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Penguin hunting is a great, fun way to earn some extra experience! Why not log in to world 60 and join the clan chat World60pengs to get up-to-the-minute information on exactly where those penguins are hiding. Canada Grrl posts a list of the penguins locations every week on the official RuneScape forums; here are this week's penguins:

1. Lumbridge – Toadstool - 1point
Roam Range: Water altar, swamp, in town, castle, Draynor, Varrock ...

2. Entrana – Barrel – 1 point
Roam Range: it cannot leave the island. Look near the altar. To get here, take the boat from Port Sarim, Law altar tele, or hot air balloon.

3. Barbarian Outpost – Bush – 1 point
Roam Range: Agility area, Otto's, waterfall raft house ...

4. Gnome Stronghold –Bush – 1 point
Roam Range: it cannot leave the Stronghold. Look near the Terrorbird pen.

5. Eagle’s Peak – Bush - 1 point
Roam Range: Falconry, ...

6. Tyras Catapult – Toadstool – 2 points
Roam Range: it cannot leave the area, but check in the trees around the edges, it can hide. Travel here via charter, elf crystal or walk through either pass. This is a quest required penguin.

7. Mort Myre – Toadstool – 2 points
Roam Range: swamp, nature grotto, ...

8. Canifis – Crate – 2 points
Roam Range: Haunted woods, undead farm, ectofunctus, Fenkenstrain's castle ...

9. Southern Desert – Cactus – 2 points
Roam Range: Nardah, Pollinivneach ...

10. Wilderness – Rock – 2 points
Roam Range: Scorpion pit, Rogue's castle, Ardy lever, Wildy mage arena ...

11. Polar Bear - Relleka - 1 point
It cannot leave the well. You can only spy the polar bear upon completion of the Hunt for Red Raktuber quest.

N.B. World60pengs clan chat full? Try W60_penguins, W60pengs or W60pengu.

Penguin Hunting Guide

Event: Pest Control
Date: Saturday, March 20th 2010
Time: 3 PM EST, 8 PM GMT
Place: Void Knight Outpost
World: 44 (Members)
Host: Aragon RSQ
Clan Chat: Zybez Events
Irc Channel: #zybezevent

Requirements:
- 40+ Combat, although for the best results I suggest 100+ combat.
- Bring your best weapons and armour. This is a safe event (you can't lose your items).

Never done Pest Control? It's easy. Just go to Port Sarim and talk to Squire next to a ship. You'll be transported to an island. Welcome to Pest Control. Just go in one of the boats on the other side of the Island. These are the waiting areas before the game automatically starts. The game itself is easy: Kill the monsters and keep them from harming the Void Knight in the center.

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Guess which quest is based in the area depicted in the following screenshot.

Clue: Something to do with rodents.

While Guthix Sleeps | Recipe for Disaster | Desert Treasure | Dragon Slayer

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.

Zybez at Stealing Creation.

Event: Stealing Creation
Date: March 14th (Sunday) 2010
Time: 7:00 PM EST, 12 Midnight GMT, 6:00 PM CST
Place:In front of the Portal at Stealing Creations, we will be using the Free For All area's. (two smaller area's on the west side)
World: 44 (Members) ( If we don't have enough people we will hop to w158 an official SC world. )
Host: Wizard Storm, ssricky (srs)
Clan Chat: Zybez_Events
Irc Channel: #zybezevent

Requirements:
There are no specific requirements to play Stealing Creation - regardless of your levels, you can help your team be victorious! Of course, because this is a skill- and combat-based mini game, having higher levels across a number of skills will be advantageous.

Recommended:
You cannot take any items into Stealing Creation, so there is no need to prepare any equipment. If you do bring any items to the game there is a deposit box located next to the free for all area. I would advise not to bring any items and bank them beforehand, as it is located in a safe area within the Wilderness and rev's might be on the prowl. I would also recommend that you read Zybez's Guide to Stealing Creation.

