Hidden updates/2001–2007

2007

December

• 18 December
  • A Vulture egg is added as a drop from Vultures and Raven eggs were able to be acquired from bird's nests.
  • Yanille Petshop is released, but access is denied for a month.

November

• 12 November
  • The graphics for the Gnome scarf are changed again.
  • The Hopespear's Will miniquest was released.
• 5 November
  • The graphics for the Gnome scarf are changed.

September

• 20 September
  • All zeroes in the RuneScape games are updated to have a line through them to help distinguish them from capital Os.
  • Flight Kilisa no longer drops only God Wars items.

August

• 28 August
  • Two-handed swords are now held to the shoulder.

July

• 5 July
  • Unicode characters can now be used in-game, using Alt+number shortcuts built into Windows. For example, (Alt-0254) becomes þ.
• Unknown date
  • Barrelchest anchor attack style is changed to a mace style.

June

• 26 June
  • Loading and connection messages appears in the upper-left corner of the game applet.
  • The scroll bar on the chat box is updated.
  • Items now do not 'flash' when they are unequipped, in the way that they do when they are used on one another.
  • Players are not allowed to go beyond the first floor of Melzar's Maze after the quest. The quest is also extended slightly, and there is a Music track added.
  • Large monsters are able to move diagonally. This disrupts former safespots and safespot luring.
• 2 June
  • The graphics for Rabbit snares is changed.
• Unknown date
  • The location where Jagex stores data on a player's computer is changed.

May

• 30 May
  • Broken shields from the Shield of Arrav quest can no longer be sold in shops or noted.
• 16 May
  • It is reported that the new Lunar spells are changed so the rate of levelling up was slowed.
• 14 May
  • 4 new worlds (numbered 141-144) are added.

April

• 17 April
  • Players may now walk and alchemise items at the same time.
• 15 April
  • Players can no longer stand on the same square as the Evil Chicken to avoid attack, it says: "Bwuk! Get off me!" and throws the character off the square.

March

• 27 March
  • The in-game world switching interface is slimmed down.
  • King Roald's graphics are improved.
• 13 March
  • Players are able to use capitals in the middle of a sentence.
  • Switching Prayer during combat will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.
  • A search feature is added next to the Manual link in the RuneScape website.
  • Switching attack methods will no longer cause the player to stop attacking the monster.

February

• 28 Feburary
  • When The Fremennik Isles quest was released, an NPC used the word "damn", which Jagex considers offensive. Later, it is changed to "blasted" instead. For some reason, later updates such as the Party Demon and the Stolen Hearts quest use the word "damn" unchanged.
• 12 February
  • The witch south of Al Kharid has been changed into a non-attackable NPC, the Sorceress.
• 7 February
  • Ardougne Zoo walls are changed from traditional rock colour to marble, similar to the style of houses in Falador.
• Unknown date
  • The General's Shadow miniquest (previously known as Shadow Sword) is released.
  • Players no longer need to go through a message while entering Mort Myre. When the food rots while being attacked by a Ghast, it only takes up one line of dialogue.

January

• Unknown date
  • The Desert Quarry is now is now affected by desert heat.

2006

December

• 12 December
  • The witch in Draynor Manor can now be talked to (due to the Animal Magnetism quest) and is no longer attackable.

October

• 18 October
  • Players failing to pickpocket would get a twittering sound effect after being hit by an NPC.

July

• 31 July
  • Sawdust was added to the game in response to a Postbag from the Hedge letter.

• Date unknown
  • Dragonhides can no longer be tanned on free worlds.

June

• Date unknown
  • The Candlelight random event was removed.

2005

August

• 23 August
  • The Wise Old Man's bank robbery cutscene is added to the game.
• Unknown date
  • A 30-second wait was attached to world switching

2004

April

• 6 April
  • The Tangle vine random event is removed.

Date unclear

• Members objects can no longer be alchemised on the free worlds.
• The thickness of the gate connecting Taverley and Falador is increased.

2002

December

• Unknown date
  • A new rule against advertising websites is added

October

• 31 October
  • Hallowe'en masks were aded to the game; see 2002 Halloween event

March

• 31 March
  • Easter eggs were added to the game; see 2002 Easter event

Date unclear

• The screen would randomly rotate by a few degrees, likely to prevent macro use.

2001

December

• 25 December
  • Christmas crackers and party hats were added to the game; see 2001 Christmas event
• Unknown date
  • A new moderation system was added, allowing players to be muted and properly banned instead of being sent to the Black Hole
    • Thordur and the Black Hole were removed

October

• 31 October
  • Pumpkins were added to the game; see 2001 Halloween event

Date unclear

• Shield of Arrav was reworked sometime between 10 May and 11 June 2001 such that a key is no longer needed to access the Phoenix Gang headquarters