Guess which quest is based in the area depicted in the following screenshot.
Clue: Something to do with rodents.
If I said that Firemaking had very, very few rewards, you might be inclined to agree. YES, there is the Inferno Adze, but that's nearly it. It's required for quests, sure, but that's the way it is for every skill, even combat. Jagex and every Runescape player in the world knows that Firemaking isn't so much a skill as it is an easy 99 and Skill Cape. Now, we've seen a lot of suggestions, and for me to hog all of the time would waste some valuable publication of ideas. As such, I'm going to point to The Duck (our community duck; they're expensive), and his blog Flaming Firemaking, for the ideas to make the tweaks necessary. Let's take The Duck's first idea:
"Remember the Fire Arrows from the Underground Pass Quest? Making them was a pain. Why don't you just light the arrows with your Firemaking skill? Imagine the devastating effects on your foe! If you think that is a bit too easy, what about lighting Chinchompas? What about setting yourself on fire?"
His first premise: incorporating Firemaking into combat, the same way as Herblore and Agility (to some extent) have an effect on how people fight. But let's take the concept of fire and run with it – what does fire do? It burns! What do burns do? They hurt! Poison deals damage too, so why can't fire? So let's say you want to make a fire sword. Well, first, you'd have to coat it in oil. But some oil is better than others; one type of oil, for instance would last for a minute or two, and has a potency of "nine" (out of ten different oils). This means that it has a ninety percent chance of setting your opponent on fire, dealing a certain amount of damage depending on his opponent's Firemaking level.
You can start The Blood Pact quest by speaking with Xenia in the Lumbridge graveyard. The quest is extremely easy and took me just 5 minutes to complete. You just have to go downstairs and fight three fairly low-leveled NPCs and you're done. Remember to come back upstairs and speak with Xenia, ending your conversation with, "I think I'll go now." to claim your reward.
The new area unlocked in this quest is called the Lumbridge Catacombs. It is mostly a newbie's training dungeon with Skoblin, Corpse archer, Skeleton, and Corpse Mage. At the end of the Catacombs is the level-20 Dragith Nurn that drops Mask part 5. Combine all five of the pieces to get a Mask of dragith nurn. Once you've wielded the mask, grab all the statuettes found in various parts of the Catacombs and take them back to Xenia. She'll pay you some coins for them.
Discuss | Pics of this quest | List of NPCs in Lumbridge Catacombs | Zybez Quest Guide for The Blood Pact
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The Blood Pact And Lumbridge Catacombs
The Blood Pact is the first free-to-play quest weve 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 thats 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 Churchs 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.
Bonus Xp Weekend!
A small ‘XP+’ button has been added to the interface on the left of the minimap, which will track how much extra XP you are racking up over the course of each session and what your current XP modifier is. The XP modifier will be in effect from now until approximately 12pm (GMT/forum time) on Monday (or the equivalent local time for your country; see this Time Conversion thread if you’re unsure what that is).
To get a clearer idea of what actions will and will not be modified by the Bonus XP Weekend, and for more information in general, please read this developer blog and this forum thread.
Enjoy!
The RuneScape Content Team
Remember guys, be sure to post all of your level ups in Achievements!
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Unfortunately, weve been unable to prepare answers to those questions previously asked in time to be posted before the live session. We shall aim to get these answered and published as soon as we can.
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