¶ Releases
¶ Open Beta Changes
Release 0.1.3
Published 2026-01-26 15:57 GMT
New Release 0.1.3 is Live!
This update expands core gameplay with a new Prayer-focused quest line, introduces powerful utility items, improves moderation tools, and delivers several backend and quality-of-life fixes.
Update Highlights:
- New Prayer Quest Line - Added two new quests tied to Prayer progression: Bones of Leviathan and Saltbound Sleep
- Quest Mob Improvements - Added mobs with toggleable hostility to support quest-specific encounters
- Moderator Role Update - Moderator max party members and queue size now correctly scale with Pilot rank
- Item Explorer - New command
/item <name>lets you view any in-game item and its stats- Staff Chat (Cross-Server) - Staff chat now works across servers. Use
/s <message>- Item Save Optimization - Improved item saving logic for better performance and reliability
- Tutorial Completion Message - Server-wide message now announces when a new player completes the tutorial
- Discord Region Stats - US/EU player counts are now displayed in Discord
- Chat Scope Update - Removed proximity chat. Chat is still scoped per world, so you cannot communicate from inside player housing yet.
- World Pickup Items - Added world items that can be picked up by players
New Items Added -
- Stone of Pray
- Bone Crusher
- Monk Robe
- Sailor's Hat
Bug Fixes -
- Fixed moderators lacking access to
/banlistand/mutelist- Fixed untradeable items being tradeable
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Thanks to everyone reporting bugs and helping test the new systems. Your feedback keeps things moving forward.
RuneHeim
Release 0.1.2
Published 2026-01-20 18:57 GMT
0.1.2 Update is now Live!
I’m expecting an influx of new players soon, so this update is deliberately focused on stability and bug fixes while I continue working on larger features in the background.
Changes:
- Fixed map hole at 1193, -530.
- Added a reward to the Sheep Shearer quest.
- Simplified the Firemaking challenge to better accommodate players with high ping.
- Fixed campfires remaining unlit if a recipe was aborted.
- Added groundwork for future recipes that will require started or completed quests.
- Fixed camel passenger dismount resetting camel speed.
- Fixed the scoreboard not displaying the last skill when the player is in a party.
- Fixed incorrect player counts when pinging the server.
- Fixed an issue with the Threads of Aid quest when players didn’t have both required items in their inventory.
- Added more resources to Tutorial Island.
- Simplified quest item collection steps. Now tracks the player’s current inventory instead of counting items separately.
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Thanks to everyone helping keep things stable.
RuneHeim
Release 0.1.1
Published 2026-01-17 14:40 GMT
Small bug-fix 0.1.1 release is now Live!
This release primarily focuses on bug fixes and minor system adjustments.
Changes:
- Fixed plants not respawning correctly.
- Updated analytics to display invited players amount on hiscores page.
- Fixed guards taking damage from cleave attacks.
- Restricted
/mentorcommand to whitelisted usage.- Fix broken herb particles if harvested via left-click.
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Thanks to everyone reporting issues and helping keep things stable.
RuneHeim
Release 0.1.0
Published 2026-01-13 18:22 GMT
New Release 0.1.0 is Live!
This update introduces a brand-new referral system, herblore content, backend improvements, and a long list of fixes focused on stability and quality of life.
Update Highlights:
- Referral System - Invite friends, let them set you as a mentor using
/mentor <your name>. When they reach a total level of 150, both players receive rewards. Track progress and claim rewards via The Sundering Guild members.- Herblore Added - New herblore skill, recipes, plants, and a herblore shop added to Thornbark.
- Herblore Shop Changes - Updated stock and availability.
- Navigation Improvements - Establishment holograms added for easier navigation.
- Spawn Logic Rework - Spawn zone logic reworked to address dungeon keeper issues.
- Boss Updates - Increased boss respawn cooldowns.
- Discord Integration - Rare drop pings added.
- Help Improvements - Wiki links added to
/socialand website.- Tutorial Updates - Tutorial can now be skipped.
- Performance - Minor optimizations across the server.
- Player Data Rework - Player saving/loading system reworked to fix inventory wipe issues.
- Backups - Database backup frequency temporarily increased while testing the new system.
Bug Fixes -
- Fixed genie lamp disappearing after finishing the tutorial.
- Fixed spider dungeon glow effect persisting after despawn or death.
