News & Proclamations

Brutus is in-game. New custom boss, live now. He is a bull with presence — not a reskin of an old fight, and not a shop unlock.

What changed

• Brutus is available in-world as a custom boss encounter.
• This is a real fight, not a placeholder or event-only spawn.
• Expect a large melee brute. Learn the room before you commit a risk kit.

How to treat it

• Bring food, a teleport, and gear you can afford to lose while you learn it.
• Watch other players on the first clears. Mechanics matter more than rushing a drop.
• Ask in Discord if you are unsure where to start the fight.

More custom bosses stay on the ladder after this. Brutus is the one that just landed.

The custom home area is live. When you log in, this is the hub — not a stock Edgeville clone with a couple of added NPCs.

What is there

• A dedicated home for Rupture, built for this server.
• Banks, utilities, and the usual start-of-session stops live here.
• This is the place you return to between trips, not a staging lobby you skip.

Why it matters

• New accounts start in a world that already looks like Rupture.
• Guides, shops, and teleports should assume this home, not old Areos landmarks.
• If something is missing from the hub, say so in Discord rather than assuming it is still at the old spot.

Log in and walk it. That is the home now.

Areos is now Rupture. Same game world. Same characters, banks, and progress. New name, new site.

What stays

• Your account, stats, gear, and ironman status.
• Custom bosses, Sacrifice, and the rest of the content ladder.
• No pay to win. The store still does not sell power.
• Vote, hiscores, wiki, and the client download still work from the site.

What changes

• The project is Rupture. The domain is rupturersps.com.
• The site is being rebuilt around that name. Other pages will catch up after the homepage.
• Discord and in-game still get you to staff if something looks mid-migration.

If you played Areos

• You do not start over. Log in with the same account.
• Bookmark the new site. Old Areos links will not be the home of this world going forward.

The rest is in-game.

Security & Account Protection

• Implemented IP Lock system to prevent account hijacking
• Fixed fake reconnect login exploit
• Identified & banned major alt networks
• Fixed 254 corrupted password hashes
• Set dashboard MySQL user to read-only access
• Updated MySQL root password for security hardening

Boss Drop Table Overhaul

• Judge of Yama ? New BIS tier (1/40,000 per item)
• Xamphur ? New BIS tier (1/40,000 per item)
• The Sage ? New BIS tier (1/20,000, combined loot pool)
• Added sacrificable items (1/1,000 table) for Yama
• Added charged ice drops to Phantom Muspah
• Updated Bestiary JSON for ALL bosses

Raids ? Chambers of Xeric (COX)

• Fixed reward calculation and duplication exploit
• Fixed Skeletal Mystic, Great Olm, and Olm phase immunity bugs
• Added Spookier Set (1%) and Ultra rares (0.5%)
• Enrage system confirmed working ? scales HP and improves drops

Raids ? Theatre of Blood (TOB)

• Fixed Sotetseg ball damage, Verzik webs memory leak, Maiden blood splatter
• Fixed crashes when all players die (Xarpus, Verzik)
• Added Verzik max hit cap (50)
• Added Spooky Set (1%) and Ultra rares (0.5%)

Inferno Fixes

• Fixed blob spawn crashes, Zuk wave timing, infinite healer loops
• Fixed ghost hits after exit, shield damage, logout soft-lock
• Improved lava attack logic, attack speeds, and event ordering

Combat & Weapons

• Love Bow ? 2-tick speed, custom projectile + hit GFX, highest ranged damage
• Sirens Staff ? Fires 8 rotating projectiles, no rune cost, strongest magic weapon
• Corrupted AGS (Armageddon) ? Double accuracy + damage, multi-target splash

Drop Rate System

• Increased DR cap: 250% to 500%
• Added Loot Magnet perk (+10% DR)
• Added ::tradesac ? 10,000 sac points = +1% DR

Sacrifice System & Events

• Reworked sacrifice perks to 5-tier system
• Added sacrifice events (::saceventon / ::saceventoff)
• Added The Sage to hourly rotation

Anti-AFK System

• 90-second inactivity timer for Yama and Xamphur
• AFK players lose loot eligibility but are not kicked

Server Stability

• Fixed ConcurrentModificationException, memory leaks, infinite event loops
• Increased JVM heap to 6GB max
• Blocked rogue dashboard wiping player groups