A Tribute and Farewell

In Loving Memory

Celebrating 23 years of RuneHQ history
and the community that made it special.

More than a website: a home for adventurers, a library of shared knowledge, and friendships that reached far beyond the game.

A Tribute To

Deb & Gene

The hearts behind RuneHQ

Deb and Gene helped shape RuneHQ into a place where adventurers could learn, share, and belong. We honor their vision, dedication, kindness, and generosity, and the community built around those values.

Deb and Gene seated together, smiling at the camera.
Deb & Gene

“More than a website, RuneHQ was a home—and at its heart were two extraordinary people.”

Without Deb and Gene here to help us carry RuneHQ forward, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue the RuneHQ website at the end of 2026.

A Remarkable Journey, A Lasting Legacy

23 Years of RuneHQ

From humble beginnings to a trusted home for guides and friendships, these milestones remember the chapters that shaped RuneHQ.

  1. Humble Beginnings

    RuneHQ begins as a small idea built to help fellow adventurers.

  2. A Growing Community

    Players gather around shared knowledge, questions, and friendship.

  3. Guides & Resources

    Guides, tools, and resources support countless journeys.

  4. Platinum Recognition

    On 9 April, Jagex names RuneHQ one of the Platinum-level sites in its relaunched Fansite Support Programme.

  5. Friends for Life

    What began as a website grows into a community that cares.

  6. Through the Years

    The community adapts, supports one another, and stays connected.

  7. A Lasting Legacy

    More than two decades of memories, friendships, and shared adventures.

  8. The Final Chapter

    After 23 years, RuneHQ reaches its final chapter as the website prepares to close.

Memories from Across the Community

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RuneHQ was my go to in for all my quest help for the first 8 years or so of playing (then) Runescape. Thank you to everyone that put their effort in over the years, you really helped a lot of people along in their adventure we all grew up with and love then and now. RuneHQ will forever be an icon in the Runescape scene, soon to be gone but never forgotten <3

Coro

Visitor

i used to use this when i was a kid about 17 years ago. respect too these two for carrying us in the game with quest guides and such. you will be missed and you guys were loved <3

Harrison Null

visitor

RuneHQ was the first website I stumbled across as I was just starting my Runescape adventure in 2006. The countless hours I spent on Quest Guides, Skill Calculators trying to figure out my way through Gielinor always will be cemented in my early memories of this great game, and great site you guys created.

Thankyou Deb & Gene, and the rest of the Rune HQ Community.

Jack Jenkins

Visitor

I remember using RuneHQ for quest guides way back when I first started playing RuneScape in 2008. One of my core memories of this game is watching my sister complete Underground Pass for the first time, and seeing her alt-tab to a RuneHQ guide mid-way through her journey. Thank you for everything, and I will always remember the fond memories this community gave me.

Adam

Hi RuneHQ!
It's been a while.
Once upon a time a younger me, barely 12 years old, discovered this odd funny game everyone at school was suddenly playing. I ventured in and discovered a world full of intricacies, lore, skills, monsters. Oh so many monsters.
Wielded with my trusty steel 2h sword I looked for answers. What exactly is a cabbage and why is the whole of Misthalin covered with them? What's the deal with those goblins in red and green? What were those levers in Melzar's maze up to?
My questions found answers on RuneHQ, with its many guides, magnificent maps and lovely community. Years passed and my searches intensified. I became a warrior, I became a hero. Saved the damsel, saved the city, saved the universe. Without this site, I can't imagine myself coming this far.

This once mere child is now an adult, still fascinated by the many quirks of a British game, still enamoured by the work of its immense and lovely community. I owe a lot to this game, a lot to the community, a lot to RuneHQ, Tip.it, Zybez, LunaGang.

RuneHQ, Deb, Gene, seeing you go is painful, but in a sense, that's part of the next adventure. I wish you all the best, on to the next quest we must all embark!

Adelunth

A Flemish visitor that grew up and learned his fair share of English through this site

This site meant a lot to me in my youth and teen years. It was a place of shared experience, friendship and learning. The people were the main focus of the site not the game which many of us stopped playing at various points. I wish everyone the best. - Isildurs_Son / Chownuggs.
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James McGowan

Former Admin, RHQ Clan Co-Founder

Thank you runehq for getting me through so many quests, finding the best method for training and beung a resource for me in my younger days. I appericate everything you had provided.

Anthony Cheers

VISITOR

Thank you for your contributions to the community

ThePyroGod

RuneHQ was a true gem. I started playing in early 2007 and it became an invaluable resource.

Seventey9

Longtime visitor

Help me understand so much of this game way back in 2005-2007 when I was only 14-16. Used to love just browsing through it like a wiki and reading everything and discovering so much, thank you runehq team from Ireland

Arron

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A Farewell to Our Community

Thank You

To our visitors, members, guide writers, donors, moderators, staff, and friends: thank you for every question answered, every guide improved, every discussion shared, and every friendship formed.

RuneHQ was more than a website. It was a community, and that was always because of you.

Although the site is closing, the RuneHQ Discord and clan will continue, giving the community a place to stay connected and carry on the friendships built here.

It's not goodbye, just a new chapter.

The Community Continues

Stay Connected

While this website chapter is closing, the RuneHQ community continues on.