It’s been a big week for RuneScape: Dragonwilds! The survival game spinoff of the MMO classic had its 1.0 release date confirmed at Geoff’s Night of Shiny Ads, and now Jagex have another release date to hand over. This one’s for Umbral Sands, the game’s next big update that takes it to an incredibly hot looking desert.
The update’s arriving pretty soon in fact, as it’s currently slated for release on June 23rd, less than two weeks away. A teaser trailer showing it off almost looks like one of those destination holiday videos you see, only with some slightly orientalist desert music playing in the background as opposed to the most generic pop song you’ve ever heard with a voice over talking at you as if you’re three.
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Anyway! Here’s how Jagex describe this new area of the game: “This land was once a thriving civilisation. The Moon Garou, followers of the River Mother, called this home. They built great halls and towers across the land, and found peace here. Fuzan put an end to that.” Fuzan, for your context is a dragon. Funny that, given the name ‘n’ all. In Umbral Sands, you’ll have to be quite careful to not get blasted by the sun, as direct exposure afflicts you with Scorch, which makes you thirsty and hungry quite quickly.
There’s also the Fight Cave which can be taken on at the base of Fuzan’s Tower. This one is a “replayable mode with advanced modes, rare crafting rewards and powerful Vestiges for you to bag,” where you have to fight waves of enemies. Those looking to change up their ride will also be able to pick up a magic carpet, a new mount type coming with this update well suited for the sandy dunes. And as a reminder, after this drops, RuneScape: Dragonwilds will be launching into 1.0 on September 15th. Not long now!
