If your favorite game is also RuneScape then there is good news for you. You'll be happy to know that the RuneScape January 17 update has now been released by developers Jagex, and here's the full list of patch notes. If you also want to get this patch notes then you have to stay with us till the end. For information, let us tell you that this patch includes a new Ninja Strike called Scattershot, which includes quality of life improvements and a lot of bug fixes in the game. Some UI updates and balance adjustments are also included as part of this release.
You are ready with data pack and Wi-Fi to download this patch note. For information, let us tell you that you should be able to download and install this new patch as it is now available for all players. For more information about RuneScape patch notes for January 17 Update, scroll down this page.
RuneScape Patch Notes: January 17 Update
Here are the official patch notes for RuneScape January 17 Update that is now rolling out to all the supported platforms of the game:
NINJA STRIKE
COMBAT ITEM TOOLTIPS
- 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
ABILTIES & SPELLS
- 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
PETS & FAMILIARS
- 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.
ACTION BARS & COMBAT
- 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.
GENERAL QOL & NINJA BUGFIXES
- 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.
OTHER
HET’S OASIS
- 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.
GAMEPLAY
- 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.
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Source: RuneScape