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Playing now
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All-time peak
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| In-game event | The Week Ahead: Leagues Continues & New Garden Bundles Index: · Community Topics · Leagues · Marketplace Bundles · Patch Notes · What's Happening in the Community Community Topics: · The quarterly survey will be arriving this week! Keep an eye on your inbox or the in-game lobby for links to participate in it and make sure to submit your response before the end of August. · Our community has been seen an enormous amount of JMod comments jumping into… | — | |
| Major update | Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM Launches Today! Community Topics: Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM Launches Today! · The wait is nearly over! We're incredibly excited to finally bring Leagues: EQUILIBRIUM to you. The team has been hard at work getting everything prepped and ready for launch, and we can't wait to see the strategies, discoveries, and adventures you'll embark on. Read on for everything you need to know about the rollout and what to expe… | — | |
| Community | August Month Ahead! Hey 'Scapers! We're back with our regular Month Ahead Series, where we take a look at what the month ahead has in store for us, while also reviewing how the previous month unfolded. This time around, Mod Anvil and Mod Ryan jump into some fairly big topics, including insight into Player-Owned Housing and even touching on that one special topic you've all been speculating about... Most excitingly… | — | |
| In-game event | The Week Ahead: More Trophies, PoH Marketplace Bundles & More Leagues Reveals! The Week Ahead: More Trophies, PoH Marketplace Bundles & More Leagues Reveals! Index: · Community Topics · Marketplace Drop: Anniversary Architect & Party Packs · Patch Notes · What's Happening in the Community Community Topics: Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM We're charging towards the August 10th launch of Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM! As the countdown continues, we've been revealing more of the powerful… |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.
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| In-game event | The Week Ahead: GE Improvements, Capes and the HCIM Leaderboards Community Topics: Construction · Lots of great new additions for Construction this week! · You can now move rooms! · You can now customize your floor on a room by room basis! · We've added a new 'Edit Current Room' which will edit the room you're currently standing in. · We've added loot beams for Player-Owned Housing trophy drops. · We've added new supported capes to Cape Stand system. Display… | — |
| Community | RuneScape Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM - Launches August 10 Leagues II: EQUILIBRIUM Leagues is returning on August 10th and it comes with a completely reimagined journey through Gielinor! This year players will step into an alternative reality where the God of Balance remains at the heart of the world's fate. Every player begins with a fresh character, accelerated progression, and the opportunity to forge their own unique path through the season. Whethe… | — |
| In-game event | Mid-Game Rebalance Is Live! Hello 'Scapers! The Mid-Game Rebalance has arrived, with a strong focus on improving the mid-game experience through targeted buffs and quality-of-life upgrades. Our goal is to bring key areas of progression up to more modern standards and make the journey through the mid-game more rewarding. Let's get into it! Index: · Core Fletching Re-Tier · Agility Rebalance · Divination Reblance · God Wars… | — |
| Major update | Everything you need to know about Player Owned Housing! Welcome Home For nearly two decades, Player-Owned Housing has been a part of the RuneScape journey. It's where many of us built our first virtual homes (way before we knew what the heck a mortgage is), proudly showed off our achievements, hosted house parties with friends and spent far too much time figuring out where to put that next portal. It was our corner of Gielinor. A place that was uniq… | — |
| Community | The Road Ahead... Howdy Scapers! We have a special edition of the Month Ahead for you today! Not only are we talking about all the fun that is to come in July, but we are giving you some insights into the big updates coming all the way up to Runefest! Check it out below! You have watched the whole video yeah? Okay then, the below roadmaps will help provide a quick reference for the most important pieces of infor… | — |
| In-game event | Chill June Patch Week Community Topics: · As June draws to a close (WHAT? HOW?!) and July beckons, look out for a video early next week which will provide an update on upcoming releases! · Avatar News · Work on the Avatar is progressing well, with over 105 avatar-related models being updated to the new avatar standards this week. This continues the skin ungrafting work that forms a large part of the update and that… | — |
| In-game event | Graphically Refreshing: Waterbirth Island! Index: · Graphical Update to Waterbirth Island · Patch Notes · Whats Happening in the Community Latest Avatar News: · Todays update includes fixes for about 18 outstanding issues related to the Player Avatar. While work still continues, we've today addressed instances of missing skin, incorrect or washed out colours, Npcs missing their chatheads, stretching issues and clipping issues. The Max a… | — |
| In-game event | Digging up the past at Moonrise Index: · New Archaeology Dig Site: Moonrise · A message from Mod Stu · A note about Tuesday's Maintenance · Patch Notes · Whats Happening in the Community Community notes follow below. Avatar Latest News: Last week we released the long awaited Player Avatar update. On Wednesday we shared an update about where we're at and what we're focusing on. Today's patch update already includes a number of… | — |
| Major update | Player Avatar Refresh has arrived! Today marks the launch of a long-awaited refresh to the Player Avatar! Discover a brand-new iconic face for the character you’ve always known and loved. Accept marketing cookies to watch this video here. Alternatively, watch on YouTube Before we continue, let's clear up what is a "Player Avatar"? In short, the Player Avatar is you or, more accurately, your character in Gielinor. It's the charac… | — |
