Old School RuneScape gameplay, guides, events and updates.
OSRS Hardcore Worlds Escape Crystal is a free starting item for every new Hardcore character on November 4, 2026. It can teleport you away from certain high-risk activities, and its automatic setting can trigger if you stop providing input and then take damage. You get one at the start, but the crystal is consumed when…
OSRS Hardcore Worlds Reset or Transfer is the decision you face after dying in the permanent Hardcore mode launching November 4, 2026. Reset wipes everything and starts the same character over as a new Hardcore adventurer. Transfer keeps your surviving progress and bank, but moves the character into the ordinary game forever. You cannot transfer…
OSRS Hardcore Worlds death rules are far stricter than normal Hardcore Ironman. When the new mode launches November 4, 2026, dying in the Inferno, Fight Caves, Chambers of Xeric, Nightmare Zone or many familiar minigames can end your run. Jagex is using the Hardcore Group Ironman death rule set, which leaves only a small number…
OSRS Hardcore Worlds launch November 4, 2026, as permanent servers with stricter death rules and a separate player-run economy. Fresh characters start through Tutorial Island, where Death’s Delegate opens the route to Death’s Office. You must accept Death’s challenge before entering these worlds. XP and drop rates remain normal, trading and the Grand Exchange are…
The full OSRS Fractured Archive boss order, with all three branching decisions, where the Quartermaster appears, and what to prepare for Ocellus.
OSRS Rondache guide: Fractured Archive source, 80 Defence requirement, Shield Bash charging, 20-stack effects and Avernic Defender comparison.
OSRS Ascension Crossbows: 80 Ranged requirement, two-tick attack speed, six-tile range and Ascension bolt types, crafting and supply costs.
OSRS Obligator guide: 85 Attack, charging with Ascension shards and runes, five-tick Thrust and three-tick Smash, plus damage bonuses on large bosses.
OSRS Zorya’s Tome: how to get the Fractured Archive powered Magic weapon, its 85 Magic requirement, special attack buff and two-tick follow-ups.
Where to mine Ascension shards at the Fractured Archive, how to turn one shard into ten bolts, and how to charge the Folio and Obligator.
Compare the Fractured Archive’s first paired route: Ezekiel’s flying swords and lightning versus Bork and the Smorks’ cannonballs and stomps.
Fractured Archive Moia vs Dreadnoth: prayers, infection, undead binders, jellies, slam attacks and route choice.
How to get the Archivist’s Folio from the Fractured Archive, charge it with Ascension shards and teleport to the raid lobby.
All four Ocellus phases, safe portal transitions, Void Vines, healing orbs and current hotfixes.
Guide to Xarth’s pillars and corpse waves, plus Dagon’hai elemental ritual interruptions and route choice.
Recommended OSRS Fractured Archive gear, combat switches, elemental spell roles, inventory supplies and October 21 Defence changes.
How to beat the Archive Guardian with airborne shield, spores, ground tendrils and the final beam attack.
OSRS Fractured Archive Launch Issues include prayers looking switched off in RuneLite, the Jeweller’s Chisel refusing Ascension shards, graphics glitches and incorrect global statistics in the raid lobby. Jagex confirmed these problems as the fourth Old School RuneScape raid opened on October 20, 2026. If you can’t get in, check the access rules first. Ultimate…
OSRS Jagex Account Upgrade Without Old Email: migrate your character using the old login and password, or find the correct recovery route if you’ve forgotten them.
OSRS Jagex Account Migration is mandatory November 17. How to upgrade, recover accounts without old email and get extra bank slots and Fancier Boots.
OSRS Pete Kayer Final Challenge: unlock the seventh fight, learn prayer and movement tactics, and get the Ancient Imbued God Cape kit.
OSRS Pete Kayer Challenges: all seven PvP tasks at Ferox Enclave, unlock order, Blighted supplies, LMS points and Ancient cape kit.
