r/runescape • u/Daddy-Dalek Wildin Dragons • Dec 22 '25
Appreciation - J-Mod reply LET"S GOOO!!!
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u/JagexHooli Mod Hooli Dec 23 '25
Yup, it's finally happening!
We've ended up going with a 25th Anniversary Event as the way to acquire a bunch of these. Originally we were holding them for a similar style event to earn them in future - Leagues was at one point a consideration - but we felt we'd kept you waiting long enough and it's better to make them accessible.
Should be a bit of fun to start the year off right ahead of Jan 19!
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u/laboufe Yo-yo Dec 23 '25
Please tell me all of them will be available and that they wont be locked behind rng
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u/Karabel Hardcore Ironman Dec 24 '25
With that being said, are we also going to have a 25 year veteran cape in the near future too? Or am I just riding the hopium at this point?
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u/Nervous_Technology16 Ironman Dec 24 '25
Thank you I appreciate your insight on this as an ironman I couldn't get my hands in the others so its awesome to be able to get them now
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u/AccordingNumber3118 Dec 25 '25
Was it ever a consideration to just add them to the game as a reward for 200m xp in a skill? would've been a good reason to train past 120. Not that i am complaining that its part of the anniversary.
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u/SlashStar Guthix Dec 23 '25
I have a selfish question. We know how many of each inverted skill cape were earned originally by checking the high scores. But afaik we dont know how many inverted quest capes were earned. Would you be willing to check and see how many people earned it during fsw so I can know how rare mine is?
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u/BackhandBeamboy Ironman Dec 22 '25
I do hope that since it is tied with Hans it is a permanent addition to the game so anyone in the future can earn them as well.
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u/Wishkax Green h'ween mask Dec 22 '25
It most likely isn't permanent, they will be available again on the 26th anniversary as well.
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u/MeadowShimmer Maxed Tainted Dec 23 '25
Guess I better come back to runescape and get my inverted cape :D
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u/Quality_Cucumber Ironman Dec 22 '25
People spent like 5B on these things. Haha imagine.
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u/BigOldButt99 Dec 22 '25
Yeah the div cape was going for like 7b and it looked really nice, im glad i didn't fork up the cash lol
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u/TotemRiolu IGN: Totem Riolu / HCIM: HCIM Riolu Dec 26 '25
I tried to get the inverted 120 div cape during FSW. I got the inverted 99, but fell badly ill during the grind to 120 and didn't manage it :(
Glad another chance is popping up now.
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u/Saltysig Blue partyhat! Dec 22 '25
I sold multiple for billions. Was great time, aside from actually earning them. That was dark times
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u/griffofmx Dec 29 '25
imagine the ppl that booked time off work to grind these 120s over FSW and now there free haha
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u/Ziasuu Dec 22 '25
Brother I spent 3.5b on summoning cape alone lmao, probably 15-20b all up for the ones I bought so I feel that as a personal attack
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u/Inanimatum Maxed 11/06/21 / Comped 01/05/23 Dec 23 '25
I earned and kept my own summoning one, didn't realise it had that much value at the time jeez
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u/asiatouristrs Dec 22 '25
thats not even a penny in the bucket. I was making like 400m/h doing 2k zammys with raw. I think by the time we finished farming zammy, just his entire alch stack alone was like 300b. People really dont know how stupid endgame pvm is, the amount of money made is just mind blowing compared to your avg player
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u/nekonyancy Dec 23 '25
A drop in the bucket for a few sure, but for a good majority of the player base it's definitely still 'silly money' to think that they could even part with that much gold. I'd also say that whilst end game could yield those kinds of results, as you said, the average player won't likely ever see that.
Kind of like a Mc Donald's worker thinking it's insane that someone would spend 300,000 on a sports car. Billy G, or Bezo's could rock up and say the same thing when their net worth is like 300b lol.
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u/Usuperously Dec 22 '25
Inverted necro cape too?
