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RuneScape Reignited 4 Oct 2026, 12:45

RuneScape Reignited launches on 2 December as a new permanent character type

RuneScape Reignited launches on 2 December as a new permanent character type

Jagex launches RuneScape Reignited on 2 December as a permanent character type with a new economy, its own hiscores, and 10 days of free members access after release.

According to Jagex, there will be no paid progression for Reignited characters. After launch, all Reignited characters will get 10 days of free access to members content.

What happened

Jagex has announced RuneScape Reignited as a new permanent character type for RuneScape. The reveal came during RuneFest 2026, and the official RuneScape trailer describes Reignited as a clean slate for long-time, lapsed, and new players. In the available description, Reignited is presented as a fresh start within a game that has built up 25 years of content.

The release is scheduled for 2 December. In the announcement, Jagex says Reignited will get a completely new economy and its own hiscores, while still running within the same world structure as the existing game. That means Reignited remains part of RuneScape itself, rather than a fully separate version with its own client or standalone game.

Jagex also says there will be no paid progression available for Reignited characters. In addition, all Reignited characters will receive 10 days of free access to members content at launch. In the information cited by Eurogamer, that free window is explicitly tied to the first days after the 2 December release.

The official trailer reinforces that positioning with the same message: long-time, lapsed, and new players get a clean slate with Reignited. The video does not add extra mechanical details in the available metadata, but it does confirm that Jagex is presenting the mode as a new starting point.

Timeline

  • RuneFest 2026: Jagex reveals RuneScape Reignited as a new permanent character type and positions it as a clean slate for long-time, lapsed, and new players.

  • 2026-10-04: Eurogamer reports that RuneScape Reignited is set to launch on 2 December and notes the new economy, hiscores, and lack of paid progression.

  • 2 December: planned release of RuneScape Reignited, with 10 days of free members access for Reignited characters and a separate economy within RuneScape.

Background

Jagex is positioning RuneScape Reignited as a new starting point for players who know RuneScape already, want to begin again, or are joining for the first time. The official description refers to 25 years of RuneScape content and a new way to experience that history. That matches the trailer’s wording, which describes Reignited as a clean slate for long-time, lapsed, and new players.

The announcement is part of a broader RuneScape news wave around RuneFest 2026. In the same period, Jagex also made another RuneScape-related reveal, but the available information on Reignited itself is limited to the new character type, the planned release date, the separate economy, and the hiscores. The source information also explicitly states that Reignited characters will play in the same worlds as existing RuneScape characters.

The combination of a shared world structure and a separate economy makes Reignited a notable variant within RuneScape. Jagex also says there will be no paid progression for these characters. That detail matters because it shows the mode is not relying on paid acceleration of progress, but on a separate character type with its own rules inside the same game environment.

The 10 days of free members access are the second concrete part of the launch. Jagex is tying that benefit to all Reignited characters at release, giving immediate access to members content in the first period after 2 December. The available source material does not provide further detail on additional restrictions, but it does confirm the combination of a new economy, its own hiscores, and shared worlds.

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