Patch Notes (4 March 2013)

These official Patch Notes are copied verbatim from this forum thread of the RuneScape forums. It is copyrighted by Jagex.
These Patch Notes were announced on 4 March 2013.

Graphical:

• The old Massacre animation has been 'massacred' and given a new beastly animation.
• Cosmetic overrides for the woodcutting animations will now be used when chopping trees in fruit tree patches.
• An issue with the fire cape on female avatars has been fixed.
• Farmer's mouths no longer stretch.
• Elemental body boots no longer clip when worn with monk robe bottoms.
• A clipping issue with the musketeer's hat has been fixed.
• Cyrisus now wears the new style dragon helm.
• A Monkey minder chat head has been updated to show the correct skin colour.
• You can no longer perform the Sleuth emote when your magnifying glass is sheathed.
• It's no longer possible to perform the Lightning Staff emote when the staff is sheathed.
• The afflicted in Morytania now have the correct colour skin.
• Dark beasts’ magic attacks now display hit splats at the correct point in the animation.
• The dragon square shield no longer stretches when performing certain actions.
• The glassblowing pipe crafting animation is now correctly aligned for female characters.
• The highlight outline on the rune platebody has been adjusted.
• The rune full helm (t) will now look correct on male characters.
• Masked earmuffs now renders correctly on male characters.
• The adamant kiteshield and boots from the Mage Training Arena have been graphically updated.
• The carnival headdress will now display a colour change on the player immediately.
• Imiago in Shilo village will no longer have patches of light coloured skin.
• The Ardougne fountain has been given a newer water animation.
• Urn Collector Ernie's lips will no longer stretch.
• Players will now hold staves securely in their hands while playing the high-alchemy animation.
• Vigroy in Shilo Village will no longer have odd coloured skin patches.
• Jimmy's skin texture had become a bit blotchy, so his makeup has been reapplied.
• An issue with the star on the Entrana altar has been fixed.
• The bellows in Lumbridge no longer clip with the surrounding scenery.
• Warrior women are now holding their swords correctly.
• The clan cape colours should now render correctly on both genders.
• The buckles on the pirate boots have been fixed so that they no longer stretch when smelting at a furnace.
• Some labelling issues with Osman have been fixed which were causing him to stretch and bend wildly.
• Players with bloom on in the Shadow Dungeon will no longer experience an extremely bright white screen.
• Mayor Hobb's neck should no longer stretch.
• The fox mask no longer shows the back of a players head as bald.
• Polar kebbits no longer appear brown when caught.
• Ranis Drakan's chathead is no longer distorted when he is laughing.
• A stretching issue with the fungal visor and its degraded forms has been fixed.
• Skeleton Fremennik have had their torsos reattached to their legs.
• Honour guard attacks no longer show their axes and shields intersecting.
• The male Trader crewmember model has been fixed.
• Reese in the Lumbridge Catacombs no longer stretches wildly.
• An issue with Eluned's appearance has been fixed.
• Carn's face no longer stretches at the conclusion of the Three's Company saga.
• An issue with Kay's head stretching at the conclusion of the Vengeance saga has been fixed.
• An issue with stretching on some models in the Nadir saga has been fixed.
• The Arctic bears in the Three's Company Fremennik saga have been reminded how to walk.
• An issue with the Sock/Buskin masks not updating properly when flipped has been corrected.
• The female Circus shirt has been fixed.
• Tentacle has had her shell bikini recoloured to appear more visible.
• A bug where the bare hand fishing animation would play during the Depth Charge cosmetic override animation.
• The skin colour on the female feline outfit legs has been corrected.
• The underside of the feline tail now changes colour in line with your hair.
• The dragon crossbow can now be used with crossbow cosmetic overrides.
• A tree has been removed that was blocking players' views in a Druidic Ritual cutscene.
• Two tiles in the Slayer Tower now work correctly with “remove roof” on.
• Closing the shipyard interface no longer causes the minimap to display the top floor of the buildings in the port.
• The Black Marketeer event map icon will no longer appear twice after using the stairs in the bar.
• The Saradomin's hiss amulet no longer stretches when players perform emotes.
• Players can no longer see the an untidy edge in the Brimhaven Dungeon.
• The glowing eyes from the harmony aura should now be aligned correctly.
• Equipped weapons no longer disappear when the harmony aura is activated.
• The animation no longer clips when fletching magic shieldbows.
• All three Monks of Zamorak now have a casting animation and shoot fireballs.

Quests, Challenges & Achievements:

• Char has had an overhaul for Evolution of Combat.
• Ned's chat in Dragon Slayer has been tweaked to inform players when they have discovered the secret passageway.
• The penguin greeting emotes have been added to the quest journal for Cold War.
• Corrected the quest requirements of Spirits of the Elid.
• The Fishing Contest quest journal now has narrative text greyed out.
• The level recommendation for killing the Queen Black Dragon has been updated.
• The task system has been updated to remove references to the old Rune Mysteries quest.
• Studded chaps are now recognized as a valid item for the Studded Leather Armour daily challenge.

