Hello everyone, Welcome to the May edition of the Alora Newspaper!
It's gonna be May!
Brief explanation:The Staff Team's top priority is keeping Alora the best server to play. This is in terms of both security as well as providing our players with an enjoyable experience while they are here. This being said, we won't tolerate players going out of their way to grief other players and disrupt their experience. However, this will fall under staff discretion. This is because, for example, another player coming to kill Callisto at the same time as you is not the same as a player following you around Rock Crabs and only attacking the ones you attack.
Spoiler
Date & time of updated rule: May 7th, 2019
Updated section: Rule #1: Flaming, Disrespect, Harassment and Inappropriate Content
Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect:Immediately
Part(s) added, changed or removed: Highlighted in YELLOW
Previously:
Spoiler
1. Flaming, Disrespect, Harassment and Inappropriate Content
Within Alora, we seat a culturally diverse community. Communities contain different races, beliefs, ethics, sexual orientations, etc. It is vital that we preserve and protect each culture and that we ensure equality throughout Alora as a whole. The denigration or defamation of a member will not be tolerated. First offenders will receive a 24 hour mute, followed by a 48 hour mute, increasing to a 7 day mute, a 14 day mute, and finally, a permanent mute.
• a. The use of inappropriate, slanderous and/or disrespectful language towards another’s race, belief system, mental health, ethics, or sexual orientation is not tolerated whatsoever. Although we have an effective ignore system, we expect our members to be courteous towards one another.
• b. Content that is publicized via world yell, public chat, or clan chat that is deemed inappropriate, demeaning, or disrespectful per a staff member’s discretion is not permitted and will correspond with the punishments stated above.
• c. Account names containing inappropriate, slanderous and/or disrespectful language towards another's race, belief system, ethics, or sexual orientation are not tolerated. Failure to comply with this will result in a permanent ban of the account.
Updated:
Spoiler
1. Flaming, Disrespect, Harassment and Inappropriate Content
Within Alora, we seat a culturally diverse community. Communities contain different races, beliefs, ethics, sexual orientations, etc. It is vital that we preserve and protect each culture and that we ensure equality throughout Alora as a whole. The denigration or defamation of a member will not be tolerated. First offenders will receive a 24 hour mute, followed by a 48 hour mute, increasing to a 7 day mute, a 14 day mute, and finally, a permanent mute.
• a. The use of inappropriate, slanderous and/or disrespectful language towards another’s race, belief system, mental health, ethics, or sexual orientation is not tolerated whatsoever. Although we have an effective ignore system, we expect our members to be courteous towards one another.
• b. Content that is publicized via world yell, public chat, or clan chat that is deemed inappropriate, demeaning, or disrespectful per a staff member’s discretion is not permitted and will correspond with the punishments stated above.
• c. Account names containing inappropriate, slanderous and/or disrespectful language towards another's race, belief system, ethics, or sexual orientation are not tolerated. Failure to comply with this will result in a permanent ban of the account.
• d. Any form of griefing in an attempt to troll or purposely disrupt another player's activities will not be tolerated. This rule will be enforced through staff's discretion. Failure to comply with this will result in a 1-hour jail, followed by a 5-hour jail, increasing to a 24-hour ban, and finally, a permanent ban. Please note that any reports of griefing that do not include video evidence will be declined.
Ultimate mystery box announcements are now reserved for rare items only.
Amulet of power (t) and Amulet of defence (t) removed.
Rune scimitar ornament kits removed.
Bandos boots have been removed.
Buying runes from the Ironman PKP exchange when you don't have the total amount for the purchase (eg. Buying 250 runes but only having enough for 50) will now give you the right amount rather than undercutting you.
Trollweiss from Mithril seeds will now be announced.
Note: All of the removed items above have been refunded to players who received them, and you will find Ultimate mystery boxes to replace them in your inventory upon logging in.
