RuneScape News

RuneScape players are in for another big fight against an ancient dragon as the Battle for Forinthry update officially hits the live servers as was foretold many moons ago. The classic MMORPG’s latest update will task players with defending Forth Forinthry through a siege, culminating in an epic battle against the undead dragon Vorkath and the necromancer Zemouregal himself. “Upon [...]

Another ancient dragon is waiting to sow chaos in RuneScape with the arrival of the classic MMORPG’s Vorkath, Battle for Forinthry update later this month. As the title suggests, players will go toe to toe with the eponymous dragon and the necromancer Zemouregal as part of the ongoing Fort Forinthry questline. “Our new quest and boss battle takes place during [...]

A new RuneScape newsletter is on deck with updates on the current state of the game and previews of an upcoming RuneScape-inspired cookbook of, of all things. The more important bit of news is that open beta testing has begun for the previously announced combat changes and adjustments coming to the classic MMORPG. Over the next few weeks, testers will [...]

Now that RuneScape players have had time to properly acquaint themselves with the new Necromancy combat style and content, Jagex has now shifted its focus to fine-tuning high-level skills across the board and incorporating some of the new Necromancy skills and abilities to melee, ranged, and magic combat styles. “Since its release, Necromancy has proved to be an extremely adaptable [...]

In the spirit of Halloween, Jagex has updated RuneScape’s recently released Necromancer combat skill line with the release of today’s Ancient Awakening update. The update introduced a new Necromancer quest that will take them to the mysterious island of Ungael and will ultimately lead to a new boss fight next month. “Joined by a full adventuring party, featuring Raptor the [...]

After a month of stubbornly refusing to remove RuneScape’s controversial new Hero Pass system, Jagex has finally caved in. The studio introduced the controversial battle pass system last September amid intense criticism from the community, particularly since it offered more rewards to paying subscribers. As compromise, the studio promptly made changes to the system but maintained that they had no [...]

Late last month, Jagex decided to go ahead and release a new monetized battle pass track for RuneScape despite massive pushback from the fantasy MMORPG’s community. The studio later said that it was willing to make changes to the so-called Hero Pass but insisted that they had no plans to remove it regardless of the community feels. The studio promptly [...]

Despite significant pushback from the RuneScape community, Jagex went through with its plans to introduce a new seasonal battle pass for the classic fantasy MMORPG. The new Hero Pass promises to refine how players engage with the game for “a more rewarding experience.” The first Hero Pass, called Underworld, came out earlier this week featuring 120 levels that players will [...]

Jagex is enticing RuneScape players to throw more money into the game on top of the existing subscription option with a new battle pass-style system called the Hero Pass. As with most battle passes, the Hero Pass will offer both free and paid tracks with daily objectives and one-off challenges that players can complete to unlock rewards. “Hero Pass is [...]

Jagex continues to tweak and polish RuneScape’s new Necromancy skill line since its highly-anticipated release last week. Since then, the studio has rolled out at least four hotfixes to address various bugs and implement anti-griefing measures. This week saw another extensive list of Necromancy-related fixes, adjustments, and updates with a promise of more updates to come through the end of [...]