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[June 9th changes]

• Realism changes:
  • Glassblowing pipe has been added to Bob's skilling supply shop.
  • The PKP store has been disabled. This may be re-enabled in the future.
  • Revenant artifacts now give slightly less GP than before. (previously 50% of normal amount, now 33.3%)
  • Fixed a bug which caused Realism players to lose their rank when donating.
• Requirement fixes:
  • Coif now requires 20 Ranged to equip.
  • Studded chaps (regular and trimmed variants) now require 20 Ranged to equip.
  • Studded body (regular and trimmed variants) now require 20 Ranged and 20 Defence to equip.

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone,

 

Realism mode is now live! Along with this, the $1,500 USD tournament (along with many token prizes for skilling competitions) has also begun! The tournament will run until June 16th, so make sure to log on and get a good head start this weekend as we offer Bonus Experience until Saturday night!

 

Additionally, we've included a bunch of other updates ranging from QOL (Puro Puro changes, rejuvenation pool special timer removal) to full-fledged content such as the new Wilderness supply chest, Raid boosters, Superglass make spell & more! 

 

Note: You must create a new account to play on Realism mode, or an account that has not yet completed the starter tutorial in-game.

 

Note (2): The exact time for the $1,500 Tournament on the 16th of June will be revealed sometime in the next week.

 

• Realism mode is now live!
  • This game mode is by far our most challenging, and is designed for our most hardcore players. At only 2x the experience rate of OSRS, you'll have a near-realistic experience, while still playing in Alora's environment.
    • Features:
      • Experience rate:
        • 2x (for all skills)
      • Exclusive armour:
        • All Realism players will receive the Realism armour set from the start, and can obtain more sets from Paul at home.
      • Trading/Dueling:
        • You can only trade/stake other Realism mode players.
      • Trading Post:
        • The Trading Post can be used, but only items listed by other Realism players will be listed and purchasable.
      • Shops:
        • Shop stock has been reduced to make the gameplay more challenging and only provide the bare necessities.
    • Notes:
      • Similar to Group and Elite Ironmen, many gold sources in-game have been divided in half.
        • To account for this, many purchases are 50% off (Untradable reclaim, Well of goodwill donations, etc).
      • Booster limitations:
        • Boosters can be opened once every 3 hours.
        • Vote books can be opened once every 12 hours.
      • Donations:
        • Realism players can purchase the same donations that Ironmen could (Boosters, rune pouches, etc).
      • Bond/Boosters transfers:
        • You can transfer bonds and boosters to your Realism account by using them on your player. 
      • IMPORTANT:
        • The proposed restrictions on the Skill of the Day and Well of Goodwill boosts not working on Realism accounts has been removed.

 

 

• Client launcher fix:
  • NOTE: For this fix to work (if you have ever been stuck on the initializing part), you will need to redownload the client launcher and replace it (https://www.alora.io/downloads/alora.jar)
    • The client launcher that most of you use to play (alora.jar) can sometimes be problematic and get stuck on "Initializing launcher…", never allowing some players to play.
      • We've fixed this in the latest client launcher, and it should no longer occur. At worst, it'll take a few extra seconds to load up. We've also made the launcher a little bit faster when it comes to downloading new updates.

 

 

