Unknown



The Unknown is supposedly all of the dark areas in Gielinor where players can neither travel to nor see. These areas are not connected to the World Map and enclose the areas on the map. For example, there is no map area south of the Kharidian Desert and the vast endlessness of these are displayed with black areas on the world map. It is also possible to see the unknown by walking to the edge of a Player-owned house.

Future updates


It is more or less the end of the RuneScape visible area, until something is constructed there. As of 1 July 2008, the "Unknown" is displayed as checkered blue and white squares on the World map, but has still remained colourless in game.

On one version of the RuneScape world map, the "Unknown" is covered in clouds that hide the black areas around Gielinor.

Future Areas
There are many areas in the game that are currently hidden but still have been talked about by NPC's. Here is a list of locations that have been mentioned:


 * Prifddinas, Castle Drakan, and Menaphos are also three areas in the game that can not be accessed but are still visible on the world map. Still, a bit of each has been cut off stopping the player from seeing what's on the other side.

Progress
With the release of RuneScape High Detail, the unknown now comes in more colours than just black, depending upon one's location in Gielinor. This has created a couple of interesting cases where the unknown is known to peek through local scenery such as the trapdoor leading from the Grand Tree ground floor down to the mines, this in an unintended feature of the game and can be considered as a small graphical glitch. Some parts of the ground in the wilderness and other hilled locations in RuneScape can also appear transparent when viewed from the correct angle, showing what is on the other side of the hill.

List of Unknown reveals

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! # !Update !Area revealed !colspan="3"|2010 !colspan="3"|2009 !colspan="3"|2008 !colspan="3"|2007 !colspan="3"|2006 !colspan="3"|2005 !colspan="3"|2004
 * 1
 * Impetuous Impulses Improvements
 * Daemonheim, although it wasn't accessible until the release of Dungeoneering.
 * 2
 * Fish Flingers
 * Soul wars was replaced from the west of Tirannwn to the south of Tirannwn.
 * Fish Flingers
 * Soul wars was replaced from the west of Tirannwn to the south of Tirannwn.
 * 1
 * In Pyre Need
 * Phoenix Lair (south-west of Piscatoris Fishing Colony)
 * 2
 * Soul Wars
 * Soul Wars
 * 3
 * Tale of the Muspah
 * The North, Mahjarrat Ritual Site Cavern
 * 4
 * Missing My Mummy
 * Uzer Mastaba
 * 5
 * The Hunt for Red Raktuber
 * An unnamed island, South of Ape Atoll
 * 6
 * Mobilising Armies
 * Mobilising Armies Command centre, West of Oo'Glog
 * 7
 * The Temple at Senntisten
 * Ghorrock, West of the Ice Plateau
 * 6
 * Mobilising Armies
 * Mobilising Armies Command centre, West of Oo'Glog
 * 7
 * The Temple at Senntisten
 * Ghorrock, West of the Ice Plateau
 * Ghorrock, West of the Ice Plateau
 * 1
 * Dealing with Scabaras
 * Ullek (east of Sophanem)
 * 2
 * As a First Resort...
 * Oo'glog
 * As a First Resort...
 * Oo'glog
 * 1
 * What's black and white and goes green when it's finished?
 * Iceberg
 * 2
 * Fremennik Isles
 * Neitiznot, Jatizso
 * 3
 * Great Brain Robbery
 * Harmony Island
 * 3
 * Great Brain Robbery
 * Harmony Island
 * 1
 * Agility Pyramid
 * Agility Pyramid
 * 2
 * Cabin Fever
 * A little bit of Mos Le'Harmless
 * 3
 * Enakhra's Lament
 * Western desert mining site
 * 4
 * In Aid of the Myreque
 * Burgh de Rott
 * 5
 * Pest Control
 * Void Knights' Outpost (Pest Control)
 * 6
 * Return of the Wise Old Man!
 * Piscatoris Fishing Colony
 * 7
 * Trouble Brewing
 * The rest of Mos Le'Harmless
 * 8
 * Lunar Diplomacy
 * Lunar Isle, Pirates' Cove
 * 9
 * Myreque Pt III - Darkness of Hallowvale
 * Sanguinesti region (Darkmeyer and Meiyerditch)
 * 10
 * Hunter skill
 * Hunter area south of the Feldip Hills, as well as the Piscatoris Hunter area.
 * Lunar Diplomacy
 * Lunar Isle, Pirates' Cove
 * 9
 * Myreque Pt III - Darkness of Hallowvale
 * Sanguinesti region (Darkmeyer and Meiyerditch)
 * 10
 * Hunter skill
 * Hunter area south of the Feldip Hills, as well as the Piscatoris Hunter area.
 * Hunter skill
 * Hunter area south of the Feldip Hills, as well as the Piscatoris Hunter area.
 * 1
 * Troll Romance, Banks and Chat
 * Trollweiss Mountain
 * 2
 * Creature of Fenkenstrain
 * Frenkenstain's Castle, Mausoleum
 * 3
 * Ghosts Ahoy and Slayer Update
 * Port Phasmatys
 * 4
 * Ali Morrisane and Pollnivneach
 * Pollnivneach
 * 5
 * The Golem
 * Uzer
 * 6
 * Desert Treasure
 * Jaldraocht Pyramid, Ice Path
 * 7
 * Desert Month Finale
 * Menaphos, Sophanem
 * 8
 * Barrows
 * Barrows
 * 9
 * Waterbirth Island
 * Waterbirth Island
 * 10
 * Nardah, Tool Sheds &amp; Spirits of the Elid
 * Nardah
 * Barrows
 * Barrows
 * 9
 * Waterbirth Island
 * Waterbirth Island
 * 10
 * Nardah, Tool Sheds &amp; Spirits of the Elid
 * Nardah
 * Nardah, Tool Sheds &amp; Spirits of the Elid
 * Nardah
 * 1
 * Big Chompy Bird Hunting
 * Feldip Hills
 * 2
 * Priest In Peril Quest
 * Canifis
 * 3
 * Nature Spirit Quest
 * Mort Myre
 * 4
 * Death Plateau Quest
 * Burthorpe
 * 5
 * Plague City Part 4 Released
 * Arandar, Isafdar, Prifddinas, Poison Waste
 * 6
 * Morytania Expansion
 * Haunted Woods
 * 7
 * Mortton Shades and Mage Armour
 * Mort'ton
 * 8
 * The Fremennik Trials
 * Rellekka
 * 9
 * Monkey Madness
 * Ape Atoll, Crash Island
 * 10
 * The Haunted Mine
 * Abandoned Mine (Haunted Mine)
 * }
 * Rellekka
 * 9
 * Monkey Madness
 * Ape Atoll, Crash Island
 * 10
 * The Haunted Mine
 * Abandoned Mine (Haunted Mine)
 * }
 * Abandoned Mine (Haunted Mine)
 * }

Postbag from the Hedge


On Issue 32 of the Postbag from the Hedge, Trader Stan revealed that parts of the "Unknown" are really just water.

God letters
On Issue 24 of the God letters, Guthix revealed that there exists an underwater city beneath the oceans of Gielinor.