Hello everyone,
I'd like to firstly apologize for the longer than usual delay in getting this update out, some of you already know that I fell ill at the end of last month and it delayed things quite a little bit. Nonetheless, I've been doing nothing but working hard the past few weeks to give you guys an update that's worth the wait, and I hope you’ll understand given the circumstances, and that you’ll enjoy this update :)
I feel that we've done a good job of getting a bit of everything in this update, from new content (Clue scroll expansion, Ironman PKP shop), to QOL updates (Pest control XP rewards, Raids purple light + pet changes), to long awaited and highly requested updates such as Combo staffs and (drumroll) Glassblowing. There's a little bit of everything for everyone in this one, but I'll let you read the rest for yourselves below!
Clue scroll reward expansion:
All clue scroll tiers have received many new rewards! Over 70+ new items have been introduced to Alora.
Easy:
Jester cape
Shoulder parrot
Bear slippers
Frog slippers
Demon slippers
Mole slippers
God ornament kits (Saradomin, Guthix, Zamorak) for Rune scimitars
Sandwich lady outfit (hat, top and bottom)
Monk robes (t) (top and bottom)
Amulet of defence (t)
Power amulet (t)
Rain bow
Ham joint
Staff of Bob the Cat
Leather body and chaps (g)
Black heraldic platebodies (h1, h2, h3, h4 and h5)
Medium:
Wolf mask and Wolf cloak
Climbing boots (g)
Spiked manacles
Adamant heraldic platebodies (h1, h2, h3, h4 and h5)
Hard:
Dual sai (very rare)
Thieving bag (very rare)
3rd age plateskirt (very rare)
Gilded rune defender kit
Obby maul ornament kit
Berserker necklace ornament kit
Blessed d'hide shields (Ancient, Armadyl, Bandos, Guthix, Saradomin and Zamorak)
Rune heraldic platebodies (h1, h2, h3, h4 and h5)
Elite:
3rd druidic staff, top, legs and cloak (extremely rare)
Tormented bracelet ornament kit
3rd age plateskirt
Gilded dragonhide (top, legs, vambraces and coif)
Gilded axe and pickaxe
Gilded spade
Uri's hat
Rangers' tights
Fremennik kilt
Rune & adamant dragon masks
Collection log:
All of the new clue rewards listed above have been added to the Collection log and can now be unlocked/counted.
Crafting updates:
Glassblowing:
Glassblowing pipe has been added to the Skilling supplies shop for normal players, and to the general store for Ironmen.
Using a glassblowing pipe on molten glass will open the Glassblowing interface and allow you to craft:
Beer glasses
Candle lanterns
Oil lamps
Vals
Fish bowls
Orbs
Lantern lenses
Dorgeshuun Light Orbs
Molten glass:
Using buckets of sand and soda ash on a furnace will allow you to create Molten glass.
Each glass smelted will earn you 20 Crafting experience.
Molten glass has been removed from the Construction supply shop.
Buckets of sand:
Using empty buckets on a Sand pit (eg. Yanille) will allow you to collect sand.
Soda ash:
Using Seaweed on a cooking range or fire will provide you with Soda ash.
No experience is awarded for this action.
Chambers of Xeric (Raids 1) updates:
Purple light on reward chest:
The long awaited purple light above the reward chest is now here! You will now see a light above your own chest if you indeed have any rare loot within the chest.
The game news announcement that tells other players what you received will not be sent until you loot the chest, leaving it a mystery until the final moment.
Only you will see the purple light, if other players on your team do not have rare loot, they will see the usual white spotlight.
The loot interface has been broken for awhile now (though it oddly was working fine when raids was first released early 2017) and has gone unnoticed by me until now.
The interface background is supposed to have a chest on the right side, and a purple skeleton on the left side, neither of which were properly visible for the past year at least.
The interface should now show both in the background as intended.
Acid bug:
A rare bug which caused the crystal that blocks the exit to re-spawn sometimes if someone was inflicted with the acid trail has now been fixed and should no longer occur.
