RuneScape Recent News

Strykewyrms

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Whatever you do, don’t look down! The strykewyrms are among the most humungous and deathly slayer creatures on RuneScape, and they have an annoying habit of tunneling deep beneath your feet. Travel over desert, jungle and ice to stryke them down for an impressive reward or three…

Standard Detail and Safe Mode

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Today we have upgraded the Standard Detail graphics mode with many of the features from High Detail. A new Safe Mode now also exists to replace the old version of Standard Detail.

Music Playlist

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

For those who like to listen to RuneScape’s music while playing the game, you can now set up a custom playlist of up to twelve of your favourite tracks.

New Items in the Online Store

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Three awesome new items have been added to the Jagex online store, and are available from today.

RuneScape Q&A – Andrew

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

There have been a couple of changes to the plan for Andrew Gower’s Q&A today, the most notable of which is the slightly earlier starting time of his live Q&A session, which will now begin at 3pm (GMT).

Rune Mechanics

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Help an apprentice wizard to build a new rune guardian in our latest quest, a sequel to Rune Mysteries. It might be a walk in the park for seasoned runecrafters, but perhaps having your own pet rune guardian might entice you to help out the poor apprentice.

Chance of Double Law, Death and Blood Runes

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

To compliment today's novice quest, higher-level runecrafters now have a chance of receiving two law, death or blood runes from a single essence, with that chance increasing as your Runecrafting level approaches 99.

Trading With Friends

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Players’ ability to trade with their friends has been made more generous today, based on how long you have been on each other’s Friends Lists. As before, the more Quest Points you have, the more freely you'll be able to trade.

Machinima Tool – The Orb of Oculus

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

As discussed in the recent blog, the Orb of Oculus is a new item available to all players (from Faruq in Al Kharid), which should help players interested in making machinima and other RuneScape videos to share with the community.

12-month Cards on Jagex Store

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Due to overwhelming demand, we will be returning the 12-month membership card to the Jagex Online Store. At $60, or £40 each, they are fantastic value, and can be redeemed at any time.

RuneScape Machinima Competition 2

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Since the end of the first RuneScape machinima competition back in July of last year, the Community Management team have been raring to launch another video-based contest. Finally, the time has come...

Clan Blog and Clan Celebration Month

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Today sees the release of the second Clan Submissions blog, plus we’ve got some information on the Clan Celebration Month, which is to run throughout February.

RuneScape Q&A – Mark Gerhard

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

We’ve read through all of the questions and sent them on to the relevant teams here at Jagex. Now, it’s time for the first batch of answers from Jagex’s CEO, Mark Gerhard.

Agility Benefits for Fishing, Hunter and Thieving

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Agility has always been useful in allowing adventurers to get from A to B faster, thanks to greater run energy and access to shortcuts. Today it becomes even more useful, with direct benefits for the Fishing, Thieving and Hunter skills.

Barbarian Assault Improvements

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Commander Connad may be a tough task-master, but he knows when to use the stick and when the carrot is more effective, and he’s dangling a big, fat, juicy carrot in front of Barbarian Assault players in the form of new and improved rewards.