Server


 * "World" redirects here. For information on the fictional world in which RuneScape is set, see Gielinor.

Servers are computers which host RuneScape. Servers are maintained by Jagex and are distributed across the real world. There are several types of servers used in RuneScape.

Servers

 * The first server players will meet is the hosting server, which runs the main RuneScape website. It is unknown how many individual computers manage the site and as to whether the Grand Exchange Item DB, Forums and Highscores are all on this server.
 * When playing, players first select a World server. Each world allows 2000 players to be connected at once. There are currently 163 worlds (four are German-speaking; two are QuickChat only; and one is hidden), but more are routinely added.
 * After selecting a world, the game does a loading process which includes connecting to the Update server.
 * The player is connected to the Login server when the loading process is completed.
 * After logging in, the Friends list and Ignore list is loaded after connecting to the Friends server.
 * The RuneScape Forums may have their own servers.

Isolation of worlds
Each world server known by the short name world is fairly isolated. A player may be logged in to at most one world server at any given time. To ensure this is the case, a delay is in place between logging out of one and logging into another world.

For the most part, events that occur in one world will not affect any other RuneScape world. For example, buying an item in a shop will only decrease the inventory for the shop in that world. Shop inventory, character and item respawns, and ore regeneration are all managed individually for each server. Additionally, players (along with chat messages) contained in one world will not be visible to players in another world. The only exception to this is the Grand Exchange which trades with players on all worlds.

World switching


Prior to the move to infinitely stocked shops, player would often change worlds rapidly to buy from one store many different times. Now, very few shops have a limited stock, so the practice is less common. However players still switch worlds often in order to find more favourable conditions (e.g. more populated) for minigames, player killing or trading. This technique is known as world switching or world hopping.

Players may switch to less populated worlds for less players, so they can have more monsters, logs, ores (etc.) for themselves. Contrasting this, is the slower respawn time for many objects on less populated worlds - this includes both rocks and trees.

Reaching A Full World
Sometimes a world may be full, an example is world 2 for members or world 1 for free to play and pay to play. To go to a world right away with out having to click the switch worlds, some people edit the URL in the for the web site. These are the URLs for Runescape:

http://world---.runescape.com/p0 - Low Detail

http://world---.runescape.com/p0,g1 - High Detail

http://world---.runescape.com/p0,s1 - Low Detail Safe Mode

http://world---.runescape.com/p0,g1,s1 - High Detail Safe Mode

Type or copy this in and fill in the --- it can be 1,2, or 3 digits depending on the world such as 1,10, or world 100.

Persistence of character state
When a user logs off of a world, all settings particular to that character are saved to the player's account profile in a global database. Therefore, when logging into a different world, the character's skills, inventory, etc. will be restored to the same state, regardless of which server the character last logged onto. The only exception is that if a player goes from a members'-only world into a free world, his/her statistics will be restored to normal level.

Locations
It is recommended that players connect to the server closest to them, as they will experience more reliable connections and less lag. However, this is not mandatory.

Oceania

 * Australia (8)
 * New Zealand (2)

Europe

 * Belgium (2)
 * Denmark (2)
 * Finland (6)
 * Ireland (2)
 * Netherlands (9)
 * Norway (2)
 * Sweden (6)
 * United Kingdom (20)

North America

 * Canada (18)
 * Mexico (1)
 * United States

South America

 * Brazil (1)

Europe

 * Germany (5)

Themed worlds
After the Themed world update on 13 August 2007, a new column on the far right of the world select screen was added by Jagex. This column highlights worlds associated with certain activities and servers Jagex have designated as the worlds that should be used for certain activities (due to certain servers not being able to cope with high levels of activity).

This makes it easier to find people who wish to do the same thing, like Trouble Brewing or Castle Wars.

These worlds are recommended by Jagex as the best place to perform these activities. However, they are only recommendations; players may still use any world they want to perform these activities, with the exception of LootShare, Bounty Hunter and Duel Tournaments, which are only available on the appropriate themed worlds.

Trade
Worlds where players gather in the large cities (such as, Falador, Varrock or Seers Village) to trade items.

Rune running
Worlds where players can run runes for money or craft runes to raise their Runecrafting skill.

Player killing
Worlds where players kill others in the Wilderness minigames, the Duel Arena or even Castle Wars.

Role-playing
On these worlds players will get together with others they meet on the roleplaying forums and act out their roleplays (commonly called igrps or InGame RolePlays) as if they were in another setting (including new names for places/characters/items and a group of people going from one place to another).

Group questing
This is a world where players gather and do quests together.

Party room
On a party room world there will be many people in the Falador party room waiting for balloons to drop so they can get the items in them.

