The long-awaited rework and release of the first grandmaster quest storyline, ‘While Guthix Sleeps,’ has finally arrived. Rediscover the quest hailed as one of the most immersive stories ever to come to RuneScape. Experience a lore-rich, high-stakes scenario with iconic enemies. Reworked with care by Jagex, it features new gear to ensure completion is just as rewarding as it was before. 

While Guthix Sleeps was originally launched in RuneScape 2 during 2008 as a continuation of the Mahjarrat storyline. It was also the first-ever grandmaster quest. It set new standards for RuneScape content in terms of difficulty, complexity, and storytelling. 

Who will stop them while Guthix sleeps?

Guthix never asked to be worshipped. When he stumbled upon Gielinor and shaped the world as he wanted it, his only desire was for the mortals there to live in balance. He used the World Gate to invite colonies of different races to inhabit the world. He gifted humans with magic and used the Stone of Jas to create runestones that his emissaries spread across the world. 

The people of Gielinor began to worship Guthix, and in hopes of discouraging this, Guthix disappeared, falling into a deep sleep. But as he slept, other gods—gods who did not share Guthix’s beliefs of balance—used the Stone of Jas and the Staff of Armadyl to wage war against each other. The God Wars ravaged the lands of Gielinor disrupting the balance Guthix had made there. 

Sensing this extreme disturbance in the world’s balance, Guthix awoke and banished the gods from Gielinor before surrounding it with a barrier, known as the Edicts of Guthix, to prevent other gods from ever setting foot there again. Not long after, Guthix returned to his solitude and fell asleep again. But without the presence of the Gielinor God of Balance, dark forces stir in the shadows as their evil plots come to fruition.

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