Skills & Minigames:

• The Sunfreet Dominion Tower battle has been rebalanced.
• Some more quickchat options have been added to the Runespan minigame.
• Pyramid Plunder room 7 no longer has a random empty tile that was blocked.
• The rules for the special Dominion Tower match "You'll Never Defeat Me" have been adjusted.
• Castle Wars flags no longer appear on character models once the flag has been scored.

Combat:

• The damage boost the Ferocious ring provides has been reworked.
• The "poisonous" indicator on the combat interface now works correctly after logging out and in again.
• The bananas found in Daemonheim now no longer heal only 20 life points.
• Iron gauntlets have had their Defence requirement fixed to level 10.
• Corrected the levels required shown in mouseovers for black and mithril boots.
• The Dungeoneering Skill Advance Guide now correctly lists the extra requirements for gravite equipment.
• Stat inconsistencies between the Saradomin sword and the lucky Saradomin sword have been corrected.
• An issue with generic weapons causing damage to Turoths and Kurasks who should otherwise be immune has been fixed.
• Third-age druidic robes, cloak and wreath now all apply prayer bonuses when worn.
• Ghast familiars are now able to hit their opponents.

Other:

• Players can choose to have an uncoloured version of the upgraded Balmung.
• Players can now craft hard leather boots and gloves.
• Right-click additions have been added to the following: collecting sand off of Bert, starting a delivery from Aluft Gianne Jr, and entering Keldragrim via the Dwarven ferryman.
• The Teleport option on farmed Spirit Trees has been moved higher up the list of options.
• You are now able to check the charge of your camulet while it's equipped.
• We've upped the amount of ecto-tokens the Ghost disciple holds to 2,555.
• The Nex banker now has a collect option.
• Added a collect option to the Player Owned Port bank.
• Farming leprechauns can now swap clean erzille herbs for the noted variant.
• Bound Dungeoneering armour added as cosmetic overrides using the dragon keepsake box have been prevented from being removed when the player leaves a dungeon.
• The Slayer shop rewards interface no longer has the tooltips sticking in place.
• "Gatestone Teleport" spell within Dungeoneering will no longer remain lit while no gatestone is present.
• The items to make a small map are now listed correctly in the Skill Advance Guide.
• You can no longer purchase a Shantay Pass from Rasolo.
• The "talk" option has been removed from the glider gnome Captain Errdo after completing The Grand Tree.
• Corrected a voice acted line of dialogue for the Partner during a Player Owned Ports cutscene.
• Creating Illuminated god books is now using the correct amount of prayer points per step.
• References to longbows when crafting magic logs into shieldbows have been removed.
• Several grammatical errors in Irwin Feaselbaum's dialogue have been fixed.
• A no longer necessary square of walk restriction has been removed from outside the TzHaar Fight Pit.
• Players are now prevented from moving off of the stool while playing the Wizards’ Tower organ.
• A minor typo in the malleus daemoniorum book has been corrected.
• You can no longer light a stack of multiple logs in Dungeoneering.
• Several places that used to mention "certs" or "certificates" have been updated to "banknote".
• Quickly switching items in the Runespan rewards store will no longer display a different item, when attempting to select 'purchase'.
• The message 'Your money pouch is inaccessible in Daemonheim' will now only appear once.
• The spelling of "Barbecue" is now consistent in clan citadels.
• Iron no longer appears in the Smithing Skill Advance Guide twice.
• Ice spells now consume blood runes when cast on Chimp Ices.
• The reference to old combat levels on the Wilderness kills noticeboard has been removed.
• You will now try and catch a butterfly with your hands if you have your butterfly net sheathed.
• The Make-X interface for death runes and law runes in Dungeoneering has been adjusted.
• Players can no longer open the Equipment Stats tab when transformed as a goblin.
• An issue with Ignatius Vulcan's haphazard fire lighting has been fixed.
• A typo with the purple Christmas kennel flea has been fixed.
• Evil Bob's dialogue now refers to him by name correctly.
• An area in the Slayer Tower where you could not stand to collect loot has been fixed.
• Players can no longer walk inside the rock to the South East of the Slayer Tower.
• Some typos in Player Owned Ports upgrade interface have been fixed.
• The voyages interface in Player Owned Ports will no longer incorrectly show mouse hover tooltips when on the wrong tab.
• A minor display issue on the Ports Voyages interface has been fixed.
• Fletching potions are now listed as giving a boost in Fletching, not Agility.
• The production progress interface now updates correctly when fletching blisterwood polearms.
• The production progress interface now correctly shows crafting when spinning black wool.
• A small typo has been fixed in the stalker notes book 4.
• The demon horn necklace at the rewards trader will now correctly show the amount of prayer points it restores.
• A reference to the enchanted Excalibur's old special attack has been removed.
• The Attack Skill Advance Guide now clarifies that the requirements for Daemonheim weapons don't apply to mauls.
• The Achievement Diary reward no longer states the wrong properties of the enchanted Excalibur.