Golden Gnome Awards

The Golden Gnome Awards are a major Oscar-like award competition held by Jagex, that occurs typically at RuneFest. It has multiple categories, including videos, livestreaming, art, and cosplay. As of 2025, there have been 13 Golden Gnome Awards held: one in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2025.

In the first two events, Party Pete hosted the award ceremonies alongside a selection of well known Jagex Moderators, including Mark Gerhard and Paul Gower. In 2013, it was hosted by Mod Mark and Mod Paul M. In 2015, it was hosted by Mod Balance. In 2016, 2017, and 2018, several JMods hosted the event, announcing the categories and winners. The ceremony took take place the night before RuneFest in 2019. In 2020, 2021, and 2023 the awards have been presented through Twitch. In 2025, with the return of RuneFest, the Golden Gnome Awards were presented again at the live event.

The rewards include a real-life gnome, an in-game Golden Gnome pet and a golden gnome hat.

Overview

Edition	Date	Location/Medium
13	1 March 2025	RuneFest 2025
12	24 March 2023	The 12th Annual Golden Gnome Awards! stream on Twitch
11	17 December 2021	Twitch
10	20 November 2020	Twitch
9	4 October 2019	RuneFest 2019
8	6 October 2018	RuneFest 2018
7	23 September 2017	RuneFest 2017
6	17 September 2016	RuneFest 2016
5	3 October 2015	RuneFest 2015
4	11 October 2014	RuneFest 2014
3	2 November 2013	RuneFest 2013
2	29 October 2011	RuneFest 2011
1	28 August 2010	RuneFest 2010

List of awardees

2025

Players voted on nominations and on who the winner should be. The Creators Choice awards were voted by content creators, while the Community Champion awards were given by Jagex without a vote. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	Best New RuneScape Video Creator	Iron Araxxor
	Best New Old School RuneScape Video Creator	AlienFood
	Best RuneScape Video	Solak Log - The Journey by RunescapeOmid
	Best Old School RuneScape Video	Gielinor Games Finale by SoupRS
	Best RuneScape Video Creator	TheRSGuy
	Best Old School RuneScape Video Creator	Settled
	Best Series	Gielinor Games Season 4 by Soup
	Best Guidemaker	Gnomonkey
	Gamer of the Year	Settled
Art	Best New RuneScape Artist	Snowy Rune
	Best New Old School RuneScape Artist	Rune LoreKeeper
	Best RuneScape Artistic Creation	City of Um Lofied by Suizzy
	Best Old School RuneScape Artistic Creation	Tile Accurate Lumbridge by Rune LoreKeeper
	Best RuneScape Artist	Suizzy
	Best Old School RuneScape Artist	TheSkulled
	Best Cosplay Creation	Donza
	Best Music Composition	Endless Sea by J1mmy
Streaming	Best New RuneScape Streamer	EloquentSilence
	Best RuneScape Streamer	TheRSGuy
	Best New Old School RuneScape Streamer	Fray
	Best Old School RuneScape Streamer	Odablock
	Best Streamed Event	Deadman All-Stars by SoloMission
Creators Choice	RuneScape Creators Choice Award	Crystal
Creators Choice	Old School RuneScape Creators Choice Award	SoloMission
Community	RuneScape Community Champion	Chrash and RCM37 from PvME Community
Community	Old School RuneScape Community Champion	ScreteMonge

2023

Players voted on nominations and on who the winner should be. The Community Champion awards were given by Jagex without a vote. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	Best New RuneScape Video Creator	Waydot
	Best New Old School RuneScape Video Creator	Rhys
	Best RuneScape Video	This 20-year-old MMO is finally good again by J1mmy
	Best Old School RuneScape Video	THE BEST DAY ON RUNESCAPE \| Gielinor Games (#9) by SoupRS
	Best RuneScape Video Creator	Protoxx
	Best Old School RuneScape Video Creator	Solomission
Art	Best New RuneScape Artist	Evergreen
	Best New Old School RuneScape Artist	Skotizhoe
	Best RuneScape Artistic Creation	A Lofi RuneScape Moment by Suizzy
	Best Old School RuneScape Artistic Creation	Where's Wise Old Man!? by Volcaban
	Best RuneScape Artist	NYChannel
	Best Old School RuneScape Artist	8sat
	Best RuneScape Cosplay Creation	Nature Sentinel by CrayCritter
	Best Old School RuneScape Cosplay Creation	Krystilia by Witchcrafty
Streaming	Best New RuneScape Streamer	Waydot
	Best RuneScape Streamer	Sick Nerd
	Best New Old School RuneScape Streamer	Limpwurt
	Best Old School RuneScape Streamer	Odablock
Community	RuneScape Community Champion	RuneScape Art Community
Community	Old School RuneScape Community Champion	Hanannie

