Later this week, we’ll be releasing an ‘Everything You Need To Know’ blog so stay tuned for more details about how to get there and a small taste of what to expect!

If you’re not able to get a squad together, not quite ready to tackle the raid, or just can’t make it on release day, then we’ve got you covered!

Join Mod Ayiza, Mod Kieren, and a host of other guests on our Twitch channel on release day for a big ol’ watch party! We know that creators all over will be streaming their progress in their bids to be the first group to clear the raid and wholeheartedly encourage you to check them out on release, but for those of you wanting to kick back or who struggle to keep up with who’s furthest progressed or who’s clutching up for their party, we’ll try our best to keep up for you and bring you as much of the action as we can.

This isn’t set to be a high-octane, ‘race to world first’ style esports broadcast, but instead a place for you to hang out, share in the hype, and hear from special guests throughout the day, including sitting down with team members who’ve been working tirelessly to bring The Fractured Archive to life and can’t wait to share their experiences with all of you.

So for those of you who can’t get your hands dirty on October 20th, grab a drink, put your feet up, and kick back with us as we celebrate the release, our creators, our team, and most importantly: our community!

Death grows tired of being overlooked. Hordes of adventurers respawning and shrugging off their end over and over again… but for those of you with nerves of steel, strong stomachs, and perhaps a masochistic streak: Death offers a challenge!

Hardcore Worlds are coming on November 4th! But what does this mean? You’ll start a brand-new character on worlds separate from the main game where everybody is a character with all the privileges of a main (trading, access to the Grand Exchange, etc) but with only a single life! Separate worlds, separate economy, one life. Death truly matters.

These worlds won’t have any XP or Drop Rate boosts like Leagues or Deadman. However, Death wishes to truly challenge you; You’ll be going at the same pace as normal worlds – death is the one true enemy!

Although, dying isn’t quite the end. Death is gracious enough to give you a choice: either reset your progress entirely and start again, or be banished from Hardcore Worlds and get sent to the main game! If transferring, you keep all your progress and gear, except the items you lost on death. That’s right, dying is more dangerous than ever. Any item on your person that does not fall under the usual “Items kept on Death” category, as seen on the in-game interface, will be lost forever. These will not be transferred with you to the main game. Think twice before bringing your best fit.

This is a brand-new permanent experience, not just for those who lust for daring challenges, but with a fresh economy comes opportunity and the potential to strike it rich – perhaps you’ll make a name for yourself as a master craftsman or blacksmith! Something you might want to be aware of: these worlds are slightly more deadly than playing a normal Hardcore IM, as we’re taking the rule set from Hardcore Group Ironman which means areas like the Fight Caves, Inferno and even the Nightmare Zone will count as an unsafe death!

Hardcore Worlds is an accompaniment gamemode alongside all the great content we’ve lined up for the foreseeable future. We’ll be covering all that and more in a blog dedicated to Hardcore Worlds very soon, but until then… prepare to survive!

The Grand Exchange has long been a fundamental part of Old School’s economy, and one of the biggest benefits (aside from being able to get your hands on all those tradeable items without doing the grind) is how every sale is done conveniently, safely and with an accurate representation of the item’s value. Up to a maximum offer of 2,147,483,647gp, that is.

So, when it’s come to the highest value items, you’d need to track down a seller through third-party websites, trust you’re getting a good deal and then meeting face to face to make the trade. A bit of a hassle, really.

Well as of today we’re making that process super simple. You’ll now be able to buy and sell items beyond the old 2.147b cap using a combination of Coins and Platinum tokens! Just pop your offer in and let the GE bankers do all the work for you.

• Put your offer in at the GE as usual, with the ability to input higher than the max cash limit of 2.147b!
• When the offer completes, your payment will automatically be taken as usual, using whatever combination of coins and platinum that works best. This might mean you’ll get some coins back for platinum used – GE bankers don’t keep the change!
  • This will apply to all trades, not just those over max cash, depending on what you have in your inventory!
  • If you’re making an offer that you don’t have the currency for in your inventory and the system needs to pull from the bank, there’s a chance it may shuffle quantities of coins and platinum to get what it needs. There may also be cases where the system will turn platinum into coins in whichever inventory it’s taking from but it’ll try to prioritise taking coins for offers below max, but that won’t always be the case. A way to be sure is to withdraw coins and have what you need in your inventory to avoid anything getting shuffled.
• All item stacks, including coins, are still capped at 2.147b.
  • Instead, the GE itself now supports higher-value trades using both Coins and Platinum tokens, where required.
  • This means the system is effectively capped at about 2.149 trillion GP with combined currency holdings (2.147b Coins + 2.147b Platinum), which should cover even the most ambitious bank values – at least for the foreseeable!
• Existing trade restrictions, such as buy limits, remain unchanged.
• GE tax still applies, meaning these high-value trades will continue to contribute to the game’s gold sinks, helping keep our game’s economy nice and healthy long term.
  • Note: Tax is still capped at a maximum of 5 million coins per item, as standard.
• Many interfaces across the game now support displaying item values over 2.147b. The notable exceptions to this are loot tracker and ground items.
• Plus, we’re implementing more responsive guide prices to better reflect current market conditions day-to-day, and they will update by a higher maximum! We’re changing the max a guide price can change by from 5% to 20%, with this price updating every 3 hours instead of every 24 hours. Lower volume items will be updated more too, previously they didn’t reach a trade volume threshold.
• We’ve also added a handy new icon to represent exactly what you’re receiving.

We hope that bringing these trades back into the GE provides the following:

• A safer experience – players no longer have to rely on potential scam in-person trades or go through any potentially dodgy external websites.
• Better price transparency – trades conducted through the GE provide clearer signals about the true value of rare items.
• Greater gold sinking – keeping the game and economy nice and healthy by applying the GE tax to these trades.
• Future-proofing – items from new content can be sold immediately at a player’s convenience.

So there you have it, we’ve officially gone beyond max cash! Go on, get yourself that 3rd Age Pickaxe, treat yourself.

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