Talk:List of quest release dates

Reverse chronological order
Maybe this should redirect to "list of quests in chronological release order"? It's a bit of a mouthful, so a shorter name would be good, but I have always wanted to know the release order of some earlier quests, and the page would still maintain the use it has now. :) JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot  22:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Switch it to list of quests by date of release or LOQBDOR for short ;). --Whiplash 22:36, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Keep it in reverse chronological order as that would be the most useful. I'm always looking up a recent quest and keeping it at the top would be better. Chrislee33 22:53, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * There are only 117 quests in total. --Whiplash 23:08, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Underground pass
Yes, it is listed twice!. There are 2 update links and i'm not sure which is correct. Chrislee33 02:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The earlier version is for RS classic, the later version for the new current RS. Chrislee33 03:38, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Undated quests
I've added members' and free quests which do not have dates near the bottom of the article page. Need help tracking dates if possible. Chrislee33 07:12, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Witch's House
I'm sure this came out with the other original classic members quests. It's the first members quest listed on the ingame quest journal on RS Classic, which is in chronological order. It did not come out after legends - that was Rune Mysteries. Dtm142 00:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Switched the 2 quests. Can someone with RS classic list the order of the quest in the journal?  thanks  Chrislee33 01:28, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Reviewed RSC quest journal. only 17 free quests and 50 total quests. Rune mysteries only free quest after RS2- no date yet. Chrislee33 07:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * found date for rune mysteries. "quest guide was entered into the RuneHQ.com database on Mon, Dec 01, 2003," - Chrislee33 08:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I am 100% positive that it was released with RS2 beta, as you said. Dtm142 20:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Grand Tree - December 12th 2002
The quest is listed to have come out in 2003, while it really was released on December 12th with the agility skill. See this article. Dtm142 22:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks, correction made. Chrislee33 23:42, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Feb 26 Recent edit reverted
Table is in reverse chronological order because most people want to know more about recent quests then older quests -- what was the name of that quest that came out recently?, when did it come out?, what was that quest that came out before/after that other recent quest? .... Therefore, the table headings (timeline dates) that appear further down the table should be read in a down to up order. The 51st quest Rune Mysteries of Dec 1 should appear above the timeline date heading RuneScape 2 beta released December 1, 2003 instead of below the heading. Chrislee33 07:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

27th or 28th of February?
Druidic Ritual, as well as all the quests listed in this list as 27 Feb are each respectively listed as 28 Feb in their respective articles. Which was it?

I'm curious because it was obviously the introduction of the new herblaw skill at the time. 17:10, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to assume that Vimescarrot was off by 1 on the date as i spotted all the quest articles of the date in question were all updated on 8 January 2008. 01:08, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

release dates
how do quests 1-7 pre-date the release of runescape?Reddo 06:20, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I dunno. My theory is the quests existed in DeviousMUD, the forerunner to RuneScape, which was created in 1998 by Andrew Gower.  The game was never publicly released.  13:30, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * "When RuneScape went into alpha testing March 2000, I and a few others from that games site alpha tested it. At that time we all had the option to write some quests, only the chat and invent people, invent objects etc, Andrew and his team of brothers then added the graphics and drew the items. so the chat, story, etc in RuneScript. I wrote Romeo and Juliet, simple first quest to try and get to grips with the code, and make it a story for all players, not just certain level ones." - Rab / Rob Law / Moderator, 18th of June 2003. I don't know where the December 1st 2000 thing comes from, tho. --RS Ren 22:26, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The December 1st, 2000 date for Romeo & Juliet comes from the Internet Archives copy of the Runescape promo page when it was still in Alpha testing. I just added the information as an antique update message from Jagex that gives the exact quote from what I think was Andrew Gower himself, back when Jagex was just a handful of employees.  That is a fun source of information, which needs to be mined for some of the early history of the game as well.  There are a couple of other "updates" that I think could be extracted from the same source, but alas there isn't anything more detailed about when other quests were created.  Romeo & Juliet is the first quest with a specific date for when it was released.  --

Adding Quest Difficulty to This List
I'm compiling some information about JaGeX update qualities over time and it won't be much extra effort in my part to add a quest difficulty column to this page (easy, medium, grandmaster, etc). Considering this page is made for people who has historical interest of RuneScape's development, I think it'll be a nice addition to this page.

Any objections? Primadog 01:37, 17 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Great idea, go ahead. 01:39, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Adding a difficulty column is unnecessary. People can just click on the quest page to know more. 10:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)