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u/That_Lad_Chad Skill Dec 23 '25
According to the cache, no.. but they very well could be making one to put in prior to the update
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u/Any-sao Quest points Dec 22 '25
I wonder if there will be an inverted MQC… I’m not sure it ever existed in FSW.
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u/Monoplox Dec 22 '25
As I recall, Jared made a statement at the time saying there wasn't enough time in FSW for MQC to be possible. Which is a real shame cause an invert would look outstanding
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u/SuperZer0_IM Dec 22 '25
That's just a regular 120 defence Cape lol
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u/Any-sao Quest points Dec 23 '25
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u/SuperZer0_IM Dec 23 '25
no?
https://runescape.wiki/w/Master_quest_cape
https://runescape.wiki/w/Inverted_Defence_master_cape
So it'd be like a regular defence master cape
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u/Any-sao Quest points Dec 23 '25
Based on what the inverted ordinary quest cape looks like, which is like a Fletching cape.
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u/SuperZer0_IM Dec 23 '25
which is dumb because you talked about MQC, not regular quest cape. So it should be based on the actual MQC
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u/Accomplished_Coat639 Dec 22 '25
Hoping these aren’t super tedious
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Dec 23 '25
Mod Hooli:
Leagues was at one point a consideration - but we felt we'd kept you waiting long enough and it's better to make them accessible.
Sounds like it won't be a pain to get and will be a permanent addition.
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u/UnoriginalJ0k3r Dec 22 '25
If I don’t get all of them and only have the option of one…
Durial will be back.
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u/Zetsu04 Clue scroll Dec 22 '25
I haven't played in a few years. Do I need to log in each day to get these within the alloted time? Or can I get them when I eventually return to the game?
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u/srbman maxed main: 2015/09/28, comped iron: 2024/04/02 Dec 22 '25
We don't have any more information than what's listed in the screenshot. You'll need to do something during the event, but we don't know anything else.
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u/TaurusHeart Dec 22 '25
Is it only from the 5th to the 11th? :( I’m gonna be on vacation that entire time. Why does this one not last a while
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u/ValorVisionV V Dec 22 '25
Mobile? Not ideal but maybe you could sneak some RS in while on vacation 😅
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u/ivygreen123 Dec 22 '25
What’s consensus coolest inverted?
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u/Ziasuu Dec 22 '25
120 slayer, 120 arch are up there and very popular, 120 defence looks just like MQC
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u/bumpin_oldies Completionist Dec 23 '25
Slayer, Arch, and Thieving are what I’d say I see the most of
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u/stevyjr Constitution Dec 23 '25
Wish retro 99 could have inverted colors too, the newer one are decent but not as good as the retro ones
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u/Ziasuu Dec 22 '25
Finally I can get the rest I didn’t manage to buy last time , guess the 15b I spent on capes was worth it for having them so early
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u/whatthedux Dec 22 '25
Maybe its get 13/104m xp in 2026 to get the inverted skillcape. Simple and makes sense. Could rerun every 5 years
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u/Fit_Memory4335 Dec 23 '25
Another poor decision by Jagex. But im not hating a little upset though spent 2 months of restless nights grinding these things. And now they getting handed out for free?
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Dec 22 '25
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u/Daddy-Dalek Wildin Dragons Dec 22 '25
What's that?
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u/esunei Dec 22 '25
Cosmetic aura for having beaten Amascut at 2000% enrage in the first week. There were services selling leeches for it for ~12b, though I'd estimate the majority of auras were earned without having to buy your way in.
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u/elk33dp Woodcutting Dec 22 '25
I'd say a majority were spooned. I was doing ama on release for fun (not even attempting the 2k), and I grouped with a bunch that had the aura and sucked ass as the boss. And all the people trying for the aura were all looking for the same thing for their group...a tank.
The crux of getting 2k was having a solid tank that could carry the team thru....it wasn't a hard lift from a DPS/mechanics perspective once it was figured out.
