RuneScape Update Patch Notes (Official) – January 17, 2022

RuneScape update is now available to download on PC (Steam). According to the official RuneScape game patch notes, the latest update added a long list of bug fixes and gameplay optimizations.

Since the last patch, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s RuneScape patch will fix a few of these issues.

Check out more details below.

What is new in RuneScape January 17 Update?

• Added new tooltips and/or examines, or more detail to the tooltips and examines of various combat items. This includes but is not limited to:
  • All Luck Rings
  • God Books
  • Slayer Gems
  • Defenders, Reprisers and Rebounders
  • Various foods and potions
  • Divination Portents and Signs
  • Enhanced Excalibur
  • Void Knight equipment
  • Attuned Crystal weapons

• Locked or otherwise hidden abilities and spells now show in their respective Ability Books, with a lock icon.
  • Unlock information is now displayed on the tooltip of the ability or spell.
• Lodestone teleports are now available within the ‘teleports’ section of the Magic Ability Book, below existing teleport spells.
  • Using them from the Magic Book will perform a quick or standard teleport, depending on your settings.
• Extra filters have been added to Ability Books, so you can display or hide the following:
  • Unavailable abilities or spells
  • Locked abilities or spells
  • Lodestone teleports

• Ravens have been converted to follower pets on the interface.
  • Incubating Raven Eggs will now unlock them in a specific order rather than at random.
  • Players who lost a Raven before this update can reclaim it from a Pet Shop owner.
• The original Penguin pets have been converted to follower pets on the Pets interface.
  • Incubating Penguin Eggs will unlock these pets in order of grey, brown, and then blue (depending on what you’ve already unlocked).
  • Growth stages can be toggled within the interface.
  • Players who lost a Penguin before this update can reclaim it from a Pet Shop owner.
• Players can now speak to a Pet Shop owner to unlock any God Bird, Baby Dragon or Raccoon pet that ran away before their respective interface updates.
• Fixed an issue preventing the Anima Creature, Revenant Pet and Bombi from transferring their current appearance to an already overriden Legendary pet or familiar.

• The Auto-Retaliate button can now be dragged to the Action Bar.
  • On mobile, the Adrenaline Bar itself can also be dragged to the Action Bar.
  • Pressing the Auto-Retaliate icon on mobile will now toggle retaliation behaviour.
• On mobile, Cure and Regenerate can now be activated using the Heart icon.
  • The Heart icon and Health Bar can now also be dragged to the Action Bar on mobile
  • The Summoning and Prayer globes can now be dragged to the Action Bar on mobile.

• Interacting with Manifested Knowledge while skilling will no longer interrupt the skilling action.
• Added mini Summoning Obelisks to all main Archaeology dig sites, including the Archaeology Campus.
• Replaced an old version of weapon poison drops on various NPCs with the correct version of weapon poison.
• Fixed an issue where ability tooltips would not show correctly if they were currently being affected by the perk effects of a Dinosaur Farm Animal.
• Prevented the ability to set an auto-fire rate for the Kal’gerion Demon Familiar’s special attack, as it couldn’t actually be auto-fired to begin with.
• The Bones To Bananas and Bones To Peaches spells will now correctly highlight only when the player has suitable Bones in their backpack.

• Scarabs within Het’s Oasis will now respawn at a faster rate during Scarab Hunting.
• The scarab stack buff hover text will now correctly state the maximum as five scarabs, if you have the scarab stack increase upgrade unlocked.
• Strange and Golden Rocks will no longer always be given when constructing Flower Baskets and the Water Filtration System.
• The boosts from the Reaper Crew achievement will no longer be applied to players who haven’t unlocked it.
• Buckets will now be destroyed when using compost on flower bushes, if ‘Destroy empty buckets when farming’ is checked on in Settings.
• Following feedback, Dwarf Multicannons can no longer be placed within Het’s Oasis.
• The Holy Scarab has been added to the ‘And Green’ achievement.
• The Animalingual achievement will no longer re-lock upon removing an Amulet from the Cramulet.
• The Animalingual achievement now lists the Amulets required.
• Fixed issue where some players could not access Het’s Tomb while in the quest’s instance.
• Fixed issue where players would be teleported back to Het’s statue if they teleported to either their POH or Port.
• Fixed a stretching issue with Saradomin’s chathead that could be seen when speaking to him at the Senntisten Cathedral.
• Zarador no longer appears in Senntisten twice.
• Fixed a couple of typos with Faldi’s dialogue.
• Fixed a typo within the Eye of Het II miniquest.

• The Holy Scarab will now drain Prayer points as expected when using multiple prayers.
• Extra Prayer experience obtained from Powder of Burials will now work with the Bonecrusher.
• The warning given when attempting to stack a Prayer powder will now state the correct amount of time left.
• The quiver can no longer be taken to the Barbarian Assault minigame.
• A number of Clue Scroll steps were taking the player to incorrect or broken locations when using the Globetrotter Jacket teleport. These have now been fixed.
• A Clue Scroll near Het’s Oasis was in a blocked location. This has now been moved.
• The Spirit of Chantli can be unlocked by talking to the Acca Kanatah if the Call of the Ancestors quest is completed.
• The player will now be sent back to the game world as expected whenever leaving the Corporeal Beast’s cave.
• Some map blocking has been added to the Ripper Demon cave to prevents players from negating a lot of their attacks using a Combat Dummy target.

• Updated the Abyssal Whip’s special attack description, as it was inconsistent with how the special attack actually works.
• Changed the ‘Can’t Log In?’ messaging on the Authenticator pop up to ‘Lost your Authenticator?’ to avoid confusion. Selecting it will take you to the ‘Disabling The Authenticator’ support page.
• Fixed an issue where loading a preset with a Smouldering item equipped force dropped an item from the preset onto the ground.
• Fixed an issue where dialogue text during the Tale of Two Cats quest was unreadable due to being orange.
• Mobile: Players can now swap action buttons when using action bars 14 and 15.