System update



A System update is when Jagex launches one or more of its updates to the main game engine. Updates are typically content-related; e.g. a new quest, a tweak/improvement to a recently released quest, or a rework of an existing section of game code. Players are given a warning in the lower left hand corner of the game window in the form of a 10 minute countdown. This countdown was originally 3 minutes but was changed to 10 with the 01 July 2008 updates. When this reaches zero, all players logged in are automatically logged out and the login server for that particular world is offline until the update is uploaded. The time needed for the update to upload varies with each update. Players will have to reload the game window in order to log back in once the update takes effect.

Previously, all store stock was returned to default, making the immediate post-update period a good time to buy items that are often depleted, though due to the infinite stock update this no longer happens.