Ban



A Ban may be given for repeated violation of the Rules of RuneScape. An account starts off with 0 out of 10 black marks, but this may increase if the player breaks the rules. The account is in the green zone if it has no black marks, though changes through yellow, orange and red as offences accumulate. The black marks and the zone can change suddenly if the player commits serious offences. As of early February 2008, players who receive a permanent ban will not be able to play for a year, but after a year is finished, the account may resume functionality. This is because of Jagex's new ban system, giving legitimate players wrongly accused of doing something bad, a chance to prove that they are, in fact, legitimate. It is not known how long a ban may have lasted before, but many seem to think it was, in fact, permanent. An example of a player getting banned before the new ban system was Durial321 who killed people during the Falador Massacre. His account is still thought to be inactive, and his name no longer registers on the Hiscores list.

Offenders may be banned or just muted, and either may be temporary (for example, for 24 hours) or permanent. Muted players cannot type freely in the chat interface (though they are able to use Quick Chat), but banned players are unable to log into the game at all. Players who are banned are also not allowed to vote in polls or go on the forums without first logging out.

Generally, players are permanently banned after 10 blackmarks. But if certain appeals are made, players may result in more. You will be on a last chance, in which case any more offences will get you permanently banned, unless another last chance appeal is made.

There was once an area called The Black Hole in the Dwarven Mine area of RuneScape Classic where banned players were sent for an indefinite amount of time. However, this was later removed.

A division of Jagex known as Customer Support currently handles bans and blocks.

As of 11 May 2009, Jagex no longer hands out Black Marks, but instead archives the offence. They have also quashed some offences.

Game bans


Game bans restrict players from access to their accounts, usually for violating one of the Rules of Conduct. If the player appeals their ban, it may be accepted, either restoring the account completely or with a permanent mute.

Permanently banned or muted players may be offered a "last chance appeal". The Game Guide says: "If you are permanently banned or permanently muted and have appealed all open offences, you may be given the option to make one final appeal in order to regain your account. Please be aware that if your appeal is denied, then you will be permanently banned or permanently muted and have no further chances to appeal your offences."

Forum bans
Bans from the RuneScape Forums are for essentially similar reasons to those in-game. However, they also include flaming and spamming; while spamming in-game is an offence, many players do not realise this and it often goes unreported.

If a player is muted or banned from the game, they are also automatically banned from the forums. If a player is muted or banned from the forums, they are not necessarily banned from the game.

Instant permanent bans
Some forms of bug abuse will cause a player to be permanently banned Account hijacking may cause an instant permanent ban. Some forms of Website Advertising can result in a permanent ban as well.