Smithing, rebuilt The midgame Smithing grind was the worst offender in the game, and this update tears it down. Metal bars no longer need logs as fuel. You smelt with ore, plus coal from steel on up, and nothing else. Forging tools, weapons, and armor no longer needs planks at all. If you want a chestplate, you need bars, full stop. No side trips through Woodcutting and Crafting just to start smithing. On top of that, smelting a bar is now a single action and grants far more experience, so it is finally worth doing on its own. Start to finish, the smelt and forge loop is several times faster than before. Faster across the board Cooking, Crafting, and Woodcutting all had their experience rates raised to sit in line with the rest of the skills, so no single skill feels like a slog next to its neighbors. Cooking also burns less food while you are still learning a new fish, so more of your catch makes it to the plate. Cook smarter, not harder Cooking no longer eats a matching log for every single fish. Instead you choose which log keeps your fire going, and a higher tier log burns far longer before it needs replacing. A single elder log now fuels dozens of cooks. Your woodpile goes much, much further, and a new readout on the skilling bar shows the log you are burning and how many cooks it has left. Arrow shafts Fletching arrows now starts with arrow shafts, carved from whatever logs you have on hand. A better log yields more shafts per cut. It is a cleaner supply chain, and it means arrows no longer demand one specific log tier. Pick your wood, cut your shafts, fletch your arrows. A new rune, and a new spell The Astral rune joins the Runecraft altars at level 54, filling the long stretch between Nature and Death with its own animated altar. It powers Vengeance, a new passive that turns part of every blow you take back onto your attacker. Keeping a passive active now also trains your Magic as you fight, so the runes you spend in combat are never wasted. The character co...
Play in your language RuneClick is now fully translated into Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Pick your language in Settings and the whole game switches over live, no restart needed. Every skill, item, enemy, menu, and tooltip reads in your language. Cosmetic tool finishes A new way to spend your hard-earned gold at the top of the game. Unlock the Gilded and Void finishes in the shop and apply them to your axe, pickaxe, and fishing rod. They carry no stats and change nothing about how you gather. They are pure prestige, a way to make your tools look like yours. New pets and rare finds Woodcutting, Mining, and Fishing each have their own mega-rare pet to chase now: the Beaver, the Rock Golem, and the Baby Kraken. Woodcutting can also turn up a Bird's Nest, which you open at the bank for seeds or a piece of jewelry, and if you are absurdly lucky an onyx bracelet. And out on the water there is Old Mossback, a once-in-a-lifetime trophy catch worth a small fortune. Runecraft goes deeper Three new runes, Death, Blood, and Soul, extend Runecraft well into the late game, along with new high-level spells and a passive that rewards heavy casting. The climb to the top of the spellbook is no longer capped at nature runes. Bring the right style to the fight The combat triangle now keys off the armor your foe wears. Plated melee enemies shrug off blades and arrows but fold to magic. Robed casters are soft to melee and ranged. Hide-clad archers resist magic. Every monster's page in the in-game guide now spells out what it is weak to. Combat pays off Monster drop tables got a heavy pass, so fighting is now a real way to earn resources, gold, and mid-tier gear without grinding the matching skill. If you have been fighting since launch, the first time you log in you get a one-time grant of the drops you would have earned across your past kills. Combat XP rates were also rebalanced to sit alongside the rest of the game. Start fresh If your l...
XP rates adjusted Gathering and production grant more XP per action than they did in v2.0. Your existing XP and levels carry over, with the same effort credited under the new rates. Steam no longer blacks out The Steam client stays responsive when RuneClick launches and when you alt-tab between them. Big thanks to Mr. Vorx & Kaptain Kuddles for the bug report! Always-on-top sticks RuneClick stays on top through alt-tab, Win+D, and focus-stealing apps. No more falling behind the taskbar. Bank sell quantities The QTY bar now reads 1 / 10 / 50 / 100 / 500 / 1000 / All. Loadout hotkeys default off The number-key gear swap shortcut is opt-in on fresh installs. Existing preferences are honored. New app icon The taskbar and Alt+Tab thumbnail show the new v2.0 icon. — Vosk
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