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Introduction

This thread proposes small-to-medium-sized updates to make specific existing content F2P. These updates would be released gradually rather than all at once.

Note that most of the content or access to it is already found in F2P areas and would only need minor adjustments, if any. I have thrown in some additions and improvements where applicable, so that they can be bundled with other updates.

Disclaimer:

-Not all of these are my original suggestions.

Table of Contents
01 Introduction

Main suggestions:
02 Asgarnia
05 Lumbridge & Draynor
07 Varrock & Wilderness

Additional suggestions:
11 Start of discussion
35 Wizards' Tower Refresh
36 Combat NPCs (compiled by Noctis King)
39 Daemonheim Rewards
51 Ales
62 Activities Sweep
88 New rebounders and Ice Queen boss rework
91 Quests to be made F2P (compiled by Noctis King)
123 Summoning familiars rework
141 Jewellery rework
156 Treasure Trails - Beginner rewards (proposed by Noctis King)

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28-Sep-2023 13:11:39 - Last edited on 07-Jan-2024 21:35:05 by Seasons Past

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Asgarnia

F2P access to the following:

(Front)

Farming Extension
-Farming skill through level 20
* Trees unlocked at respective Woodcutting levels
* Gardeners given dialogue for associated crops
-Sarah’s Farming Shop
-Draynor Seed Market
-Amulets of farming/bountiful harvest
-Garden pie
-(P2P) Ability to grow teak/acadia/mahogany trees
-Level adjustments (see posts 3, 8, and 123):

Allotment
15 Strawberry

Flower
1 Woad
5 Vanilla (new)
7 Limpwurt
13 Nasturtium
15 Butterfly

Herb
1 Guam
5 Tarromin
10 Marrentill
15 Harralander

Bush
3 Redberry
10 Cocoa (new)
11 Cadavaberry

Falador Area Tasks
-Entrana
* Law Altar
* Glassblowing
* Enlightened Journey quest (requiring level 20 Farming after skill extension)
* Balloon transport system
-Easy Falador achievements
* Family Values would only require asking Sir Renitee about his services
* Cabbage patch teleport (reward moved from Medium Lumbridge achievements)
-Willow trees on Asgarnia south peninsula replaced with teak
* Teak wood box and new Ranged weapons

Crafting Guild Refurbished
-Deposit box (upgraded to a bank chest after the Easy Falador achievements)
-New:
* Exterior flax garden
* Sand-/seaweed-gathering spots along the beach
* Basement with gem rocks
-Moved:
* Silver/gold rocks, furnace, and inventor’s workbench to the basement
* Sheep from the Makeover Mage
* Tanner to the ground floor
-Jewellery rework ( post 141 )
* Ring of respawn/metamorphosis made with opal/jade (swapped)

Area cleanup:
-Clan Camp removed
* All functions performed by one NPC at the Grand Exchange
-Armadyl’s Tower replaced with an instanced area accessed from the Ikovian Temple in Kandarin
* Removed from the surface
* Archaeology collector moved west of Falador’s south gate

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28-Sep-2023 13:18:01 - Last edited on 12-Jan-2024 14:10:11 by Seasons Past

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Asgarnia

Taverley Dungeon, Part 1
-Taverley Dungeon (excluding the Black Knights' Base and areas requiring the dusty key)
-Maple trees added near the Heroes' Guild
* Currently locked behind a Dungeoneering requirement on F2P worlds
* Were historically P2P, befitting the area
-Maple wood box
-Choking ivy and strong woodcutting urn
-Warriors’ Guild activities accessed freely
* Ability to smith T1-50 defenders

Area cleanup:
-Crater and scattered debris near Bandos’s Remains removed

(Middle)

Herblore & Summoning Extension
-Herblore/Summoning skills up to level 20
* Green charm (replacing crimson for the spirit scorpion pouch)
* Gold/green charms dropped from all available sources on all worlds
* Summoning familiar improvements (see post 123 )
-Harralander-based potions with reduced level requirements:
* Restore
* Energy
* Combat (scorpion claw added as a guaranteed drop from scorpions and alternative ingredient to goat horn dust)
* Cooking
-Coloured beads merged into one magic bead
-Botanist’s amulet
- Recruitment Drive quest

Void Knights’ Outpost
-Teleport unlocked for the games necklace by winning a game of Pest Control
-Pest Control minigame
* Enemy combat strength scaled to the combined strength of players (replacing the three boats for different level ranges)
* Minimum player count removed, allowing solo play
-Void Knight equipment
* Seal would no longer expend charges when used to teleport
- Quiet Before the Swarm quest
* Prerequisites reduced to Imp Catcher and Recruitment Drive

