Exploring RuneScape’s CURSED Deleted Content

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RuneScape has a lot of really weird deleted content. Today we're going to take a look at some of my favorites that Jagex has hidden away in old versions of the game. Cursed Zanik, the lost Abyssal Whip design, the abandoned Hunger Games map, and so much more thanks to the RuneScape Archive Project!
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u/Frojiro’s Zanik Drawing - / zanik
AntVenom in the Minecraft Hunger Games - • Minecraft: The Surviva...
House Party Footage - • RuneScape 2 House Party
Old Construction Footage - • 1-50+ Construction Gui...
2006 Smithing Footage - • runescape moneymaking
Slayermusiq1 Death to the Dorgeshuun - • [OSRS] Death to the Do...
2006 Death to the Dorgeshuun Footage - • {RSQV} - Death to the ...
How To Make A Slayer Helmet - • How To Get A Slayer He...
Falador Park Footage - • Runescape World 2 Fally
Summoning login screen - • 1/15/08 the day summon...
Summoning release date - • Runescape: The First D...
Summoning in Falador Park - • RuneScape Summoning!
Broav in While Guthix Sleeps - • while guthix sleeps, b...
Bringing Home The Bacon - • Runescape - Bringing H...
Haunted Mine Slayermusiq1 - • [OSRS] Haunted mine qu...
2006 Castle Wars Footage - • Old School Castle Wars...
Ice Barrage in Castle Wars - • Runescape Castle Wars,...
#OSRS #runescape

[@ColonelloRS]

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[@TheTundraTerror]

That's gonna be a no from me, dog.

[@Ozonencb]

Truffles + Pestle and mortar + vial = truffle oil + any herb = new potion

[@9mmboobgun]

I've bought two of the resin jad figures from the Crumb store that you've mentioned in your last video(s)... but after almost a month I've never received my order.. I tried getting in contact with the company troughout the weeks but they never responded... Is the Crumb store real or a scam? I want my money back..

[@VanBurenOfficial]

Explore that deleted sh*t son!!!

[@CommentFrom]

enlisted is one of the worst fps games I've ever played, I do not recommend it to anyone

[@thefatpakyak2826]

Over 15 years of playing and I did not know Zanaris was RuneScape’s moon 💀

[@Glaciatio]

Old news pal

[@irollup6240]

@@Glaciatioyour comprehension skills are obviously new news, good luck levelling up

[@AndyKPOV]

Old news. 🤷 It's in the quest series several times.

[@JRMagro]

Who knew runescape players could be so rude 😒 these replies are all from overweight smelly men in their 40s desperate for love. Ignore them bro.

[@BWoodRap]

Yeah I didn't know either. Maybe I did at one point, but I sure don't recall that fact whatsoever lol

[@grxryder]

I KNEW I WASNT CRAZY FOR THINKING ZANIK WAS DIFFERENT!

[@Kirkwall_RS]

SAME, I saw this model back in the day. Still kinda cute tbh

[@razorednight]

Mandela effect innit?

[@FSAPOJake]

One missing asset that's been driving me nuts since 2009 is the redesigned Runescape HD fire cape. In 2008, the fire cape got redesigned for the HD update. Players hated it, so the old design was brought back shortly after and hasn't been changed since. I read this little factoid on the Runescape wiki, but even back then there were no pictures or videos of the redesigned fire cape. I hope someday the Runescape archive project succeeds in finding it. We would need an archive of the game from the day of the launch of HD, and I just dont feel like thatll be easy to come by.

[@michaelleal1213]

I remember that, the cape looked ugly and it was suddenly brought back.

[@CarterCarter-xn3sg]

I wish they had more RS3 channels like this, there is none.

[@Peter.Nicker]

Rs3 fuckin suxxxxx bro

[@charrali245]

It's because RS3 burned it's player base :( Then when Jagex made old school almost all of the most dedicated players and official nerds moved there. I would be interested in similar content for RS3 though just to compare the differences

[@nickmeyer238]

RSWillMissIt ?

