Skelcon

 

Hello everyone,

 

I’m very excited to announce that Elite Ironman Mode is now live! You can jump straight in and create an Elite ironman on a fresh account (or any account that you already own that has not yet completed the beginner tutorial) and participate in the action! Make sure to check out the PvP tournament as well as the numerous events with both IRL Cash prizes and token rewards for those who are brave enough to compete:

 

PvP tournament ($500 in Cash prizes): http://www.alora.io/forums/topic/32927-elite-ironman-pvp-tournament-500-in-cash-prizes

Elite competitions ($380 in Token prizes): http://www.alora.io/forums/topic/32918-elite-ironman-release-announced-competition-information/

 

 

Without further ado…

 

• Elite Ironman (Duo) mode is now available!
  • Elite Ironman is a new challenge for Ironmen who want a lower XP rate than the standard modes, but do not want the open economy of Classic mode or the death mechanics of the HCIM. It also opens the door to a brand new Duo/Partner functionality which allows you to choose a friend to play the new game mode with! Here are the details:
    • Experience rate:
      • 4x base rate
        • This rate is slightly lower than Classic mode to provide a new challenge for players who desire more challenging gameplay, and to truly live up to the “Elite” name the game mode entails.
    • Experience bonuses:
      • The same limitations of the HCIM/Classic modes apply. Typical XP bonuses such as the Well of Goodwill will give 50% of the usual bonus (15% rather than 30%), and Vote books can only be opened once every 12 hours.
    • Duo/Partner feature:
      • A long requested feature, Elite Ironman can now choose to play with (or without!) a partner in their adventure.
        • This partner is the only player you can trade with, and can only be chosen once!
        • A partner can only be chosen within the first 12 hours of play time (time actually spent in-game, NOT the time since your account was created).
          • This means that you and the person you’d like to be your partner must “pair” within the first 12 hours of playtime. After that, you can no longer choose a partner, NOR can you modify your existing partner.
          • You and your partner both, of course, must be Elite Ironmen and not already have partners.
          • You can speak to Paul at home to select a partner.
    • Highscores:
      • The highscores for the Elite Ironman mode are also available, and they will show:
        • a) If a player has a partner, the partner’s name will be listed
        • OR
        • If they do not have a partner, it will be noted that they are Solo EIM players.
    • Vote books:
      • You can only open a vote book once every 12 hours.
      • Other accounts (normal) can not give you vote books. Only your partner can.
      • You cannot open another vote book if you still have bonus XP.
    • Bonds/donations:
      • Bonds are the only item you can transfer from your main to your EIM.
      • The same donation rules that apply to other ironmen/classics apply to EIM (mostly cosmetic only).
    • Clan chat:
      • “Elite” clan chat will be auto-joined for elite players (if not already full).
    • De-ironing:
      • If you wish to de-iron, you have to options:
        • IF you were solo:
          • You can de-iron to either Regular Ironman, or to Classic mode. The choice is yours.
        • IF you were duo:
          • You can ONLY de-iron to Classic. Since you had the trading ability, you can never be a regular ironman again.
    • Gold:
      • Similar to Classics, Elites receive half the usual gold. This is because we allow Elites to de-iron to Classic, and do not want to allow people to smuggle more gold than there should be into the Classic economy.
    • Unique Item:
      • Since the Elite Ironman don’t have a gold Ironman set, an item to signify their status has been added: The Champion’s cape.
        • This cape will be give to every Elite Ironman, and can be re-obtained from Paul if lost.

 

 

