Welcome to RuneScape, the massive online adventure game by Jagex Ltd.! RuneScape offers many features and varieties within itself to keep everyone playing it with something to do - a vital characteristic of a game you play! Throughout RuneScape, you will be able to participate in activities that help level up various skills, battle ferocious beasts, complete quests that tax your intellectual abilities, congregate with other people playing the game, and much, much more!
The purpose of this guide is to help you take your first steps in RuneScape. Throughout this guide, we will explain a lot of things a new RuneScape player needs to know such as creating your character, controlling your character, interacting with various people and objects, and much, much more! However, as it has already been mentioned, you will be interacting with other players, of which runs security risks. To help prevent insecurity, it is recommended that you browse through our Security Centre for tips on how to keep you and your computer out of harm's way while playing.
When you're ready to create your RuneScape account, go to RuneScape.com and click on the "Play Now" button in the top toolbar, and then "New Users" option, then follow the instructions provided. As an alternative, you can click on the "Play Free Now" button on the home page, once the game loads there should be two main boxes:"Free Game" and "Members Game". In the "Free Game" box, click the "Register" button, the game client will then take you through the process of registering for RuneScape.
