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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Thank you everything that you have done for the community. The guides, the information, the friends we have made along the way. Going to miss this website and the community ❤️

Your Sister

Visitor since 2005

Thank you for being part of my runescape journey. ill never forget all the knowledge and memories your passed on <3

Adamthehobo3

Visitor since the start

Rune HQ was my go-to for all things RuneScape. I remember coming home from school in 3rd grade and browsing the site for tips. If it weren’t for this place, I would never have been able to complete quests. Now, as a 32-year-old man, it will always hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for everything.

Brandon Lange

Visitor

RuneHQ is almost the first thing that pops into anyone’s head who has played OSRS since the early days. RuneHQ gave me the confidence I needed as a young kid to tackle on the hard, scary, quests, and fed my curiosity when wanting to learn more about this land we call Gielnor when I was too young to appreciate how big the game was. Thank you for everything. OSRS would be nothing today without RuneHQ, the legacy this site has had on us players is insurmountable.

Jeremy

Visitor

Thank you all for everything. This website helped me out a ton when I first started all the way back in 2008. I'm sad to see the site go, but I will be forever grateful for the efforts of the many people that have contributed to RuneHQ.

sizzlor9

Visitor

I just wanna say thank you to everyone who helped run this site, maintain it and create content for it.

While it has been a very long time since I've used RuneHQ, I will never forget the endless hours of having it open in another tab back in 2006-2010 as my friends and I would stay up all night playing the game, doing quests and trying to find ways to make some GP.

To the now passed creators, I hope they rest in peace and had a long wonderful life, they created a near perfect website that helped hundreds of thousands of people experience pieces of RuneScape, especially back in its "golden days"!

It's sad to see it go, even though it's not as popular as it once was, I'll never forget the memories it helped create when I was younger, to the remaining staff, I wish you all the best.

Thank you for everything

Matt

Visitor

Thank you for helping us newbs back in the day get through tough quests! We couldn't have done it without you.

Shriwp

Thanks for everything. Your guides taught me how to play Runescape, and Runescape introduced me to some of my oldest friends.

Lord Farquad

Had to come back to say thanks. Before all these guides, and LLMs it was you. So thanks:)

Jason

Man this one hurts. A piece of my childhood is going away. Thanks for all the help, wouldn’t be here today still playing without RuneHQ

Cole Crews

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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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