Old School RuneScape Wiki

After looking through about a hundred of the 1 star reviews i saw that a very large percentage of them were people upset about the progress of their characters they made a decade ago not transferring over. What they don’t understand is that jagex re-released oldschool runescape in 2013 and everybody needed to start from the beginning if they wanted to play. Their old accounts are still available to them on the “main” game. This is the oldschool version and the reason they are upset does not at all reflect the quality of this app. Oldschool runescape is a fantastic game which has been massively growing since its birth in 2013. Against all odds the outdated graphics and grindy gameplay has thrived in this generation of video games which are typically the opposite. If you’re looking for a mobile game with flashy graphics and an instant gratification gameplay loop giving you rewards every 15 seconds to keep you interested and offering you the ability to skip the gameplay for small amounts of real life money, then this isn’t the game for you. It is old runescape (the pinnacle of last generation MMOs) in all of its glory. Oldschool runescape has the best gaming community out there and is run by an extremely dedicated developer team who update the game almost 100% based on player feedback. Anybody who hasn’t given it a try is very much missing out.

So I’ve been playing RuneScape since I was just a little kid (12 or 13 years old back when RuneScape 2 was just released) and I took a break when the updates happened that took away free trade and the wilderness. But I started back up when osrs was released. I’m now 28 years old and I play every single moment I get the chance and it’s all thanks to this mobile app that I can even do that. I don’t have time at home to play on the computer because I am raising my daughter ( just a newborn baby). The mobile app is the best thing to me. Now I have an account that I have had for about 4 years now and have 97 ranged and 92 magic and am getting into the pking scene for the first time In my life. ( a life long dream of mine was to learn to pk, but I was never able to make it happen) I have more fun playing RuneScape now than I have ever had before. I had no idea that was even possible given how much fun I used to have as a kid. Thank you Jagex, thank you so much. You guys make my life so much better. I am now almost 3 years sober and osrs is a big part of what helps me keep my mind away from my demons. Along with a healthy lifestyle and the support of my friends and family. So you guys have helped me more than you know. And I think that this whole RuneScape experience is something I will never forget. Here’s to the future of RuneScape!

Hello Jagex, here to write another review. I recently upgraded from my iPhone 5s to an iPhone 11 and since I made the switch I have noticed that I continually and frequently get disconnected even with a perfect connection. I haven’t had this problem with any other game on this iPhone 11 either. I never had this problem on my iPhone 5s and I think this is a bug that can be fixed. It’s been quite annoying and I’m certain that others with the iPhone 11 are experiencing this bug/annoyance as well. If you could please fix this issue it will greatly improve the game experience. Been a huge a fan of OSRS mobile ever since it was released. I will continue to play on mobile occasionally, but will not be doing anything that is risky due to the disconnection bug. I love this game and have played it for many many years ever since I was a child. I’d love to see more end game quality content releases soon and perhaps another way to remove items from the game to stimulate the economy. It’s disappointing to see how cheap items are today. I have faith in the games developers to fix the economy and to do something about the disconnection bug that is plaguing us mobile players as well as release quality content (preferably end game)raids3!?)) in the future hopefully sooner than later. RSN:Ryguitarguy

1) Ignore all the poor reviews giving to this game. Especially JaredL42 guy. If you’re an old player coming back, don’t expect to have you old account saved. OSRS evolved over the years to what is now known as RuneScape3 (RS3) that’s where your old account is. Due to high demand of bringing back the old school RuneScape. Jaggex had to Re-create separate game (osrs) for the community to try save the player base. People were happy OSRS was back and that’s what they prefer to play while others enjoy playing RS3. So there for you have to start over for OSRS while your old account is still in RS3. Stop complaining and don’t listen to those whining spoil kids. 2) If you’re a veteran or returning player this is an awesome app! Great way to AFK training or even to kill time. There’s definitely things you wouldn’t want to do on mobile like PK’ing or maybe even raising against hard bosses. Just because it’s a little harder on mobile. 3) if you’re a new player this may take time to get use to, I’ll recommend to try the full experience on PC for you to get the full feel of the game then come to mobile. Because I do see mobile more beneficial to veteran players. Don’t get frustrated with the game, it’s an mmorpg there’s so much to do in this game and it takes time to learn. Overall I’m very happy with the work they have done!!