Raids pet reward changes:
Raids 1 (Chambers of Xeric):
In Raids 1, the Olmlet pet will only have a 1/53 chance to be awarded if you ALREADY received a rare drop (eg. An Elder maul).
That means that you will never get the pet on it's own.
Raids 2 (Theatre of Blood):
In Raids 2, you are able to get the Lil' Zik pet on it's own, but it will not cause the chest to glow purple. Purple chests will be reserved for other rare drops.
Daily task changes:
The Medium task to open the Bloody chest in the wilderness has been removed due to GIM not being able to open it at the moment.
Ground item bug fix:
As of the past few months, you may have noticed that in certain areas of the game (Rock crabs, Iron dragons in Brimhaven dungeon, etc) some ground items from slain monsters would not get removed (Iron bars, Seaweed, etc).
This bug would cause a bunch of ground items to remain on the ground, flooding the map after a few days of uptime. We've isolated the problem that was causing items not to get removed and it should no longer happen.
Special attack orb update:
The special attack orb will no longer be blue if you don't have a weapon that has a special attack.
Instead, if you are unarmed or you you don't have a weapon with a special attack, the orb will be filled with a silver color to denote this.
Well of goodwill price reduction:
Following the price increase this year from 25m to 100m and hearing the feedback, we decided to meet a bit closer to the middle and set the Well of Goodwill price to 50m and see how it goes.
This way, the Well should not go too many hours without being full as it will be far more affordable.
Trollweiss flowers:
These flowers now have an extremely rare chance of being obtained when planting Mithril seeds. They are an exclusive item that should be quite valuable to gamblers due to their rarity.
You can now use your Pest control points to exchange for experience! By trading the Void Knight who runs the old PC exchange shop, you'll be presented with a new option to exchange points for experience.
You can purchase experience in the following skills, provided that the skill is at least level 25:
N = 18 for prayer, 32 for magic/range, 35 for others
Floor means round down to the nearest whole number
gameModeMultiplier = the experience rate for your game mode, for example this is 8 for HCIM.
Note:
Experience boosts (well of goodwill, weekend bonuses, etc) do not affect the amount of XP you receive from this exchange.
Cape of Skulls:
The Cape of Skulls is a prestigious cape that can be obtained only by the top PvPers on Alora.
Wearing the cape will skull you, similar to the Amulet of Avarice.
The cape can be obtained by those who have at least 1,000 kills in the wilderness for a fee of 20M GP from the Emblem trader.
It can be re-obtained if lost from the Lost items manager for a fee of 1M p.
New emotes added:
3 new emotes have been added to the Emotes tab!
Crazy Dance
This dance references PSY's 'Gangnam Style', and is automatically unlocked for all players.
Smooth Dance
This dance references Drake's 'Hotline Bling' dance, and is automatically unlocked for all players.
Uri Transform
To unlock this emote, you must have completed at least 300 Hard clue scrolls. A message will be sent once you have unlocked it, and it will no longer be gray in your emote tab.
Ring of stone functionality:
Although previously available on Alora, the Ring of stone did not have it's morph functionality properly configured.
Wearing the ring will now turn you into a pile of rocks as intended (similar to the Ring of coins).
Wilderness/combat changes:
NPC PJ timer fix:
When fighting NPCs, if you freeze one and are no longer under attack by it, you would still have to wait approximately ~8-10 seconds before being able to attack another monster.
This has been heavily reduced, allowing you to move on to another NPC as long as you are not under attack for 6 ticks (3.6 seconds).
Newly released items: (available in the normal/ironman PKP exchanges)
Wilderness sword 4 (Perks only applicable when worn or in inventory)
Allows you to choose your destination when teleporting through Ancient obelisks, without having to be a donator.
20% reduced entry fee to the Resource area
When wielded, webs will always be successfully slashed.
If lost on death, it can be re-purchased for 500k GP.
Soul bearer
The soul bearer sends any ensouled heads that a player picks up to their bank, as long as they are not a UIM and have space in their bank.
