This week we've made some improvements to the Duel Arena in addition to some new POH furniture and Zamorakian grape farming!
Improvements to the Duel Arena
We recently put out a developer blog detailing a number of changes we would like to make to the duel arena in order to make the process of staking a safer one.
Following an overwhelmingly positive response to the suggested anti-scamming changes, we decided to make the changes without a poll.
Let's take a look at what is different at the duel arena.
Screen 1 - Duel options
The first screen you'd be faced with is the duel options screen. Here you decide what will be allowed/disallowed within the duel.
As shown in the above image, you are now provided with much more information about your opponent. Not only do you see their combat level, but you also see each of their combat stats.
Screen 2 - Inventories & Stakes
The second screen is where you choose how much you would like to stake. Also, if you and your opponent agreed to show your inventories in the first screen, you will be able to view your opponent's items at this point.
The button found at the bottom of this screen allows you to toggle between viewing your opponent's inventory and worn items.
Screen 3 - Confirmation
The third and final step in setting up a duel is confirmation. Here you can review all of the rules that were set and the items up for grabs.
This ever so slightly longer process for setting up a duel makes sure you know exactly what you're getting into. With more information to hand, your time at the duel arena will be safer and more enjoyable!
New POH furniture
A Combat Dummy can now be constructed in your combat room. When you hit it, you will always roll max damage. An upgraded form of the dummy counts as being undead and as being your Slayer task, so the bonuses of the Salve amulet and black mask can apply to it.
The dummy does not force enchanted bolts to trigger their special attacks every time, but will apply their max damage when they do, wherever that's applicable.
The portal room in your house has also become more useful with the addition of 7 new teleport destinations:
Zamorakian grapes
Farmer Gricoller's house in Kourend is now the home of Bologa, his youngest granddaughter. She's a Zamorakian mystic, or at least she'd like to be. Mostly she's worked as a bartender, but she's pretty sure necromancy is the career for her.
Bologa has been combining her rudimentary Zamorakian powers with her family's knowledge of fruit-farming, and has invented a blessing that can infest a bunch of grapes with the power of her dark lord.
To unlock access to her blessings, you'll need to pay Bologa 75k coins. She'll expect you to dress a little Zamorakian and have access to her grandfather's tithe farm (100% Hosidius favour) too. Bologa is upstairs in Farmer Gricoller's house.
Once you've bought a stack of Bologa's blessings from Farmer Gricoller, carry them in your inventory when you harvest grapes. Each scroll will convert a grape to a 'Zamorakian grape' at the time when it is severed from the vine.
You can then add the Zamorakian grapes to a jug of water to make Wine of Zamorak in the usual way, with level 65 Cooking.
In other news
Bugfixes
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