RuneScape Discussion

Revenue increased by 10% to £152m.
Reduction in microtransaction revenue driven by reduced engagement in Treasure Hunter promotions.
74% of Jagex revenue comes from membership subscriptions.
2.3m total subscribers (unchanged from 2022) and 1.2m average daily subscribers (+100k since 2022).

£151,863,835 revenue and after everything £39.3m comprehensive income for the year.
£112m subscription, up from £102m.
Driving source of subscriptions: OSRS
£28.4 microtransaction down from £32.4m
9% increase in DAUs, 9.5% increase in subscription revenue and 12% decrease in MTX revenue. Fast forwarding a year this jives with a lot of what Mod North had to say in his intro Q&A.
Premium revenue £10.1m up from £1.5m. (SCUM and Melvor)
2023 Updates

RS3: death cost rework, fort forinthry and related storyline, removal of wildy threat system, fsoa/animate dead rework, max cash rework, woodcutter's grove and related woodcutting system rework, necromancy, hero pass (noted point of controversy), vorkath, and the christmas village and black partyhat
OS: secrets of the north, wilderness boss rework, bounty hunter re-release, forestry parts one and two, desert treasure two, dmm apocolypse, path of glouphrie (first runescape 2 quest ported over), and leagues IV

Revenue recognition regarding: Treasure Hunter vs. cosmetic direct purchase. Cosmetics revenue is recognized over the average of the account life.
Customer feedback included in monthly board reporting
Jagex attempts to pass on any price increases to customers but competition in the industry is occasionally a barrier.
Significant R&D investment for what we know now as RuneScape survival.
Transition away from third party publishing and Pipeworks sale (of 2022) is pending.

The Blood Altar can now be configured to imbue weapons as well as to craft Runes.
Fixed an issue that caused the base damage for the Crumble Undead spell to be too high. This has now been brought down to expected damage levels.
The Expansive Pouch can no longer be used when other Essence Pouches are stored in the Inventory at the same time.
Divine Charge is now the default crafting option for Incandescent Energy
Advance Time now uses 15 Cosmic Runes instead of 10 Astral Runes.
Added a progress bar to show how much Essence is left when imbuing magic weapons at altars.

Updated unlock hints and visibility of rewards available in seasonal shops in the customisations interface.
Updated reward shops across the game to display more detailed previews.
Added fast-navigate buttons to reward shop previews.
Added descriptions to Slayer Masks in the Shattered Worlds Reward Shop.

Removed the health overlay when participating in the Dominion Tower on mobile to save on screen space.
Updated SFX to prevent sound eﬀects stacking when multiple urns are filled at the same time.
Repositioned the Inventory icons for the Cryptbloom Armour and the Toktz-ket-xil as they were not sized correctly and were clipping outside of the Inventory slots.
The ancient summoning stone (which unlocks Vitalis) will no longer be removed from the player's Inventory if they attempt to use a second ancient artefact (which unlocks Bombi).
Resolved an issue where players standing in a safe spot would be credited for killing Croesus.
Players can no longer get stuck from falling debris during the escape sequence of Barrows: Rise of the Six.
Fixed an issue that resulted in players getting stuck and being unable to move after chopping down Jungle Trees in the Eastern side of Kharazi Jungle.
The Lumbridge bell can now be rung while the reboot timer is active.
Kay Thanxby, Lola Wut, and Taevas' spirit in the Vengeance saga and the Skeletal warrior Dungeoneering boss now use graphically updated melee armour.

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Show Data

Episode Title: The Search for Subscribers
Teaser: Jagex’s 2023 financial report is published and we delve into the numbers. We discuss why MTX was down and subscriptions were up and what this means for the future of RuneScape. Also this week, Shifting Sands brings a new cosmetic for 110 Runecrafting.
Recorded Date: March 20, 2025
Release Date: March 21, 2025
Executive Producers: Shane, Cireon, and Tanis
Producers: Lemon
Production Code: UPDT-1029-2025-03-20
Hosts: Shane, Earth, and Lemon
Duration: 1:52:01
Editing Notes: None