Gender



The Gender of a character refers to whether the character is male or female. Player characters have their gender defined when they are created, although players can change this via the Makeover Mage near Falador for a fee of 3000 coins.

Unlike some role-playing games, a player's gender does not play much of a role in enhancing or limiting any particular abilities, with the notable exception of the Recruitment Drive quest, which requires the player to be female. Male characters will need to change their gender in order to complete the quest, though the 3000 coins will be refunded after they do.

Many non-player characters have a well-defined gender, and these are not limited to humans. For example, Aggie the witch and Zanik the goblin are female, and Doric the dwarf and Pescaling Pax the penguin are male.

Gender versus sex
The attribute of male or female is only ever referred to as "gender" in the game and the documentation, since "sex" (though a synonym in everyday English) is a word that is automatically censored by the chat filter. It is possible to circumvent this (for example by typing "$E%"), but doing this is in breach of Rule 1, which prohibits offensive language. It specifically says "mis-spelling an offensive word or using symbols to replace letters to avoid the chat filter is considered even worse."