The Return of the Ranger

The endless rants in the official forums: "Range is under powered!" Well no more, thanks to the new crossbow update released by Jagex on June 18, 2007. They are much more powerful now, and even hit faster, making them an all around more effective weapon. They now rival Karil's X-Bow. The highest I've hit is a 22 with a Rune Crossbow and normal Mithril Bolts.

They can hit much more however. This is the highest hit I have ever seen.

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Great update Jagex, rangers are back!

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Another update we have is an update to the Anti-Dragonfire Shield. It now has the option of being upgraded. Here are a few pictures I have found.

Here is a picture of the shield.

The shield starts off somewhat weak. It can be charged by letting it take fire from Dragons however. The more fire, the stronger it is.

This is the shields stats when fully charged.

Attack: Slash +0 Stab +0 Crush +0 Magic -10 Range -5
Defence: Slash +70 Stab +75 Crush +72 Magic +10 Range +72

Also a whopping +7 Strength bonus, making this a very good shield.

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Once you have the shield fully charged, you also have the option of unleashing all the uncharged power at your enemy. I haven't heard of any significant hits yet, but I've heard it's powerful. Here is an image of the shield discharging.

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To make this shield you need to get a Dragon Visage from a powerful Dragon (Red and up, also Metal Dragons). These aren't common however! Apparently they're fairly rare (about as hard as getting a Dragon Medium Helmet from a Fire Giant). So far they're going for about 25M on the official Runescape forums.

You also need 90 Smithing (if you don't want to pay Oziach to make it for you, which costs 1.25M). Making this shield also gives 2,000 Smithing Experience.

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As a treat, here is what the Dragonfire shield's special attack looks like.

Another high level update, good job Jagex!