World themes
The list of worlds may change at any time, this is the current world list as of 8 August 2008.


 * 1 - Free - Trade
 * 2 - Members - Trade
 * 3 - Free - Trade
 * 4 - Free - Trade
 * 5 - Free - Trade
 * 6 - Members - Barbarian Assault
 * 12 - Members - Duel Arena - Staked/Friendly
 * 15 - Members - Castle Wars
 * 16 - Free - Running - Air Runes
 * 17 - Free - Bounty Hunter
 * 18 - Members - Bounty Hunter
 * 20 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 24 - Members - Castle Wars
 * 25 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 27 - Members - Trade
 * 31 - Members - House Parties
 * 35 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 36 - Members - Running - Nature Runes
 * 41 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 42 - Members - Role-Playing Server
 * 44 - Members - Fist of Guthix
 * 45 - Members - Games Room
 * 53 - Members - Pest Control
 * 54 - Members - Duel Arena - High Lvl Tournaments
 * 58 - Members - Blast Furnace
 * 66 - Members - Running - Law Runes
 * 67 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 70 - Members - Runecrafting - ZMI Altar
 * 71 - Members - Barbarian Assault
 * 75 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 77 - Members - Shades of Mort'ton
 * 78 - Members - Vinesweeper
 * 79 - Members - Fight Pits
 * 81 - Free - Bounty Hunter
 * 82 - Members - Castle Wars
 * 83 - Members - Duel Arena - Tournaments
 * 92 - Members - Fist of Guthix
 * 93 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 98 - Members - Fist of Guthix
 * 99 - Members - Running - Law Runes
 * 100 - Members - Group Questing
 * 102 - Free - Party Room
 * 103 - Members - Party Room
 * 104 - Members - Trouble Brewing
 * 105 - Free - Trade
 * 107 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 110 - Members - Fist of Guthix
 * 114 - Members - Duel Arena - Tournaments
 * 115 - Members - Pest Control
 * 116 - Members - Fishing Trawler
 * 119 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 121 - Members - Bounty Hunter
 * 128 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 129 - Members - Clan Wars
 * 130 - Members - Trade
 * 132 - Members - Duel Arena - Staked/Friendly
 * 138 - Members - Rat Pits
 * 141 - Free - Clan Wars
 * 143 - Members - Bounty Hunter
 * 144 - Members - Pest Control
 * 146 - Free - Fist of Guthix (German)
 * 149 - Free - Fist of Guthix
 * 152 - Free - Bounty Hunter
 * 160 - Members - Quick Chat
 * 161 - Free - Quick Chat
 * 165 - Free - Trade
 * 167 - Free - Fist of Guthix

Player Worlds

 * This list was last updated on the 18 May 2008. Some worlds may now be defunct.

Certain worlds have become specialized by the player-base for particular tasks. These guidelines are useful for tasks that require a lot of people (e.g. minigames), as they define a meeting place for people hoping to work together with others.

Trading

 * 1 - Varrock - Various items
 * 2 - Falador and Seers Village - Various items
 * 3 - Varrock - Various items
 * 4 - Varrock - Various items
 * 5 - Varrock - Various items
 * 6 - Falador and Seers Village - Various items
 * 27 - Varrock - Various Items
 * 105 - Varrock - Various Items
 * 130 - Falador and Seers Village - Various Items
 * 132 - Yanille - Fletching supplies

Wilderness Player Versus Player

 * 17 - Bounty Hunter & Clan Wars
 * 18 - Bounty Hunter & Clan Wars
 * 20 - Fist of Guthix
 * 25 - Fist of Guthix
 * 35 - Fist of Guthix
 * 41 - Fist of Guthix
 * 44 - Fist of Guthix
 * 67 - Fist of Guthix
 * 75 - Fist of Guthix
 * 81 - Bounty Hunter
 * 92 - Fist of Guthix
 * 93 - Fist of Guthix
 * 98 - Fist of Guthix
 * 107 - Fist of Guthix
 * 110 - Fist of Guthix
 * 119 - Fist of Guthix
 * 121 - Bounty Hunter
 * 128 - Fist of Guthix
 * 129 - Clan Wars
 * 141 - Clan Wars
 * 143 - Bounty Hunter
 * 149 - Fist of Guthix
 * 152 - Bounty Hunter
 * 167 - Fist of Guthix

