Jagex has launched the RuneScape Plugin Hub, an in-game browser that lets players install fan-made tools through an official route rather than outside sites. PCGamesN reported that five plugins are available from day one, following an open beta that gave players an early look at them.
The launch plugins are:
- Quest Helper, which PCGamesN reported covers 69 quests
- Tilemarkers, for highlighting locations on the map
- Menu Entry Swapper, for streamlining menu interactions
- Entity Hider
- Job Gauges
Players reach the hub through the toolbox icon in the in-game ribbon menu, where plugins can be browsed, installed, managed, and uninstalled, PCGamesN reported. A verified email address is required to use it. The plugins are hosted through the third-party platform mod.io, and Jagex recommends using the address linked to a player’s Jagex Account to make later verification easier.
What the plugins are allowed to do
Unlike third-party plugin platforms, the hub’s tools run entirely inside the game client and must pass Jagex’s approval process, according to PCGamesN. Plugins may enhance play but cannot replace it or perform actions automatically, which places limits on familiar features: Menu Entry Swapper cannot add a Buy All option to shops, and cannot make Teleport and Drop the default left-click actions for items.
Requests for new API features, which could lift some of those restrictions, are handled by a group of trusted developers Jagex calls the API Council, PCGamesN reported, a step the studio has taken to keep development manageable. Aspiring plugin makers can put suggestions through Discord or other community channels for now. MassivelyOP reported that Jagex is also taking applications for new plugins, with details on a dedicated website and a Discord server.
Jagex plans to release further plugins in batches roughly every two weeks alongside game updates, PCGamesN reported, and has said more ways to customise RuneScape are expected over the coming months.
The hub arrived as part of a wider weekly patch. MassivelyOP reported that most of the rest of the update addresses the Ghrazi Knights duo boss added the previous week, with a number of fixes, an increase to the guaranteed blood ichor granted in the fight, and a broad set of balance updates, alongside some general fixes elsewhere in the game.