RuneFest 2019
RuneFest 2019 was the ninth annual RuneScape convention. It took place again at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre on the 4 and 5 October 2019, and was announced on 24 May 2019.[1] The theme for this year's RuneFest was Anachronia, and Old School's Fossil Island.[2]
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Venue[edit | edit source]
RuneFest 2019 was held in Farnborough, England, at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre (Show Centre, ETPS Road, Farnborough, GU14 6FD). The venue offered 3,500 on-site parking spaces.
Tickets[edit | edit source]
Tickets went on sale on 31 May.[3] A limited number of reduced price early bird tickets were available. The ticket gave holders access to the main event and the Golden Gnome ceremony the night before.
Type | Price |
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Early Bird | £135 plus booking fee |
Standard | £150 plus booking fee |
Ticket holders had the opportunity to purchase RuneFest 2019 t-shirts and hoodies in advance, with the option of getting it personalised with a name on the back.
Item | Price |
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RuneFest 2019 t-shirt - Black | £20 |
RuneFest 2019 t-shirt - Dark Grey | £20 |
RuneFest 2019 hoodie | £40 |
Personalised RuneFest 2019 t-shirt - Black | £25 |
Personalised RuneFest 2019 t-shirt - Dark Grey | £25 |
Golden Gnomes[edit | edit source]
The Night Before RuneFest event this year was the ceremony for the Golden Gnome Awards. It took place on the 4 October, with doors opening at 18:00 and closing at approximately 23:30.
Main event[edit | edit source]
The main event took place on 5 October, with doors opening at 10:00, and closing at approximately midnight. The whole event was streamed live, with RuneScape's Twitch channel streaming the panels, and Jagex's Twitch channel streaming the main stage.
Livestream viewers could unlock the golden mattock.
Goodie bag[edit | edit source]
Upon arrival, attendees received:
- RuneFest 2019 lanyard
- RuneFest 2019 notebook
- RuneFest 2019 canteen
- RuneFest 2019 bone pen
- RuneFest 2019 lapel pin
- Monty the dinosaur duck
- RuneFest marker pen
- Code to unlock the Adventurer's Hat, Adventurer's Whip, and golden mattock
- RuneFest drink token
- RuneFest dinner token
- Hunt the JMod booklet
Revealed future updates[edit | edit source]
RuneScape[edit | edit source]
- Archaeology
- Desperate Measures
- The Ranch out of Time
- 120 Farming and Herblore
- New pets associated with Player-owned ports, minigame, clue scrolls, etc.
- City of Senntisten quest
- Elder God Wars Dungeon
- Managing Miscellania rework
- Azzanadra quest
- NXT optimisations from mobile build
- New rendering systems, allowing more detailed models
- Canopy cutout
- Character silhouette behind walls
- Interaction highlights
- Movement smoothing
The next two are extremely experimental and it is possibly they will never have a release date.
- Movement prediction
- Faster tick rate, from 0.6s/tick to 0.1s/tick
Old School RuneScape[edit | edit source]
- Sins of the Father quest
- Darkmeyer
- Hallowed Sepulchre
- Nightmare of Ashihama
- Clan system
- Group Ironman
- A Kingdom Divided
Schedule[edit | edit source]
All times are written in British Summer Time (BST).
Main stage[edit | edit source]
Panel room[edit | edit source]
Skilling chips[edit | edit source]
Chip | Activity |
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Agility | Dinosaur Agility
Participate in a game of skee-ball. |
Dungeoneering | Swamp Maze
Navigate the maze. |
Construction | Enriched Puzzle
Complete a wooden puzzle. |
Penguin | Penguin Hunt
Find the 10 penguins around the venue, and unscramble the letters for a word. The word was MOLTEN ROCK. Hand in at the Event Information Desk. |
Hunter | Hunt the JMod
Collect 10 JMod signatures in the Hunt the JMod booklet, and hand in at Event Information Desk. |
Ranged | Ranged
Shoot down cans with a nerf bow and arrow. |
Crafting | Catch a little fishie
Either craft a dinosaur out of card, or design a boss. |
Chatboxes | Have Your Say
Either give a suggestion for Old School content, or have a go at voice-acting lines for RS3. |
RuneFest 2019 logo | Show the other eight skilling chips at the Merch Store. |
Activities[edit | edit source]
There were various other activities and areas around the venue, including:
- Photobooth
- LAN area
- Art area
- Dinosaur mini golf
- RuneScape mobile
- Archaeology playtesting
- Charity area (wellbeing room)
Player Moderators[edit | edit source]
Player and Forum Moderators could receive a cap at the Player Moderator meeting.
Merchandise[edit | edit source]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Ancient Summoning art shown at RuneFest
References[edit | edit source]
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Christmas event | |
Easter event | |
Summer Beach Party | |
Spring Fayre | |
Spring Festival | |
Thanksgiving event | |
April Fools | |
Cryptic Clue Fest | |
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Winter Weekends | |
RuneFest | |
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Christmas Advent Calendar | |
Game Jam | |
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