RuneScape Recent News

The Blood Pact and Lumbridge Catacombs

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A group of Zamorakian cultists is performing a dark ritual in the catacombs beneath Lumbridge. Help veteran adventurer Xenia to foil their plot in our new free-to-play quest, and then return to explore our new free-to-play dungeon. To celebrate our 300th Quest Point, there's also a little extra for our most accomplished questers.

Free Player Forum Access Expanded

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Recently, we further widened how many free players can post on the RuneScape forums. All free players who have earned over 5 million XP are now welcome to post.

Bonus XP Weekend!

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Bonus XP Weekend has now ended. We hope you all managed to gain a few skill levels and enjoyed yourselves.

RuneScape Q&A – Player Support

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It’s time for the final Q&A session in this batch, this time with the Player Support team. A live session will be held on the forums tonight at 8pm. Answers to previously asked questions will be published sometime next week.

Big Ticket Prize Draw - March

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ever wanted to visit Jagex? Ever thought tickets are generally too small? Well, look no further, as the first ever Big Ticket prize draw is here!

Armies of Gielinor Story Competition

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

There’s nothing quite like a gripping tale of heroism and villainy and such stories can quickly become legend! One of the grandest and most epic battlefields can be witnessed in FunOrb’s Armies of Gielinor, and that’s where our search for the next legend begins...

New Items in the Jagex Store

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Another four items have been added to the Jagex online store, and are available from today.

RuneScape Machinima Competition 2 – Results!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The poll is closed, the votes have been counted and verified, and the winner of the machinima advert competition (and our first ever Jagex Big Ticket) is...

Price Promotion: PayBySMS with Paymo in the United States

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

We are excited to announce our new payment partner, Paymo. Paymo offers a quick and convenient way to pay for your RuneScape membership by sending an SMS/text message.

RuneScape Q&A – Community Management

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Today, it’s Community Management’s turn for their Q&A, so the team’s responses have now been published on the forums. Their live Q&A starts tonight at 8pm, with Mod Paul M and other members of Community Management.

Shattered Heart

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Those who like to train non-combat skills may start to discover ‘strange rocks’ in their inventory. Taking these rocks to the archaeologists of Varrock Museum will be only the first step in this new piece of repeatable content.

Improving Success when Smelting Iron (Free and Members)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The smelting of iron ore into bars has been changed to improve your chances of success the higher you train your Smithing skill, from a 50% chance at level 15, up to an 80% chance from level 45 onwards.

RuneScape Lobby/Login Changes

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

From today, when logging into the game, you will notice that the Welcome Screen has been replaced with what we’re calling the RuneScape Lobby. The lobby provides more options to you before you log into the game.

Changes to the Hitpoints Skill

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Today, we have made significant modifications to the Hitpoints skill, the most important of these being that all ‘hitpoints’ are now multiplied by 10 and renamed ‘life points’, and that the name of the actual skill has been changed to Constitution.

Cheating and Exploits

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The recent cheating that occurred and the abuse of an exploit has been dealt with very seriously. We have excellent systems in place to catch and detect players who abuse bugs and have taken appropriate measures.