- Fixed
/togglelocknot being accessible.---
Thanks to everyone reporting bugs and helping stress-test the new systems. Your feedback keeps things moving forward.
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.16
Published 2026-01-04 12:09 GMT
New Release 0.0.16 is Live!
This update brings new shops, crafting updates, quality of life improvements, and some important fixes.
Update Highlights:
- Glaciem Shops – Axe shop and weapon shop added.
- Level Up Sounds – No longer global and now quieter.
- Mob Updates – Hostility indicators added and ‘baby’ spiders now correctly sized.
- Crafting Improvements – Jewelry creation and smithing/fletching XP balancing.
- Jewelry Recipes – Rings and basic jewelry can be crafted now.
- New items – Gold ore, gold bars & iron/gold amulets added.
- Node Deposits – Nodes can now accumulate deposits over time.
- More nodes – More ore nodes have been added to various parts of the map.
- General Store Update – Knives added.
- Quest Fixes – Tutorial skip tip added & quest starting coordinates added to some quests.
- Gem & Resource Updates – Gem pricing rebalanced.
- New NPCs – Jeweler added to Saharijin.
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Thanks to everyone reporting bugs and helping improve the server. Your efforts keep things running smoothly.
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.15
Published 2026-01-02 12:22 GMT
New Release 0.0.15 is Live!
This release brings a new US-based server, new content and some quality of life improvements.
Update Highlights:
- US players now can use US based server to connect to get improved ping.
- Added Spider Dungeon - a lower-level dungeon.
- New Threads of Air mini-quest.
- Fix camel owner getting dismounted when passenger dismounts.
- Various map fixes (+ a fence near dungeon keeper, let's see if that fixes the disappearing issue)
- Hide citizen display names to make it less cluttered.
- Added player trading. Shift+Right click player to initiate a trading session. Currency is not currently supported, use platinum tokens for now.
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Thanks to everyone reporting bugs and helping improve the server. Your efforts keep things running smoothly.
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.14
Published 2025-12-30 12:46 GMT
New Release 0.0.14 is Live!
This release brings a mix of combat balance tweaks, crafting fixes, system improvements, and Discord integration.
Update Highlights:
- Attacks are now capped to a minimum of 1 damage on successful hits
- Fixed iron arrow tips not being consumed when crafting studded armor
- Fixed Cleave not properly making mobs aggressive
- Added and improved in-game rules
- Fixed expiring bombs breaking the scoreboard
- Improved daily reward streak logic when losing long streaks (Rewards are now rerolled if the player had a streak of at least 4 days before losing it.)
- Updated bot verification to be color-blind safe
- Implemented Discord bot verification & rank syncing
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Important Discord Notes:
- All players must type
/discordin-game to receive the Verified role on Discord
→ This will be required to participate in future giveaways- VIP players should run
/sync-ranksin the discord server to receive appropriate roles on Discord server too.---
Thanks to everyone reporting bugs and helping improve the server. Your efforts keep things running smoothly.
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.13
Published 2025-12-28 12:13 GMT
Release 0.0.13 is live!
This update focuses on minor bug fixes and consistency improvements.
Release 0.0.13 Highlights:
- Fixed trees not changing model when gathering
- Disabled inventory inserts via hotkeys (number keys)
- Updated unfinished and finished bow requirements for better consistency
- Fixed mounts not spawning on half blocks
- Fixed some trees using invalid depleted models
- Fixed item pickup counter not counting items correctly
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Thanks again to everyone testing and reporting issues. Your feedback is greatly appreciated
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.12
Published 2025-12-27 16:25 GMT
Release 0.0.12 is live!
This update adds more consumables, fixes some lingering issues, and introduces a few new features to make gameplay smoother.
Release 0.0.12 Highlights:
- Added more food: carrots and potatoes can now be collected
- Disabled housing world on non-live servers
- Fixed the always-night-time issue
- Fixed open gate in Drakkar mid-quarters window
- Increased thread amounts in the shop
- Added thread crafting recipe
- Hiscores now sort by total XP, not just top skill
- Added anti-bot verification mini-game
- Fixed unlit campfire not despawning when owner disconnects
- Simplified player online checks in code
- Added active bombs timer to scoreboard
- Moldy cheese is now sellable
- Updated LibsDsguises and PacketEvents (aiming to reduce random disconnects)
- Slightly reworked ranged attack damage calculation
- Implemented arrow quivers
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Thanks again to everyone testing and reporting issues. Your feedback is greatly appreciated
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.11
Published 2025-12-25 13:00 GMT
Release 0.0.11 is live!
