The old-school adventure you remember, in a world you have never seen.
Free to play in your browser. Nothing to download.
Playing needs a computer with a mouse and keyboard.
Leviathan's Isle, off the Balenhaven Docks.
BalenaScape is a classic-style multiplayer RPG inspired by RuneScape, with its own world, quests and monsters, all built from scratch. It is free to play in your browser. The toughest content is really tough, and the rarest rewards can never be traded, so what you wear says what you have done.
Train Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Ranged, Prayer, Magic, Cooking, Woodcutting, Fishing, Firemaking, Mining, Smithing, Thieving, Slayer and Crafting, all the way to 99. Click any skill in your Skills tab for a guide to what you can do at every level, and what is still locked.
Twelve quests are worth 25 quest points, from Cook's Crisis in the kitchens of Fort Valor to Balena's Legacy, a Grandmaster quest that starts at the Docks. Finish them all and Questmaster Elin will sell you the Quest point cape.
Leave the walled capital of Balenhaven through any of its four gates and head for Fort Valor, snowy Frostheim, the Blackmire swamp, the Sunscar Desert, the dwarven city of Ironhold or the Docks. Further out lie the Duskreach, an island across the southern sea where Duskhold sits in endless twilight, and the Wilderness, where other players can attack you.
Melee, ranged and magic run on a classic 600 ms game tick, with prayers up to Piety, Rigour and Augury and special attacks that can turn a fight. Unlock the Ancient Magicks in Sands of the Pharaoh, or defeat the Moon Guardian on the Lunar Isle to earn the Lunar spellbook and its Vengeance.
Six Slayer masters, from Ser Brynn in Balenhaven to Kaelen Duskbane in Duskhold, hand out tasks and Slayer points for the slayer helmet, unlocks and supplies. Your Boss log tracks 16 bosses, from the Leviathan to the Pyrohydra, and every one of them can drop its own pet.
Buy and sell with every player at once from eight offer slots at the Balenhaven Exchange, just outside the east gate. Offers are matched even while you are offline, and the Market Watch board shows what is trading, rising and falling.
Each entrance on the map leads to its own arena in a hidden realm: the Trial of the Last Flame, the Tidewall, the Squall of Saltmere, the Long Night, the Tomb of the Dawn Priests, the Valor Proving Grounds, the Hall of Echoes and the Circle of Aspects. Dying there is safe, and the best rewards, like the Cape of the Undying Flame and the Imbued Aspect cape, are untradeable and only come from the hardest modes.
Buy a house on the Hearth Isles from Master builder Hendrik and train Crafting by building it room by room, from the Parlour to the Achievement gallery. Cook in your kitchen, offer bones at your own altar, mount trophies of your bosses, let your pets live there and open the door to visitors when you like.
Every bow, crossbow and godsword has its own shape, from the bat-wing Shadow bow and the dragon-headed Dragon crossbow to the icicle blade of the Glacier godsword. Every kind of food has its own icon too, and the karambwan lets you eat, drink a potion and eat again in a single tick.
More places to visit and things to fight. Click a picture to see it full size, and use the arrows to browse every screenshot on this page.
::help lists the commands you can use, ::quests shows your quest progress.You can give BalenaScape its own window and a shortcut on your desktop or taskbar, just like an app. It is the same game, not a download, and it updates by itself. First open play.balenascape.com, then:
BalenaScape opens its gates to everyone at play.balenascape.com. Behind the scenes it gained protection against password guessing and fair limits per connection.
Every bow, crossbow and godsword now has its own look, and you hold your bow at an angle in combat. Every kind of food has its own icon. The karambwan brings triple eating.
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Crafting became the 16th skill, with houses on the Hearth Isles. The Lunar spellbook arrived, guarded by the Moon Guardian. Also new: the Equipment Stats window, max-hit and accuracy dummies in Edgewatch, a guide for every skill and a unique look for every staff.
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Every player and every human character was rebuilt, with a real face and a new body. Characters now walk with planted feet and take a combat stance that fits their weapon.
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Eight minigames, each in its own arena in a hidden realm. A new Minigames tab shows your points, records, the server's top 5 and your reward collection.
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The Exchange opened for trading with every player at once. Slayer became the 15th skill, with Slayer masters, Slayer bosses, pets and the Boss log. Across the sea, the Duskreach appeared.
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The world grew into regions with a purpose: Fort Valor, Frostheim, Blackmire, the Sunscar Desert, Ironhold, Hollowmere and more. Twelve quests and the Quest point cape arrived, along with claws, halberds, crossbows, darts and javelins, a real Wilderness with blood money, and the Ancient spellbook.
Classic tick-based combat, 14 skills, prayers and magic. A Wilderness with PvP and skulls, and three bosses: the Goblin Warlord, the Ember drake and the Leviathan. Custom weapons, each with its own special attack.
Something else on your mind? Write to balenascape@outlook.com.
Yes. There is no subscription, no membership and nothing to buy.
On this website: go to Create an account, pick a username and a password, and accept the rules and the privacy notice. Then log in with them at play.balenascape.com. You don't need an email address. You can create your account on a phone too, but playing needs a computer.
No. BalenaScape runs in your browser. You can give it its own window like an app if you like, but you don't have to.
No. BalenaScape is an independent, fan-made hobby project. It is inspired by RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, which are trademarks of Jagex Ltd. BalenaScape is not affiliated with or endorsed by Jagex. Its world, quests, graphics and code were made from scratch for this project, and it contains no material from Jagex's games.
BalenaScape is made for a computer with a mouse and keyboard. There are no touch controls yet, so phones and tablets are not supported.
A PC or laptop with an up-to-date browser that supports WebGL2. On an older computer, switch on Low detail in the Settings tab. If you see “WebGL2 is not available”, turn on hardware acceleration in your browser's settings. Until then, the game shows a simple 2D map view.
We do our part, and you can do yours:
::changepass and a window asks for your current and your new password.There is no reset by email, because we never ask for your email address. Write to balenascape@outlook.com from the address you want us to answer, and be ready to tell us about your character so we can check that it is yours.
Outside the Wilderness you keep everything. In the Wilderness you keep your 3 most valuable items (4 with Protect Item, none while skulled), and untradeable items always stay with you. Dying in a minigame or in a player house is safe.
Updates so far have kept everyone's items, bank and levels. After a big update you may wake up on the plaza of Balenhaven.