Quest Month has started in Old School RuneScape. The community voted for it in the RuneFest Summit poll, which promised at least one new quest every week in November. Week one brings two quests at once. Jagex is keeping the details secret so players find them in-game. The update went live after a short downtime, with worlds back online at 09:45 UTC.
The two quests are deliberately very different. One is a lighthearted early-game quest aimed at newer players. The other is a dark mystery that gives you very little guidance and leaves you to work things out yourself.
- First quest: 1 Quest Point and four combat lamps worth 500 XP each, usable on any combat skill.
- Second quest: 2 Quest Points, 2,500 Thieving XP, 2,500 Agility XP and the new Amulet of Sight.
The Amulet of Sight gives +10 Ranged Attack, is tradeable and has no level requirement. You get the first one free for finishing the quest, and Hudson sells more. Jagex sees it as a stopgap for new accounts and iron players who are still a long way from a Necklace of Fangs at 55 Slayer.
Quest XP, sorting and Lumbridge changes
A handful of quests, mostly free-to-play ones, never gave any XP. They do now. Demon Slayer and Black Knights’ Fortress each give two 1,000 XP combat lamps. Family Crest gives 2,000 XP each in Mining, Smithing and Crafting. Troll Stronghold gives 2,000 Agility XP. Throne of Miscellania splits 4,000 XP across four gathering skills. If you finished any of these quests before the update, you can claim the XP from Perdu or the Lumbridge Guide. The Demon Slayer reward is claimed from Aris in Varrock Market.
There are a few other quest changes:
- Two new sorting options in Settings: quests in progress now show first, ordered by when you last worked on them, and completed quests show last. You can change both or turn them off.
- The Starter recommendations and the Activity Advisor now suggest better quests for beginners.
- Daddy’s Home is now a full quest with a minimap icon and 1 Quest Point.
- When you finish a quest, a chatbox prompt asks you to rate it from 0 to 5. It’s on by default and can be turned off in Settings.
Lumbridge has been cleaned up to feel closer to 2007. The three combat tutors are now one NPC, Harlan. Several other tutors have new names, such as Wilfred, Feoras, Cadmus, Finlay and Monlum. Feoras also has a new shop with low-level combat gear. The Prayer, Cooking and Banking tutors are gone: Father Aereck and the castle Cook now give tips, and a normal banker replaces the Banking tutor. Hatius Cosantius has moved to the Falador pub, and the former Magic tutor Mikasi takes over his task master role. Ironman players are now the only ones who can see the Ironman tutor.
Hardcore Worlds, Bonds and raid fixes
Hardcore Worlds open on 4 November 2026 at 11:00 UTC through a hotfix, with no downtime. Everything up to that point is already live. You can sign up with Death’s Delegate on Tutorial Island, finish the tutorial and wait in Death’s Office until the worlds open.
The Bond interface can now apply membership from one character’s Bond to another character on the same Jagex Account, without making the Bond tradeable first. Mobile players need to update their app to use it.
The Fractured Archive gets a long list of fixes. Loot chests stay hidden until the braziers are lit. Archive Guardian and Ocellus P3 get circular clickboxes, and you get a longer immunity window after taking an orange portal in Ocellus P2. Ascension rocks now have a 1 in 68,120 chance to drop the Rock Golem. Balance changes for the raid are coming next week.
Elsewhere, Thrall sound effects now carry 1 tile instead of 12, and Ice Barrage and Blood Fury no longer extend your target’s hitbox. The rosewood blowpipe special attack now uses darts correctly. Auguste also has a new dialogue option to pay respects to Sir Patrick Stewart.
Source: Old School RuneScape official news.
