# RuneScape Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM Launches Today! - Product: RuneScape (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/runescape) - Vendor: Jagex Ltd - Date: 2026-08-10 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1343400/view/713409051455652929 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/runescape/releases/steam-713409051455652929 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM launched today with Blessings, a brand-new combat progression system that supercharges power from the start of the League journey - **added** — Region Locking system introduced as a new mechanic to make every League journey feel more unique - **added** — Trophy Drop Rates have been shared publicly - **changed** — Relics have been rebalanced from the ground up to offer more meaningful choices and greater freedom to shape your perfect build - **changed** — Key questlines are now completed automatically, allowing players to skip requirements and dive straight into desired content - **changed** — Tasks have been streamlined to deliver smoother progression, bigger milestones, and more opportunities to earn League Points - **changed** — Anniversary Architect and Party bundles will be changed to single purchase and will no longer be available for repeat purchase - **changed** — Recipes for items contained within Anniversary Architect and Party bundles will be added and provided to all players who purchased them - **changed** — Trophies for Ivar, Masuta, Greg, Vorkath, Seiryu, and GWD1 and GWD2 bosses are being changed - **fixed** — Players who purchased Anniversary Architect or Party bundles multiple times will have extra purchases refunded ##### **Community Topics:** --- ##### **Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM Launches Today!** - The wait is nearly over! We're incredibly excited to finally bring Leagues: EQUILIBRIUM to you. The team has been hard at work getting everything prepped and ready for launch, and we can't wait to see the strategies, discoveries, and adventures you'll embark on. [Read on for everything](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/leagues-ii-equilibrium-launches-today?_gl=1*1s74r05*_gcl_au*NjM1MDg3ODk2LjE3ODEyNTcxOTg.*_ga*MTMzODg2Njk3MC4xNzgxMjU3MTk4*_ga_DSN9YBF934*czE3ODYzNTM2MTgkbzI0MiRnMSR0MTc4NjM1OTc5OCRqNjAkbDAkaDE2NTQ1NzU5NjQ.#leagues) you need to know about the rollout and what to expect! ##### **Construction:** - Marketplace Changes - Last week's Marketplace drop related to Player-Owned Housing is changing, here's what to look out for: - The existing Anniversary Architect and Party bundles will be changed to be single purchase and will no longer be available for repeat purchase. - Both of these bundles will have recipes for the respectively included items added to the bundles. - Recipes for the items contained within these bundles will be provided to all players who purchased them. - Any players who purchased a pack multiple times will have the extra purchases refunded. - We're letting you know about these changes ahead of time now, but we don't yet have a firm timeline on when they're being implemented just yet. We'll let you know more once we can confirm when, where and how. - Trophy Changes: - We're changing trophies that are a little less tasteful to display in your house. We'll be making some changes to trophies including Ivar, Masuta, Greg, Vorkath, Seiryu, GWD1 and 2 bosses. - [Trophy Drop Rates!](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/leagues-ii-equilibrium-launches-today?_gl=1*1s74r05*_gcl_au*NjM1MDg3ODk2LjE3ODEyNTcxOTg.*_ga*MTMzODg2Njk3MC4xNzgxMjU3MTk4*_ga_DSN9YBF934*czE3ODYzNTM2MTgkbzI0MiRnMSR0MTc4NjM1OTc5OCRqNjAkbDAkaDE2NTQ1NzU5NjQ.#drop) You've been asking for them for a little while now - we've shared them below - Work behind the scenes on Construction continues! Our next engine update, arriving in September, is planned to enable the expansion of furniture limits, but it will also include general performance improvements for the Player-Owned House. ##### **In Case You Missed It:** - We shared our August Month Ahead last week! [Check it out here.](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/augusts-month-ahead) - We previewed some amazing in-development plugins, including Quest Helper! [Read more](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/api-plugin-previews--quest-helper) and let us know your feedback! - The Golden Gnome Awards 2026 Finalist Voting is now open! [Check it out here](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/golden-gnome-awards-2026-finalist-voting-now-open) and cast your ballots before voting closes this Friday, 14th August! - We launched our first Player-Owned Housing marketplace drop last Monday. We changed the way this works with regards to whether you're buying an item or a recipe shortly after launch, however, and you can read more about that on the [Marketplace News section here.](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/augusts-month-ahead#:~:text=your%20Leagues%20journey.-,MARKETPLACE,-NEWS%3A) ##### **JMod Replies on discussions worth highlighting:** - JMods spent a lot of time chatting about Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM in various discussion threads and Discord servers. [Many of their answers were added to the FAQ section here.](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/leagues-equilibrium-reveals---releasing-august-10th#faq) - [Mod Ramen on The Gates of Elindis Pet drop](https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1vhfbz4/comment/p289nh4/?context=3) - [Mod Ryan on designing for the long term](https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1vh619y/comment/p24uc31/?context=3) - [Mod Fable on API guidelines](https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/1vh53xr/comment/p22x0j3/?context=3) - For more JMod interactions and chatt _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1343400/view/713409051455652929]_