This update is a mix of one big new system and a long list of fixes and tweaks.
Important note: Player Housing is experimental. I’ve tested it as thoroughly as possible, but please take screenshots whenever buying a house or placing furniture, just in case something goes sideways. Better safe than explaining to future-you why your sofa vanished into the void.
Release 0.0.11 Highlights:
- Player Housing (Experimental)
- Removed “alpha” text from tutorial welcome tour
- Whitelisted
/modifierscommand- Reduced platinum tokens in shop (so they can be sold back)
- Online-only filter added to hiscores
- Fixed tree requirements gap (Birch 15 → Maple 45)
- Fixed swimming under Tutorial Island barriers
- Fixed hole behind ore on Tutorial Island
- Hiscore analytics list value formatting fixes
- Donator badges hidden on hiscores when hidden in settings
- Adjusted cooked pike recipe to 55 minimum cooking level
- Buffed crafting recipe XP
- Slightly lowered adamant & mithril bar smelting requirements
- Moved wolf spawn zone further from Amber farm
- Fixed always-night-time issue (still under investigation)
- Profanity filter updates
- Minor hiscores design changes
- Tanning hides now gives XP
- AFK timer increased to 30 minutes
- Anvil now checks inventory for hammer, not just hands
- Adjusted ingredient amounts for leather armor crafting
- Fixed crafting chestplate requirements being lower than leggings
- Slight reduction to fishing net crafting XP yield
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Thanks, as always, for testing and reporting
RuneHeim
¶ Offline Post-Alpha Changes
Release 0.0.10
Published 2025-12-19 14:29 GMT
Release 0.0.10 is live!
This one is more about tightening bolts, and making sure the launch button is actually connected to something. Final polish, infrastructure work, and last-mile prep across the board.
Release 0.0.10 Highlights:
- Drops disabled on Tutorial Island (with clear wipe warnings)
- Tutorial, Drakkar & Ashwale store holograms for easier navigation
- ViaVersion updated to 1.21.11
- New tiny exploration quest: Welcome to Drakkar III
- CI hook addresses updated
- Tiered whitelist implemented
- Staging server added
- Skills command output redesign
- Active modifiers menu (So you can see how your equipment affects your stats)
- Proper prod/dev separation for map
- Lava dungeon marker & entrance hologram
- Legendary+ mob drop item effects
- Genie lamp XP & quest XP no longer affected by multipliers
- Various infrastructure and backend improvements
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There will be no further updates until launch on 23.12. I’ve got some real-life matters to handle and want to make sure I’m fully present when RuneHeim officially goes live.
Thanks for sticking around, testing, and breaking things so they could be fixed.
See you soon!
RuneHeim
Release 0.0.9
Published 2025-12-10 19:58 GMT
Release 0.0.9 is live!
This one’s been a long time coming. A mountain of fixes, polish, QoL updates, new systems, and enough miscellaneous improvements to make the commit history cry. Release 0.0.9 Highlights:
- Party size now scales with rank
- Demo signs and badges removed
- Updated announcement system + styling + toggleable links
- Global optimizations
- Negative-healing food (moldy cheese, enjoy)
- Clearing active prayers on death
- Spinning wheel model
- New GUI style
- Faster bank opening
- Sounds for daily rewards
- Total level added to skills command
- Stuck command disabled in some locations
- "Mess at the Smeltery" quest
- Magic logs rarity updated
- Pagination controls hidden when unnecessary
- Vanilla music disabled
- New server menu
- Removed the old profanity filter scare message
- Proximity chat temporarily removed
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I’ve been thinking for a long time about when to announce the actual launch. Eventually you just have to rip the bandaid off. The core systems are finally in place, the balance and features are mostly behaving. 7 months of solo development time and at this point there’s only one thing left to do: to play the actual god damn game.
RuneHeim will officially go live on December 23rd at 3 PM UTC.
This will be a soft launch. There’s still plenty to test, tweak, and tune, but as the saying goes: The quieter you go, the farther you’ll get.
Let's go!
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Release 0.0.8
Published 2025-11-29 12:52 GMT
Release 0.0.8 is live!
