Custom Content
Everything that differs from standard 2004 RuneScape on Oldrune — features, items, skill changes, and quality-of-life improvements.
Contents
1. Quality of Life 2. Skill Changes 3. New Features 4. New Items 5. New Bosses 6. Economy 7. Settings 8. Vote System 9. Game Modes 10. Server Rates 11. Clans- Buy / Sell X — enter a custom quantity when buying or selling from any shop.
- Deposit Inventory button added to all banks — deposits your entire inventory in one click.
- Bank Placeholders — ghost slots keep your bank layout when you withdraw items. Toggle in Settings → Placeholders. Disable the setting to clear empty ghosts.
- Lumbridge Castle Banker — a banker is available on the upper floor of Lumbridge Castle.
- Shift + Drop — hold Shift and left-click an item to instantly drop it.
- Keyboard dialogue — press Spacebar to continue NPC dialogue, number keys (1, 2, 3…) to select options.
- Shift + PM reply — press Shift to instantly reply to your last private message.
- Compass click — clicking the compass resets the camera to face north.
- Scroll wheel zoom — mouse scroll wheel controls camera zoom.
- XP Drops — experience gains appear in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Ground item highlights — items worth 1,000,000 GP or more appear in green text on the ground.
- Inventory highlights — items worth 10,000,000 GP or more show in green text in your inventory.
- Combat style saves — your selected attack style (Slash, Block, Aggressive, etc.) persists through logout.
- Run mode saves — run toggled on/off persists through logout.
- AFK logout timer — 3 minutes of no real input before logging out.
- Word filter removed — no censorship on public or private chat.
- Bird's Nests now have a chance to fall out of any tree while Woodcutting (1/256).
- Search a nest for a random reward:
| Reward | Chance |
|---|---|
| Feathers (100–200) | Always |
| Coins (12–120) | Most common |
| Easy clue scroll | 1/4 |
| Hard clue scroll | 1/10 |
| Old Ring | 1/200 |
| Green Partyhat | 1/1000 |
| Dragon Axe | 1/2000 |
Dragon Axe combat and cutting animations have been fixed — it no longer bugs out when attacking or chopping, and its inventory icon has been resized to match the other axes.
- Quantity options added when cutting bows: 1 / 5 / 10 / All.
- Fires automatically continue burning logs from your inventory — no repeated clicking required.
- Cooking automatically continues through your full inventory instead of stopping after each item.
- Aubury's Note Service — Aubury in Varrock will note your rune essence for 100 GP per inventory.
- Furnaces automatically continue smelting bars from your inventory. Works for all bar types (Bronze through Rune). Stops if an iron bar fails.
- Run energy recovery increased at all Agility levels (at 99: +32 per tick vs +24 previously).
- Run energy drain reduced — at 0 kg carry weight: ~45 drain per tick (was ~67).
- At 64 kg carry weight: ~90 drain per tick (was ~134).
- A full run energy bar at 0 weight lasts approximately 2.2 minutes (was 1.5 minutes).
- Falador shortcut — behind Falador Bank, requires 5 Agility. Works both directions.
- Taverley Dungeon pipe — shortcut directly to the Blue Dragons area, requires 50 Agility.
- Ardougne gem stall rebalanced — drop rates adjusted to reduce GP generation at high Thieving levels.
| Gem | Chance |
|---|---|
| Uncut Sapphire | 39.1% |
| Uncut Emerald | 35.2% |
| Uncut Ruby | 19.5% |
| Uncut Diamond | 6.3% |
- Chaos Altar (Wilderness, Level 38) — bones offered here grant 3× Prayer XP. High risk, high reward.
A golden crown icon sits next to your Friends List. Click it to open the Oldrune Control Panel, which tracks your progress and contains all custom settings.
Tracker Tabs
- Kill Counts (KC) for bosses and common monsters
- Rare drops
- Clue scroll rewards
- Pet drops
Settings Tab
- HD Mode toggle
- Hide Roofs toggle
- Ground Item Tags
- Bank Placeholders
Complete challenge tiers to earn XP lamps, GP, teleport items, and exclusive gear. Access diaries via the Control Panel. Full details: /diaries
- Three tiers: Easy, Medium, Hard
- Completing Tier I rewards the Old Bow — currently the BiS ranged weapon
- All bulk rewards are given as noted items
- Completed tasks display as white text on a green background
Earn Slayer XP and points by completing tasks assigned by Slayer Masters. Full details: /slayer
Masters
- Vannaka — Varrock, no requirements
- Chaeldar — Zanaris, requires Lost City + 50 Slayer
Rewards Shop
- Old armour set (better than Rune)
- Old scimitar
- Burning amulet (5) — 100 pts
Slayer XP and points are 2× the standard rate.
