Unrestricted world

Unrestricted worlds, also known as tournament worlds, all-access worlds or beta worlds, refer to special servers for members that are run seperate from the main game, meaning anything a player does in these servers will not affect their progress in the normal servers. They are usually open for short periods of time.

Players have access to the Boss helper tool, allowing them to customise stats, gear, and supplies, and to instantly unlock content such quests, Achievement Diaries, and objects in the player-owned house. The tool can also be used to change spellbooks and to teleport to a variety of bosses and other locations. Previously a supply table and altar was provided instead of a boss helper tool, that also allowed for access to gear and spellbook, respectively.

Beyond their intended purpose, these worlds are ideal for practicing activities that require certain stats, requirements, and items in order to do (such as bossing), that the player does not have on their standard account; or, alternatively, if they want to practice something without risk, like someone who is normally HCIM practicing Galvek. Some betas, however, restrict players from accessing certain content such as Awakened Desert Treasure II bosses so not to trivialise their difficulty.

Players have the option, via the settings menu, of cloning a main game account for use in the beta worlds, or to reset the beta world save, placing the character at Lumbridge as if they had just finished Tutorial Island. This can be done an unlimited amount of times while the beta world is active. However, if players never chose either option and decide to log in to beta worlds, they would be placed at the start of Tutorial Island with the option to skip the tutorial process.

The Grand Exchange is sometimes disabled on unrestricted worlds, in which cases attempting to access it gives a full chatbox message: "You cannot use the Grand Exchange on this world." In other cases it remains active and any offers cloned from the main game are replaced with Dwarf remains.

The following dates indicate the unrestricted world's opening and closing dates.

Tournament worlds were intended to be PvP orientated worlds giving players access to high level gear through the supply table with a maxed account. They were area restricted to only Clan Wars when it was in the desert, having portals to access any relevant areas outside.

Duration: 9 July - 20 August 2015 (Update)

Worlds 352, 353 and 357

Falador park and Lumbridge castle maps were added to Clan Wars.

Duration: 4 February - 3 March 2016 (Update)

Worlds 321 and 349

You will be able to start wars with as little as 1 person on either team (unlike the previous release of the tournament worlds).

The FFA white portal will be open.

The supply table now allows players to set their combat skills to any level.

Duration: 2 February - 2 March 2017 (Update)

Rewards from Chambers of Xeric were added to the Supply table.

Castle Wars was made accessible through a portal.

Duration: 25 May - 1 June 2017 (Update)

Worlds 401 and 407

In preparation for the release of the Inferno next week, a portal located near the bank chest was added for practice against the TzHaar Fight Cave.

Duration: 3 August - 31 August 2017 (Update)

Worlds 408 and 409

In preparation for the PvP Championship.

Duration: 1 February - 1 March 2018 (Update)

In celebration of QoL month, two Tournament worlds were opened.

Duration: 2 August - 23 August 2018 (Update)

Four new Tournament worlds have been opened.

Duration: 31 January - 21 March 2019 (Update)

Players are no longer restricted to the Clan Wars area.

Unrestricted worlds are also occasionally used as a beta world to test future content and gauge feedback from players. The following content have been tested by players on a beta world:

Duration: 14 July - 4 August 2016

The Last Man Standing beta world was to test the new minigame, it was initially exclusive to 200 players, where they were selected by Jagex Moderators from an application form given in a newspost in the beginning of July.

The next week, it became available to all members, and then free players the day after.

Duration: 18 August - 25 August 2016

World 321

The Elder Beta was open to all members. Along with the regular facilities that an tournament world supplied (Clan Wars portal, free-for-all portal, spellbook altar, etc.), players could obtain an elder wand and maul from the supplies table.

South-east of the bank chest, there was a boss portal that allowed players to enter an instanced encounter with monsters weak to crush attacks (Cerberus, Chaos Elemental, Kalphite Queen, and three waterfiends), along with the option to be on a Slayer task with that particular monster.

Duration: 8 December - 12 December 2016

World 378

The load test for raids, also known as the Chambers of Xeric, was open only to members. Along with the regular facilities that an tournament world supplied (Clan Wars portal, free-for-all portal, spellbook altar, etc.), a deep-pink portal found south-east of the bank chest will take players to Mount Quidamortem, where the entrance to the Chambers of Xeric is found.

Duration: 2 March 2017

World 321

In preparation of the Deadman Spring Invitational planned on March 25th, players were able to log in to the beta world to test how the final hour of the Invitational will run at 14:00 GMT. Instead of a creeping lethal fog, large chunks of the map would be taken away at a time instead.

During the final hour, an overlay is always visible telling players whether they are safe or not, and giving them ample time to move to a safe area. This was done so that players are more likely to die to other players rather than the environment.

• The fog appears.
• The fog begins to set in...