• Duo Slayer
  • You can now partner up with another player on your Slayer tasks!
    • How to partner up/unpartner:
      • Use an Enchanted gem (purchased from Slayer store) on another player to partner up with them!
        • You and the other player must both:
          • Be online
          • Not already have a Slayer task or a Slayer partner.
      • Once you send a request, the other player will have to confirm. Once confirmed, you will be partnered up!
        • If you already have a Slayer task, your new partner will be given the same task.
    • How it works:
      • When you kill an assigned slayer monster you receive full Slayer points for the kill.
        • If your partner is nearby (within 64 steps), you will split the experience at a 75%/25% split for that kill. The killer will receive 75%, and the partner 25%. Additionally, the # of kills they need for their task will also be deducted.
    • What’s the point?
      • Duo Slayer is simply a way to work with your friends towards tasks. There isn’t a huge added benefit, but you do receive 10% extra Slayer points from completing tasks when you’re in a duo.
        • Additionally, since you receive Slayer points whenever you complete a task, there is a slight benefit to completing the tasks more quickly in a duo.
    • Can I partner with anyone?
      • Yes. Regardless of game modes, you can choose anyone to be your Slayer partner. If your experience rates are different, you will not receive more experience than you usually would. The base experience is split, and then your mode multiplier is factored in. You can only have Slayer partner at a time, though.
    • What happens if I cancel our task/complete our task?
      • Your partner must be online to change your task. If they are not online and you need to cancel your task or get a new one, you’ll have to unpartner with that player.
      • If your partner is online, you can cancel/change your task as you normally would, and your partner will be put on the same task.
    • NOTE:
      • When selecting a task as a duo, both of your Slayer levels are factored in. For example, if one player has 20 Slayer and the other has 95 Slayer, you cannot get Abyssal demons as a task since one of the players doesn’t have the requirements.

 

 

• Lizardman Shaman Cave:
  • The Lizardman Shaman cave is now added! Due to crowding issues at times, we’ve decided to implement these caves.
    • Players will no longer be limited to the previous 3 Shamans, but can now fight an extra 10 Shamans within the caves.
      • The cave can be accessed from the usual Lizardman area. You will see a cave there that you can enter.
  • Notes:
    • The caves are single-combat, so only 1 shaman can attack you at a time.
    • Dwarf multi-cannons can not be used within these caves.

 

 

• Server performance improvements:
  • Recently, we’ve devoted some time into resolving the issues that cause the server to have occasional lag spikes at around the ~4-5 day uptime mark. We’re confident that some recent changes we’ve made to the game engine code will help to greatly alleviate this issue and may solve it permanently. 
• Miscellaneous:
  • Varrock armour (chest plates) and Black wizard robes (t and g) now cover your body without “holes”.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed you to change between custom skin colours once you already had one (eg. Going from red to yellow skin at the Make over mage)
  • Fixed broken no-clip ladder in Ape Atoll. 
  • Zul-andra teleport can no longer be worn.
  • Rune pouch fix:
    • Wrath runes no longer show up as “faded” in the Rune pouch interface. You can now store 5, 10, or X number of wrath runes in your pouch as with any other rune.
  • Karambwan fishing fixed:
    • The fishing spots on the Karamja dock now allow you to fish Karambwan as intended.
  • Object interaction bug:
    • Fixed a bug which allowed you to interact with objects (eg. A Runecrafting altar) from afar.
      • This also includes the same sort of bug with Item-on-object actions.
  • ::shops command fixed:
    • This command will now take all Ironmen to Paul.
• Ironman shop update:
  • Home teleport tablets added to Ironman shop for the time being.
    • Once tab creation in Construction is added, this will be removed.
• Fixed Trade bug:
  • Sometimes, when trying to trade an ironman/classic and not being able to, if you opened the equipment interface after and equipped an item, you would potentially lose that item permanently. This has been patched.
• ::appeal command added:
  • Takes you directly to the appeals section on the forum.
• Easter/April fools events removed:
  • The Easter bunny NPCs and the full event have been removed, as well as the fake Partyhat drops and the Corporeal beast Elysian dust.
• Abyssal sire fix:
  • Sometimes the loot dropped under Abyssal sire would be on a tile that could not be looted. This has been fixed, and the loot should always appear on a lootable tile.
• Herblore secondary spawns:
  • Spawns such as Snape grass, whiteberries, etc. will now respawn at a much faster rate. The previous rate of 30-45 seconds for respawn has been changed to 10-15 seconds.
  • Zamorak wine updates:
    • All Wine of Zamorak drops will now be noted, including drops from the following NPCs:
      • Chaos Fanatic, Cerberus, Kalphite Queen, Greater Nechryael, Balfrug Kreeyath, Zakl’n Gritch, and Tstanon Karlak. 

