Deadliest Catch

Having spent his whole life fishing, Jones the fisherman has decided to retire in style. He believes that there’s a fortune to be had by hunting the dreaded Thalassus: a sea monster that’s rumoured to be thousands of years old and as big as a village. That’s what the stories say anyway, as no survivors have returned to tell tales of it, but you can be sure of one thing: you want to be far, far away from it when it surfaces.

If Jones is to stand a chance of landing this deadly beast, he needs your help. A rower, harpoon and map are needed before you can head out to hunt (those who suffer from sea-sickness, beware). Then there’s the small problem of finding the beast; while Thalassus is big, the oceans are bigger, and hunting it is like finding a giant, hungry needle in a humungous haystack.

You might come across treasure in the shipwrecks out to sea, and there’s a healthy haul of XP to salvage from this master quest. That’s not all, as additional hunting opportunities are on offer to eager sailors.

At the end of the day, a hunter or their quarry will be on the menu. So, who will be the Deadliest Catch: Jones or the Thalassus?

Mod Tim
RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:
Where to start Deadliest Catch:

Talk to Jones next to the Fishing Guild bank. He’s the one with the large fishing rod.

Requirements to start Deadliest Catch:

70 Fishing
70 Thieving
67 Hunter
Tower of Life
Druidic Ritual


In other news...

As those who voted in the ‘What’s My Name?’ Guaranteed Content Poll will have already noted, the winning sea monster name of ‘Thalassus’ has made it in game and the creature is munching on players as we speak! Thank you to all of those who voted and got the name into RuneScape.

We are ending support for older versions of Java (versions older than Sun Java 1.6.0_10) in a couple of weeks time. So that we do not catch players unaware, we have created a warning screen for those players who will be affected, which will pop up when you initially load the RuneScape applet, offering links to help you upgrade. With newer versions of Java, we are able to use more advanced features that should give you a better experience. For example, we are able to set the applet to use slightly more memory, so that the game runs more quickly. If we make sure that everyone is using a newer version, we can work to make the game better for everyone without the need to support less advanced Java versions.

Patch notes for this update: (Click to View)

The following small fixes and adjustments have now been made to the game. If you spot any further bugs in-game, please use the Bug Report feature ('Submit a Bug Report' under the 'Help' drop-down menu of the website).

Graphical


The recent crow infestation in a field north-east of Lumbridge has abated; they have now moved on to the spooky atmosphere of Draynor Village.
Ozan's quiver no longer floats whilst sliding in the ‘Three's Company’ Fremennik saga.
A puddle of blood no longer flickers during the ‘Thok it to 'em’ Fremennik Saga.
Items being flung in the catapult room in the Warrior's Guild no longer clip through the floor above.
An animation will now play when getting out of the pipe on the Werewolf Agility Course.
It is no longer possible to use the "V" in the veteran cape's emote as a podium to preach from.
Teleporting whilst transforming into a statue using a death hat no longer leaves a blue statue behind.
The duelist cap no longer gets removed whilst resting.
Turmoil and Berserker curses no longer take precedence over other emotes.
Giving a dog a bone now uses improved animations.
Werewolves no longer disappear briefly when transforming from their human forms.
The dungeoneering skillcape emote no longer causes female avatars to transform into males during the animation.



Activities


Clicking out of dialogue at the beginning of the ‘Thok it to 'em’ Fremennik saga no longer removes the interface.
Thok can no longer avoid the ramokee room in the ‘Thok it to 'em’ Fremennik saga.



Miscellaneous


Frost dragons can now be left-click attacked.
The Morytania slayer challenge can be completed again.
Aggie no longer walks to the wrong place when creating dyes.
It is no longer possible to lure monkey guards across Ape Atoll by equipping and unequipping greegrees.
The milestone capes are no longer blocked from Entrana.
The Dream lunar spell is no longer considered a combat spell when reordering the magic interface.
For smaller party sizes, the arming statues in the dungeoneering challenge room no longer stop the player from walking when statues are not placed down.
Obsidian walls have had the ‘Prospect’ op removed.
Multiple blessed spiders in Underground Pass no longer attack the player if they are in combat, and have not been fighting Kalrag.
The Twiblick Night Special has been renamed from Twiblik Night Special.
The parts table in the Artisans Workshop no longer references a cannon barrel, as it currently holds moulds and a hammer.
Two male forgotten warriors no longer sound like women when hit.