Yak Track
Yak Track is a recurring promotional event. During the event, players can earn rewards by completing specific tasks and progressing through the prize tracks.
General format[edit | edit source]
Yak Track events are scheduled to happen four times a year[1] and typically last six weeks. Players are presented with 50 tiers to be completed in order. Only one of the two tasks needs to be completed to move on to the next tier. Free players and members receive different task sets, with the tasks for free players being generally easier. Players with an active subscription will always receive members tasks regardless of the world they are on. The difficulty generally increases at higher tiers for both free players and members.
Players receive rewards for completing each tier. There is a "free" prize track as well a "paid" track that gives more rewards. The paid track is unlocked using two bonds or by having Premier Club membership. Players who unlock the premium track will be able to claim the additional rewards for the tiers they have already completed. Free players will not receive certain rewards, such as silverhawk down and members items. However, they are guaranteed to receive at least one reward per tier. Players who become a member later are able to gain any rewards they missed.
Each Yak Track is hosted in a designated area in Burthorpe, directly south of the Challenge Mistress Fara's podium. The area features the non-player character host who explains the mechanics of the event and provides a thematic backstory, listening to which can also complete the first task of each event and grant the first outfit. The hub area also showcases a number of rewards from the event, including pets and cosmetic overrides.
Task skips[edit | edit source]
Players can use a task skip to instantly complete a tier. Two skips are given every time a new Yak Track event is released. It is possible to buy additional skips using bonds, four for one and 10 for two. Players could also obtain skips via the following means:
- Redeeming a Yak Track task skip inventory item
- Can be earned while skilling during the 2020 Summer Beach Party
- From Treasure Hunter during the Gone Yak Tracking promotion
- One skip could be bought using 5,000 Spring Tokens during the 2021 Easter event
- Players affected by the 2021 server login issues were given 10 skips
All unused skips carry over to future Yak Track events.[2]
List of Yak Track events[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Introduction interface.
Introduction interface.
Introduction interface.
Introduction interface.
Upgrades interface.
Update history[edit | edit source]
- update 29 November 2021 (Update):
- Wintumber Aurora released.
- patch 20 September 2021 (Update):
- Dragonkin bones now count towards the progression of Prayer and joint-Prayer tasks on Yak Tracks.
- update 23 August 2021 (Update):
- Path of the Creators released.
- The following have been converted into 'Gain XP' type tasks:
- Herblore
- Thieving
- Archaeology tasks will now always be 'Gain XP'.
- In addition, specific smelting tasks have been removed, as all Smithing tasks are now 'Gain XP'.
- update 1 June 2021 (Update):
- Yak to the Light released.
- A number of items from previous Yak Tracks have been added to the store: Vindictive Armour outfit, Shadow Magus outfit, Fatesworn Agent outfit, Replica Laniakea wig cosmetic, Thok's hand-me-downs outfit, Stasis armour outfit, Taking it easy rest animation, Mechanayak pet, Commander Scampers pet.
- update 1 March 2021 (Update):
- Yak to Basics released.
- There's a new task this time around! You can now be asked to gain Hunter XP, which will let you use Big Game Hunter to progress alongside more traditional methods. It works a bit like the Archaeology and revamped Construction tasks!
- We've also introduced 'Gain XP' tasks for Slayer and Dungeoneering.
- update 15 February 2021 (Update):
- Various items from the Zodi-yak Track and Yak to the Shadows are now available in the Oddments Store. There's twelve items in total: Sheratan Mercenary, Dioscuri Battlemage, Equuis Archer, Cosmic Billy, Yaktrick Evenmoore, Dioscuri Sentinel, Cosmic Weaver Teleport, Cosmic Trance Rest, Monolith Teleport, Moorrissey (Armoured), Mollik the Great, Herald of Fate.
- patch 14 December 2020 (Update):
- We're always paying close attention to your feedback to determine how we can make our content better, and Yak Track is no exception! Here's a few of the changes and fixes we've made this time:
- Task Scaling Adjustments
- Agility tasks will now allow players to complete any Agility course they meet the level requirement to use, instead of being scaled to the player's level.
- Similarly, Dungeoneering tasks now allow you to complete any floor you have the level requirement for.
- The quantity of items required for Herblore and Crafting tasks no longer scale based on your level - all players must now carry out the same number of actions.
- Quantities required for Herblore tasks have been significantly reduced, bringing down the cost of completing them.
- Summoning tasks are now less restrictive and allow you to create a wider range of pouches.
- Gain XP Tasks
- Construction tasks have been replaced with a 'Gain Construction XP' task, allowing players to progress as they choose.
- Archaeology restoration tasks have been replaced with a generic 'Gain Archaeology XP' task.