• Brimstone keys:
  • Rather than Konar's Slayer tasks dropping loot from Konar's drop table directly, you will receive stackable Brimstone keys.
    • These keys can then be used on the Brimstone chest right next to Konar on Mount Karuulm.
      • The loot has not changed from the keys, you will receive the same exact loot that you would receive from the old drops.
• Superglass make:
  • The Superglass make spell can now be used to turn Buckets of sand and Seaweed into Molten glass!
    • The Lunar spell requires level 77 Magic and 2 Astrals, 1 Air and 6 Fire runes.
      • It grants 78 Magic experience and 10 Crafting experience per Bucket of sand used.
        • You can used Soda ash, Seaweed or Giant seaweed as one of the component to be combined with the sand.
    • The spell provides a 30% bonus yield, so on average, players will receive 1.3 Molten glass per pair of raw materials.
• Puro Puro changes:
  • For awhile now, Puro Puro has been avoided due to the abundance of Baby implings and other low level imps, and a distinct lack of valuable imps. Here are the changes we've made to improve this mini-game:
    • Rare impling enhancement:
      • There could previously only be a maximum of 2 rare implings, this has been increased to 3, with a slight chance of a 4th rare impling appearing every so often.
    • General improvements:
      • The average imp will now be a higher level, meaning there will be far less baby implings.
• Chat filter fixes:
  • Some players have reported certain words not being allowed due to the recently implement chat filter, we've corrected some of these bugs when trying to type in:
    • Chaos rune
    • Join my <eg. For clan chat>
    • Escape
• Miscellaneous:
  • Purchasing a Quest cape will now also give you the trimmed cape if applicable.
    • Previously, a bug would case you to receive 2 hoods and 1 cape.
  • Players will now retaliate when attacked by Nechryaels.
  • Trollweiss flowers are now tradable.
  • Saradomin, Zamorak and Guthix trimmed Rune armour can no longer be equipped with 1 Defence.
  • Ham joint attack speed has been fixed (1 tick faster).
  • Super mystery box no longer announces regular loot.
  • Raids items from mystery boxes will now be announced.
  • Buckets of sand have been removed from the Construction supply shop.
  • Seaweed no longer requires any Cooking level to cook into Soda ash.
  • Cooking level requirements for a few fish has been correct (Raids fish, Anglerfish, Karambwan and Dark crabs)
  • Fixed a bug which caused some in-game news announcements to not show up on the Discord #game_news channel.
  • Fixed a Farming bug which speed up the process of growing and harvesting trees.
  • A bug which allowed players to avoid taking damage in the wilderness by spamming emotes has been fixed.
  • When cooking Anglerfish, the burnt ones would instead be 'Poison Karambwan'. This has been fixed.
  • Possessed pickaxe now only drops 1 iron pickaxe instead of two.
  • Duplicate items have been removed from the Herblore supply shop.
• Ground item overlay fix (client-sided):
  • Ground item names will now be shown in a smaller font.
• GIM Orb (Group Ironman) QOL:
  • The GIM orb now has two right-click options which will allow you to quickly enter the following pages without having to go to the main page:
    • Trade
    • Bank
• Discord activity status fix:
  • As of the last update, something had broken the Discord status from showing. The client will now show you as playing Alora, as well as the activity you are doing, as intended.
    • Additionally, Fletching updates were broken for awhile and have now been fixed.
• XP counter fix:
  • The XP counter can now track up to 2,147M (2.1 billion) experience rather than stopping at 214m and saying "Lots!".
• Total level fix:
  • Your total level would always show 2 extra levels, which have now been removed. Max level is no longer 2279, it will show the correct number which is 2277.
    • This did not affect the high scores, only the skill tab in-game.
• Clue scroll announcement QOL:
