Rest



The rest button was added back in on the 9th of June. Players now can regenerate there run more quicker.



It appeared in the 25 March 2009 system update along with an option to Turn run mode on/off. When you selected it, the message "Coming Soon..." appeared in the text box. Jagex confirmed that this refers to a future update.

Jagex has stated on the forums that the rest option will not be linked to fatigue or sleeping bags.

On 1 April 2009 the "Rest" option was removed. That same day in the Runescape forums, Mod Ash posted "The Rest option is coming soon. I'm not sure exactly when. Until it does finally come, there's no real need to leave it sitting there doing nothing."

On 23 April, Jagex released a development diary stating that the "rest" feature was a mistake. The diary also states that the rest feature will center on "buskers", musician NPCs who play their instruments.

On June 9, 2009, the rest option was released. While resting, you will sit down in a relaxed position and run energy and hitpoints will regenerate twice as fast. In addition to that, when listening to a musician, your run energy and hitpoints will regenerate three times as fast.

Facebook
On the 19 March 2009, Jagex created a RuneScape account on Facebook. One of the pictures added shows a player battling Chronozon, and a message in the chat box that reads, 'You feel much better after a quick rest,' undoubtedly a reference to the rest feature. This shows the Rest button will have some kind of restoring properties.

Trivia
Shortly after the update, another update was released. Many players found that they couldn't use the Grand Exchange, unless they clicked "Use Desk", or "Exchange Desk". This also led to players not being able to access their bank accounts using the Grand Exchange bankers. This was caused by the fact that the desk was in the way, giving players the message "I can't reach that!". Also, monsters which were previously aggressive to players in one way or another are now unable to retaliate against the player. This is causing many people to congregate at the God Wars Dungeon and the Corporeal Beast lair in an hopeful attempt to get a valuable drop without getting hit for damage. Futhermore, a huge array of other bugs have been reported at the same time, such as glitched POHs, glitched firemaking amongst others.