This update introduces daily rewards, combat tuning, expanded crafting, new enemies, settings improvements, and a powerful analytics system… and yes, pandas.Release 0.0.8 Highlights:
- Daily Rewards system (15-day streaks + milestone prizes)
- Combat balancing updates (melee accuracy, glancing blows, and max hits)
- Basic jewelry added to shops
- Various bugs (mobs) and bandits added to the jungle
- Added Potion (will be herblore in the future) shops (Zarali & Swamp Island)
- New drop tables & materials
- Music toggle setting added
- New ESC Menu + updated rank icons
- Fairy food, low-level bag recipes + cooking, firemaking requirements improvements
- Pilot rank added
- Arrow recovery modifier added
- Action queue size limits based on player rank
- Armor requirement checks on potion expiry
- New analytics system tracking 40+ gameplay actions per player, server, with daily aggregations across the network. (will be hooked up to the hiscores page)
- Content level caps added
- Anti-safespot mechanic fixes
- Disabled inventory clicks during tours
- Pandasss
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Release 0.0.7
Published 2025-11-20 20:43 GMT
Release 0.0.7 is live!
This update builds out quests in a big way, adds player settings, polishes dialog system, introduces new sounds, tweaks resource nodes, fishing XP tweaks, and fixes a pile of smaller issues.Release 0.0.7 Highlights:
- Major quest system expansion (new steps, tracking quests, improvements)
- “Welcome to Drakkar” & “Welcome to Drakkar II” quests
- Boss bar quest tracker
- Player Settings menu + icons
- Dialog speed updates
- Platinum token conversion fee
- Teleport door requirement & locked door improvements (for the quests)
- Replaced small amount of sounds
- Resource node balancing (faster gathering!)
- Improved fishing experience (I forgot to increase it during the demo, sorry guys!)
Update Notes:
- Added Player Settings, including interface icons.
- Added toggleable dialog mode and a dialog speed setting.
- Added platinum token conversion fee.
- Added boss bar support for tracking current quests.
- Added new sounds for various interactions.
- Added several quest enhancements: new steps, better progress logic, and more detailed step flows.
- Added "Welcome to Drakkar" and "Welcome to Drakkar II" starter quests.
- Updated teleport door logic with proper quest requirements and improved locked-door interactions.
- Balanced resource nodes for healthier progression and gathering flow.
- Improved quest-locked interactable logic.
- Improved low fishing experience rates.
- Improved anti-duping failsafes for bank & storage inventories (tool boxes, bags) •
- Improved skill storage with new fail-safes.
- Updated online player data to include server IDs. (visible on hiscores, can be toggled) •
- Disabled the stuck command in restricted states and locations.
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Release 0.0.6
Published 2025-11-15 10:43 GMT
Release 0.0.6 is here!
This update introduces server-wide bombs, global messages (megaphone), hiscores, item locking, revamped XP handling, permission reworks, cosmetic gems, and a pile of backend fixes for RuneHeim.Release 0.0.6 Highlights:
- Server-wide bombs (Combat XP, Skill XP, Perfect Strike chance, resource node, mob drops)
- Global Megaphone messages
- XP multiplication rework
- Hiscores page (https://database.runeheim.org/)
- Item lock command
- Cosmetic supporter gem icons
- Permissions overhaul for staff and VIP ranks
- New link commands (website, socials, etc.)
- New fish textures
- Backend fixes and improvements
Update Notes:
- Added server-wide bombs: Combat XP, Skill XP, Perfect Strike chance, resource node buffs, and mob drop boosts.
- Added Megaphone, allowing global player messages.
- Reworked XP multiplication for more reliable scaling.
- Added a shiny Hiscores page to track top players.
- Added
/togglelockto secure items from accidental drops or sales.- Fixed inter-server communication events not replaying correctly on the origin server.
- Implemented cosmetic supporter-tier gem icons.
- Reworked the permissions system to properly integrate staff and VIP ranks.
- Updated fish textures.
- Added various utility commands and aliases to link players to the website, socials, and more.
- Improved several minor backend systems and cleaned up assorted issues.
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Release 0.0.5
Published 2025-11-08 10:54 GMT
Release 0.0.5 is here!
