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Hello everyone!

With the World Cup right around the corner, I thought it might be a good idea to host a sweepstake for some little fun!

How it works
Each entry is randomly assigned a team participating at the World Cup, prizes will be awarded to teams that finish top 3, and those that finish bottom 3.

Due to there being a limited number of teams(48), entries will be sold first come first serve, so be quick! 1 per person. To lock in your place, reply to this thread.
note: We have decided to halve the number of entries, each entrant will get one team from the top 24 ranked teams, and one from the bottom 24 ranked teams.

The cost of an entry is 100M.
Keep in mind, that this is totally random, so chances are you may be assigned a team that's not that great, or you may get lucky and get a tournament favourite!

The prize will be be as follows:

1st place
1440M + Arcane Spirit Shield + 1440M from @93

2nd place
720M + Zaryte Crossbow + 720M from @93

3rd place
240M + Voidwaker + 240M from @93

46th place
100M + 100M from @93

47th place
200M + 200M from @93

48th place
300M + 300M from @93

Team rankings:
https://i.imgur.com/aGMuj9R.png

Entrants:
@Solo Rat - Colombia & South Africa
@LordSmule - England & Jordan
@Ty - Netherlands & Scotland
@ry - Japan & Egypt
@D1 - South Korea & Haiti
@GIMZeziMicky - Portugal & Czech Republic
@Noffyy - Croatia & Qatar
@Hets - Senegal & Algeria
@jimzzz38 - Ecuador & New Zealand
@Lime Tree - Austria & Tunisia
@Mr wrek - Australia & Norway
@GIM Twisti - Brazil & Iraq
@armortanks1 - Germany & Panama
@pimpnispimpn - Switzerland & Bosnia and Herzegovina
@Bobby Gizzle - Spain & Ghana
@Mcfullry - USA & Uzbekistan
@RG12 - Argentina & Ivory Coast
@Organ Dahmer - Turkey & Canada
@Eby - Mexico & Saudi Arabia
@Shawn - Morocco & Sweden
@BaBa Ya Ga - France & Curacao
@Heaven Sent - Uruguay & Paraguay
@Machmas - Iran & Congo
@93 - Belgium & Cabo Verde

If you haven't already, please contact a staff member to pay for your entry.

I'm nearly certain that you will be able to use a knife on the transformed max capes to get the original capes back, exactly how it is on OSRS.

Welcome to the March-April edition of the Alora Times!

A lot has happened in the past 2 months. Release of a new game mode, updates, events and a heck of a lot of accomplishments by the players. We have made steady progress towards releasing Sailing, keep an eye out for more info!

By popular demand, we have also decided to bring back interviews, so I hope you all will enjoy getting to know various members of our community.

And lastly, starting next month @18 will be in charge of the Alora Newspaper. I hope I made these enjoyable for you all over the past 3 years, but now is the time to pass it on to a fresh pair of hands.

Now lets dive right in and see what has happened!   

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Bonus Schedule For May

May Vote Competition [May 1st - May 21st]

[16/04/26] Cow Boss (Brutus), New Skill Guides, EIM Swap Ticket, Precise Killtimes & more!

Hardcore Ultimate Ironman - Over $1,000+ in prizes! - February 27th

Sailing Development Blog

If you want to check out our past updates, click here.

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Alora's Official Rules can be found here.

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The latest Staff Changes are as follows:

To see our past Staff Updates, click here.

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Stay up to date with some of our community members' recent Goals & Achievements: 

Mieu

Mieu's Diary

 

No Bank Mate

100 days..

 

H

All Pets: Completed

 

Cmdr Data

Inferno Cape #1

 

Surprise HP

HP's Road to maxing every account [Updated Almost Daily, recent update March 24th]

 

 

Make a topic in our Goals and Achievements section or send your achievement in the #newspaper_submissions channel in Alora Discord to be featured here!

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Here we honour our fallen comrades from the last month and there were a few of them! We wish them the best on their new ironman journeys and better luck next time!

Interviews are making a return! We have a great interview from P O C aka Procodilee!

H: What is one of your accomplishments you're most proud of?

P O C: I used to party ALOT in my younger years and im proud of myself for saving my own life and leaving that behind.

H: What is your most memorable moment while playing Alora?

