RuneScape: Dragonwilds Next Update Fixes Annoying Velgar Meteors Issue

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Summary

  • Jagex has revealed some information about the next update for RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
  • The patch should fix an issue causing Velgar’s meteors to clip through players’ roofs.
  • While no release date for the patch has been announced, it should be coming soon.

As a dedicated fan, I can’t contain my excitement as Jagex is offering us a sneak peek into the content of the upcoming RuneScape: Dragonwilds update, specifically addressing the long-awaited fix for Velgar. While there’s no confirmed date yet for Update 0.7.3 of RuneScape: Dragonwilds, those of us who have been eagerly waiting for a reprieve from the dragon’s meteors should brace ourselves for some much-needed relief in the coming days!

In just over two weeks since its early access debut, “RuneScape: Dragonwilds” has proven to be a hit for Jagex. Abandoning the traditional MMORPG format that “RuneScape” has been linked with for the past 24 years, this open-world survival game set in the same universe has attracted substantial audiences. At its peak, it boasted over 50,000 concurrent players and continues to receive regular updates, even after its launch on April 15.

In the game RuneScape: Dragonwilds, battling dragons is one of its toughest parts, with Velgar being the most dangerous until Fellhollow’s release. Though Velgar is designed to be a challenging boss, his meteor attacks could inadvertently pass through player bases’ roofs, leaving no safe spot for players to hide. Recent notes on the game’s official Steam page hint at modifications coming to Velgar’s meteors, suggesting they will cause less trouble when players are hiding under their bases’ roofs. Jagex hasn’t clarified whether this means full protection from Velgar’s attacks will be provided by roofs in the future, but it seems that there might be some benefits for players in the upcoming days.

It isn’t the first adjustment Jagex has made to make fighting Velgar less challenging; a recent update for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, approximately a week ago, noticeably weakened the dragon general’s attacks. The alterations consisted of decreasing the distance from five meters to two and restricting its poison breath attacks to occur only during strafing maneuvers.

– In the upcoming update, you can expect a few more features along with cloud saves – a frequently demanded feature by players. Other minor adjustments will be made as well, such as improving stability, tweaking immunities, balancing experience points, correcting errors in the journal, and resolving a bug that was hindering quest completion for some players when their inventories are full. As for the anticipated introduction of a vast PvPvE map in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, there’s no official confirmation yet, but Jagex has been collecting player opinions on this potential addition through an official survey.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds Update 0.7.3 Preview Notes

Cloud Saves

Wow, fantastic news! You’ve been eagerly waiting for this, and we’re thrilled to announce that the requested feature has just gone live! Now, you can say goodbye to the hassle of saving local copies as it’s ready for use immediately.

Velgar Meteor Fix

If you’re securely situated at your home base with defensive cover in place, falling meteors from the Scaly Scourge should pose fewer issues for you now. Continued barrages might have required us to invent a shield or shelter instead.

And The Rest

  • Better fix for completing quests with a full inventory.
  • No more chucking your materials before talking to Zanik!
  • The Goblin in the Vertentis Kara Vault will be more noticeable
  • I know that Goblins aren’t famously talkative but Spitfoot is important, so we can’t have you missing them.
  • AI Status Effect immunities have all been checked & should be working correctly.
  • Fix for ash log duplication in the Shattered Plains
  • Whenever you see something like this, a wizard did it.
  • Fixes to a few areas in the world where players can get stuck.
  • Improvements to reduce client desync which means that ranged combat in multiplayer worlds should feel extra nice.
  • Respawned bloodwood sap can now be gathered.
  • This one’s got us feeling all sappy.
  • Controller – “LB” works correctly in the crafting menu.
  • Continued localisation fixes for missing translations and cut-off text.
  • A couple of typo fixes in quests and journal entries.
  • Chests you are interacting with when you die are no longer locked forever.
  • Listen, we know that Death has agreed to overlook your mortality while you’re here, but there’s clearly some things we didn’t iron out with Ol’ Boney first.
  • XP balancing for Splinter.
  • We saw some hair-raising numbers coming through from usage on this so we’re tweaking to bring this down to a more reasonable place
  • Beards no longer clip through helmets.
  • Turns out our helmets can contain the mightiest beard!
  • Blood VFX will be in the right place on smaller AI.
  • Kebbits may seem cute but their teleporting blood was a little offputting.
  • Your own gravestone VFX should be a different colour to everyone else’s.
  • More crash fixes.

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2025-05-01 22:24