Risk:
There is no risk, this is a 'Safe' mini game. On the other hand, as all equipment you can carry is made during the game, you will drop all items when you die, and no gravestone will protect them. You can use the Protect Item prayer to retain one item as normal. If you die, you will spawn either at your base or the nearest resource your team controls.

Stealing Creation

Where: Chaos dwarf battlefield
When: Sunday, 7 March
Time: 7 PM GMT, 2 PM EST
Host: Elysian Duck
Clanchat: Elysian Duck
World: 114
We will use Coinshare! The event will last for around 2 hours. After that, it is up to you to stay or not.

Requirements:
- Completion of the Quest Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf
- Combat stats of around 70+
- Ranged Protection Prayer
- Good Melee Armor

Tips:
- Protect from range all the way through (set as quick prayer)
- Try not to get piled by the Chaos dwarf. The chance you will get piled is small, but if it happens and you get hit hard, run!
- Aim to attack the Chaos dwarf hand cannoneers as they give the best drops. Be careful, as more dwarves might attack you.
- Constantly check hitpoints and prayer levels.
- Taking a Hand Cannon will help you, and your teammates!

More Info

The Corporeal Beast

Event: Corporeal Beast
Date: Sunday, 21 February 2010
Time: 6.00pm GMT, 1.00pm EST, 12.00pm CST
Place: Meet at Bounty Hunter Bank/Wilderness Volcano.
World: 91 (Members)
Host: Cthulthu (Main) Rougueleader (Second)
Clan Chat: Cthulthu (Main) Rougueleader (Second)
Drops: CoinShare
Irc Channel: #Cthulthu

Requirements:
- Complete the Summer's End quest.
- You MUST use a stab weapon

Recommendations:
- 70+ HP to avoid being 1 hit if you don't pray
- 70+ att/str/def
- Able to use Protect against Magic
- Cannons would be really useful
- Ruby bolts(e) if ranging would be deadly.

Remember, these are recommendations, you don't have to have these stats to come

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Guides to aid in your battle
Zybez's Corporeal Beast Guide | Active Fire's Corporeal Beast Guide | Jewlace's Corporeal Beast Guide

Event: Armadyl GodWars
Date: 24th January, Sunday
Time: 6.00pm GMT, 1.00pm EST, 12.00pm CST
Place: Meet outside Armadyl Boss Room (With KC)
World: 91
Host: Cthulthu
Clan Chat: Cthulthu (Main) Rougueleader (Second)
Drops: CoinShare
IRC Channel:#Cthulthu

Welcome to the first monster hunting event of the new cycle. In our first event we will be hunting Kree'arra, the Armadyl Avatar using CoinShare. Getting KC for this trip usually takes about 30 minutes, so it is recommended you start gearing up and getting KC an hour in advance (taking into account all the others that might be getting their KC which will slow you down) if you wish to make the start of the trip. This trip will last up to 4 hours and may continue after with or without me.
Unlike most bosses, Kree'arra spares no one and will attack everyone, so ensure you bring your best gear and sensible supplies or you won't last long.
Be inside the CC (Cthulthu) 15 minutes in advance of the event (5.45pmGMT/12.45pmEST) at which point people will be added, failure to do so might end in you missing the first couple of kills and getting into the main CC might become hard. If the main CC is full, join the Secondary CC (Rougueleader), which will hold the event on a different world if there is a need.
Feel free to join my IRC channel #Cthulthu for any information/questions before and during the event.

Requirements.

- 60 Strength or agility.
- 70 Range.
- Crossbow & Mithril Grapple.
- Ranging gear to get KC and kill Boss.

Event: Ape Atoll Takeover!
Date: Friday, January 15th, 2010
Time: 5:00 PM EST | 10:00 PM GMT
Place: We will meet at world 44 Ape atoll island in the city. Click here for a how to get there
World: 44 [P2P]
Host: ssricky & Wizard_Storm
Clan Chat: Zybez Events
Irc Channel: #zybezevent

Requirements: It is recommended you bring a monkey greegree since the islands inhabitants don't take too kindly to humans being on their island.