Duration: 23 November 2017

World 407

In preparation of the Deadman Winter Finals, players were able to log in to the beta world to test how the final hour of the Finale will run.

Duration: 1 March 2018

World 400

In preparation of the Deadman Spring Finals, players were able to log in to the beta world to test how the final hour of the Finale will run.

Duration: 8 March - 17 March 2018

In preparation of the Theatre of Blood, players were able to log in to an unrestricted world to test various rewards to be polled for the raid.

As the beta was intended to test the rewards against various scenarios, players, for the first time, were allowed complete access to the world (excluding the Inferno), unlike previous openings in which players were mostly confined to the Clan Wars area.

In addition, magic tablets, teleport scrolls and other various items were added to the supplies table for convenience, as well as ecumenical keys to instantly access God Wars Dungeon bosses. Players were also given a player-owned house fully furnished with the highest level furnitures for all rooms.

Players are also able to receive a Slayer task free of charge by right-clicking Assignment after receiving one from a Slayer master, allowing them to do so until they receive their desired task. Players were also given 100,000 slayer reward points and 2,147,483,647 Nightmare Zone points.

The supply table can now be used to set the level of any skill.

Duration: 21 June 2018

World 400

In preparation of the Deadman Summer Finals, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected.

Duration: 8 November 2018

In celebration of the upcoming All Stars: PvP Championship, four public unrestricted worlds have been added, with four other unrestricted worlds reserved for the competition's participants to privately practice in. Like the Raids Rewards beta, this iteration of the unrestricted world is also open world. However, a few new features have been added to the unrestricted world in addition to what's already available.

Periodically, bosses will spawn in one of five locations (Falador Park/Castle, Al Kharid, Burthorpe, Barbarian Village and Kourend Castle) and is broadcasted in the player's chatbox. Players can access these locations through the hub portal just west of the bank, but are recommended to take a ring of dueling from the supplies table before leaving in order to quickly return. In addition, Ancient Warriors' equipment, which is normally exclusive to seasonal deadman mode worlds, is made available to all players.

The supplies table also offers pre-loaded equipment and inventories based on a player's preference for fighting players and monsters:

• The Tribrid load-out reduces the player's Defence level to 70. The rune pouch contains runes for Ice Barrage.
• The Maxed Melee load-out. The rune pouch contains runes for Vengeance spells.
• The Berserker Pure load-out reduces the player's Attack level to 75 and their Defence level to 45. The rune pouch contains runes for Ice Barrage.
• The 1 Defence Pure load-out reduces the player's Attack level to 75 and their Defence level to 1. The rune pouch contains runes for Ice Barrage.
• The Jad-fest load-out. The rune pouch contains runes for Blood Barrage.

There is also an additional yellow portal near the hub portal, the Jad-fest portal, that is currently inaccessible. During RuneFest 2018, this portal was accessible in an unrestricted world accessible only on-site and allowed players to choose how many JalTok-Jads they wished to face, up to six.

In preparation for the All Stars: PVP Championships, many equipment such as the toxic blowpipe, Ancient Warriors' equipment and upgraded spirit shields were removed from the supplies table in an update on 22 November, as the worlds that will be used for the championships uses the same supplies table^[1].

Duration: 6 December 2018

World 400

In preparation of the Deadman Winter Finals, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected.

Duration: 24 May 2019

In preparation of the Deadman Spring Finals, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected.

Duration: 7 June 2019

In preparation of the Deadman Summer Finals, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected.

Duration: 11 July - 1 August 2019

The Last Man Standing: Beta is a rework of the minigame, changing from looting objects around the island to having a pre-set inventory and equipment, removing the heavy luck factor in obtaining equipment to be victorious. The beta worlds are available to members, being hosted on worlds 401, 405, 407, 409 and 412.

However, due to technical issues, the live version of Last Man Standing is disabled, making worlds 317, 326, 393 and 425 normal worlds. If players attempted to join a live game, a chatbox message will state that a beta is currently live and ask that players join games there instead to test the features.

Duration: 15 August - 28 August 2019

The line of sight beta was to test a new algorithm as the previous was not symetrical, this ran also as a second Last Man Standing beta to provide testing in both PvP and PvM scenarios.

Duration: 17 October - 7 November 2019

The Bounty Hunter Rework Beta is a rework of the minigame, changing how points were earned, updating the HUD, and reworking mysterious emblems. Because of technical issues, Bounty Hunter was not available in the live game for the duration of the beta.

The beta was updated a week later to change the supply table items to only include items that are typically used for player killing rather than expensive gear such as third age armour and twisted bows. The week after that saw the addition of hotspots and bounty crates to showcase the possible loot, giving players 500 points to purchase 100.

