RS4 FAQ: short answers to the questions players ask most about the new RuneScape MMO. Each answer carries its status and its source, and we update it when Jagex shares something new.
Yes. At RuneFest 2026 Jagex confirmed it is developing an entirely new RuneScape MMORPG, working title RS4, built in Unreal Engine and set in Gielinor.
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No. RS4 is a working title. Jagex says it is not necessarily the name it will settle on; it uses RS4 because this is its fourth-generation RuneScape project.
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No. Jagex says RS4 is still a few years away and has not named a date, year or launch window.
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No beta or playtest has been announced. The official RS4 page has a Register interest form that adds your email to Jagex's mailing list; it is not a test sign-up.
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Not announced. Jagex lists platforms among the questions it says it is too early to answer.
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No. Jagex says RS4 is not a replacement for Old School, RuneScape or Dragonwilds. Those games keep their own teams, roadmaps and investment, and RS4 will sit alongside them as an independent experience.
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Not announced. Jagex lists accounts and progression among open questions. Its principle of permanent progression is about RS4's own design; it is not a promise that existing progress carries over.
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RS4 is a separate game that begins in Ashenfall, the region first explored in Dragonwilds, years after Dragonwilds' events. Jagex says it builds on the technology lessons it learned making Dragonwilds.
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No. Reignited is a remaster and restoration of the existing RuneScape, with Parts II and III planned for later in 2027. RS4 is a separate new MMO in early development.
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On Jagex's RS4 page at runescape.com/4, where you can also register interest by email, and in official RuneScape news channels.
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