Items needed:Depending on what you do on the island you can bring anything just remember to bring your greegree

What is an Ape Atoll Takeover?!?: In short an Ape Atoll Takeover is an event where a group of zybez community members go to ape atoll for the day. Zybez will takeover the island and make it their own for a couple hours. There is tons of things to see and do on the island from woodcutting teak and mahogany logs, fishing sharks and various other fish, training agility at the ape atoll course, training combat on monkey guards in the temple or even just hanging out on the island and having a good time with fellow zybez community members.
Hope to see you all there.

Graphical

Resized the Tower of Life hard hat model.
Fixed a problem with lunar robes and certain weapons.
A quest area has had torches added to better light the area.
Adjusted the graphic on the leaflets around Varrock.
The model and textures on the wooden shield have been updated.

Miscellaneous

Added some blocking to a bit of water.
Removed a redundant pick option from some flowers.
Added a bank deposit box to the Runecrafting Guild.
Fixed a problem with the submarine cutscene in Hunt for Red Raktuber.
Adjusted a staff of light script that was unnecessarily cancelling its effect.
Rewrote a portion of code dealing with the lunar staff.
Moved a strykewyrm further away from a tree.
Corrected the jungle strykewrym hint info from Kuradal.
Added some blocking in Iban’s temple.
You can no longer wield any weapon while cutting ivy with a dragon hatchet.
Adjusted some code checks to see if you could actually be given an item or not.

Graphical

You can no longer use the horn-playing emote for the Penance horns while you're a monkey.
Adjusted the Freeze and Dramatic Point emotes and cow milking animations.
Fixed a modelling problem with the candlesticks used in Draynor Manor.
Corrected the timing when cooking chompy bird meat on a spit.
Fixed a problem with chairs and sitting down in your POH.
Fixed a graphical glitch when playing with Eek the Spider while wearing certain gloves.
Fixed a buggy animation when holding a battlestaff.
Concentrated ore deposits could render over players who were mining them.
Some NPCs in Tai Bwo Wannai Village weren't animating when they walked.
Hand-shaped cursor was misaligned.
Ladders near the Clocktower had tops that didn't match their bottoms.
Santa skirt no longer sticks to crossbows.
Items placed on tables in the Blue Moon Inn and Explorer Jack's house would float.

Audio

The shuffle code of music playlists has been edited.
Added more ambient sounds and increased the volume slightly in Tai Bwo Wannai.

Quests

Fixed a problem where the Quest List was temporarily disappearing.
When digging in Draynor Manor during the first Fairy Tale quest you'll no longer walk into a tree.
Updated the code during the Temple of Ikov quest that deals with fire warriors.
Adjusted some of the location models when you're crawling around during the While Guthix Sleeps quest.

Minigames

Improved the code recognising food in the Temple Trekking minigame.

Miscellaneous

No walking on lava!
Fixed a few typos and grammatical issues.
Gypsy Aris’s chat has been corrected so she doesn't keep waffling on.
Clicking the same item twice no longer cancels whatever you were doing at the time.
Optimised some of the core chat code to run faster.
Thieving messages for Martin the Master Gardener now make more sense.
Strykewyrms are no longer interrupted by random events.
Boosted Prayer Points are no longer reset by wearing the full Penance armour set.
The detail options menu no longer offers textures if ground blending is disabled in Standard Detail.
Optimised the code of the Burthorpe drill sergeant.
Players could get stuck in Draynor Manor by entering a closet and discarding the key.
The quest requirements for the Berserker curse were missing from the in-game skill guide.
Rockslide moved out of the way of the ice gate north of Trollheim.
Shantay's guards used Shantay's chathead when they talked.
A woman in Roddeck's house had a Talk-to option that didn't work.
The Home Teleport spell is now interrupted by alchemy spells.

The following small fixes and adjustments have now been made to the game. If you spot any further bugs in-game, please use the Bug Report feature ('Submit a Bug Report' under the 'Help' drop-down menu of the website).

