Launch time is expected to be the regular 11:15 UK time launch. Thanks to the clocks changing today it is also 11:15 gametime. The update will take a few mins longer then regular as we will be making extra backups of things but should be back only 10-20 mins after it goes down.

This is all on the presumption that things go without any issues, we have taken precautions and prepared things ahead of time but there is always a low chance something comes up and we have to react, in that event we will be communicating with players here and on our social channels about any developing situations.

Very nice

MaxedPainRS

"Group names are limited to 20 characters."
What's the minimum? Can we try and come up with 3 letter abbreviations or is there a minimum amount of characters required? What about capitals? If I were to name the group "GIMabc" would all 3 first letters be caps or only the G?

I guess the Minimum is 1 letter

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Gheedish

In the section about Journey, the list for tier 1 says all members of a group have to complete Restless Ghost. In the picture of the tier 1 Journey it says only one group member needs to complete Restless Ghost. Which of these is accurate for launch? My concern is if a member of the team plays less or quits early, will we have to remove them from the group to continue progressing the Journey?

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It's one, I will be updating the wording in the post shortly.

Steel yourselves for self-sufficient 'Scaping but this time with a team of friends! Now's your chance to build a powerful squad of Ironmen, where the team is stronger than any individual, and compete for the top spot on the leaderboards. It's a new way to experience Gielinor!

Check it out here - https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/group-ironman-launches-28-oct

We have put together a blog to gather up the majority of the information around GIM, if you have been keeping up to date you will know most of this information already but its nice to have it in one spot!

Looking forward to seeing everyone's groups on Monday!

Hey Folks, As we mentioned in the recent AMA this topic has come up as part of the conversation around GIM and while its not something that is essential for the GIM launch as any players who wish to take part in GIM will be able to do so regardless of if they opted to never deiron, it is something we have been discussing.

With the implementation of Jagex accounts bringing updated security options to the situation we aim to implement a method for Ironman players to transition to "mains" in the future. We will likely be taking on a similar approach on how it should be implemented but this will not be something that's available for the launch of GIM next week.

Festivities at the Harvest Hollow are well underway and GIM is arriving on 28 Oct! While we wait check out the drop rates for the Gate of Elidinis!

Here - https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/gate-of-elidinis-drop-rates---this-week-in-runescape

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picklemustardcake

this was talked about last week and the jmod said they don't know how they are going to make it obtainable in gameplay and they were taking suggestions. lmao

I said it wasn't locked in exactly how, there is several ideas and suggestions floating around and some are more solid then the others but which one exactly hasn't been locked in stone. The plan is to have it come from a source of gameplay similar to other skilling outfits.

Some people are suggesting rituals others as drops from necromancy themed mobs or bosses etc. At the moment we are chatting on the topic and taking on any interesting suggestions players have.

Butternubicus

Starts October 17th | Ends October 21st | Grim Harvest

someone forgot to change the dates on the promo part

Yup, has been sorted.

5-x

Almost no patches for 2 weeks now. I guess it's all hands on deck for GIM.

Thanks for Gate drop rates. By the way, you misspelled "pack yak" and "pack mammoth" in your post.

Its not ideal but we are doing what we can to keep things on track for the launch, there is so many moving pieces and systems involved in launching a game mode like GIM that we are likely being a little overly cautious.

At 20:00 Game time there will be a little ceremony at the stage in the hub, the team which had handed in the most confections will be announced and then everyone who handed in confections will get the week one prize of 10k Spooky tokens and have a chance at receiving the Spirit of Harvest pet.

Lil jealous ngl

The necromancy ritual animation is a bit more active and extended and with several players in a small area spread out around the circle it was having a higher impact on performance then we were happy with.

ghfhfhhhfg9

Someone said a jmod said that it would take a week and a half to fix the artifact collections not being collected in order. Hotfix today and now they are dropped in order.

Jagex can do so many things so fast... It is so crazy when they say it'll take 2-5x longer than it actually does.

The Jmod was just talking people through the process, Monday's update is very important to the launch of GIM the following week and so we are bein incredibly cautious with adding in quick fixes.

If those fixes cause more issues it can have a compounding affect and our QA team is already stretched getting ready for GIM, so in this instance the dev listened to players, looked into the situation, found a solution, ensured it not only solved the problem at hand but wouldn't cause a knock on effect and then pushed it through the hotfix pipeline to get it out as early as possible all the while openly communicating in real time with players about the potential timeline.

After the ceremony you will be able to speak with Cough (guy you had in candy with) to get your reward. SHould be available from the end of the ceremony.

Ferronier

Is the Scythe pet ONLY available to people at the ceremony?

No anyone who contributed the confectionary during the week is in with a chance, if you cant be there for the annoucement you can check in with cough afterwards

Hey Folks, We have been reviewing reports of crashing in the Halloween Hub while playing on mobile. As we narrow in on the root cause there has been improvements for a number of players by turning off the "Terrain Blending" option in your Graphics setting.

https://preview.redd.it/u0evwvxdfbvd1.png?width=2778&format=png&auto=webp&s=680055c6076420f0dcb98f720f9745521c5ab599

Please turn this option off in the meantime and let me know if your crashes continues to persist.

Hey Folks, We have been reviewing reports of crashing in the Halloween Hub while playing on mobile. As we narrow in on the root cause there has been improvements for a number of players by turning off the "Terrain Blending" option in your Graphics setting.

https://preview.redd.it/4k1le6qifbvd1.png?width=2778&format=png&auto=webp&s=085af345e85ce9236ff128c96f64f84b84a7674d

Please turn this option off in the meantime and let me know if your crashes continues to persist.

Hey Folks, We have been reviewing reports of crashing in the Halloween Hub while playing on mobile. As we narrow in on the root cause there has been improvements for a number of players by turning off the "Terrain Blending" option in your Graphics setting.

https://preview.redd.it/39agvt9kfbvd1.png?width=2778&format=png&auto=webp&s=b325adf179b84344ae3f18ef31eafb52d7825ad2

Please turn this option off in the meantime and let me know if your crashes continues to persist.

Hey Folks, We have been reviewing reports of crashing in the Halloween Hub while playing on mobile. As we narrow in on the root cause there has been improvements for a number of players by turning off the "Terrain Blending" option in your Graphics setting.

https://preview.redd.it/tfix52fmfbvd1.png?width=2778&format=png&auto=webp&s=46a181ccb02a150b24e9eded398ebb0bef32aa63

Please turn this option off in the meantime and let me know if your crashes continues to persist.