Game requirements

These technical requirements must be met in order to play RuneScape.

Minimum system requirements

Listed below are the minimum system requirements as stated by Jagex:^[1]

High detail

Processor: Intel i5 or i7 or AMD Athlon X2
Graphics: ATi Radeon HD, 512MB Nvidia GeForce G 100 or better
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Video Settings: Graphic Details on High. All options turned on.
Renderer: DirectX or OpenGL [ DirectX (32-bit/ 64-bit) or OpenGL (64-bit only) ]

Medium Detail

Processor: Intel i3 or AMD Phenom II X4
Graphics: Most ATi HD and nVidia video cards
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Video Settings: Medium. Particles set to medium. Water detail set to low. Shadows set to static.
Renderer: DirectX or OpenGL [ DirectX (32-bit/ 64-bit) or OpenGL (64-bit only) ]

Low Detail

Processor: Intel Dual Core, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD A series, C series, E series
Graphics: ATi Radeon Mobility, Radeon Xseries, nVidia M and Go series
Memory: 2GB DDR2
Video Settings: Low
Renderer: DirectX (Windows) or OpenGL (Mac) [ DirectX (32-bit/ 64-bit) or OpenGL (64-bit only) ]

Safe Mode

Processor: Intel Pentium, Intel Celeron, Intel Core, Intel Mobile or AMD Mobile series/single and Dual core.
Graphics: SiS, Matrox, Intel GMA series, Intel HD series, Via Chrome, GeForce 4, ATi Radeon 9000 Series
Memory: 1GB DDR
Video Settings: Safe Mode
Renderer: Safe Mode (runs directly off CPU)

Hardware requirements

Input

Mouse
Keyboard

Software requirements

Ways to play

The official RuneScape Client or a web browser which supports NPAPI plugins.

Plugins

If playing inside a web browser:

Java Runtime Environment version 1.6, update 10

Note: It is generally advisable to use the current Sun Java release. Only the Java Runtime (JRE) component is required, though installing midsize or deluxe soundbanks may improve the sound quality.

It is possible to tweak the Java settings in some installations. Significant tweaks include:

Java2d.ddscale: Can be selected to enable hardware scaling under the directdraw pipeline; Default is off, as some driver implementations may not scale with acceptable quality.

References

^ Jagex. Minimum requirements.*

(update 2018 May) Jagex. Minimum requirement. *

[1] Jagex. Minimum requirements.*

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