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Leagues IV – Trailblazer Reloaded launches on Wednesday, November 15th. We could probably leave it there, but that probably wouldn’t be worth an entire newspost…
If you somehow missed it during the Summer Summit, check out the teaser trailer we put together to get you in the Trailblazer spirit (click here if you can’t see the video below).
Now, to make sure everybody’s on the same page and ready to book time off work for grinding, we’re going to go back over some of the info we included in August’s blog. If you’re already totally up to speed with exactly what Leagues are, this post is still worth a scroll because we’ll be including an FAQ section further down. While we don’t have a massive number of Qs that have been FAed yet, we’d like to ask you to send us any and all questions you might have about Trailblazer Reloaded, and we’ll aim to keep this newspost updated with fresh answers so that you can get to strategising and planning out the trail you’ll blaze in advance!
In Old School, Leagues are temporary game modes that take place on separate servers from the main game. On these Leagues worlds, you’ll be able to become more powerful than ever before and experience Old School from a completely different perspective! We’ve got boosted XP rates that will let you absolutely breeze through the early game and get stuck straight into some of Old School’s tougher and more unique challenges. Along the way, you’ll gain access to epic Relics that augment you with powerful new abilities and passive effects – in Trailblazer Reloaded, you don’t just fight the raid boss, you are the raid boss. You’ll be able to put your power to the test with an expansive list of tasks and challenges that reward you with points, giving you the opportunity to rise up through the ranks of our Leagues Leaderboard and compete with friends and strangers alike.
Trailblazer Reloaded is a League that focuses on area unlocks. Put simply, you’ll start out in Lumbridge with only a small portion of the map accessible (Misthalin and Karamja) and you’ll need to complete tasks to earn points to unlock further regions to explore, we’ve even included Kourend & Kebos this time around! These unlocked choices are permanent however, and cannot be undone – so choose wisely… Trailblazer Reloaded lets you make meaningful choices and forge your own path, your journey and experience with the League will be unique to you – pick your favourite regions in any order you’d like to focus on the content you enjoy the most, pick from a huge array of Relics to tap into whichever power fantasy takes your fancy, challenge yourself to your heart’s content with hundreds of pre-defined tasks or the ability to set yourself goals that would be impossible in the main game.
Leagues IV – Trailblazer Reloaded is set to be our best League yet so make sure you don’t miss it! If you’ve been away from Old School for a little while, this is the perfect time for you to jump back in, get some friends together and enjoy those boosted XP & drop rates as you work your way up to bosses and brand new experiences with a spot of light-hearted competition. Remember though, it’s important that you forge your own path during this League. Every character will be an Ironman, so no Grand Exchange, no trading, just you and your skills against the world (or at least, whichever bits of the world you have access to).
If you’d like to see all of the rules explained in a little more detail, click on the expand option down below to read back over everything we shared in our first Leagues IV blog in August!
RULES – Click here to expand
Rules
As with any League, Trailblazer Reloaded has its own ruleset that fundamentally changes the game. These rules will look familiar to those of you who played the original Trailblazer, but we’ll repeat them here to make sure everyone’s on the same page.
Area Locks
- Your character will begin their journey with only Misthalin and Karamja unlocked.
- More areas can be unlocked by completing a fixed number of tasks.
- Note: the number of points provided by the tasks do not matter, only the number of tasks.
- These unlockable areas are the Wilderness, the Fremennik Isles, Asgarnia, Morytania, the Kharidian Desert, Kandarin, Tirannwn, and Kourend and Kebos.
- You will only be able to respawn in areas you’ve already unlocked.
- Death’s Office, the Player Owned House, Random Events and the Essence Mines will be accessible from all areas.
- Slayer Tasks will be limited to creatures found in the areas you have unlocked.
- Treasure Trail steps will be limited to the areas you have unlocked.
Iron Mode with Accelerated XP Rates
Everyone will play as an Iron character, meaning:
- There will be no trading between players.
- To accommodate the increased number of Iron players, shops stocks will never decrease.
- Everybody will start with a 5x accelerated XP rate.
- This multiplier increases further at specific Relic tiers.
