Polls are in-game votes in which players are asked to express their preferences for certain changes within Old School RuneScape. Only members with a total level of 280 or above can participate.
Originally, polls were only held on the official Old School RuneScape website. Following the results of the Old School in-game poll survey, it was decided to add in-game poll booths. Players may still vote on the official website should they so choose.
Polls on game updates use a plurality voting system to determine their outcome. Any question containing a Yes option requires a supermajority of 75% of the total votes to pass. This is not counting Skip question votes, an option introduced with the Quality of Life - Top 10 PvP Suggestions poll.
Placed votes cannot be changed, and every question must be answered to vote. A running tally can be found during polls at poll booths or on the official website. These and other aspects related to polling itself have also been subject of polls, but have historically failed to pass.
List of polls
2017
# | Title | Opened | Closed | Questions | Votes |
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112 | Old School Content Poll #56: Quality of Life | 3 August 2017 | 9 August 2017 | 24 | 33,012 |
111 | Old School Content Poll #55: Grotesque Guardians, etc. | 24 July 2017 | 31 July 2017 | 10 | 39,069 |
110 | Old School Content Poll #54: Binding spells, F2P Castle Wars, etc. | 7 July 2017 | 13 July 2017 | 30 | 42,362 |
109 | Old School Content Poll #53: Guilds & Make-All | 15 June 2017 | 21 June 2017 | 15 | 50,522 |
108 | Old School Content Poll #52: World Map | 3 May 2017 | 9 May 2017 | 21 | 42,157 |
107 | Fossil Island | 20 April 2017 | 26 April 2017 | 11 | 40,629 |
106 | Old School Content Poll #51: Slayer & Dungeons | 4 April 2017 | 10 April 2017 | 25 | 44,523 |
105 | Mor Ul Rek and The Inferno | 24 March 2017 | 30 March 2017 | 5 | 46,801 |
104 | Quality of Life - General Suggestions | 24 February 2017 | 2 March 2017 | 20 | 35,518 |
103 | Quality of Life - PvP-related Suggestions | 17 February 2017 | 23 February 2017 | 13 | 33,577 |
102 | Quality of Life - Ten Skilling Suggestions | 10 February 2017 | 16 February 2017 | 11 | 49,881 |
101 | Quality of Life - Ten PvM Suggestions | 4 February 2017 | 9 February 2017 | 11 | 39,418 |
100 | Old School Polls | 31 January 2017 | 4 February 2017 | 5 | 42,229 |
99 | Old School Content Poll #50: Models, Anims and More | 19 January 2017 | 25 January 2017 | 26 | 50,600 |
2016
# | Title | Opened | Closed | Questions | Votes |
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98 | Old School Content Poll #49: Silver Jewellery | 10 November 2016 | 16 November 2016 | 24 | 34,545 |
97 | More Raids Rewards | 3 November 2016 | 9 November 2016 | 11 | 57,178 |
96 | Hardcore Ironman Mode | 20 October 2016 | 26 October 2016 | 1 | 34,925 |
95 | Old School Raids Armours Survey | 13 October 2016 | 19 October 2016 | 9 | 28,333 |
94 | Old School Content Poll #48: Rewards for Raids & Quality of Life | 7 October 2016 | 12 October 2016 | 15 | 28,692 |
93 | The Ourania Altar | 22 September 2016 | 28 September 2016 | 2 | 35,258 |
92 | Old School Content Poll #47: Rewards for Raids & Slayer | 8 September 2016 | 14 September 2016 | 32 | 34,227 |
91 | Golden Gnomes 2016 | 30 August 2016 | 5 September 2016 | 2 | 45,900 |
90 | Old School Content Poll #46: Wintertodt Rewards & Superior Slayer | 11 August 2016 | 17 August 2016 | 38 | 32,403 |
89 | Old School Priority Poll #5 | 26 July 2016 | 1 August 2016 | 22 | 42,060 |
88 | Old School Content Poll #45: Skilling Pets & Quality of Life | 21 July 2016 | 25 July 2016 | 26 | 34,363 |
87 | Old School Content Poll #44: PvP & Player-owned houses | 20 June 2016 | 27 June 2016 | 31 | 51,888 |
86 | Last Man Standing - PvP Minigame | 26 May 2016 | 1 June 2016 | 1 | 42,000 |
85 | Old School Content Poll #43: Great Kourend Content | 13 May 2016 | 18 May 2016 | 17 | 36,152 |