So not outright sold it, but as long as your clan/group had a very strong player to take the aggro for your team there's a good chance everyone in that group has the aura.
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u/bumpin_oldies Completionist Dec 23 '25
Yup. Finding a good base was really hard and I had similar experiences where people with the aura were dying while we did 100% enrage.
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u/elk33dp Woodcutting Dec 23 '25
Yea i only did 100s so this was exactly my situation. we'd bring aura ppl to fill and they would never want to base and always asked if we had a base before coming. And half the time die mid-fight over some stupid stunt or trying to eek out max dps on a boss where it doesn't matter much after a certain threshold.
Base tank is the real skill test.
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u/Sennheiser321 Lovely money! Dec 22 '25
The aura you got for getting a 2000% amascut kill in the first week (4-11 Aug 25)
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u/Spinolyp Trimmed Comp 9/29/22 Dec 22 '25
that aura is such an eyesore. most the people who have it were just carried by their clanmates.
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u/Ryz3nGaming on the grind Dec 23 '25
Aww man. For those of us who dont have all their 120s yet, I hope there will be some way to get the inverted capes in the future. For example once a year like this.
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u/Extension-Bat-1911 Yo-yo | Max cape 2012 | Max total since 2015 Dec 26 '25
A quarter of a century. Time to rename it to Boomerscape
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u/throwdatawaytho Dec 22 '25
I started playing just before the last dxp weekend and I seen lots of these. I was sad to see they were from fresh start and unable to be obtained even worse to see them here now and for it to only be available a short time. This type of fomo makes me want to quit
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u/Emperor_Atlas Dec 22 '25
If something so minute makes you want to quit it means you already arent enjoying the game or have a cosmetic addiction. Its so unimportant lol
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u/throwdatawaytho Dec 22 '25
Why is it so hard to believe that if I’m going to play a game for 4000 hours I want to look good?
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u/Emperor_Atlas Dec 22 '25
Because you started a few weeks ago and theres hundreds of other capes (if not thousands).
If a color swap of one is going to stop you, its not a game issue.
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u/throwdatawaytho Dec 22 '25
It didn’t stop me. Clearly I’m still here. But this is a cosmetic variant of an item that at minimum takes over 100 hours per skill. Why time gate it? It’s stupid and is literally fomo
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u/Emperor_Atlas Dec 22 '25
Its literally unimportant lol.
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u/Ty_Lee98 Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Yeah I've seen some really cool looking inverted capes. I'm excited about getting them at some point. I agree about FOMO. There's gotta be less FOMO in games. It works too well unfortunately.
edit: typo
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u/tuc-eert Dec 22 '25
I mean I agree FOMO is bad, but basically every legacy live service game has some discontinued cosmetics and stuff that are no longer obtainable. I don’t think we should be calling literally anything that’s not always available FOMO.
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u/Wild_Effective_5077 Green partyhat! Dec 22 '25
Fomo is a buzzword and we should stop looking through lenses to find the truth
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u/throwdatawaytho Dec 22 '25
It’s not a buzz word in my opinion these and the shoulder capes were the coolest looking actual in game items vs cosmetics. It’s not really hard to understand if I have to play for 4000 hours I want to look good without mtx
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u/tuc-eert Dec 22 '25
Okay but a few things here. First, this wasn’t an mtx obtainable item to begin with, so I’m not sure why you’re bringing that up. Second, I’m just going to be straight up with you, just because you want an item and it’s no longer available doesn’t mean it’s FOMO. Yes it sucks, but christ if you complain every time something isn’t always available you’re just delegitimizing actual FOMO
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u/throwdatawaytho Dec 22 '25
So then what do you call time gates releases if not FOMO? Most arguments here are that I’m using the word FOMO wrong, well okay sorry. I just want to be able to earn items in game when I have the time to do it. Is that really so much to ask for?