 

 

 

PVP Updates:

• Combat fixes:
  • Fixed a weird bug that allowed you to continue attacking your opponent through a closed gate (reference: )
• PK Point Exchange updates:
  • Removals:
    • Dark bow
    • Granite maul
    • Master wand
    • Barrow sets
    • Dragon boots
    • Regen Bracelet
    • All infinity pieces
    • Mage's book
    • Ranger boots
  • New Additions:
    • Bloody key
      • 2k PKP
    • Armadyl crossbow
      • 5.5k PKP
    • Staff of Light
      • 3k PKP
    • Bandos chestplate
      • 4k PKP
    • Bandos tassets
      • 4.5k PKP
    • Eternal boots
      • 2k PKP
    • Pegasian boots
      • 5k PKP
    • Primordial boots
      • 5.5k PKP
  • Price changes:
    • Armadyl godsword
      • Reduced to 5k PKP
    • Abyssal tentacle
      • Reduced to 4k PKP
    • Toxic staff of the dead
      • Reduced to 2.5k PKP
    • Dragon claws:
      • Reduced to 9.5k PKP
    • Malediction ward
    • Odium ward
      • Reduced to 3k PKP
    • Blessed spirit shield
      • Reduced to 2.75k PKP
    • Dragonfire shield
      • Reduced to 6.5k PKP
    • Amulet of the damned
      • Reduced to 1.2k PKP
    • Amulet of torture
    • Amulet of anguish
      • Reduced to 6k PKP
    • Tormented bracelet
      • Reduced 3k PKP
    • Ring of suffering
      • Reduced to 2.5k PKP
    • All whip and dark bow paints
      • Reduced to 500 PKP
    • Ring of wealth scroll
      • Reduced to 1k PKP
    • Occult necklace
      • Reduced to 750 PKP

 

 

 

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We hope you enjoy these updates! Good luck on the PvP tournament and competitions for those who will be participating :)

 

Regards,

Omicron

Hello everyone,

 

Happy Easter! We hope that everyone enjoys this holiday weekend spending time with their family, friends and loved ones.

 

Today’s update is primarily focused on Holiday events — Easter and April fools specifically! We’d also like to update you guys on the status of Elite(Duo) Ironman: As the vote has passed, we’ve confirmed that this game mode will be added, and have begun working it. We hope to have it out in the very near future, possibly in the next update. Keep an eye out for this update, and in the meantime, we hope you enjoy the following update:

 

Hotfixes:

• Fixed a bug which caused players’ clients to crash near The Grand Tree.
• Fixed numerous broken fishing spots, primarily the Shrimp ones.

• Miscellaneous:
  • Random events will no longer occur at the Wilderness agility course.
  • Fixed an issue with rare implings not respawning in Puro Puro.
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes retaliating to someone who just attacked you would skull you. (If the damage was 0, and a melee hit)
• Fixed equipment switching bug:
  • (From recent OSRS update) Equipping an off-hand item whilst there is a two-handed item equipped, or when equipping a two-handed item with an off-hand item already equipped, the item being unequipped will now land in the inventory slot held by the now-equipped item. 
    • See the below example for more information.
      • When you equip something to a slot where another item is already equipped, the game usually puts the unequipped item in the same inventory slot that you’d just freed up. For example, if you equipped a dagger to your right hand, and you’d got a mace equipped there already, the mace would go to the inventory slot where the dagger used to be. However, this didn’t happen for two-handed items. If you’d got a two-handed weapon equipped (e.g. Rune 2h sword), and you equipped a shield, the sword would be unequipped, but it would not always land in the inventory slot where the shield used to be. Similarly, if you’d got a shield equipped, and you equipped the 2h sword, the shield would be unequipped but would not always land in the inventory slot where the sword used to be. The game will now aim to make the unequipped item go to the same inventory slot that you’d just emptied, where possible. So when you’ve got a Rune 2h sword equipped, and you equip a Rune Kiteshield, you should now find the Rune 2h sword goes to the inventory slot where the kiteshield had been.
• April fool’s event:
  • We’ll let you find out about this one yourselves! There are two separate April fools additions this year.
• Easter event:
  • The Easter Bunny above the Falador hills is in need of help this Easter! You can get there quickly by speaking to his son, Milkee, at home in Edgeville.
    • You’ll have to help his other son, Chocco, within the Easter caves under Falador, to make sure this Easter goes exactly as planned! You’ll be rewarded accordingly. 
  • Rewards:
    • Eggshell platelegs and platebody
    • Easter egg helmet
      • This item was available from last year’s Easter event, but if you do not already have it, it will be rewarded again.
    • Peaceful/holy/chaotic handeggs

