What is RS4? It is the working title of Jagex's fourth-generation RuneScape game: an entirely new MMORPG built in Unreal Engine, set in Gielinor's Sixth Age and beginning in Ashenfall. It sits alongside RuneScape, Old School and Dragonwilds, and is still a few years away.
RS4 is the working title of Jagex's next RuneScape MMORPG: an entirely new game built in Unreal Engine, set in Gielinor and beginning in Ashenfall. It was revealed at RuneFest 2026 and is still a few years away.
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"At RuneFest, we gave you the first glimpse of something we've been quietly working on: an entirely new RuneScape MMORPG, built in Unreal Engine and set in the world of Gielinor."
RS4 is a new game, not an update to RuneScape or Old School RuneScape. The name is a working title, and almost everything about how it plays is still unannounced.
Jagex plans to share much more in 2027: the world, the game, the team and how players can get involved.
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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In Gielinor, in the Sixth Age. It begins in Ashenfall, a landmass north-east of Gielinor first explored in RuneScape: Dragonwilds, years after the destruction of the Dragon Queen Kuldra. Jagex says the adventure will grow beyond Ashenfall over time.
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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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No. Jagex says RS4 is still a few years away and has not named a date, year or launch window.
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RS4 is a fourth RuneScape game, not a sequel that replaces the others. Here is how it relates to RuneScape, Old School, Dragonwilds and Reignited.
Jagex has confirmed an entirely new RuneScape MMORPG, working title RS4, built in Unreal Engine and beginning in Ashenfall. It is still a few years away.
