2009

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2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the formation of Jagex, and of the start of development for RuneScape Classic. It is also the "official Upgrade Year" for Jagex as mentioned in their 2009 Behind the Scenes update, released in January. Titles in bold indicate a game update.

December

• 31 December
  • New Year Message
• 29 December
  • Credit Card Payments Offline
• 24 December
  • Christmas Wishes to the Community
• 22 December
  • Christmas Card Competition Results
• 21 December
  • A Christmas Warble (Christmas 2009)
  • Patch Notes (21 December 2009)
  • Wallpapers and Players' Gallery
• 15 December
  • Blood Runs Deep
  • Patch Notes (15 December 2009)
• 11 December
  • Bouncedown - Free on iPhone/iPod Touch
  • Christmas Cards and Blog
  • New Jagex Store Launch
• 8 December
  • Kuradal's Dungeon
  • Patch Notes (8 December 2009)
• 4 December
  • News about the Online Store!
• 3 December
  • Christmas Card Competition
  • Patch Notes (3 December 2009)
  • The Temple at Senntisten

November

• 26 November
  • Thanksgiving Turkeys and Community Event
• 25 November
  • RuneScape Classic Plan
• 19 November
  • Forums Currently Offline
• 18 November
  • Adventurer's Log
  • RuneScape Classic Reminder (2009)
• 17 November
  • Patch Notes (17 November 2009)
  • Potions, Spells and Runes
• 13 November
  • Machinima Competition – Excl's Visit
  • RuneScape Cards in the UK - WHSmith
• 11 November
  • RuneScape Classic Temporarily Re-opened
  • Send Us Your Specs 2009
• 9 November
  • Champions' Challenge Update and Hairstyles
  • Patch Notes (9 November 2009)
• 6 November
  • Incomm Cards Available at GameStop
• 4 November
  • Website Maintenance (4 November 2009)
• 3 November
  • Golden Joystick Awards – Thank You
• 2 November
  • Potential Downtime

October

• 30 October
  • Golden Joystick Awards Result
  • Systems Moving...
• 29 October
  • RuneScape Cards in the UK
  • Website Maintenance (29 October 2009)
• 27 October
  • Core game system hosting move (October 2009)
• 26 October
  • Anti-'76k'ing Measures
  • Patch Notes (26 October 2009)
  • Web of Shadows (Halloween 2009)
• 22 October
  • Web Page Security
• 21 October
  • Web Page Login
  • Website Maintenance (21 October 2009)
• 20 October
  • Ardougne Achievement Diary
  • Duel Tournaments Rework
  • Golden Joystick – Last Chance to Vote
  • Patch Notes (20 October 2009)
• 16 October
  • Future Q&A Sessions
  • Wallie-cards Available in Norway
• 13 October
  • Patch Notes (13 October 2009)
  • Website Maintenance (13 October 2009)
  • Within the Light
• 8 October
  • Postbag, Gallery and Wallpapers (October 2009)
• 7 October
  • High-level Herblore Potions
  • Patch Notes (7 October 2009)
  • Photo Booth and Forum Avatars
  • Some European Worlds Moving
• 2 October
  • "Worst Update Ever!"
• 1 October
  • Display Names

September

• 30 September
  • Website Maintenance (30 September 2009)
• 24 September
  • RuneScape Q&A – Localisation
• 23 September
  • Billing Web Pages - New Look
  • Patch Notes (23 September 2009)
  • Woodcutting Rebalance
• 21 September
  • Core game system hosting move (September 2009)
  • Friends and Clan Chat Rollback
• 18 September
  • Game Worlds Moving...
• 17 September
  • Advisors and Objectives
  • Living Rock Caverns
  • Patch Notes (17 September 2009)
  • RuneScape Q&A – Community Management (September 2009)
• 16 September
  • Website Maintenance (16 September 2009)
• 11 September
  • Machinima Competition Results
• 10 September
  • RuneScape Q&A – RuneScape Content
• 9 September
  • Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf
  • Patch Notes (9 September 2009)
• 4 September
  • Machinima Competition – Cast Your Votes!
• 3 September
  • RuneScape Q&A – Andrew Gower
• 2 September
  • Changes to Autocasting Spells
  • Patch Notes (2 September 2009)
  • Personalised Shops
  • RuneTek 5 Game Engine

August

• 28 August
  • Andrew's Live Q&A Rescheduled
  • Extra Credit in Sweden with Wallie-card
• 25 August
  • Machinima Competition - Final Day
• 21 August
  • The FunOrb Digest
• 20 August
  • RuneScape Q&A – Player Support (August 2009)
• 18 August
  • Menagerie, Familiar Controls and Butlers
  • Mobilising Armies Polish
  • Patch Notes (18 August 2009)
• 11 August
  • RuneScape Machinima Competition
• 10 August
  • Fur 'n' Seek
  • Patch Notes (10 August 2009)
• 6 August
  • RuneScape Q&A – Mark Gerhard (August 2009)
• 5 August
  • Postbag, Gallery and Wallpapers

