Ever wish you could go back to the feeling of those magic early days in an MMO? Well in RuneScape, now you can!

To mark the milestone of 300 million accounts and over two decades since some of you took your first step in Gielinor, we've put together something we call 'Fresh Start Worlds', a special limited-time game mode – and your chance to break new ground all over again!

Take on a totally new character, earn rewards and take that character - including all your progression and drops - into the main game at any time*. Get ready to experience Gielinor as a blank slate this September 12th!

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The best time to begin again

Whether you’re a regular ‘Scaper seeking new challenges, an experienced player making the return to Gielinor, or even a total newbie setting on your first adventure, Fresh Start Worlds put everyone on a level playing field.

Dive in with a new character and start building your skillset for a totally different adventure in RuneScape with a brand new economy and fresh Grand Exchange. Discover Gielinor again as you grow your skills, quest, craft, battle, and more.

You can gather your friends and explore this new mode together, or forge your own adventure alone – the choice is yours. You can even earn exclusive rewards! Here's the best part: your progressed character and tradeable rewards can be transferred to the main game later.

And, for the more competitive players, a clean slate of HiScores means a second chance at eternal glory on the leaderboards! Compete for World's First and Top 100s for exclusive rewards.

If you could start your adventure over again, what would you do differently? Time to find out!

Faster Leveling

Accelerated XP Boosts and gameplay buffs make skilling up from nothing fast and fun! As the event progresses week-by-week, the XP will increase in small increments - peaking at the 8 week mark - and then gradually reducing towards normal levels as the event begins to come to a close. At it's highest peak, you can expect to see 3XP (with 4XP for Skills below Level 70).

On top of that, you'll be able to unlock even more earnable boons as you play in Fresh Start Worlds: everything from accuracy boosts, loyalty auras, double yield chance boosts, and 20% increased chance for double drops are all on the cards. So don't worry if you start your adventure a little later – you’ll soon catch up with your friends!

Fresh Challenges

Throughout Fresh Start Worlds, you’ll be able to earn alternative Skill Capes, skilling pets that come equipped with their very own Gold 'Challenger' Halo and a variety of special rewards as you progress. We've got all the details on those later in the post!

For the competitive among you, the race for World Firsts and Hi-Scores taking place in the first eight weeks will lead you to the special tradeable Challenger Halo! During this competitive phase of the event, Treasure Hunter will be disabled as the competition takes place. Once the competitive period has ended, Treasure Hunter will be re-enabled. Find out more about Hi-Score competitions further down this post.

Once the seasonal game mode has ended, we will transition players back to the main game. You'll be allowed to take your stats, (most) items and game progress back with you - or simply trade your rewards back to your Main! You can also transition back to the main game early if you wish.

(Note: we’ll take a snapshot of the HiScores at the end of the competitive phase to determine who gets which rewards, but they'll will continue to update after this point).

Tradeable Rare Halo Hunt

Reach eight important milestones on a Fresh Start World and you’ll get the Basic Tradeable Rare Halo of Returning! This shiny item shows that you've really got your stuff together, even when starting from scratch.

Milestones that count towards a Halo of Returning include:

• Every 500 total level you reach.
• Every 50 Quest Points.
• Every 2,000 RuneScore.

There are all sorts of milestones to hit – achieve any eight of them and the Halo is yours!

Progress Points and Rewards

Progress Points are the central currency of the Fresh Start game mode. They can be earned by engaging in the following activities:

• Leveling Skills
• Completing Quests
• Completing Achievements

Total points are made up of the following values:

• Total Levels x5
• Total Quest Points x25
• Total RuneScore

Rack up those progress points to obtain rewards, including gameplay boosts and helpful items!

Players will also have access to a Progression Shop, where they can unlock different rewards based on their own progression track. Many of these rewards can only be traded once, but you can transfer them to your main account, or sell them after the season is over. It's up to you!

Fresh Start Worlds will also include Timeline bonuses that apply to every account in the event, steadily unlocked over the course of the season. These include auras, special buffs, XP boosts and other boosts. They will not be obtainable via Progress Points and will not carry over to the main game.