- Smithing tasks have been replaced by a 'Gain Smithing XP' task, allowing players to smith efficiently while making progress.
- New Tasks
- Present Hunt (This Track Only): A new kind of task where you're asked to track down presents all over Gielinor using a set of Magical jingle bells.
- Earn Marks of War: A new type of combat task that'll see you killing bosses and collecting Marks of War.
- Miscellaneous Task Improvements
- Herblore master cape recipes now advance Herblore tasks by 5 instead of 1 - because you're making 5 potions!
- The Divine Conversion Relic now correctly advances Divination tasks.
- One progress point is now awarded per segment of the Anachronia Agility Course, since it's so massive compared to the others.
- Two new courses have been added to Agility tasks:
- Corrupted magic logs now count towards Firemaking tasks.
- Raw wobbegong now count towards Fishing tasks.
- Wobbegong oil now counts towards Cooking tasks.
- The Cremation ability now counts towards Prayer tasks.
- Great white shark now count for both Fishing and Cooking tasks.
- Task Scaling Adjustments
- We're always paying close attention to your feedback to determine how we can make our content better, and Yak Track is no exception! Here's a few of the changes and fixes we've made this time:
- update 14 December 2020 (Update):
- The Knight Before Christmas released.
- patch 2 November 2020 (Update):
- Screening volcanic ash will now progress appropriate Yak Track tasks.
- patch 19 October 2020 (Update):
- Living rock creatures now count towards the Kerapac Track task 'Kill Monsters'.
- Harvesting the divine simulacrum II now counts towards the Kerapac Track's Divination objective.
- hotfix 28 September 2020 (Update):
- Players should now be able to pin the final Yak Track task to the Activity Tracker.
- patch 28 September 2020 (Update):
- An issue causing some players' clients to crash upon opening the Kerapac Track interface should now be fixed.
- update 21 September 2020 (Update):
- Kerapac Track released.
- patch 29 June 2020 (Update):
- Fixed various Yak Track tasks.
- Yak Track Task 38 option A can now be correctly incremented when Thieving.
- hotfix 29 June 2020 (Update):
- The rather excessive amount of 50% progress reduction messages has been removed from Yak Track and should now only show when you start one of the first 10 tasks.
- update 22 June 2020 (Update):
- Yak to the Shadows released.
- patch 6 April 2020 (Update):
- Stopped the Twilight Pegasus pet from turning invisible in the Wardrobe view.
- Adjusted the Stargazer Goggles to fit female character models better.
- Adjusted the Yak Track image on the Upgrades & Extras interface.
- The Equuis Cape has been reforged with the gold metal shown on the reward image.
- hotfix 30 March 2020 (Update):
- Players can now hand in eggs to Benedict regardless of how much of Benedict's World Tour has been completed.
- Players can no longer open the Yak Track interface while the First Time User Experience is still active via the Task List or Sir Yaktrick Moore, as doing so caused an issue where blank tasks were displayed on the interface.
- update 23 March 2020 (Update):
- Zodi-yak Track released.
- patch 27 January 2020 (Update):
- Cleaners have swept up the remnants of the Yak Track area in Burthorpe.
- patch 9 December 2019 (Update):
- Monkfish now counts towards the cooking task on the Yak Track.
- Yak Track marker is now correctly aligned with prize number 25.
- Updated the Arcane Blood Mage Robe Bottoms override to fix an issue with a floating gem. This is now fixed to the outfit as intended.
- The Dark Fire and Flame swords have been graphically updated.
- Yak Track progression fix - Zogre Bones now count toward progression.
- Yak Track tasks will now no longer scale down when a member swaps into a free-to-play world.
- patch 2 December 2019 (Update):
- Scattering ashes will now correctly add to the progress of the Prayer Tasks in Yak Track.
- Updated the Yak Track information buttons to make it easier to differentiate between locked and available tasks.
- The Dungeoneering Yak Track tasks will now correctly add progress when doing Occult Floors at high Dungeoneering levels.
- A stray select option was removed from the task skip confirmation screen in Yak Track.
- A full-stop was added to the fourth slide of the Yak Track tutorial to help break up the sentence.
- The Witch's Doll and Abyssal Prowler pets have had the word "pet" added on the Yak Track to help clarify what they are.
- Players who have finished a task, but it has not registered as complete will now be able to continue progressing with Yak Track after relogging.
- Changed Draynor Village to Draynor Market in the Yak Track.
- Count Yakula's position has now been moved to make him more centralized.
- Ores that are ported to the metal bank will now correctly add progress to Yak Track Mining tasks.
- Particle effects now correctly apply to the flaming skull cosmetic from Yak track.
- update 25 November 2019 (Update):
- Added to game, starting with Count Yakula's Yak Track.
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