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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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

This is extremely sad to hear your closing the one and only quest guides from the of days, I’m truly gonna miss this place and I have had so many happy adventures thanks to this website, thank you to the team behind it and I hope you all have a great future knowing you have helped so many with this, I don’t know you but I love and adore you all

Vengeful war

Regular visitor

RuneHQ is the best site ever. It grew from an idea to help others, to a massive community decades later. Thank you everyone for the years of friendship. A huge special thank you to those who volunteered their time for the site as Staff, especially the Content team making the best quest guides out there. The passion you all shared during our events was amazing, and the laughs were contagious (the many hours spent on IRC, ventrilo and teamspeak!!) Thank you RuneHQ!!!
bzzzzz

Super Fly

Clan Staff, former Community Admin

Sad to see it close, best monster database and quest guides. What do
I do now? Will use it til it closes. Thank you!

LuAnn J

lilsea

This was the first game I ever played as a kid.. this website helped me.. thank you so much for your help in my adventure since I started playing it in 2004..

gostking3

Long time user

I started playing runescape in 2009, and RuneHQ was there right from the start. Thank you so much for everything. The impact you've left on the community is beyond comprehension. RuneHQ lives on through the new and old players of Runescape. Thank you RuneHQ.

Jesse

Visitor

I joined the community many years ago, around 2010, and had the pleasure of working for and eventually leading the Events Team. We had such an amazing time hosting events for everyone, whether they were minigames, boss masses, or just hide and seek. When I eventually became a Manager and Site Administrator, I met Deb, Gene and Draven and worked with them to ensure that our events were running smoothly. In 2013, we handed out some RuneHQ branded stress knights at RuneFest. If you still have one of those, it was me! :P

Sadly due to real life commitments (Yes, I was a student in those days!) I eventually landed a full time job and found that I had less time to organise stuff, so I had to step down, but I fondly look back on those days with such nostalgia.

I'd like to thank everyone that I met along the way. King_of_Alba, Lilroo503, Double_D_Edd, Kunio, Cowlover, Sliver, Alfawarlord, Bazzy, Superfly, Mark, and many, many more! (Sorry if I forgot to mention you!) We had such amazing banter on Ventrilo back in the day. (I should really join the discord. XD)

Much love!

James, formerly The Eggman

Former Site Administrator

I have had the pleasure to use this community for its helpful guides, its quests and many other things. Afterwards even helping RuneHQ in various roles both on the site and ingame. It has been a wild emotional ride which has come to an end but also as a new beginning! For me RuneHQ will always exsist. May RuneHQ rest together with Gene & Deb.

Mr Quick

Community Team Manager

Thank you so much for all your help over the years. been using Runehq since 2005. God bless yall.

Brent Fipps

Tarhelnite

This was my go site in my early years of gameplay.
Many an hour was spent here digging for info.
All good things must come to an end

Ashildr1984

Former noob

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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.