RuneScape: Dragonwilds Eye On Ashenfall | 1.0.2: What's New

The 1.0.2 update for RuneScape: Dragonwilds, titled Eye On Ashenfall, arrived on 10 November 2026. It adds a fourth magic element, a continent-wide penguin hunt, two new quests, expanded post delivery routes, and fixes for more than two dozen bugs.

New Content

• Earth Magic: Unlocks at level 14 Magic. Earth Runes can be equipped on Staves and Wands, dealing Blunt Damage that staggers enemies. The Staff Combo hits the area around the final target, and the Special Attack creates an earthquake with multiple aftershocks. At 60 Attack, you can also enchant melee weapons to gain the same buff.
• Armour of the Earth: A new defensive buff that stacks up to three times as you land Earth Magic (or enchanted melee) hits, reducing damage on the next incoming hit.
• Penguin Hunting: Over 200 Killer Gentoo Penguins have spawned across Ashenfall, with up to three per region at a time. They reset every 7 in-game days. Catching them earns Penguin Coins to spend at a new shop in Bramblemead, stocking a full Penguin Armour Set, a KGP Hat, a Penguin Cape, base decorations, a fishing amulet, and a stamina-reducing fishing ring.
• A Reel Downer (New Quest): Found at the Manafem Clan camp in Umbral Sands. Completing it unlocks the Fishing Rod Rack recipe and trophy recipes for the sad fish.
• The Rug Pull (New Activity): A trail to uncover in Umbral Sands involving four brothers and a stolen carpet. Finding all journal entries and following the clues unlocks plans for two new rugs.
• Letter Deliveries Expanded: Players who completed Letters from the Dead in Fellhollow can now run new delivery routes in Dowdun Reach and Umbral Sands. Dowdun Reach rewards Infernal Fragments; Umbral Sands rewards Garou Chits.

Gameplay Fixes and Improvements

• Door opening animations now look correct for clients, not just the host.
• Player-built structures on dedicated servers no longer lose collision, stopping players from clipping through them.
• Fixed a bug where clients in a hosted world would grow two trees from each planted seed.
• Summoning Sworn Servant Buddy no longer applies a permanent Stamina Regen debuff after it despawns.
• A new UI element shows the number of enemies and waves during a Base Raid event.
• Fixed a bug where creating a new character with a renamed character's previous name would delete the original character.
• Ascending Masterwork Armour now correctly increases its stats.
• Filling stacks in chests no longer pulls items from the Quick Access Bar.
• Fixed an issue where a broken 1-handed weapon could still be used by equipping a shield.
• Fixed Trunk Totem XP being multiplied incorrectly when multiple totems were placed close together.
• Fix for a crash caused by an audio reverb issue.

Known Issues in This Release

• Armour of the Earth hit reactions are missing their sound effects.
• Receiving the same location twice in a row for Postbox Letter Delivery requires leaving and returning to complete it.
• In Dowdun Reach, the camera may unexpectedly pull into the player model in certain spots.
• After being opened and closed, doors may appear slightly offset.
• Stuttering during auto-save (introduced in 1.0.1) is still under investigation; additional telemetry has been added in this update to help track it down.
• In some cases, only one client can join an Xbox-hosted world. Also being tracked with new telemetry in this update.

What this means for your server

All players need to be on 1.0.2 to join a server running this version. The patch notes do not mention any world or save wipes, so existing worlds should carry over without issues. The fix for player-built structures losing collision on dedicated servers is worth noting: if your players reported clipping through bases, this update resolves it.

Updating your RiverHosting server

1. Take a backup of your server before you update.
2. Update your RuneScape: Dragonwilds server to install the new version.
3. Once the server is back online, ask your players to update their game client before connecting.

If you run into any problems, visit riverhosting.com/support and our team will help you out.

Read the full patch notes on the official announcement.