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This is a List of quest release dates in reverse chronological order. The total possible Quest points (QP) at the time of release of each quest is also given.

Between the release of Rune Mysteries on 1 December 2003 and that of Learning the Ropes on 14 July 2008, free-to-play players were limited to 39 quest points. With the latter's release and Swept Away and Myths of the White Lands having been temporarily available as free quests, the maximum possible number of quest points for non-members is 42.

#	Quest	Release Date	RS Update	Total QP Possible	Experience
Unreleased quests
A Fairy Tale Part III is expected to be released in the near future. Elemental Workshop III is also expected, but not in the near future.
Quests are in reverse chronological order
163	Rune Mechanics	1 February 2010	Update:Rune Mechanics	299
162	Nomad's Requiem	11 January 2010	Update:Nomad's Requiem	298
161	Blood Runs Deep	15 December 2009	Update: Blood Runs Deep	295
160	The Temple at Senntisten	3 December 2009	Update: The Temple at Senntisten	293
159	Within the Light	13 October 2009	Update: Within the Light	291
158	Unstable Foundations (tutorial)	17 September 2009	Update:Advisors and Objectives	289
157	Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf	9 September 2009	Update: Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf	289
156	Fur 'n' Seek	10 August 2009	Update:Fur 'n' Seek	287
155	The Curse of Arrav	21 July 2009	Update:The Curse of Arrav	285
154	Hunt for Red Raktuber	2 June 2009	Update:The Hunt for Red Raktuber	284
153	Missing My Mummy	19 May 2009	Update:Missing My Mummy	283
152	The Tale of the Muspah	21 April 2009	Update:Tale of the Muspah	282
151	Glorious Memories	1 April 2009	Update:Glorious Memories	281
150	The Chosen Commander	17 March 2009	Update:The Chosen Commander	280
149	In Pyre Need	6 January 2009	Update:In Pyre Need	277
148	Myths of the White Lands	16 December 2008	Update:Christmas Event and Quest	276
147	While Guthix Sleeps	26 November 2008	Update:While Guthix Sleeps	275
146	Swept Away	28 October 2008	Update:Hallowe'en Event and Quest	270
145	Defender of Varrock	29 September 2008	Update:Defender of Varrock	269
144	Summer's End	15 September 2008	Update:Summer's End	267
143	All Fired Up	26 August 2008	Update:All Fired Up	266
142	Meeting History	5 August 2008	Update:Meeting History	265
141	Spirit of Summer	29 July 2008	Update:Spirit of Summer	264
-	Learning the Ropes	14 July 2008	Update:Three Cheers for Lumbridge!	263
RuneScape High Detail released 1 July 2008
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: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 Tranquillity	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!	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	Watchtower	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 (17 June 2002)	63
28	Temple of Ikov	17 June 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (17 June 2002)	62
27	Monk's Friend	28 May 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (28 May 2002)	61
26	Fishing Contest	28 May 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (28 May 2002)	60
25	Tribal Totem	30 April 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (30 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 (25 March 2002)	57
22	Heroes' Quest	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27 February 2002)	56
21	Merlin's Crystal	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27 February 2002)	55
20	Witch's House	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27 February 2002)	49
19	Lost City	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27 February 2002)	45
18	Druidic Ritual	27 February 2002	Update:Latest RuneScape News (27 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 (8 May 2001)	34
14	The Knight's Sword	6 April 2001	Update:Massive update!	29
13	Witch's Potion	6 April 2001	Update:Massive update!	28
12	Black Knights' Fortress	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
7	Ernest the Chicken	21 January 2001	Update:Newsletter 1	16
RuneScape Classic released on 4 January 2001.
4	Romeo & Juliet	1 December 2000	Update:Coming Soon from Jagex Software	Unknown
1	Cook's Assistant	Unknown	None	1
Free quests' numbers & dates unknown - Demon Slayer, The Restless Ghost, Sheep Shearer, Shield of Arrav

Notes

• Underground Pass (42) was the final quest converted from RuneScape Classic to RuneScape 2, on 15 April 2004.
• No quest was released in August 2007; 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 to March 2004 for both members and free players.
• No quest was released in December 2007.
• No quest was released in February 2009
• No quest was released in November 2009
• Jagex has stated that Cook's Assistant was the first quest they started to develop. This was mentioned in the March 2006 issue of the Postbag from the Hedge.