old school runescape developer jagex has reassured players that the mysterious new items in its mmo are real but says they only drop in a special new wayearlier this week saw the arrival of desert treasure 2 the fallen empire old school runescapes first grandmaster quest since 2019 described as the games most ambitious quest to date it continues the storyline of 2005s desert treasure and offers four brand new bosses as well as a host of powerful rewards its absolutely dripping with lore answers to unanswered questions and ties to loose ends the developer said on steamstill its brought with it a conundrum all of its own when it comes to the new loot known as vestiges which players get by defeating the new bosses these can be used to create powerful rings but they are so rare that many players were questioning whether or not they actually existed over on the official old school runescape twitter page jagex was quick to respond to the claims confirming that the prized components are in fact real weve seen speculation that the ring attachments arent dropping it said before it snowballs into a mystery bigger than the mahjarrat wed like to confirm one thing they can drop we checkedits great to see many of you diving into to the fun after completing desert treasure iiweve seen speculation that the ring attachments arent dropping before it snowballs into a mystery bigger than the mahjarrat wed like to confirm one thingthey can drop we checkedjuly 26 2023see morethough it does considerably add to the intrigue with its followup tweet in which it reveals that they dont drop in the same way normal drops do what we can say for now is that they dont drop in the same way normal drops dowell share the full drop mechanics with you all within the next 2 weeks until then happy huntingjuly 26 2023see moreof course players are now wondering what exactly this strange drop mechanic could be over on the runescape subreddit one writes you need the ring of visibility to see the rings anothers theory is that drop rates are tied to kill time so the quicker you kill a boss the higher your chances of claiming that special loot others guess that they have a really low drop rate and some sort of bad luck mitigation or that you have to get the drop some arbitrary number of times before you can actually pocket your prizethe developer hasnt offered any sort of clue but does promise to share how it all works within the next two weeks in the meantime all you can do is keep battling those bosses and keep your fingers crossedin the mood for something else check out our best mmorpg list for more great living worlds you can experience with others