  • Clue scroll loot announced over yell will now show the # of clue scrolls the player has opened. This is specific to the type of clue you are on, for example if you opened an Elite clue scroll and received a 3rd age druidic piece on the first one, it would show (#1) even if you did 100 Medium clues before that.
• PKP Exchange changes:
  • Soul bearer price reduced to 7,500 PKP.
  • Bounty teleport scroll has been added to the Ironman PKP exchange for 5950 PKP.
• 1v1 Tournament zone portals:
  • Many people prefer to view 1v1 fights in this area on the ledges, but the only way to get there was to be teleported by staff.
    • There are now portals in the centre to allow you to get to the ledges without a staff member's assistance.
• Pet rates after 200m XP:
  • Assuming you've never obtained a Skilling pet and you reach 200m XP, the chance of obtaining the pet is 15x higher than usual.
    • This turns off if you already have the pet.
    • This boost can be turned off by admins when they are hosting Skilling pet events, to prevent players with 200m XP from having a higher chance of winning.
• Seaweed obtaining methods:
  • Konar's drop table:
    • You can now receive 100-200 seaweed on Konar's drop table.
  • Barrows secondaries:
    • You can now receive 50-100 seaweed as a Barrows drop.
  • Seaweed spawns:
    • Numerous seaweed spawns have been added to Alora to aid wth Seaweed collection:
      • Waterbirth Island:
        • A total of 19 different spawns have been added all over the island.
      • Relleka (Rock Crabs):
        • A total of 11 spawns have been added to Relleka's shoreline.
• Kourend Catacomb QOL changes:
  • To make the Catacombs more suitable for only being available on one world, we've made the following changes:
    • Nechryael spawns increased from 10 to 16.
    • The Dust Devil spawns have been increased from 8 to 14.
    • The Hill giants (5 spawns) north-east of the Dark altar (teleport location) have been replaced with Abyssal demons to match OSRS.
  • Other changes:
    • 2 Nechryael spawns removed from Greater demons area (wrong place)
• Wilderness updates:
  • Revenant artifacts update:
    • Revenant statuettes, emblems and totems are now always dropped on death, similar to Mysterious emblems.
      • This has been updated to match how it is in OSRS.
  • Wilderness supply chest:
    • The Wilderness supply chest has been released!
      • This chest will appear once every 90 to 150 minutes, and will give a 3 minute heads-up before it spawns to let players know where it will spawn.
        • Opening the chest will skull you and tele-block you for 2.5 minutes.
          • A global message will be announced to other players to tell them that you looted the chest.
    • Requirements:
      • Must be at least level 60 Combat.
      • Must have at least 200,000 GP of wealth risked.
    • Restrictions:
      • GIM cannot loot this chest at the moment. This may be polled in the near future.
      • Only 1 player can loot the chest, at which point it will shortly disappear.
    • Loot:
      • 2-5 items are received from the chest, with donators having a possibility to receive 1 extra item, and legendary+ donators possibly receiving up to 2 extra items.
        • Notable rewards:
          • Spectral spirit shield
          • Ancient wyvern shield
          • Dragon Warhammer
          • Heavy ballista
          • PvP weapons and armour:
            • Vesta, Statius, Morrigan's and Zuriel's
          • Godswords (All 4)
          • Toxic staff of the dead
        • Other loot:
          • Dragon bolts (e)
          • Morrigan's thrown axe & javelins
          • Karambwan, Dark crabs, Anglerfish, Super combat potions
• Rare drop announcements: (Thanks to @TOP FE MAN)
  • When rare drops are announce over yell, the name of the NPC will now be shown as well!
    • Old:
      • Omicron received 1 x Abyssal whip as a drop! (Kill #13)
    • New:
      • Omicron received 1 x Abyssal whip from Abyssal demon #13!
• Rejuvenation pool update:
  • The update a few months ago to the Special energy being limited from rejuvenation pools so that you'd have to wait a few minutes before restoring its has been removed. The feedback received on this change overall last time was negative, and we have decided it isn't a big enough problem for us to limit it.

