It’s been four years since Old School RuneScape offered a feature called “slayer partners” that lets duos of players team up to grind out tasks for progress and rewards. While this was taken out due to exploits, the studio’s reintroducing it after a rework.
“In June 2020, we removed Slayer Partners due to a number of rulebreaking incidents,” Jagex said. “Luckily, ‘indefinitely’ does not mean ‘permanently,’ and today we’d like to share an updated Slayer Partners pitch which avoids the pitfalls of the previous system while letting you and a friend mow down all the monsters you want.”
When players activate this feature, a slayer master will assign the duo a task to complete together no matter what each individual’s skill level. A player has to complete at least 20% of the task to get credit, and tasks persist between play sessions in case someone needs to log out. With these changes, the likelihood of exploits or gaming the system should be lower, Jagex said.
“We know you’ve wanted Slayer Partners back for a long time now. This update mostly just restores the system to its former glory with improved systems and usability,” the studio announced.