Starting Stats
Your fresh Iron character will have the basic stats from Tutorial Island, as well as:
- Level 3 Herblore
- Level 10 Agility
- Level 5 Runecraft
These starting stats will let you access the Draynor Rooftop Agility Course as well as low-level Herblore and Runecraft training methods.
You’ll also get a free Dramen Staff, to be claimed from the League Tutor, which will allow you to access Zanaris.
Quest and Diary Unlocks
Some quests or diary tasks that require access to inaccessible areas will be automatically unlocked. Most notably:
- Druidic Ritual, to unlock Herblore.
- Lost City, to unlock access to Zanaris.
Tasks
Tasks are a collection of goals and achievements for you to complete during the League. They span activities like skilling, obtaining drops, killing creatures, completing quests, and even playing minigames.
Completing a task will get you League Points, which you can use to unlock Relics and other rewards. The more difficult the task, the more points you’ll get – to help you pick your next goal, we’ve sorted tasks into tiers ranging from Easy to Master.
Note that in Trailblazer Reloaded, new regions are unlocked based on how many tasks you’ve completed, not the number of points you’ve earned.
Obviously, some tasks in Trailblazer Reloaded will be area specific.
Examples of area-specific tasks include:
- Enter the Cooking Guild.
- Defeat Obor.
- Craft 50 Water Runes.
- Receive a Slayer task from Vannaka.
Examples of general tasks, which can be completed in any region, include:
- Cook 100 Sharks.
- Obtain a Mark of Grace.
- Equip a Yew Shortbow.
- Defeat a Goblin.
Again, every area will have roughly the same number of obtainable points – so you can feel free to pick your favourite!
Relics
Relics provide buffs which let you customise your gameplay experience. Unlocked via League Points, Relics can offer XP boosts, buffs to combat, additional luck while obtaining drops or even specific skilling buffs.
When you begin the League, you’ll be asked to choose between three Tier 1 Relics. As you gain more points, you can unlock other Relics, and solidify your strategy further.
For the first time ever, in Trailblazer Reloaded each Relic tier will also unlock a passive buff. In addition, there will be one more Tier than usual, for a total of seven Relic Tiers.
We’ll provide more information about Relics as we approach the start date of Leagues IV, but keep your eyes peeled for a few sneak peeks! Remember, some are staying the same, some are changing, and some are brand new!
Of course, you won’t be leaving empty-handed! Any points you accumulate during the League will be spendable in the Leagues Rewards shop, allowing you to purchase unique cosmetics from any League to-date – this means all of the rewards from Trailblazer Reloaded, as well as from Twisted, Trailblazer and Shattered Relics leagues in the past. You’ve recently voted in a whole host of new cosmetic rewards from this league, so let’s see what’s up for grabs!
Trailblazer Reloaded Outfit
This outfit combines elements of the Shayzien Area of Kourend (which is accessible in this version of Trailblazer) with the theming of this Leagues and the symbol of rebirth itself… FIRE! This outfit has three versions which will give your FashionScape more flare with each higher tier (three in total).
Trailblazer Reloaded Banner
No fiery, bright-red outfit is complete without an eye-catching (and absolutely massive) banner to show off!
What better way to show off your participation than flying the Trailblazer Reloaded colours high in the sky as you follow your friends in a circle around the Grand Exchange?
The Trailblazer Reloaded Banner will have the theming of the League, much like the outfit above, and will be a purely cosmetic item to showcase your time spent playing Leagues IV!
Leagues Trophy
What better way to show off your skill and dedication to the League than with untradeable trophies ranging from Bronze to Dragon! The trophies can be held in the off-hand slot (aside from Dragon, Rune and Adamant, which are two-handed) and will have a unique emote that you can access by right-clicking them.
Don’t want to make them a part of your fashionscape? Save your hands from the heavy lifting and store them in your Player Owned House via the Trophy Case.
Trailblazer Reloaded Home Teleport Animation
Do you want to spice things up a bit when clicking the iconic blue circle to head home and show the world that you ‘gotta go fast’, much like another speedy blue circle…
Then look no further than the Home Teleport Animation you’ll be able to nab from the Rewards Shop. This cosmetic override for the Home Teleport will have you speeding off into the sky at speeds, unseen by the citizens of Gielinor, fan those flames and fly like a phoenix!
