RuneScape Recent News

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.

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.

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.

The Big Ticket 2010

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Win a Big Ticket and be whisked off to Cambridge, England for parties, dinners and a life-time membership to RuneScape! There are 24 Big Tickets up for grabs, each of them requiring luck, hard work or a little creativity to win.

RuneScape Q&A – Audio Team

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It’s the Audio team’s turn for a Q&A today, with responses from team leader Mod Ian and some of his team, with answers on the forums and a live Q&A session at 4.30pm (GMT).

RuneScape Machinima Competition 2 – Vote Now!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

With the RuneScape advert competition over and the finalists picked, the tough job of deciding who should be the overall winner is down to you.

Recolouring Poll Results

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Your votes have been cast and the dark bow has been chosen! Expect new colour options for the dark bow in a future game update.

Impetuous Impulses Improvements

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Three new impling types have been spotted – spirit, zombie and kingly implings – each with interesting taste in loot; XP rates for catching all implings has been significantly improved; implings outside of Puro-Puro can now be caught barehanded; and Impetuous Impulses receives some handy new features.