Skills

 * 16 - Falador Air Altar - Air rune crafting/running
 * 36 - Karamja Nature Altar - Double nature rune crafting/running
 * 46 - Ape Atoll Agility Course - Agility training
 * 66 - Entrana Law Altar - Law rune crafting/running (Crafters provide essence)
 * 69 - Al Kharid - Crafting guild
 * 70 - ZMI Altar - High Level Runecrafters
 * 78 - Vinesweeper - Good Farming experience
 * 88 - Piscatoris Fishing Colony - Monkfish fishing
 * 89 - Dorgesh-Kaan agility course - Agility guild
 * 91 - Al Kharid - Tanning guild
 * 91 - Catherby Farming Spot - Farming guild
 * 99 - Entrana Law Altar - Law rune crafting/running (Runners provide essence)
 * 99 - Essence Mines - Pure Essence running
 * 99 - Rogue's Den - Cooking & Thieving training
 * 132 - Yanille - Fletching and Alchemy guild

Minigames

 * 2 - Mort'ton - Temple repair
 * 6 - Barbarian Assault
 * 9 - Barbarian Assault
 * 9 - Buthorpe - Games room
 * 9 - Castle Wars
 * 42 - Al Kharid - Sorceress's Garden
 * 71 - Castle Wars
 * 77 - Blast Furnace, Rogue's Den
 * 78 - Pest Control
 * 104 - Trouble Brewing
 * 116 - Fishing Trawler
 * 120 - Pyramid Plunder
 * 121 - Pyramid Plunder
 * 131 - Mort'ton - Temple repair
 * 144 - Pest Control

Duel Arena

 * 12 - Staked/Friendly
 * 54 - High Lvl Tournaments
 * 83 - Tournaments
 * 114 - Tournaments
 * 132 - Staked/Friendly

Events

 * 31 - House Parties
 * 42 - Role-Playing
 * 45 - Burthorpe Games Room
 * 100 - Group Questing
 * 102 - Falador Party Room
 * 103 - Falador Party Room
 * 138 - Rat Pits

Language

 * 19 - Polish-speaking players
 * 28 - Polish-speaking players (members)
 * 30 - Hungarian-speaking players
 * 20 - Lithuanian-speaking players
 * 32 - Lithuanian-speaking players
 * 44 - Lithuanian-speaking players (members)
 * 115 - French-speaking players (until the Themed Worlds)
 * 122 - German world
 * 139 - German world
 * 140 - German world (members)
 * 146 - German world

Lootshare

 * 7 - Free
 * 9 - Members
 * 10 - Free
 * 11 - Free
 * 14 - Free
 * 22 - Members
 * 23 - Members
 * 26 - Members
 * 28 - Members
 * 29 - Free
 * 30 - Free
 * 33 - Free
 * 34 - Free
 * 37 - Free
 * 39 - Members
 * 40 - Free
 * 43 - Free
 * 46 - Members
 * 47 - Free
 * 48 - Members
 * 51 - Free
 * 52 - Free
 * 54 - Members
 * 56 - Members
 * 59 - Members
 * 64 - Members
 * 65 - Members
 * 69 - Members
 * 76 - Members
 * 84 - Members
 * 85 - Free
 * 88 - Members
 * 89 - Members
 * 91 - Members
 * 92 - Members
 * 94 - Free
 * 95 - Free
 * 97 - Members
 * 98 - Members
 * 106 - Free
 * 108 - Free
 * 111 - Members
 * 112 - Members
 * 113 - Free
 * 114 - Members
 * 117 - Free
 * 118 - Free
 * 124 - Members
 * 126 - Free
 * 127 - Free
 * 131 - Members
 * 134 - Free
 * 137 - Members
 * 139 - Free (German)
 * 140 - Members (German)
 * 142 - Free
 * 145 - Members
 * 151 - Members
 * 153 - Free
 * 154 - Free
 * 155 - Free
 * 157 - Members
 * 158 - Members
 * 159 - Members
 * 168 - Members
 * 169 - Free

Technical issues
Sometimes a technical issue will occur which may cause every game world to crash and log out players in the middle of the game; it may or may not also affect the RuneScape Forums. Players may not be able to log back in if the login server is also affected. The problem is usually resolved in a short time. A server rollback may or may not occur which will reset players back to status before the crash occurred. (This rollback is different from an edit rollback or revert.)

Occasionally only a single world will crash/experience a glitch and depending on the problem, the other worlds may be purposefully taken offline, or not.

Information about this will appear in the forums Technical Support section. Other fan sites may also have information if the forums are down.

Recent events

 * In mid April 2008, Jagex removed all eight servers from Eastern Canada to the United States.
 * On 23 April 2008, World 36 had a glitch where non-members were allowed to enter the world, but could only access free-to-play actions.
 * On Friday, 13 June 2008, all of the servers experienced downtime due to problems with one of the game's internet service providers, Telstra.

Trivia

 * Before the 22 new worlds update, World 156 had not existed. However, players were once able to access this world using easy-to-decipher URLs.