The soul bearer must be charged for this effect to take place, it requires 1 soul rune and 1 blood rune to charge it, and is able to hold up to 1,000 charges.
If lost on death, it can be re-purchased for 500k GP.
Ironman PKP Exchange:
Following the recent content poll, we have decided to implement an Ironman PKP exchange to promote wilderness activity and to give Ironmen a reason to be in the wilderness.
Items in the shop:
Saradomin's tear (3,000 PKP)
Looting bag (50 PKP)
Dark totem (100 PKP)
Revenant cave teleports (100 PKP)
Bloody key (1,500 PKP)
Wilderness sword 4 (7,000 PKP)
Soul bearer (10,000 PKP)
Amulet of Eternal glory (25,000 PKP)
Regular Mystic robe pieces (350 PKP per piece)
Light Mystic robe pieces (400 PKP per piece)
Dark Mystic robe pieces (450 PKP per piece)
Enchanted robe pieces (500 PKP per piece)
Rune pouch (3,000 PKP)
Ring of recoil (50 PKP)
Dragon dagger (p++) (150 PKP)
Sanfew serum (3) (15 PKP per potion)
Blood runes (12 PKP per 50 runes)
Death runes (10 PKP per 50 runes)
Astral runes (10 PKP per 50 runes)
Cosmic runes (6 PKP per 50 runes)
Regular PKP Exchange changes:
The regular PKP store has received two new items:
Wilderness sword 4 (7,000 PKP)
Soul bearer (10,000 PKP)
Ironman PvP Scoreboard:
A new right-click option can allow you to toggle between global wilderness statistics and Ironman-only statistics.
The toggle will be saved on logout, so the next time you log in the statistics will only be shown for ironmen. To change back, you can simply right-click and toggle back to the normal scoreboard.
Combination staff (Elemental staves) fixes:
The following list of battlestaffs & mystic staffs now work properly with their combination runes, where previously they would not be infinite for any runes:
Unchanged:
Lava and mud battlestaffs/mystic staffs were all previously functional.
Fixed:
Steam battlestaff & Mystic steam staff (As well as both ornament kit versions)
These now provide unlimited Fire and Water runes
Smoke battlestaff & Mystic smoke staff
These now provide unlimited Fire and Air runes
These staffs' animations and requirements have also been fixed.
Mist battlestaff & Mystic mist staff
These now provide unlimited Water and Air runes
Dust battlestaff & Mystic dust staff
These now provide unlimited Earth and Air runes
These staffs' animations and requirements have also been fixed.
Dust battlestaff:
This staff is a drop from many monsters that was not previously added.
It can now be obtained from:
All Superior Slayer monsters
Dust devils
Battlestaff enchanting:
The following mystic staffs can now be created from the original battlestaff by taking it to Thormac located in the house between Edgeville and the Grand exchange:
Mystic steam staff
Mystic smoke staff
Mystic mist staff
Mystic dust staff
Requirements:
Any of these staffs require the original battlestaff (eg. Steam battlestaff -> Mystic steam staff)
The cost for each staff converted is 40k for the basic elemental staffs (eg. Air, fire, earth) and 400k GP for the combination staffs (eg. Steam, Dust, Mud etc).
You must have at least 4 quest points and 750 total level to convert a staff.
Other Magic staff fixes:
All 3 god staffs (Saradomin/Guthix/Zamorak) now have their proper attack / stand / run / walk / block animations (would previously kick, and the other animations were a bit off).
Slayer's staff previously required 55 Magic, but should only require 50 Magic and has now been fixed.
Slayer fixes:
After defeating Superior Slayer Encounters while on one of Konar's tasks, you would not be awarded any Slayer experience. This has been fixed and should now work correctly.
Miscellaneous:
The Ice barrage "orb" which displays when your target is already frozen has been fixed (broke last update).
Fixed a bug which would not announce what loot you received from a Super mystery box if you opened the interface and rolled, but would only announce through the Quick-open option.
