List of quest release dates

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List of quest release dates in reverse chronological order: Total quest points (QP) is also given. The last free quest Rune Mysteries was released on 1 December 2003 giving a total of only 39 QPs for Free-to-play players.

No.	Name	Date	RS Update	Total QP Possible
140	Rocking Out	11 June 2008	Update:Rocking Out	262
139	Smoking Kills	5 June 2008	Update:Smoking Kills	260
138	TokTz-Ket-Dill	13 May 2008	Update:TokTz-Ket-Dill	259
137	Perils of Ice Mountain	7 May 2008	Update:Perils of Ice Mountain	258
136	Legacy of Seergaze	22 April 2008	Update:Myreque Part IV - Legacy of Seergaze	257
135	Kennith's Concerns	11 March 2008	Update:Kennith's Concerns	255
134	Catapult Construction	13 February 2008	Update:Catapult Construction	254
133	As a First Resort...	29 January 2008	Update:As a First Resort...	252
132	Wolf Whistle	15 January 2008	Update:Summoning!	251
131	Dealing with Scabaras	2 January 2008	Update:Dealing with Scabaras	250
130	Land of the Goblins	12 November 2007	Update:Land of the Goblins	249
129	Back to my Roots	9 October 2007	Update:Back to my Roots	248
128	The Path of Glouphrie	3 September 2007	Update:The Path of Glouphrie	247
127	King's Ransom	24 July 2007	Update:King's Ransom	246
126	Grim Tales	4 June 2007	Update:Grim Tales	245
125	Dream Mentor	15 May 2007	Update:Dream Mentor	244
124	Another Slice of H.A.M.	24 April 2007	Update:Another Slice of H.A.M.	242
123	Olaf's Quest	10 April 2007	Update:Olaf's Quest	241
122	What Lies Below	27 March 2007	Update:What Lies Below	240
121	The Great Brain Robbery	6 March 2007	Update:Great Brain Robbery	238
120	Tower of Life	19 February 2007	Update:The Tower of Life	236
119	The Fremennik Isles	6 February 2007	Update:The Fremennik Isles	235
118	Cold War	29 January 2007	Update:What's black and white and goes green when it's finished?	234
117	Contact!	10 January 2007	Update:Contact!	233
116	Animal Magnetism	12 December 2006	Update:Animal Magnetism	232
115	Eagles' Peak	28 November 2006	Update:Eagles' Peak	230
114	Enlightened Journey	6 November 2006	Update:Enlightened Journey	229
113	My Arm's Big Adventure	23 October 2006	Update:Would you like to see My Arm?	228
112	Elemental Workshop II	2 October 2006	Update:Elemental Workshop II	227
111	Slug Menace	20 September 2006	Update:Slug Menace	226
110	Darkness of Hallowvale	4 September 2006	Update:Myreque Pt III - Darkness of Hallowvale	224
109	The Eyes of Glouphrie	15 August 2006	Update:The Eyes of Glouphrie	222
108	Lunar Diplomacy	24 July 2006	Update:Lunar Diplomacy	220
107	A Fairy Tale Part II	11 July 2006	Update:Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen	218
106	Death to the Dorgeshuun	12 June 2006	Update:Death to the Dorgeshuun!	217
105	Royal Trouble	22 May 2006	Update:Royal Trouble	216
104	Swan Song	2 May 2006	Update:Return of the Wise Old Man!	214
103	Rag and Bone Man	10 April 2006	Update:Rag and Bone Man	212
102	A Soul's Bane	3 April 2006	Update:A Soul's Bane	211
101	In Aid of the Myreque	22 March 2006	Update:In Aid of the Myreque	209
100	Recipe for Disaster	15 March 2006	Update:Hundredth Quest - Recipe for Disaster!	207
99	A Fairy Tale Part I	27 February 2006	Update:A Fairy Tale Part I - Growing Pains	197
98	Cabin Fever	7 February 2006	Update:Cabin Fever	195
97	Enakhra's Lament	23 January 2006	Update:Enakhra's Lament	193
96	The Hand in the Sand	10 January 2006	Update:The Hand in the Sand	191
95	Devious Minds	19 December 2005	Update:Devious Minds	190