Minigame cleanup:
-Heist accessed through a door in the Rogues’ Den instead of the ladder north of Falador
-Player-owned Port accessed by ship from Port Sarim instead of a portal
* Meg would spawn on the docks in Port Sarim (on P2P worlds)

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:10 - Last edited on 11-Jan-2024 15:25:05 by Seasons Past

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Asgarnia

Hunter Extension
-Hunter skill through level 20
* Plain whirligigs in Het’s Oasis
* Urns would require earth runes
-Tracking and bird snaring:
* Parts of the environment (e.g. rocks or trees) used as traps
* Large chunks of XP earned after minutes to hours (like Farming)
-Creatures added:
* Asgarnia south - Common kebbit / Copper longtail / Ruby harvest
* North of Al Kharid - Golden warbler / Desert devil
* Ice Mountain - Cerulean twitch / Baby icefiend (new butterfly/imp)
* Musa Point - Feldip weasel (renamed) / Tropical wagtail / Crimson swift (moved from Taverley)
-Acadia trees added around Het’s Oasis
* Wood box and new Ranged weapons
-Ring of duelling
-Ring of metamorphosis (all butterfly netting affected)

(Tail)

Taverley Dungeon, Part 2
-Black Knights' Base and dusty key
* Resource dungeons’ requirements swapped
-Infernal urn
-Charge Orb spell and battlestaves

Karamja
-Brimhaven and central Karamja
* Charter ships
* Nature Altar
* Lemon (new fruit tree) grown at level 20 Farming
- Jungle Potion quest
- Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest and Cleanup minigame (see post 62)
* Agility potion replaced with attack
* Hardwood grove accessed freely as a quest reward
-Strong fishing urn
-Spears/hastae (Barbarian Skills not required)
-Mahogany trees/wood box and new Ranged weapons
-T60 Mining/Smithing
* New orikalkum hatchet
-Dragonstone jewellery/Lvl-5 Enchant spell

Heroes’ Guild
- Heroes’ Quest
* Blamish oil unlocked at level 20 Herblore
* Blamish snail slime provided by Betty in Port Sarim
* Lava eel maximum healing increased to match level
-Dragon mace/battleaxe/defender
-Weapon special attacks
-T1-60 rebounders (see post 88 )

TzHaar City
-Lvl-6 Enchant spell
-TzHaar Fight Cave minigame
-Equipment:
* Obsidian
* Onyx jewellery
* Fire cape

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:16 - Last edited on 12-Jan-2024 05:48:51 by Seasons Past

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Lumbridge & Draynor

F2P access to the following:

(Front)

Wizards’ Tower Refresh
-Deposit chest upgraded to a bank after the Medium Lumbridge achievements
-Rune essence improvements:
* Placed into a chute automatically when mined
* Teleported to the bank by left-clicking the chute
* Pure essence no longer a separate item (Runecrafting urns would require air rune)
-Teleportation improvements:
* Runes of one type may be equipped in the ammunition slot by default.
* Lodestone quick teleports may be cast with law runes (one per teleport, by default) instead of vis wax. A setting in the Magic book would toggle quick teleports on/off.
-All elemental runes would be unlocked at level 1 Runecrafting
-Improvements to the Runespan, The Great Orb Project minigame, and rewards ( post 35 )
-Traveller's necklace
- Rune Memories quest

Zanaris
- Lost City quest
* Teleport unlocked for the traveller’s necklace as a reward, transporting players north of the otherworldly beings
-Cosmic Altar
-Maple trees added
-Ring of life

Minigame cleanup:
-Shattered Worlds entrance moved into the desert near Tuska
-Impetuous Impulses removed (magic butterfly net earned from Stealing Creation)

Area cleanup:
-Hallowe’en 2018 event crater removed
-May view past event cutscenes through an object in Draynor Manor grounds

Mage Training Arena
-New teleport spell unlocked as a reward
-Equipment up to T55
* Infinity robes changed to power armour
* Wands given elemental alignment, like mindspike staves
- Rune Mechanics quest
* Construction skill requirement lifted
-Binding necklace and combination runes

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:26 - Last edited on 12-Jan-2024 05:35:17 by Seasons Past

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Lumbridge & Draynor

(Middle)

