2024

2024 marks the 11th anniversary of the release of Old School RuneScape.

The following is an archive of news and updates from 2024, which are copied verbatim from the Old School RuneScape website.

Note: Titles in bold indicate a game update.

December

• 20th – Project Zanaris: December Update
• 19th – 2024 Annual Survey
• 17th – Fletching Activity - Varlamore: The Final Dawn
• 13th – Game Jam VI - October 2024
• 11th – Behind the Scenes of Sailing: Volume 2 - Part 1
• 11th – Behind the Scenes of Sailing: Volume 2 - Part 2
• 10th – Christmas 2024
• 6th – New Old School StarForge Merch!
• 4th – More on Leagues V: Raging Echoes
• 4th – Poll 83: Castle Wars, New Player Changes & More!
• 3rd – Player Support Survey: Help Shape the Future

November

• 28th – Leagues V: Raging Echoes - Issues & Fixes
• 27th – Leagues V: Raging Echoes OUT NOW!
• 22nd – Reminder: Legacy Java Client - Retirement & Shutdown
• 15th – Upcoming Surveys and Getting Your Feedback
• 13th – Guardians of the Rift Changes Out Now!
• 12th – Royal Titans - First Look & Rewards
• 10th – Leagues V Teasers & FAQs - Releasing November 27th
• 8th – Podcast Pilot EP2: Spaghetti Code and The Future of OSRS
• 6th – OSRS Mobile - 6th Anniversary Celebration
• 6th – The Curse of Arrav & Mobile Anniversary Update
• 5th – PvP Survey, Wrathmaw, Bounty Hunter Changes & More!

October

• 25th – Gielinor Gazette - October 2024
• 24th – Project Zanaris: October Update
• 24th – Run Energy Changes - Open Beta 2
• 23rd – Halloween Fixes & Miscellaneous Changes
• 16th – Halloween 2024
• 15th – Podcast Pilot EP1: Drop Tables & Being A Postman
• 9th – Wintertodt Updates & Varlamore Drop Rates
• 4th – Mobile Anniversary Update Delay
• 3rd – Open Beta: Guardians of the Rift Changes
• 2nd – Rewards and XP Improvements - Varlamore: The Rising Darkness
• 2nd – RuneFest 2025: Additional Tickets Available October 8th!

September

• 27th – Feedback Changes - Varlamore: The Rising Darkness
• 25th – Varlamore: The Rising Darkness is OUT NOW
• 24th – Leagues V: Raging Echoes - Rewards
• 17th – Wintertodt Changes - Open Beta
• 11th – Araxxor CAs, Poll 82 Updates & More!
• 7th – Announcing Project Zanaris - Old School Community Servers
• 7th – Client Updates: Plugin API, HD and Mobile - Summer Summit 2024
• 7th – Game Jam V - Summer Summit 2024
• 7th – Leagues V: Raging Echoes - Summer Summit 2024
• 7th – Old School Roadmap (7 September 2024)
• 7th – Summer Summit 2024 - Summary
• 7th – Varlamore: The Final Dawn - Summer Summit 2024
• 7th – Varlamore: The Rising Darkness - Overview
• 7th – Wrathmaw: the Wilderness World Boss - Summer Summit 2024
• 4th – Araxxor Tweaks & Poll 82 Updates
• 3rd – RuneBreaks: Official DnB Album

August

• 28th – Araxxor
• 28th – New Prices 2024
• 27th – Deadman: Armageddon Winners & Further Action
• 23rd – Community Showcase - August 2024
• 22nd – Behind the Scenes of Sailing: Volume 1
• 21st – Miscellaneous Fixes
• 14th – Slayer Partners
• 8th – The Future of Deathmatching
• 7th – Poll 82 Changes
• 5th – Deadman Armageddon: Next Steps
• 1st – Re-introducing: Slayer Partners