[@AndyKPOV]

Because rs3 is mainly 10 year olds with no skill. Or bots. Us older generation like osrs cause we grew up on it and it's not ezscape. We don't get double exp. We don't log into 5 free lvls of lamps a day. We work hard.

[@animefan7424]

@@AndyKPOVsomeone hasn’t done rs3 bossing recently

[@Grim_the_Clown]

Ngl every time I get to the wizards tower bridge I still expect the bend, or when I’m on the bridge I think I’m in the wrong area because the bend isn’t there. I don’t know why that bend stuck with me. Guess when I was younger and being f2p draynor was one of my favourite areas. Bridge and the taverly gate both iconic for me.

[@AMediumSizedKodiak]

Zanaris questline: mentions MULTIPLE TIMES that Zanaris is the moon POH: has a literal celestial model of the universe you can build that includes Zanaris as the moon Players: “holy shit Zanaris is the moon?!”

[@Dr_Andracca]

*mashes spacebar* I wonder what all these pretty squiggles mean?

[@rotcodfst]

None of the Zanaris/Fairy quests mention Zanaris being the moon, that was added later.

[@NotHereForLikes]

@@rotcodfstwe know, bro looking for attention.

[@silverscreen4522]

Another banger. You own this corner of RS content. I always learn something new. Keep it up!

[@ColonelloRS]

Thank you!! More on the way :D

[@spiritofnex]

Cursed Zanik will always haunt my dreams. Also, I remember the old wizards tower and Zanaris. I personally liked the look of an underground forest, but I do prefer the current look. Also, the gatekeeper was originally known as the Door Man, and looked completely different.

[@RSGameboto4]

Still waiting for that Runelite plug-in of the older models

[@gamewithadam7235]

Gonna guess the castle wars NPCs were originally the only ones able to take the flags and you had to defend them. It would be a cool concept if there were 2 flags. Ones players could capture and sneakily obtain for less points. And ones the NPCs can capture for more points but you have to have the trouble of defending them.

[@gamewithadam7235]

I think the summoning staves were originally designed to make familiars do more damage to summon more familiars. It would have probably been a bit like RuneScape 3 necromancy but instead they decided for summoning to be a combat support skill instead of a 4th combat style. In my opinion it would have been cool to see it as a 4th combat style and summon multiple familiars, finding the best combination for certain things. It could have made your summoning points drain very quickly or had negative effects that the staves reduced or improved. Maybe you could only summon one familiar of each type and you had to use the staves and other summoning equipment to get your perfect trio of monsters or however many you were supposed to summon. Maybe you were meant to fuse the bronze iron and steel titans or the idea was to fuse all the tiers of minotaurs to make a much stronger one for example. Or you needed to use bunyip to heal the steel titan and other ones to buff his damage. A bit like dragonquest monster teams. I think that would have been way better and more fun. But then they must have realised it wasn't fun standing around watching them fight while you couldn't or allowing people to attack and swap weapons was too OP. But I think with the right balance finding the right synergy of monsters and summoning gear would be very fun. Truffles were maybe a form of healing familiars or specific ones, so having the Broav would have been a good synergy to certain other familiars since you could heal them more efficiently or buff them after they consume truffles. Maybe that was the "active" part of the skill put into practice.

[@faceheadman]

the big bend in the bridge you mentioned made that part of the map waay easier to mentally keep land marked (for me at least). i also recall it having a really dark pixelated brick texture that made the whole area more atmospheric

[@clairehickey9368]

Woah, just got a weird wave of nostalgia when I saw the old Zanaris map. Obviously hadn't seen the original version since it got updated like 18 years ago.

[@gamewithadam7235]

That artist took the good goblin design way too literally.

[@Zairin.]

its nice to see how much this project has found. tamatown has a similar project, and it's barely a fraction of the way towards recreating a recent, and working version.

[@DirtyDocShow]

Truffels could be used as an additive to food to increase a secondary skill at random lile spices in stew

[@astralket462]

love the content colonello! i started making a max series and i watch your videos while i train! love it!

[@ColonelloRS]

That's awesome! Thanks!!

