Ban rate

whats the ban rate like these days??

 

pretty good

 

Depends how you bot.

If you baby sit and make sure you do the randoms, and have scripts that aren't 'broken' then you have a good chance not getting banned.

Just follow the guidelines, and bot 'safely'.

 

It's lower that what it was, although wipes for RWT are on the rise.

 

Not a really good question to ask too hard to answer, too many factors.

What bot are you using, what script are you using, how long are you using it for, and weather or not you get reported are just some factors that count.

Run a script, if it looks human-like and realistic to you, you should be fine. And try hard to not get reported.

 

We can't really even assume you mean the ban rate for botting. For all we know you could mean "what's the ban rate on cabbage picking?"

 

Too many useless threads on how to not get banned. Here's my guide, that I've used to get 7 99s and not be banned in over a year, even though I can bot heavily.


First, let's look at the way Jagex detects bots.

Jagex has a few ways to tackle bots, which have been found out by people refactoring the official client, and seeing what is sent back. Mouse movements are extremely overrated, but are sent. The way Java works, Jagex can't monitor EVERY single spot where you move your mouse, allowing fairly human mouse movements to be able to by pass the system. They also count the number of methods in a class, but I'm not sure if they do anything with this. Many of Jagex's detection processes are not done by the client. These include things like:

Randoms failed
Time logged in
How long you spend in 1 place
Some random consistency checks.
Previous offenses and linked accounts.
HTTP Headers
Account Information



I'm going to go through these 1 by 1, and show you how you can pass the botting filter.

Randoms Failed: I'm sure we all know about this
More randoms failed = higher ban chance. You'll even notice that if you ever fail any randoms, you'll get those randoms more often. That's why nexus users often get the evil bob random, because it isn't solved yet.

Time logged in: Hard to get much exact information, but I think the general rule of thumb is 8 hours. Depending on how much you play normally. For example, there are many legit players that almost every day play over 10 hours. People like these are probably filed into a "High playing time" database, and there's probably different levels for how often you play. Try to keep your total time logged in per day under the 8 hour rule, or even better, try to keep it consistent with how much you'd play normally.

How long you spend in 1 place: This is a big one. Even people who are really dedicated to getting skills up, can't go 8 hours straight, every day, for a week, just doing the same thing. You need activity breaks, etc. Places that are extremely boring, and overly repetitive (firemaking, etc), try to have more activity breaks, talking to friends, doing quests, etc. Even if you're only on 2 hours a day, if you only do agility for a year and not leave, it will be suspicious!

Some random consistency checks: Pretty straight forward. If you've never cut trees for more than 3 days straight, try to bot like that. Bot like you would play. Figure these out yourself, there's lots of them
Here's a few ones people don't always think about:
Music Volume
Graphics settings.

Previous offenses and linked accounts: This is a major one that people don't seem to ever care about. If you get banned for botting, jagex can EASILY track all accounts to ever be traced to that IP. Even if you logged into an account once, a year ago, when you were on a different IP, but logged into the account that is now banned for macroing on that IP too, that account is most likely flagged as a possible botter. That includes all IPs that account has logged into, and all IPs and accounts that have been accessed from IPs of that IP! It's hard to say how deep jagex will continue this web, but it allows for some easy kills with this. Honestly the only way to avoid this is to make a completely brand new account, on a whole new IP, and don't ever log into any other accounts, etc. This can be a huge setback, and many players aren't willing to do this. I found out that it sure was worth it! Give jagex no previous information on my account, and they're less hasty to ban me for macroing, even if they have a bit of suspicion that I am!

HTTP Headers: Another funny one, that is VERY easy to break. Whenever you visit a page, the last website you were on, your web browser, operating system, IP, screen size, and MANY other things are sent to the server! So if you're on kbot.info, and decide to go to runescape.com, it will tell runescape.com you just came from the kbot.info website! I can guarantee 95% of this community gets banned because of this, and it's easy to avoid! Just whenever you want to visit RS, open a new tab with no backwards history, and navigate to runescape! Or do what others do, use ONLY the official runescape client!
For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_headers

Account Information: Giving away stats, usernames, etc, can be VERY bad. As robotz in disguise as proven, even giving away 9 stats can be as dangerous as giving away your username! Buying membership from previous credit cards, paypal accounts, etc, that have been used to buy membership for botting accounts can be a hint too! Be careful!


This is my research of 5+ years, and I think this is my ultimatum. I have REALLY noticed a difference. Once I started following these guidelines, I have yet to be banned, and I believe I'll stay this way. If you've ever used RiD, you may notice that their guidelines are fairly similiar, but in retrospect, I don't believe that they're quite as good. It's best to follow as many as these as possible, even if there's a couple you break.

Good Luck staying safe from the banhammer!

 

Towards the HTTP header one, that only applies if you click a link to RS.com or any other Jagex owned site. Simply typing a new URL in your address bar won't show up under HTTP headers.