So, you've finally admitted it.
You’ve been caught in the throes of Old School RuneScape addiction — a game that looks like it runs on a toaster but somehow has more control over your life than your job, your relationships, and your need for vitamin D.

Congratulations! Step one is complete: admitting there’s a problem.

Now here comes the hard part… quitting.
And I don’t mean “taking a break” (aka AFK sand crabs while watching Netflix), I mean actually quitting. Logging out. For good. Cold turkey. No more GE flipping. No more Birdhouse runs. No more “just gonna do a quick Slayer task and log”.

Let’s do this. Together. Kind of.

Are you:

• Tired of being XP-wasted every time you close your eyes?
  
• Starting to see Rune essence in your dreams?
  
• Spending more time in Gielinor than you do with your own family?
  
• Attempting to max your second alt while your plants die in real life?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you may be entitled to compensation—
Just kidding. But you do need help.

You think you can just take a few days off and come back stronger. WRONG.
You’ll be back at Wintertodt in two days, clickin’ logs and wondering where your life went.

This is how it goes:

“I’ll just do a farm run.”

“Might as well do a Slayer task while I wait.”

“Oh, cool, a clue scroll!”

2 hours later: You’re doing a level 3 clue in the Wilderness with 20m worth of items because you “forgot” to bank.

It’s a slippery slope. And it’s greased with energy potions.

Uninstall RuneLite. Don’t just hide it. DELETE it.
This thing is your enabler. Your pusher.
“Oh I’ll just log in to check the GE prices.” — NO YOU WON’T.
Block the site. Block the launcher. Replace your desktop icon with a picture of a real-life hobby. Maybe a tree. Remember those?

That’s right.
No more Settled.
No more J1mmy.
No more “Group Ironman Episode 94: We Finally Get a Rune Scimitar”.

If you so much as hear the word “Twisted Bow,” your brain will instantly reroute you to Twitch or YouTube, and suddenly you're watching someone grind Zulrah for 6 hours while you eat cold pizza at 2 a.m.

Unsubscribe. Cleanse your algorithm.

Quitting OSRS will leave a vast emptiness in your soul. A 1000-hour void shaped like a Rune pickaxe.

You need a plan:

• Start a hobby.
  
• Learn to cook something other than “99 cooking in one weekend.”
  
• Touch grass. It’s like a green version of Varrock, only it smells better.
  
• Play another game that doesn’t want your entire soul. Try Stardew Valley. Or literally anything that wasn’t made in 2007.

Here’s the truth:
You’ll probably return. Maybe not tomorrow. Maybe not next week. But someday, something will happen—
You'll hear the soundtrack.
Someone will say “RuneScape” in public.
You’ll remember that you almost got the Fire Cape.
And just like that, you’ll be redownloading RuneLite and chopping yews again at 2 in the morning like no time passed.

And that’s okay.
You don’t really quit RuneScape.
You just take extended breaks from your second life.

If you’re reading this guide, you’re probably logged into OSRS right now on another monitor, doing agility laps while you pretend to quit.

That’s okay.
We’re all in this together.
Just remember: You can stop any time you want. You just… don’t want to.
And that’s the most RuneScape thing of all.

• Delete RuneLite.
  
• Touch grass.
  
• You’ll be back. We all come back.
  
• But hey, at least you tried ❤️