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. (The invisibility ability has been 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. 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 kill a Jagex Mod with a catapult of Castle Wars.

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."

List of known Jagex Moderators

 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Andrew
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Paul
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Ian
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Achilles
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Adam R
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Aiko (retired)
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Ash
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Bazz
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Calm (retired)
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Chihiro
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Chris L
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Dagz
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Davo
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Emilee
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Elvis
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Fran (retired)
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod French
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Hayley
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Hew
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Hohbein


 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Hisi
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Ilona (retired)
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Jack
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod John A
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Jon
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Knox
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Karolina
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Kerstin
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Liono
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Lutetia
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod MattyC
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Mark
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Mark H
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Mark L
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Maz
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Michelle
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod MMG (Mark Michael Gerhard)
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Monty


 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Osborne
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Odin
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Parrott
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Paupersen ("Made Up Person")
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Peter
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Poppy
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Raven
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Rougrie
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Sallyd
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Saitziel
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Sarah
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Seven
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Sneakman
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Sparrow
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Stevew
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Tim
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Timbo
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Trick
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Wessel
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod William
 * [[File:Jmod crown.png]] Mod Valkyrie