Titles are names that come before or after a player's username in the chatbox and when right-clicking. Titles may be obtained in various ways, including:
These titles can be bought from Xuan using Loyalty Points. After a title is bought, players can still revert to previous titles, or to no title at all. There is no limit to how many titles a player can have. Eight of the titles depend on the gender of the player. The titles are displayed in the chatbox and also when right-clicking players. The titles can be seen on both Free-to-play or Pay-to-play servers, even if the player with the title is not currently a member.
Prior to 31 August2011, Mobilising Armies titles would only show up near the Mobilising Armies Command centre. These titles can be used on F2P servers, even if the player's subscription runs out.
Santatitle (members) was released on 19 December2012 as a reward from A Stray in a Manger the 2012 Christmasholiday event. The title is activated in the Customisation interface. Currently non-members can receive and activate the title. It's still unknown whether this is a glitch, intentionally or whether non-members can keep the title activated until or even after the event is over.
These titles are available after starting The Branches of Darkmeyer. Players who wear the full Darkmeyer disguise will have their title set to their vampyric title. Vampyric titles are kept intact on free-to-play worlds, as long as the player keeps the Darkmeyer disguise on.
The titles are:
Status Bar
Title
0-24%
Vyreling
25-49%
Vyre Grunt
50-99%
Vyrewatch
100%
Vyrelord/Vyrelady
While it is believed that defeating Vanstrom Klause during The Branches of Darkmeyer will automatically max out the status bar, this is not true. The easiest way for players to max out their status after the quest is to enter the jail and kill human prisoners until maxed. It is possible to max out one's status without fully completing the quest.
There is a minor glitch that causes some players' vampyric titles to still display as "vyrewatch" even after maxing out the status bar. Logging out and back in will fix this. Taking a piece of the disguise off and re-equipping it will help too.
Titles are unlocked by increasing your Port Score, found in your captain's log. The titles are found under Descriptions in the Titles section of the Customization screen. In the Captain's Log, the First Mate title is referenced as First Officer. This is likely an error in the Captain's Log.
After completion of the quest The Elder Kiln, the player is assigned the title Yt'Haar-, meaning sacred-cold. TzHaar will then address the player as Yt'Haar-[TzHaar caste]-[Name].
Also, after completion of the quest The Brink of Extinction, the player is assigned the title TzHaar.
Possible castes are Ket, Xil, Hur or Mej. The highest total among the following skill totals determine a player's caste:
Caste
Skills (99)
Ket
+
Xil
+
Hur
+
Mej
+
To reclaim this title, talk to TzHaar-Mej-Jeh in the Main Plaza of the TzHaar city.
Registering your email to your Runescape account, will give you the The Real title. You can turn this on by right-clicking on the Cape of Validation and choose "set title".
This can be turned off like any other title: by finding and right-clicking on Xuan, then select "Clear-title Xuan".
After completing Stolen Hearts, players can return to Khnum in the Draynor jail to receive one of four thief titles. The initial thief title is determined from the answers to Khnum's questions during Stolen Hearts, but players can pick a new thief title at any time by simply asking Khnum for a different title.
One can have titles of multiple types unlocked. For example, a player may have the Lord/Lady title, the Vyrelord/Vyrelady title and the Yt'Haar- title unlocked. To switch between them:
Right click "Clear-title" on Xuan to remove any title.
The 50,000 Loyalty Points reward Wunderkind is German for "Child Prodigy" or, literally, "Wonder Child".
When a player right-clicks players who have added titles to their names, their names will be the default grey/brown colour, instead of the usual white.
If a player comes near the Mobilising Armies Command Centre, his or her title will be replaced by their Mobilising Armies rank prefix, if they have one activated. Previously, if they had no rank prefix activated, their title would vanish. After they leave the area, their title will not return, and they will have to go back to Xuan to reactivate it. Since then, if no Mobilising Armies Title is activated, the loyalty title will stay with the character. To remove a title at Mobilising Armies, simply speak to any of the rewards personnel.
The title Duderino is most likely a reference to the film The Big Lebowski, where Jeff Bridges' character 'The Dude' at one point refers to himself by many names, one of them being El Duderino.
Putting on and taking off any piece of the Darkmeyer outfit will cause any title you have active to disappear; it can be fixed by repeating the process. This has yet to be fixed.
The title 'Artful Dodger' is a reference to a character of the same name from Charles Dickens' novel, "Oliver Twist".
If one had a title that changes to your gender, there was a glitch where the players title (like Lord) would not change to the players current gender; the players title would stay the same until you log out. This has since been fixed.
A player's title would change to the corresponding gender when doing Fremennik Sagas.
The title Witch King is the title given to the leader of the Ringwraiths from the Lord of the Rings series.
The following titles: The Awesome, The Magnificent, The Undefeated, The Strange, The Divine, The Fallen and The Warrior were picked from players' suggestions that players could post in a forum thread.
The only titles available to players not wishing to spend money on either membership or runecoins are those purchasable from Solomon's General Store for 200 Runecoins (which are available free) or less, and the "The Real" title, given by the Cape of validation. These are, in order of decreasing Runecoin cost:
The
The Handsome/Beautiful
The Skilful
The Suave/Elegant
The Intimidating
The Untouchable
The Mysterious
The Stylish
The Outrageous
Cheerful
Grumpy
The Thrifty
The Real
Those who purchased the title "Justiciar" from Xuan, the Member's Loyalty Programme shopkeeper, experienced a minor glitch following the release of The Crucible where their name appeared as "the Redundant Name" while the title "Justiciar" was in use.
It is a bit odd that some titles earned from rune mysteries all displayed in red colour but their name are The Blue/The Green/The Grey, the "colour" stated doesn't match the colour of the title.