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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Thank you for all the years of help, I remember finishing school coming home to do quests (elemental workshop the worst of them) and relying on runehq along with the 1-99 guides

Attacker1983

Thank you for all the great memories that were only possible through rune HQ. 12 year old me thanks you from the bottom of his heart.

Lafra3

Thank you all for the important work you did in supporting the RS3/OSRS community for over two decades. The community you helped to build up around this game has meant the world to me and I'm forever grateful for your work in it.

gumbyfan1

Visitor

Been playing since I was a kid. Resources like this were so great to have. Thanks for all you have done. I will remember this website forever.

Bige

Core part of my memories as a child. I still remember asking my mother to print quest guides for me at her office.

Eddie L

The end of an era, I was a crewbie on Tip.it, and a very active member of the community.

I was always amazed by the quality of the guides, community and it's very sad to see RuneHQ go.

Hopefully it can be archived somehow, RIP to Deb and Gene, I never met you but you helped so many players in RuneScapes golden age.

Toad

Toad

I’ll always remember and tell people about my time questing with the help of RuneHQ! So many memories from being a child were formed with your help.

Kryztal Dbow

Visitor

What a journey, this was my main go to for quest guides back when I was 10 years old when I no clue how an MMO functions. RIP Gene & Deb!

Sploosh159

Visitor

Thanks for all the support back in my early days of my RS journey. I always found myself on here when doing a quest or training a skill. The site will go down in history.

Airwallk

Vistor

RuneHQ was the go-to spot for quest guides back in the day. Without RuneHQ, I would've never finished Dragon Slayer 1 as a kid, and probably wouldn't have enjoyed RuneScape as much as I do. Cheers to Deb and Gene for fueling my lifelong addiction to RuneScape. I wouldn't have it any other way <3

Decaye

User

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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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