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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i remember being clueless about a quest and having no where to look to find anything. Every google search runehq showed up and 10 year old me could not have made it very far without it. Rip Gene and Deb.

Brandon

Frequent young user

Thank you for everything. This was a special thing, and it was clearly ran by two special people. Rest easy now :)

Richard VP

Visitor

Fond memories of this site, my first Forum Mod role I remember compliance being taken so seriously here I had to get a Guardian to sign a permission slip for me to be able to actually do it after I got the role. I remember TORC, the iron wars and snowball fights. A crucial part of one's childhood. A lot of names I recognise in the guestbook already (hi Bazzy!).

RIP Gene & Deb.
I also lost track of what happened to Ian last I remember he quit when he started college I hope he's doing well too.

Liam Smith (Lavigne)

Former Staff - Forum Mod & Radio DJ

I have great memories of using this site back in 2004-2008. RIP

Partner2

Visitor

Feels like a nightmare. Literally. This website is imbedded in my childhood. But like all good things, they all must eventually come to an end. What an era, what a run. Legendary is an understatement. Thank you, Deb & Gene, for your extremely positive impact on my life.

DJ

My whole childhood… was a lot better because of this site. #cheers

Wish it could last forever. #nestalgia

Thank you for everything!

Magesty313

Visitor

Thank you Deb, Gene, and everyone over the years for making RuneHQ what it was. A place for new and veteran players of the game to come to and get guidance on their RuneScape journeys. Everybody at RuneHQ has helped shaped the lives of RuneScape players and allowed us to achieve things we could have only ever imagined. Deb, Gene and RuneHQ will never be forgotten. Thank you for everything.

Dan

Remember playing RuneScape late 2005 after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina in a town called Hoover Alabama. Friends showed me RuneScape, but I was not great at questing. A friend mentioned RuneHQ and I used it for so many years for questing and information. Sad piece of the games history is going away.

Zack/Zeixic

Visitor

It's been a while since I came here for help the last time, but I have fond memories of the site, back before 2010. Sad to see it go, but glad it's been here in the first place.

I know how it feels to let go a site in which you poured a lot of love, and as such... thank you to everyone that helped keep RuneHQ alive until now.

To Glory

visitor

Thank you for all the years of service and help. I genuinely thank you and the team.

PolandSord

Fan

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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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