| Community | June Month Ahead! Hey folks! While the sun and the rain battle it out for which weather is better Mod Anvil and Mod Ryan are back chat about what's to come in June and keep you up to date with our Roadmaps. Here is the full June Ahead schedule: | — |
| In-game event | Uncover the Secrets of Amberfell Index: · New Quest: Secrets of Amberfell · Merch Store Update · This Weeks Patch Notes · Whats Happening in the Community Community Topics Last week we launched a significant update to our engine in preparation to support the upcoming Player Avatar launch on June 8th, as part of this update our team has been monitoring reports of graphical issues and we have seen three particular areas of issue… | — |
| Community | Dungeoneering Remastered: Dive in Today! Dungeoneering Remastered is now live! Let's dive back into Daemonheim! ⚔️ From refreshed visuals and reworked progression to Necromancy integration, new rewards and huge quality of life improvements, this is one of the biggest updates the skill has ever seen! Index: · The Dungeoneering Remaster launches today! Find out more here · RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars Graphic Novel launches t… | — |
| Community | Delve into Dungeoneering Remastered Daemonheim is getting a huge refresh on the 11th May across gameplay, balancing, rewards, visuals, and more! Here’s some of what’s coming: · Rebalanced floor XP and massively increased token gains · Prestige replaced with a brand new floor buff system · Full Necromancy integration, including new gear, rituals and Ring of Kinship classes · New Ruinous T90 weapons with Warpbane effects · Huge qua… | — |
| Community | May's Month Ahead Hey ‘Scapers! Mod Anvil and Mod Ryan once again sat down to chat about the work we’ve done in April while also taking the opportunity to preview the month of May. Check it out below! And here is May's Month Ahead! Community Notes · While the majority of the Dungeoneering Remaster is launching on May 11th, we will only be releasing aspects of the update related to speedrunning in the following w… | — |
| In-game event | Back To Our Square Roots Index · Game Update: Visual Update - World Declutter · Double XP is back! This event will be running from Friday May 1st for ten days. In classic fashion, Double XP is a 10-day event where you have 48 hours of Double XP to use at your leisure. · RuneFest tickets go on sale this week! · Items previously obtained using Loyalty Points from Solomons Store have now be added to the Marketplace as a b… | — |
| In-game event | Game Jam QoL, Simpler Enrage Scaling & More! Game Jam Projects A handful of Game Jam projects have made it through the pipeline and are now live in the game today! Boss Enrage Mechanics Update With the release of Amascut we had created a Boss with a smoother enrage experience and many players have requested we show the same love to previous enrage bosses, and now it’s finally here. Mod Pigeon and Mod Reaper have been hard at work getting… | — |
| Community | RuneFest Returns in 2026! RuneFest 2026 is BACK! There’s nothing quite like a year with RuneFest – and we are so excited to be back THIS YEAR with our biggest and best one yet. This October, hundreds of J-Mods will come together with 6000 (!!) of you to celebrate 25 incredible years of RuneScape. We’ll be bringing new surprises along with all your favourite bits and pieces amped up – those big “Holy S***” roadmap reveal… | — |
| Community | March Roundup & a look ahead at April Hey ‘Scapers! As we continue to follow through on delivering both our 2026 and our Road to Restoration roadmaps, we are continuing to look for ways to keep you, our community, both involved and informed. Mod Anvil very recently sat down with Mod Ryan to chat about the work we’ve done so far while also taking the opportunity to preview the month of April. Check it out here and let us know how yo… | — |
| In-game event | Blooming Burrow Returns! Content: · Today we're launching the Blooming Burrow spring event as well as an update to the Cosmetic Toggle . Read more about both of these in their dedicated sections on todays blog! · Full Patch Notes can be found further below in this post. Community Topics: · We'll be revealing our Month Ahead plans for April this week, most likely on Wednesday, April 1st (seriously). · We've just this mo… | — |
| Major update | Havenhythe Out Now A brand new landmass arrives in RuneScape today! Welcome to Havenhythe. Found to the east of Morytania, Havenhythe is a quiet and mysterious place with a long history behind it. Once home to ancient civilisations, strange magic, and stories long forgotten, the island has mostly been left to time. Your journey begins with a vision when you visit the Rusty Anchor in Port Sarim. A warning of somet… | — |
| In-game event | DailyScape Overhaul & Free Runemetrics for Members Check out today's "This Week in RuneScape" blog on the link here , including some tweaks to Combat and more information about RuneMetrics. Today's Update · DailyScape Overhaul Launch · This update is going live today. Read all about it here ! The Week Ahead · World Declutter · The World Declutter project is a game wide initiative to focus on grounding the world and pulling back on over the top… | — |
| Community | RuneScape’s Biggest Area Expansion Yet Havenhythe Part 1 is almost here.... On 23 March, we set sail for our biggest area expansion yet, welcoming a whole new corner of Gielinor with brand-new quests, bosses, skilling updates and a vast stretch of land to explore and call home. We’ll see you in Havenhythe! Find out more on our official blog . | — |
| Community | Dungeoneering Refresh & Remaster Hey 'Scapers! Dungeoneering is a much-beloved skill that was originally released back in 2010. Since its initial release, however, it has rarely received updates which has led to it becoming quite outdated - both in gameplay and graphics. In spite of this, it has remained one of the top pieces of content that you've wanted to see remastered, as we found during the 2025 Player Survey. As recentl… | — |