2021

Players voted on nominations and on who the winner should be. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	Best New RuneScape Video Creator	Nuzz Nuzz
	Best New Old School RuneScape Video Creator	Hanannie
	Best RuneScape Video	The Arch-Glacor (First EVER 4000% Enrage) by Evil Lucario
	Best Old School RuneScape Video	Swampletics: The Movie (#32) by Settled
	Best RuneScape Video Creator	Protoxx
	Best Old School RuneScape Video Creator	SoupRS
Art	Best New RuneScape Artist	Chunksofplum
	Best New Old School RuneScape Artist	Witchcrafty
	Best RuneScape Artistic Creation	The Staff of Armadyl by Willow
	Best Old School RuneScape Artistic Creation	117scape HD plugin by 117Scape
	Best RuneScape Artist	ClayCapes
	Best Old School RuneScape Artist	Hooti Tooti
Streaming	Best New RuneScape Streamer	Sarahdominist
	Best RuneScape Streamer	TheRSGuy
	Best New Old School RuneScape Streamer	7asty
	Best Old School RuneScape Streamer	itswill
Community	RuneScape Community Champion	RS Discord Mods & Helpers
Community	Old School RuneScape Community Champion	RuneLite

2020

Players voted on nominations and on who the winner should be. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	Best New RuneScape Video Creator	Hanannie
	Best New Old School RuneScape Video Creator	9Rain
	Best RuneScape Video	ProtoxxGaming
	Best Old School RuneScape Video	xzact and Rendi
	Best RuneScape Video Creator	Maikeru
	Best Old School RuneScape Video Creator	J1mmy
Art	Best New RuneScape Artist	Suizzy
	Best New Old School RuneScape Artist	CrumbOSRS
	Best RuneScape Artistic Creation	Mavrick882
	Best Old School RuneScape Artistic Creation	LilSmokey
	Best RuneScape Artist	Willoway
	Best Old School RuneScape Artist	7th Sleeper
Streaming	Best New RuneScape Streamer	mika279
	Best RuneScape Streamer	Maikeru
	Best New Old School RuneScape Streamer	Synq
	Best Old School RuneScape Streamer	Odablock
Community	Best Music Creation	J1mmy
	Best Cosplay Prop	NoxiousIRL
	Best Cosplay Costume	Altf4
	Community Achievement Award	Faux
	Community Champion	RS and OSRS Wikis

2019

Players voted on nominations and a poll on who the winner should be. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	Best New RS Video Maker	DarkWorldOrder
	Best New OSRS Video Maker	J1mmy
	Best RS Video Maker	Maikeru
	Best OSRS Video Maker	Settled
	RS Video of the Year	Will Miss It^{[2019 1]}
	OSRS Video of the Year	LilSmokey^{[2019 2]}
Streaming	Best New RS Streamer	RS_Nate
	Best New OSRS Streamer	Roidie
	Best RS Streamer	TheRSGuy
	Best OSRS Streamer	SparcMac
Art	Best New RS Artist	Remidiy (Formerly Grommy_Art)
	Best New OSRS Artist	7th Sleeper
	Best Artistic Creation	Zuhaar, Remidiy & 7th Sleeper^{[2019 3]}
	Best Artist	Dagna
Cosplay	Most Creative Cosplay	Toxic Oxpar^{[2019 4]}
Cosplay	Best Cosplay	Golden Light^{[2019 5]}
Community	Community champion	Prezleek

^ RuneScape Historical Timeline 1998-2018. The Golden Gnome pet was gifted to Gentleshen.
^ Swampletics Exposed
^ Thank you for your service Mod Mat K
^ Plague Doctor
^ Bandos with Scythe

