Welcome to the first DevBlog of 2026! We hope you've had a fantastic holiday season and are ready for another incredible year of MineScape updates.
This month, we're unveiling the completion of the classic Plague City quest, celebrating a monumental community achievement, and sharing our ambitious roadmap for the year ahead on our path out of beta!
Plague City Quest
A dark mystery has befallen West Ardougne, and its citizens are in dire need of a hero. The Plague City quest is now available for adventurers brave enough to investigate a missing person case amidst a city under quarantine.
Find your way to East Ardougne and assist Edmond in his quest.
Quest Rewards:
- 1 Quest Point
- 2,425 Mining experience
- Ardougne Teleport: Unlocks the ability to cast the Ardougne Teleport spell (requires 51 Magic).
Achievements
We have a historic milestone to celebrate!
A massive congratulations to boredompwndu, who has become the first player ever to max out their stats in MineScape! Reaching level 99 in every skill is a feat of immense dedication and perseverance, etching their name into MineScape history forever. Who will be next to join them in the Max Guild?
Website Updates
Roadmap 2026
We've updated the website with our comprehensive plan for 2026. Here's what you can look forward to:
- Baxtorian Falls: The next map expansion, bringing with it the Waterfall Quest, a staple of early account progression, and a host of new content to explore.
- Free-to-Play Release: A full redesign of the free-to-play region, and marking a major turning point as we prepare to finally exit our beta phase!
- Minecraft Version Update: We are exploring updating our core Minecraft version to bring you better performance and new features.
- New Polls: Keep an eye out for a new community poll to help decide our next priorities.
Development Tooling
Behind the scenes, we've been building powerful new internal tools to accelerate development and improve quality.
- Skin Designer: We've launched a new tool for creating NPC skins at https://skin-website.pages.dev. We invite you to try it out! Make suggestions for features you'd like to see, or even design skins for NPCs you want to see in-game and share them with us.
- Data Entry Tools: Use of these tools allows us to streamline many of the painful tasks of gathering mob stats, drops, and item data, etc. This means we can add content faster than ever before and with (hopefully) fewer bugs.
Grand Exchange
With the release of our hiscores website last year, we are planning to expand by adding a Grand Exchange section, so players can view item prices, past demand, and trends over time. This will provide a greater overview of the in-game economy compared to the current Discord bot, and allow us to add features such as price graphs, item comparisons, and more.
Join the Team!
Feel free to apply to join our MineScape staff team. We are always looking for more adventurers to bolster our ranks. We are looking for talented Builders to shape the landscape of Gielinor into our Minecraft server, dedicated Helpers to watch over and help out new and existing players, and skilled Modelers who can create awesome 3D models of mobs and items. Interested in any of these? Join our Staff discord! https://discord.gg/rWNUEKM
Want to help out in other ways? Inquire about how to get started with Dialogues or the newly made Skin Designer tool mentioned above! As well, bugs or incorrect things are bound to pop up, so help us squash them by reporting them on our main discord. We are always in need of aid with these tasks, so any assistance is welcome!
Socials
Make sure to follow our socials to keep up to date with the latest posts!
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/minescape
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/playminescape
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/minescape/
- Discord: https://discord.gg/minescape
- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/playminescape/
- Twitch: https://twitch.tv/Dablakbandit
- Wiki: https://minescape.wiki
Credits
Special thanks to all contributors who helped make this update possible! <3
- NPC Models - Regorty
- Bug Reports & Suggestions - Community
- Testing Changes - Members, Regorty, Ruby Kitsune, SecretCowLVL
- Blog Pictures - Zygeno
Bug Fixes & Improvements
With so many bug fixes, these could be an update on their own! Players are credited with fixes/suggestions, with a reward of up to 50 platinum tokens <3
- Add using a knife on Scaly blue dragonhide to get Blue dragon scales - MasterRiku5
- Add battlestaves to Crafting guide - MasterRiku5
- Add ability to empty some items (burnt pies etc) - MasterRiku5
- Add ability to enter a mole hill without having to hold the spade - boredompwndu
- Add shift left to Charter crewmembers - MasterRiku5
- Add shift click to make multiple doughs - MasterRiku5
- Fix spam essence message requirements when Runecrafting - MasterRiku5
- Fix Tool leprechaun not noting saplings - boredompwndu
- Fix cutting Uncut Opal/Jade/Topaz to have a chance to fail and crush the gem - MasterRiku5
- Fix multiple item display naming - MasterRiku5
- Fix combination Runecrafting requirements & add using the rune on the altar - - MasterRiku5
- Fix Torag helm crush defence - MasterRiku5
- Fix Khazard Battlefield wheelbarrow barrier blocks - MasterRiku5
- Fix bagged plants not requiring a Watering can in Construction - MasterRiku5
- Fix Lesser demon hitpoints - MasterRiku5
- Fix Yanille West outer gate - MasterRiku5
- Fix Amethyst crystals not respawning - MasterRiku5
- Fix Construction's Crafting table 3 being tilted - MasterRiku5
- Fix inventory not updating occasionally when using/gaining items - MasterRiku5
- Fix Aberrant spectres attack range - MasterRiku5
- Fix Slayer's respite drain and restore amounts - MasterRiku5
- Fix Prayers remaining active when after death - MasterRiku5
- Fix Sardine/Herring fishing rates - boredompwndu
- Fix Barrows mobs agro - MasterRiku5
- Fix Construction's Mahogany wardrobe plank requirements - MasterRiku5
- Fix Home teleport not canceling with combat - MasterRiku5
- Fix Gargoyles auto-smash happening at range with regular rockhammer - MasterRiku5
- Fix Adamant thrownaxes Ranged requirement level - MasterRiku5
- Fix depositing noted items when using the bank - MasterRiku5
- Fix Abyssal demon drops - MasterRiku5
- Fix Nechryael drops - MasterRiku5
- Fix Barrows brothers not draining prayer with 0 kills - MasterRiku5
- Fix Barrows door puzzle shape - MasterRiku5
- Fix inventory rotate gui buttons - MasterRiku5
- Fix Pat of butter recipe display requirements - MasterRiku5
- Fix Summer pie healing amounts - MasterRiku5
- Fix Giant Mole missing ranarr seed drop - boredompwndu
- Fix Expert mining gloves not working on Copper and Tin - MasterRiku5
- Fix Blue dragon slayer xp - MasterRiku5
- Fix Asgarnian ale stat draing - MasterRiku5
- Fix Limestone rocks to be mineable 3 times before depletion - MasterRiku5
- Fix Strawberries to be edible - MasterRiku5
- Fix deconstructing Construction's Mounted glory & Dragon shield spots not returning their item - MasterRiku5
- Fix Ugthanki kebab to be edible - MasterRiku5
- Fix some axes and pickaxe requiring Woodcutting/Mining levels to equip - MasterRiku5
- Fix Gargoyle coin drops - MasterRiku5
- Fix Barb tail harpoon not working - tradewinds4898
- Fix Thin snail meat icon - MasterRiku5
- Fix Barrows items degrading on death - boredompwndu
- Remove Mining Guild requirement to mine after entering - doomify
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