Grid Master is open to all OSRS members and you'll be starting on a Grid Master specific world with a fresh character.

We’re also introducing Free-to-Play Grid Master specific worlds, so F2P players can get involved too by being able to complete a handful of challenges!

Yes! Since you'll be starting on a Grid Master specific world with a fresh character, Ironman accounts can participate without affecting their status.

When you login into Old School, you'll see Grid Master specific worlds. You'll need to go onto one of these worlds to start playing Grid Master.

Grid Master is a solo challenge - but that doesn't mean you can't play alongside your friends and clannies!

We know that the team-based nature of Bingo is part of what makes it so fun and we absolutely see potential for team-based Community Events in the future. For Grid Master, however, there were significant technical challenges that would’ve required far more time and resources than originally scoped. Rather than delay the event, we focused on delivering a solid solo experience as our starting point.

That said, we’re excited to share that next year, we’ll be giving the Grid Master UI and system functionality to the community, so you can run your own Bingo-inspired events with friends and clans.

Before launch, we’ll be revealing a number of tiles in the lead-up, but we’re keeping some under wraps so there’s still something left to surprise you!

Community Events are designed as one-off (or returning-by-popular-demand) experiences that explore new ways to engage with OSRS. These might include tournament-style formats, limited-time playable content, or other experimental ideas.
We’re leaning into the idea that these will be smaller, more varied events that are quick to jump into and fun to play, offering fresh ways to enjoy the game between larger seasonal content.

By contrast, Game Modes like Leagues and Deadman Mode (DMM) are recurring and foundational experiences within the OSRS roadmap.

As we continue to explore and experiment with Community Events, these special, time limited events will operate for you to safely explore and enjoy entirely new types of gameplay and concepts. This could even be a space where you can trial new content before it potentially makes its way into the main game via the usual polling system. You'll play a crucial role in these experiments as it's your feedback, ideas and enthusiasm that will play a key role in what these events become in the future.

Leagues are a core part of OSRS and aren’t going anywhere! (We're already in pre-production for the next one!) But we’re always looking for new ways to deliver exciting content. Community Events like Grid Master give us a chance to try fresh ideas without the long-term commitment.

Think of it as a fun experiment, one that might become a recurring favourite if the community wants it back.

Nope! As you progress through the grid, you’ll earn 'Grid Points', a currency you can spend in the event reward shop. Completing individual tiles is enough to start racking up points, but the more rows and columns you complete, the more you'll earn!

(A full breakdown of cosmetic reward costs will be shared closer to launch.)

Cosmetic rewards will be claimable in the same way as League and Deadman. At the end of Grid Master, a dedicated reward shop will become available where you can spend the grid points you've earned throughout the event. You'll also be able to trade these cosmetic rewards in the main game in the same way you can with Leagues and DMM cosmetics.