Duration: 28 November - 11 December 2019

In preparation for the Nightmare of Ashihama boss, players were able to log in to an unrestricted world to test various rewards to be polled for the boss.

As the beta's purpose was to test the strength of the rewards against players, monsters and bosses, players were given complete access to the game world (excluding the Inferno), and nearly all high-end equipment and supplies available in its usual location in Clan Wars, with the typical accommodations for convenience, such as a fully furnished player-owned house and ability to skip Slayer tasks for free.

Duration: 13 February - 19 February 2020

Game world 538 was opened for a Beta test of a new hardware setup, players were encouraged to play castle wars or clan wars to help test the new hardware.

Duration: 24 April 2020

In preparation of Deadman XIV, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected.

Duration: 15 December 2020 - 6 January 2021

Players who linked their Old School RuneScape and Amazon Prime Gaming accounts were able to playtest Soul Wars before the full release. Free-to-play players were also able to playtest the minigame despite it being members only.

Players were given a pre-set inventory and equipment and functioned just as the minigame did on release, albeit without a mandatory tutorial.

Duration: 27 January 2021 - 3 February 2021

Two beta worlds (401 and 407) were opened to test newly adjusted crystal armour, black dragonhide armour, and toxic blowpipe as proposed in the Equipment Rebalancing Changes blog. As the beta was intended to test the rewards against various scenarios, players were allowed complete access to the world, including the Inferno.

As the previous open beta was The Nightmare Rewards Beta, when Clan Wars was still in the Giants' Plateau, unrestricted worlds now logs players in Ferox Enclave, where similar features were added. Supply tables in the Clan Wars building in Ferox Enclave gave players the test equipment (which were given a (beta) suffix) as well as many weapons, armour, teleport items, food, and potions. The altar in Ferox Enclave can change a player's spellbook as well, and two handy portals can be found just outside the Last Man Standing building (coloured blue), and one just west of the bank chest (coloured yellow).

Players were also given a player-owned house fully furnished with the highest level furnitures for all rooms, and are also able to receive a Slayer task free of charge by right-clicking Assignment after receiving one from a Slayer master, allowing them to do so until they receive their desired task. Lastly, they were also given 100,000 slayer reward points and 2,147,483,647 Nightmare Zone points.

Duration: 28 April 2021 - 5 May 2021

Three beta worlds (401, 407, 412) were opened to test the new additions to the Arceuus spellbook. As the beta was intended to test the new spells against various scenarios, players were allowed complete access to the world, excluding the Inferno. Players were also provided with the usual amenities that come with unrestricted worlds, including unlimited run energy.

Upon logging in, players were equipped with a full set of best-in-slot magic equipment with 10,000 of each rune (excluding combination runes), in addition to a rune pouch (l) containing 10,000 blood, fire, and soul runes.

To help test various spells, the player's run energy was drained to 10% in order to be able to cast Vile Vigour (as players were provided with unlimited run energy), and the player's bank was provided with 1,000 bones, big bones, dagannoth bones, and all variants of dragon bones to test the Sinister Offering spell.

Duration: 12 August 2021 - 17 August 2021

In preparation for the Tombs of Amascut raid, players were able to log in to an unrestricted world to test various rewards to be polled for the boss.

As the beta's purpose was to test the strength of the rewards against players, monsters, and bosses, players were given complete access to the game world (including the Inferno), and nearly all high-end equipment and supplies available in its usual location in Clan Wars, with the typical accommodations for convenience, such as a fully furnished player-owned house and ability to skip Slayer tasks for free.

Duration: 2 September 2021

World 400

In preparation of the Deadman Reborn Finale, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected.

Duration: 6 September 2021

World 400

In preparation of the Deadman Reborn Finale, players were able to log in to the beta world to determine that the mechanics in-game work as expected for a second beta.

Duration: 20 October 2021 - 27 October 2021

The beta worlds were once again opened to test the new equipment coming along the fifth boss of the God Wars Dungeon: Nex.

Alongside this, as the Tombs of Amascut rewards were refined since the last beta, they were also added to the pool of equipment to be tested.

Duration: 1 December 2021 - 9 December 2021

To test out changes to the PJ timer, the beta worlds were once again briefly opened for players. Changes included being that the timer is now active in all single way and singles plus areas and also NPCs respecting the grace period.

Upon logging in, players were provided with PvP gear and max stats inside the Ferox Enclave as with previous beta periods.

Duration: 16 March 2022 - 30 March 2022

Five beta worlds (401, 405, 407, 409, 412) were opened for players to test new rewards from the upcoming unpolled PvP Arena minigame, which usage of all would be restricted to PvP combat.

Duration: 29 April 2022

World 400

In preparation of the Deadman Reborn Re-Run Finale, players were able to log in to the beta world to make sure the finale would run smoothly.

