This standalone combat skill will test both experienced and new players alike
CAMBRIDGE, England – Aug. 7, 2023 – Launching today, Necromancy, RuneScape’s 29th skill, rises in the iconic MMORPG. Necromancy is a brand-new standalone combat style – the first of its kind across RuneScape’s two-decade history!
Necromancy is one of RuneScape’s premiere updates for 2023 and introduces a new element to the current combat gameplay. This new combat style will challenge both experienced and new players alike as they embrace their inner darkness and learn this ancient combat art across a lore-rich adventure. Necromancy introduces nine brand-new quests and two deadly boss fights.
Players will enter Gielinor’s underworld – the City of Um – to commune and free the undead. Wielding a Death Guard and Skull Lantern, players will battle fearsome enemies throughout Gielinor and the underworld, perfecting their Necromancy combat, Rituals, and Runecrafting skills. Necromancy is designed to be straightforward to learn and rewarding to master for combat experts, as well as returning and new players.
Although Necromancy launches today, the adventure will continue over the coming months. Jagex has shared a content roadmap detailing the coming updates as the Necromancy Season progresses. Players can look forward to a major update in September following player feedback, as well as a new quest and a boss battle arriving in November.
Necromancy is free for players up to level 20, and will scale to level 120 for RuneScape Members. For more information, please visit the RuneScape website.
RuneScape is available now on PC, Steam, iOS, and Android, complete with cross-platform progression and play on PC and mobile.
About RuneScape
More than twenty years in the making and acclaimed by PC Gamer as “one of the most endearing and unique MMOs available,” RuneScape is an ever-expanding, living game that’s bursting with activity and life. Today RuneScape is one of the world’s longest-running online games, having welcomed almost 350 million player accounts, and is at peak popularity with millions of players.
Set in a medieval fantasy land, begin by creating a character, and then embark on epic journeys through a vast sandbox world that’s full of gods, warring races, unexplored dungeons, and glittering riches. Propelled by the game’s narrative, choose your own path through enthralling quests, and progress through 29 diverse skills to shape a single character in a classless world. RuneScape on mobile is now available for iOS and Android devices, featuring cross-platform play between mobile and desktop editions, enabling players to seamlessly jump between devices and take their adventure anywhere. In RuneScape, you get to be the hero you always wanted to be, and with new content added almost every week, there’s always a new and adventurous experience to look forward to.
About Jagex
A leader in creating deep and engaging live games on PC and mobile, Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed almost 350 million player accounts to its world and is a $1 billion lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond running games in live operations; our titles are living games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds, and our community-focused development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped. Now we’re expanding and extending our portfolio with fresh franchise titles and new IP to bring life to the living games of the future. Jagex employs more than 450 people at its Cambridge headquarters.
