RuneHQ A Tribute and Farewell
Memorial menu

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

RuneHQ Guestbook

Share a memory, a farewell, or a few words about what RuneHQ and its community meant to you.

Sign the guestbook

Your message will appear here after the security check is complete.

For example: former staff member, clan member, or visitor.

Up to 2,000 characters. Plain text only.

Messages appear immediately. RuneHQ moderators may edit or remove submissions when necessary.

RuneHQ is a landmark to the RuneScape history, one that was once cemented as the go to for any and all help to navigate the game and remembered by all of the RuneScape community, even beyond the closure.

Rest in peace

DeZilla

Clueless idiot

Thanks for the quest guides back in the day!

Nicole

Quest guide reader

I guess time marches on. As I come back to the game, seeing a sweet piece of long ago wind down is sad. Grateful for the many years of excellence at RuneHQ. One small favor.....would have been a big favor without you. Maybe still was ;-)

iBoosh

Visitor

Thanks for so many years of helping me when I was a child playing RS. The thoughts of coming on this site when I was younger make me feel warm inside.

Art

Visitor

It's a sad time to see another piece of my childhood history disappear. That being said, thanks RuneHQ for all those Skill Calcs and quest helping! You will be missed!

Purrnix

Visitor

Lots of memories from my childhood with RuneHQ and lots of good information too. I remember walking to my moms work everyday after school and logging into the RHQ chatroom and spending hours there. Every now and then I'll see someone's username and it's funny how the mind can still associate seeing their username to what color their role on the forums was (like how Wolfy and Werty were brown bc they were chat mods).

Never forget World 60 as the home world for RHQ.

OSRS name: Atod1 (feel free to reach out). Alfawarlord, if you read this, I still have you added.

Atod

Validator

Thank you for 23 years of service. I vividly remember using your site as a kid to get through all of the quests my brother and I were doing. We used your site constantly and without it, our Runescape journeys would have been much harder.

You helped people like us grow into the adventurers we are today, and for that, I can never thank you enough. ♥

Hooshey

Visitor

Sites like these made my childhood playing RuneScape much better, i would have never gotten much done without it. I have so many fond memories from back in the day and this closing has reopened a lot of memories. Thank you all for everything you have done, you will be greatly missed! End of an era

Rockguy42

Player since 2006

This site connected me with pwnhq, one of the sites ran by runehq owners for other games such as swbf2 / cod4 and more way back in 2007. Will always remember the times we split between those games and runescape together.

Aftrans57

Pwnhq member

Used RuneHQ for 90% of my childhood, I used the quest walk through's to do RFD like 20 times. It's a sad day, RIP to a big part of my childhood.

Matttdoe

Visitor

Page 42 of 44 · 434 messages

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.

Join Our Discorddiscord.gg/rUGUAWY Watch Our Streamstwitch.tv/therealrunehq