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u/tuc-eert Dec 22 '25
This wasn’t time gated, this was a limited time item. The initial release was FOMO, but you’re jumping into a 25 year old game. There’s plenty of stuff that’s no longer obtainable for whatever reason. It’s valid criticism if they release something new like the inverted capes, but complaining about something that was done in the past is a pretty moot point.
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u/Wild_Effective_5077 Green partyhat! Dec 22 '25
Time gated would be more like completionist cape while time limited would be something you can no longer get.
In either case, the issue is more with time limited releases in general rather than whether any particular item remains discontinued, regardless of the initial release tactics. Not being able to have something isn't the issue, it's making people fear that if they don't come engage with the game during a certain time period they'll never be able to have the item.
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u/Wild_Effective_5077 Green partyhat! Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25
Oh I'm fine with them coming back, I am just saying the idea of quitting due to "fomo" is silly. It's basically a meaningless concept that just means people want what they can't have. It's not rocket science and it doesn't require special language or terminology.
More poignantly, the initial release of inverted capes would be the thing that was considered a "fomo" tactic, not the continuation or discontinuation of the items' exclusivity after the fact. In other words, the fomo already happened whether we rerelease it now or not. To some degree we introduce more fomo again by having it be time limited in nature like this new rerelease.
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u/throwdatawaytho Dec 22 '25
Why would I play a game when I can’t get what I want out of it?
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u/Wild_Effective_5077 Green partyhat! Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 23 '25
Again I'm pointing out that the current rerelease has a time window for claiming it. That is the fomo we should be against rather than items having exclusivity in any sense, as it only serves to bring people in for fear of missing the window.
In presenting fomo as simply not being able to get a cosmetic, we cheapen what we really mean with fomo being an issue in the first place. It has more to do with the practice of how something is released than the sudden or implicit need to rerelease something that was previously discontinued.
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u/Resident_Function280 Dec 24 '25
This devalues the capes already in-game cmon Jagex
Removing them from keepsake now
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u/Flea00 Hardcore Ironman Dec 23 '25
Good thing fsw was pointless now and now confirmed just a cash grab
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u/Synbad2 200m , Lvl 3 Skiller Dec 22 '25
Kinda hope that we don’t have to train the skill to get the cape… I want the Inverted Slayer cape on my Lvl 3 skiller
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u/Bondyew Dec 23 '25
Well, now I know that no need to have FOMO. These are always coming back to the game. In FSW I grinded my own inverted slayer cape sacrificing every day life, because it was limited time achievement/cosmetic. Which was not true apparently. Now I could get more those, but still I think big thumbs down...
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u/compoundblock666 Completionist Dec 22 '25
I worked my ass off for my inverted agility cape and the just handing them out
That's stupid asf
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u/srbman maxed main: 2015/09/28, comped iron: 2024/04/02 Dec 22 '25
Congratulations, you had them for 2 years. Now other people can get it too.
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u/AltKeyblade Disk of returning Dec 22 '25
It says “earn”, so I think you still have to do something for it.
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u/Dude_9 Dec 22 '25
How 2 get?
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u/Meta_Man_X Dec 22 '25
You have access to the same 17 words of information OP shared. We don't know.
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u/laboufe Yo-yo Dec 22 '25
1) you could buy them for GP
2) They never said they wouldnt be rereleased
3) They never promised they would be hard to get if they were rereleased
4) we dont know how you unlock them yet
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u/UnoriginalJ0k3r Dec 30 '25
And you didn’t happen to read the info on the capes when you started FSW? They were always going to come into mainscape.
FSW was just market research disguised as FOMO, you’re part of who they were after.
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u/Zepertix Working on Soul Wars Remastered Dec 22 '25
We dont know. I believe a good handful are by default because the cape sellers are not in F2P locations
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u/laboufe Yo-yo Dec 22 '25
I just hope you can earn all of them and it isnt rng based