Jagex Moderator

Jagex Moderators, also known as Staff Moderators, Jagex Mods, JMods or admins are employees working for Jagex Ltd. Jagex Moderator accounts are only used for work purposes such as play-testing, debugging, attended surgeries, and dealing with in-game situations. Currently, there are about four hundred JMods.

Jagex Moderator accounts will always have a gold crown beside their name when in public chat, and a gold background when posting on the forums. JMod usernames will always begin with "Mod", except for three exceptions - Ian, Paul, and Andrew Gower's RuneScape names are simply, and , respectively. There are also at least two former Jagex Moderators (Sirmodsteve, and Rsguide) who no longer work with Jagex. Additionally, Jagex has also made it so that players' names cannot begin with 'Mod' to prevent confusion among players. Employees can only login to a JMod account while connected to Jagex's designated server. They navigate the RuneScape website using a staff portal, a webpage that gives them quick access to moderation tools. Other types of moderators include Player Moderators and Forum Moderators.

Observations

 * Jagex Moderators have the combined abilities of both Forum and Player Moderators, and additional abilities above and beyond which enable them to carry out functions related to their duties. Jagex Moderators may also possess additional abilities not normally available to players, such as turning invisible, but such abilities have not yet been confirmed by a Jagex Moderator. (Confirmed)
 * Jagex Moderators have the ability to add or remove items in their inventory, modify their skills (and thus their combat level), and teleport to any location in Gielinor by typing with coördinates or double-clicking on a spot at the worldmap (Proven at RuneFest). They may also walk through scenery and onto any terrain, including physical boundaries which would normally block passage, an ability commonly referred to as noclip. Also mods can transform into any NPC. This is how they have custom chatheads in the forums.
 * Players used to be able to trade with and attack Jagex Moderators. Now, however, Jagex Moderators can no longer be attacked or traded with by a player in any way. The change was to prevent players from receiving unfair advantages resulting from a JMod's ability to create any item. If a player were to trade with a Jagex Moderator now, the player would receive the message: "Sorry, but you can't trade with Jagex Moderators." Players can still play against a Jagex moderator on FunOrb, however. Even though players cannot trade with Jagex Moderators, they can throw a gnomeball to them, but the Mod cannot throw it back (they can throw it to other J mods).
 * JMods can be teleported away, attacked, and killed by random events and other Jagex Moderators.
 * Gravestones of Jagex Mods cannot be repaired or blessed, and it is not known whether or not other Jagex Mods can do so. It is not known whether or not a Jagex Mod loses items when they die, however since Jagex Moderators can create items using commands, losing them appears fairly irrelevant.
 * Anything said by a Jagex Moderator can always be seen regardless of a player's chat settings being set to off or private.
 * Jagex Moderators can always see when a player is online and send private messages even when private chat is turned off. When in a clan chat channel, Jagex Moderators have a gold crown icon and abilities comparable to the channel owner.
 * On the RuneScape Forums, Jagex Moderators have the ability to use HTML and JavaScript. This ability allows them to include images in their posts, use different fonts, and change their background colour. Additionally, Jagex Moderators can edit other players' posts as well as make threads into stickies. Actions performed by Jagex Moderators such as locking a thread or editing a title cannot be undone by a Forum Moderator. Jagex Mods can have Forum Avatars that a normal players can't, such as having a picture of themselves as a monkey. There are possibly several other forum related abilities which are still unknown.
 * Although Jagex Moderators are widely known for their golden crowned accounts, most do have normal RuneScape accounts. Often times however, they choose not to disclose these accounts, for the sake of privacy.
 * Jagex Mods are the only accounts with the ability to kick and ban players from the game.
 * It is possible to kill a Jagex Mod with a catapult in Castle Wars, or by making rocks collapse on them.
 * Some special events, such as the Zombie Outbreak, allow players to attack J-mods.
 * During RuneFest Jagex made it possible to attack and kill all Jagex Moderators in Clan Wars.
 * Jagex Moderators have the ability to change their Life Points. (Confirmed at Zombie Outbreak by Mod Valkyrie.)
 * Jagex Moderators do have a bank, asking why they have these result in answers like "Being lazy", because they can just teleport to a bank, get their stuff, and get back, instead of typing 10 lines to get 10 different items.

How to become a Jagex Moderator
In order to become a Jagex Moderator, players must be a member of Jagex's staff. Applicants for jobs must be at least 18 years old, and be able to work in the United Kingdom.

Jagex CEO Mark Gerhard has this advice for prospective Jagex employees: "Being bright, passionate, creative, hard working and living in the UK (which is where the offices are based) is a distinct advantage... Typically, maths and science are the most sought after skills for our developers... Working for Jagex is not just about your degree but more about identifying with the Jagex culture, which is all about excellence, hard work, passion for games and having fun... we tend to look for bright, hard working people with a passion for games... We tend to employ a lot of people as they leave university, so around 21~22, I would say."

Mod Paupersen
Mod Paupersen (anagram for 'Made up Person') was a fake Jagex Moderator that was featured in the 2010 April fools joke. See the 2010 April Fools article for more information.