RuneScape News

Now that we’re officially in the second quarter of the year, the RuneScape dev team has taken the time to offer a brief rundown of their plans for the classic free-to-play MMORPG over the next three months. First up is a new quest arriving later this month that promises “an unlikely encounter”, returning characters, and a new threat for players [...]

The Easter Bunny has come to Gielinor to spread some springtime cheer as RuneScape kicks off an all-new Easter event and opens the doors to the new Blooming Burrow hub. Help the Easter Bunny meet his egg delivery deadline by completing seasonal quests and skilling activities to earn themed rewards from the Grand Eggs-change from now until April 8. “Within [...]

Jagex is building off the success of RuneScape’s Necromancy skill line by bringing some of its more popular combat updates to other combat skills. Those will come in the form of a sweeping combat refresh later today which the developers have extensively broken down in a meaty new dev blog. If you’ve ever read one of the studio’s deep dive [...]

RuneScape is due for a big Necromancy-focused update tomorrow, dubbed Housing of Parliament. The update will send players back to the City of Um to clean up and restore the underworld city’s owlery to make it more appealing to the ethereal owls that call it home. “RuneScape’s latest quest takes us swooping back into the City of Um to help [...]

Jagex has worked its way through another player-requested hitlist of adjustments and fixes for RuneScape and finally lifted the XP boosting item restrictions for Necromancers. Going forward, the Gielinor’s lords of the living dead can now enjoy faster skill progression with significantly less grinding involved, provided that they have the appropriate items of course. The hitlist also includes adjustments to [...]

Jagex has been giving RuneScape a fresh coat of paint one zone at a time and the Kingdom of Kandarin is next on the list. The studio is offering a preview of the visual updates coming to one of the largest kingdoms in Gielinor in its latest developer blog and video. The Kingdom of Kandarin is a zone that’s rich [...]

RuneScape will soon be joining the growing list of MMOs who’ve abandoned traditional forums in favor of Discord. Jagex announced last week that it will be moving all communication to the messaging app and will permanently be retiring the forums on March 28. The game’s official forums have served as a vital space for discussions and social interactions between the [...]

RuneScape is celebrating its 23rd anniversary, not with the traditional anniversary cape giveaway, but with a colorful birthday hat instead. The Birthday Buff Bonanza event has officially begun in the free-to-play MMORPG featuring daily buffs that you’ll need to activate to gain progress towards unlocking, not one, but two Fancy Hat headgears. “Each [buff] activation from January 8th to 21st [...]

The Christmas Village has reopened its doors as RuneScape joins the rest of the MMO community in celebrating the holidays. As part of the event, players will get to enjoy weekly buffs, free daily challenge extensions, and tier 4 luck until January 4. Meanwhile, the entire development team has gone on their holiday breaks with a promise to return on [...]

The iconic party hats are making a comeback in RuneScape after more than 20 years when the classic free-to-play MMORPG kicks off its Christmas event tomorrow. The event will take place in the new Christmas Village seasonal hub which can be found in the Land of Snow and will only be open for the duration of the event. For context, [...]