2018

Players voted on nominations but an internal panel at Jagex determined who should win the award. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	RuneScape Video of the Year	Will Miss It ^{[2018 1]}
	OSRS Video of the Year	TanzooRS & Virtoso ^{[2018 2]}
	Best New RuneScape Video Maker	Ravlar RS
	Best New OSRS Video Maker	DitterBitter
	Best RuneScape Video Maker	Maikeru RS
	Best OSRS Video Maker	Torvesta
Streaming	Best New RuneScape Streamer	Wazzy
	Best New OSRS Streamer	Purpp
	Best Old School Streamer	MmorpgRS
	Best RuneScape Streamer	TheRSGuy
Art	Best Artistic Creation	Vicky Ligt ^{[2018 3]}
Art	Best Artist	Zuhaar
Cosplay	Most Creative Cosplay	Leki ^{[2018 4]}
Cosplay	Best Cosplay	Golden Light ^{[2018 5]}
Community	Community champion	Tracy Roshur

^ The Completionist Heist
^ OLDSCHOOLS BIGGEST CHALLENGE ft. C Engineer, Mod Ayiza, Soup, Gunschilli, Manked, Ianspam, DVS &Jack
^ Saradomin Godsword
^ King Black Dragon
^ Guthan with LED inferno cape

2017

Jagex Moderators voted and chose the 2017 winners. The categories and winners were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Video	Video of the Year	SirPugger ^{[2017 1]}
	Best New Video Maker	C Engineer
	Best RuneScape Video Maker	FatNooblet
	Best Old School Video Maker	GunsChilli
Streaming	Best New Streamer	Manked
	Best RuneScape Streamer	RuneScapeOmid
	Best Old School Streamer	Faux
Art	Best Artistic Creation	Maximus Gugu ^{[2017 2]}
Art	Best Artist	AngelsScapes
Cosplay	Most Creative Cosplay	Plushie Tum ^{[2017 3]}
Cosplay	Best Cosplay	Dewydd ^{[2017 4]}
Community	Community Champion	Mr Mammal
Community	Lifetime Achievement	Woox

^ Pretending to be a girl in RuneScape
^ RuneScape pop-up book
^ Terrorbird mount cosplay
^ Wizard Chambers cosplay

2016

Streaming awards were decided by player vote, and the majority of the rest were decided by JMods. The categories and winners for the 2016 Golden Gnome Awards were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
RuneScape	Best RuneScape Video Maker	Will Miss It
	Best RuneScape Video	Tehnoobshow
	Best RuneScape Streamer	Rsgloryandgold
	Best RuneScape Streaming Moment	TheThorRs
Old School RuneScape	Best Old School Video Maker	A Friend
	Best Old School Video	Mr Bug
	Best Old School Streamer	B0aty
	Best Old School Streaming Moment	Mmorpgrs
Community	Best Artist	Prezleek
	Best Artistic Creation	Dojo Buster ^{[2016 1]}
	Best Cosplay - Player Selected	Teezkut ^{[2016 2]}
	Best Cosplay - JMod Selected	Sen ^{[2016 3]}
	Community Champion	B0aty
	RS3 Hall of Fame	Le me
	OSRS Hall of Fame	Woox
	Lifetime Achievement	Everyone - SpecialEffect ^{[2016 4]}

^ Zaros drawing
^ Nomad
^ Primal Warrior
^ This Golden Gnome can be found in-game in the Legends' Guild's garden.

2015

Again, the majority of the award winners were picked by JMods, and the audience also picked the winners of the cosplay categories. The categories and winners for the 2015 Golden Gnomes were:

Category	Nomination	Winner
Art	Best Artwork	Legend Arts ^{[2015 1]}
	Best Comic	Prezleek ^{[2015 2]}
	Best Real-Life Creation	Iron Medi ^{[2015 3]}
	Best Female Cosplay	Zilyana cosplay
	Best Male Cosplay	Teezkut ^{[2015 4]}
Live-Stream	Most RuneScape Entertaining Moment	JimSauce ^{[2015 5]}
	Most Old School Entertaining Moment	Skill Specs ^{[2015 6]}
	Best RuneScape Streamer	JimSauce
	Best Old School Streamer	B0aty
Video	Best RuneScape Video Guide	TheCompleteRS ^{[2015 7]}
	Best Old School Video Guide	Mr Mammal ^{[2015 8]}
	Best RuneScape Original Content	Will Miss It ^{[2015 9]}
	Best Old School Original Content	Egg Beard ^{[2015 10]}
	Best RuneScape Video Maker	Will Miss It
	Best Old School Video Maker	M0te pl0x
Special Categories	Community Champion	Pur
	Hall of Fame	Rank 2: Forsberg888 OSRS Rank 1: Lynx Titan Rank 1 Hardcore Ironman: LoveDrunk OSRS Rank 1 Ironman: Lezley
	Unsung Hero	Jagex's IT operations team
	Special Recognition	RajjPatel^{[2015 11]}
	Lifetime Achievement	Andrew and Paul Gower

