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 got help here with many a quest once upon a time. Thank you for the good times, thank you for the quality help. See you space cowboy.

Ecologic

visitor

I remember getting the link to RuneHQ from a kid at my elementary school. I greatly looked up to him because he was "so good" at the game - but with RuneHQ guides and tips I also started progressing faster and faster. Thank you for the memories!

M Mario24

Visitor

As a kid I loved to quest and the only way I ever made it through most of them was with RuneHQ. RuneScape was my escape from a world full of stress and anxiety. Thank you for guiding me on my many adventures in Gielinor! Rest in peace!

Dylan

Visitor

Funny to be using the username I would have had when I first used runehq but haven’t had access to in a decade plus. Nonetheless, this was the name I chose as an 11 year old and it was runehq that helped guide my journey through rs for so many years.

Rest in peace Deb and Gene. I hope you and your loved ones know how important and impactful runehq was for so many of us.

Attackyomom

thank you

omega 23

noobscaper

Rest in peace 🕊️ Many thanks for your dedication and commitment to RuneScape over the years.

RuneHQ was the number one source for tutorials and guides.

Mr Bees Nee

As a kid in Sweden who was just beginning the English courses in School, RuneHQs quest helpers was god sent.
May Deb and Gene be showered in internal glory!

Azreona

Visitor

I have the fondest memories using RuneHQ. One of them in particular was ~2008 at my friends grandparents house with a 2 acre backyard and had a separate dedicated computer room (had 2-3 computers in it) which was absolutely crazy to me because I only had a family computer I had to share with my sister and parents.

Anyways it stood out to me because we got up super early on a Saturday and we hung out in all day in that computer room and pretty much did all day questing using RuneHQ quest guides to help us complete them until like 6-7pm and being SO grateful the RuneHQ guides were available as we both were ready to do Dragon slayer finally- which like many others was the OG goal to wear that juicy Rune Platebody.

RuneHQ you will forever be loved and missed and hope there’s an archive of you to look back on for cherished memories.

Brett Gerber

Visitor

Thank you everything that you have done for the community. The impact made to so many lives can not be understated. From early questing beginnings, fan sites like RuneHQ shaped my future career and life.

Thank you for the memories.

Ex-Mod Wolf

Visitor

A fan from Australia for over 20 years! RuneHq was the go to website with quests! Always had one tab open for the game and a second tab open for RuneHq!

Very sad to see it closing down!

Shaun Chalmer

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.

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