2001's 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, 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.

Launched in 2013, Old School RuneScape is a collaboration between players and developers. Embracing its nostalgic heritage, hundreds of thousands of active players control the direction of the game with an in-game polling system. Featuring adventures for solo play through to 100-player strong raids, Old School RuneScape caters for every brave adventurer. Since 2016, Old School RuneScape has established itself as a competitive game with the seasonal free-for-all Deadman Tournaments, where winners receive huge cash prizes and membership.

Jagex revealed a barrage of new content coming to Old School RuneScape in 2026, together with the game’s debut event to be held outside of the UK. Unveiled during today’s Old School RuneScape’s Winter Summit, players of the iconic, retro fantasy MMORPG can look forward to a whole slew of new, meaningful content over the weeks and months ahead.

Old School RuneScape Winter Summit Highlights

• Expanded Sailing skill: Old School’s first new skill, Sailing, is set to be expanded upon in 2026 with a raft of additional content, including quests, a brand-new Barracuda Trial, and activities around the Red Reef.
• Blood Moon Rises: Players of a certain disposition can pack their garlic and prepare to overcome ‘Blood Moon Rises’, a blood-curdling Grandmaster-tier quest finale that will conclude The Myreque storyline: regularly voted one of the most popular storylines by the community.
• Raids IV: First revealed in front of a packed audience at RuneFest 2025, Old School RuneScape will be getting its first new raid in four years in 2026, The Fractured Archive.
• Leagues VI: A temporary game mode that’s proved so popular that it’s since migrated to RuneScape, Leagues is returning once more to Old School RuneScape this April. Featuring fast-paced gameplay filled with bonus XP drops, loot boosts, and power buffs, Demonic Pacts will also be bringing back combat masteries reimagines for Leagues VI. Expect all new relics, tasks and truly demonic reward. Find out more.
• Beware the Ides of Milk: The result of the most recent Game Jam, a new bovine boss is terrorising Lumbridge and all players (whether free-to-play or members) will be able take on Brutus the cow boss as they find out about the ongoing feud between Seth Groats and Cassius. 

Deadman, Deadman, Deadman

• Deadman: Allstars: This year will see Season 3 of Deadman: Allstars, Old School RuneScape’s premier PvP competition take place. Packed with some of the game’s biggest content creators and PK (player killer) veterans, the finals will see six teams battle it out in a live finale scheduled to take place at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on 20th June.
  • The Deadman: Allstars Live final will be the first time an Old School RuneScape event has taken place outside of the UK, underlining the continued expansion and success of the game, and will once again be hosted by creator, Solo Mission. Tickets will be released for sale on 21st February.
• Deadman: Annihilation: More Deadman action will be taking place soon with the launch of the high intensity, PvP everywhere (well, aside from scarce designated safe zones) Deadman: Annihilation. Starting this Friday, and running until the 21st February, this limited-time game mode - and successor to 2024’s Armageddon variant - once again shakes things up with new additions to Sigils and Breaches, and players earn points that can be used to acquire cosmetic rewards in the main game.

Finally, the team unveiled some additions to the merchandise range with new items from StarForge. This includes an Old School RuneScape-themed keyboard and keycap set, a 3D modelled and hand-painted TzKal-Zuk keycap and a new platelight and wall art featuring a lineup of iconic bosses created in collaboration with community artist BucketCultist. These new items join the RuneScape 25th Anniversary collection alongside the previously announced YouTooz Lumbridge Castle and RuneScape: 25 Years Deluxe Vinyl from Laced Records.

Today’s raft of announcements for Old School RuneScape forms part of the RuneScape franchise’s 25th anniversary, which will also see the biggest RuneFest ever take place this autumn in Birmingham, UK.