P O C: This last leagues me and like 4-8 others were in vc for like most of it for 20/24 hrs lmao it was fantastic we all took off work or had off for holidays and went turbo sweat.

H: What do you do in your spare time apart from play Alora?

P O C: I enjoy hunting, and fishing while in season.  And nature in general if im not sitting at my desk like a goblin.

H: If you could wake up tomorrow gaining one new quality or ability, what would it be and why?

P O C: Since this is very open ended i would gain the ability to timetravel. I just wanna know what really happened/ is going to/ not sure how this ends

H: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be, and why?

P O C: I would ease up on jokes online probably and bantering as much, because i believe its hard to ascertain context without seeing people and alot of stuff gets misconstrued

H: Got any goals you're chipping away at that you'd like to share with us, and how its going?

P O C: Working on my iron on alora amongst other goals.  In real life i am trying to include doing countertops in my repertoire because it will generate more income and save me alot of time.

The winner of March & April MOTM's are...

Kohlrabi & RG12 !

Congratulations! You have stood out in the eyes of the Alora community. Thank you for being great members here on Alora and enjoy your rewards. :)

The link to the Member of the Month thread can be found here.

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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!

ents v1 https://www.youtube....JUMSWnToW8RUH8Q

stylo rsp https://www.youtube....Gy1sNT44br8v4uA

casa https://www.youtube....xyxU--uIM8SSRkQ

Walkchaos https://www.youtube....QehS6ALll4nl3OA

Maxi rs https://www.youtube....cClqATArQ6zI28Q

No Bank Mate https://www.youtube.com/@Luckyrsps

Magnata https://www.youtube....iw7uRwhhBEjBxkA

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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 message 18!

You can read the previous edition by clicking here.

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These are the veteran requirements:

Veterans are members of Alora who have been around the community for a while. It is a respected rank and can be obtained after a list of requirements have been met.

Requirements

Your account must be at least 1 year old.

You must have 50 or more days play time in-game.

You must have 30 or more days online time on the forums.

You must have at least 250 post count on the forums.

You must have 0 indiscretions within the last 3 months.

You must provide proof that you meet ALL of the requirements.

If you apply without having met the requirements, your request will be declined.

In addition, those who currently hold the Veteran rank are held to the following standards:

You will not receive an infraction resulting in a ban/mute in-game or losing your ability to post on the forums.

You will represent Alora in a positive way at all times.

You will be respectful to other members of the community.

Failure to do so will result in your rank being removed.

If your rank is removed, you must wait 3 months before you're eligible to re-apply.

Other: 

Anyone who reaches Global Moderator are exempt from the normal application requirements and will be granted the Veteran rank upon promotion.

The Administration Team reserves the right to decline/remove the Veteran rank as they see fit.

Players may NOT combine any of the requirements between accounts. The account you wish to hold the Veteran Rank on must meet ALL of the requirements.

If any staff member meets all of the requirements but post count this may be overlooked, since anything staff-related on the forums does not grant post count. This is enforced through the Administration Team's discretion.

I wouldn't mind, perhaps we could introduce some of the newer OSRS quest rewards such as the Arkan Blade along with experience rewards for all the quests to help people on new accounts.

Huge congratulations! That Bandos grind is insane!

What are some big items left for the logs?

Much love  Arcane/Spectral sigils, inq mace, harm orb, vola orb, scythe and tanz mutagen are probably the big ones still left if not counting the 3rd age. Long way to go.

Firstly, congratulations! It has been a pleasure to follow your journey.

 

If out of those boss pets you would have to grind again, which pet would it be?

Ty nerd  I wouldn't mind doing another 10k of bandos, that was quite enjoyable. Royal titans solos were fun too.

gzzzz ! how you feel now ?

Feels like watching 100s of episodes of a series and it ends. Nothing but emptiness inside.

Hi all,

Just wanted to share a quick lil achievement I hit a few days ago.

It's been some journey, pretty much indirectly going for it since I made the account in 2021, and directly going for all pets once I hit the 50 mark.

This also means I finished the entirety of the "Other" collection log, a goal I've had for about 2 years.

