Launched in 2001, RuneScape has been played by over 100 million players worldwide, making it the world’s largest Free-to-play Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG), as recognized by the Guinness Book of Records. The game is set in the medieval fantasy realm of Gielinor, an open-world landscape of kingdoms, regions and cities that are home to a myriad of monsters and magicks, and propel players into a multitude of quests and adventures.

Jagex Games Studio has launched its yearlong celebrations for the 15th anniversary of the world’s most played massively multiplayer online game in London.

The UK capital played host to a party of adventurers tasked with delivering invites to RuneScape’s upcoming documentary premiere. Comprised of a knight on a unicorn, herald and harlequin -alongside dedicated fans of the game who showed their support in full cosplay – invites were delivered to key media across the city. The party from Gielinor also found time to visit a few iconic London landmarks on their travels.

The stunt and documentary mark the launch point of a jam-packed year of activities including, the return of game creators – Andrew and Paul Gower – who are creating an all-new quest chain, a new continent in the Old School version of the game and the launch of Chronicle: RuneScape Legends, among a host of other activities.

Reminisce down memory lane as we take you through a blast from the past with our RuneScape birthday celebrations.

Over the next four weeks we'll be taking the most memorable highlights from the past 15 years, and montaging them together with our favourite moments, to bring you one of the most nostalgic RuneScape birthdays yet.

Tune in to our RuneScape Twitch channel on Tuesday 5th January at 17:00 UTC for a special hour-long stream with Andrew and Paul Gower! We will be looking back at 15 years' worth of RuneScape history, the 15th birthday documentary and the upcoming Gower Quest due for release later this year.

You'll soon start to notice some of Party Pete's modifications around Gielinor, including festive bunting in the GE, lanterns on trees, and new logos on the lodestones. Other than Party Pete going a bit wild with the party decorations, there is also a birthday version of The Drop, a 15th Anniversary garden, a unique party buff, as well as a handful of special items, overrides and emotes all to be unlocked.

Don't miss the party! Head East of the Falador lodestone to find the dedicated party venue for yourself or read on to find out more about Party Pete's party plans.

Login now and speak to Party Pete in the party area to receive a free 15th Anniversary party box of birthday goodies to help you get into the party spirit. Each gift box contains a Prismatic lamp, a Prismatic star, an unowned statue and 10 party hat fragments. Ironman accounts will also gain a free gift box, but they will not receive the Prismatic star and lamp.

The Birthday Party Hub

Party Pete has really gone all-out this year with the new party venue - complete with a statue garden with a plinth for every year, a food banquet suited to feed a small army, and - of course - a specially crafted tiered RuneScape birthday cake. But it doesn't just stop there - there's more.

Every half an hour, there will be a two-minute confetti shower around each lodestone (except Prifddinas), accompanied by a world message to announce the forthcoming of a balloon drop. Each day you will be able to pop up to 50 balloons, which will reward you with either gold, a Prismatic star or lamp, an unowned statue piece, or additional party hat fragments. After you have popped 15 balloons, you will unlock the 15 year tunic, which you can access from your wardrobe. Pop 50 balloons, and you can unlock your very own 15th anniversary balloon. This will allow you to bank any item of your choice, once every 30 minutes.

You may also notice the various portals which will spawn around the free-to-play areas of Gielinor. If you find one, make sure you interact with it to gain an unowned statue!

If you are lucky enough to acquire a statue from a balloon drop or through a portal, they will automatically be added to the right statue plinth in the Anniversary garden. There are 15 statues in total - one statue to represent each RuneScape year. Don’t worry if you don’t partake in celebrations for the next 4 weeks. The portals will stay around for the entire year so you may stumble across a few on your adventures!

For every four statues you find, you shall be rewarded generously!

• Find your first four statues, and you will unlock a limited edition birthday dance emote.
• Find eight statues and you will unlock RuneScape Classic's Skilling thought bubble animation! These can be used on 19 in-game skills but will not represent Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged, Magic, Constitution and Dungeoneering. The 2D billboard thought bubbles can be toggled via the miscellaneous game settings menu.
• If you manage to acquire 12 statues in the garden, you will gain the second 15th birthday emote which will get progressively longer throughout the year; a new move added each month on login to accommodate all 15 years.

Collect all of the statues to unlock our super special, cosmetic override: Cracker Wings!

The Drop will also run every half an hour, featuring 15 questions about RuneScape history.

At the start of each run, there will be a five minute window in which you can enter - just talk to Fame in the party area to get started. Bear in mind that it may take up to five minutes after this window for The Drop to start, so keep an eye out.

If you get all 15 questions right, you can look forward to receiving a huge Prismatic star and the title: The Historian.

Tempted by the RuneScape birthday cake? Don’t worry about your New Year Resolution’s or your post-Christmas diet plan; this is one of the few times where cake will actually make you healthier! Once every three minutes, you can help yourself to a slice of the birthday cake if you’re feeling peckish, to regain HP scaled to your Constitution level.

Be sure to come back to the Anniversary garden often - Once per day you can click on any of the Banquet Tables to receive an additional 5% XP buff that lasts for 24 hours in the 15th Anniversary party area! Be sure to use the suitably placed bank chest in the party area to make the most of this training boost.