94	Spirits of the Elid	5 December 2005	Update:Behind the Scenes - December (2005)	189
93	Rat Catchers	28 November 2005	Update:Rat Catchers and Rat Pits!	187
92	Making History	22 November 2005	Update:Making History and minor changes	185
91	Shadow of the Storm	14 November 2005	Update:Shadow of the Storm	182
90	Rum Deal	31 October 2005	Update:Rum Deal	181
89	Mourning's Ends Part II	17 October 2005	Update:Mourning's Ends Pt II	179
88	Wanted!	17 October 2005	Update:Wanted!	177
87	A Tail of Two Cats	26 September 2005	Update:A Tail of Two Cats	176
86	Garden of Tranquility	30 August 2005	Update:Garden Of Tranquillity	174
85	Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf	26 July 2005	Update:The Forgettable Tale...	172
84	Mourning's Ends Part I	19 July 2005	Update:Plague City Series Continued	170
83	Recruitment Drive	27 June 2005	Update:Recruitment Drive	168
82	The Giant Dwarf	31 May 2005	Update:Keldagrim - The Dwarven City	167
81	The Lost Tribe	31 May 2005	Update:New Appointment in Lumbridge	165
80	Zogre Flesh Eaters	17 May 2005	Update:Zogre Flesh Eaters	164
79	Tears of Guthix	4 May 2005	Update:Earthquake Rocks Lumbridge	163
78	Icthlarin's Little Helper	26 April 2005	Update:Desert Month Finale	162
77	Desert Treasure	18 April 2005	Update:Desert Treasure	160
76	The Golem	11 April 2005	Update:The Golem	157
75	The Feud	4 April 2005	Update:Ali Morrisane and Pollnivneach	156
74	Between a Rock...	21 March 2005	Update:Between a Rock...	155
73	Mountain Daughter	7 March 2005	Update:Mountain Daughter and Changes	153
72	One Small Favour	28 February 2005	Update:One Small Favour	151
71	Ghosts Ahoy	15 February 2005	Update:Ghosts Ahoy and Slayer Update	149
70	Roving Elves	7 February 2005	Update:Roving Elves	147
69	Creature of Fenkenstrain	31 January 2005	Update:Creature of Fenkenstrain	146
68	In Search of the Myreque	10 January 2005	Update:In Search Of The Myreque	144
67	Troll Romance	5 January 2005	Update:Troll Romance, Banks and Chat	142
66	Haunted Mine	21 December 2004	Update:The Haunted Mine	140
65	Monkey Madness	6 December 2004	Update:Monkey Madness	138
64	Throne of Miscellania	29 November 2004	Update:Throne Of Miscellania	137
63	Horror from the Deep	17 November 2004	Update:Horror From The Deep	136
62	The Fremennik Trials	2 November 2004	Update:The Fremennik Trials	134
61	Shades of Mort'ton	18 October 2004	Update:Mortton Shades and Mage Armour	131
60	Eadgar's Ruse	5 October 2004	Update:Eadgars Ruse	128
59	Regicide	20 September 2004	Update:Plague City Part 4 Released	127
58	Tai Bwo Wannai Trio	14 September 2004	Update:Tai Bwo Wannai Trio	124
57	Troll Stronghold	24 August 2004	Update:Troll Stronghold Quest	122
56	Death Plateau	9 August 2004	Update:Death Plateau Quest	121
55	Nature Spirit	13 July 2004	Update:Nature Spirit Quest	120
54	Priest In Peril	29 June 2004	Update:Priest In Peril Quest	118
53	Elemental Workshop I	2 June 2004	Update:Elemental Workshop Quest	117
52	Big Chompy Bird Hunting	18 May 2004	Update:Big Chompy Bird Hunting	116
51	Rune Mysteries	1 December 2003	Update:RuneScape 2 Beta is Here!	114
RuneScape 2 beta released 1 December 2003, RuneScape Classic replaced on 29 March 2004.
50	Legends Quest	20 August 2003	Update:New - Legends Quest! (the 50th)	113
49	Gertrude's Cat	28 July 2003	Update:New Members Quest Online	109
48	Digsite Quest	9 July 2003	Update:New Digsite Quest!, Update:Digsite quest fixed	108
47	Murder Mystery	9 June 2003	Update:New Murder Mystery Quest!	106
46	Dwarf Cannon	27 May 2003	Update:New Dwarf Cannon Quest	103
45	Watch Tower	7 May 2003	Update:New - Watch Tower Quest!	102
