Head banners are the banners at the top of the RuneScape website. The first one, Island Assault, was released on 1 July 2008 when the RuneScape website received a huge makeover and the game itself was upgraded to RuneScape High Detail, before that just a logo was shown which would also change sometimes during holidays or major updates (these are also archived in the "Pre-2008" article below). Banners link to their corresponding news posts.
After the release of "Island Assault", the banner has been frequently featuring holiday events or major events in RuneScape. Since 2011, special offers and new quests were included, and from 2012 on, nearly every game update gets its own banner, many of which are additionally previewed and featured in the Lobby.
Summer Special
- Occasion: The Summer special is now available
- Scene: An adventurer falling with a book next to them
- Duration: 21 May -
You Are It
- Occasion: You Are It.
- Scene: A letter covered in blood next to a hand
- Duration: 8 May -
Safecracking
- Occasion: Open some safes to get some thieving experience as well as other rewards.
- Scene: An adventurer trying to open a safe
- Duration: 30 April -
Pieces of Hate
- Occasion: Help defend Mos'Le Harmless from Rabid Jack and his invading forces in the finale to the Pirate quests
- Scene: Concept art of various pirates involved in the quest.
- Duration: 19 March - 16 April
The Horrors
- Occasion: Face the newest cave horror known as the Unspeakable horror for four new abilities
- Scene: Concept art of the Unspeakable horror.
- Duration: 12 March - 19 March
Deep Sea Fishing
- Occasion: Visit the new Deep Sea Fishing hub to fish the new sailfish and jellyfish.
- Scene: Concept art of an adventurer doing some fishing
- Duration: 6 March - 11 March
Clue Scroll Overhaul
- Occasion: Master clue scrolls have arrived along with new rewards including second age armour.
- Scene: Concept art of Zaida reading a clue scroll with Nigel the pack yak.
- Duration: 26 February - 5 March
Double XP Weekend
- Occasion: Double XP Weekend returns for GameBlast 2018 from 23 February untiil 26 February.
- Scene: Concept art of Gielinor
- Duration: 19 February - 26 February
Premier Club 2018 - Last Chance
- Occasion: It's your last chance to buy Premier Club for 2018 before it is removed on 4th February.
- Scene: Concept art of a male and female wearing the Hellion armour
- Duration: 29 January - 5 February
Hati, Sköll and Fenrir
- Occasion: Hati, Sköll, Fenrir and Vic the Trader return to Gielinor for a short time.
- Scene: Hati and Sköll in a snowy forest area
- Duration: 15 January - 12 February
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Pre-2008
Splash page
On the previous splash page (the page you got on when visiting the RuneScape website for the first time) there were also a few banners promoting the game which can be seen below. Now it just shows some screenshots.
NOTE: On the website all these banners had small animations.
Trivia
- As of 27 April 2012 no head banners were shown, instead it just showed the background which looks the same as the default banner but without any animations. This was most likely just a bug and has been fixed with the Runespan update.
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