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RuneScape's WEIRD Unsolved Mysteries (OSRS)

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Summary of the Video’s Main Points (OSRS/RuneScape Mysteries)

1) Missing female model change from 2005 (cache mystery)

  • In May 2005, Jagex updated RuneScape’s female player models (“a slight nip and tuck”).
  • Players disliked the change, with complaints that the new look seemed unnaturally exaggerated.
  • Jagex responded by offering temporary free cosmetic services, then reverted the model after about a week.
  • Core mystery: there are no surviving screenshots or cache copies of that specific model state. Without the relevant cache, the player-model details can’t be decompiled/verified, so the exact look remains unknown.

2) Scrapped/possibly-removed random events found in old data (cache evidence)

The video claims that, while digging through old cache files, several early random events were detected even though players never saw them in-game, including references to:

  • A giant worm random event (and other scrap concepts like a “disgruntled anvil”).
  • Savage bird random:
    • Described as terrifying.
    • Claimed to have never been added, but would have attacked like another combat swarm-style event.
  • Brownie random event:
    • A small brown imp.
    • Likely tied to activities such as woodcutting or thieving.

An additional unresolved item:

  • In the cache’s random-event grouping, several entries were replaced by Legends Quest NPCs, and one more replaced event remains unknown—suspected to be fishing-related (compared to the River Troll), but unconfirmable without a specific February 2004 cache.

3) Chaos Elemental “Post Bag from the Hedge” letters (decoding predictions)

  • Jagex ran the “Post Bag from the Hedge” series where NPCs receive player questions.
  • The Chaos Elemental letters are portrayed as initially gibberish, though some portions are decipherable.
  • The video claims that deciphered parts have predicted future releases (items, quests, bosses, etc.), though not everything is understood and some interpretations are disputed.
  • The Chaos Elemental letters supposedly returned recently (about a month before the video), with a new letter that remains under-deciphered.

4) Grand Exchange “joke/unbuyable” items (and possible tool leaks)

Players noticed two seemingly similar items:

  • Climbing boots vs. rock climbing boots
    • Rock climbing boots have a high price and are effectively unbuyable (they don’t get purchased).
  • The video frames this as referencing earlier (2010-era) RuneScape changes where climbing boots were drastically repriced overnight.

Another example (“thingy,” from 2007):

  • An item resembling a sapphire amulet appeared on the Grand Exchange with examine text “mabob.”
  • It was later removed, with Jagex claiming it was a joke.

The video suggests alternative explanations, including the possibility that such items were accidentally uploaded internal moderator tools, citing past incidents where internal tools appeared on the GE.

5) Monkey Madness Easter egg: Bonzera the purple monkey (unsolved)

After Monkey Madness, there’s an easter-egg encounter:

  • Go through a trapdoor, then interact with a crack in a statue.
  • A purple monkey named Bonzera appears.
  • Bonzera says: “We will meet again.” and offers to teleport the player away/back to patrol.

The video presents competing theories:

  1. A Bonsi Buddy reference (an early virtual assistant)
    • Based on timing, name similarity (Bonds/Bonsi), purple outfit, and the “helping you” nature of the interaction.
  2. A fail-safe for players getting stuck
    • The video argues this is unlikely because the gnomes on the platform despawn when going to the trap door, implying the setup wasn’t cleanly designed.

The mystery remains unresolved. The video also notes Bonzera doesn’t appear in Monkey Madness 2, and suggests he should be in MM3.

6) Who got the first 99 Firemaking? (debatable “first” record)

Two players (Cow Chicken and Dragoon 787) are alleged to have achieved 99 Firemaking on the same day around the same time:

  • Dragoon posted claims of being first and attempted wiki edits but lacked proof.
  • The video explains why the record is ambiguous:
    • Jagex didn’t keep reliable logs for “who was first.”
    • Even if high-scores show someone first, another player could have technically finished earlier but not logged out yet, since high-score updates depend on logout.

Partial evidence cited:

  • An old, poorly written Tip.It 99 Firemaking guide naming “our king is Cow Chicken.”
  • Veteran player interviews (via “RuneScape Historian”) largely remembered Cow Chicken as first.

Conclusion: despite likely credit to Cow Chicken, certainty is impossible; the wiki credits both players.

Presenters / Contributors

  • Main video creator (speaker; name not provided in subtitles)
  • RuneScape Wiki team (cache digging/analysis referenced)
  • RuneScape Historian (July) (credited for Firemaking-99 info)
  • July (RuneScape Historian) (interviews and background info mentioned)
  • “my YouTube analytics” / “my channel” / “second channel” (creator references; no specific names given)

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