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[Omicron]

Hello everyone,

 

Today's update comes with an exciting announcement: We now have another developer! Many of you are aware that Alora has been solo-developed for most of the past few years. In the last few months, my brother (Chad), who many of you already know and have interacted with, has taken the time to familiarize himself with Alora's code and has reached a point where we both feel confident having him work on updates full-time. He is a programmer as well, and he is more than capable of adding quality updates to Alora. This update is the result of that, and we're excited to return to doing large weekly updates to keep things fresh!

 

This update contains a bunch of new content, including Birdhouses, Skillcape perks, Barbarian fishing, Ents, Larran's key (Wilderness Slayer key) and more. We made sure that there was something for everyone in this one, so we hope that you enjoy it :)

 

 

• Vote book personalization:
  • Vote books now allow you to choose what type of bonus you'd like to enable once every 12 hours!
    • Rather than only being an XP boost, you can choose from the following boosts:
      • (All of the boosts below stack with other bonuses, such as Weekend bonuses)
      • XP - 60 minutes of 50% boost
      • PKP - 45 minutes of 25% boost
      • Slayer points - 45 minutes of 25% boost
      • Barrows points - 45 minutes of 25% boost
      • Pest control - 45 minutes of 25% boost
      • Castle wars - 45 minutes of 25% boost
      • Raids - 45 minutes of 5% boost
  • Notes:
    • You'll still be able to open other vote books before 12 hours has passed (unless your game mode restricts it), but they will only allow you to select XP bonus.
    • Donator bonuses work on these skills, as you'll see below in the GIF I actually receive 67 minutes of Raids bonus rather than 45 due to my Immortal donator giving me 1.5x the usual time.
• Boost Display:
  • A new button in your quest tab has been added to display a full list of your active experience boosts!
    • Boosts displayed:
      • Server boosts (eg. Weekend events)
      • Vote boosts (eg. From the list above)
      • Boosters (eg. Drop booster from donation store)
      • Other (eg. Gods blessing timer from fighting God bosses or playing Castle Wars)
• Minnow fishing:
  • Donators can now take the row boat from the Fishing guild to the Minnow platform!
    • Equipped with a small net and level 82 Fishing, you can fish minnows on the platform. You will receive minnows in bunches of 10-14, granting 26.1 experience per bunch.
      • You can then exchange these Minnows for noted Sharks with Kylie Minnow on the platform.
    • Note:
      • After you have amassed 3,000 minnows in your inventory, you can no longer fish anymore on the platform. You will either have to exchange them through Kylie or bank them to continue fishing.
• Realism rapier:
  • As promised, the Realism-only weapon is now available! You can obtain the Realism rapier by speaking to Paul at home. The cost is 500k GP, as it is a relatively powerful weapon.
    • This rapier is slightly more powerful than a Dragon scimitar, though it has a high stab bonus rather than slash. It has an Attack requirement slightly lower than that of the Dragon scimitar, at level 50 Attack.
    • When fighting with this sword, it has the same graceful rapier animations as the Ghrazi rapier.
    • The sword is untradeable and can be reclaimed from Paul if lost on death.
    • Bonuses:
      • +70 Stab
      • +45 Slash
      • +67 Strength
• Birdhouses:
  • Birdhouses can now be used to train Hunter on Fossil Island!
    • Location:
      • To reach this area, you can use the Skilling menu through the Teleport wizard.
    • Creation:
      • Birdhouses are created by using Clockworks (purchasable in the Construction supply store) with any type of log, while having a hammer and chisel in your inventory:
        • The type of birdhouse created, Crafting level required to create it and XP gained, as well as the Hunter level required to set up the birdhouse depends on the logs used. A table has been posted below with all of the details.
    • Setting up:
      • Birdhouses can be set up in 4 different locations across Fossil island, which you can quickly teleport between using the Magic Mushtree network.
        • You can use any birdhouse on any one of these 4 spaces to set up a birdhouse trap.
        • Once set up, you'll need to fill it with 10 of any Hops seed or Herb seed. If using a Wildblood seed, or any Herb seed that is Ranarr or higher, it will count as 2 seeds and you will only need 5.
    • Managing:
      • After depositing 10 seeds, the trap will begin to catch birds. It will catch 1 bird every 5 to 10 minutes. After catching 10 birds, you will be notified by chatbox message that one of your traps is full.
        • At any time during the process, you can dismantle your birdhouse to re-obtain the Clockwork. You will only ever need 4 Clockworks.
          • If your trap caught any birds, you will receive 5-6 feathers per bird and 1 raw bird meat (dropped on the ground).
          • When dismantling a trap with birds, you have the chance to receive Bird's nests at the following rate (per bird caught):
            • Regular - 5%
            • Oak - 7.5%
            • Willow - 10%
            • Teak - 12.5%
            • Maple - 15%
            • Mahogany - 17.5%
            • Yew - 20%
            • Redwood - 25%
• Barbarian fishing:
  • Players can now fish Sturgeon, Trout and Salmon at Otto's grotto to earn Agility and Strength experience alongside the usual Fishing. XP.
    • Players who wish to fish here must have a Barbarian rod and bait.
      • Barbarian rods can be purchased from Gerrant's fishing shop, or players can search the barbarian bed in Otto's house to obtain one.
        • Requirements:
          • All fish ~ 15 Strength and Agility
          • Trout ~ 48 Fishing
          • Salmon ~ 58 Fishing
          • Sturgeon ~ 70 Fishing
  • Access:
    • You can use the Teleport Wizard to teleport here, by navigating to the Skilling menu. (Location name: Otto's grotto)
• Arclight fix:
  • Although the Arclight did indeed reduce enemy Defence and was stackable, it was not properly stacking for Attack/Strength reductions. 
    • It should now work as intended, reducing all three in a stackable manner.
  • Additionally, the stacking effect was being added multiplicatively manner, similar to the Dragon Warhammer special (meaning each special attack would reduce the enemy's stats by a lower amount than the last) rather than additively. 
