Rules of RuneScape

RuneScape has its own rules which all players must abide. Jagex may apply a variety of sanctions against rule breakers, up to a permanent account ban. Lesser offences may result in a black mark, temporary ban, temporary or permanent mute.

Rules of Conduct
All players must abide by these rules.

Rule 1 - Offensive Language
You must not use any language which may be considered by others to be offensive, racist or obscene. This includes swearing.

RuneScape has a filter which will censor inappropriate language, such as offensive, racist, and obscene words, replacing them with asterisks. For example, if a player says 'fart', the chat filter will change it to '****'.

It not ok to try and avoid the fitter with words like "@$$", "sock" or "*uck". In fact, that's considered to be worse and can get you banned even faster.

Spamming the chat window (Aslo known as "Flooding the Chat") excessively with pointless lines of chat also falls under rule 1.

Rule 2 - Item Scamming
You must not scam or deceive other players. Lying to other players for your own personal gain is not in the spirit of the game.

Item scamming is when a player cheats another player. For example:

A player is selling a rune platebody for 60,000 coins. A buyer trades with the player and offers 60,000 coins. However, the buyer quickly switches the 60,000 coins to 6,000 coins, while the seller does not notice. The trade is completed and the buyer runs off with a rune platebody they bought for only 6,000 coins. The seller has just been scammed.

Jagex takes this rule very seriously and will ban a player if they are caught scamming other players.

Rule 3 - Password Scamming
Asking/trying to persuade another player to give you their password for any reason is against the rules and will not be tolerated.

Players must never tell their password or they risk being hacked. Players asking for passwords or claiming that passwords cannot be said will be banned if they are caught.

Rule 4 - Cheating/Bug Abuse
You must not use or attempt to use any cheats or errors which you find in our software. Any exploits which you find must be immediately reported to Jagex through Customer Support.

Players must not use a bug to their advantage. If Jagex catches them, then they risk being banned. If a player stumbles upon a bug in the game, they must report it to Jagex via Customer Support.

Rule 5 - Jagex Staff Impersonation
You should not attempt to impersonate Jagex staff in any way, for any reason. The names of Jagex Staff will have a gold crown next to their name when speaking in-game. Anyone who does not have a gold crown next to their name is not Jagex staff. This applies to both private chat and general in game chat.

If a player is claiming to be Jagex staff, they will be banned if they are caught. Jagex staff, or Jagex moderators, have a gold crown next to their names in the chat box, while player moderators have a silver crown next to their names.

Rule 6 - Account Sharing/Trading
Each account should only be used by ONE person. Account sharing is NOT allowed. You may not sell, transfer or lend your account to anyone else, or permit anyone else to use your account, and you may not accept an account that anybody else offers you.

If a player is sharing their account with a friend or relative, they risk being banned. Jagex prohibits the sale, transfer, or trade of any accounts to others and players will be banned if caught doing this.

Rule 7 - Macroing
You must not attempt to use other programs (e.g. bots, macros or autominers) in conjunction with our games to give yourself an unfair advantage at the game. You also may not circumvent any of our mechanisms designed to log out inactive users automatically.

Players must never use a program which will do their work, such as a program that cuts trees for the player. Doing so is known as macroing, or autoing. If a player is caught macroing, or autoing, then they will be banned.

Rule 8 - Multiple Logging-In
You may create more than one RuneScape account, but if you do, you may not log in more than one account at any time, and they must not interact with each other in any way. This includes 'drop trading' or any other method of item transfer. If a player is caught doing so, then they risk being banned.

Rule 9 - Encouraging Others to Break Rules
You must not encourage others to break any of the RuneScape rules.

Players must never encourage other players to break one of RuneScape's rules. Doing so is only asking to be banned.

Rule 10 - False Representations
You must not misuse RuneScape Customer Support. This includes threatening or reporting an innocent person, supplying false information, and, abusing Jagex staff.

Jagex does not tolerate the misuse of its Customer Service. Players making false reports, threats to Jagex, etc, are not permitted nor tolerated.

Rule 11 - Advertising/Website
You are not allowed to actively advertise in the RuneScape game or RuneScape forums. This includes advertising any website or product and no web addresses are allowed. Telling other players any web-address is not allowed.

Players are not allowed to talk about a website other than RuneScape.

Rule 12 - Real World Item Trading
RuneScape items must only be exchanged for other items/services within the game. Exchanging RuneScape items for items or other benefits in other online games, real-life money or other real-life benefits is not allowed.

Players must never sell items for real money. If a player is caught doing so, they will be banned.

Rule 13 - Asking for Personal Details
For our players' privacy and safety, you must not ask for personal contact details such as full name, home address or telephone number from another player.

Requesting any player's personal information (such as their name, home address or telephone number) is not allowed.

Rule 14 - Misuse of Official Forums
You must not misuse our Official RuneScape Forums. The forum code of conduct (linked at the top of the forums) clearly details exactly what is and what is not acceptable behaviour.

When using the Official RuneScape Forums, all players must abide by the Forum Code of Conduct. If a player abuses the forums (such as posting SPAM, insulting Jagex, etc.), then they will be banned from using the forums, either indefinitely or temporary.

Rule 15 - Advert Blocking
You must not deliberately block or hide the adverts which appear above the free version of our game. If you have advert blocking software please prevent it from blocking adverts on our website. The adverts above the free game are what enable us to keep it free after all!

Players are not allowed to use a program to disable or hide the advertisements above the free version of RuneScape.

Rule 16 - Abusing the Abuse Reports
The Abuse Reports are only to be used when some one breaks the rules. Don't abuse this system because in slows down the speed of which the reports are checked and sending faults reports can lead to a permanent ban.