This update brings a Lava dungeon, party XP options, ranged mobs, advanced mob mechanics, new interactable blocks (doors, triggers), and various quality-of-life improvements to RuneHeim.Release 0.0.5 Highlights:
- Party system improvements & XP sharing options
- Advanced mob mechanics & new mob types
- Lava dungeon addition
- Various interactable blocks for dungeons
- Altars placement & performance improvements
- Various bug fixes and optimizations
Update Notes:
- Improved Party system with XP sharing options and renamed party role owner → leader.
- Enhanced mob mechanics: ranged mobs, bosses with phases, transitions and humanoid-like mobs to have an attack animation. •
- Added new mobs: leopards, various bugs, rats, and penguins.
- Adjusted & Added: new spawn-zones to accomodate the new mobs.
- Adjusted: slightly adjusted the spawn-zones wave spawning logic.
- Fixed mob loot not dropping on 1-hit kills.
- Added doors, door triggers, and teleporting doors.
- Implemented lava dungeon.
- Altars placed around the map with improved performance.
- Optimized mob equipment PDC generation (skip state generation for mobs equipment)
- Optimized XP bubble display (now combat XP is combined into 1 bubble, XP bubbles appear every couple seconds, not every action).
- Adjusted Birch → Maple bow fletching gap.
- Fixed admin interaction with armor stands/entities.
- Fixed players would appear offline in party menu in production due to having offline mode off.
- Added inventory extensions (bags, other kinds of containers)
- Updated hitspoints skill is now trained by taking damage.
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Release 0.0.4
Published 2025-10-30 17:13 GMT
Release 0.0.4 is here!
This update brings the Prayer skill, Party system, and various improvements to combat and gameplay mechanics.
Release 0.0.4 Highlights:
- Prayer skill implementation
- Party system & chat
- Mob mechanics & anti-safespot system
- Various bug fixes and improvements
Update Notes:
- Added Prayer skill with active prayer effects. The bones can be used to train it.
- Implemented Party system with party chat, XP sharing and live party menu.
- Added mob mechanics & anti-safespot mechanic to prevent combat exploits.
- Fixed vanilla health bar to correctly reflect player health values.
- Disabled default 2x2 crafting grid.
- Increased by 2.5x mount XP gain rate and added admin commands to level up mounts/fairies.
- Fixed capitalization of tool axes.
- Improved item & recipe registry to use GUI service (admin tools).
- Fixed invalid tanner shop and menu icons.
- Removed welcoming step from shopkeepers for better gameplay flow.
- Increased ranged accuracy for better combat balance.
- Adjusted model engine waiter to prevent issue where server starts, but stations are missing.
- Despawn too far away mobs even if they have targets (when not damaged).
- Added World border.
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Release 0.0.3
Published 2025-10-24 10:10 GMT
General store sellable items & Player menu updates
Release 0.0.3 Highlights:
- General store will now buy majority of the items. (And the items you sell will be visible & buyable for other players)
- Added /stuck & /skills as buttons to the player menu
Notes: Please keep in mind, that this shop update is quite a big update and needs careful balancing. So expect the possibility that sell/buy prices might be not exactly in the sweet spot. Oh, and bugs, too
Full buy/sell price list: https://pastebin.com/iLAn4B0b
Release 0.0.2
Published 2025-10-23 19:32 GMT
More bug fixes and quest improvements.
Release 0.0.2 Highlights:
- Quest collection steps tracking
- /msg command updates
- Tab list updates
- Bug fixes
Update Notes:
- Fixed Hole in Drakkar that could trap players.
- Fixed Blacksmiths Right Hand quest.
- Fixed The Sick Camels quest.
- Fix/Improvement Collection quest step tracking now detects items in inventory or withdrawn from the bank.
- Fixed Leveling up no longer cancels queued actions.
- Fixed Duplicated name tag prefixes.
- Improvement /msg command now accepts partial usernames.
- Feature Player levels now visible in tab list
Release 0.0.1
Published 2025-10-22 19:42 GMT
First release is live!
Mostly various bug-fixes and quality of life improvements.
Release 0.0.1 Highlights:
- Queuable tasks,
- /stuck command,
- Bug fixes,
Update Notes:
- Fixed errors that could occur during some actions.
- XP gained in holograms are now rounded (no decimals).
- Fireworks shown during level-up have been reduced.
- Scheduled restart messages now appear less frequently.
- Players won’t collide with each other while busy.
- Fixed issue with accessing unlit campfires.
- Improved task handling — can now add multiple crafting tasks into the queue.
- Implemented /stuck command to teleport to the closest city.
