RuneFest 2026 Summit Overview

OSRS Grand Exchange market analysis · Oct 03, 2026 · 1 item affected

Market analysis

RuneFest 2026 Summit confirms permanent one-life Hardcore Worlds for November 4. Hardcore Worlds are scheduled to launch November 4 as permanent worlds with fresh characters, a separate economy and Grand Exchange, and one life. They have no XP or drop-rate boosts; players who die can reset or transfer to the main game, but items lost on death do not transfer.

Most other reveals, including Dungeons of Gielinor and Menaphos, remain proposals. If Menaphos is added, its proposed level-90 Soul Altar would offer faster Soul rune crafting than the Arceuus method, but the poll outcome and player uptake are uncertain.

Impacted items

• Soul rune · falling. If Menaphos passes and crafters use the proposed faster Soul Altar, rune production could increase and put downward pressure on price. Uptake, demand and the final design could offset that effect.

Source: official Old School RuneScape update. The analysis above is our own.

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