In last year’s annual survey, we included a question about custom servers for Old School RuneScape. After a very promising reception, and over a year of work behind the scenes, we’re ready to announce Project Zanaris – otherwise known as Old School RuneScape Community Servers.

To be clear, Project Zanaris is being looked after by an entirely separate team. No time or resources have been taken away from Old School to create this exciting new concept, and we still plan to keep creating amazing Old School content, just like we have done for the last decade.

The Project Zanaris team have spent the last year establishing the technology behind Community Servers, and their recent focus has been tweaking and modifying parameters that already exist in the game. These include things like drop rates, damage modifiers, and area restrictions – and this is only the beginning. We’re actively working on new tools to enable players to create new features and content in Community Servers.

It’s super important to the team to keep the spirit of Old School alive with this project – making something for the players, with the players. While Project Zanaris is still a long way off, we feel it’s time to bring you on board and give you a first look at our vision.

We’ll be light on the details surrounding Project Zanaris for some time, but we do plan to give you all the opportunity to work with us to shape what Community Servers look like.

You can watch the videos above to get an overview of the project so far – but that’s not all Project Zanaris has to offer! Here’s how we’re getting you involved:

• An area in the Official OSRS Discord for discussions, feedback, questions and ideas revolving around Project Zanaris - available now!

• Speaking with a select handful of players/community members.

• A more in-depth Q&A within the next few weeks.

• More newsposts, videos and updates regarding Project Zanaris.

• Closed and Open Betas.

If you’re ready to learn more, be sure to tune in on Thursday, September 12th at 16:30 BST over on Discord where the Project Zanaris team will be answering your questions! We're so excited to finally be able to talk with you all about this project and can't wait to work with you to make Project Zanaris the best it can be. In the meantime, we've written a handy FAQ to answer some of the burning questions, and we’ll be looking to go further in-depth as we proceed with the project.

While you're catching up on the FAQs, make sure to hit the button below or click here where you can discuss Project Zanaris and stay updated with the latest news!