Fresh Start World Progression Rewards

*Note: Each item in the Reward Shop can only be earned once. Progress Point balancing is still ongoing - we'll provide final figures on the required Points closer to release

Name	Item	Description	How to Earn
Boon of the Companion	Pet	Legendary Pet with a variety of helpful perks.	Unlocked at Progress Points Milestones
Boon of Defence	Outfit	Hybrid Armour that upgrades as you level up your Defence skill.	Unlocked at Progress Points Milestones
Boon of Offence	Weapon	Hybrid Weapon that upgrades as you level up your combat skills. You can switch it between Melee, Ranged and Magic.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Challenger Halo	Halo	New tradeable items, earned by meeting gameplay challenges and milestones in these worlds only.	This is earned by either getting a world first or being in the top 100 of any skill's Hi-Scores
Halo of Returning	Halo	Tradeable rare Halo, earnable through progress in Fresh Start Worlds	Earned via the Halo Hunt
Inverted Skill Capes	Alternative Colour Skill Capes	Skill Capes earned in the Fresh Start Worlds will have a new, alternative look, with colour schemes flipped. Note: If traded to another account, you will still need 99 in the skill to use this variant Cape.	Complete skill to 99
Halo Pet Skins	Skilling Pet Halos	All skilling pets earned in the new Worlds will come equipped with their very own Halo of Returning, exclusive to Fresh Start Worlds. Note: This reward is given as an Unlock Token that can be traded once to another account (for the purposes of transferring to your Main or another account). This cannot to be sold on the GE. If transferred to another account, the Halo Skill Pet variant will not be usable until that account has unlocked that Skill Pet in the main game.	Earned by getting the respective skill pet in the FSW mode
“The Fresh” (prefix)	Competitive Titles	Unlocked by earning the Challenger Halo	This is earned by either getting a world first or being in the top 100 of any skill's Hi-Scores
World First Broadcasts	World First Broadcasts	Every world first broadcast… starting anew! Be the first on these new worlds to gain achievements and have your glory broadcast to every world!	First to complete task

On top of the rewards you can earn and keep forever, we also have Fresh Start World exclusive 'Boons' to unlock! As you earn Progress Points, you'll earn more of these bonuses - though they won't follow your account back into the main game. Check 'em out below.

