Panels @ RuneFest: Adventuring To New Lands

[reef rock]

Hey everyone!

We've created this space for any discussions around the panels we had at RuneFest. We'll do our best to get this in the eyes of our jmods to share your excitement or ask questions. This isn't a Q&A just to be clear but more of a place to have a chat and share in the excitement of what's to come 🙂

Watch here: https://youtu.be/ml75jb3z-4Q?si=KyMTnrXaJmMna0qV

[sterile jetty]

this one i'm personally excited how it'll look and turn out

[slate compass]

👀

[reef rock]

We've had an issue with Youtube annoyingly so will upload it on Monday!

[copper geyser]

subscribed

[primal panther]

Hype!

[sharp steppe]

Will there be any consideration for new slayer creatures and a new slayer master in the new continent?

(I also still hope the day we can fight Dragon Dragon as the stronger version of Rune Dragons)

[robust kelp]

one question idk if anyone asked, but i think i missed the panel:
Will the intro part/very early area of Havenhythe be available to the f2p community? they need love too

[reef rock]

Video is up! 🙂 https://youtu.be/ml75jb3z-4Q?si=KyMTnrXaJmMna0qV

[covert solar]

Did Mod Jack say Mod Gigachad's team put the trailer together?

[covert solar]

Should use Wales as inspiration for Havenhythe, take a cabin holiday to the forest of Dean. Great place. Makes you feel tiny in the wilderness.

Sounds like there's an interesting backstory behind the wingsuit

[jovial linden]

this is the size scoped out for Havenhythe (roughly) https://i.imgur.com/gevylBe.png

basically the F2P area x2

[shadow valley]

that's massive

[jade elbow]

huge

[covert solar]

Bigger /jk

[dire lintel]

I'm kind of surprised no one at the panel asked how Havenhythe fit in geographically with the arc and the rest of the eastern lands

[wide hatch]

the wushankos are south east, havenhythe is east at a yet to be determined distance

[jovial linden]

tbf this is what the video showed: https://i.imgur.com/RTupDpP.mp4

although technically Everlight isn't show in this

[eternal socket]

What will Jmods be doing differently this time, to prevent this new landmass from becoming unused content or large empty spaces, similar to The Arc, Menaphos, Darkmyer, etc?

[shadow valley]

I forgot where it was said but there was a mod who answered that The Arc is waaaaay in the east

[eternal socket]

So then, how have we not already found Havenhythe? We've clearly sailed right past/through it many, many times? A landmass 100x the size of the grand exchange? Seems hard to miss...

[covert solar]

I had the impression there was some guthixian concealing ward

[eternal socket]

rather curious why there would be a concealing ward on a massive, totally peaceful landmass on a plane that was still a ticking time bomb when the ward would have been created, due to the presence of the elder gods... why not conceal all of gielinor? makes more sense to put Havenhythe on another plane entirely, imo...

[covert solar]

Something something portal to vampyre world

[real salmon]

With respect to journeying to Havenhythe with some existing characters, could Malak be a potential candidate?

• He's a vampyre of (minor) significance from old content, and I don't think he's qualifies as "quest-locked" in the sense that he can't be used outside of the one quest he appears in (Desert Treasure)
• I would bet that his status in DT / presence in OSRS means that he carries a base level of familiarity to less story-focused players
• I imagine that, outside of altering the text in his initial encounter with you in DT, a role in Havenhythe's story wouldn't necessarily conflict with a role in DT, regardless of which order a player completes them both - assuming his personality wouldn't drastically change over the course of Havenhythe's story, I could see him tricking you into killing a rival no matter who you are to him

In terms of what I think could offer the story:

• he could fit a more abrasive/antagonistic role within your core team, or even fit as an independent party
• relatedly, if he's not Zamorakian he's at least Zamorak-adjacent, which isn't usually the case for an ally
• his presence can fit regardless of whether he was sent by Vanescula or acting purely out of his own interest
• he could offer knowledge/perspective on existing vampyre society in contrast to vampyres in Havenhythe/Vampyrium, both in terms of new info and info obtained within the myreque series
• he could eventually help bridge the gap between havenhythe and Myreque when the latter gets folded in as a requirement
• he's also somewhat of a blank slate at the moment, even as an existing character, so he could be moulded into whatever the story needs

I guess his current model is graphically outdated, but, idk, he could get a new human model built out of existing assets at the very least