Lava Flow Mine

Since Bug has retired, I will be doing the updates from now on. Got a couple to catch up on, so here's the first. Let the discussion begin!

Players who have completed King of the Dwarves will already have seen the Lava Flow Mine, where the dwarves of Keldagrim have tapped into channels of liquid rock in order to power their city’s machinery. The lava flows require constant tending to keep the power supply steady, and the new king has finally decided to let humans into the mine to help out.

The Lava Flow Mine allows miners to gain a good rate of XP without producing any ore (although you have a chance of finding gems). You can mine anywhere in the area, but you get the maximum rate of XP by consulting the flow gauges and finding the place where the lava is flowing most slowly.

A few random events will pop up from time to time, and keeping an eye out for them could net you additional rewards. Boilers will break, and you can fix them for Smithing XP if you have the required level. Mischievous ancestor spirits will make off with the dwarves’ pickaxes, and catching them will give you a temporary bonus to Mining XP in the area. If you help the Tzhaar hero on his endless quest to catch a lava monster, everyone in the area will have an increased chance of finding gems.

Finally, the Liquid Gold Nymph may take pity on your dull clothes and give you pieces of an outfit so eye-achingly flamboyant that it grants a bonus to Mining XP everywhere in the world – the complete outfit grants a total Mining XP bonus of 2.5%.

Mod John A
Senior RuneScape Content Developer

Summary:
Where to find the Lava Flow Mine:

Go through the entrance in the east wall of Keldagrim.

Requirements to use the Lava Flow Mine:

Must have completed King of the Dwarves.
Bring your own pickaxe.



In other news...

We've made a number of fixes and improvements to RuneScape's clan support and the Clan Camp. For a full list of these changes,

please read this release's patch notes. (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


Weapons are now hidden when performing the veteran cape emote.
The Plank Make spell no longer flashes white in Safe Mode.
The amulet of zealots no longer stretches when resting.
The lunar teleport spells have been darkened when inactive to display the difference between the Catherby Teleport better.
Pauline from Livid Farm now stays floating when turning.
Beefy Bill's animations have been updated.
The Odd Old Man no longer stretches when stroking his beard.
Players now wield chaotic mauls with Torag's platebody correctly.
The Soul Wars cape no longer causes players’ heads to stretch when wielded with a facemask.
The dragon footprints in the tutorial no longer flicker.
The flags in the Drill Demon random event no longer stretch.
A flickering issue around the entrance to the Stronghold of Player Safety has been fixed.



Quests and Tasks


A typo on destroying the ruby key in While Guthix Sleeps has been fixed.
The ‘Can’t Touch This’ Task now functions correctly with players who have their max life points greater than 990.
The ‘Skeletal Horror’ Task now appears in the Task List when not completed, instead of after being completed for the week.


Activities and Distractions


A typo has been fixed in the Artisans Workshop when smithing decorative swords.
It is no longer possible to take the royal wedding celebration items into Castle Wars.



Miscellaneous


The capes of distinction can now be stored on a POH cape rack by using the hood on the rack.
The upgraded completionist cape will now remain available even if a player has removed the statue of Dahmaroc from their POH.
Trying to play the max cape animation no longer complains about NPCs in the area.
The max and completionist capes now award the correct amount of coins on death.
The Remote Farming spell now states the correct information for grown magic trees and My Arm's herb patch.
The Runecrafting level-up message now states to go to Larriar for the skillcape.
A typo has been fixed on Baba Yaga's clothes rack.
Three tiles south of Falador can now be correctly walked over.
A typo on "Further information" in the Quick Chat guide has been fixed.
The Mining micro-tutorial has been altered to stop telling players about prospecting.
The Forinthry bracelet’s ‘repel’ effect no longer carries over onto free worlds.
George Laxmeister in Piscatoris now talks about “glassblowing” instead of “glassbowing”.



