Old School RuneScape

Jagex published its roadmap through 2027. Quest Month starts November 3, Hardcore Worlds open on November 4 with a separate economy and one life, and The Chosen Commander follows this winter. 2027 entries are given by season.

• —Spring 2027: Dungeons of Gielinor (classic dungeons with new bosses) and Menaphos with the first Skilling Dungeon.
• —Summer 2027: Summer Sweep-Up, Mining and Smithing Reforged, and Fairytale III with a new Runecraft activity.
• —Autumn 2027: The Tower of Xophoros, listed with no description.
• —Community Bingo, built on the Grid Master feature, and a Diving expansion are listed for 2027 with no month.

The Fractured Archive got its second week of tweaks: parties no longer disband after a wipe, Ocellus picks its tank by orb order, and team deaths now weigh more against the group's unique chance. The Halloween event ends on November 18.

• —Ocellus tank selection follows party order from the leader down, skipping dead players; the tank hears a sound and gets a chat message.
• —An Offensive Stat reduction cap of 50 percent was added to Ocellus, Xarth and Dreadnoth; individual deaths are less punishing, team deaths more so.
• —Regular loot no longer posts 'very valuable' messages to Clan and Friend Chats; the Ascension Shards GE buy limit rose from 100 to 30,000.
• —A full explanation of loot and contribution is promised for next week; significant balance changes are still on hold.

Jagex opened The Fractured Archive, Old School RuneScape's fourth raid, on 20 October and hotfixed Defence reduction the same day after the Twisted Bow outperformed expectations. Six bosses now cap reduction at 60 percent.

• —Raid scales 2-8 players; Jagex recommends 3-5. Practice Mode is not available at release and deaths are not safe, so HCIM status is lost on death.
• —Uncapped Defence reduction: Dreadnoth, the Smorks, the Dagon'Hai Trio and The Blade. 60 percent cap: Archive Guardian, Bork, Ezekiel, Moia, Xarth, Ocellus.
• —Ocellus no longer restores Defence when moving between quadrants in phase 3; a Zorya's Tome special attack pre-stacking exploit was also fixed.
• —Known and unfixed: Ascension shard Grand Exchange limit of 100 is too low, and UIMs with items at Pete Kayer cannot enter. No global times were reset.

Jagex will require every account still on a legacy RuneScape or Old School RuneScape login to move to a Jagex Account on 17 November. Accounts that have not upgraded by then cannot log in until they do.

• —The upgrade needs only the existing username or login email and password; access to the email on the old account is not required.
• —Steam, Apple, Google and Game Center logins can still log in as before, but need a Jagex Account for the Launcher and website features such as Support.
• —The Jagex Account character cap rises from 20 to 50; Approved Third Party Clients such as RuneLite keep working through the Launcher.
• —An Apple Silicon Jagex Launcher is due by the end of October; a Linux Launcher beta is out now.

Jagex confirmed The Fractured Archive raid for October 20 at 11:00 UTC and shipped a small skilling update: Infernal Tools recharge early, the Tackle Box holds a knife and hammer, and Runite Golems give more ore.

• —The raid is aimed at 20 October, 11:00 UTC; Jagex will post ahead of time if that changes.
• —Infernal Tools can be recharged before they run out, and their auto-burn can be toggled off.
• —Runite Golems give extra ore that scales with diary tiers, and Expert Mining Gloves now apply to them.
• —Pete Kayer's PvP Challenges no longer need the Easy Wilderness Diary to claim rewards, and his final fight is toned down.