July

• 31st – QoL Improvements & Further Deadman: Armageddon Tweaks
• 30th – RuneScape: Untold Tales of the God Wars
• 29th – A Notice to Players About Membership Passcodes
• 24th – Deadman: Armageddon & While Guthix Sleeps Tweaks
• 24th – Official Client Update - July 2024
• 17th – Deadman: Armageddon & While Guthix Sleeps Updates
• 15th – Poll 82 - Minigame Makeover
• 10th – While Guthix Sleeps
• 9th – Gielinor Gazette - July 2024
• 3rd – Game Jam V - May 2024
• 3rd – RuneFest: New Date Announced

June

• 27th – Run Energy Changes Proposal
• 26th – Colosseum NPC Clickboxes & More
• 25th – Crafted by Foxes
• 22nd – OSRS Metal Mixtape Out Now!
• 19th – Hallowed Sepulchre Instances & More
• 18th – Bond Price Changes 2024
• 17th – New Slayer Boss - The Araxyte
• 14th – RuneFest: An Important Update
• 12th – Miscellaneous Changes
• 11th – Mobile UI Rework 2.0 - Overview & Beta
• 5th – Pride 2024

May

• 29th – Project Rebalance: Combat Changes
• 24th – While Guthix Sleeps - Rewards
• 23rd – Minigame Tweaks, Skilling Adjustments & more!
• 21st – Deadman: Armageddon - First Look
• 16th – Gift of Guthix Novel Available Now
• 15th – Further Project Rebalance (Skilling) & Varlamore Changes
• 15th – Sailing Development Progress Update - Milestone 1: Navigation
• 10th – Last Chance for Official Plushies!
• 8th – Project Rebalance: Skilling & Poll 81 MTA Changes
• 7th – Group Boss - Varlamore: Part Two
• 7th – RuneFest 2024: More Tickets Available May 15th!

April

• 24th – Varlamore Tweaks, GameJam V Commences & More!
• 22nd – Herblore Activity - Varlamore: Part Two
• 17th – Undead Pirates Tweaks, Varlamore CAs & More
• 16th – Project Rebalance - Item & Combat Adjustments
• 10th – Undead Pirates, Colosseum Changes & more!
• 9th – Varlamore: Part Two - Quests & Reward Space
• 3rd – Project Rebalance - NPC Defence Changes
• 3rd – Varlamore Tweaks & Drop Rates

March

• 27th – Easter & Varlamore Updates
• 27th – RuneFest 2024: Tickets Now Available!
• 26th – UPDATED - Project Rebalance: Skilling
• 20th – Varlamore: Part One
• 15th – Poll 81: Mage Training Arena
• 13th – Project Rebalance Part One - Skilling
• 11th – God Alignment Prayers - Consultation & Direction
• 6th – Miscellaneous Quality of Life Changes

February

• 29th – RuneFest 2024: First Details
• 29th – RuneScape Kingdoms Board Game & Roleplaying Game - Out Now!
• 28th – Defender of Varrock Artwork & QoL Updates
• 27th – Updated: Undead Pirates Rewards & More - Poll Blog
• 23rd – Regarding Recent Varlamore Leaks
• 22nd – Bots, Bans and Appeals: An Update
• 21st – Defender of Varrock
• 14th – Barbarian Training, Forestry Changes & More
• 9th – Last Chance for Dragon Plushies!
• 7th – Poll 80 Wilderness Changes & More

January

• 31st – Defender of Varrock, Varlamore Rewards & More
• 31st – Scurrius & DT2 Combat Achievements
• 24th – Scurrius, the Rat King
• 20th – Defender of Varrock - Overview
• 20th – Low-level Wilderness Hotspot, Deadman 2024 & more!
• 20th – Sailing - Winter Summit Update
• 20th – The Future of the Official Client - HD & Plugin API
• 20th – Varlamore: Part One - Overview
• 20th – While Guthix Sleeps - Overview
• 20th – Winter Summit 2024 - Overview
• 17th – Scythe & Fang Updates
• 15th – Winter Summit 2024: January 20th
• 12th – A Notice To Players About Our Forums
• 11th – Content Creator - Avatar License & Makeship Framework
• 10th – Children of the Sun
• 10th – Varlamore: Part One - Reward Changes
• 5th – Account Creation Changes