Clans


Players can now temporarily ‘switch off’ their Clan Chat channel in-game by clicking a button on the Clan Chat side interface.
The Friends Chat and Clan chat interfaces have been graphically updated to match the Friends List interface.
It is now possible to change your clan name by speaking to the clan scribe. This may be done once every 28 days, and only by the clan’s owner.
The clan vexillum now has a ‘Teleport to Clan Camp’ option.
Players can now set members of their clan to be a ‘Recruiter’ using a checkbox near to the Rated Clan Wars leader checkbox.
The bank pin system has been installed on clan owners leaving, demoting themselves or promoting deputies.
A notification system has been added to clan events that will remind players of upcoming events at 60-, 30-, 15- and 5-minute intervals. The notifications for each event can be turned on or off by viewing the event on the Clan Camp noticeboard.
A new ‘Last guest clan entered’ feature has been added when trying to join a guest clan, similar to when joining a Friends Chat channel.
The clan national flags displayed is now using a current flag pack, and has had several new countries added to the list.
It is now possible to rematch a clan previously fought in Rated Clan Wars instantly once, before having to fight four other clans.
The time limit in Rated Clan Wars has now been recalculated to allow for shorter battles with fewer players.
Players’ banks will now open every time the player is killed in Rated Clan Wars.
The Clan Camp noticeboard will now correctly check if an event is in the past, taking the clan time offset into account.
"Clan Camp" has been added to the list of locations on the Clan Camp noticeboard.
"Any skill" has been added to the skill list on the Clan Camp noticeboard.
"Pest Control" has been added to the activities list on the Clan Camp noticeboard.
A typo has been fixed on Fist of Guthix on the Clan Camp noticeboard.
Added a drop-down the Clan Settings interface to filter clanmates by rank.
Reorganised all buttons on the Friends, Friends Chat and Clan Chat interfaces to the bottom. This includes moving the ‘Leave Clan’ button from the Clan Settings interface onto the Clan Chat interface.
Chairs in the Clan Camp can now be sat upon!

The image of the world map in the Downloads & Wallpapers section of the website has been brought up to date.

Enjoying the update, however a bit of consistency would be good. Possible a point system for armour. Seems unfair that some players can be lucky and get the full set in 2 hours and some can take a week.

The armour actually looks awesome. Doing the Lava Flow Mine isn't bad either, so a better update than I thought.
Hopefully it won't be dead after a few months, it has potiential. The armour is helpful and looks good, and the experience is good for those in between 67-77 mining.

Runescape and consistency are two words that should never be used together LOL

After 9 Herblore Habitat tops (9 weeks for a pair of freaking pants) Lava Flow Mine armour is a walk in the park to get

I will get that armour before I ever start training mining. Its great that you get exp while getting it!

Runescape and consistency are two words that should never be used together LOL

After 9 Herblore Habitat tops (9 weeks for a pair of freaking pants) Lava Flow Mine armour is a walk in the park to get

Forgetting lumberjack?

Runescape and consistency are two words that should never be used together LOL

After 9 Herblore Habitat tops (9 weeks for a pair of freaking pants) Lava Flow Mine armour is a walk in the park to get

Forgetting lumberjack?

LOL nope, was only pointing out the worst one even though Lumberjack was a pain in the ass it only took 3 days for the full set :p

I'm really glad they made the armor easier to get than herblore habitat and lumberjack. By "easier" I just mean the fact that you will ALWAYS get a new piece of mining gear each time the nymph visits you. She will never give you a repeat unless you drop one of your pieces before you talk to her. Makes it a lot less stressful because you don't end up with 1 top and 23 leggings. x_x

Need to go yet, might do later

I'm really glad they made the armor easier to get than herblore habitat and lumberjack. By "easier" I just mean the fact that you will ALWAYS get a new piece of mining gear each time the nymph visits you. She will never give you a repeat unless you drop one of your pieces before you talk to her. Makes it a lot less stressful because you don't end up with 1 top and 23 leggings. x_x

Agreed. It would be hell considering it took like 7hrs just to get the last two pieces alone...