Found in Varrock West Bank. Lets players buy and sell items through a simple player marketplace.
- Up to 20 active listings visible at once
- Maximum 5 active listings per player
- Listings expire after 24 hours — expired items return via the Collect tab
- You cannot buy your own listings
- Every ~15 minutes, a random active listing worth 10k+ GP is broadcast server-wide
Exclusive to the Slayer rewards shop. Visually aged dark metal, stats slightly better than Rune equivalents.
| Item | Cost | Req | Bonus vs Rune |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old full helm | 200 pts | 40 Def | +3 all def |
| Old platebody | 400 pts | 40 Def + Dragon Slayer | +3 all def |
| Old platelegs | 300 pts | 40 Def | +3 all def |
| Old plateskirt | 300 pts | 40 Def | +3 all def |
| Old kiteshield | 250 pts | 40 Def | +3 all def |
| Old scimitar | 300 pts | 40 Atk | +3 slash / +3 str |
Earned by completing Tier I Diaries. Currently the best-in-slot ranged weapon — higher Ranged Attack bonus than the Magic Shortbow. Not tradeable, not dropped, not sold in any shop.
Available from Harold's Vote Shop in Edgeville for 25 vote points each. Three cosmetic colour variants — identical stats, different appearance.
Featherfoot Boots
White / pearl
Icefoot Boots
Ice blue
Sunfoot Boots
Gold / yellow
Available from Harold's Vote Shop for 5 vote points. A ring with charges that can be used for teleportation.
- Greater Demon Pet — 1/10,000
- Green Dragon Pet — 1/10,000
- King Black Dragon Pet — 1/5,000
- Kalphite Queen Pet — 1/5,000
Obtained by opening Slayer Chests with a Slayer Key. Keys drop at 1/500 from on-task kills. Bat pet drops at 1/500 from the chest. Overall rarity: approximately 1 in 250,000 Slayer task kills. Tradeable.
All 7 partyhat colours broadcast server-wide on first obtain. Currently obtainable sources:
- Black Partyhat — drops from the Dagannoth Overlord (1/2000)
- Red Partyhat — rare reward from Vote Mystery Boxes (1/750)
- White Partyhat — found inside Caskets, obtained from Big Net fishing (1/500 per casket opened)
- Green Partyhat — rare find when searching a Bird's Nest (1/1000)
- Other colours — coming soon
Located north of the Bandit Camp in approximately Level 28 Wilderness. Soloable but deep in the wilderness — watch for player killers. Respawns in 60 seconds.
Stats
- Combat Level 500
- Hitpoints 500
- Attack 220
- Strength 220
- Defence 135
- Attack Speed 5 ticks
Loot Table
- 5–10 Big Bones (noted) Always
- 4–6 Runite Ore (noted) 40%
- 12–20 Adamantite Ore (noted) 15%
- 40–70 Coal (noted) 10%
- 100–200 Death Runes 8%
- 4–6 Dragon Bones (noted) 8%
- 50–90 Nature Runes 7%
- 60–100 Law Runes 4%
- Medium Clue Scroll 3%
- 10–15 Runite Ore (noted) 2.95%
- Black Partyhat 1/2000
Ores and bones drop noted. Runes always drop unnoted.
Found in the Wilderness (level 30) Hill Giant Dungeon, surrounded by regular Hill Giants. Two separate spawns exist so more than one group can fight him at once — one near the skeleton area (with the skull piles), and another a bit further north. Respawns in 2 minutes.
Stats
- Combat Level 112
- Hitpoints 375
- Attack 90
- Strength 100
- Defence 75
- Attack Speed 6 ticks
Loot Table
- 8–15 Big Bones (noted) Always
- 2,000–10,000 Coins Always
- Nature / Law / Chaos Runes, Lobster (noted), or Swordfish (noted) 15%
- Mithril Bar / Adamantite Ore (noted), Jewellery, Big Bones (noted), Death Runes, Rune Med Helm, Rune Battleaxe, or Medium Clue 7%
- Nothing extra 78%
Each drop tier rolls one item at random from its list. Ores, bones, and fish drop noted; runes drop unnoted. He'll actively chase you for a while before giving up, so you'll need to stay engaged rather than tank hits from a distance.
Found in Varrock Square. A gambling NPC with results broadcast server-wide.
