15 September 2008 - Summer's End

Brad · **Posted:** September 15th, 2008, 12:39 pm

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Those who have completed Spirit of Summer will know that their work is half done. The Spirit Beast has begun to tear through the fabric of reality and threatens to lay waste to RuneScape. Summer and her family can't stop it alone, so you're needed to confront this powerful enemy.

Brave warriors who are courageous (or foolhardy) enough to take on such a challenge will be required to venture once more into the Wilderness, crossing into the Spirit Beast's realm. Here, you'll be the main thrust of a devastating attack on the beast. If you hope to survive, you'll need the Amulet of Ghostspeak, help from the spirit family, and plenty of food and run energy...

Summary
Where to start the Summer's End quest:

Talk to Summer in the farm ruins, north-west of the Clan Wars challenge hall.
Requirements to complete the Summer's End quest:

Level 23 Summoning
Level 23 Woodcutting
Level 35 Hunter
Level 45 Mining
Level 47 Firemaking
Level 55 Prayer
Spirit of Summer
The ability to evade the blows of a level 700+ beast
A fairly high Hitpoints level and a higher Woodcutting level are an advantage
Access to:

Some interesting new equipment

In Other News:

The skillcape issue (where they appeared slightly off-white) took a little longer than usual to fix, as we found clipping and stretching issues in the QA testing process. Your skillcapes should now be cleaned and back to their original colours.

There is now a button below the World Map key that helps you to organise the key and how it is ordered. You can now toggle between the following options:

* Traditional: this is the current, unsorted list of key icons.
* Alphabetical: A-Z for finding what you're after easily.
* Categorised: splits the key up into the following subcategories
o 'Game Features' such as quest icons or minigames.
o 'Shops/Trading' where you can buy or sell goods.
o 'Facilities' useful to help you with your adventures or training.
o 'Resources' such as tree locations or mining sites.

Adbot · **Posted:** September 15th, 2008, 12:39 pm

Enkidutorix · **Posted:** September 15th, 2008, 12:57 pm

Looks like I'll make a comeback to RS, the new shields are worth a lot and the boss looks challenging.

Two101 · **Posted:** September 15th, 2008, 1:29 pm

I noticed that the new boss has a massive health bar. Could this become the norm for boss monsters? Also, the new shields should provide an interesting alternative to the dragonfire shield.

colinsoccer123 · **Posted:** September 16th, 2008, 4:13 am

The new boss has 2000hit points.
It's an awesome new boss with some amazing drops, some of which are worth 85m.

The was harder than I thought it would be and since the boss is such a high level update 5/5.

Xbladez · **Posted:** September 16th, 2008, 6:31 am

the quest was alright a bit short but with more than enough of a challenge dodging teh beast's attacks to keep peeps on they toes. as for fighting it again post-quest i'll wait a few weeks for peeps to figure out more ways around being 1 hit by it.

Unbirthday · **Posted:** September 16th, 2008, 6:56 am

I liked the quest, fairly simple. I can't wait to fight the beast post quest.

Adbot · **Posted:** September 16th, 2008, 6:56 am

ultimasayan · **Posted:** September 17th, 2008, 12:56 am

i look at the stat of the shields they are so good! better then dfs.

these are some of the effect of these shields and stats wise they are as good as dfs.
Divine spirit shield:
This shield can be constructed by using holy elixir and a sigil on a spirit shield. It requires 90 prayer and 85 smithing to construct. When worn, 30% of the damage done to you will be negated; half of the negated damage will be subtracted from your prayer, and the rest will be discarded. Requires 75 defence and 75 prayer to wield.

Elysian spirit shield:
This shield can be constructed by using holy elixir and a sigil on a spirit shield. It requires 90 prayer and 85 smithing to construct. When worn, there is a 70% chance that 25% of the damage dealt to you will be negated. Requires 75 defence and 75 prayer to wield.

Big Karliny · **Posted:** September 17th, 2008, 8:46 am

they arent better then dfs in defence vise but one shield privides 20 magic attack bonus wich looks well worth it. Anyways seems good update new unbeatable monster looks interesting.