Cozy Old School Runescape Lore

Cozy Old School Runescape Lore

Join DriftArray (Tyler; they/them) as they uncover and explore the lore of Old School Runescape one cozy episode at a time.

Episodes

August 25, 2025
In this episode we try a scavenger hunt, where we use in-game entities to generate ideas about what to do next. In this way we explore the interconnected world of Gielinor organically, taking on a string of tasks that lead us to a range of activities and characters. We start by examining 1gp for initial […]
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In this episode we explore the question “how do people get educated in the land of Gielinor?” We visit and read about numerous NPCs including a professor, nonhuman students, schoolkids and their teachers, a fairy, several bards, and a justiciar. We reflect on what we learned and hypothesize about what it all means, with consideration […]
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In this episode we start the Desert Treasure II quest which we finally have the required levels to start after getting 75 firemaking from our grind for the last Varlamore chunk-based episode. This one is a great deep dive on Zaros lore to follow up our recent Scattered Lore of Zaros episode. We begin the […]
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In this episode we continue exploring Aldarin in the Kingdom of Varlamore one chunk at a time. We finally sail to the Varlamore mainland and check out the Sunset Coast chunk where we complete several tasks and run into some issues with our plan for rolling the next chunk. For an overview about how this […]
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In this episode we continue exploring Aldarin in the Kingdom of Varlamore one chunk at a time. We visit the Aldarin Coastal Magics chunk to complete one task and then go to the Aldarin Docks chunk for 3 more tasks. This completes all of the Aldarin chunks so in the next series episode we get […]
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In this episode we continue exploring Aldarin in the Kingdom of Varlamore one chunk at a time. We check out the Darkmoon Ravine chunk which has no new tasks to complete and then we grind picklocking a bunch of chests in a nearby mansion for some wildblood hop seeds to complete a task. After this […]
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In this episode we scrounge around Gielinor to learn more about Zaros, the Empty Lord himself. Zaros is one of the ancient gods of Gielinor who used to rule a vast kingdom that has since been reduced to ruins and faint recollections. We read Zaros-associated lore from the wiki and in-game books before searching for […]
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In this episode we continue exploring Aldarin in the Kingdom of Varlamore one chunk at a time. We complete all available tasks in the Moonrise Alchemical Headquarters chunk, getting best-in-slot weapon and hand armor items and doing additional activities. We also explore the buildings and books here and meet some lovely new people and animals […]
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In this episode we try out some automatically-generated ideas from the AI in YouTube Creator Studio trends. The AI thinks you’d like to hear about the history of architecture in New York (we skip it), a fast and fluffy pancakes recipe (we do it), and the best budget noise-cancelling headphones (we do it). Let me […]
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In this episode we continue exploring Aldarin in the Kingdom of Varlamore one chunk at a time. Now that we’ve made it out of Mistrock, we look back and reflect on the economic position of that mining town in contrast to the opulence and excess of the Aldarin villas that profit off Mistrock’s minimal wealth […]
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In this episode we continue our region-locked, chunk-based ironlike subseries in Mistrock Cove, the final chunk in the Mistrock area of Aldarin. We explore a bit before doing some mining to make money and buy armor, which helps us complete our chunk tasks before we roll a new chunk and look ahead to upcoming areas […]
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In this episode we start a new series within the podcast. Based on previous episodes involving survival and urban stealth camping and chunk-based exploration, it’s time to begin an adventure locked to the region of Varlamore where we explore it one chunk at a time. This evening we start on the south edge of Aldarin […]
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In this episode we visit the dwarven city of Cam Torum underneath Ralos’ Rise in Varlamore for some urban stealth camping. We talk to everyone we can find and get rejected a lot, then we assemble a meal gathered in the area before finding a grassy corner of the city where we eat dinner and […]
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In this episode we scrounge around Gielinor to learn more about the lore of Zamorak, enduring unexpected battles and meeting druids, monsters, spirits, and mages along the way.
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In this episode we use Chunk Picker V2 to choose an area of the game to explore, which leads us to some Mahjarrat lore. Then we wrap up by reading Kharedst’s Memoirs.
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In this episode we scrounge around Gielinor to find what lore we can about the god Saradomin, visiting monks, wizards, bookshelves, and creatures along the way.
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In this episode we visit the Wise Old Man in Draynor Village to explore his dialogue options and bookshelves, which lead to much more lore than expected.
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In this episode we scrounge around Gielinor to find Guthix lore from followers and items associated with him.
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In this episode we return to the Varrock Sewers and Edgeville Dungeon for some survival camping, bringing no items and only using what we find inside to further explore the ambient lore of Old School Runescape.
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In this silly but sincere episode we explore drops from monsters in the Varrock Sewers and the Edgeville Dungeon to see what we can learn about the ambient lore of Gielinor.
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