OSRS Soul Wars
What a new
year for Old School OSRS fans! You all have not one but two major game
events happening simultaneously. Honestly, we think the OSRS fanbase is one of
the overall most spoiled, especially with all the care and consideration that
goes into the new content that gets released. The OSRS team is truly dedicated
to both ensuring consistently fun gameplay and keeping their system open to
player feedback and input. This is why we are super excited to talk about the
events that are ringing in the new year, a new mini-game, and an anniversary to
celebrate.
To start, we
have Soul Wars, the mini-game event that the devs were really excited about
launching this year. So much effort was being poured into Soul Wars that
players had a relatively tame winter holiday event. The dev team wasn’t worried
about that though, confident that soul wars would be fun enough to make up for
it.
Soul Wars
takes place on the Isle of Souls, a private island with its own arena. Here the
two teams will battle it out against each other and the opposing team’s
terrible and powerful avatar. The goal is simple, kill the opposing team’s
avatar 5 times before they can do it to yours. Each Soul Wars match lasts 15
minutes. If those 15 minutes pass before either team can reach 5 kills, then
the team with the most kills wins. Pretty straight forward.
A couple of
catches to make the game just a bit more interesting. Both avatars, while
different in appearance, have the same stats. These stats include massive
amounts of damage reduction (or DR). This DR can be reduced by taking control
of the Soul Obelisk and sacrificing soul fragments to it. These sacrifices will
reduce the opposing avatars DR. Your team, in turn, can combat your avatars DR
reduction by burying bones in cemeteries. You have to try and balance all this
while the opposing team’s goal is to do the same and to murder you while they
are at it.
Sound like a
blast? Well, it sure does to us. And we haven’t even gotten to all the cool
prizes you can claim. It’s a mini-game, right? So of course they’re going to be
awesome exclusives, ranging from a came to show where your team loyalties lie
to items that give you bonus prayer XP for each spirit you slay. That could be
one heck of an XP bump if you know what you are doing.
Now before
you get too excited up, there are a few requirements that are necessary to play
in Soul Wars. Firstly you need a pretty high total level, 500 or higher. This
might be done to prevent people with particularly stacked character builds from
participating. You also need to be at combat level 40 or higher. This is less
likely to do with regulating certain builds, and more about making sure there
is a baseline for match setups so they are always above a certain threshold of
fairness as well as entertainment. Fast easy matches can be boring for the
winners too. And lastly, but far from leastly, like with many other mini-games,
Soul Wars is accessible to member players only. A bit of a bummer for nonmembers,
no doubt. But the longer you wait the more new content comes along, so you feel
the need to hold out just a bit longer. Make your investment count.
What about
something for those old-school players who as been playing OSRS for a long
long time. As it turns out, OSRS is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the
launch of OSRS. Think of it, 20 years ago and one of the most popular
internet franchises of all time launched.
Since then the game has grown not only as a game, but as an industry with
many companies that buy and sell OSRS accounts.
And its growth and birth have been a slow process sometimes you may not notice
but the consistent gameplay and dedicated development have made this an
accomplishment and not a downside. Everyone who plays knows that new content
has been meticulously vetted to make sure the game your playing is the best
they can deliver.
What does
this quest entail exactly? Well, the developers have been forthcoming about how
the quest starts as well as an interesting tidbit or two. A gnome child has
been summoned from the very fabric of OSRS, the proof being that the child
is still green (like they used to be before some of the more recent changes).
The devs say that by escorting the gnome child around, you will visit the
oldest parts of the game and try and unearth some of its greatest mysteries.
Like why the baker needs so many people to bring him cake ingredients or where
the Wise Old Man got his hat from. You know, the important ones. Eventually,
the child will bring you someplace called the Realm of Memories, where you will
be able to meet some old familiar faces that might have gone missing from the
core game.
Sure, this
might be more of a nostalgic sightseeing tour than a hardcore quest, but that
doesn’t mean that there isn’t some lovely loot to be had, tucked away at the
end of the rainbow. For your troubles, you will get a snazzy 20th-anniversary
outfit, topped with a rather...interesting mask that resembles the gnome
child’s face. That might not be “lovely” loot but it was certainly fun to take
a trip down memory lane for. Members will also get an exclusive aesthetic for
the player’s home in the style of a chapel. Always nice where recreate some of
our favorite designs into our own private space.
There you
have it. Two exciting events to start off the year. The only concern at this
point is the devs are going to try and top themselves next month. Give us a
little time you guys, it takes some effort to get through all this gameplay.
Then again, with quality like this, why should I be complaining. Keep it coming
folks, you know what’s best for OSRS.
If you are looking to jump straight into Soul Wars, check out all of our
Old School OSRS accounts for sale on the website.