Duration: 13 May 2022

In preparation of the Deadman Reborn Re-Run Finale, players were able to log in to the beta world to make sure the finale would run smoothly for a second beta.

Duration: 14 September 2022 - 19 October 2022

In preparation for the Wilderness boss rework, players were able to log in to an unrestricted world to test various rewards to be polled for the bosses, as well as testing poison dynamite, which was added in order to accommodate specific types of players (such as skillers) that played through various content through the use of a bug that was allowed players to kill NPCs without gaining XP.

As is usual for such betas, players were given complete access to the game world (including the Inferno), and nearly all high-end equipment and supplies available in its usual location in Clan Wars, with the typical accommodations for convenience, such as a fully furnished player-owned house and ability to skip Slayer tasks for free

Duration: 14 September 2022 - 28 September 2022

In preparation for the launch of Quest Speedrunning, players were able to test the game mode and play through the initial five quests launched:

Duration: 29 March 2023 - 18 April 2023

In preparation for the return of Bounty Hunter, players were able to log in to an unrestricted world to test various rewards to be polled.

Duration: 12 April 2023 - 18 April 2023
Beta v2: 14 June 2023 - 21 June 2023

Various rewards that have passed the Community Consultation polls for Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire are made available to playtest in various content. This is so that players can try out the rewards and give feedback before a second poll is brought forward to ask players whether they'd like the rewards in question to be implemented in the live game as a reward from the post-quest bosses.

Notably, players are given a boss helper tool, which allows players to switch to the Ruinous Powers prayer book, as well as a variety of functions. In the second version of the beta, all Combat Achievements are completed, though players must claim the rewards from Ghommal before being able to benefit.

Duration: 5 June 2023

The Forestry Open Beta was be postponed indefinitely due to unforeseen technical issues.

Duration: 3 April 2024 - 11 April 2024
Revision: 12 April 2024 - 24 April 2024

As part of Project Rebalance, players were able to test the proposed changes to various NPC defence stats, including adding elemental weaknesses and splitting ranged defence into three styles - Light, Standard, and Heavy - akin to melee's Stab, Slash, and Crush.

Unlike other betas before it, players can import their account's game data via the Gameplay section of the Settings interface, and then logging out and manually switching to a beta world via the Main Menu. Upon logging in, the player's last saved state is imported, and a boss helper tool is inserted into the inventory.

Duration: 27 June 2024 - 10 July 2024
Revision: 24 October 2024 - 29 October 2024

As a part of Project Rebalance, players are able to test the proposed changes (and later revised changes) to run energy, including changes to run energy drain rate, regen rate, and changes to the graceful outfit.

Duration: 17 September 2024 - 25 September 2024

Players are able to try out changes to the Wintertodt which aim to make the minigame equally punishing for players of all Hitpoints levels with the introduction of a warmth metre.

This beta was not available on mobile devices.

Duration: 21 September 2023 - 21 September 2023
Revision: 26 September 2023 - 10 October 2023

Mobile UI Rework Beta was the first beta to test the new mobile interface. Originally intended to launch on the 21st September, it was cancelled and postponed to the next week.

Duration: 13 June 2024 - 20 June 2024

Mobile UI Rework 2.0 Beta was the second beta to test the new mobile interface.

Duration: 3 October 2024 - 9 October 2024

Players are able to test numerous changes to gameplay, scaling, and rewards for Guardians of the Rift, originally proposed and all accepted as part of the Minigame Makeover poll.

Duration: 20 March 2025 - 27 March 2025

Players are able to test a variety of Sailing content.

Duration: 26 June 2025 - 3 July 2025

Players are able to test a variety of Sailing content including ship combat, crewmates and random events.

Duration: 14 August 2025

Players logged in for 15 minutes at a time, four times over the course of one day to stress test the Sailing system to its "absolute capacity" in preparation for the skill's release.

• While the high-end account that all players share on unrestricted worlds has completed all quests, miniquests, achievement diaries, and has unlocked all music tracks, they have not gone through the tutorials for many minigames and activities, such as Soul Wars and Gnome Restaurant, that would be prerequisites for much of that progress.
• The account's Fremennik name is Dalkar Drapare, their vampyric name is Leardin Caermoran, and their goblin name is Wartface.
• According to the quest journal, it appears the shared account joined the Phoenix Gang in Shield of Arrav, supported Hazeel's followers in Hazeel Cult, banished Lucien in Temple of Ikov, and told the penguins that Farmer Fred was the King of Lumbridge in Cold War. In addition, despite having completed the elite Falador Diary, they have zero black knight kills (theoretically possible if it was lowered by killing white knights afterwards).
• During the DT2 Rewards Beta, the 2023 Easter event was active though marked as incomplete.
• During the 2024 run energy and Wintertodt betas, citizens of Falador were constantly announcing a party at the Falador Party Room.

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