# RuneScape The Month Ahead - February - Product: RuneScape (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/runescape) - Vendor: Jagex Ltd - Date: 2026-02-02 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1343400/view/498345050117243935 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/runescape/releases/2026-02-02-the-month-ahead-february What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Launch of Princess and the Pauper, a new quest set in Fort Forinthry where players help Princess the Spaniel clear her name when food goes missing - **changed** — Continuation of Combat Style Modernisation Beta - **added** — Regrounding Items project to improve visual consistency and thematic fit of worn items in the game world, with preview during week of February 9th and update during week of February 23rd - **changed** — Aura Overhaul design direction preview scheduled for week of February 9th with update to follow later - **changed** — Early Game Rebalance and Dailyscape improvements planned with design preview - **changed** — Grand Exchange changes to be announced with initial design direction and goals outlined - **changed** — Infrastructure maintenance schedule implemented starting Tuesday, February 3rd with weekly downtime for core infrastructure and backend technology updates ##### We're trying something new! As RuneScape continues its march into our bold new era, we want you to be part of our journey, every step of the way. That means giving you greater visibility on what's coming down the road, so that you know exactly what to expect, and when. On the first Monday of each calendar month, we plan to share a "Month Ahead" view with you which dives a little deeper than our 2026 roadmap. We'll be giving you details of what's happening week-by-week and much further ahead than previously. For now, we want to keep things simple, but we do want to hear your thoughts on how these Month Aheads are structured! Understanding what information is important and how you want to receive it, will help us ensure that you stay informed at all times. ##### So how does it work? - For the month ahead, all updates or content releases for the game, will be noted in the golden container or the parchment visual (e.g. "New Quest" or "Combat Update"). - Below that, we have the "Community Topics", which are topics for discussion that we will be talking to you about during the relevant week. - How exactly those topics will unfold is something we want to share at the start of each week. Sometimes these might be a straight-forward blog on a set day, other times they might be previews, feedback gathering threads, streams, podcast appearances or curated discussions on Discord. Hopefully also a mixture of the above! The aim is to always provide you with the information to know what we're talking about when, and how _you can get involved_. Of course, the nature of development does mean that sometimes things may shift around a little and we may need to push a planned update back to ensure that it lives up to our standards and your expectations. When that happens, we'll try to provide an update in the next suited "This Week in RuneScape" blog that usually rolls out on a Monday. One final note: While community topics in this month will be spaced quite close to their respective updates, this won't always be the case. We will likely be raising some topics for discussion quite far ahead of their official implementation into the game, so that we will have more time to action feedback from you. --- ##### Let's put it all into practice: ##### _For this week:_ ##### **Content:** - '**Princess and the Pauper (New Quest):** - Today sees the launch of a new quest and a cosy mystery set in Fort Forinthry where you’ll help Princess the Spaniel clear her name when food starts going missing... ##### **Integrity Updates:** - Combat Style Modernisation Beta - This week is the continuation of our Combat Style Modernisation Beta. To find out more about that and how to take part, check out our [dedicated blog post here](https://secure.runescape.com/m=news/a=13/combat-styles-improvements---beta-update). ##### **Community Topics:** - Shaping our Community Together - As part of this topic, our new Lead Community Manager Mod Anvil introduces himself, dives into the state of the RuneScape Community and looks for your thoughts on how we create an even better community - [This blog can be read here](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1343400/view/498345050117243933)**.** - Game Design Vision - In this dedicated blog post directly from Mod Ryan and Mod Breezy, we will deepdive on the lay of the land and our design pillars, vision, and philosophies as we build toward a new future for RuneScape. - This blog is scheduled for **Wednesday, February 4th** - Early Game Rebalance & Dailyscape - Picking up where the previous blog leaves off, this blog will provide you with a preview of how we intend to rebalance the Early Game and tackle Dailyscape. - This blog is scheduled for **Friday, February 6th** --- ##### _For the rest of the month:_ _ _The "_Regrounding Items_" project is about making visuals and worn items fit better thematically into the world of RuneScape as we work towards something that is more immersive and consistent with _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1343400/view/498345050117243935]_