RuneScape: Dragonwilds aims to be more ‘Runescapey’ with anniversary celebration update

It's been one year since RuneScape: Dragonwilds launched into early access, and the developers have delivered us an anniversary update. In the months since Dragonwilds was released, Jagex has stayed hard at work expanding the survival game. There have been consistent patches, fresh content, and map expansions to keep the player base invested. However, some players felt that Dragonwilds was moving too far away from its RuneScape roots with some of the previous updates, especially as the developers added new areas to the Ashenfall map. In an effort to address that, today's anniversary update in Dragonwilds aims to make the game feel more "RuneScapey" by adding more content to the starting area. In a video posted to YouTube, the Dragonwilds development team goes over everything that the anniversary update includes, starting with the addition of the first-ever RuneScape quest, "Cook's Assistant." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kv8j95n2-w Cook's Assistant doesn't go exactly like in the MMO versions of RuneScape, but you can access it right from the start of the game. You'll help some goblins fulfill a food order by gathering ingredients from around the starting region, giving you some decent XP and knowledge for an early playthrough. If you're a seasoned Dragonwilds player, though, you're likely more interested in the more advanced content. Fortunately, Jagex has also added the "Animal Magnetism" quest, which can be started in the Fractured Plains region. Just like in traditional RuneScape, this quest rewards you with the recipe to craft the Ava's Accumulator, which helps you save arrows when training the Ranged skill. Finally, you can now also complete the "A Room With Garou" quest, which is brand new in the world of RuneScape, and helps train your Construction skill. Speaking of skills, the anniversary update adds the Fishing skill at long last. Not only is this a new skill you can train in Dragonwilds, but you can train your Cooking skill and earn some much-needed food along with it. The new fishing skill in Dragonwilds. Image via Jagex You can unlock the Fishing skill by speaking to the Wise Old Man, which equips you with some beginner fishing gear. As you progress the skill, you'll unlock new gear and new fish to catch, which can be caught in higher-tier areas of the map. Currently, there are 12 fish types you can catch in Dragonwilds, along with three new spells specific to the skill. To round out the update, Jagex has made several quality-of-life fixes and added some smaller-scale content. Here's a quick rundown of those changes now available in Ashenfall: More Buried Treasure and better rewardsScarecrow Scavenging Two new Special Attacks for Masterwork weaponsDisplay Fish trophies in your baseCan now toggle on auto-runOpen menus while sleepingLower-tier enemies like kebbits and cows aren't aggressive unless provokedRunes stack to 9,999 in the inventoryIncreased Zamorakian Warrior Pact drop rates from Elite Black Knights That covers the entire anniversary update in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, but Jagex has stated it is planning more content drops in the near future. The post RuneScape: Dragonwilds aims to be more ‘Runescapey’ with anniversary celebration update appeared first on Destructoid.

Apr 22, 2026 - 01:43

RuneScape: Dragonwilds aims to be more ‘Runescapey’ with anniversary celebration update

It's been one year since RuneScape: Dragonwilds launched into early access, and the developers have delivered us an anniversary update.

In the months since Dragonwilds was released, Jagex has stayed hard at work expanding the survival game. There have been consistent patches, fresh content, and map expansions to keep the player base invested. However, some players felt that Dragonwilds was moving too far away from its RuneScape roots with some of the previous updates, especially as the developers added new areas to the Ashenfall map.

In an effort to address that, today's anniversary update in Dragonwilds aims to make the game feel more "RuneScapey" by adding more content to the starting area. In a video posted to YouTube, the Dragonwilds development team goes over everything that the anniversary update includes, starting with the addition of the first-ever RuneScape quest, "Cook's Assistant."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kv8j95n2-w Cook's Assistant doesn't go exactly like in the MMO versions of RuneScape, but you can access it right from the start of the game. You'll help some goblins fulfill a food order by gathering ingredients from around the starting region, giving you some decent XP and knowledge for an early playthrough.

If you're a seasoned Dragonwilds player, though, you're likely more interested in the more advanced content. Fortunately, Jagex has also added the "Animal Magnetism" quest, which can be started in the Fractured Plains region. Just like in traditional RuneScape, this quest rewards you with the recipe to craft the Ava's Accumulator, which helps you save arrows when training the Ranged skill.

Finally, you can now also complete the "A Room With Garou" quest, which is brand new in the world of RuneScape, and helps train your Construction skill.

Speaking of skills, the anniversary update adds the Fishing skill at long last. Not only is this a new skill you can train in Dragonwilds, but you can train your Cooking skill and earn some much-needed food along with it.

The new fishing skill in Dragonwilds. Image via Jagex You can unlock the Fishing skill by speaking to the Wise Old Man, which equips you with some beginner fishing gear. As you progress the skill, you'll unlock new gear and new fish to catch, which can be caught in higher-tier areas of the map. Currently, there are 12 fish types you can catch in Dragonwilds, along with three new spells specific to the skill.

To round out the update, Jagex has made several quality-of-life fixes and added some smaller-scale content. Here's a quick rundown of those changes now available in Ashenfall:

More Buried Treasure and better rewards
Scarecrow Scavenging
Two new Special Attacks for Masterwork weapons
Display Fish trophies in your base
Can now toggle on auto-run
Open menus while sleeping
Lower-tier enemies like kebbits and cows aren't aggressive unless provoked
Runes stack to 9,999 in the inventory
Increased Zamorakian Warrior Pact drop rates from Elite Black Knights

That covers the entire anniversary update in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, but Jagex has stated it is planning more content drops in the near future.

The post RuneScape: Dragonwilds aims to be more ‘Runescapey’ with anniversary celebration update appeared first on Destructoid.

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