84 | Old School Content Poll #42: Clue Scrolls Expansion | 14 April 2016 | 20 April 2016 | 10 | 36,045 |
83 | Old School Content Poll #41: Bank placeholders & Skillcapes | 31 March 2016 | 6 April 2016 | 27 | 37,173 |
82 | Old School Content Poll #40: Vanilla LootShare & QoL | 7 March 2016 | 14 March 2016 | 13 | 41,555 |
81 | Old School Content Poll #39: Monkey Madness II | 25 February 2016 | 2 March 2016 | 4 | 45,059 |
80 | Quality of Life - Top 10 General Suggestions | 18 February 2016 | 22 February 2016 | 10 | 29,139 |
79 | Quality of Life - Top 10 PvP Suggestions | 11 February 2016 | 15 February 2016 | 12 | 34,348 |
78 | Quality of Life - Top 10 PvM Suggestions | 4 February 2016 | 8 February 2016 | 10 | 34,785 |
77 | Quality of Life - Top 10 Skilling Suggestions | 28 January 2016 | 1 February 2016 | 11 | 32,182 |
76 | Old School Content Poll #38: Jad II, Deadman & Zeah | 14 January 2016 | 20 January 2016 | 31 | 49,936 |
2015
# | Title | Opened | Closed | Questions | Votes |
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75 | Christmas 2015 | 3 December 2015 | 9 December 2015 | 1 | 33,447 |
74 | Blood & Soul Runecrafting | 12 November 2015 | 18 November 2015 | 2 | 32,441 |
73 | Deadman and Ditch | 2 November 2015 | 4 November 2015 | 6 | 22,338 |
72 | Old School Content Poll #37: Skillcape Perks | 22 October 2015 | 28 October 2015 | 18 | 33,833 |
71 | Abyssal buff | 15 October 2015 | 21 October 2015 | 2 | 41,012 |
70 | Old School Halloween 2015 | 24 September 2015 | 30 September 2015 | 2 | 31,501 |
69 | Old School Content Poll #36: Skilling Pets | 17 September 2015 | 23 September 2015 | 26 | 35,287 |
68 | Sailing Skill | 10 September 2015 | 16 September 2015 | 1 | 73,796 |
67 | Old School Content Poll #35: The Max Cape | 30 July 2015 | 5 August 2015 | 29 | 36,881 |
66 | Deadman Mode - Survival PvP | 9 July 2015 | 15 July 2015 | 1 | 41,640 |
65 | Old School Priority Poll #4 | 25 June 2015 | 1 July 2015 | 15 | 31,597 |
64 | Old School Content Poll #34: XP droplets & Slayer | 18 June 2015 | 24 June 2015 | 37 | 38,557 |
63 | Old School Content Poll #33 | 14 May 2015 | 20 May 2015 | 24 | 47,498 |
62 | Old School Content Poll #32: Resizable Mode | 16 April 2015 | 22 April 2015 | 22 | 52,170 |
61 | Old School Content Poll #31: Easter Holiday Event | 13 March 2015 | 18 March 2015 | 13 | 41,380 |
60 | Instanced Kraken | 6 March 2015 | 11 March 2015 | 1 | 49,692 |
59 | Old School Content Poll #30: Near Miss Poll | 12 February 2015 | 19 February 2015 | 16 | 37,321 |
58 | Permanent F2P & Membership Bonds | 28 January 2015 | 4 February 2015 | 1 | 51,152 |
57 | Old School GE tweaks | 22 January 2015 | 28 January 2015 | 5 | 41,963 |
56 | Old School GE location survey | ? | ? | 1 | 36,206 |
55 | Old School Content Poll #29: Grand Exchange | 12 January 2015 | 19 January 2015 | 18 | 72,385 |
2014
# | Title | Opened | Closed | Questions | Votes |
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54 | Old School Snake Boss Name Poll | 18 December 2014 | 24 December 2014 | 1 | 27,025 |
53 | Old School Achievement Diary Rewards Poll | 4 December 2014 | 10 December 2014 | 4 | 17,823 |
52 | Old School Content Poll #28 | 27 November 2014 | 3 December 2014 | 6 | 20,305 |
51 | Old School Game Integrity Survey | 19 November 2014 | 26 November 2014 | 5 | 29,302 |
50 | Old School New Continent, Achievement Diaries and Poll poll | 7 November 2014 | 12 November 2014 | 8 | 21,434 |
49 | Old School Content Poll #27 | 30 October 2014 | 5 November 2014 | 24 | 18,665 |
48 | Old School Poll Survey | 24 October 2014 | 29 October 2014 | 6 | 21,700 |
47 | Old School Content Poll #26 | 9 October 2014 | 15 October 2014 | 12 | 20,435 |
46 | Old School Halloween 2014 | 3 October 2014 | 8 October 2014 | 2 | 19,881 |
45 | Old School Bounty Hunter Rewards 2 | 25 September 2014 | 1 October 2014 | 10 | 19,558 |
44 | Old School Content Poll #25 | 18 September 2014 | 24 September 2014 | 20 | 33,631 |
43 | Old School Bounty Hunter Rewards | 8 September 2014 | 15 September 2014 | 16 | 29,829 |
