The phoenix, an ancient creature from RuneScape’s distant past, is in need of your help. While flying to her roost she was injured, and now she lies wounded and dying in the depths of her fiery cave. By chance, a knowledgeable priest has discovered her home, and now he waits for an adventurer with the necessary skill and courage to aid the phoenix in her hour of need. Perhaps that adventurer will ...

So, the first post of the New Year and you’ll be wondering what the next 12 months in RuneScape will bring. The past year saw the introduction of PvP Worlds, RuneScape High Detail, Summoning, our first Grandmaster quest, combat minigames, and Distractions and Diversions. What can we do to top 2008?


Well, this is the challenge that we’ve set ourselves: 2009 has become our official Upgrade Year...

Our first update of the year is actually one we have been talking about for a while – the new Summoning familiar you voted for during the Summer. Of course, we could have just produced a simple Summoning creature to follow you around and do the occasional funky trick, but we decided that a legendary creature such as the phoenix deserved the full treatment. So, it will have its own tutorial-style q...

Today, we’ve launched the SMS payment option for players from Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden, which can be used to pay for a RuneScape membership.


RuneScape members will get regular content updates and gain access to a world that’s three times larger than the free world and packed full of members-only quests, minigames and skills. Members also gain fullscreen mode, advert-free g...

Christmas is busy, busy, busy for Postie Pete. That's why he likes to relax with a festive Players' Gallery, where all the hard work is done by you!


His favourites this month include a festive Grim Reaper and Guthan getting his comeuppance. Click here and jingle all the way to your pictures....