Monday, 2nd March 2026, Cambridge, UK – Jagex, The RuneScape Company, has today launched its Combat Modernisation update for RuneScape, the latest in the game’s year-long ‘Road to Restoration’. The move modernises RuneScape’s three original combat styles of melee, ranged, and magic, making them more intuitive and easier to learn through experiential gameplay as players climb through the levels, and creates a simpler, but deeper, harmony between abilities.


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The release of the update follows three months of running a series of Combat Modernisation betas, enabling the RuneScape community to provide meaningful feedback ahead of its official launch. As a result, with each beta period, the development team has modified the power of tens of player abilities; corrected the timings of others; and tweaked a variety of perks, among other refinements.


RuneScape’s Road to Restoration

Announced as part of January’s RuneScape Ahead premiere video, the Road to Restoration has seen key updates already delivered to RuneScape, including UI tweaks, early game rebalancing and the removal of Treasure Hunter, with more planned throughout the game’s 25th anniversary year:




New Look for User Interface: Completed at the end of January, RuneScape’s UI has been refined to improve visibility, polish key menus and icons, and make it more intuitive to read and navigate.
Early Game Rebalancing: Released in mid-February, this update aimed to improve the first hours in the game, including skills rebalancing, including for hunting, thieving, farming, and herblore. A number of early quests, including Cook’s Assistant and Sheep Shearer, have also been tweaked to improve player experience.
DailyScape: A forthcoming update set for March will see the removal of much of the ‘DailyScape’ daily activities, which had been identified through community feedback as being chore-like, put pressure on players to login every day, and offered disproportionally higher rewards than the game’s core content.
Environment Refreshes: Focusing on the surface world of Gielinor, this work focuses on bringing a sense of unity to the in-game environment, making sure that every area feels quintessentially RuneScape.
Player Avatar: Player characters are getting the biggest visual overhaul in over a decade with the two-part release of the Player Avatar Update. This has been one of the most requested updates over the years and the launches in spring and autumn will see significant modernising of characters, increasing both their fidelity and detail.
RuneMetrics Pro for Free: RuneMetrics, an in-game tool which allows players to track and analyse their XP and wealth gains, will become free for all RuneScape Members this Spring. 

Detailed information about RuneScape’s Combat Modernisation, and all other updates, can be found on the official RuneScape website.

RuneScape is available now on PC, Steam, iOS, and Android, complete with cross-platform progression and play on PC and mobile. 

About Jagex

Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Jagex: The RuneScape Company, is a leader in creating deep and engaging forever games that empower communities across PC and mobile. Our MMORPG franchise, RuneScape, is played around the world and has welcomed over 300 million player accounts.

As RuneScape enters its 25th year in 2026, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play. This includes the reduction of monetisation mechanics, as well as the launch of RuneScape: Dragonwilds into Steam Early Access in 2025, representing a major step in building a multi-genre future for the RuneScape universe. Jagex: The RuneScape Company remains focused on building enduring worlds, empowering player-led innovation, and laying the foundations for the boldest era in RuneScape’s history.

For more information, visit www.jagex.com.

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