[@DominicGreene72]

It’s always interesting to see old content discussed. It’s probably impossible to find the post since it was so long ago, but I remember making a post in the suggestion forum about metallic chain whips and then not much later seeing abyssal whips get implemented into the game. Did my suggestion have a hand in that? Probably not, it was probably in development for some time at that point, but it’s always fun to wonder every now and then, and it inadvertently gives that little extra bit of intrinsic value to the whip for me as well.

[@gregpayne3770]

damn i actually remember the bend in the bridge but i had forgotten about it

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

you were going to be able to build your bar brew your beer ferment your wine and possibly even run a still for hard liquor later but yeah they're in the UK which said no to marketing alcohol to kids

[@purrassic]

I'm late to finding your channel, but I've really been enjoying it! I couldn't help but post an idea (or two) for truffles! Perhaps truffles could be used to upgrade a clue scroll? Weighted and balanced quantities. If not, people use truffles to enhance the flavor of food, so how about having a truffle add to the recovery level of food? Again, balanced. Keep up the fun content!

[@EternaIWait]

Bro, I always thought I had a Mandela effect going on with my memory of the Wizard's Tower bridge. I knew it used to be different.

[@258thHiGuy]

Old Zanik like: you wanna know how I got these scars?

[@B_COOPER]

That map isn’t heavily inspired by Gentle Tractors, that *IS* his map

[@vincethebanana]

Staves for Summoning sounds dope. Sounds like an offhand item. You can use Summoning with any skill for utility rather than Defense because you dont have a shield.

[@OdinPlays94]

Here's my idea to bring in truffles. Introducing a new add-on for the gnome delivery minigame. No delivery, but a fine dining experience. You take on the role of an aspiring chef under the tutelage of Gnomin Ramsay. Truffle is used in some of the unique dishes there. The rewards could be a mildly profitable method of training cooking, and maybe herblore. Could trade in points to buy cosmetics and maybe unlock the ability to use truffle on certain dishes to create new high level food. I'm just making this up as I go. Don't judge me.

[@hebi172]

Hunger games in runescape.... Sounds familiar? LMS?

[@breaddboy]

the old zanik model should be the Phosanis nightmare metamorphis

[@crazedmonk8u]

1:17 "heavily inspired" um unless im blind it looks 100% identical to his map so it was copied not inspired. that aside another banger video! kinda wild seeing all the content we could have had

[@wally9745]

Seeing the old bridge and old Zaneris = core memory unlocked

[@nicksacco5041]

Thank God they changed Zanik. Literally nightmare fuel

[@Damonnanashi]

The vehicles in Enlisted are historically accurate? But are they War Thunder accurate? They got them classified docs over there.

[@gamewithadam7235]

With all the talk about Britain needing 800k soldiers the sponsor of today's video is enlisted lol.

[@marcellusveneziano2130]

I love the person flaming someone else at the end in Castle Wars.

[@johno4377]

Speaking of deleted content, I have some broken spinning plates from Diango. The 'Dragon plate' was an April Fools joke as there was no Dragon platebody in the game at the time. On the day it was released in April 2005, you could spin the plates and sometimes they would break on the floor but after a day Jagex changed it so the plates could no longer break. Apparently they are super rare and I read somewhere that only 19 accounts still have them although I can't verify the source of that information. Untradeable and totally useless but still pretty cool (or dull) piece of RS history.

[@Youngjayofficial-]

Before we get into that, here’s today’s spon….. taptaptaptaptaptap *resume video*

[@terrafirma8833]

Little notes about Castle Wars: The bandage table wasn't outside the spawn room on the 1st floor, but alongside the other tables on the ground floor. There was some tech where you would approach the ladder from the east side (Sara) or west side (Zammy) to land directly next to the table to stock up, instead of going down the ladder normally and having to walk around the wall to the table. Also, the first few days when the spawn room had doors, it was faster to just climb the ladder and go down the stairs instead of waiting your turn.

