Old School RuneScape is marking its anniversary with the remade Curse of Arrav quest, major improvements to the mobile version, and what's next for the Mahjarrat storyline.
The mobile AI got a major update just in time for the anniversary. Now you can reorder the minimenu so you can change the menu around as you like and even adjust its position. The menu also gets a series of filters so you can hide certain entity options or player options. This and the option for a smaller menu with a scrollbar lets you have a cleaner screen.
There's also a new Switch World entry on the mini menu, so you can right click a player name from your friends list or clan chat for example, and use that to do a quick change. and, you can now look up other players' high scores directly in game.
The Curse of Arrav is the next quest in the Mahjarrat storyline, and is the third and final quest remake. So, if you’re ready for the Master quest, you can now hop in and head over to Zemouregal’s fortress stronghold to learn more about the Mahjarrat and what exactly his issue was with Arrav. Complete the quest for XP and quest points and access to Zemouregal’s Fortress. Inside, face high-level armored zombies (that you might remember from Defender of Varrock) and hope you’re lucky enough for the Zombie Axe or the new Zombie Helmet to drop.
This remake of the 2009 quest is similar to previous remakes, based on the same overarching narrative, but with a number of changes to modernize the content and make sure the current version fits with their plans for the future of this storyline. So, a lot of things will be familiar, but there's still stuff to discover even if you played it 15 years ago.
Again, this is the third and final quest that they've decided to remake, making the decision on where they could add new story elements and add new plot threads that would also open the door to their future plans.
As for those plans: “We’re now firmly on the path towards an Old School-specific conclusion to the Mahjarrat storyline. This means we will not be remaking Ritual of The Mahjarrat – instead, we have plans for two more quests in this sequence, which will resolve the plot threads established in previous quests in a way entirely unique to Old School.”