Longest grinds

Pet General Graardor, 8,256 kills

Hellpuppy, 6,437 kills

Pet Dagannoth Prime, 5,960 kills

Shortest grinds

Herbi, 43 kills

Moxi, 186 kills

Kalphite Princess, 290 kills

I appreciate all those that have helped me along the way, with things such as group bosses and gear setups.

Now it's time to chip away at the rest of the collection log!

Hi all,

On 19 November 2025, Oldschool RS released perhaps its biggest update; the introduction of a 24th skill called Sailing.
Since its release, we've been hard at work figuring out the ins and outs of the skill to bring it to Alora as quickly as possible.
And now, after many months of hard work we have made substantial progress and are excited to showcase some of the content as we head into the final stage of development.
Without further ado, lets hoist our sails and navigate our way through some of the things we've been working on and what you can expect on release.

Starting off
To start, head to Port Sarim and speak to Shipwright Sam in order to buy your first boat. As a beginner, you will only be able to buy a raft. The other two boats have different Sailing level requirements to use. Players will start with a wooden raft by default upon release.

Boat Customization
Once you have obtained your boat, you can speak to Shipwright Sam about customizing a boat. He will send you to the Shipyard where you can upgrade various features on your boat such as the hull, sails and helm. There are also facility hotspots on each boat type, with the Raft having 1 hotspot, the Skiff having 7 hotspots, and the Sloop having 11 hotspots. Each hotspot will allow players to build a specific set of facilities in that spot.
These upgrades are locked behind sailing and construction requirements and considerably improve your boat. Lost Schematics have also been implemented in the game, which will lock various upgrades to the boat and facilities behind treasure hunts, requiring players to visit islands and discover schematics to build them.

Setting sail
Once you are happy with your boat, head back to Port Sarim through the Shipyard Portal and make your way to the southeast dock and board your boat using the gangplank.
In the Combat Options tab, you'll see a sailing options button. In this tab you are able to control your boat, read stats regarding your boat, and find information about the crew.

Shipwreck Salvaging
Shipwreck Salvaging is a low-intensity activity that requires you to deploy your salvaging hook at a shipwreck site. This activity rewards you with small amounts of experience and salvage which can be sorted at a salvaging station for some loot. Salvage and other sailing related items can be stored in the cargo hold.




Death and Capsizing
Each boat has a hitpoint counter which can be increased by upgrading the hull. If you happen to find yourself in trouble out in the sea and your boat hits 0 hitpoints, it will capsize and you will be sent back to Port Sarim.
To retrieve the boat, speak to Shipwright Sam.

Technical Hurdles
A large portion of our time so far has been invested in making necessary changes to both the server and client. Without getting too technical, this primarily involved retrofitting the client to support rendering smaller scenes (boats) on top of the existing game scene, while correctly handling player and NPC visibility, movement, and interactions. This was by far the most difficult hurdle to overcome for a project like Sailing. It required a massive client overhaul, a complete rewrite of server-side player updating, and the addition of a brand-new updater to handle boat visibility and movement. Furthermore, Sailing relies on a depth buffer for rendering. Because the client was originally designed to render the game without one, this required significant behind-the-scenes work. Fortunately, this new depth buffer implementation is also responsible for the large FPS boosts recently seen in the GPU plugin, and we plan to bring these improvements to the 117 HD plugin in the near future.

What's next?
Some of you may be thinking, "What are you waiting for then? Release it, cowards!", however there is still a lot to be done before we're ready to release the new skill. While we're happy with how everything visually looks, as well as the movement of ships, there are still a few milestones that are either in progress or need to be completed before we can release sailing. In all likelihood, this will come in a 2-part release, with the first part opening up access to all the new islands, salvaging, port tasks, and hopefully a few other things.

What's done:

-Boarding a boat and taking control of it (basic movement)

-Trimming sails for a speed boost

-Boat capsizing mechanics

-Sea hazards

-Boat upgrading

-Facilities upgrading/customization

-Lost Schematics

-Docking and Mooring

-Boat Recovery/Purchase

-Cargo Hold Functionality

-Boarding another player's ship

-Assigning another player as a navigator

-Salvaging

-Depth buffer support for various graphics modes, such as LD/GPU/117HD

-Crab trapping

What's currently in progress:

-Populating islands with NPC spawns and functionality

-Native HD support

What needs to be done:

-Mobile client depth-buffer support

-Barracuda trials

-Deep sea trawling

-Bounty tasks

-Courier tasks

-Charting

-NPC crew management

-Ocean encounters

-Sailing combat

-Functionality for many boat facilities

-Shellbane Gryphon

-Etc...

