Resolved a graphical error on the login screen.

The PvP rota has moved to Period B:

• 560 - (UK) - PvP World
• 319 - (US) - Bounty Hunter World
• 579 - (US) - High-Risk PvP World
• 561 - (UK) - Free-to-Play PvP World
• 580 - (US) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been de-activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been de-activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using '1 Def Pure' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.

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