Getting started

RuneSpawn is an Old School RuneScape private server. This page takes you from downloading the game to the end of the Spawnkeeper’s tutorial.

Get the game

Download the RuneSpawn launcher from the download page on the website. It has installers for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Run the installer, open RuneSpawn and sign in. The launcher keeps the client up to date for you.

Make an account

Create your account on the RuneSpawn website. You sign up with Google or Discord, or with e-mail when e-mail sign-up is open. Accept the terms on the next step, then choose your RuneSpawn username.

New players start at home with the Spawnkeeper, who walks you through a short tutorial. You cannot be hurt while the tutorial runs. If you get stuck, talk to the Spawnkeeper again and choose “I’m stuck.”

The tutorial goes in this order:

Choose your look. Pick an appearance, then press Confirm.
Account type. Pick your account type (see below). This screen cannot be closed until you choose.
Welcome Bonus. Normal accounts pick a starter weapon.
Quick Gear. Open the journal tab and try each icon: presets, Elo, PvP rewards and the drop viewer.
Player info. Open the Account tab. Your name, mode, votes and slayer live there.
The shop. Look at the shop counter to open the Universal Shop, where you spend coins and other currencies and can sell some items.
Getting around. Click Teleport on the Spiritual Fairy Tree to see the teleport list: bossing, skilling, dungeons and Wilderness destinations.
Send-off. The Spawnkeeper gives you the Codex and offers to open the vote board.

Account types

The Spawnkeeper’s warning is worth repeating: your XP rate can be made faster later, but never slower.

Account type	Combat XP	Skilling XP	Drop rate bonus	Notes
Normal	150x	20x	None	Start with maxed combat stats and the ability to spawn basic items.
Realist	10x	10x	+5%	No Ironman restrictions. Combat stats start at the normal levels.
Ironman	10x	10x	+5%	Cannot trade, stake, receive PK loot, scavenge dropped items or play certain multiplayer minigames.
Ultimate Ironman	10x	10x	+7%	Ironman rules, plus no banks and no kept items on a dangerous death.
Hardcore Ironman	10x	10x	+7%	Ironman rules and one life. A dangerous death turns you into a standard Ironman.

Group Ironman is not on the list right now.

What you start with

Normal accounts get the most:

99 in every combat skill.
1,000,000 coins when you pick the account type.
A starter weapon of your choice: Armadyl godsword (starter) or Dragon claws (starter), with 100 charges.
A starter kit in your inventory: Abyssal tentacle (starter), Fire cape, Dragon defender, Berserker ring, Dragon boots, the full Dharok’s set (greataxe, helm, platebody and platelegs), 50 noted Super combat potion(4) and 100 noted Anglerfish.
A starter bank when you finish the tutorial. Normal accounts are the only ones that get it.

Realist accounts get the 1,000,000 coins, but no starter weapon, no kit, no starter bank and normal combat levels.

Ironmen of every kind get no starter weapon, kit or starter bank.

Every account gets the Codex at the end of the tutorial.

Home

Home is the compound in Edgeville where the Spawnkeeper, the shop counter, the bank and the Spiritual Fairy Tree stand. Type ::home to teleport there.

The Codex is the in-game knowledge base. It only opens at home. Type ::codex to reopen it, or ask the Spawnkeeper for a new one if you lose it.

Talk to the Spawnkeeper after the tutorial for the Codex, the Discord link, your experience mode and your starter tasks.

Getting help

Help chat. You join the help chat channel when you log in, unless you were last in a different channel or chose to leave it. Ask your question there.
Discord. Join the RuneSpawn Discord, or type ::discord in game.
Voting. Type ::vote to open the vote board.