Content Teamer of 2 Months (CTo2M) is a competition of sorts held among Content Team members, designed to motivate Content Team members to work harder. Candidates are selected by Team Leaders, Managers, and the Head of Content, based on the following criteria: dedication, reliability, and enthusiasm. These are some of the qualities that we look for in our Crew members when recruiting. The candidates are then screened, until we come to a common grounds regarding who should win the competition.

The winner of the first CTo2M competition (Jan-Feb) is Lauren. She has been on the Content Team since August, and has played an active role as part of the Maintenance Crew. She is dedicated, enthusiastic, and above all, takes initiative when it comes to doing work on Zybez. Congratulations Lauren!

Don't forget about the Bonus XP event going on right now. How much XP have you gained? Which skills are you training? I'm personally grinding on my Mining and Combat levels down at Living Rock Caverns. I wish I had prepared to work on Summoning. Some of my friends are saying that they've gained 1m Summoning XP in an hour! (I hate my friends!)

Remember, the XP multiplier degrades with time. So, start gaining XP the moment you log in. Make sure you take screenshots to remember this day by. Also, showcase your achievements by creating your own Achievement topic.

Some things to keep in mind:
- If you log out, the counter will pause until you login again and the XP multiplier will stop degrading.
- The bonus XP event will end once the weekend is over and if you didn't take advantage of it, then too bad for you!
- There is no limit to how much XP you can earn during this time. I've heard of people earning 1.5m XP an hour.
- The XP counter shows only the bonus XP you've gained since you logged in. If you logout, this counter will reset.
- Click the Detailed Info link below to get... more detailed info. ;-D
- Remember to leave a comment about the Bonus XP event, so I'm not the only one talking!

More Info & Discuss | Achievements forum | Detailed info | Vote for what you trained on

No, I am not talking to the Naavi from the Avatar movie! I'll give you a hint: I am underneath the mouth of something. Guess my location and reason of being down there.

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Therealbest has made a wonderfully detailed guide on how to make your very own RuneScape videos called, Recording and Encoding RuneScape HD movies. He talks about all the popular recording software available and has screenshot pictures to show you exactly how to configure each. I personally use Fraps for shooting my videos but have heard good things about other apps as well.

Recording and Encoding RuneScape HD Movies | More guides

Magic – one of the skills to exist since the very beginning of Runescape, and interestingly, the reason of the game’s title, being the skill that utilizes the many runes that exist in the game. It is one of the most diverse skills in the game; it is not only a combat skill, but the non-combat aspects of it are incredibly useful. Discover the common training methods used by the players, and know the tips and tricks in our latest revamped.

Credit goes to Man Bon for maintaining the revamping of this guide.

So be sure to check out the newly vamped Magic guide.

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

Event Topic

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.

It’s time for the final Q&A session in this batch, this time with the Player Support team. We’ll 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, we’ve 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

We recently launched the Big Ticket, which gives our players a chance to win one of 24 exclusive invitations for an all-expenses-paid trip to Jagex HQ here in Cambridge, England, where you and a group of fellow Big Ticket winners will get the chance to meet the people behind RuneScape and generally have a whole lot of fun.

As announced in our Big Ticket launch post, there are a number of ways to bag yourself a Big Ticket. One such way is by entering one of our prize draws, the first of which we’re holding on 26th March 2010, at 3pm (GMT/forum time)!

How do I enter?
All accounts with valid membership at the time of the draw (3pm GMT on 26th March) will automatically be entered (so signing up for a month’s membership today will guarantee your place in this month’s draw). If you have multiple accounts with membership, you’ll be entered into the draw multiple times.

Non-members are also most welcome to enter by sending a postcard marked with ‘Big Ticket Draw’ to: Jagex, Box 78, 23 King Street, Cambridge, CB1 1AH, United Kingdom. Your postcard must include the date of the draw you wish to enter, your account name and your contact details. If you are under 13, please only provide contact details of your parent or guardian.

When will the next draw happen?
When we announce the winner of a prize draw, we’ll also announce the date of the next draw. Prize draws will take place at the end of each month and the news announcing the winner will appear a few days after the draw itself.

How will I know if I win?
If you win, we’ll contact you via your RuneScape message centre if you enter the member draw, or using the contact details you supply if you enter using our PO Box address. We’ll also announce the winner of the prize draw with a newspost a few days after the draw.

You can find a complete set of terms & conditions here, and don’t forget to check out the Big Ticket forum thread for more information and the dedicated FAQ.

Good luck, everyone!

Mod Hohbein
Community Management

In this, our latest story competition, we want to hear tales of endeavour inspired by one of the two, great single-player campaigns in Armies of Gielinor: “Zamorak Returns” and “Saradomin Strikes”.

To enter the competition, choose which campaign you’d like to write about and then use your creative writing skills to come up with the best short story you can in no more than 400 words. Once you’ve written your story, send it to competitions@jagex.com, with your account/display name, and either “Zamorak Returns” or “Saradomin Strikes”, in the subject box.

The deadline for sending us your entry is 23:59 on Monday 29th March. The story competition judges will then spend the week locked in a room until they’ve uncovered the most engaging and exciting stories for each campaign. Once the judges have decided on their favourite entry for each campaign, we’ll announce the winners and award the authors with lifetime membership to both RuneScape and FunOrb, plus some exclusive signed artwork based on the campaign they’ve written about. Two runners-up (one for each campaign) will receive 12-months of RuneScape and FunOrb membership.

We have a dedicated thread for the competition that has full rules, terms & conditions and an FAQ. You’ll find this thread on both the RuneScape forums here, and on the FunOrb forums here.

We wish you the very best of luck!

Mod “Tell me a Story” Craddock
FunOrb Community Management