[@blackwng]

the hunger games in runescape is basically lms just without the rng aspect i guess of looting supplies at the beginning but still being able to upgrade is nice. I like it when its not on a world with 260ms ping but i still suck

[@michaelwheeler7762]

I love how much hate RSPS get when the map at the start was made using RSPSi map tool and a lot of the Archive comes from players who have taken apart the cache and source files for their servers. Aside from that. Love the content, keep up the videos!

[@McNibbler]

I remember the old Wizard's tower! I missed that funky bridge!

[@Paintplayer1]

Could make truffles a form of currency in the cooking guild or gnome village or something to buy unique items

[@erubianwarlord8208]

or a universal feed item for POF

[@Gabuds1991]

Amazing vídeo, as always!!!❤

[@ColonelloRS]

Thank you so much!!

[@elfmonster1476]

Jagex. Truffles as a secondary herblore ingredient for a potion that temporarily increases familiar damage. You're welcome.

[@erickchristensen746]

I really do wish i had my old computer i used playing runescape back in these times. That hardrive would absolutely have a fuck ton of archived stuff on it but sadly..it was destroyed and thrown out years ago.

[@criptin4075]

I remember figuring out a bug when castle wars came out where you could leave the queue ing room. Once you left you could walk around the game as a sheep or as the other animal(s) you were turned into. It would revert back to normal after logging out but it was still hilarious walking around as a sheep talking to people. Have you ever heard about this bug?

[@202cardline]

Truffles could be another low healing stackable food item?

[@Gambsmoore]

Wow Enlisted actually looks cool, I am gonna try it

[@dawsonhall2151]

surprised the Random Event puzzle box isnt covered in this video i straight quit an account at draynor bank with 60 range because it had an inv full of those puzzle boxes

[@I_Crit_My_Pants]

Ash actually commented on the PoH bar thing in the past, pretty sure he wanted it.

[@-_._._-]

Yessss I love these videos. More!

[@codycool3963]

OMG the bend in the bridge. Wow flashbacks

[@scottprice1959]

Truffles just being fucking useless is hilarious to me

[@alewgobbi7608]

Ad King - I pay premium membership for no ads, this is the equivalent of my membership being revoked

[@JerkWarlord]

Yooooo I would LOVE to build a bar room in my PoH!!! Are you kidding??! And a safe hidden behind a painting, too! Make it happen, Jagex! Could quest lock them, nbd.

[@grimreaper686]

idk i kind of like cursed zanik, at least the chat head i do because Zanik is a cave goblin and cursed zanik definetly looked more goblin-like.

[@xMaugrex]

Literally just make truffles a semi-valuable item intended to be sold to an npc for some quick cash.

[@Magebank]

The old wiz tower brought back memories I totally forgot about wow

[@Grants_Galaxy]

Faeries: live on a separate celestial object Faeries are aliens

[@ryguy-qh2qk]

FINALLY u do deleted content video again.

[@RamsFan93]

I havent even noticed the wizard tower bridge is striagjt now

[@bostonnate4024]

That bend in the wizards tower bridge always annoyed me

[@badtiger6715]

A battle royale would be really awesome

[@thomas45344433]

This video and The broav aged well with the new quest release lol

[@TruFalco]

Zanik got that Jokah face.

[@Brian_Gonzales]

I have my Old E Machines tower from when i played RS in middle school probably from 2004-2006 but it's missing alot of cables etc and sadly i dont have it in me to really try to extract stuff from it

[@FreshieNessey123]

10/10 content as usual, lets goooo

[@ColonelloRS]

Thank you!!

[@grimreaper686]

cursed slayer helm got those dre beats on tho man

[@spartanlink_047]

I knew i wasnt crazy. I remeber the stupid bend in the bridge.

[@ClassyCrusader]

I remember the bend in the wizard tower bridge!

[@dvgolf9915]

I remember that bridge to wizards tower and always even as a child wonder why da hell is the shape like that, It doesant make any sense why would someone build it like that.

[@DeluxBass]

I vomited uncontrollably when I saw Zanik's old model. Jesus Christ and RNGesus Herself, that's disgusting. I'm so glad she got updated. Now excuse me while I take a quick shower.