44	The Tourist Trap	14 April 2003	Update:New Throwing Weapons!	98
43	Observatory Quest	17 March 2003	Update:Observatory Quest online!	91
42	Underground Pass	3 March 2003	Update:New Quest Online - Part Three, Update:Extended Quest continues!	96
41	Shilo Village	27 January 2003	Update:Shilo Village Quest online	89
40	The Grand Tree	12 December 2002	Update:Agility skill online	87
39	Jungle Potion	23 October 2002	Update:Updates galore!	82
38	Biohazard	23 October 2002	Update:Updates galore!	81
37	Waterfall Quest	24 September 2002	Update:Tutorial island	78
36	Sea Slug	9 September 2002	Update:Sea Slug Quest	77
35	Plague City	27 August 2002	Update:Multi-part quest	76
34	Sheep Herder	15 August 2002	Update:Sheep and cults	75
33	Hazeel Cult	15 August 2002	Update:Sheep and cults	71
32	Fight Arena	23 July 2002	Update:Members' quests	69
31	Tree Gnome Village	23 July 2002	Update:Members' quests	67
30	Holy Grail	23 July 2002	Update:Members' quests	65
29	Clock Tower	17 June 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (17th June 2002)	63
28	Temple of Ikov	17 June 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (17th June 2002)	62
27	Monk's Friend	28 May 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (28th May 2002)	61
26	Fishing Contest	28 May 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (28th May 2002)	60
25	Tribal Totem	30 April 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (30th April 2002)	59
24	Family Crest	9 April 2002	Update:New members quest online!	58
23	Scorpion Catcher	25 March 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (25th March 2002)	57
22	Heroes Quest	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27th February 2002)	56
21	Merlin's Crystal	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27th February 2002)	55
20	Witch's House	27 February, 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27th February 2002)	49
19	Lost City	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27th February 2002)	45
18	Druidic Ritual	27 February, 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27th February 2002)	42
Pay-to-play or Members launched 27 February 2002.
17	Dragon Slayer	23 September 2001	Update:Dragon quest online!	38
16	Pirate's Treasure	11 June 2001	Update:The island of Karamja is open	36
15	Goblin Diplomacy	8 May 2001	Update:Runescape updated	34
14	Knight's Sword	6 April 2001	Update:Massive update!	29
13	Witches Potion	6 April 2001	Update:Massive update!	28
12	Black Knights' Fortress (Spy quest)	6 April 2001	Update:Massive update!	25
11	Doric's Quest	6 April 2001	Update:Massive update!	24
10	Prince Ali Rescue	28 February 2001	Update:Yet another new quest, and new options menu	23
9	Imp Catcher	16 February 2001	Update:New quest, and more fixes	20
8	Vampire Slayer	28 January 2001	Update:New Quest: Vampire Slayer	19
1-7	Free quests' dates unknown - Cook's Assistant, Demon Slayer, Ernest the Chicken, Restless Ghost, Romeo & Juliet, Sheep Shearer, Shield of Arrav			16
RuneScape Classic released on 4 January 2001.

• Underground Pass (43) was the final quest converted from RuneScape Classic to RuneScape on 15 April 2004. Update:The Underground Pass

Note: No quest was released in August 2007 - Behind the Scenes; the last time when no monthly quest was released was between January and April 2004 after the beta version of RuneScape 2 was released between December 2003-March 2004 for both members and free players.

Note 2: Also, no quest was released in December 2007 - Behind the Scenes.