Jagex confirms new MMORPG Runescape 4 will be its “fourth pillar,” while the existing game introduces a “new beginning” with Reignited.
Runescape 4 is real. After laying out a whole wealth of content coming to its longstanding MMORPG at Runefest 2026, along with an animated series made in collaboration with Charlie 'MoistCr1tikal' White, Jagex confirmed that it's currently working on an all-new game, dubbed the "fourth pillar" of the studio alongside OSRS and Dragonwilds. It'll likely be quite some time before we get our hands on it, but that's okay, because the Runescape 3 roadmap is looking rather stacked right now, including a "new beginning" this December with Runescape Reignited, which you'll be able to try for free at launch.
I didn't come into this year's festivities expecting a completely new Runescape MMO, yet I absolutely got chills as the teaser of adventurers wandering through city streets and flying across the skies of a fully 3D world played out. Could it be? Then, the fade to black, and a burning '4.' The design is very much that of Runescape Dragonwilds, definitively cartoony and bright, albeit much more 'realistic' in its visuals than what we're used to from the MMO side of the series. For the time being, we're just told that it's "in development," although Dragonwilds Executive Producer Jesse America was able to give me some additional details prior to the reveal during a roundtable presentation.
"On the Dragonwilds roadmap at a certain point, there was something called Shadows of Ashenfall in 2027." America explains that this was planned to deliver the fundamentals and artstyle of the survival game players already loved, but with more of a social focus. "We actually made designs for an expansion that would lift up Dragonwilds into the realm of the typical Jagex game with persistent servers, high player counts, and lots of social features. A social hub, player-to-player trading, all of that good stuff you see in the MMOs."
America says the team at Jagex "embraced that challenge with a lot of creative ambition and a lot of enthusiasm," but quickly started to realize from the early prototypes that what they were building "essentially would be an MMO, and that it deserved its own game - not to be a part of Dragonwilds, but to stand alone as Jagex's fourth, new pillar." He notes that it's still "really early days," but that the entire studio is working on the project together. "In due time, we will have more information about all of it."
Putting that excitement aside, the other big reveal for the modern game is a flash back to its past: Runescape Reignited. If OSRS is essentially the Jagex equivalent to World of Warcraft Forever - having returned to a distinct point in the MMO's history before branching out to become something independent and new - then Reignited is Runescape Classic. It's set to launch on Tuesday December 2, and takes us back 25 years to experience a remastered Gielinor as it was when it first released in 2001.
"This is a relaunch of this game that we all love," Associate Creative Director Ryan Philpott explains, where you'll start from scratch with a new character and experience Runescape "as if it was released today." Jagex is working to make sure the UI flow, onboarding, quests, and environments are all polished "to hold up to modern standards." For launch, that's focused on the early experience, with work set to continue "moving into 2027 and beyond."
Reignited will feature a new 'adventure guide' to support your journey and make sure you have the tools and knowledge to succeed. "We know that Runescape is a huge game of massive breadth and depth over the last 25 years, and we know that it can be overwhelming at times to either start out or to return." The adventure guide is therefore your "recommended journey through the game, featuring the key features: sort of a 'curated path' of what Runescape has to offer."
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