 

 

Shop updates:

• A 25% sale has been applied for Easter! It will last 1 week, so take advantage of the bonuses while you can. 
  • You’ll receive 25% bonus on ANY token purchases.
• Easter box added:
  • This item, similar to a Mystery box, can give you any of the following loot:
    • Fully bunny suit (comes together)
    • Full chicken suit (comes together)
    • Easter basket
    • Easter ring
  • Cost: 1000 tokens
  • Ironman/classics can also purchase this item.

 

 

 

Happy Easter! Enjoy :)

 

Regards,

Omicron

Hello everyone,

 

Today’s update contains a ton of background updates, particularly those that will help us combat the use of third party programs on Alora, which will translate into a more fair and enjoyable experience for everyone. Aside from this, we’ve tried to squeeze in some cool content, QOL and bug fixes into this update.

 

Additionally, it has been quite some time now since Fossil Island was released on OSRS, and at the time we had let it slide to focus on construction and other updates that took priority within the past few months. We don’t think that full Fossil island is necessary, nor is it worth the time to implement when it could be better spent elsewhere, since it is somewhat dead content on OSRS at this point. With that being said, there’s no reason that the the important parts should not be available on Alora, those being the Wyverns (and their drops), as well as the Herbi pet. With this update, we’ve included just that  :)

 

Updates:

 

