Head banner

Current Head Banners

Head banners are the banners at the top of the RuneScape website. The first one, Island Assault, was released on 1 July 2008 when the RuneScape website received a huge makeover and the game itself was upgraded to RuneScape High Detail, before that just a logo was shown which would also change sometimes during holidays or major updates (these are also archived in the "Pre-2008" article below). Banners link to their corresponding news posts.

After the release of "Island Assault", the banner has been frequently featuring holiday events or major events in RuneScape. Since 2011, special offers and new quests were included, and from 2012 on, nearly every game update gets its own banner, many of which are additionally previewed and featured in the Lobby.

Block N Load on Steam

 * Occasion: Unlock the Cogwheel outfit by playing 5 friendly Block N Load matches, available on Steam now.
 * Scene: An adventurer wearing the Cogwheel outfit.
 * Duration: 1 May - 11 May

RuneScape Road Trip 2015

 * Occasion: The RuneScape Road Trip returns with new rewards, including a new Cute creature pet.
 * Scene: An adventurer wearing the Hiker's outfit with the Cute creature pet on their shoulder.
 * Duration: 29 April -

Aquarium

 * Occasion: Create your very own Aquarium in your Player-Owned house and fill it up with fish for new rewards.
 * Scene: An aquarium filled with various fish and scenery
 * Duration: 20 April - 6 May, 11 May -

New Merch Store

 * Occasion: Jagex have released a new merch store filled with new t-shirts and other stuff.
 * Scene: Two Jagex Moderators wearing a new shirt that is on sale.
 * Duration: 2 April - 17 April

Easter Eggs-periments

 * Occasion: Help the Easter bunny get rid of the imps from his factory in a new Easter event
 * Scene: The easter bunny, looking sad with the Ringleader imp next to it, holding a jadinko egg.
 * Duration: 30 March - 13 April

Shark Attack

 * Occasion: Collect pieces the new shark outfits now from Treasure Hunter
 * Scene: An adventurer wearing the Regular Shark outfit
 * Duration: 26 March - 31 March

Dimension of Disaster

 * Occasion: Venture into an alternate Varrock and confront Zemouregal
 * Scene: An adventurer being transported to the Alternate Varrock
 * Duration: 23 March - 30 March, 17 April -

Arrav Outfit

 * Occasion: Get Arrav's outfit from Solomon's Store, with an upgraded version if the outfit from the quest has been unlocked
 * Scene: An adventurer wearing the Cursed Arrav outfit
 * Duration: 23 March - 30 March

Chameleon Extract

 * Occasion: Change your skin colour out of 23 shades with the new Chameleon extracts, now on Solomon's Store
 * Scene: An adventurer holding a Chameleon extract
 * Duration: 16 March - 25 March

Rares and Luckies

 * Occasion: Collect rare tokens to buy new rares from the Rare item store, or win them from Treasure Hunter
 * Scene: An imcando axe on a table with several runes and coins
 * Duration: 13 March - 20 March

Dark Lord

 * Occasion: The Dark Lord pack has been released on Solomon's Store
 * Scene: An adventurer wearing the Dark Lord outfit
 * Duration: 10 March - 16 March

Meteor Storm

 * Occasion: Space dust and meteorites have returned to Treasure Hunter.
 * Scene: Several meteorites falling from the sky
 * Duration: 6 March - 9 March

Dishonour Among Thieves

 * Occasion: Gather a team of Zamorak's most trusted forces in an attempt to steal the Stone of Jas from Sliske in Dishonour among Thieves quest
 * Scene: Enhakhra, Lord Daquarius, Zemouregal, Jerrod, Nomad, Moia, Hazeel, General Khazard and Bilrach shown over the Stone of Jas
 * Duration: 23 February - 6 March, 9 March -

GameBlast Double XP Weekend

 * Occasion: Double XP Weekend has started and will end on 23 February at 12:00 UTC
 * Scene: A background showing Gielinor.
 * Duration: 20 February - 23 February

GameBlast 2015 Livestream

 * Occasion: Watch the GameBlast 24 hour livestream now
 * Scene: A background showing Gielinor with an image from a previous stream next to it
 * Duration: 20 February - 21 February

Time to Train

 * Occasion: All Treasure Chests rewards are replaced with items to help with training skills over the weekend.
 * Scene: Alice near some treasure chests
 * Duration: 19 February - 23 February

Valentine's Day 2015

 * Occasion: Collect rose petals through ingame skilling or Treasure Hunter to create love or hate valentines items.
 * Scene: Cupid wearing the Love valentines items with a dark cupid wearing the Hate valentines items
 * Duration: 12 February - 17 February

Bonus Chests

 * Occasion: A brand new Bonus chest has been added to Treasure Hunter, which rewards double the reward inside it.
 * Scene: The bonus chest being opened
 * Duration: 6 February - 10 February

Solomon's General Store - Wings IV

 * Occasion: Finish your skilling outfits with 4 brand new cosmetic wings, now on Solomon's General Store
 * Scene: An adventurer wearing the Silver-bladed wings
 * Duration: 2 February - 21 February

Protean Hides

 * Occasion: Win Protean Hides from Treasure Hunter for Crafting experience.
 * Scene: A Protean Hide being tanned in a desert area
 * Duration: 30 January - 2 February

Ports- Guardians of the World

 * Occasion: The third Ports expansion has been released, featuring 3 new adventures with new rewards.
 * Scene: The Tengu, The Memory and The Exiled shown in front of a ship
 * Duration: 26 January - 2 February

RuneLabs

 * Occasion: Suggest your ideas on RuneLabs and they could be featured in a future game update
 * Scene: The RuneLabs logo hovering over a laboratory filled with chemicals
 * Duration: 20 January - 2 February, 18 February - 23 February, 13 April - 1 May

Hati and Skoll Returns

 * Occasion: Hati and Sköll return for another year with their Hati paws and Skoll boots drops.
 * Scene: Hati in the foreground with Skoll in the background
 * Duration: 19 January - 26 January

Alchemist's Amulet: Last Chance

 * Occasion: It's the last chance to collect the fragments to create the new ALchemist's Amulet.
 * Scene: The Luminous alchemist's amulet surrounded by fallen gold coins
 * Duration: 16 January - 20 January

Alchemist's Amulet Returns

 * Occasion: A brand new Alchemist's amulet is available to create by collecting fragments from Treasure Hunter.
 * Scene: The Luminous alchemist's amulet surrounded by fallen gold coins
 * Duration: 9 January - 16 January

Boss Pets

 * Occasion: 26 brand new boss pets available as drops from the appropriate bosses
 * Scene: The King Black Dragon boss pet next to the Araxxor boss pet
 * Duration: 5 January - 16 January

Splash page
On the previous splash page (the page you got on when visiting the RuneScape website for the first time) there were also a few banners promoting the game which can be seen below. Now it just shows some screenshots.

NOTE:On the website all these banners had small animations.

Trivia

 * As of 27 April 2012 no head banners were shown, instead it just showed the background which looks the same as the default banner but without any animations. This was most likely just a bug and has been fixed with the Runespan update.