The World Wakes

[Beric]

The World Wakes (members only)

Orlando Smith's made a big discovery just west of the Legends' Guild: ruins dating from the First Age, which he believes once belonged to Guthix himself. It's the sort of find that makes careers, but breaks the hasty and the unprepared, so he needs your help to safely uncover the lost knowledge and artefacts within.

Make your way past the ruins' defences with strength and cunning, and you'll discover secrets that could shift the world's balance of power forever. There'll be one mother of a battle before the quest is through, so you'll need a combat level of at least 140 and your very best combat gear, along with plenty of food.

Ultimately, you'll have to make a choice, and your decision will set the scene for the events to come and feature in future story content. One thing is certain, though: once you're through, you'll become a whole new breed of hero, and the woken world will need you more than ever.

Completing the quest will earn you over 800,000 XP in lamps (in a variety of skills, with minimum levels ranging from 65 to 80), five new ultimate combat abilities (usable at level 85 in their related skills), and cosmetic torso gear. In addition, there's a trove of post-quest rewards - including a powerful ring, a title, and new Slayer targets that can drop level 85 gloves and a pet - that can be claimed once you've finished the quest and met certain high-level requirements, listed here.

Please note: as of next week's update, all future game content will work on the premise that this quest happened in the past. So, if you want to play the quest with no spoilers, we recommend doing so this week!

It's also worth noting that quest is not voice-acted. The number of characters in The World Wakes is huge – roughly 30 in total - with many characters included in other quests. The resources needed to voice the entire quest were instead spent on including greater rewards, better combat experiences, etc. We hope it shows in your play experience.

That said, we still recommend that you play with audio on. For those of you who have seen the Origins of Gielinor motion comic or listened to the World Wakes Medley, you’ll know that the orchestral songs are impressive.

Enjoy!

Mod Ana

The lore nerd in me is so excited!

[Sheckky]

The new title is green and awesome. I'm not sure on the other rewards

 

Anyone know how good the slayer monsters are?

 

I still have to do ROTM , Firemaker's Curse & The Void Stares Back to get all the rewards 

Edited March 4, 2013 by Sheckky

[Beric]

I still have to do ROTM

Ah! Do that now. It's great.

[James]

I watched the behind the scenes for this, and can't help but think that Mod Ana is adorable. The way she gets excited.

[Steven]

I watched the behind the scenes for this, and can't help but think that Mod Ana is adorable. The way she gets excited.

 

this x69

[Dan G]

The new slayer monsters aren't worth doing as a slayer task. Their drops are okay but they're slow and obviously busy at the moment.

[Doc]

i always thought it was pronounced "goo-thix", not "guh-thix"

[James]

Done. I liked the part where Bruce Lee beat Chuck Norris and became supreme ruler of RuneScape. 

[Kiwi]

07 can go fuck itself for at least a little while

Also I have all the requirements for this one, making this the first Grandmaster quest where I've had all the requirements on release date

[James]

The quest rewards ~850 k XP, and I'm very proud of the fact that I was unable to gain a single level through the reward. That must mean I'm growing up. 

[Sheckky]

How hard are the battles?

[Astraeus G]

looks fun but i don't have the other ones done

[Kiwi]

The battles were way too easy, I would have loved to see a little more challenge

The rest was pretty good though

[James]

The battles were way too easy, I would have loved to see a little more challenge

The rest was pretty good though

I can agree with that. I was surprised I was able to get through the quest with only a couple of deaths (I yawned and died once ) considering I'm so rusty with EoC combat. 

[Tristan]

yea I only died 3 or 4 times during the quest which was mainly from having no food at that point in the quest xD

 

wasn't to difficult at all and don't mind the free xp

[Beric]

looks fun but i don't have the other ones done

You don't need to. Those are just extra requirements for the end rewards which you can pick up later on. The quest itself only requires 140 combat.

[Douglas]

Got it done on release day. I was pleased with the exception that you don't have the option to choose one of the gods. Also, the cosmetic portion of the reward at the end suggests a follow-up quest, although you still can't choose a version of that which is aligned to a certain side.

 

Only died like 4 times at the stupid run down the hill thing.

[Rafi]

I totally missed this release and wasted time on '07 scape last night. Whoops! How long did the quest take you guys? I actually have all the requirements for once.

In other news, I got totally fucked on the Hati / Skoll removal. I thought they were around until May 1, so was still using up my charge from last year instead of recharging them to 100% before removal.

[Hess]

Done. I liked the part where Bruce Lee beat Chuck Norris and became supreme ruler of RuneScape. 

 

 

I'm happy that of all things said between us, this is what stuck in your memory

[Dan G]

Are we allowed to discuss it yet w/spoilers?