July

• 30 July
  • RuneScape Q&A
• 28 July
  • Animation Pack 1
  • Patch Notes (28 July 2009)
  • Poison Arrow Pub and Aquanite
• 24 July
  • RuneScape: Brazil
• 21 July
  • Patch Notes (21 July 2009)
  • The Curse of Arrav
• 17 July
  • Bounty Worlds (+1 Item)
  • Worlds Down
  • Worlds still down
• 15 July
  • Faruq's Tools for Games
  • Lores and Histories: Mobilising Armies
  • Patch Notes (15 July 2009)
  • PvP World Changes
• 14 July
  • Website Maintenance (14 July 2009)
• 13 July
  • Incomm cards available at Rite-Aid/Wal-Mart
• 10 July
  • PayBySMS available in Singapore
  • The Jagex Anti-Hijack System
• 8 July
  • Mobilising Armies
  • Patch Notes (8 July 2009)
• 2 July
  • Wallie Cards available in Sweden

June

• 22 June
  • Extended Agility courses
  • Patch Notes (22 June 2009)
• 18 June
  • Membership cards in 7-Eleven
• 16 June
  • Changes to PvP and Bounty Worlds, and gravestones
  • European Worlds Temporarily Unavailable
  • Patch Notes (16 June 2009)
• 12 June
  • Friends list unavailable for some users
• 11 June
  • Macro-detection systems update
• 9 June
  • Patch Notes (9 June 2009)
  • Run energy upgrade
• 2 June
  • Patch Notes (2 June 2009)
  • The Hunt for Red Raktuber
• 1 June
  • PayBySMS available in Estonia and Lithuania

May

• 29 May
  • The Jagex Clan Cup 2009
• 28 May
  • New Dwarf Quest: Diary 4
  • Postbag from the Hedge 40
• 27 May
  • Dungeon maps and spam filter
  • Patch Notes (27 May 2009)
• 21 May
  • Development Diary: Run Energy - Part 2
  • Guaranteed-Content Poll: Name a Pub Results
• 19 May
  • Missing My Mummy
  • Patch Notes (19 May 2009)
• 15 May
  • Limited Edition Chosen Commander Hoodies
• 14 May
  • Development Diary: Fairy Area Improvement - Part 2
• 12 May
  • Patch Notes (12 May 2009)
• 11 May
  • Offence System Updated
  • Offence System maintenance
• 7 May
  • Development Diary: Tools for Games
• 6 May
  • Bounty Hunter Wilderness-only PvP
  • Bounty Worlds
  • Patch Notes (6 May 2009)

April

• 30 April
  • New Dwarf Quest: Diary 3
• 28 April
  • Patch Notes (28 April 2009)
  • Summoning Upgrade and Hairstyles
• 23 April
  • Development Diary: Run Energy
• 21 April
  • Patch Notes (21 April 2009)
  • Tale of the Muspah
• 20 April
  • PayBySMS now available in Canada.
• 17 April
  • Development Diary: Fairy Area Improvement
• 9 April
  • Free player forum access
  • New Dwarf Quest: Diary 2
• 8 April
  • Easter 2009
  • Patch Notes (8 April 2009)
• 6 April
  • Windows downloadable client
• 2 April
  • Development Diary: Dungeon Maps
  • Postbag from the Hedge 39
  • RuneScape Duel Cards
• 1 April
  • Forum Maintenance (1 April 2009)
  • Glorious Memories
  • Patch Notes (1 April 2009)

March

• 31 March
  • Pay by SMS now available in Australia
  • Rants forum returns
• 30 March
  • Problems with billing systems
• 26 March
  • Development Diary: New Dwarf Quest - Part 1
• 25 March
  • Patch Notes (25 March 2009)
  • Pre-purchase advice and more
• 17 March
  • Game Worlds Unavailable
  • Patch Notes (17 March 2009)
  • Route-finding Update
  • The Chosen Commander
• 12 March
  • Lores and Histories: The Chasm of Lights
• 5 March
  • Evil Tree Wallpaper
  • RuneScape Q&A – Further Answers
• 3 March
  • Deposit-all feature and more
  • Patch Notes (3 March 2009)

February

• 27 February
  • Temporary Closure of the Bounty Hunter Craters
• 25 February
  • Evil Tree
  • Patch Notes (25 February 2009)
  • Random Event Update and More
• 17 February
  • Wilderness and Real-World Trading Q&A
• 16 February
  • Minor Delay to Scheduled Updates
  • Your RuneScape Questions Answered
  • Your RuneScape Questions Answered - Updated
• 10 February
  • Patch Notes (10 February 2009)
  • Soul Wars
• 9 February
  • The Future of RuneScape
• 5 February
  • Postbag from the Hedge 38
• 2 February
  • Behind the Scenes - February (2009)

January

• 30 January
  • Forum Maintenance (30 January 2009)
• 27 January
  • Magic Interface Features
  • Patch Notes (27 January 2009)
• 20 January
  • Patch Notes (20 January 2009)
  • Seers' Village Achievement Diary
• 16 January
  • FunOrb - Armies of Gielinor
• 13 January
  • Betrayal at Falador Q&A
  • Logout Timer Increase
  • Patch Notes (13 January 2009)
• 9 January
  • Weak passwords must be changed.
• 6 January
  • In Pyre Need
• 2 January
  • Behind the Scenes - January (2009)
  • Behind the Scenes 2009