Old School RuneScape News

Jagex has rolled out a major update for Old School RuneScape (OSRS), adding the Royal Titans—a duo boss encounter designed to teach players gear-switching mechanics—alongside a 12th-anniversary event and quality-of-life fixes. Everything You Need to Know About the Royal TitansWatch this video on YouTube Royal Titans Boss Fight Location: Asgarnia Ice Dungeon (northwest of ice throne). Mechanics: Branda (Fire) & [...]

Old School RuneScape just dropped some massive news at this weekend’s Summer Summit 2024, and it’s enough to make even the most seasoned adventurer grab their rune scimitar in excitement. Among the biggest announcements? Official private servers are on the horizon, offering “members” a whole new way to experience Gielinor. That’s right—private servers are coming to Old School RuneScape. Dubbed [...]

Way back in 2015, Old School RuneScape introduced a handy in-game mechanic called the Slayer Partners system which allowed two players to buddy up and complete tasks to progress through slayer levels and earn rewards. The feature was unfortunately disabled ‘indefinitely’ in 2020 after players rampantly exploited it for their own gains. Indefinitely ultimately ended up being four years as [...]

Old School RuneScape will soon be opening up the new region of Varlamore and is paving the way for its arrival with a new cinematic trailer. Do note that it’s a purely cinematic rendition of what’s in store for players and isn’t actual gameplay footage, regardless of its low-poly nature. The zone itself opens its doors on March 20 with [...]

Sweeping changes are headed for Old School RuneScape as Jagex begins work on its Project Rebalance initiative for the free-to-play fantasy MMORPG. The project’s goal is to expand on the existing skills and gear, taking inspiration from the studio’s annual game jam sessions where moderators are given free reign to test out potential new features and changes to the game. [...]

Earlier this month, Jagex rolled out additional changes to Old School RuneScape’s PvP-oriented Wilderness zone that players believed were made to benefit bot accounts as a way of padding the free-to-play MMORPG’s player numbers in light of its impending sale. The studio is now hoping to put an end to those claims with a lengthy developer blog that goes into [...]

Scurrius the Rat King scurries into Old School RuneScape as developer Jagex makes good on the first of the promised updates during Winter Summit 2024. The royal rodent is a new level 60 boss fight who can use all three combat styles and is designed to ease players into the old school MMMORPG’s PvM (Player vs. Monster) content. He can [...]

Another Winter Summit livestream has come and gone, offering a detailed rundown of what Jagex has planned for Old School RuneScape for spring and summer 2024. Some of the highlights of the classic MMORPG’s biggest developer stream of the year include the return of old quests, updates to the starting zone, a brand-new zone, sailing, and multiple in-game events throughout [...]

Old School RuneScape is also set to get a fresh coat of paint alongside RuneScape with its own OSRS HD Mode. The improved graphics option builds on the popularity of a fan-made HD mod that developer Jagex had previously taken down before backtracking and making it a permanent option in the classic free-to-play MMORPG. The upcoming HD Mode will feature [...]

Old School RuneScape is starting off the year with a sunny new subsrcriber-exclusive quest called Children of the Sun. The aptly named questline paves the way for the journey to the Kingdom of Varlamore, a.k.a. the Shining Kingdom, and its associated questline. “Children of the Sun begins on the familiar streets of Varrock, where a delegation from Varlamore has arrived [...]