[@ChronoSquare]

hmmm maybe I should try drawing fan art of Zanik

[@camerondavis5702]

they couldn’t come up with a skill for the COOKING ingredient truffles? no truffle oil in gielinor?

[@camerondavis5702]

couldn’t they just make a cooking tool that was a press? like fuck they have jugs, you could just make a craftable/buyable/usable oil press and boom bang cooking xp baby. hell, considering the cannon you could ever have like a passive machine that runs in houses that produces X oil per (insert amount of time). kinda sad hearing they couldn’t come up with a purpose for a real life item with a real life purpose lol

[@RelicRS]

It would be a cool thing if they were lowkey saving the map for an island(s) for when Sailing comes out

[@JohnyPepperoni]

i have a computer where i played rs from 2004 to 2007 every single week i've been asked by the project to turn it on and follow their instructions but not gonna lie that thing takes 30 min to start i've been lazy

[@sweatyy-tuurtle]

I think that you could trade truffels to an npc for some sort of points and get on the leaderboard

[@khanzentratedeestrees5347]

Truffles could be used for high end potion and cooking recipes like how hard is it to do that..

[@Xylisithe]

I love opening a video and immediately being hit with the sponsor 🙃

[@sum-dum_nerd]

omg on youtube????? ive never heard of such a thinf!

[@repkar5828]

They should have just made truffles like the best food in the game while slightly restoring maybe prayer/energy and made it fairly uncommon to find them

[@Dr_Andracca]

I seriously don't understand how hard would it have been to implement them into the cooking skill? Personally I'd make it a bit like a reskinned birds-nest but for cooking. I.e. you can process the truffles into oil for bit of cooking XP and then use the oil for other food.

[@coltonbelcher1109]

Actually loved Summoning. Many hours of barraging rock lobsters by DKs for 99

[@danielbuchanan1560]

Herblore ingredient. Easy

[@RipChoob]

The finger stick was probably tag

[@Lichtkrieger13]

Make Herbiboar less accessible and have you use a truffle every run! You can thank me later, mod!

[@he478]

Lets be honest. The gmaul and whip were probably just placeholders. Like a potato or something

[@GrumbleGombol]

"Unfinished hunger games map" Isn't Last Man Standing basically Hunter Games?

[@rustyshackleford213]

Tf are truffles. I thought they were a dessert why would a pig randomly find them

[@andrewhanson8299]

what ever happened to the quest all fired up???

[@monke12354]

Imo I actually like that old slayer helm mockup; the current one looks pretty ugly

[@soundscaperelaxation2571]

5 months and still no new upload on Nello channel 😢

[@charrali245]

I actually prefer the old slayer helmet... Is there a way to ask them to make that a skin for it aside from just praying Reddit agrees and some dev sees the message?

[@XXnlcodXX]

Maybe a runelite plugin

[@yamsdev]

HOLY CRAP I forgot about yhe bend in that stupid bridge! @_@

[@examplename2624]

Yeah but who remembers gnomecopters? Only real OGs

[@michaelortiz2191]

How tf does Jagex not have access to these caches?

[@Dr_Andracca]

They probably delete them after a certain period of time. If you're not using it, why keep it? At a certain point it is just wasted storage business-wise.

[@xXbooneman12Xx]

1:46 i think youre refering to the GE

[@dumbluck4807]

Omfg! I thought I was crazy, I remembered as a kid running across that bridge and it had the zig zag in it, people told me forever that I was wrong but I remember the z bridge to wizards tower and I thought it was a Mandela effect 😮 I’m glad I’m not crazy.

[@Panellll]

Last man standing is basically the hunger games.... Am I wrong?

[@ColonelloRS]

For the most part! The main difference is that in LMS not everyone spawns in at the same area at the start of the game. Spawns are all over the map

[@montgomeryfortenberry]

For the first thing they kept it for sailing skill but yall keep voting no on it

[@NanosoftRussia]

Wdym? Summoning rules!

[@legendofman12]

Another square.

[@dvgolf9915]

Playing runescape for 20 years and never knew that zanik is a girl. LOL