42 | Old School Priority Poll #3 | 4 September 2014 | ? | 3 | 26,216 |
41 | Old School feature poll - Content Poll #24 | 28 August 2014 | 3 September 2014 | 20 | 32,304 |
40 | Old School feature poll - Artisan Skill | 21 August 2014 | 27 August 2014 | 17 | 47,001 |
39 | Old School feature poll - Content Poll #23 | 6 August 2014 | 13 August 2014 | 22 | 19,279 |
38 | Old School in-game poll survey | 28 July 2014 | 4 August 2014 | 9 | 12,809 |
37 | Old School feature poll - Artisan and Bounty Hunter | 17 July 2014 | 23 July 2014 | 2 | 18,271 |
36 | Old School feature poll - Content Poll #22 | 9 July 2014 | 16 July 2014 | 34 | 20,257 |
35 | Old School feature poll - Rewarding Rewards | 11 June 2014 | 18 June 2014 | 21 | 17,883 |
34 | Old School feature poll #20 (Trading Solution) | 28 May 2014 | 4 June 2014 | 7 | 30,002 |
33 | Player Designed Content: New Skill survey | 21 May 2014 | 28 May 2014 | 1 | 13,835 |
32 | Old School feature poll #19 | 7 May 2014 | 14 May 2014 | 20 | 14,612 |
31 | Old School Trading Solution Survey | 29 April 2014 | 5 May 2014 | 4 | 19,404 |
30 | Old School feature poll #18 | 16 April 2014 | 23 April 2014 | 22 | 18,001 |
29 | Old School - Update priorities & new slayer drops | 31 March 2014 | 7 April 2014 | 7 | 17,716 |
28 | Old School Wilderness Feedback Poll | 19 March 2014 | 26 March 2014 | 15 | 13,484 |
27 | Old School feature poll #17 | 6 March 2014 | 12 March 2014 | 6 | 11,373 |
26 | Player Designed Content competition - Brains over brawn | 27 February 2014 | 2 March 2014 | 1 | 5,333 |
25 | Old School feature poll #16 | 12 February 2014 | 19 February 2014 | 28 | 22,884 |
24 | Old School feature poll #15: Rejuvenating the Wilderness | 22 January 2014 | 29 January 2014 | 30 | 22,617 |
2013
# | Title | Opened | Closed | Questions | Votes |
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23 | Old School feature poll #14: Minigames | 19 December 2013 | 26 December 2013 | 34 | 16,869 |
22 | Content Poll #13: Slayer & Christmas | 21 November 2013 | 27 November 2013 | 25 | 20,421 |
21 | Old School: About you! | 11 November 2013 | 17 November 2013 | 7 | 13,810 |
20 | Old School feature poll #12: Player-designed content | 1 November 2013 | 6 November 2013 | 11 | 11,351 |
19 | Old School player designed content poll | 25 October 2013 | 29 October 2013 | 1 | 4,473 |
18 | Old School feature poll #11: PvP Worlds and more | 10 October 2013 | 16 October 2013 | 13 | 12,733 |
17 | Kril's Magic Weapon | 27 September 2013 | 4 October 2013 | 1 | 5,361 |
16 | Old School feature poll #10: New Rewards | 18 September 2013 | 25 September 2013 | 23 | 16,002 |
15 | Old School feature poll #9: God Wars & Banks | 3 September 2013 | 9 September 2013 | 17 | 28,080 |
14 | Goblin Invasion - Taking Down the High Priest | 20 August 2013 | 26 August 2013 | 1 | 1,470 |
13 | The Big Four Priority Poll | 16 August 2013 | 22 August 2013 | 2 | 14,700 |
12 | Old School feature poll #8 | 8 August 2013 | 14 August 2013 | 6 | 17,336 |
11 | Goblin Invasion - Intelligence Received | 29 July 2013 | 5 August 2013 | 1 | 2,067 |
10 | Old School feature poll #7 | 17 July 2013 | 24 July 2013 | 14 | 17,424 |
9 | Old School feature poll #6 - Castle Wars, etc. | 27 June 2013 | 3 July 2013 | 6 | 17,083 |
8 | Old School feature poll #5 – Dom Onion Cave, and more... | 6 June 2013 | 12 June 2013 | 12 | 23,014 |
7 | Old School feature poll #4– May 2013 | 16 May 2013 | 22 May 2013 | 17 | 27,977 |
6 | Old School rare item poll #3 – May 2013 | 8 May 2013 | 14 May 2013 | 52 | 33,623 |
5 | Old School feature poll #3 – April 2013 | 25 April 2013 | 1 May 2013 | 8 | 46,647 |
4 | Old School Rare Item poll #2 – April 2013 | 17 April 2013 | 24 April 2013 | 20 | 34,758 |
3 | Old School Rare Item poll #1 – April 2013 | 10 April 2013 | 17 April 2013 | 2 | 64,890 |
2 | Old School feature poll #2 – April 2013 | 4 April 2013 | 10 April 2013 | 9 | 75,694 |
1 | Old School feature poll #1 – March 2013 | 14 March 2013 | 20 March 2013 | 9 | 101,407 |