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"QC" redirects here. For the Cape of Accomplishment, see Quest point cape.

A player using the Quick Chat system to sell Yew logs, Keystrokes: <Enter>, T, T, S, 2, Yew Logs, (instead of using the mouse at this stage like in the example you can press <Page Down>, <Enter>)

Quick Chat is a method of talking using pre-set messages. It was released on 21 May 2008. Jagex has stated on 9 February 2009 that Quick Chat was introduced to comply with legal responsibilities, and was not because they

wanted players to stop using free chat^[1]. If a player uses a birthdate that is under the age of 13, that player is only allowed to use quick chat. Notes are restricted for people that are Quick chatters.

Quick Chat works by selecting from a database of messages. It also works using items, similar to the Grand Exchange item database - the user simply types an item name and it finds it from its list of items. This is the same with locations, food and monsters, as it has a database for each respectively.

Chat interface. Note the speech bubble next to the player's name.

Players can access Quick Chat in several ways:

Clicking the Speech icon () in the Chat Box
Clicking your Name in the Chat Box.
Pressing the Enter Key with no text previously typed.
Pressing the Enter Key with the '/' typed to bring up Friend Quick Chat.
Right-clicking on your name and selecting either Public or Clan Quick Chat.
Right-clicking on a name in your Friends list and selecting Quick Message for private Quick Chat.

Quick Chat is fast because it can be activated using keyboard shortcuts.

The current Quick Chat official world is World 96, as this is the only world where you can't chat freely. Many players use this world to get lots of raw items without competition.

Context-sensitive chatEdit

This only works in certain places. Basically depending on where you are, there are pre-set messages just for you. Hit F10 to view these. The places in which context-sensitive chat works are:

Nonexistent item quick chat — A nonexistent item in the quick chat menu.

Using the context-sensitive chat feature outside these areas will instead bring up the menu for the skill you last trained. Melee combat however used to always to bring up Attack, although this has now been fixed.

For example, if you last cut down a tree, pressing F10 will bring up the Woodcutting Quick Chat menu.

Keyboard ShortcutsEdit

In addition to the Quick Chat update, the update also changed some of the previous keyboard shortcuts and introduced a new shortcut allowing the user to repeat the last Quick Chat message, along with other shortcuts.

Enter - opens up Quick Chat if you aren't currently typing anything.
Enter (again) - opens the generic "search", where typing any word will search all possible combinations of the use of that word.
Page Up - scroll up the menu
Page Down - scroll down the menu, or select the first item in search results
Backspace - Move back to the previous menu level
Home - return to the top level of the menu
F9 - opens the quick responses feature. From here, if someone said "How can I train up my Ranged level?", you could quickly reply with a monster name - e.g. "Try ranging: Chickens".
F10 - opens up the context-sensitive Quick Chat menu.
F11 - repeats the last phrase you said using Quick Chat.
Esc - close the Quick Chat

Full list of keyboard shortcutsEdit

Main article: Quick Chat/Keyboard shortcuts

Problems with Quick ChatEdit

Given that Quick Chat is available to both muted and non-muted players, as opposed to normal chat (only accessible to non-muted players), some have expressed concern that it will become a tool for spamming. It remains to be seen whether this is the case. Quickchat is not reportable and there are no rules for it, because players with a perma mute are limited to Quick chat.

The other concern is as to whether it will be a useful feature for most players. The main problem with the system is the sheer number of combinations, which makes it more difficult for players to learn specifics.

Unknown ItemsEdit

Over its history, Quick Chat has referred to a number of unknown items. These items were found by searching the "I like your item...","I got item:..." and "I got an item:..." option. The items are all actual items in the game engine, but have not been released for one reason or another. Some of the Skill guide icons are actual items which appeared on the list^{[source needed]}. A majority have been removed, however some are still present.

CurrentEdit

Apricot cream pie
Arianwyn
Blood tithe pouch
Bolrie
Commander veldaban
Dwarf
Exploding vial
Golrana
Hartwin
Hoop - The hoops you throw at the Hoop & Stick game at your POH.^{[source needed]}
No eggs
Mcm expo xp boost dummy
Paddle - Was originally an item needed for using canoes, but it was scrapped later^{[source needed]}
Paintbrush
Opn notebook inv
Raf xp boost dummy
Roddeck's pipe
Squeal spin
Squeal sponsored spin
Throwing Rope
Truffle
Veldaban
Junk
November 2012 gamecard unlock
November 2012 gamecard unlock hair only
Fishing Flingers scorecard
Batch 16 premium hair f (1-3)
Batch 16 premium hair m 1
Batch 16 premium beard (1-2)
Premium hair m (1-11)
Premium hair f (1-13)

Now Exists Edit

Peter - 29 January 2008
Patrick - 29 January 2008
Humble pie - 1 September 2010
Bat in a box - 1 September 2010
Super large egg - 1 September 2010
Karil's pistol crossbow - 20 November 2012
Karil's off-hand pistol crossbow - 20 November 2012
See-no-evil monkey hat
Speak-no-evil monkey hat
Hear-no-evil monkey hat
Monkey mace
Botanist's boots
Botanist's gloves
Botanist's mask
Botanist's top
Botanist's trousers
Fate cards
Mod body
Mod boots
Mod cape
Mod gloves
Mod hat
Mod legs
Starborn diamond - soon to be released on 26 April 2013

RemovedEdit

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Jmod boss
Pretty Girl
Sine Wave
Cape Fire
Sphinx Baby
Firestarter
Brass Monkey
9mm Revolver
Double Helix
Mobile Phone
null
Thingy
Spade of Coke
Perfect
Meat stick

The items listed above (except Null) were jokes by Jagex staff members and were just Pink Skirts with changed names^{[source needed]}

FixedEdit

German Dungeoneering items.

TriviaEdit

Quick Chat icon can change color over a period of time.
When you search Clue scroll, it produces "Too many results. Please refine your search.", because the game engine treats each clue scroll as a different item.
It's possible to say "Another one bites the dust", which is a song by Queen.
When Quick Chat came out there was an option that read, "Do you have a 9mm?".

ReferencesEdit

^ Mod MMG. The Future of RuneScape. RuneScape News.*

[0] Mod MMG. The Future of RuneScape. RuneScape News.*

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