    • It will now be stacking additively, meaning each hit will indeed reduce enemy stats by 5% (or 10% if against a Demon) rather than a lower percentage each hit.
• Ents:
  • Ents found in the wilderness can now be chopped after dying. 
    • Chopping their remains will allow you to obtain several sets of noted logs according to your Woodcutting level. 
    • You also gain 25 experience per set of logs (no matter the type).
    • You can receive better logs when using a Rune or Dragon axe.
• Larran's Key:
  • Larran's key has been added! Players have a chance to receive Larran's key (a stackable item) by killing monsters on their wilderness slayer task. Players can then go to either Larran's chest (big, in deep wilderness, or small, in low wilderness) and open it to receive items.
    • Items in the chest are similar to Brimstone chest, but with the unique items removed.
    • The big chest has better drops than the small chest due to the danger of opening it in deep wilderness.
• Graceful fixes:
  • Wearing mixed pieces of Graceful was not working properly and has now been fixed to give the same effect no matter which combination you are wearing.
• Castle Wars:
  • The time between using bandages has been cut in half.
  • Kills and deaths will now be displayed in the chatbox at the end of a match.
  • Rather than 10 barricades per player, the limit is now 10 barricades per team as intended.
• Clue scroll changes:
  • You can now right-click clue scrolls to check how many steps you've completed on them.
• Weapon fixes:
  • Toktz-xil-ul (Obsidian rings) now work as intended.
• General content updates:
  • Ugthanki kebabs are now edible, and heal 19 HP, causing your player to exclaim "Yum!".
  • Cave horrors can now be assigned as a Hard slayer task, ranging between 40-110 assigned.
  • 2 Red spider egg spawns have been added to Varrock sewers, to match OSRS.
• Skillcape perk updates:
  • Attack skillcape:
    • Wearing this skillcape grants free access to the Cyclops room in the Warrior's guild, and will not deduct any tokens when you are inside the room as long as you are wearing the cape.
  • Strength skillcape:
    • You can now use the Strength cape to teleport directly to the Warrior's guild.
  • Prayer skillcape:
    • Players wearing the prayer cape (or trimmed, or max cape) will now receive an extra 2% of their current prayer added to their total prayer from drinking any potion that restores prayer.
  • Construction skillcape:
    • Players can now right click to teleport to their house with the construction cape.
  • Runecrafting skillcape:
    • Although not in OSRS, we have added a perk which gives a bonus amount of runes based on the total amount crafted with multipliers. For example, if you're crafting double natures, instead of 56, if your multiplier is 15%, you'll get 64.
      • The bonuses are as follows, and require all players to be wearing either a runecrafting skillcape or max cape:
        • Regular player, Donator or Super donator: 5%
        • Extreme/Legendary donator: 8%
        • Uber donator: 10%
        • Master donator: 12%
        • Immortal donator: 15%
  • Agility skillcape:
    • Players can now use Agility skillcapes and the Max cape(s) as a graceful cape.
  • Thieving skillcape:
    • Players wearing Thieving skillcapes (or Max cape(s)) will now have a 10% lower chance of failing when pickpocketing or cracking safes.
  • Crafting skillcape:
    • Players can now use the cape to teleport to the Crafting guild an unlimited number of times.
  • Hunter skillcape:
    • You can now use this cape to teleport between 3 different Chinchompa areas:
      • Red chinchompas
      • Black chinchompas
      • Donator zone chinchompas
  • Mining skillcape:
    • You now have a 5% chance to get an extra ore when wearing this cape.
  • Smithing skillcape:
    • Players can now use the Smithing capes or Max cape(s) as Goldsmith gauntlets to get bonus XP whenever smelting or superheating gold ore.
  • Fishing skillcape:
    • Players can now use this cape to teleport to the Fishing guild and Otto's grotto.
  • Woodcutting skillcape:
    • Players now get a 10% boosted chance for a Bird's nest (stacks with donator benefits) if they're wearing a Woodcutting skillcape or Max cape.
  • Farming skillcape:
    • Farming yields are boosted by 5% if players harvest their crops wearing the farming cape.
  • Other capes:
    • Ardougne skill cape (and Max cape) teleports added:
      • You can now use these capes to teleport to the Ardougne farm or Monastery.
    • Monkey (completionist) cape now works for all of these effects.
    • Max cape teleports:
      • You can now use the Max cape right-click teleports to teleport to the following locations:
        • Fishing guild
        • Warrior's guild
        • Crafting guild
        • Otto's Grotto
        • Any Chinchompa teleport from the Hunter cape
        • Player-owned house
• Miscellaneous / Bug fixes:
  • The Bandos altar in the Godwars Dungeon now works as intended.
  • Item value fixes:
    • Infernal pickaxe value has been increased for it to protect over other items on death.
    • Black mask (i), and al Slayer helmet(i) variants now have a higher value to properly protect over other items.
    • Broad bolt Ranged projectile has been corrected.
    • ;;fishing (along with the old ;;fish) command can be used to teleport to the Fishing guild.
  • AFK fishing Karambwanji will no longer work and will cancel after a certain amount of time.
• Agility shortcuts:
  • Stepping stones have been added south-east of the Barbarian village.
• Last man standing updates:
  • Herb boxes and Seed packs have both been added to the LMS exchange at 100 points each.
• Vote shop updates:
  • After receiving feedback, the Rogue outfit from the Vote point store has been cut to half of the previous price. (2000 points)
    • If you have already purchased this outfit, please PM us for a reimbursement of points.
• Wyson the Gardener's Mole exchange changes:
  • You will now receive more bird's nests per mole claw/skin from Wyson: he is now exchanging at a 1:1 ratio for either claws or skins.
• Brimstone chest drop announcements:
  • Dusk mystic pieces and Hastas will now be announced over yell when received from the chest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always, there may be some bugs introduced within this update. Please make sure to report them as soon as they are found so that we can patch them quickly!

