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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Core part of my memories as a child. I still remember asking my mother to print quest guides for me at her office.

Eddie L

Thankyou for everything! Whenever I found myself stuck on something, RuneHQ was my go-to place to find the answers since I was a kid. Managed to get QP cape and many more, even passed on the knowlegde or source to my surroundings!

English is not my native language, but RuneHQ sure made it easier when I was 11!

I don't know what comes after the end, but I am sure that Deb and Gene are smiling proudly at the community they formed!

Goodnight RuneHQ'ers

Chantal K (Neomy)

Thank you for the good times in 2008. Much love, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dan

Regular visitor

Best quest guides and the wiki before the wiki, so sad to see this go. Making us feel old. This is what the RuneScape community is about.

Nathan Barclay

Visitor

God speed

Cold bong

Osrs veteran

Pre EOC, I used this website a lot for Runescape 2 during my early years in the game. Was very helpful for clues and quests.

Chris/Frozen Hour

Vistor

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

Thanks for all the help over the years helped me since i was a kid to do quests etc and to use the forums to buy and sell stuff thank you for the memorys.

Millar7

User since 2004

As a kid, that was the place i chose yo help my in my journey, handheld me through quests i could never completed without a companion like RuneHQ.

Thanks for all the help when i was a kid. I vividly remember using the guide to complete the vampyre questline, with the laberintic city.

Farewell, partner.

Ryu Kurai

Visitor

I never would have seen lletya without you.

Charles C

Visitor, quester

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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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