Graphical

Prevented spinning the candy cane and swapping weapons quickly.
The jail door near Shantay now matches when open and closed.
Fixed the shadows for players when using various handholds in the Brimhaven Agility Arena and the Ape Atoll Agility course.
Corrected a visibility problem with the Agility Pyramid.
Guthix Raptors had the wrong chat head.
Corrected some animations for the Sleuth emote.
Stopped white longsword handles stretching while running.
Performing an emote will now correctly animate if you were reading a book beforehand.
The picking animation in the Farming skill has been updated to be smoother.
Chaeldar's chathead on the Contact NPC interface is now animated.
Removed a clipping problem with the Ardougne Achievement Diary cloak when reaching forwards.
Fixed some remove roofs issues near Miscellania Castle.
Fixed some remove roofs issues near Mobilising Armies.
Fixed some housing in Tai Bwo Wannai.
Corrected some issues when running and standing still with two-handed swords.
Cleared any background fill colours when changing between specific types of interface.
Fixed the colour of the water in Soul Wars.
The top plate in a pile was floating in the HAM base.
Corrected some z-bias issues with the Soul Wars overlay interface.
The glyphs on the charms in Pest Control were missing their glyphs due to z-bias issues.
Synchronised the Brimhaven rope swing animations to look better.
Stopped aberrant spectres from appearing to stand up again when dying.
Fixed a render issue when churning.
Repaired a texture problem for some of the floor in Falador.
Updated the mapping in a Keldagrim pub so you can't walk on top of the stairs.
Fixed some mapping where the water meets the land to the north-west of Port Phasmatys.
A render issue with a pool of liquid in the Slug Menace quest has been fixed.
You'll no longer be repeatedly animated when digging up the Jade Vine.
Removed a few extra skulls from the Wizards’ Tower’s basement.
Adjusted the animation for the Zamorak room boss in God Wars Dungeon to remove a label issue.
Stopped some animation issues when spam-clicking an item.
Stopped a trapdoor rendering over your feet in the Brimhaven Agility Arena.
Fixed a graphical issue with shady strangers.
Fixed a door on the Fishing Platform.

Audio

Fixed and improved a few tracks: “The Genie”, “Long Ago”, “Shine”, “Splendour”, “Theme”, “Tomorrow”.
The music unlock hint for "Alone" was incorrect.
Changed the category of the song "Soundscape".
The song "Spirits of Elid" has been added to a bit more of the map area.
Added sea sounds when taking boat journeys.
Improved various sound effects during Royal Trouble.
Increased the range of ambient sound effects in the southern desert area.
Updated the opening sounds for some of the doors/gates in Regicide.
Cows have been given lessons so they can moo properly.
The sound when casting Plank Make has had its volume reduced slightly.
Added fountain sound effects in Nardah.
Added a sound when you pickpocket the Ring of Charos.
Added cleaning sounds when removing the dirt from grimy herbs.
Added some dragon stomping sounds to the tutorial.
Added bellow sounds to the blacksmith in Lumbridge.
Added a sound to accompany the "You already have full Prayer Points" message and the Idea emote.
Ensured that a hit sound isn't played if no damage is done.
Improved the timing of the sound played when you die to start and finish earlier.
Removed some old, redundant music scripts.

Quests

Fixed a discrepancy between the Mourning's Ends quest journals after you've finished part one.
Corrected the Blood Runs Deep quest journal to use the base stat rather than current stat when striking through requirements.
Brundt will now be a bit more helpful during certain parts of Blood Runs Deep.
Converted a quest item from Regicide into a members’ item, as it should have been.
Streamlined some of the traps in Contact, Smoking Kills, and a few other desert quests.
Resolved a problem in the Eyes of Glouphrie quest during a cutscene.

Minigames

Updated a treasure trail to reflect some recent scenery changes.

