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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As the old adage goes, "This too, shall pass".

All things fade.

Thank you for the help and memories growing up. You guys helped to change an entire generation of fantasy gamers.

Thankfully like a Phoenix, from the ashes something else has risen.

"LostHQ", for the 2004Scape Runescape preservation project, will maintain the essence of RuneHQ.

God bless, requiescat in pace.

Mercenary (2004Scape)

Long time user

Been playing off and on since middleschool for 22 years - and that meant visiting here off and on to re-learn what I was doing for 22 years. Thank you for always being here. R.I.P.

Dicearm

Visitor

I have been playing runescape on and off since 2003.
and this has always been my go-to website since I started playing
when people asked where i got my info for assistance, I always recommend this site.
I will miss this site very much so

Zoe

Runescape player long time member of RS

thank you for the quest guides during my childhood, was always fun looking up quests I couldn't do yet to see what I was missing.

d

Very sad to see you go; without your help.i may have to quit rs! lol

arthur moraski

23 yr visitor, i will miss RUNE HQ greatly.

Thank you Deb, Gene, and the entire RuneHQ team. For years sites like yours, Sal’s, and Zybez were the backbone of RuneScape 2’s frontier years. You will be missed but your legacy will carry on.

Awahso

Visitor

Thanks for the memories

Split-arrow4

A long time ago I was a part of the RuneHQ clan and events team before I went off to college. I got my completionist cape in 2015 posting my progress on the forums by using RuneHQ's quest guides. I had plenty of fun hanging around in the IRC and Teamspeak (or was it Ventrilo, my memory fails me a little). The IRC crew helped me get my 120 dungeoneering back when it was the only 120. I loved dungeoneering but wouldn't have a full squad nearly as often if it weren't for RuneHQ. We got so many hexhunter bows together and helped so many people get them too. I also wouldn't have found a love for high level bossing if it weren't for the Teamspeak (or was it Ventrilo) RuneHQ fellas first teaching me Araxxor and then frequent Vorago, Raids, ROTS, etc. When I came back to the game I had 84 Vorago kills and no idea how to beat him. Thank you to Double D Edd, Kassandra, Prelations, Darvin, Witch King of Angmar, many more I am forgetting, and of course, Kunio, my former neighbor and great longstanding friend who helped me reacquaint myself with the new discord and events team. Maybe the site is going away but I hope to join more events in the future and play with Kunio and the rest of the gang for as long as I play Runescape.

Onion (formerly Raider)

former clan member and events team member

Thank you for the help since 2004 for me. I was so proud to have an item submitted in and have my name attached to it since. It's been a pleasure

Fairwind

<3 !

Jeff

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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