Staff silent commands fixed for administrators.
Ironmen/Veterans with Master Donator will no longer have a shadow behind their entire yell, as the shadow should only be applied to the rank name.
Fixed a Cave horror spawn that would sometimes be un-attackable (Stuck on top of the Old fire pit near the entrance).
Death animation timing:
After performing their death animation, Cave horrors and King kurasks would 'stand up' again for half a second. This should no longer occur.
The staircases in the Wizard's guild have been fixed. (Previously placed you on non-walkable areas)
Store updates:
Ultimate mystery box:
The Ultimate mystery box is the highest tier of mystery boxes with exclusive rewards found nowhere else, along with all of the top rewards from the lower tier mystery boxes.
New items that can be obtained from this box:
Clue items:
Many of the new clue items, including the new 3rd age druidic (although extremely rare) have been added to the Ultimate mystery box.
Exclusively found in the UMB:
Golden tench
This hand-held fish can only be obtained from this mystery box.
Wise old man's staff
This staff turns you into the Wise old man… in his best form, ready for the beach wearing nothing but a partyhat-blue cloth.
Peng pet (Penguin)
This pet has 5 different metamorphosis options, some penguins wearing a tie and briefcase, some with hats, one with a king's crown, etc.
Penguins need exercise. You can also force your penguin to do sit-ups, push-ups and jumping jacks!
Ring of 3rd age
Other unique items in the UMB:
God boss pet
Ancient wyvern shield
Raids items:
Justiciar armour pieces
Ghrazi rapier
Sanguniesti staff
Avernic defender hilt
Rare items from previous boxes:
All partyhats and rare from the Super mystery box, including Partyhat with specs, Bunny ears, Grain, etc.
Custom donation updates:
New additions:
3rd age druidic set ($600)
Includes custom-only Druidic wreath
Ring of 3rd age ($200)
Bryophyta's staff ($125)
New commands added in-game:
::customs / ::custom
This will open a link to the Customs FAQ page on the forums.
Another round of emoticons has been added to be used on posts and in the shoutbox, this one mostly containing animated emoticons (GIFs): (Thanks to @Paine for collecting them… where he got them from is a mystery )
Due to many suggestions since Alora's release, we've decided to release a neat infographic showing how many pets have been obtained by every game mode! (Thanks to @Dumbshit for designing the image!)
We've tried our best to include every pet in the game, including the God boss pet.
This list does not include buyable pets, such as the Bloodhound or the Chompy chick.
The list is accurate from July 24th, 2017 as we had not always been logging pet drops by game mode before this time. It is accurate until May 1st, 2019.
Enjoyed this infographic? If you have any other suggestions for Alora-related statistics that you'd like to see, let us know! We love sharing statistics wherever we can.
Purple raids chest light
Easy clues
Medium clues
Hard clues
Elite clues
We hope you enjoy these updates :) As always, please report any bugs as soon as they are found.
Eucalyptus has been promoted to Global Moderator. Fear7heduck has been promoted to Server Moderator. Not Tauri has been promoted to Server Support.
Resignations: Not Swagy has resigned from Server Moderator.
5/19/2019
Promotions: Jisoo has been promoted to Forum Moderator. IM Moe has been promoted to Forum Moderator. Endeavor has been promoted to Server Moderator. Vape Tricks has been promoted to Server Support. Noahtho has been promoted to Server Support.
Resignations: To gain has resigned from Global Moderator. Morgen has resigned from Server Moderator.
Demotions: Moral truth has been demoted from Server Moderator. EIM 1gp has been demoted from Server Moderator.
Fine China
Has been demoted and banned from Server Moderator for breaking the staff rules.
Code 002: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go, and why?
iron aritus: If I could pick a place where to go is Australia. I've been in lots of places in Europe / Asia and NA, but never in Australia or surrounding areas. Australia has always been an interesting place for me to visit, but I never got the chance to due to work and my real life if pretty busy at the moment.
