In a latest behind-the-scenes growth weblog publish, Jagex shined the highlight on Outdated Faculty RuneScape‘s upcoming Crusing ability. In it, the developer reveals how crusing has improved over time and confirms that gamers will have the ability to try it out subsequent 12 months.

Jagex put new expertise to a ballot for Outdated Faculty RuneScape gamers in 2023, and Crusing was the ability that received. Since then, crafting the brand new system’s been arduous at work, and getting a handful of gamers in to attempt it out in Closed Tech Alpha classes. After all, the principle factor gamers care about now could be once they’ll have an opportunity to attempt the ability out, and Jagex confirmed that Open Tech Alphas will start early subsequent 12 months with quite a lot of attention-grabbing options to make Crusing a ability price grinding.

Sail, Salvage, Shipwreck

There are such a lot of attention-grabbing tidbits on this growth weblog publish, however I wish to spotlight only a few that I believe make Crusing an ideal motive to get into Outdated Faculty RuneScape now forward of the ability’s debut. First, an underrated characteristic within the publish reveals off ship-to-ship fight.

Jagex explains the way it needed to work fairly arduous to get this to work, with spells hitting gamers solely when the edges of their ships line up. I believe it’ll make crusing a lot extra thrilling if somebody can come alongside and take you down after you’ve plundered a tonne of treasure.

Talking of plundering, Jagex hinted that among the many actions you possibly can full to stage up your Crusing ability are salvaging shipwrecks and selecting up missions for ports. Within the beginning space within the map proven above, the ocean has been highlighted to indicate the world the place you’ll be doing this stuff as you become familiar with the brand new ability.

I think about Port Duties will see you ship items from one port to a different, whereas Salvaging might be extra concerned and will see you head to particular factors at sea to get better misplaced objects. That is simply the beginning, although, and I’m positive Jagex has extra in retailer for the Crusing ability.

With the primary open playtests not beginning till 2025, you would possibly assume the Outdated Faculty RuneScape group desires issues to maneuver a little bit quicker. That is completely not the case, although, with many followers praising Jagex for displaying what it’s carried out and persevering with to take its time in over on the sport’s subreddit.

For actual, I’m actually enthusiastic about crusing and can fortunately allow them to prepare dinner, nevertheless it actually does sound like even when it doesn’t find yourself releasing, they’ve discovered and added so many new issues that may very well be used for future content material. I wouldn’t have been in opposition to Shamanism nevertheless it actually felt like extra of the identical, whereas Crusing can actually spice issues up.

Reddit person MeisterHeller

I like video games like Dredge and, actually, any sport that entails seafaring. I believe Crusing is an outstanding match for Outdated Faculty RuneScape and can give followers like me who need one thing totally different from the usual set of expertise to always grind to actually get caught into.