RuneScape News

Jagex has just announced the next chapter in the RuneScape Elder Gods storyline, called Desperate Measures. Desperate Measures will continue last year’s Desperate Times narrative and will give players a chance to make full use of the recently-introduced Archaeology skill. “Desperate Measures will see players gathering a team and using their Archaeology abilities to discover new mysteries in the dinosaur-infested [...]

The RuneScape weekly newsletter has just arrived! This week, Jagex talks about difficulty scaling for Solak, a new pet, and the return of The Ninja Team. First on the list is Solak. The boss monster fight will now scale its difficulty depending on the number of players in the group. Since Solak came out in 2018, the encounter was previously [...]

Everybody deserves to find love on Valentine’s Day, even giant, gloopy, gelatinous, globs like the Slime King. The “clammy Casanova” returns to Runescape with a novice-level permanent quest to set the King up with the girl of his dreams. Talk to Peter in Rimmington to get started. A glutinous pet and a “dapper” new accessory await players who successfully complete [...]

Despite RuneScape originally launching back in 2001, the game continues to thrive. Jagex, the company behind the game, reported that the franchise hit 1.1 million paid memberships, an all time high in 2019. Much of the game's continued success is due to the popularity of Oldschool Runescape which achieved its highest active daily player count ever in 2019. “Putting Jagex [...]

Raising farm animals in RuneScape is a fairly benign activity unless of course those animals turn out to be dinosaurs. The new Ranch Out of Time update lets players try their hand at becoming a dinosaur farmer. “The Ranch Out of Time is an extension to the Farming skill and builds upon RuneScape’s Player-Owned Farm content. Set on Anachronia, players [...]

RuneScape launched a giant update today which introduced an entirely new area called Anachronia, a prehistoric-style jungle island. The update is titled The Land Out of Time and introduces the following new features to the game: The Land Out of Time introduces: Big Game Hunter: High-intensity activity featuring the tracking and trapping of giant dinosaurs New Slayer monsters to overcome: [...]

Jagex recently ran polls in Old School RuneScape soliciting player feedback on future partnerships similar to their recent Twitch Prime partnership to bring new players into the game. Players overwhelmingly rejected these through in-game voting fearing that they may eventually lead to microtransactions. Given the results, Jagex ended the polls early after 70% of players opposed them and produced a [...]