RuneHQ A Tribute and Farewell
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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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Man, solving coordination clue scrolls would've been impossible for me without that tool! Look at how far we've come. Ty for your role in it all :D

Saitama

cabbage enjoyer

Thank you guys for all that you’ve given the community over the decades. Without this site, my RuneScape journey would have never been able to take off at the start. God bless

Palworld

This site guided me on my RuneScape journey for many years as a child. Thank you for all the amazing memories! ❤️

Miracle Diebold

Site User since 2006

Thank you for your time and effort for all those years. When I was younger I could have never gotten anything done in Runescape without the help of RuneHQ. This site and the work of everyone who contributed to it will be fondly remembered forever.

Alec Gall

Visitor

Sad to see the site go. My condolences.

Kyle h.

Old school quest frequenter.

I used to use RuneHq all the time as a kid for quest guides and was vital in helping me to complete Monkey Madness back in the day. I just want to say thank you for all the help all those years ago. <3

Asdewq

Visitor

Farewell RuneHQ!

Vinicius (Zedokrai)

Thank you for all you've done to help me on my journey. From a humble noob, to a sub-par pvmer. Trim comp wouldn't have been possible.

Burnflamegal

Visitor

I remember using this website for skill guides & quests back in 2005.

Although I no longer play runescape it's still sad to see the website go. I remember having many latenights trying to complete quests using runeHQ & having a good time.

Thank you to deb,gene & the runeHQ team. farewell

Acghost101

Visitor

Being honest, I haven't opened RuneHQ in about 15 years, but from when I started playing in 2005 it was by far my primary source of game knowledge, and who knows, without access to such a great resource during an incredibly important period of time for the game, and many of us, we might not even still be here playing/staying up to date today. The existence of RuneHQ all those years ago has without a doubt shaped my entire life.

Emerson

Visitor

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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.

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