Herald Capes and Clan Capes

Herald Capes:

Free players and members can now obtain a herald cape from the heralds of Falador, Lumbridge and Varrock. These snazzy garments are not only completely free, but have a huge range of customisation options that will make your cape unique to you.

The number of customisation options is determined by how many tasks and quests you’ve done in the area. If you want to unlock five customisation tiers for the Lumbridge herald cape, you’ll need to complete most of the tasks for Lumbridge and a few low-level quests that are in the area. Even if you do not have all tiers unlocked, you’ll still have options to change the many colours of your cape and the tier pattern of its background; however, only the best players have access to the stylish range of cape crests.

Choose a city to show your allegiance; wear a cape in its related city and you may find that you’re greeted with more enthusiasm than before!

The herald of Falador can be found outside the Artisan’s Workshop, the herald of Lumbridge outside the general store, and the herald of Varrock near the east bank.

Clan Capes:

Clans with four clanmates or fewer will find that they cannot wear a clan cape from today onwards.

When designing the clan capes, we intended them to be a nifty and customizable way to show off your clan colours and insignia. That design also contained a problem: five players are required to create a clan, but we didn’t prevent anyone from leaving one, so a clan could quickly shrink to a single player.

By doing what we think is right for clans – restricting the use of the clan cape to groups of 5 or above - we would be taking away something very cool that any player, solo or clan-oriented, would want. It was our mistake to give solo players access to the clan cape in the first place, so it seems harsh to taunt solo players with a customisable cape, only to take it away with no replacement.

So, we've decided to offer all our players, free or members, unrestricted access to a customisable herald cape, while also reverting the clan cape to its original intention, restricting its use to clans of 5 or more clanmates. You will now find that if your clan is too small, your cape and vexillum will display the default motif and colours. We also prevent you from putting a clan cape on. You will still be able to use the vexillum to recruit, and if you recruit back up to the minimum clan size of five, everything will come back: your designs and colours will be displayed for all to see.

If you are a player who enjoyed the clan cape, but are not a member of a clan, we hope you enjoy the herald cape just as much, or maybe feel motivated to recruit a few extra friends on the way to creating a fully fledged clan.

Mod Chihiro & Mod Giragast

In other news...

While many wily sleuths will already have cracked this year’s Cryptic Clue Fest, remember that the content is still available for a limited time. There’s still time to earn your rewards!

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

Chopping a fruit tree using a Dwarven Army Axe now uses the correct axe animation.

Quests

The Spirit of Summer quest no longer tries to continue the emote section if the player teleports out at a certain point.
The Adventurer's Log link for Salt in the Wound has been updated.
Ezekial no longer disappears after you complete Kennith's Concerns.


Activities

Rated Clan Wars ratings no longer depend on your opponent's rating.
The Treasure Trail clue croll that refers to the Fishing Platform has been updated to take into account the events of Salt in the Wound.

Miscellaneous

The abyssal vine whip special attack no longer works when switching weapons. As such, the special attack has been made more damaging.
Jadinko Lair points are now displayed on an overlay.
Mutated jadinkos are now given as a Slayer task.
Random events in Jadinko Lair will no longer place the player in Lumbridge.
Using a knife to fletch Jadinko Lair objects no longer states the player doesn't have a knife if it's in the top-left inventory space.
Whip vine drops have now been added to the Adventurer's Log.
Bolas no longer disappear on death.
Mutated guards and males now have a larger graphic relating to their life bar.
The ‘Friends Chat’ option now remembers settings across logins.
Sitting on a chair no longer leaves the sitting animation on the player after teleporting.
It is no longer possible to move a costume room on top of itself, causing it to float.
Casting a multi-target Ancient Magicks spell no longer attempts to cast it on the caster.
Group Vengeance does not give XP in activities where free runes are provided.
Players are no longer teleblocked on the Soul Wars island, except for in the game and waiting areas.
Food with heal-over-time effects no longer block the death interface.
A clearer message is given when trying to destroy a bound Dungeoneering spear after applying poison to it.
The Knock-out aura examine info has been shortened to fit in the chat window.
The Surefooted aura now works correctly in the Dorgesh-Kaan Agility Area.
It is no longer possible to get stuck in the Jadinko Lair by chopping roots and standing in a certain area.

OMG!

Seems smart to me.

A step in the right direction towards more custimization...now we just need armor and weaponry like this.

Don't you think there bringing out too many clan like capes, with all the customization & stuff.

way too many capes, they're starting to get annoying now lol

Another cape, how original.

We want to be able to color our old items <3
And no more damn capes =.=

I don't care what I look like.. my char could be nude and I'd be fine since I skill most of the time I always run around bare anyways lol.

I don't care what I look like.. my char could be nude and I'd be fine since I skill most of the time I always run around bare anyways lol.

*Stalks Dolly Ingame*