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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This site meant a lot to me in my youth and teen years. It was a place of shared experience, friendship and learning. The people were the main focus of the site not the game which many of us stopped playing at various points. I wish everyone the best. - Isildurs_Son / Chownuggs.
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James McGowan

Former Admin, RHQ Clan Co-Founder

I grew up playing runescape with my father and my friends. My 7 year old daughter recently started playing it, and when she asked me a question about a quest i said "oh, well you just have to go to RuneHQ and look it up." and here i am writing this message. Cant believe its been 20 years. Very grateful for all the memories.

Robert Long

Visitor

Thank you runehq for getting me through so many quests, finding the best method for training and beung a resource for me in my younger days. I appericate everything you had provided.

Anthony Cheers

VISITOR

Thank you for your contributions to the community

ThePyroGod

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

Seventey9

Longtime visitor

Help me understand so much of this game way back in 2005-2007 when I was only 14-16. Used to love just browsing through it like a wiki and reading everything and discovering so much, thank you runehq team from Ireland

Arron

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.

Liam, "Erevyn", "Iro2.0"

If love, care, and compassion could help RuneHQ / Deb & Gene, they would have live forever.

Thank you for everything.

Long live RuneHQ.

FYLS

User since 2005

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

thank you

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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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