Old School RuneScape Events
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This year's Halloween quest: Henja and Angel were given a bowl of sweets to hand out, and want to keep all of them. Help them with their mischief. While the event is active, Diango in Draynor Village Market also hands out the rewards from every previous Halloween event.
How to accessTalk to Angel or Henja in Rimmington.
RewardsVampyre costume top, bottom and cape; Vampyre monocle and fangs.
A Jagex-run mass on the Vampyre Snail in the Sotfa Forest, with Mods Acorn and Lenny joining in. Part of the ongoing Organised Chaos series of scheduled group events.
How to accessHop to World 520 at the start time. You need access to Vampyrium, which means completing The Blood Moon Rises — so this is not a drop-in event for a new account.
RewardsWhatever the Vampyre Snail drops. There is no separate event reward.
The remaining Summer Sweep Up changes. Jagex says a handful of smaller items did not make the August 19 update and are pencilled in for this date. The Sweep Up has run in batches through the summer — Agility and Chambers of Xeric on August 12, Hunter and Skilling on August 19.
How to accessNothing to do in advance. It arrives with the weekly update.
RewardsNot yet detailed. Jagex has not published the contents of this batch.
The Fractured Archive, Old School RuneScape's fourth raid, set in Guthix's archive after While Guthix Sleeps. It scales from 2 to 8 players; Jagex recommends 3–5. The layout is the Archive Guardian, then three rooms where your team picks one of two bosses (Bork or Ezekiel; Dreadnoth the Jellied or a mysterious necromancer; Xarth or the Dagon'hai Trio), then a hooded final boss. Each pair is worth the same contribution points, so neither choice changes your odds of a unique. A team wipe removes you from the raid with a gravestone outside, and gravestone fees are 75% lower until your fifth completion. Practice Mode is not available at release.
How to accessRequires While Guthix Sleeps. After logging in, a messenger directs you there: the entrance is on a cliff face near the Guthixian Temple. Form a team at the Grouping Board on the east side of the lobby, or spectate from the Strategy Board on the west. Not available on world 345 (permanent Deadman) at release.
RewardsElemental Fragments (untradeable, +2 base max hit for their element), the Archivist's Folio (untradeable teleport, charged with Ascension shards), Ascension shards, Zeal (a Piety upgrade, +5% Attack and Strength), the Rondache shield, Zorya's Tome, the dual-wield Ascension Crossbows, and the megarare Obligator (Crush).
A Jagex-run Halloween livestream with Mods Rach, Rice, Halo and Other: a mass session of Stealing Valuables, pickpocketing house keys from Wealthy Citizens and looting their homes, while chatting with the developers behind Varlamore. Halloween outfits encouraged.
How to accessMeet at Civitas illa Fortis in Varlamore on World 520 at the start time, or watch on Jagex's official Twitch channel. Needs level 50 Thieving and Children of the Sun completed.
RewardsWhatever you steal. There is no separate event reward.
A permanent set of worlds at exactly the main game's pace (no XP or drop-rate boosts), with a full economy: trading and the Grand Exchange work, and items lost on death leave it for good. Death uses the Hardcore Group Ironman ruleset, which is far less forgiving than regular Hardcore Ironman: Pest Control, Nightmare Zone, Chambers of Xeric, the Inferno, the Fight Cave, random events and your own house are all unsafe. After a death you choose: Reset (the character restarts from scratch, unlimited times) or Transfer (the character moves to the main game for good, keeping protected items and everything banked). Anything that would go to a gravestone is gone either way. World Firsts and major deaths are broadcast.
How to accessStart a fresh character. On Tutorial Island, talk to Death's Delegate near the Magic Instructor's house to reach Death's Office and accept Death's challenge. Everyone starts with an Escape Crystal. Bounty Hunter and Last Man Standing are disabled at launch.
From November 17, 2026, every Legacy account must make the one-time upgrade to a Jagex Account. Until you upgrade, you cannot log in. Characters are stored safely, and you are prompted to upgrade the next time you try. Steam, Apple, Google and Game Center logins carry on as before, but need a Jagex Account to use the Launcher or some website features such as Support. The Jagex Account character cap has been raised to 50.
How to accessUpgrade before the date to avoid disruption; it takes a few minutes. You need only your username or login email and password, not access to the old account's email. Approved third-party clients such as RuneLite keep working through the Launcher.