• Yell update:
  • Staff/support team members that are also ironmen/classics will no longer have their rank color changed to their donator color.
    • For example, if you are Global mod but also Super donator, your yell tag would be green. It will now stay green as it should be.
• Rune pouch update:
  • Wrath runes can now be stored.
• World bosses update:
  • World bosses now drop loot for the top 3 hitters instead of the top 2. 
  • The loot rate for the pets has been increased by 1000%.
  • The loot rate for Staff of Light & Hilts have been increased by ~35%.
• ::event area update:
  • You will no longer lose pets when dying at ::event.
• Graceful recoloring:
  • You can now recolour previously coloured Graceful pieces!
    • Previously, you could only use your Marks of Grace to colour the plain (beige) Graceful set pieces. You can now use it on any piece (eg. To colour from Blue to Red).
      • Note that you still cannot get back the original beige colour without re-obtaining it from Grace.
• Slayer fixes:
  • Thermonuclear smoke devil was not attackable while on a dust devil task. This has been fixed.
  • Mutated bloodveld and Greater nechryael kills will now count towards your Bloodveld/Nechryael task.
• Farming fixes:
  • The tool leprechaun will now note both grimy and clean herbs for you.
• Hunter fixes:
  • Sometimes, a box trap would create an “empty” bugged trap which you could not remove. This has been fixed.
• Bar-note perk for donators:
  • Bar drops from dragons can now be auto-noted for donators! You can toggle this perk through Ellen in the Myth’s guild, which means you must have completed Dragon Slayer II as with other perks.
• Alchemy warning:
  • When alching high value items, a warning interface will appear to ensure that you did not accidentally alch a party hat or something valuable.
    • High value items are classified as having a value (alch, shop or trading post) of more than 1,000,000 GP. (1M)
• Fletching fix:
  • Previously, you could only fletch short bows and long bows when using a knife on a log, except for normal logs.
    • You can now fletch crossbow stocks for any type of log, and not only normal logs.
• Taverley dungeon agility pipe:
  • Players with 70 agility can use the Agility pipe to Blue dragons from the ladder in the Taverley dungeon.
• Barrows loot update:
  • The number of supplies given from the reward chest has been greatly increased (up to 20x the old amounts), but is also now randomized.
    • Runes:
      • Water ~ 1-1,960
      • Death ~ 1-998
      • Blood ~ 1-445
      • Chaos ~ 1-1,398
      • Mind ~ 1-2,889
      • Nature ~ 1-285
    • Ammo:
      • Bolt racks ~ 1-445
      • Rune bolts ~ 1-165
      • Addy bolts ~ 1-265
• Vorkath fix:
  • Zombified spawn was too fast to kill before it exploded near you. It will now sit for 2-3 seconds before walking towards you to allow for extra reaction time.
  • Vorkath’s damage through prayer has been reduced, especially for Magic attacks.
  • Dragon hunter crossbow will now provide a 30% damage boost on Vorkath.
  • Ranged strength fix: 
    • Ava’s assembler now provides +2 Ranged strength bonus
    • Assembler max cape now provides +2 Ranged strength bonus
    • Monkey (completionist) cape also now provides this +2 Ranged strength bonus
• New Dragonstone bolt fix:
  • Some of the new bolts were missing their damage boost on the special attack, specifically:
    • Diamond dragon bolts (e)
    • Dragonstone dragon bolts (e)
    • Onyx dragon bolts (e)
    • Opal dragon bolts (e)
    • Pearl dragon bolts (e)
• Miscellaneous:
  • You can no longer add yourself to your ignore list.
  • Random PM Disconnection bug fixed:
    • Although not fully tested since it is difficult to reproduce, we believe we’ve found the reason that sometimes groups of players would simultaneously DC after receiving a weird gibberish PM. If the bug appears again, we’ll look into it to try other solutions.
  • Staff and server support can no longer be ignored in-game. You can add them to your ignore list, but it will have no effect.
  • Fixed a bug where you would see loot from a different plane (eg. Being on the 1st floor of a building) that should only be visible on the ground floor.
  • Inferno bug-fix:
    • Fixed a bug where the ranger in the Inferno could get “stuck” and not attack you back after being frozen.
  • Shadow sword is now tradable.
  • Silverlight sword attack animations fixed.
• Tome of Fire update:
  • When worn, the tome will now provide 50% damage bonus to any fire spells, not only the Fire surge.
• Untradable item drop bug:
  • Fixed a huge bug with untradable items being dropped. Many of you have dropped or died with untradable items only to have them disappear 60 seconds later. A popular reported item for this is the Amulet of Torture (or). We’ve fixed this bug, and made it so that untradable items will be on the ground for just as long as normal items are.
• Lizardman shaman fix:
  • Wearing Shayzien T5 armour (from achievement shop) will now reduce the green acid pool damage from the shamans to 0.
    • It will also not allow you to be poisoned by shamans.
• Combat fixes:
  • Sometimes, “dead” players would still be able to attack. For example, if you DDS spec a player which kills them, they would still be able to attack once (while their hitpoints are 0) before dying.
    • This will no longer happen, and the dead player will simply die without executing their final spec/attack.
      • This will also slightly change the dynamics in the duel arena, since the player with the first hit will have a considerably higher chance of winning.
  • Risk protection nerf:
    • Since risk protection complicates multi-pking with clans and really any non 1v1 situation, we’ve made it so that risk protection is disabled for 2 minutes after combat. 
