Runescape Dungeons of Dameonheim Price Promotion

Following the great response we've had to providing a quicker and easier PayBySMS option via Paymo in the United States, UK and Canada we are excited to announce the ability to pay for your RuneScape membership via Paymo in Australia - with a fantastic 9% discount on SMS!

A 1-month RuneScape membership with Paymo SMS is now available at the special promotional price of AUD$15.00, and is available on the following mobile networks:

Vodafone
Optus
Telstra
3
Virgin
Find out more about members' benefits and how you can subscribe to RuneScape today - visit our members' benefits page.

FAQ:

When will Paymo be available in my country?
Our partnership with Paymo is currently only for the United States, UK, Canada and Australia, however we are looking to expand to more territories soon. To find out when you can purchase RuneScape membership via Paymo in your territory, keep an eye on the news.

Why does membership paid by SMS cost more than by credit/debit card?
Our players are free to choose whichever payment option represents the best value and convenience for them. While credit/debit card is our recommended, best-value option, some prefer the convenience of paying by mobile phone. As the mobile operators charge a high fee for paying in this way, we pass this 'convenience cost' on.

Love Story for Runescape

Prepare to take your place at the Wise Old Man’s side as he comes out of retirement to confront an extremely unpleasant figure from his past! If you can handle the combat, the puzzles, the vicious sarcasm and the romance, you could unlock some new Construction and Magic abilities for yourself.

The quest begins at a barn north-east of Draynor Village, where a damsel in distress is looking for an adventurer to help her. Sounds like a straightforward little quest, right? Before long you’ll find yourself chipping teleport tablets, solving puzzles and entering a deadly battle where you’ll be fighting not just for your life, but for the reputation of adventurers everywhere.

It’s time to discover whether the bank guard is coming down from his tree, what the Wise Old Man is planning for the Wizards’ Tower and what Traiborn means when he talks about thingummywuts.

RuneScape makes available to F2P two members' quests

RuneScape has made two members’ only quests available now to F2P RuneScape players. The quests are Swept Away and Myths of the White Lands. These quests were former holiday events from Halloween 2008 and Christmas 2008, respectively. They were kept in the game as members’ only quests but have now been opened to F2P RuneScape players. This coincides with the sheep shearer/Witches potion quest classification update.

All F2P RuneScape players can now accomplish these two quests at any time, and can gain one quest point for each. F2P RuneScape players who did not get the two quest points from sheep shearer and witches’ potion will be compensated an extra quest point at the end of the respective new F2P quest, gaining two quest points instead of one.

It is unclear if RuneScape players who have already completed the 2008 holiday events will be able to do the quest, or do they simply get a quest point for each event added to their total quest points.

Big Ticket Prize Draw – June (Reminder)

Next week, on Wednesday 30th June, we’ll be holding our latest Big Ticket prize draw! The lucky winner will be offered an all-expenses-paid trip to visit us here at Jagex Games Studio in Cambridge, England. You’ll get to meet the people behind RuneScape, tour the Studio and even join us at one of Jagex’s famous parties. To top it off, you’ll return home with an armful of Jagex goodies and a lifetime membership for your RuneScape account. All in all, it should be the experience of a lifetime and the perfect opportunity to get a closer look at Jagex and, indeed, RuneScape.

Here’s how to enter:
All accounts with valid membership at the time of the draw will automatically be entered (so, signing up for a month’s membership today will guarantee your place in this month’s draw). If you have multiple accounts with membership, you’ll be entered into the draw multiple times.

Non-members are also most welcome to enter by sending a postcard marked with ‘Big Ticket Draw’ to: Jagex, St. John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge, CB4 0WS. Your postcard must include the date of the draw you wish to enter, your account name and your contact details. If you are under 13, please only provide contact details of your parent or guardian.

We’ll be contacting the lucky winner shortly after the draw takes place with a message in their RuneScape inbox, so please keep a close eye on your inbox to make sure you don’t miss anything.

Free-to-play Quest Changes

The Swept Away and Myths of the White Lands quests have been made permanently free-to-play! These two quests were created, respectively, to go alongside the Halloween 2008 and Christmas 2008 holiday events, and were available to free-players during the two weeks of the event, before becoming members-only quests. Any free-players who missed out on the opportunity to play these quests before can now do so at their leisure.

These two quests have been made permanently free-to-play to replace Sheep Shearer and Witch’s Potion, which are now no longer classified as quests for anyone, as we no longer feel they’re up to the standard of other quests. Although Sheep Shearer and Witch’s Potion no longer appear in the Quest List, adventurers can still undertake them for their experience and item rewards (by talking to Fred the farmer in Lumbridge or Hetty the witch in Rimmington).

Myths of the White Lands and Swept Away will each award either 1 or 2 Quest Points, depending on your progress through Sheep Shearer and Witch’s potion before the update. No one will lose any Quest Points due to this change.

Runefest Tickets are available at Sold Out Ticket Market at Nominal Price

RuneFest is an event celebrating all things RuneScape, packed with an exciting range of activities. This year's RuneFest takes place on Saturday 28 August, in London, UK.

RuneFest celebrates RuneScape, the world's largest free MMO, and the amazing community that has grown up with it. It will take place on Saturday 28th August, and will be packed with activities and events for RuneScape enthusiasts.

In a new twist to RuneScape's previous machinima competitions, players can create videos based on two video themes and across three categories for the chance to win a coveted Golden Gnome Award. The two themes are 'Short Story' and 'RuneScape Music Video' (aka RSMV), and the three categories within each theme are 'Machinima', 'Animation' and 'Live Action Video'.

To celebrate the video making talent within the RuneScape community, Jagex will be holding the first Golden Gnome Awards, culminating in a live ceremony at RuneFest 2010.

In a new twist to RuneScape's previous machinima competitions, players can create videos based on two video themes and across three categories for the chance to win a coveted Golden Gnome Award. The two themes are 'Short Story' and 'RuneScape Music Video' (aka RSMV), and the three categories within each theme are 'Machinima', 'Animation' and 'Live Action Video'.

RuneFest will include a range of events and activities, with more details to follow in the coming weeks. Crucially, we will be including Insider Sessions with the team behind RuneScape as an opportunity for the players and ourselves to get to know each other better.

In 2010 unefest will be held on Sat, Aug 28, 2010 in United Kingdom.Sold Out Ticket Market is ideal for Runefest Tickets.Check out the Ticket Market for Runefest Tickets.

Runefest Tickets are available at Sold Out Ticket Market at nominal rates.

RuneScape Cards Now More Widely Available in the US

RuneScape Cards are now available from your nearest 7Eleven, Casey’s and Speedway stores throughout the US, which gives more choice to our American players and access to more places from which to buy RuneScape credit.

Here is a full list of US stores that stock RuneScape Cards:

7Eleven
Best Buy
Blockbuster
Casey's
CEFCO
Duane Reade
Family Express
GameStop
Golden Pantry
Holiday
Hucks
K&G
Mapco
RaceTrac
Rite Aid
Sheetz
Speedway
Target
TWEC
Wal-Mart

These cards are also available in the UK from Sainsbury’s and WH Smith. We are constantly looking at ways to make RuneScape Cards more widely available, and we will keep you updated as and when they are stocked in new stores.