Current minimapThe Minimap (also called mini-map in documentation) is the area of the game in the upper-right of the screen. It shows a bird's eye schematic of the player's surrounding area, with the player at the centre. It does not show the map in certain areas, such as in the and.White lines represent walls, fences, etc., while a red marker indicates a or other penetrable features. Coloured dots act as markers to identify nearby items, players, monsters and (see below for more details). Certain buildings, including most shops, and features such as and quest start points are marked by unique.
Map clues are an image of a location the player needs to search to advance along their trail. Maps are found across all clue scroll difficulties. They are rough pictures of a very local area. If the map leads to an X, the player needs to take a spade to the place indicated on the map with the X and dig there. If the map leads to a crate, it must simply be searched. Sometimes, players may find.
Contents NavigationPlayers can navigate by clicking directly on the minimap itself. The Countdown timer icon appeared when players entered 'safe zones' while in combat.
When the 10-second timer is still active, the player could still be attacked and killed even while in a 'safe zone'.Runescape 2RuneScape HD minimapThe following were part of the minimap, but were moved with the release of:., and, and points were on the minimap instead of the.GlitchesA glitch where part of the minimap failed to load.RuneScape's minimap is often the victim of persistent. The first reports of players experiencing with the graphical interface of the minimap came roughly around.The most frequently-occurring glitches include:. Misplacement of map chunks, causing a certain side of the map to become displaced from the real position, with black space separating areas. Sections appearing to be flatly 'blacked out' is simply due to a map piece out of view.
Background fully turning black, with the dots and icons still visible. Can happen when one's internet connection is lost, then reestablished. Icons having a black rectangular background. Believed to be certain bits of game code rejecting the icons' transparency. Map's edges leaking out of its border.All of the above are almost always loading errors, not nonexistent files on the server-side. The first two glitches can usually be temporarily fixed by 'reloading' the minimap, via methods such as, logging out and back in, entering an entrance to another map and returning, open the world map and close it immediately, or simply moving a distance and returning.
Changing RuneScape's graphics display mode might help as well.Less common glitches:. Minimap not appearing at all. While having a Summoning pet out, right-clicking the summoning icon will sometimes show an 'Attack' or 'Cast Spell' option.
This glitch has not yet been fixed. A white background.
Landscape being misplaced and shrunk in areas other than the RuneScape surface. The graphics being of lower quality; reseting the graphics settings does not affect it though.The collective glitches have no effect whatsoever on the actual location, and typically do not pose harm to players, unless a player is disoriented by the minimap issues in a dangerous/competitive area that may or may not rely on the minimap. Still many players have become accustomed to the graphical glitches and so tend to ignore the problems.Gallery. How the minimap is displayed in Jagex's screenshotsTrivia. The minimap has been graphically changed, most noticeably the Logout icon in the top right corner and a globe-based icon in the bottom left, featuring the map. The minimap shown in Jagex's test/private servers are comparably different to the minimap players see in the RuneScape java client.
Every minute or so the map's orientation (along with the actual world) will rotate slightly. This is most likely to prevent certain types of bots, such as autoclickers, from working for extended periods of time. are able to teleport anywhere on the minimap by holding control and clicking.