Gamers welcome to the December edition of the Alora Times. I had some personal issues last month but [member=Arosa] did a fantastic job filling in on the paper, and now I am back! We have some great interviews and a lot of spoons and achievements below. So grab you a snack, a blanket, a cup of warm coffee or cocoa and enjoy the read. Also make sure to follow Alora on FB and Instagram above and join the discord.  <3 Tombs of Amascut Changes, Nex Rebalancing, Sound Expansion, 3D Weather (Rain/Snow Plugin) & More! - 18th November 2022     December Vote Competition [Dec 1st - Dec 20th] - 2nd December 2022     Bonus Schedule for December - 1st December 2022   If you want to check out the entire update list, click here. There were no new rule updates during this month.         The Official Rules can be found here. The latest Staff Changes are as follows:   Promotions: [member=gim sss] has been promoted to Global Moderator. [member=El Mufasa] has been promoted to Server Moderator. [member=Krest] has been promoted to Server Moderator. [member=Ivy] has returned to the staff team, and been promoted to Server Moderator.   Secondary ranks/Name changes: [member=To Gain] has removed secondary rank from [member=Ghcim Gain]. [member=Krest] has added a secondary rank to [member=Almighty Ty].   Resignations: [member=Zachs iron] has temp-resigned from Server Moderator     For more info on Staff Updates, click here.   This month we have a couple great interviews done by [member=Monaco]! Up first is [member=Andy].    [member=Monaco]: What do you do in your spare time apart from play Alora? [member=Andy]: I have a close group of irl friends I usually hang out with weekly, whether in discord or at someone's house. I am also studying for my computer science degree to become a full stack web developer   [member=Monaco]: What are some of your long term targets on here? [member=Andy]: I recently just finished TOA, the main items I need are sang/scythe, torva helm, and torva platelegs. I am also planning to finish phosani for the inquisitors mace and skirt. After I obtain these items, I will probably chill out and do some pet hunting.    [member=Monaco]: What keeps you motivated? [member=Andy]: I honestly don't know. I feel like I should have been burnt out ages ago. I'm usually multitasking while I play Alora whether it's being in a discord call with my friends or watching shows or twitch streams.   [member=Monaco]: What's your favorite moment on Alora so far? [member=Andy]: My favorite moment is getting Tumeken's Shadow as the last rare that I needed to get all the items I wanted from TOA.   [member=Monaco]: Anything in particular you want to see added to, or changed in the game in the future? [member=Andy]: I'm kind of hoping Osmumten's fang gets tweaked. I've heard a number of people talking about how the rapier is actually stronger.   [member=Monaco]: What made you want to stick with Alora for so long? [member=Andy]: Alora was the first rsps I played, I think one of its best traits is the community. There are so many great friends that I have met.   And up next we have [member=Hard Dance]!   [member=Monaco]: What do you do in your spare time apart from play Alora? [member=Hard Dance]: Apart from going to work, I love to go out and visit a lot of raves/festivals. Music in general is my hobby, so sometimes I even travel long distances from home just to have some fun with a bunch of my IRL friends.   [member=Monaco]: What are some of your long term targets on here? [member=Hard Dance]: One long term goal I have set for myself about 1-2 years ago was completing the hard clue scroll collection log including the main 3rd age items. Recently I've completed the regular collection log (without rares) and as of right now I'm only missing four 3rd age pieces so I'm going to continue trying to achieve this almost unachievable goal, but I'm pretty close.   [member=Monaco]: What keeps you motivated? [member=Hard Dance]: I think mainly the community over here on Alora. Through all the years I've talked to so many awesome people and joining Aftermath CC also helped me a lot since I can share my own achievements with other dedicated gamers.   [member=Monaco]: What's your favorite moment on Alora so far? [member=Hard Dance]: Probably the moment when I achieved 4.6B xp on my main back in 2020. It felt like a big achievement for me at that time since I haven't done anything like that on servers I've played before and I proved to myself that I am able to finish a big grind like this.   [member=Monaco]: Anything in particular you want to see added to, or changed in the game in the future? [member=Hard Dance]: Honestly I'm happy with what Alora provides to us, but I'm always down for changes that make Alora feel like we are playing actual OSRS.   [member=Monaco]: What made you want to stick with Alora for so long? [member=Hard Dance]: Back in 2018 when I first started playing Alora, I already knew that this server would be the one. The active community, great game features, and a lot of different content that Alora provided way before any other servers did. I just feels right to be here haha.  :D      Disclaimer: If you'd like to be interviewed or see a particular member of the Alora community interviewed and/or particular question answered, make sure leave your nomination on the Newspaper Interview Nomination thread each month or you can DM me on discord at IronCountry#4540.                                                      Here we honor our fallen comrades from the last month and there were a lot of them! We wish them the best on their new Ironman journeys and better luck next time (1000+ Total Level).   Spotlight                       Stay up to date with the progress threads from the following members of the Alora Community:     [member=andy] November Progression Dump / All TOA Rares Achieved   [member=Sassa fras] II - 17   [member=ferinlith] My Path to 4.6B XP   [member=I OllieJ] Ironman Achievements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   [member=andy] September/October Progression Dump                           Disclaimer: Make a topic in our Goals and Achievements section or PM me on the forums/Discord with your accomplishment to be featured in this section! The winner of November MOTM is... [member=Fenriz]     Congratulations! You have stood out in the eyes of the Alora community. Thank you for being a great member here on Alora and enjoy your rewards. :) The link to the Member of the Month thread can be found here. Also, please make sure to check out our streamers and video makers. They would love to have you keep them company during their streams and check out the content they create for Alora.     Video Makers Not Magnata https://www.youtube.com/Magnata5K Eim Bonk https://www.youtube.com/c/Bonkloots TreuMeR https://www.youtube.com/c/TreuMeR_RS DickRockhard https://www.youtube.com/c/JTooSquared JACKYT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-vsmNi1JfecO4tEJTl9OA [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPer3ZCaykg[/youtube]     If you enjoy Alora content, make sure to hit the Subscribe button on their channels to show them your support!   If I've missed anyone I do apologize, just message me on the forums or on Discord with a link to your channel and I will add you in. That concludes this month’s edition of the Alora Newspaper! If you would like to see something added to the paper make sure to DM me on discord at IronCountry#4540. You can read the previous edition by clicking here

Hello everyone,   We are back with another round of updates! This week, we've heard your feedback on Tombs of Amascut and made many changes to make the experience even smoother -- we've also added in the ToA plugin, and the Scoreboard in the lobby to keep track of how you compare to others' statistics. We've also noted suggestions for Nex, and we've rebalanced the loot, combat mechanics and respawn time (including Nightmare's respawn time) to make it less of a grind in the Ancient Prison. Aside from that, Alora now has the 3D Weather on the Plugin Hub, which will allow you to have rainfall and snowfall, among other weather settings! The game's sound have been updated as well, and many NPCs and weapons will now have their proper sounds.   