Name	Item	Description	How to Earn
Boon of Experience 1	Three Scrolls of Leveling	Three Scrolls of Leveling that each increase the level of a skill of your choice by 1. Only works on skills below level 99. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Endurance	Infinite Run Energy	Infinite Run Energy. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Luck 1	Off-Brand Tier 1 Luck Ring 3 Style Boosts to Melee, Magic and Ranged	Grants tier 1 luck, which improves your chances to receive rare rewards from various activities. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Plenty 1	Treasure Hunter Item Care Package 1: 10 Medium Prismatic Stars 5 Pulse Cores 5 Cinder Cores 50 of each Protean	A collection of items that can help you level your skills.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Healing	Infinitely reusable food item	Heals up to 2,200 Life Points, depending on player level. Has a five minute cooldown. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Plenty 2	Treasure Hunter Item Care Package 2: 10 Tiny Portable Skilling Packs 10 Combat Training Dummies 5 Medium Skill Training Dummy Crates	A collection of items that can help you level your skills.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Experience 2	Three Scrolls of Leveling	Three Scrolls of Leveling that each increase the level of a skill of your choice by 1. Only works on skills below level 99. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Regene-ration	5% Life Points, Prayer Points and Summoning Points regeneration per six seconds outside of combat	In addition to any other regeneration effects, your life points, prayer points and summoning points regenerate by 5% every six seconds while you're outside of combat. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Plenty 3	Treasure Hunter Item Care Package 3: 100 Silverhawk Down Silverhawk Boots (If not already owned) 100 Tight Springs Spring Cleaner (If not already owned) 100 Magic Notepaper	A collection of items that can help you level your skills.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Luck 2	Off-Brand Tier 2 Luck Ring 6 Style Boosts to Melee, Magic and Ranged	Grants tier 2 luck, which improves your chances to receive rare rewards from various activities. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Experience 3	Three Scrolls of Leveling	Three Scrolls of Leveling that each increase the level of a skill of your choice by 1. Only works on skills below level 99. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of the Artisan 1	All portable skilling station resource perks	10% chance to save resources or make extra items when training Firemaking, Cooking, Crafting, Fletching, Herblore, Construction, or Runecrafting. 10% chance per swing for double progress during Smithing. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Ammunition 1	Save Arrows, Bolts and Runes	You save 25% of your ammunition and Runes. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Luck 3	Off-Brand Tier 3 Luck Ring. 9 Style Boosts to Melee, Magic and Ranged	Grants tier 3 luck, which improves your chances to receive rare rewards from various activities. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Experience 4	Three Scrolls of Leveling	Three Scrolls of Leveling that each increase the level of a skill of your choice by 1. Only works on skills below level 99. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Banking	Item that acts as a Bank Deposit Box	Once per day, can be activated to act as a Bank Deposit Box in your backpack. You can use the deposit box to send items to the Bank. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Vigour 1	10% boost to base Life Points, Prayer Points and Summoning Points	Your base life points, prayer points and summoning points are boosted by 10%. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Experience 5	Three Scrolls of Leveling	Three Scrolls of Leveling that each increase the level of a skill of your choice by 1. Only works on skills below level 99. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Luck 4	Off-Brand Tier 4 Luck Ring. 12 Style Boosts to Melee, Magic and Ranged	Grants tier 4 luck, which improves your chances to receive rare rewards from various activities. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of the Porter	Pocket slot item that gives a permanent passive 50% Sign of the Porter effect chance	When worn, provides a 50% chance for most items to be sent to the Bank when they are received. This is destroyed when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Ammunition 2	Save Arrows, Bolts and Runes	You save 50% of your ammunition and Runes. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of Vigour 2	25% boost to base Life Points, Prayer Points and Summoning Points.	Your base life points, prayer points and summoning points are boosted by 25%. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of the Artisan 2	Doubles Firemaking, Fletching, Crafting, Cooking, Herblore, Smithing, Divination, Invention, Magic and Construction Make-X maximum actions.	Doubles the maximum Make-X actions of any Firemaking, Smithing, Fletching, Crafting, Cooking, Herblore, Divination, Invention, Magic and Construction production methods that use the Make-X system. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones
Boon of the Skill Pets	+100% chance to get a skilling pet. Stacks with the timeline boost of the same effect.	+100% chance to receive a skilling pet during skilling. Stacks with the identical boost that is activated on week eight of the season for a max of triple chance. This is turned off when you enter the main game.	Unlocked at Progress Point milestones

World First Race and HiScores challenges

For those of you who are extra competitive and fancy a real challenge, we've prepared a nice one to keep you on your toes. Make your name in the HiScores and you could earn a Special Tradeable Halo for your trouble!

Competitive Reward: Ultra Rare Tradeable Challenger Halo

This very limited Gold Halo reward is exclusive to players who achieve the following by the end of the competitive phase:

• Competition winners who are the top 100 in each skill

Each player to get a world first broadcast in the following areas will also receive their reward immediately rather than having to wait for the end of the competitive phase:

• First to 99 in each skill
• First to 120 in each skill
• First to Quest Cape
• First to Max Cape

These Halos can be taken to the main game early. If you achieve multiple competition wins (top 100 in two or more skills), you'll also receive a Challenge Halo for each one - although the title will only be unlocked once!

When You Can Play

Sound exciting? There's not long to wait – Fresh Start Worlds open on September 12th! Why not call your old friends up for a brand new adventure?

All Fresh Start World accounts are fully fledged RuneScape accounts that will follow you back to the game, including your progression and rewards. In order to play Fresh Start Worlds, you'll need to create a brand new RuneScape account with Membership once the mode launches and select to join 'Fresh Start Worlds'.

Sign up here now for updates and an opening-day reminder email.

*Please note Fresh Start Worlds characters cannot return to the Fresh Start Worlds event once they are transferred to the main game. Fresh Start Worlds ends on January 9th.

**Note: Ironman Mode is not available in Fresh Start Worlds.

Oh, one more thing...

To celebrate this exciting news we have doubled the rate at which you earn Balloon Fragments from most skilling and combat activities for the remainder of the 300 million Accounts event! Check out the details here.

Note that the amount of currency earned via Treasure Hunter has not been doubled.

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- The RuneScape Team