As you can see, there's still a lot to be done, but the progress is moving fast, and we look forward to keeping you updating along the way as things progress!

We're hoping to share more details on the release soon, and we hope you're as excited as we are to experience it!

Kind regards,

Alora Team

Congrats to the winners, and amazing work by @Pase as always!

Looking good, congrats on all the drops so far and here's to another 100 days!

First to complete a GWD log (except pet) collectively - 1,000 tokens

what a great and unique idea. as far as highscores are concerned, doing them like this would be a simple fix for anyone looking for a specific xp rate ranking.

also id like to add that these xp rates should not nerf the gp given from money caskets in regular pvm, nor should it nerf the bonus's like well of good will or vote book bonus xp to give less xp than what a normal ironman gives already.

Yes, that's how the hiscores would look.

There wouldn't be any specific restrictions. Whichever way it is on the game modes right now, that's how it would be across all of them.

Why not allow XP to scale (increase or decrease) automatically when a player changes their XP rate?

We would like to keep it as simple as possible. A simple change of experience rates from x to y is the easiest way to go about that.

We won't be offering the option of going to slower experience rates, and scaling their experience because it's easier to get to the fastest methods on 40x and gaining a lot of experience and then scaling down to high stats on the slow rate.

8x for HCIM (dead) so Ironman after HCIM death would be good. to keep low exp rates. 

Yep! If you set a rate of 8x on your hardcore account, it'll stay at that rate when you die and convert to an ironman.

with some thought, this would make maxing a hardcore (normal or uim) too easy, maybe leave those at their respective xp rates and only change the non hardcore ones? so normal and uim basically :v

Some players might want to play a hardcore with slightly faster rates. We're looking to roll this out for solo ironman modes and then potentially GIM modes as well so that it's nice and even across the board and everyone has the option. Limiting it creates a bunch of ifs and buts so we'd like to avoid that.

1st infernal

Hi all,

We recently began discussing the idea of expanding how our experience rate system works.

At the moment when you create an account, the game modes have fixed experience rates that were set on release, for example 8x for HCIM, 40x for UIM and so on. Over the years, we've seen players decide against playing some game modes because they might be too easy or too hard. 

We'd like to address that concern by giving you the option to select from three different experience rates upon account creation.

When you create an account and select a game mode(e.g UIM), you will be asked to select from three experience rates;

• 40x(15x post 99)
• 8x
• 4x

Will I be able to move between the different experience rates as I wish after account creation?

You will be able to bump up your experience rate if you're not happy with your choice, e.g from 4x to 8x to make it easier. You will not be able to move down from 8x to 4x to make it harder.

Will this be an option for all accounts?

For the time being, this will only be available for solo ironman modes(IM, HC, UIM, HCUIM).

Why did you decide on 40x/8x/4x?

The reason we decided on those rates is because the solo game modes fit perfectly in the proposed exp rates without causing any disruption to existing accounts.

We discussed changing experience rates of existing accounts to something else(e.g 20x, 10x, 5x), but it would diminish the achievements of other existing players.

What about my existing account?

Existing accounts will remain at the same experience rates, with the option to move up for HC and HCUIM.

What about other game modes, such as GIM?

There is a little more to take into consideration with the other game modes, so we'd like to hold off for the time being and focus on the solo ironman modes to ensure we do it right.

Regarding normal, classic, and realism modes; those will stay exactly the same.

Why can't I pick my own experience multiplier, e.g 12x?

Although that was considered, we'd like to keep accounts within set groups. Some players like competing for ranks so it would be a nightmare figuring out a system for the hiscores.

Will there be a way to differentiate different exp rate players?

Yes, we're brainstorming ideas on how to differentiate different exp rate players in-game. If you have any ideas, feel free to suggest below.

What's next?

We would like to get some discussion going and see if this is something the community wants to see. If you have any other ideas or would like to ask questions, feel free to do so below.

Please vote in the poll above and let us know what you think!

Kind regards,