Just like the title says this is brilliant. Not only is it the full game and it plays and runs very well on my iPhone 8 it is just such a joy to come back to the game that as a teenager I spent so many hours in I can’t even count. I was worried this game would eventually die out, it makes sense because much of its original player base has matured and now have jobs and many more responsibilities in life than they did previously so if was natural to see the player base decline, with the launch of mobile I was laughing to see so many old and new players back and finding myself right down back nostalgia lanes. That being said now that this game is on mobile I am super happy to know I will be able to play this whenever I want and literally wherever I want, I probably wouldn’t recommend however doing anything much more than light grinding on your phone or tablet as the control scheme is good but slower on a touch screen for obvious reasons so I don’t see myself PKing anytime soon in my phone but I do see myself grinding away at other skills to my hearts content. All in all well done Jagex you found another way to innovate on your game and you did it properly this app is great given it isn’t a botched version of the game at all. Well done 5/5

OldSchool Runescape is a fantastic mmorpg, that on the surface may seem like a grab at your nostalgia cords, but truly, this game is a fully supported and developed MMORPG with a thriving community and dedicated developers who are constantly listening to the community (through twitter, reddit, weekly Q&As). The addition of 95% of content is polled in-game from very minor balancing changes, to the addition of completely new areas. Overall, OSRS is a fantastic game of progression and grind that is very fulfilling at all stages of the game. Mobile is the culmination of the dedication of Jagex to constantly create a quality product that is not just a poor attempt at taking our money. This COMPLETELY FREE port allows you to take control of the same character that you can access on PC with literally the same ease of play as PC. The mobile version does not suffer with mobile controls, where many other mobile games do and the interface works fantastically and is not OP nor is it impossible to use. I was able to kill Zulrah, KBD, KQ, all GWs bosses and complete a handfull of difficult quests all on mobile without any struggle. Jagex has really outdone themselves and any person should give this game a try. GL and HF!

Well this is pretty incredible, I started playing runescape when I was almost 9 years old. It gave me something to do at the boys and girls club while my parents worked. I played until I was about 14 non stop, and then it started to get loads of weird updates. I think a lot of stuff was cool, but it became to much to handle when I wouldn't play for a few months and I would come back to sooooo much wired stuff. I give this app 5 stars because for what jagex offers with runescape you could literally play this game for years for free, or like 7$ a month to be a member or something. I was a member most of my runescape life. I really wish that jagex could have somehow transferred my 14 year old character over to the old school runescape and just deleted all of the updated gear on that account, of course there should be a voucher stating that :WARNING if you accept to this you will loose all gear associated with runsescape after a certain date. And I would have been fine with that. I really miss good old fashioned runescape with my friends just grinding away XP to lvl up. I guess I will be waiting for RS3 :(. There's really no point for me to restart a character I put long long nights into for years.

First and foremost: no microtransactions! This is a proper red herring in modern times, to say the least. It allows players to truly enjoy the game as... well, a game. Moreover, OSRS mobile is everything I could have hoped from a mobile RPG. You have to build and develop your character through acquisition of skills and truly have to interact with the community to get the most out of your experience (and character). The presence of a community is one of the most refreshing parts of OSRS in comparison to other MMOs — that and a true feeling of difficulty and accomplishment when you finish your goals. That, in my opinion, is what makes OSRS a truly remarkable game. You set your own goals — yes, this is technically true of all games, but the manner in which it is presented in OSRS makes you, the player, feel as if you are the one in control instead of the game. On top of this, the care with which the game world has been crafted and the joy of completing the numerous quests (which are not all your standard fetch/kill quests) makes OSRS truly a joy to play. Especially since they have managed to keep the game true to its spirit — at least for as much as I can remember from over a decade ago!

Finally a really fun, populated pocket cross-play MMO. downloaded this first on mobile and had tons of fun, I actually hopped on the computer and bought the membership ... I was blown away by how much there was. now i’m addicted and made cool and really chill friends since i’ve played. The graphics are cool retro-modern looking, like it’s n64 but if you touched it up with detail. The game is very simple to play, you press were you go and you’re not bombarded with instructions, for example; you just press goblin, you attack, you have net and you press water, you fish, you have axe and press tree, you cut wood. I was also surprised the amount of skills you can do in this game, there is a skill for thieving I really like, you can pickpocket any npc in the game for money. I will say the only problem I have with this game is the economy, i did not expect to come trying to figure out how to make money to trade with other players to buy yourself better items or equipment for leveling up faster, you have to exert yourself a dedicated skill to make money, and you have to do it on your own or be really lucky to have found either a good monster drop or treasure chests.