 

Regards,

Omicron

 

 

[22]

Loving the update especially the birdhouses and skillcape perks.

[Not Enzo]

This is huge! Thanks for the updates once again!

[Vape Tricks]

I hecking LOVE IT Omicron! This is awesome and im glad we have another coder on staff as well! Honestly speechless!

[2 Ridiculous]

fucking sick ass update..... Im hyped

[Exmark]

great update @Omicron. Looking forward to bird houses and the Xp books is a nice change as well.

[Damz]

Littt boyyzzzzzz, 2241 total and I haven't bought one skillcape cos they were useless basically. Sick update

[Doc Hellish]

I love it, I love it all. Thanks dads! 

[Geeskillo]

welcome chad, and sick updates gotta say.. keep up the good work @Omicron

[Toxic Prick]

awesome updates guys thank you. 

[Realismist]

From the looks of it your brother is exactly what you needed to take the game to a new level. many needed updates in this. thank you so much omi and (chad).

[Konar]

_{Amazing update, super glad to see that you're bringing Chad along to help!}

[Immortal Fox]

Probably my favorite update ever,  .

[MT]

The skillcape perks are a godsend to have on Alora now. Lassan’s keys are nice, as well as the new fishing/hunter methods. Thanks, Omicron!

[KP]

2 devs and a god tier update, we love you.

[Nomad]

Amazing update, thank you so much!

[MCMUFFIN177]

this is quite mcmassive thank u

[EIM Zarox]

Amazing update, thank you, Omi!

[Salter]

Absolutely amazing! I love it

 

I can't wait to see what else you and Chad can accomplish!

 

[KingHC]

Runecrafting skillcape perk is pretty bloody good.