RuneScape’s New Expansion Hides A Dark Secret — And Fans Just Spotted It

RuneScape’s New Expansion Hides A Dark Secret — And Fans Just Spotted It

From DualShockers (Written by Antony Kamau) on | OpenCritic

Something unexpected just happened in Jagex’s latest expansion, and it’s not a new grind. Granted, Old School RuneScape has seen its highest number of quests in the past year, but fans are taking the excitement with a pinch of salt. Is the expansion meaningful or a discreet strategy by the devs to slowly rewrite history?

Jagex’s recent official announcement on the OSRS blog outlines the team’s strategy shift to storytelling.

For players, these fresh adventures are always a welcome change, but a good number can't stand the various plotlines left unfinished and others subtly altered. T

he heat is now piling up after the devs revealed Havenhythe, the biggest expansion yet in years.

​​Havenhythe: RuneScape's New Beginning or a Forgotten Past?

At the just-concluded RuneFest 2025, Jagex released a trailer teasing the brand-new region east of Morytania expected to drop in 2026. It showcases a mysterious eastern continent characterized by ancient ruins and terrorized by vampyres.

What doesn't add up is that the conflict between humans and the vampyres had long been resolved by the end of RuneScape’s Myreque questline. The player’s faction and the Vampyres had reached a truce, but in the latest reveal, they’re portrayed as...