      • This means that if you’ve attacked someone, anyone can attack you for the next 2 minutes. 
        • Everytime you attack a player, this 2 minute counter is reset. This means that as long as you are in combat, you will always not be under the protection of the risk protection mechanism.
  • Teleblock update:
    • Teleblock immunity will now last 30 seconds as opposed to 60 after teleblock wears off.
• Myth’s guild “Mythical metal shop update”:
  • This shop will now sell the Dragon battleaxe, primarily for Ironmen/Classics to obtain.
• Dragon battleaxe special attack fix:
  • The Dragon battleaxe special attack is now functional:
    • Consumes 100% special attack energy:
      • This drains the player's Attack, Defence, Ranged, and Magic levels by 10%, while increasing their Strength level by [10 + (levels drained / 4)]. The strength boost is comparable to that of a super strength potion. However, depending on the player's combat levels and preexisting boosts, it can raise strength by up to +21.
• Zahur has been added:
  • Zahur can provide many Herblore related services, including:
    • Cleaning of grimy herbs to clean herbs, regardless of your Herblore level:
      • For a cost of 500gp per herb, Zahur, can clean an inventory of herbs in an instant. Note that she cannot clean noted herbs.
    • Decantation of potions:
      • This is identical to the service provided by Bob Barter.
    • Completing Unfinished potions:
      • Zahur can take all noted ingredients (herbs + vials of water) to create Unfinished potions for you!
        • The cost of this depends on your donator rank:
          • Normal player: 3,000 gp per potion
          • Donator: 2,750 gp per potion
          • Super donator: 2,500 gp per potion
          • Extreme donator: 2,250 gp per potion
          • Legendary donator: 2,000 gp per potion
          • Uber donator: 1,750 gp per potion
          • Master donator: 1,500 gp per potion
      • Example:
        • Vial of water + Toadflax = Toadflax potion (unf)
          • Notes:
            • No experience is gained by this. 
            • Your herblore level does not matter for this process.
• Battlestaff crafting + orb charging:
  • Orb charging:
    • You can now charge orbs!
      • Having the required Magic level, simply take the required runes (see the relevant spell in your Magic spellbook) to the obelisk which you would like to charge your orb at and use the unpowered orbs on the obelisk.
        • The available obelisks are:
          • Air, earth, water and fire
  • Battlestaff crafting:
    • With charged orbs, you can now craft battlestaves!
      • You can use your charged orb on a battlestaff to be presented with the crafting options.
        • The requirements and experience gains are as follows (before your experience rate multiplier and other bonuses):
          • Water battlestaff:
            • 54 Crafting
            • 100 experience
          • Earth battlestaff:
            • 58 Crafting
            • 112.5 experience
          • Fire battlestaff:
            • 62 Crafting
            • 125 experience
          • Air battlestaff:
            • 62 Crafting
            • 137.5 experience
• Anti-bot system:
  • We won’t get into too much detail on this update, but we’ve implemented a number of methods to help us detect players that are using 3rd party programs. We’re committed to ensuring that players use any type of software that is against our rules to gain an advantage will not be welcome on Alora, and we will continue to improve our detection methods to be able to quickly detect and ban these players.
• Fossil Island content:
  • • Herbi pet:
      • This pet can now be obtained through the Herblore skill!
        • Creating potions will yield the highest chance of obtaining Herbi, but cleaning herbs has a very slight chance as well.
    • Wyvern cave:
      • The Wyverns cave can now be accessed!
        • Ancient Wyverns are lurking within this cave, waiting for the unprepared adventurer to add to their piles of bones. 
          • You must have a minimum of 82 Slayer to harm these wyverns.
          • The wyverns have a drop table with a wide array of loot, with the most valuable item being the Wyvern visage:
            • The wyvern visage can be used to create the Ancient Wyvern shield.
              • This can be done by using it on an Elemental shield while having 66 Smithing and 66 Magic.
                • The Elemental shield is commonly dropped by the Ancient wyverns.
          • These wyverns can be assigned as a Hard slayer task.
            • They will also count towards your Skeletal wyvern task.
          • The Dragonhunter crossbow will deal significantly more damage on these wyverns.
        • The cave can be accessed through the teleportation wizard’s dungeon teleports.
          • Requirements: 
            • 82 Slayer
            • 4 Quest points
• Teleport interface update:
  • Two new teleports have been added:
    • Donator Zone
    • Ancient Wyvern cave

 

 

Website:

• You can now use a mobile-friendly version of the forums!
  • When browsing on a mobile device, a message at the top of the page to switch to the mobile version will appear.
    • If you do not see this message, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see a “Use Mobile version” link on the bottom right side of the page near the “Terms of Service” link.
  • You can easily switch back to the full version on your phone/tablet by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking the “Full Version” button.
• Award updates:
  • Awards are now resized to a maximum of 25x25 pixels. This allows for a more neat and uniform award area.
  • We’ve also cleaned up the awards container, gave it a border, in-line title and spaced it out properly. 

 

 

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We hope you enjoy this update  :)

 

Regards,

Omicron