Tombs of Amascut changes: Bonus loot rate: Tombs of Amascut bonus loot rate has been added (capped at 1.2x similar to other raids). Tombs of Amsacut scoreboard: Players can now use the scoreboard in the Tombs of Amascut lobby to view the tracked stats for each tier of the raid. The board displays player/global statistics for 1-8 man teams in the entry/normal/expert categories, and shows the global/player deaths, attempts, completions, and best overall/challenge times. The board will only show stats (except player completions) for raids completed after this update, since we were not previously tracking this data. Tombs of Amascut Plugin: Players can now access the Tombs of Amascut plugin through the Runelite client. This plugin provides features to help players solve the Het, Scabaras, and Apmeken challenge rooms during the raid. It also changes the overlay timer to show how much time the team has left if they’re on a timed invocation, and adds options to screenshot their invocations selected. BaBa Sounds: Sounds have been added in the BaBa boss fight. Loot changes: The following donator ranks will now have a higher chance of receiving unique loot from the chest: Eternal - 10% boost Immortal - 8% boost Master - 6.5% Uber - 5% boost Legendary - 3% boost Extreme - 2% boost Bug fixes: During the Warden's fight, BaBa's Phantom's boulder attack has been slowed down, except for enraged state: Normal mode: delay was previously 6 ticks, but is now 8 ticks. Insanity mode: delay was previously 4 ticks, but is now 6 ticks. Warden enraged state: Will now always be 4 ticks (was not attacking faster in this state before) TOA personal bests will now show up in the killcount boss log. Player's will now be notified when the boosters enhance their loot at TOA. You will no longer be able to deposit another pickaxe in the Path of Het challenge room if there is already a pickaxe stored (previously deleted your old pickaxe). Tumeken's shadow can now properly be charged without risk of losing runes. Previously, it would sometimes charge your staff with the incorrect number of charges, or simply delete soul runes. The raid timer now ends when the Warden reaches 0 health, rather than when the death animation ends. BaBa's rolling boulders no longer crush rubble if he is done with his throwing phase. This was sometimes causing old rolling boulders to crush new rubble that had just dropped from the ceiling, and leaving players defenseless. The "Quiet Prayers" invocation now works as intended with Zebak, no longer allowing you to completely block his damage when this invocation is enabled. Instead, you'll be hit for a very small amount (10% of the full damage, so a 30 hit would deal 3 damage on you). ToA supplies are now tradeable. Players will now have 100% accuracy against the warden core and energy siphons. Fixed a bug where the warden phantoms would remain after dying in phase 3 and restarting the fight. The holy ghrazi rapier is no longer tradeable. Phase 1 wardens will no longer deal delayed damage if the core is out. Akkha and wardens will no longer overheal when entering their final phases. It is no longer possible to get the "infinite" loot from ToA chest, usually for Blood essence or Magic seeds. These rewards were not actually infinite, but giving 0 of the item and showing an infinity symbol. You will now receive at least one of any item shown in the reward interface. Players now have a small window of immunity from unstable orbs after being hit by one. Fixed a bug where players would get duplicate keris gems from TOA. The phase 3 Warden will now properly remember the last tiles lifted when the insanity invocation is enabled. Players will now get more supplies from the supply reducing invocations at TOA. Akkha's unstable orbs now have a maximum hit of 25 rather than 27. Player’s will now have 1 extra tick to react to ba-ba’s shockwave attack if the “shaking things up” invocation is enabled. Phantom's no longer deal damage after the raid is completed. Players can no longer get duplicate pet morph kits from TOA. Nex rebalancing: Nex’s attack/defence bonuses have been changed to match OSRS. Overall, these changes should make Nex way easier to hit with Melee and Magic, but will also make Nex’s melee/ranged attacks more accurate, and Magic attacks less accurate. Nerfs: Stab defence: 560 -> 40 Slash defence: 580 -> 140 Crush defence: 540 -> 60 Magic defence: 600 -> 300 Magic accuracy: 150 -> 100 Boosts: Ranged defence: 175 -> 190 Attack level: 170 -> 315 Strength level: 170 -> 200 Defence level: 170 -> 260 Magic level: 170 -> 230 Ranged level: 170 -> 350 Nex loot changes: Nex loot will now be much easier to obtain, as she will have the ability to drop more than one unique drop. The base rate is 1/43, divided amongst the number of players. For example, with a two-player team, each player will have a 1/86 chance to obtain loot, and both can get a single unique drop each. Players can also further enhance their individual chance via: Being MVP, which provides a 10% boost. Having a drop booster, which provides a 25% boost. Killing Nex while