 

 

• Store updates:
  • Raid booster scroll (+35%):
    • Raid boosters are now available!
      • These scrolls will provide a 35% boost to the points you receive (from fighting monsters, lighting braziers, skilling, etc) in the Chambers of Xeric and Theatre of Blood for 1 hour, boosting your chance at loot, as well as your own team.
        • The cost per scroll is 10 tokens.
        • The scrolls can be transferred to your Ironmen by using the scroll on the player you wish to transfer to. 

 

• Forum updates:
  • Pages not loading:
    • Sometimes, you'd receive a blank page or a Sucuri error page. These should no longer occur for legitimate users, and the website should also load a little bit more quickly.
  • Password reset emails fixed:
    • Emails for password resets were not properly sending most of the time, this has now been fixed. Make sure to check your junk folder if you can't find the email, though!
  • Topic Viewed By list:
    • You can now see a list of users who have viewed the topic you are looking at, by scrolling to the bottom of the page.
  • Streamable tag:
    • Videos posted from Streamable.com will now automatically show up as videos in your posts.
  • Skilling tags/prefixes in the Guides section:
    • You can now tag the skill that your guide is about when posting topics in any of the guide sections.
      • This will show an icon (eg. The Woodcutting icon) next to your post, and will allow you to click on it to sort through all the different Woodcutting tutorials.
  • Ironman icons:
    • You can now use Ironman icons (all 5 - Normal, UIM, HCIM, Elite and Group icons) in the following sections:
      • Guides
      • Goals & Achievements
      • Clan Community
      • Server Media
      • Suggestions
      • Server Events & Competitions
      • Partner requests (EIM and GIM only)
        • Removed the old tags in this section that didn't have an image
  • Links in status updates:
    • You can now properly post links in status updates without them 'breaking'.
  • Highscores improvements:
    • The highscores have been updated to show the rank for each skill when viewing an individual player.
      • This information is refreshed every 1-2 hours, so it may not be the latest information when viewing the page.
• Mystery box updates:
  • Loot from Super/Ultimate mystery boxes have been slightly improved.
    • For Super mystery boxes specifically, Barrows sets will be awarded less often as well.

 

 

As always, please report any bugs that you find as soon as you encounter them.

We hope you enjoy this update, and we wish those of you competing in the tournament the best of luck! :)

Best Regards,
Omicron & Alora Staff Team

 

Hey guys, with the imminent release of realism mode, we're bringing back the gamemode competitions.

We tried to change it up a little bit, but due to the fact that it's a very low XP gamemode, a couple of easier challenges have been added. But don't fret, we didn't forget about the hard grinders either. 

 

 

The target Release date for the gamemode is:  7th of June, at round 4PM Server time.

 

 

Make sure to check out the $1,500 PvP Tournament aswell: https://www.alora.io...t-announcement/

 

 

 

Competition Achievements:

 

Any achievement that has not been claimed will be coloured red and have 'N/A' as the winner until it is claimed. If you are the first to complete an achievement, you must post proof of completion as a reply to this topic, and we will add the tokens to your account, as well as, update the thread with your name added as the winner for the appropriate task.

 

 

 

First Player to reach 1200 total level:

Reward - 750 Tokens

Winner: @Realitea

Winner: @Realistics

 

First Player to Receive a Tanzanite fang from Zulrah:

Reward - 750 Tokens

Winner: @Real Timmy

 

First Player to complete a Godsword (Must provide screenshots of Shards/Hilt drops):

Reward - 850 Tokens

Winner: @Realismist

 

 

 

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to PM me ingame. on forums or  Discord ( Purple#5940 ).

Good luck everyone, love you all. 

:)

What is your suggestion?: A rework of the Achievement Diary to be more in-depth and similar to OSRS.

 

Is this in OSRS?: Yes.

 

Has this suggestion been accepted already?: Yes, but not as thoroughly put together.

 

 

How would this benefit Alora?: Add additional perks to completing achievements, add more content at the different stages of the game and expose players to interacting with different areas of the game.

 

Hello all,

 

This is something I've been working on for a while now, with the help of a few of our other staff members, that I think would add some amazing extra content and depth to the server. Keep in mind that the rewards for each of the areas along with the achievements and the numbers to complete the achievement aren't set in stone but are just a rough draft. I'd love to gather your feedback on whether this is something you'd like to see in place of our current achievement system along with your input on the rewards for each diary and the individual achievements themselves. Please comment your feedback below or send me a PM on Discord or here on the forums.

 

General Information:

- The full Achievement Diary must be completed to wear the Monkey/Completionist Monkey

- Achievement Diary items already obtained that you don't meet the requirements for would either be removed or not function until the respective diary is completed

- Items currently in the achievement shop that are not diary rewards could be moved to the daily task shop/vote shop to replace some of the achievement diary rewards in there

(such as the Lumberjack set and Pyromancer set)

- I've removed PK requirements as it seems unfair to force players to engage in PVP. Forcing them to do so doesn't correctly get more players into the Wilderness to PK.

 

 

  Achievement Diaries

 

 Ardougne Diary

 Desert Diary

 Falador Diary

 Fremennik Diary

 Kandarin Diary

 Karamja Diary

 Kourend & Kebos Diary

 Lumbridge & Draynor Diary

 Morytania Diary

 Varrock Diary

 Western Provinces Diary

 Wilderness Diary

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to look through this and I look forward to hearing your input on the topic.