- Bet between 10,000 and 1,000,000 coins
- Roll 55–100 to WIN — receive 190% of your bet back (90% profit)
- Roll 1–54 to lose your bet
- 46% win chance — approximately 2.6% house edge
See New Features → Exchange Clerk above.
All settings are found in the Control Panel (gold crown icon next to your Friends List) → Settings tab.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| HD Mode | Enables colour enhancement, bilinear scaling, and saturation boost. Toggle anytime. |
| Hide Roofs | Removes building roofs for better visibility in towns and cities. |
| Ground Item Tags | Displays item names above ground items. |
| Bank Placeholders | Keeps ghost slots in your bank when items are withdrawn. Disable to clear empty ghosts. |
Vote for Oldrune on any of the 4 toplists at oldrune.com/vote. Each vote earns 2 Vote Points, so you can earn up to 8 points per voting cycle.
Spend points at Harold near Edgeville Bank.
| Item | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Old Ring | 5 pts | Teleportation ring with charges |
| Vote Mystery Box | 10 pts | Random reward on open |
| Trail Skip Scroll | 15 pts | Skips one step in the Trail minigame |
| Featherfoot Boots | 25 pts | White — 20% run drain reduction, non-tradeable |
| Icefoot Boots | 25 pts | Blue — 20% run drain reduction, non-tradeable |
| Sunfoot Boots | 25 pts | Gold — 20% run drain reduction, non-tradeable |
| Explorer's Cape | 50 pts | Non-tradeable |
Common 62.5%
- 250 Oak Logs (noted) — 10%
- 100 Coal (noted) — 10%
- 100 Lobsters (noted) — 10%
- 50 Steel Bars (noted) — 10%
- 250 Chaos Runes — 5%
- 250 Mithril Arrows — 5%
- 150 Nature Runes — 5%
- 50,000 Coins — 7.5%
Uncommon 27.5%
- 20 Uncut Gems (noted) — 5%
- Easy Clue Scroll — 5%
- Medium Clue Scroll — 2.5%
- Medium XP Lamp — 5%
- 200 Big Bones (noted) — 5%
- 3× Old Ring(4) — 5%
When leaving Tutorial Island you choose your game mode. This cannot be changed later.
Normal
Standard Oldrune experience. Full trading and all features available.
Ironman ⚔️
Self-sufficient play. Cannot trade with other players or use the Exchange Clerk. Shown on hiscores with Ironman icon.
Hardcore Ironman 💀
Same restrictions as Ironman. One life — dying permanently downgrades the account to regular Ironman status.
Ironman and HCIM accounts appear on the hiscores with their respective icons. Hiscores update every 15 minutes.
| Feature | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| XP Rate | 2× | Applies to all skills |
| Slayer XP | 2× | On top of the base 2× server rate |
| Slayer Points | 2× | Per completed task |
| Boss Pets (KBD, KQ) | 1/5,000 | From respective boss |
| Boss Pets (Greater Demon, Green Dragon) | 1/10,000 | From respective boss |
| Slayer Key | 1/500 | On-task kills only |
Found a clan for 1,000,000 gp and manage it from the new Clan tab on the Control Panel (the crown icon), alongside Diaries/Killcount/Rare/Clues/Pets/Settings.
| Action | Member | Moderator | Admin | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat, view roster/bank/leaderboard | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Deposit to bank | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Invite new members | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Kick members | ❌ | Members only | Members + Mods | Anyone |
| Withdraw from bank | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Promote / demote | ❌ | ❌ | Up to Moderator | Anyone below you |
| Set message of the day | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Disband clan | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Everyone joins as Member and ranks up from there. If the Owner leaves, ownership auto-transfers to the longest-serving Admin (or Moderator, or Member, in that order) — if the Owner is the last person left, the clan disbands automatically instead.
| Command | Who | Effect |
|---|---|---|
::clan create <name> | Anyone | Found a clan for 1,000,000 gp |
::clan invite <user> | Mod+ | Send an invite (needs acceptance) |
::clan accept / ::clan decline | Invitee | Respond to a pending invite |
::clan kick <user> | Mod+ | Remove a lower-ranked member |
::clan promote <user> / demote | Admin+ | Change a member's rank |
::clan leave | Anyone | Leave the clan |
::clan disband | Owner | Permanently disband the clan |
::clan deposit <amount> | Anyone | Add gp to the clan bank |
::clan withdraw <amount> | Admin+ | Take gp from the clan bank |
::clan motd <text> | Admin+ | Set the message of the day |
/c <message> | Anyone in a clan | Send a message to online clan members |