Slayer Extension
-Slayer skill up to level 20
-Slayer Masters:
* Vannaka
* Chaeldar (would assign otherworldly beings instead of Mazchna)
-Lumbridge Swamp Caves
* Players without a light source would be prompted to talk to Jacquelyn Manslaughter to learn how to make one
-Creatures (level):
* Cave bug (7)
* Cave crawler (10)
* Cave slime (17)
* Rock slug (20) assigned by Vannaka
-Carapace/light mystic robes dropped by flesh/cave crawlers respectively
-Marrentill incense sticks
-Headhunter’s sacrifice/thrill bracelets
-Ring of respawn
-Bullseye and sapphire lanterns
- Tears of Guthix quest and namesake D&D

Agility & Thieving Extension
-Agility and Thieving skills up to level 20
* Players would no longer fail obstacles on Agility courses
* Increased XP for completing a lap on most courses
* Shortcuts in F2P areas would be unlocked within the first 20 levels
* Al Kharid Palace unlocked as an Agility course after the Stolen Hearts quest, offering better XP than the Burthorpe course
* Greatly increased XP and loot from Thieving stalls
* Wine and seed stalls unlocked within the first 20 Thieving levels
-Featherfingered necklace
-Harralander incense sticks
-Sorceress’s Garden minigame
-Quests:
* Buyers and Cellars
* The Lost Tribe
-Dorgesh-Kaan mine

(Tail)

Dorgesh-Kaan
-H.A.M. Hideout
* All H.A.M. followers would require level 20 Thieving to pickpocket
- Death to the Dorgeshuun quest
* Skill level requirements lowered from 23 to 20
* Experience reward converted to a lamp
-Dorgesh-Kaan city and South Dungeon
-Kalphite Hive (via tunnel from South Dungeon)
* Kharidian Desert would remain P2P

Kalphite Queen
-Boss encounter
-Dragon 2h sword, dagger, and longsword
-Weapon special attacks

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:32 - Last edited on 11-Jan-2024 06:49:32 by Seasons Past

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Varrock & Wilderness

F2P access to the following:

(Front)

Praying for Chaos, Part 1
-Bones/demonic ashes may be offered at any altar, granting +50% Prayer XP
* Nexus activity removed
-Wilderness Chaos Temple (XP boost capped to +100%)
-Prayers:
* Retribution, Redemption, and Smite
* Rapid Renewal (see Daemonheim Rewards improvements on post 39 )
-Enlightened amulet
* Abbey of St. Elspeth added as a destination
- Rag and Bone Man quest
-Ranged armour adjustments (combat tier/Crafting level requirement):

10 Hard leather
20 Studded leather
30 Snakeskin
60 Red dragonhide

P2P:
70 Black dragonhide (equivalent to base necronium)
75 Dinosaurhide (changed to power armour)
80 Royal dragonhide (equivalent to base bane)
90 Undead dragonhide (equivalent to base elder rune)

Sightseeing
-Varrock Museum
-Varrock Easy achievements
* Plank You Very Much alternatively unlocked by making a plank in Rimmington
-Smelting urns renamed as Smithing urns and filled by most Smithing activities
-Ring of forging
-Quests:
* Gunnar’s Ground adjustments: After his daughter (Juliet) moved out, Draul Leptoc converted his house into a hostel and went abroad. Dororan, who was staying there, and Gudrun are free to live there indefinitely after the quest.
* All Fired Up (including minigame)
* The Dig Site (Thieving requirement lowered to level 20, reward converted to a lamp)
-Ring of fire and flame gloves
-Digsite pendant
-Removed: Well of Goodwill

Bindings of Chaos
-Chaos (Runecrafting) Altar
-Quests:
* What Lies Below
* Enter the Abyss (upgraded from miniquest)
-Runecrafting pouches through level 50
* May be combined into one item with same total capacity
-Binding necklace/combination runes
-Fetid zombie/elemental anima stone
-Snare spell

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:37 - Last edited on 11-Jan-2024 16:55:28 by Seasons Past

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Varrock & Wilderness

(Middle)

Champions’ Guild Renovation
-Champions’ Challenge D&D
-Integration of May’s Quest Caravan
* Hub Track rewards moved into the guild
* May stationed by the entrance, providing information and acting as the guild’s representative
* May would be interactive on F2P worlds
-New item, the Champions' cape , with the following traits:
* Awarded upon completion of the Dragon Slayer quest
* Armour and combat strength bonuses in the 'All' style
* Unlimited teleports to the Champions’ Guild