Miscellaneous

No more dropping items while in the Photo Booth.
The lunar dream world no longer interferes with pets and their growth status.
You can no longer bank keys from the Prison Pete random event.
You will no longer be shown the Crafting cursor when using a spinning plate.
Added a bit more information to the Advisor system about making money.
Sigmund no longer has a visible pickpocket option on free worlds.
Adjusted a quest start icon for Imp Catcher
The checks for attacking the ogres at the Combat Training Camp have been improved.
Furniture should no longer disappear in your POH if you die to poison.
Estate Agent icons are no longer visible on free worlds.
The farming patch spirit will no longer appear on free worlds.
Ensured that the Objective skill icons can't overlap the text.
Stopped a boulder from indefinitely rolling.
Adjusted the logic and filtered some messages from the Ranging Guild.
Route finding in an East Ardougne bank should be a bit better.
You'll now open the shop interface if you wish to buy a dragon scimitar from Daga on Ape Atoll.
Adjusted the chat filter to cope better with a music track name.
Ensured that Prayer is fully restored in safe Clan Wars after curses have been used against you.
Prevented players from ending up in some scenery when teleporting to the Death Altar.
Fixed a problem where you couldn't use quick prayers to turn on the Protect Item curse and a Leech curse at the same time.
Corrected the purchase information for the training bow.
Made the Summoning "Special Move" consistent on the Summoning left-click options.
Clarified some of the Construction level-up messages for various cages and trapdoors.
Corrected a menagerie level-up message.
Fixed a problem with the Adventurer's log and a Champion’s Challenge phrase.
Improved the Champion’s Challenge 'allowed in' check message.
Corrected the destroy message for the Turkey Book.
Adjusted the Castle Wars messages after completing the Ardougne Achievement Diary.
Clarified the messages when using the Abyss to get to Entrana with Summoning items.
Corrected some inconsistencies with the Digsite pendant.
Fixed a grammar issue in the Fishing skill guide.
Corrected some spelling errors in some Lumbridge NPCs’ chat.
Capitalised an instance of "Seers" in some chat.
This patch note caters for all the other typos we've fixed.

Graphical

- Fixed a hole near some wall beasts in the Lumbridge Swamp Dungeon.
- Adjusted the chathead of the witch in Draynor Manor to match the rest of the NPC.
- Silverlight and Darklight have now been updated in line with last week’s Demon Slayer changes.

Audio

- A music track from Blood Runs Deep was spelt incorrectly.
- Added a music track name to some unlock information.

Quests

- Ensured the deflect curses are behaving correctly during the Blood Runs Deep quest.
- Updated an NPC config in Soul's Bane so the player can walk through them.

Miscellaneous

- Changed the name and examine for part of the bar in the Blue Moon Inn.
- Adjusted the Wintumber tree checks so you can't plant it 'indoors'.
- Fire runes should now have more flexibility on the Grand Exchange.
- Adjusted the code so you can use black spears against tormented wraiths.
- Fixed a problem with the leprechaun champion event and the Adventurer's Log.
- Any item sold to shops will now always fetch at least 1gp.

Graphical

- Adjusted zeroes to be slightly different from capital Os.
- Resolved a few map problems in Kuradal's Dungeon.
- Remapped the lake on Karamja after it suffered severe subsidence.

Quests

- Fixed several typos in The Temple at Senntisten.
- Added more info to The Temple at Senntisten's quest journal during puzzle phases.
- Fixed a problem at the end of Desert Treasure due to some NPCs moving around.

Minigames

- Corrected the rewards given for the Burgh de Rott Ramble minigame.

Miscellaneous

- Corrected the range checks when using the Wrath curse on large NPCs.
- Deflect curses should now work correctly against skeletal wyverns.
- Removed an unnecessary error from the objectives system.

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 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.

The Bonus XP Weekend has now started! The next time you log into the game, your bonus XP modifier will come into effect. The modifier will begin at 2.7 times the usual rate of XP you would earn from standard training activities, and will slowly decrease down to 1.1 times over the course of 10 hours of in-game time (the modifier will not decrease while you are logged out or in the lobby).

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!

Its time for the final Q&A session in this batch, this time with the Player Support team. Well be holding a live Q&A session starting at 8pm (GMT/forum time) tonight. Questions posted on this forum thread will be answered on this forumthread.

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.

Mod Kelvin
Community Management