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 so much for everything you guys have done. Child me would not have been able to defeat Elvarg with RuneHQ. I am 28 years old now but will never forget how Runescape and this community sculpted my adolescent years, allowing me to fill my life up with wizards, dragons, imps and shit, instead of being a brain rotted doomscroller like these new kids. LOVE YOU GUYS, RUNEHQ TILL INFINITY.

R 0 X V S

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

PolandSord

Fan

Thank you Deb and Gene, for providing me with a resource that I used so much as a kid. Your contribution won't be forgotten.

Darrick

Frequent Visitor

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.

Bobbie922

Had a lot of good memories at RuneHQ.
Thoroughly enjoyed (with Kai) creating Minecraft (vanilla/modded/tekkit) servers for any RHQ member to join.
Also loved helping out by creating content/quest guides/maps for OSRS & RS3.
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly...

Zidane

Former Content Editor/Unofficial Minecraft Server Host

Spent countless hours reading and researching. A lot of times just reading to pass the time. The memories will always stay. Fly high!

XCamo DeathX

Spent countless hours reading and researching. A lot of times just reading to pass the time. The memories will always stay. Fly high!

XCamp DeathX

Thank you RuneHQ. From Singapore. Used your quest guides and knowledge library since 2006. I was 10 back then! Hopefully we can have an archived version of this website and keep it running. Happy to donate and I’m sure many of us want to see it running indefinitely.

Melvin

I used this website for everything from 2006 right up till like 2024, I will never forget it.

Pking Pker56

Runehq was a staple in my childhood and I never knew who ran it, but from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for everything you did for the community. Much like the passing of runehq, I too have passed on from runescape. The memories I have from when I visited this website extremely frequently are something I will cherish until I can no longer remember my childhood.

Thank you.

C.R.A.C.T.

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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