 

2 kills into my 3 needed for task, initially wanted to grind 3k or so kills for pet so I could stack up on bandos pieces, but I'll take it low kc 

Gz Mack  

 

 

 

 

What is your suggestion?: Birdhouses

Is this in OSRS?: Yes

Has this suggestion been accepted already?: Yes

How would this benefit Alora?:

 

 

Making this thread to gather feedback on Birdhouses being added to Alora. I know this was already suggested but this topic will be better to gather feedback from the community & to really see if you guys want  this added in the game.

 

https://oldschoolrun...wiki/Bird_house

 

 

This was already accepted, but I wanted to see if the community thinks it is worth it for @Omicron to add it. I personally think it is, because we have a lot of low xp game modes, and hunter can be a little bit annoying to train, aswell as gathering bird nests.

Birhouses will be good passive hunter xp, seeds and nests. 

I would also like to see what you guys think of adding these birdhouse spots in more convenient places, like the farming spots (Catherby, Ardougne etc) , aswell as using seeds that are easier for us to get, like herb seeds.

 

 

Please give us your opinion, if you support it or not. Your voice is very important and we would love to see what you have to say about birdhouses being added on Alora, much love !

What is your suggestion?: I would like to shed some light on a topic that goes somewhat unnoticed. I know that a lot of people think about it, but it's rarely discussed... My suggestion is that of a plea, a plea to the good staff of Alora to perhaps rethink the current achievement diary reward system. The achievement diary reward system in its current form is a noob trap-- no one who first joins knows enough about the server to make impactful decisions that will affect their account in the long-term. I don't think any new player will be too quick to browse forums for the best item purchase order. And since the progression is so fast at the beginning of the game, it seems almost inevitable for build paths to go awry.

 

Is this in OSRS?: Yes.

 

Has this suggestion been accepted already?: No-- but it was originally suggested by Not Salter back on September 30th, 2017(;;topic23551). It received high praise from the community, but the thread was locked and nothing happened. I found it through one of the sticky posts in the Suggestions sub-forum, it was in the miscellaneous section. The reason I wanted to bring it back is because I, too, feel like this would be a worthy allocation of time and resources.

 

How would this benefit Alora?: I have developed this nagging feeling about the poor choices that I have made when it comes to choosing my achievement diary rewards. As a new player, I had no clue what was what, or that these choices would have such a lasting affect on my character... I know that I speak for a lot of people when I share this mindset: the Achievement Diary rewards don't have to be so eclectic. Add a refund/fail-safe of some type, or rework the Achievement Diary reward system to make it more streamlined. I think something like this will alleviate a lot of discouraging feelings overall.

 

Thanks for your time, 

sincerely,

Mitch

June 4th Changes:

• Drop rate boost removed:
  • After receiving feedback from players, the drop rate boost was unnecessary for a realistic game mode, and posed a risk of increased item flow to the normal game economy (through killing Realism players) which is not necessary. Thus, we've removed this boost.
• Launch time change:
  • We've decided to make the release time earlier, it will still be this Friday (7th of June), but will be at 12pm (noon) EST rather than 9pm. This is 4pm server time!
    • This will give participants the full weekend to level up and get a good start on the competition.
• Clarification on in-game restrictions:
  • Bloody keys and Wilderness supply chests (also being released this Friday) will initially be unavailable to Realism players for the tournament. This will be polled after the tournament.

 

Hello everyone,

We're excited to announce Alora's upcoming game mode! Realism mode will be the most challenging of the game modes we've released as of now, and will appeal to only the most dedicated of players. This game mode will also bring a fresh, new economy into the game, as well as a new highscores, where you'll have a chance to start from scratch and be the first to obtain the rarest items and reach the top of the leaderboards. We've included all of the specifics below. The game mode will be released at approximately 12pm EST / 4pm Server time, this Friday (7th of June, 2019).

