In Loving Memory

I remember waking up before school some days back in 2004 and would scroll in amazement at what seemed an endless database that showed me different monsters. I miss that innocent feeling of amazement at something so simple, and will always cherish it. Not only pictures, but the site helped with my comprehension and reading skills as I learned them along with the game.

Thank you so much for being a critical part of my childhood memories and education.

I will never forget using RuneHQ's quest guides back from 2005-2010. Thank you for the memories.

Used this site a lot growing up! Gonna miss it! <3

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.

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!

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

Thank you for everything. This resource was invaluable to me as a child, and taught me valuable lessons about the wealth of information on the internet, and how to get it. o7 to a real one. We won't forget you all.

I haven't played RS in years and don't think I'll ever return but this site was so helpful when I was playing regularly that it's always stayed present in my memories of those golden days of 'Scape.

Thank you for all who contributed to this site and helped guide me along my adventures in this game as a kid, I wouldn't have had nearly as much fun without you.

thank you

Thank you Runehq team for being there for me when I was a child.

I had a turbulent childhood, the best way I can describe it is lonely and troubled. My parents were neglectful and they didn't care what happened to me or what I did just as long as I caused no trouble or made their life harder.

When I think back, I remember times when I'd try to distract myself on the way home in the bus, trying my best to ignore the throbbing from the bullying I had endured that day. I'd think about what I'd need to do on RuneScape, and which quests I should get done.

I'd get home, quickly go through RuneHq and pick a quest guide to open; sometimes even multiple windows. I'd scroll immediately down to rewards and then I'd nod in acknowledgement. I'd do my chores quickly and run back to the computer and start up RuneScape in a small window. Arranging the windows to fit my small bulky computer screen.

In those small moments of effortless focus, methodically following the steps, carefully reading the guide, I'd be somewhere else.

I wouldn't be that sad kid who could couldn't fit in. I wouldn't be that kid who couldn't talk to his parents about his issues.
I wouldn't be that kid with a different skin colour than everyone else.
I wouldn't be that kid who had so much emotion that he didn't understand whirling inside him.

I was just that kid who lived in this new world and I could be someone else for a moment in time.

Thank you RuneHq team for allowing me to disappear for a while. Thank you for helping me hold on.