a Nex loot rate bonus is turned on. The Nexling pet can now be obtained by multiple players in one kill. The Nexling pet will now be 10% easier for the MVP (previously, MVP’s bonus was only applied to other uniques). Nex respawn time changes: Nex will now respawn after 30 seconds rather than 72 seconds. Nightmare respawn time changes: Nightmare will now respawn after 30 seconds rather than 72 seconds. Bank Noting Changes: Players can now speak to a banker to toggle between unnoting as many items as they can carry, or being able to specify the amount when using a bank-note on a banker or bank booth. The default option for this will be to withdraw as many items as possible. Players who specify the amount of items to withdraw will now see an option to withdraw the previously specified amount. Client changes: 3D Weather Plugin: This plugin has been added to the Plugin Hub. A plugin that gives immersive, 3D weather with dynamic weather cycles and ambience (sounds). Weather settings: Rain Snow Fog Ashfall Stars Note that this plugin looks best when the colour of the skybox is changed through the default Skybox plugin. It looks even better with 117HD enabled! PvP Performance Tracker Plugin: This plugin has been added to Alora's client. Tracks PvP performance by keeping track of various stats. Only useful for 1v1 PvP fights that involve overhead prayers and/or gear switching, Last Man Standing being the perfect example. May be buggy in multi-fights, and not recommended for use there. Clan Events Plugin: This plugin has been added to the Plugin Hub. A plugin helpful for clan events. It creates an overlay that displays the event password and time (UTC) to your screen. This plugin can utilize Google Sheets API to retrieve data from Google Spreadsheets. Sounds: Many new sounds have been added, including: Combat sounds: Generics: Pickaxe attack Wand attack Claws attack Sword attack Scimitar attack Halberd attack Godsword attack Mace attack Blowpipe attack + special Ballista attack + special Granite maul attack + special Dragon claws special attack Dragon scimitar special attack Dinh's bulwark special attack Godsword special attack area sounds Dark bow special attack sounds Dragon crossbow special attack Chinchompa attack Skilling sounds: Cutting logs (fletching) Fishing (put out line) Smelting Runecraft (at altar) Spade digging Other: Web slashing Coin sound when an item is sold on Trading Post Interface button clicking sound NPC sounds: Many NPC combat sounds (attack/block/death) have also been added, including: Men Women Guard Wolf Bear Rock crab Ice giant Mammoth Ice warrior Cave crawler Rock slug Cockatrice Pyrefiend Basilisk Jelly Turoth Kurask Ent Goblin Cow Chicken Calf Skeleton Giant spider Giant rat Zombie Moss/Hill giant Fire giant Hobgoblin Al-Kharid warrior Scorpion Imp Magic axe Chaos dwarf Lesser demon Black knight Giant bat Ghost Dragons Unicorn Hellhound Bug fixes: Fixed a bug where attacking the abyssal portal would not path players to the correct tile at Vespula. Fixed a bug where Vespula would not properly walk back to it’s spawn tile to defend the portol when it’s being attacked. Chambers of Xeric bosses will no longer be invisible or walk off into the distance (Tekton & Vespula). Masori assembler max cape will now have the proper right-click options when worn. Toggling the Pharaoh's Sceptre floating animation will now be remembered when you log out. Fixed a bug where skotizo was only dropping totem pieces (and way too many of them). Fixed a bug where lighting artifacts would remain after an object was removed on 117HD. Fixed a bug where the inventory setups plugin would not add runes to the divine rune pouch. Fixed a bug where players could not get the full dark totem drop from skotizo. Putting together a dark totem will now add the dark totem to a Player’s Collection log. Fixed Base XP showing up as 1.0 sometimes in Quest Tab. Casting Teleblock with a Toxic Staff of the Dead in PvP will no longer be able to inflict venom onto other players. Lootbeams would sometimes not show up properly in certain areas (eg. Lumbridge bridge) and have been fixed.       We'll continue to fix up any lingering bugs in ToA while we work on new content, but we hope that the experience is improved significantly after this update. Enjoy!   Best, Omicron & Chad

