Old School RuneScape's 'Varlamore: The Rising Darkness' Brings New Quests, Locations & More To Classic MMORPG Today
Venture into new areas as you return to Varlamore with a new boss encounter and lucrative rewards
Wednesday, 25 September, 2024, Cambridge, UK. Embark on an adventure to slay the great serpent Hueycoatl and discover the newest addition to the classic MMORPG Old School RuneScape in 'Varlamore: The Rising Darkness', available today for Old School RuneScape members.
Step back into the majestic world of Varlamore, where a new adventure awaits in the expanded northern lands. Players willing to brave the climb to the snowy mountain peaks of the Hailstorm Mountains will come across the draconic serpent Hueycoatl in the form of a terrifying new Boss Encounter. Face Hueycoatl alongside unexpected allies from the Dwarven Party and a priest who will aid in the fight.
Defeat Hueycoatl to collect a handful of lucrative rewards, including the Tome of Earth, a new Dragon Hunter Wand, the first dragonbane weapon imbued with Magic, and proof of the defeat with the Hueycoatl Hide Armour.
Away from the chilling peaks of the Hailstorm Mountains, visit the luscious island of Aldarin to hone your craft and master mixology with the new Herblore Activity. Grow, study, and stock up on herbs to learn the basic alchemical elements and gain beneficial effects as well as a host of Herblore rewards.
At the Colossal Wyrm Agility Course, save the remains of the majestic Colossal Wyrm from a rampant termite infestation by assisting the ageing anteater Worm Tongue. Overcome an assortment of different obstacles, with nifty rewards and Agility XP up for grabs.
Varlamore: The Rising Darkness Features
Of course, we couldn't bring you an area expansion without some exciting new quests! Now, we're leaving a couple as a complete surprise, so you'll have to dive into Varlamore to find them yourself! For now though, here are the details on the ones you know about already...
- Following on from Children of the Sun and Twilight’s Promise, The Heart of Darkness has players investigating the Twilight Emissaries to figure out who's behind the attempts on Servius' life!
- Face off against the great and terrible serpent Hueycoatl. Leave this monster undefeated and Hueycoatl’s power will cause endless devastation and ruin, but thankfully, players won’t have to fight alone. This is an encounter designed to be fought alongside heroic adventurers. Players will collect lucrative rewards after successfully defeating the serpent, including Tome of the Earth providing infinite Earth runes when fully charged and a 10% boost to any cast Earth spells; plus a new Hueycoatl armour set that gives the player various defensive bonuses.
- The beautiful island of Aldarin is the perfect place for Varlamore’s alchemists to grow and study herbs and other Herblore ingredients. They serve the kingdom by mixing up potions, but recently orders have gone through the roof, and they need your help to get the orders out on time!
- Outside of battle, take to the Colossal Wyrm Agility Course to test your skills and earn rewards, including the Varlamore Graceful Recolour for an added flair to your appearance. Players can even earn a new skeleton transmog for the beloved Squirrel pet.
Old School RuneScape is available now on PC, Steam, iOS, and Android, complete with cross-platform progression and play on PC and mobile.
About Old School RuneScape
Old School RuneScape is the industry-defining collaboration between the community and developers. Embracing its nostalgic heritage, hundreds of thousands of active players control the direction of the game with an in-game polling system. Featuring adventures for solo play through to 100-player strong raids, Old School RuneScape caters for every brave adventurer. Old School RuneScape continues to innovate, introducing its first ever new skill in 2023 to commemorate its 10th anniversary, arriving later this year. Play now at http://oldschool.runescape.com
About Jagex
A leader in creating deep and engaging forever games that empower our communities across PC, mobile and consoles. Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed over 300 million player accounts to its world and is a $1billion + lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond live operations; our titles are forever games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped.
In 2022, Jagex expanded with the acquisitions of PipeWorks and Gamepires, bringing its expertise in building forever games to SCUM, a multi-million selling open-world survival title in Steam Early Access & other unannounced titles. Jagex employs more than 600 people globally, and is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
