RuneScape 15th Anniversary Celebrations

The 4th January 2001 saw the first Beta release of RuneScape. 15 Years on and the game has amassed more subscribers than Pewdiepie and even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. It's a juggernaut alright and one that shows no signs of stopping any time soon. 

To celebrate a decade and a half of grinding, leveling up and escorting idiot NPCs across the wilderness, there's a number of birthday celebrations currently taking place. There's an in-game party venue setup, including a statue garden with a plinth for every year, a food banquet suited to feed a small army, and a specially crafted tiered RuneScape birthday cake.

Every half an hour, there will be a two-minute confetti shower around each lodestone (except Prifddinas), accompanied by a world message to announce the forthcoming of a balloon drop. Each day you will be able to pop up to 50 balloons, which will reward you with either gold, a Prismatic star or lamp, an unowned statue piece, or additional party hat fragments. After you have popped 15 balloons, you will unlock the 15 year tunic, which you can access from your wardrobe. Pop 50 balloons, and you can unlock your very own 15th anniversary balloon. This will allow you to bank any item of your choice, once every 30 minutes.

There's a birthday version of "The Drop", the game-in-a-game quiz and a number of special emotes and items to be earned. Jagex will be taking to Twitch over this week as well to give talks on the history of the game as well as their future plans.