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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I’ve used this site my whole life it feels like. I never once thought about how or who hosted it. Thank you Deb and Gene. You’ve helped many.

Haphhazard

My childhood thanks you! May you rest in peace. Thanks for the mems.

Pedro

Visitor

Back in 2006-2010 I used your website to look up stuff about the game and it was an amazing source of information which was hard to come by at that time. Thank-you both for keeping this website alive for all these years.

MCSmeerpijp

Go-to place for guides & know-hows

RuneHQ was the first place that I really wanted to help the community. It was an amazing team to be apart of that I will always remember. RuneHQ was also the reason that I got to attend RuneFest in 2013, which is something I will always be grateful for as it was an experience I will never forgot. Although I'm not part of RuneHQ anymore it is still extremely sad to see that it is closing its doors for the final time. It will always be remembered as one of the great RuneScape communities and help sites. RIP :(.

Amoa

Former Content Editor

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

Spent many years using this site to complete quests that I never would been able to do otherwise.

Skullsman133

Farewell hq thanks for all the help

Ghandiyo

20 Year player

Used to be a very big part in my Runescape journey, this as well as Tip.It and Runezone were all very frequent places for me to end up early on. I appreciate all this site and those who've worked on it have done to help the community be a little bit closer.

Cam

Visitor

This website was everything to me and my sister back in the day. Hours spent browsing the guides, posts, and information. Much love.

Talloak

Visitor

Happy this website was here for us all growing up learning the game. Sad to see its going away. RIP Deb and Gene. also, to all the staff that helped run this website over all these years. Thank you.

Frohcious

A kid who grew up on RuneScape

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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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