We're also announcing another $1,500 USD PvP tournament, which will come out along with Realism mode! We're looking forward to hosting this competition and seeing how players progress throughout the week, as they grind to get their levels up and obtain the best gear for the tournament.


Realism mode details:

• 2x XP rate
• Trading only allowed between Realism mode players
• Unique armour
• Unique realism-only sword with slightly higher bonuses than an Abyssal whip.
  • This will be released after the tournament.
• XP boost restrictions:
  • Vote books cannot be stacked.
  • Vote books can only be used once every 12 hours.
  • Booster scrolls can only be used once every 3 hours.
• Other restrictions:
  • Bloody keys and Wilderness supply chests will be initially unavailable to Realism players, and will be polled after the tournament.

$1,500 PvP Tournament:

• The tournament will run from Friday, the 7th of June at 12pm EST / 4pm Server time, and run until the 16th of June (Sunday), lasting a total of 9 days. The exact time of the tournament on the 16th will be announced in the near future, along with registration to confirm that you will be attending the tournament.
• Only Realism players can participate in this tournament, and those who participate will be entered into a tournament bracket where they will fight their way through the ranks.
  • At the end of the tournament, the top 3 players will be rewarded.
• Rewards:
  • 1st. $1,000 USD
  • 2nd. $300 USD
  • 3rd. $200 USD
• Payment methods:
  • Winners can choose to be paid through PayPal or Alora tokens/bonds, with those choosing tokens receiving 50% more in tokens.

Other details:

• Bonus experience (50%) will be provided upon release, and through to the end of Saturday (7th to the end of the 8th) on the first weekend.
• Donator ranks cannot be transferred to Realism accounts until the tournament has concluded.

We hope to see all of you participating in the tournament and the new game mode! Good luck to those of you who do participate in the tourney :)

Best regards,
Omicron & Alora Staff Team

Hello everyone,

 

Here are the changes that have happened since the last update:

 

Promotions:
Not Tauri has been promoted to Server Moderator.
Revol has been promoted to Server Support.
Moral truth has been promoted to Server Support. He will be staying at this position permanently.

Rank transfers:
Loinen22 has transferred his Global Moderator status back to Kaamea.

Resignations:
Smiv has resigned from Server Moderator.

Demotions:
Fe China has been demoted and permanently removed from the community for breaking staff rules.

 

 

We are always looking for more Server Supports to join our team, if you are interested and have met all the requirements, you can apply here: https://www.alora.io...f-applications/

 

Also, be on the lookout later today for an announcement on forums in regards to the next update coming to Alora!

 

 

Lowkey

Alora Administration Team

 

 

Thread was originally created by @Jupiter here and I used to enjoy scrolling through what everyone would post. Have a few songs on my playlist that I found in that thread.

 

So I thought I'd attempt to revive it. Just share the song you're listening to down below. 

 

I will keep this short and sweet, It's been a crazy 2 years there has been many ups and downs but it has been fun. I have changed a lot as a person from when I joined to now and through out the things that have occurred I always played Alora. I have met so many great people and have a lot of great memories.

 

I want to thank everyone for letting me be apart of such a great community and the staff for giving me a chance to become a member of the staff team, I enjoyed the experience and had fun helping people.

 

Edit: I will be in the discord to keep in contact with people now and then.

 

Best of luck to everyone for the future.

 

Much love xo

Since the lithuanian multibots want to start making topics over everything,

 

 

You guys make killpic posts over 5m kills in multi, we make posts over taking stewie3k's monthly paycheck.

 

#lmb.

Hey guys!

 

I figured I'd introduce myself although I have been playing and lurking since July 2018. And I took a decent break up until now.

 

I play a maxed normal Ironman (cause who the hell even has the time to play anything else) and I have a maxed normie. (Redhed) I also just made a GIM to afk on slowly I guess. (GIM Red)

 

I'm Justin, 20, from Australia and work full time as a sparky! And obviously have red hair.

 

You can usually find me failing at bossing or running around like a headless chicken.

 

In my spare time I usually like watching anime like a dirty weeb, Riding my motorbike, playing all kinds of games and drinking beer.

 

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

 

Cheers.