^ New Domina Fenale
^ Proper Use of Overloads
^ Frozen Prison
^ Malevolent Warrior
^ Sara Pet Reaction
^ 73 Fight
^ CompleteQBD
^ KBD Guide
^ Thrones of Gielinor
^ Troll Splashing
^ RajjPatel was awarded the Special Recognition for organising a charity stream to Alexander, a player who has suffered from cancer at a young age and opened a Make-A-Wish request to go to Jagex HQ. Alexander was gifted the real-life Gnome and the in-game pet.

2014

In 2014, 22 gnomes were given out in total across wide array of categories. Awards were given out for:

The majority of the award winners were picked by JMods, with three of the awards given for activities held during the day, and the audience picking the winners of the cosplay categories.

A few new categories were introduced this year for live-streaming, and the Community Champion.

Category	Nomination	Winner
Art	Digital Art Award	Xara^{[2014 1]}
	Hand Drawn Art Award	Ismonia^{[2014 2]}
	Sculpture/Plushie Award	Medi Lord^{[2014 3]}
	Elf Model Award	Bond 007
	Best Female Cosplay	Sen^{[2014 4]}
	Best Male Cosplay	Teezkut^{[2014 5]}
	Photo Cosplay Award	NZD^{[2014 6]}
Live-Stream	Most Entertaining Moment	Skill Specs
	Most Original Content	IronNoBank
	Best Live Stream Series	B0aty
	Queen Black Dragon Speed Kill	P_at_rick^{[2014 7]}
	Old School Corporeal Beast Solo Challenge	L_Icy_L^{[2014 8]}
Video	Best Video Guide	Munclesonkey^{[2014 9]}
	Best Machinima Video	Skyzah^{[2014 10]}
	Best Live-Action Video	Geese Go Moo
	Best Video Series	Will Miss It^{[2014 11]}
	Wish you were in RuneScape	Realscaperz ^{[2014 12]}
Special	Community Champion	Princess Rae
	Hall of Fame	Drumgun^{[2014 13]}
	Lifetime Achievement	B0aty

^ Zaros and Mah drawing
^ Fremennik girl drawing
^ Kal'Ger the Warmonger battle scene
^ Armadyl cosplay
^ Sirenic armour and royal crossbow cosplay
^ Bandos armour cosplay
^ 01:13 kill
^ 1,458 damage
^ Celestial dragons Guide and Loot: 160k+ Slayer XP/Hour [Runescape 2014]
^ The Adventure of a Tree!
^ Runescape - Stuff Players Says
^ Wish you were in RuneScape Entry
^ First player to achieve 200 million XP in every skill

Former CEO of Jagex Mod MMG was also given a special Golden Gnome Award for his contributions to the game over the years and Mod Campbell was given one for eating a whole chocolate cake with his hands tied behind his back.

2013

In 2013 there were 15 gnomes handed out. The categories were as follows. Most winners were decided by Jagex, with the exception of the cosplay categories, which were decided by audience cheering.

Category	Winner
Best YouTube Channel	Will Miss It
Best Art	BornToDesign
Top Ranking Zamorakian & Saradominist	Saradominist: Sgt Tilley Zamorakian: Awww
Best Livestream	Bonesaw
Top Ranking Player	Jake
Best Live Action	Nozfrateu
Top Ranking Clan	Maxed
Funniest Video	Realscaperz
Machinima one-to-watch	Zarakye
Best Guide	A Friend
Lifetime Achievement	Zezima
Best Female Cosplay	Demolitione ^{[2013 1]}
Best Male Cosplay	Rodeo wn ^{[2013 2]}

^ Nex
^ Saradomin

2011

For the 2011 awards there were 7 categories, as follows. 2 nominees were chosen by Jagex for each category with the exception of Best Video 2011, where 3 nominees were chosen. The winner was determined at RuneFest via voters in the audience, while the winner for Best Video Overall was determined by votes from the entire playerbase.