Crandor Revisited
- Expansion of Crandor

Cooks’ Guild Reopening
-Chef’s hat no longer required for entry
-Range and bank chest
* Varrock achievements would no longer be required but grant additional benefits
-Dairy cows and lemon tree added outside:

* Flavoured milk obtained by adding vanilla, cocoa, or strawberries grown with the Farming skill to a feeding trough
* Vanilla would be mutually exclusive with the untradable quest version from Recipe for Disaster
* Chocolate bars/dust combined and renamed as cocoa, saving the step of grinding bars into dust for Cooking/Herblore applications

-Cheesecakes through lemon (see above)
-Strong cooking urn
-Baked potato dishes:

* Potato with butter
* Potato with cheese
* Egg potato
* Tuna potato

-New food shop sharing the stock of the Culinaromancer’s food store
-New cellar containing a brewery and apple barrels (see below)
-Ability to brew the following ales (see post 51 ):

* Cider
* Dwarven stout
* Asgarnian ale
* Greenman’s ale
* Wizard’s mind bomb
* Dragon bitter
* Axeman’s folly
* Chef’s delight

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:41 - Last edited on 11-Jan-2024 16:05:20 by Seasons Past

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Varrock & Wilderness

(Tail)

Divination Extension
-Divination skill up to level 20
* Divine locations unlocked at the same levels as their harvested resources
* Locators unlocked at every 20th level increment, making the inferior locator F2P
* Ability to choose locator’s teleport destination
-Members’ content in Daemonheim up to level 20
-Easy Daemonheim achievements
* Ironman requirements made available as alternatives for all players
* Sinking Fast would only require talking to Talsar about Sinkholes
-Phoenix necklace
-(P2P) New divine teak/acadia/mahogany trees

A Soul’s Bane quest
-Graphical/dialogue improvements
-Stronghold of Security reworked as the dungeon:

* Anger - Giant rat / Goblin / Minotaur / Wolf

* Fear - Flesh crawler / Skeleton / Zombie

* Confusion - Catablepon / Giant spider

* Hopelessness - Ankou / Ghost / Shade

-Music from the Stronghold of Security would play after the quest
-Fancy/fighting boots reworked as ‘All’ power armour scaling with Defence

Edgeville Dungeon: Into the Wilderness
-Wilderness section of Edgeville Dungeon
* Chaos druid resource dungeon
-Infernal urn
-Charge Orb spell and battlestaves
-Easy Wilderness achievements
* Taking the Subway no longer required
* Locating the Hellfire Bow and WildyWyrm would require Medium achievements
-Forinthry bracelet
-Soul Wars portal moved into the Gamers’ Grotto
- Family Crest quest:

* Shrimp and bass replaced with trout and lobster, allowing all required fish to be caught at two F2P fishing sites
* ‘Perfect’ gold ore mined at the Crafting Guild as an alternative to Witchaven Dungeon
* All ‘perfect’ gold items would revert to regular counterparts after completing Avan’s task
* Chaos gauntlets reworked as T50 Magic power armour

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28-Sep-2023 13:19:53 - Last edited on 11-Jan-2024 16:15:16 by Seasons Past

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Varrock & Wilderness

Praying for Chaos, Part 2

1) Fist of Guthix Reward Shop improvements:

Mage robes
* Replaced with armour upgrades for standard Ranged and Magic sets, turning the base sets into power armour with the Crafting and Runecrafting skills
* Would degrade to base equipment

Spike-/berserker shields
* Replaced with shield spikes
* Shield spikes would be fused to standard metal shields with the Smithing skill, adding armour value and a strength bonus
* Spiked shields would degrade back into their unspiked precursors

Runecrafting/Herb-gathering/Fishing gloves
* Replaced with a single set of gloves each, granting double experience for all runes crafted, herbs dropped/cleaned, or fish caught, up to the wearer’s relevant skill level
* Would grant the benefits of corresponding skill outfit pieces if unlocked
* Would degrade to an uncharged state rather than dust

Dragon slayer gloves
* Slayer level requirement lowered from 40 to 20
* Would no longer degrade
* Would provide hybrid power armour stats, scaling to the wearer's Defence level

2) Stealing Creation
-Minimum player count removed, allowing solo play
-Currency and rewards merged with Fist of Guthix
-Sacred clay equipment
* Reworked as hybrid power armour
* Would no longer degrade or grant bonus XP
* Appearances for different combat styles would be cosmetic
* Weapons would have higher damage and lower accuracy than their tier
* Freely configured from T1 (default) through T50

3) Mage Arena
-God capes/staves
-Weapon special attacks

Thanks for reading.

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