RuneScape's Treasure Hunter microtransactions are now gone, restoring integrity as Jagex reveal integrity-focused 2026 plans integratively

An integrity roadmap with integrity-focused releases and a renewed absorption connected crippled integrity

Integrity. Inteh-gritty. In-teh-grih-teh. That's the connection of the time erstwhile it comes to 2026 RuneScape, oregon astatine slightest it volition beryllium if the plans Jagex person conscionable laid retired enactment arsenic intended. To beryllium fair, pushing the large fastener that yet gets escaped of those Treasure Hunter microtransactions folks vocally disliked is simply a bully start.

That's precisely what the RuneScape makers person done to footwear disconnected the opening conception of the 2026 roadmap they speech done successful the video supra and this post. The gist of what they've dubbed the game's "Road to Restoration" is that they're hoping to marque definite that RuneScape's enactment firmly backmost connected way and acceptable up for a agleam aboriginal arsenic it rings its 25th anniversary.

Hence the ditching of the Treasure Hunter microtransactions, with their items acceptable to beryllium driven into extinction successful the long-run to boot. "Over the people of 2026, players volition person the accidental to usage up immoderate existing stockpiles, with further chances aboriginal successful the twelvemonth to wide retired thing that remains, earlier these items are yet made obsolete," Jagex wrote.

Along with Treasure's removal, the wintertime update which has conscionable gone unrecorded delivers a fewer different bits. There's a retooled idiosyncratic interface designed to enactment backmost successful immoderate classical RuneScape furnishings similar a circular minimap and the enactment to toggle cosmetics similar wings into an invisible signifier if they fuss you. plus, there's been a worldspace update focusing connected free-to-play locales similar Lumbridge, Draynor, and Varrock.

Moving guardant done the remainder of the year, regular larger additions similar the two-part Havenhythe expansion, player-owned housing, and subordinate avatars volition beryllium packaged with much revamping of existing features. For example, outpouring promises a combat update that'll purpose to modernise the 3 basal warring styles by adding the likes of a basal onslaught and retooling abilities which are nary longer acceptable for purpose, portion 3 rounds of wide balancing tweaks are penned successful crossed the year. The RuneMetrics stat-tracking strategy is besides acceptable to driblet the Pro portion of its terms of entry, alternatively being offered to each paid RuneScape members.

All successful all, it sounds similar a fig of steps successful the close direction, albeit with the caveat of Jagex needing to bash each of this re-integritising due to the fact that they'd jumped truthful acold into the integrityless microtransaction waters to commencement with.