What we know about RS4 so far, topic by topic. Each answer shows its status, the sources behind it and the date we last checked it, so you can tell confirmed facts from open questions at a glance.
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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Integrity, permanent progression and community-driven development, according to Jagex.
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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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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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Unreal Engine. Jagex has not shared further technical details such as graphics targets.
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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 still a few years away and has not named a date, year or launch window.
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Jagex says it will share much more next year (2027) about the world, the game, the team building it and how players can start getting involved. It has not given a month or event.
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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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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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Not announced. Jagex lists membership among the questions it is not ready to answer, and no pricing or business model has been shared.
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Not announced. Jagex lists combat, skills and progression among open questions, and no gameplay has been shown.
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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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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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Gielinor is the fantasy world of RuneScape. Jagex says RS4 is "set in the world of Gielinor" and is another way to experience RuneScape and that world.
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The Sixth Age is the era of Gielinor's history in which RS4 is set, according to Jagex's RS4 announcement.
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Ashenfall is a landmass to the north-east of Gielinor, first explored in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. Jagex says RS4 begins there, but will grow far beyond it over time.
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Kuldra is the Dragon Queen of Dragonwilds' story. Jagex says RS4 takes place years after the events of Dragonwilds and Kuldra's destruction.
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A co-op open-world survival game set in the RuneScape universe, on the continent of Ashenfall. It launched in early access on Windows on 15 April 2025.
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The version of RuneScape that brings back the classic 2007 game, improved and expanded. It launched in February 2013 and is developed separately from RuneScape.
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The original RuneScape, evolving since its release in January 2001. Players often call today's game "RS3" after the RuneScape 3 update of July 2013.
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A remaster and restoration of the existing RuneScape, starting from Lumbridge, with Parts II and III planned for later in 2027. It is not RS4.
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The RuneScape event at which Jagex gave players the first glimpse of RS4, on 3 October 2026.
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The British studio behind RuneScape, Old School RuneScape and RuneScape: Dragonwilds, and the developer of RS4.
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