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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Until We see you again.

Toleration

Former staff

I wouldn’t have been able to do any quests back in the day if it wasn’t for runehq. Anytime one of my friends had trouble with a quest i’d tell em to check runehq, like it was the obvious thing to do! Runehq will always be synonymous with runescape to me. Will always be near and dear to me.

Wrench

Visitor

Used HQ very often since back in 2005 for quests mostly

Thank you for everything! 🙏🏻 I hope the website can be adopted by Jagex.

NL Soldaat / Herathos

Runescape player & visitor

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 just as iconic as RuneScape itself is. RuneHQ helped so many players of all ages progress their accounts. Thank you for 23 years a dedication to an amazing game that is still with so many people to this very day. <3

Abom

Quester

I started using RuneHQ in roughly 2005 when I began playing RS. I have visited it countless times throughout the years especially to use its skilling calculators. Thank you to everyone who worked on this website for providing such a valuable asset to the community. It will be missed.

Raytis / U Lose77

Visitor

RuneHQ was one of maybe 3 or 4 resources that as a kid taught me something very valuable - if there was something I wanted to know, all I needed to do was search for it. A wealth of information that slowly helped me achieve things that I never thought were possible. Thank you for your hard work.

Sheldon J

Visitor

What a beautiful farewell. Truly brings a tear to my eye. I'll never forget the countless memories here. The first quest helper I ever used joining runescape back when I was younger. All great things must come to an end eventually. Thank you guys for all your time and dedication to the site. - See you in valhalla

tragiic

very often visitor

I was first introduced to RuneScape by my best friend sometime around 2005, when we were still in elementary school. I was hooked almost immediately, and nearly 20 years later, I can honestly say I've never truly "quit."

Some of my fondest childhood memories revolve around RuneScape. During recess, a small group of us would make a beeline for the school computers and spend the entire break playing. That is, until the school eventually caught on and banned the website. We managed to find a workaround for a little while by accessing the game through Miniclip, but eventually, that got shut down, too.

So, naturally, we did the next best thing: we started spending our time on RuneHQ. We'd read guides, look up quests, plan our next adventures, and figure out everything we wanted to do the next time we got the chance to log in. Before plugins, YouTube tutorials, and all the other resources we have today, RuneHQ was my go-to source for quest guides and just about anything RuneScape-related.

Looking back, it's amazing how much of my childhood was tied to this game and the community that surrounded it. RuneHQ was more than just a website. It was part of the experience. It helped fuel the excitement, curiosity, and friendships that made those early days of RuneScape so memorable.

It's bittersweet reminiscing about all of this, especially knowing the circumstances surrounding the site's closure and the loss of Deb and Gene. Thank you to everyone who put their time, effort, and passion into making RuneHQ what it was. You helped create something that became a small but lasting part of so many of our childhoods.

Twenty-six years is an incredible legacy. Thank you for the memories. You'll always be a part of my RuneScape story.

Arcansit

thankyou for all of the help over the years <3

ysb710

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.