Gamers welcome to the next edition of the Alora Times. We have a lot of spoons and achievements below and of course the big release of the Tombs of Amascut. So grab you a snack, a cold beverage and enjoy the read. Also make sure to follow Alora on FB and Instagram above and join the discord.   <3 Halloween Event, Fall Sale, Buyable Mithril Seeds, ToA Launch Date, and QoL / Bug Fixes! - 31st October 2022   Raids III: Tombs of Amascut - 31st October 2022   November Vote Competition[November 1st - November 20th] - 1st November 2022   Bonus Schedule for November - 2nd November 2022     If you want to check out the entire update list, click here. Date & time of updated rule: Friday October 7th, 2022, 8:50 PM GMT Updated section: 19. Disclaimer on Evidence Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately Part(s) added, changed or removed: Added   • a. All images or videos must be submitted within a 30 day period of the offense to be valid, preferably same day. • b. Act of creating false evidence against a player will result in a permanent ban for the player making the report.         The Official Rules can be found here. The latest Staff Changes are as follows:   2nd October   Promotions: Tauri has been promoted to Global Moderator. Gazoo has been promoted to Forum Moderator. 18 has been promoted to Server Moderator.   Secondary ranks: Lunchbox has added a secondary rank to Lunchy.     16th October   Promotions: GIM SSS has been promoted to Forum Moderator.   Secondary ranks: Santino has added secondary rank to Randell.   Resignations: Kaamea has resigned from Administrator. Krest has temp-resigned from Server Moderator.     30th October   Promotions: 18 has been promoted to Forum Moderator. El Mufasa has been promoted to Server Support.   Secondary ranks: Gazoo has transferred secondary rank from gazooo to honeyman. Santino has removed secondary rank from Randell.     For more info on Staff Updates, click here.   This month instead of interviews with some long time players, we will showcase several submissions to the Halloween Contests that took place on the Forums and on Discord!   [member=Baiken]       [member=Polton]       [member=J Boogs]       [member=Baiken]       [member=Kopjekoffie]       [member=El Mufasa]       [member=Monaco]       [member=Brambo] Disclaimer: If you'd like to be interviewed or see a particular member of the Alora community interviewed and/or particular question answered, make sure leave your nomination on the Newspaper Interview Nomination thread each month or you can DM me on discord at Arosa#1337.                                                Spotlight                             Here we honor our fallen comrades from the last month and there were a lot of them! We wish them the best on their new Ironman journeys and better luck next time (1000+ Total Level).           Stay up to date with the progress threads from the following members of the Alora Community:     [member=ferinlith] My Path to 4.6b XP   [member="I OllieJ"]  Ironman Achievements - I OllieJ   [member=GRINDING EIM]  Attempt | Gamemode Switcher   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                     Disclaimer: Make a topic in our Goals and Achievements section or PM me on the forums/Discord with your accomplishment to be featured in this section! The winner of October MOTM is... [member=Aves]     Congratulations! You have stood out in the eyes of the Alora community. Thank you for being a great member here on Alora and enjoy your rewards. :) The link to the Member of the Month thread can be found here. Also, please make sure to check out our streamers and video makers. They would love to have you keep them company during their streams and check out the content they create for Alora.     Video Makers Not Magnata https://www.youtube.com/Magnata5K Eim Bonk https://www.youtube.com/c/Bonkloots TreuMeR https://www.youtube.com/c/TreuMeR_RS DickRockhard https://www.youtube.com/c/JTooSquared JACKYT https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM-vsmNi1JfecO4tEJTl9OA [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_VGNgx9vJg[/youtube]     If you enjoy Alora content, make sure to hit the Subscribe button on their channels to show them your support!   If I've missed anyone I do apologize, just message me on the forums or on Discord with a link to your channel and I will add you in. That concludes this month’s edition of the Alora Newspaper! If you would like to see something added to the paper make sure to DM me on discord at Arosa#1337. You can read the previous edition by clicking here