But it's definitely a thing on my bucket list!
iron aritus: 1. Raids, I really enjoy raids as it’s one of my favorite thing to do on Alora. It’s just that I can’t get certain items(Justiciar chestguard) but overall I still enjoy raids since day one.
2. The second thing I enjoy about Alora is the silly community. I have really made some friends who I got close with, while I’ve never expected that on a RSPS. Besides the banter and shit there is really some friendship on this server.
Code 002: When you're not whaling it up in alora what do you do in the outside world?
iron aritus: When I’m not whaling around Alora then I’m working. At the moment I work at my cousin’s new restaurant as a sushi chef. I manage the sushi department to make sure every process goes correctly. So yes I cut fish but I protect whales!
Besides work I still like to hangout with my fellas. We do lots of shit from a passive hookah bars to game halls to karting etc.
Code 002: What are some things that would be on your bucket list?
iron aritus: I don’t have a lot to be honest since I have done most of them, but here are a few things I still wanna do.
1. Going to australia / bali / dubai as vacation.
2. Skydiving
3. Ngl, but touching a whale irl :sunglasses:
4. Visiting a real castle
5. Flying(steering) a helicopter / plane
Code 002: Australia would be sick! I'd love to dive in the barrier reef
iron aritus: Thing is I cant dive due to my eardrums are pretty undeep so when I’ll dive my ears hurts af
Code 002: Oh wtf, not even like those fancy ear plugs? or a full dive helmet?
iron aritus: Ear plugs still hurt, but a full helmet works! Would be nice if I could dive and touch a whale irl.
Code 002: What is your favorite sushi/shashimi/nigiri to make and or eat?
iron aritus: A regular salmon to cut, prepare and finish. But definitely the bluefin tuna sashimi to eat.
As of the inside out rolls I can’t really tell u what I like or not, since the basics are all the same. It’s just the topping / sauces I decorate to finish the role. My favorite role to eat is definitely the Dragon roll. It is a Tempura roll(fried shrimp) with the avocado topping combined with the spicy mayo and unagi(eel) sauce on it and flame it. After that you put vermicelli on top for the extra crunch flavour, finished up with some chives.
Code 002: What's a life skill that's rarely taught but you feel is a necessity?
iron aritus: Just enjoy everything you do. Don’t hesitate on what others think, it’s your own life. Eventually you’ll live for yourself.
Code 002:How dry are you for the justiciar chestplate?
Code 002: If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you want to go and why?
God: If I wasn't deathly afraid of planes, I think I would probably choose to go to Hawaii. I've always loved oceans and water. So, going where it's top tier is something I'd actually love to do. But i'm team #fuckflying so i'll stay in my room and play Alora for now.
Code 002: If you had to give up steak or Fortnite for the rest of your life what would it be and why?
Code 002: What is your favorite pass time outside of alora?
God: The combination of eating a steak dinner, Taking adderall, and playing fortnite.
A secondary answer could be uh, Yelling at @king purple or @Lowkey in voice. Saying mean things over text got boring.
Code 002: What accomplishment in your life are you most proud of?
God: Dropping out of high school and even though I was told I won't be, became successful.
Code 002: If there was anything you could have done differently in the past what would you do and why?
God: I would go back in time and invest way more time and money into acquiring currency (bitcoin) and spending/selling less of it until it mooned.
Code 002: What is your least favorite and favorite pet on alora?
God: My favorite pet is probably @king purple and my least favorite is probably @Lowkey
Congratulations! You have stood out in the eye of the community as well as in the eye of the staff team. Thank you for being a great member here on Alora. :)
Contact Lowkeyfor your 3 bonds prize in-game, and your Forum Awards will be active shortly.
Also please make sure to check out our streamers when they are live! They would love to have you keep them company while they grind out whatever it is they are grinding that day!
@Code 002 I love these newspapers so much now lol. I bet it's just as fun making them! Especially with adding the dirty/sarcastic comments on each of the pvm drops lmao