Over the coming weeks, we're planning to free up millions of unused character names (previously known as display names) for you to use. A character name is considered unused if it fulfills ALL of the following criteria:

It hasn’t been logged into in the last year
It hasn’t been used to purchase any membership
It has no RuneScape skills of level 30 or above

Note: If you are a free player, you will retain your character name if you have logged into your account in the past year, or if you have any skills over level 30.

You will still be able to use your account if your character name has been reclaimed. An interface will pop up and ask you for a character name when you log in.

Unused character names will become available as we identify them, and we'll keep you up-to-date as the process goes on. In the meantime, if you've had your eye on a specific character name, it may be worth finding out if it's available!