An update has been released for RuneScape that made changes to Treasure Hunter. It offers an improvement to the experience like a new look and an increase in transparency.
The RuneScape Team revealed that these changes to Treasure Hunter are the result of small alterations to offer a better experience. For example, the probability of winning a particular prize is now computed and displayed in real-time. All of this new information is shown in a new window that replaces the Categories interface.
Changes to Prizes
There are also changes made to prizes. The following have been removed from Treasure Hunter:
- Skilling Outfits: Normal and Elite
- Slayer Masks: They are going to be available through Shattered Worlds play.
- Wicked Hood Tokens: Now available in the Runespan Shop for 1,500 points each.
- 200m Coins: This has been replaced by a 50m Coin prize.
- Brilliant Alchemist Fragments: Fragments that were otherwise lying around have been converted to 250 Oddments each.
- All cosmetic items except those applicable to a current promotion.
These are the prizes added:
- Giant Stars and Giant Lamps. Promotional versions of these also exist like Smouldering Lamps and Bubbling Lamps.
- Huge Coin Pouch: Values change according to total level.
- Portable Packs (assorted sizes)
Hearts of Ice Discontinuation
The changes to Treasure Hunter are indeed interesting. However, there’s some bad news - Hearts of Ice has ended. According to the RuneScape team, this was done because:
- Many of the promos now have alternative control methods and transparent probabilities built-in.
- The other changes render them redundant.
- They've always been a bit fiddly.
Players who still have Hearts of Ice will be reimbursed with Oddments at a rate of 1 Oddment for every 5 Hearts of Ice.
What did you think of these changes?
RuneScape is an MMORPG first released in 2001. It was originally a browser game before being made available on PC, iOS, and Android. It has been considered one of the longest-running online games. At its peak, it had around 300 million player accounts. As of 2020, the game had reached at least 1.2 million subscribers.