Hi, I’m a long time player of runescape and an active player of old school and I just wanted to say that I am very impressed by how easy it is to use this app. The tap response is pretty good and the interface is extremely easy to use. Features like the tap to drop and filtered spell book we’re also amazing additions that make mobile a viable option for game play. If you’re wondering why I gave it 4 stars, it’s because of the fact that this app does not refresh in the background for IOS like it does for other types of phones. This means if you lock your screen or even go to look something up, you will lose connection to the app which can get a little annoying. Other than that the only other thing I could complain about is the fact that sometimes I have a hard time dragging items to different position in my inventory or bank because the placement of the item needs to be right on the spot. This isn’t really much of a big deal and doesn’t effect gameplay at all really, I just think it’s something that could be tweaked. All in all very good app, I would have given it 4.5 if I was allowed to but if it’s made so that you can look up things on the ge webpage or wiki without disconnecting you, I would definitely come back and rate it 5 stars.

I played this game 4 years ago. And while I didn’t hate the changes in the new RS game I hated seeing the playerbase slowly die out as well as how easy it was to get lost in all of the undercooked developments. Bringing old RS allows us to return to the roots of the game. That being said, clan leading and community-building is one area that inspired lots of active growth, especially for me. I would love to see elements of the current clan system carry over as it could honestly be a game of its own trying to balance leveling, questing, and community building. I hope that the old RS team will work to bring us together, as that’s what made this game amazing for much of my time playing. Also, please expand polls to more than just p2p!! At the least make it where a certain amount of total level or time played can earn you polling power(even if maybe your vote is worth less). F2P has always had just as big an impact on RS and even if the team doesn’t see any money from us it’s letting us know you want our thoughts that makes us decide to switch to p2p. This game has already brought so many players back. Now ya’ll need to give us a reason to stay! And thank you so much for making this mobile!

I am new to OSRS and I am giving my first opinions about the game.(Don’t know if my opinion will change later on or not) Transportation,Traveling, or Maneuvering around in Old School RuneScape is unbearable. I have 100 points of agility to start off with and the depletion rate is quite quick to where I can’t travel around Lumbridge or other neighboring towns without walking majority of the time. It makes me not want to travel to different locations and check out things that are off the beaten path because I have to walk to those locations and walking is slow. It doesn’t incentivize you to explore but rather follow paths of other players before you so you can have the most fun while being rewarded. I believe that the only skill that I would love to be free-to-play is agility since it’s the only one that seems to fundamental to a character’s exploration and in a large mmorpg that is an important feature to the game. I don’t care if it’s grindy like the other skills in the game I just want to be able to have a better time with exploration. I know later on with a high magic skill there are teleports that open up but agility being locked behind a monthly paywall is such a terrible decision for transportation around the world of Gielinor. My final thoughts are this game seems to have a great community and I cannot wait to interact with more people and have fun playing in the future. Have A Nice Day! Toodles

I have played RuneScape since i was pretty young. All the way through school, up to now. I’ve had several accounts, and was extremely excited about the new OSRS platform. I had taken a several year hiatus due to not having the time, and started playing again earlier this year, in the new OSRS servers, as my main, and original account had been grandfathered into RS3😢. No worries. Well, i started to get busy again, and had to take another break, but with the mobile platforms release i began playing again. Doing AFK tasks, such as woodcutting, or mining, or general GE trades. However, i played exclusively on mobile. With this being said, with 2 weeks i was permabanned for “Macroing Major”. I wasn’t botting, and the last time i had played i had poor signal, so i quit trying to play due to my lagging. Well, i did reasearch and went through the appeal process, which was denied, due to them believing that i was botting still. I have reached out to mods, and tried to find a person to talk to, to see about other options, and received no feedback, and no help. I’ve had this account for 12+ years, and was only banned for gameplay on the old funorb website, when i was much younger. Hopefully this review gets someone’s attention and i can possibly email someone, and actually discuss this issue with someone, as a long time consumer and lover of RuneScape.

I’m a long time player and you’ve heard this a million times I know. With one search for jagex support you are led to the lowest rated support line/team of any mainstream game ever. I’m truly saddened for how low this company has gone, flat out refusing to let ANYONE defend their case under any circumstances if they deem you wrong, even without any warning or evidence to back up their claims. What this game has done is take a long time costumer that has supported them in every way for many years, and told me to shove it. In their words “we thoroughly review the account to make sure the owner is responsible”. The month that the ban took place was in June 2019 and I ended my subscription in May 2019 because I didn’t play at the time. I tried to come back in September 2019 just to play around or do some slayer just to find out I was permanently banned for “real world training”. I understand at the bare bottom of this, it’s just a game, but I put in years of time and money to enjoy this game they made. To be cut off so blatantly and with zero means to plead my case, even after many many honest years of support. That’s wrong, and I’m sure no one will respond to this because of the type of ban they gave me. It’s truly sad to see how far this game has fallen. I would have never wanted it to crash and burn, but it looks like the developers are going to make that happen anyways.