Dinh’s Bulwark Ornament Kit
One of the greatest creations of the legendary and renowned Dwarven master Smith Dinh, creator of the doors that help contain Wintertodt. This is the strongest shield in the game, and the fact requires both your hands to use, there’s no doubt why!
So we’ll give this mighty shield the ability to look like one of the toughest pieces of content in-game, The Inferno! Taking inspiration from the big TzKal-Zuk himself and his lava-kept shield, you’ll be able to get your hands on this highly-requested cosmetic very soon!
Toxic Blowpipe Ornament Kit
Since the release of Zulrah, the Toxic Blowpipe has been one of the most iconic Ranged Weapons in the game. So we thought it was about time to give this well-loved weapon its due with a blazing-themed recolour for the newest League! Not only that, but we’ll be changing the colouring of the Special Attack projectile to fit alongside the fiery look of Trailblazer Reloaded!
Rejuvenation Pool Ornament Kit
The Player-Owned House is one of the most essential things to make your time in Gielinor all the more glorious as it offers you a wide variety of important utilities so your adventuring is all the more satisfying.
One of the most important features you can build is a Rejuvenation Pool, a one-stop-shop to give you that refresh you need before, during, or after a long fight. The only time we’ve done a different variant of the pool was around the Christmas Event!
This change will only affect the Ornate version of the Rejuvenation Pool, so get that Construction up if you want to show one of these off to all of your pals!
Trailblazer Reloaded Alchemy Animation
Some of the most iconic spells in-game are seen time and time again as players run around the world casting them along their adventures! Aside from teleports, one of the most iconic is Alchemy, a great way to get some funds quickly without needing to go the Grand Exchange or a shop (for you Iron Players out there).
You’ll be able to give this notable spell a fiery-themed animation to match the League!
Trailblazer Reloaded Vengeance Animation
From the Standard Spellbook to Lunar, the other spell we’ll be giving the cosmetic treatment to is Vengeance!
A spell used by PvMers and PvPers alike, we’d like to give it that penance stare feeling and give the iconic red skull some beautiful hellfire to surround it, allowing you to put the fear straight into your foes soul!
Finally, let’s talk about death! Something that’s common to Old School players and is part of every player’s journey (even Hardcore Ironmen eventually), There is something notable about making another player sit or just knowing it’s over when your player drops to their knees in defeat.
Well, with this final reward, you’ll unlock a much more dramatic exit as your character bursts into fire leaving their booties behind like some platforming, orange marsupial. Not only that, but you’ll spawn back in around fire and be born again like a Phoenix rising from the ashes!
FAQ
Remember, as we see more questions pop up, we’ll expand this section with anything we’re willing to share before Leagues IV – Trailblazer Reloaded launches on November 15th!
| Question | Answer |
| “How long will the League last for?!” | 8 weeks of League-y goodness! |
| “Will we be getting a 4th area unlock with the addition of Kourend & Kebos, or will we still be limited to 3 unlocks?” | No, you’ll still have to choose up to 3 additional unlockable areas beyond Misthalin and Karamja, meaningful choice is the name of the game! |
| “How will some of the content released since Leagues II – Trailblazer be handled in terms of area unlocks? For example, Desert Treasure II spans a huge area of the map, will we need to unlock multiple specific regions to access the content?” | For the main pieces of content impacted:
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| “Clue Scrolls good?” | Clue scrolls good. We’ll be changing clues to give you steps exclusively limited to areas you have unlocked, regardless of your relic choices. |
| “Can you tell me every single Relic right this second?” | No, we’re still shifting a couple around between tiers to get the balance (if you could call relics balanced…) juuuuuust right.We’ll be drip-feeding information about relics in the run-up to release, so keep an eye out! |
| “Can you share the full task list right this second?” | Also no! We might release a handful of more early-game tasks closer to release to get your brains into Leagues mode, but don’t want to give everything away and have you all firing up the ‘flavour of the month’ Pastebin progression guide before Trailblazer Reloaded even launches! |
Make sure to drop us any extra questions you have that haven’t been answered already and we’ll pop them in the table above over time!
You can also discuss this update on our official forums, on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.
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