Category	Winner
Best Use of Effects	Nozferatu
Best Use of Sound	Dale of Hope
Funniest Video	BumBum007
Best Story Telling	Prezleek
Best Voice Acting	Evil Yakuza
Best Animation	Jeffrey Son
Best Video 2011	BumBum007

2010

For the 2010 awards, entrants had a choice of 3 styles of video entries, which were Machinima, Live action or Animation, and for each of the styles, they could choose either the short story or RSMV (RuneScape Music Video) categories.

Jagex provided five remixed tracks for the music video category, being Animal Allegory, Animal Rap-o-gee, Beat Wars, Har'Money and Temple Dissected.

For each of the categories, 2 entries were selected as finalists. The winners were as followed:

Category	Winner
Best Machinima short story (YouTube link)	Robz
Best Machinima RSMV (YouTube link)	Neon Slay
Best live action short story (YouTube link)	1carrot - Odd One Out
Best live action RSMV (YouTube link)	KKComics
Best animation short story (YouTube link)	Mino-Tauros
Best animation RSMV (YouTube link)	Josh1391

Prizes

An in-game Golden Gnome pet, named after the respective category won and a golden gnome hat. Along with some extra prizes:

Year	Extra prizes
2010	A Big Ticket - an all expenses paid trip to the UK to visit Jagex Games studio
	RuneScape merchandise
	Lifetime membership
2011	Runescape merchandise
2011	Lifetime membership
2013	3 months of membership
2014	1 year of membership
2016	N/A
2017	1 year of membership
2018	N/A
2019	N/A
2020	N/A
2021	N/A
2023	N/A

Gallery

The gnome in 2010.
The gnome in 2011.
The gnome in 2013.
The gnome in 2014.
The gnome in 2015.
The gnome in 2016.
The gnome in 2017.
The gnome in 2018.
The gnome in 2019.
The gnome in 2022-2023.
The gnome in 2025.
The banner for the 2017 Golden Gnome Awards.

Trivia

In 2013, player S U O M I achieved rank 1 overall before the Gnome ceremony, but because of the time the winners were decided, Jake won this prize.
If a player wins two or more categories, they will only be able to have one Golden Gnome pet in-game.^{[source needed]}
The gnomes from 2021-2023 were modelled off of the 2017 Golden Gnome banner by Willow Creative.

[1] RuneScape Historical Timeline 1998-2018. The Golden Gnome pet was gifted to Gentleshen.

[2] Swampletics Exposed

[3] Thank you for your service Mod Mat K

[4] Plague Doctor

[5] Bandos with Scythe

[6] The Completionist Heist

[7] OLDSCHOOLS BIGGEST CHALLENGE ft. C Engineer, Mod Ayiza, Soup, Gunschilli, Manked, Ianspam, DVS &Jack

[8] Saradomin Godsword

[9] King Black Dragon

[10] Guthan with LED inferno cape

[11] Pretending to be a girl in RuneScape

[12] RuneScape pop-up book

[13] Terrorbird mount cosplay

[14] Wizard Chambers cosplay

[15] Zaros drawing

[16] Nomad

[17] Primal Warrior

[18] This Golden Gnome can be found in-game in the Legends' Guild's garden.

[19] New Domina Fenale

[20] Proper Use of Overloads

[21] Frozen Prison

[22] Malevolent Warrior

[23] Sara Pet Reaction

[24] 73 Fight

[25] CompleteQBD

[26] KBD Guide

[27] Thrones of Gielinor

[28] Troll Splashing

[29] RajjPatel was awarded the Special Recognition for organising a charity stream to Alexander, a player who has suffered from cancer at a young age and opened a Make-A-Wish request to go to Jagex HQ. Alexander was gifted the real-life Gnome and the in-game pet.

[30] Zaros and Mah drawing

[31] Fremennik girl drawing

[32] Kal'Ger the Warmonger battle scene

[33] Armadyl cosplay

[34] Sirenic armour and royal crossbow cosplay

[35] Bandos armour cosplay

[36] 01:13 kill

[37] 1,458 damage

[38] Celestial dragons Guide and Loot: 160k+ Slayer XP/Hour [Runescape 2014]

[39] The Adventure of a Tree!

[40] Runescape - Stuff Players Says

[41] Wish you were in RuneScape Entry

[42] First player to achieve 200 million XP in every skill

[43] Nex

[44] Saradomin

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