Ultimate RuneScape 3 Interface and Settings Guide (2024)

Welcome to RuneScape! In this video, let's build a perfect interface and go through every setting, step-by-step.
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Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:53 Interface Scaling
1:36 Interface: Game Interaction
2:40 interface: Appearance
3:20 Edit Mode
4:30 Edit Mode: Game View
5:25 Ribbon Editing
7:37 Action Bars
8:59 Separating Tabs
9:52 Looting Interface and Area Loot
12:20 Community Tab
13:24 Abilities and Powers Menu
15:25 Summoning and Grouping Interface
16:50 Interface: Information Windows
17:40 Interface: Warning Screens
18:30 Interface: Inventory Settings
19:02 Interface: Buff Bar
20:30 Camera Settings
22:31 Experience Allocation
23:36 Item drops: Loot Beams
24:14 Chat and Social Settings
25:43 Notifications
26:40 Legacy Interface Mode
27:30 Combat Settings
29:03 Action Bar Settings
31:45 Multiple Action Bars
32:25 Action Bar Binding
34:00 Target Cycling
35:00 Graphics Settings
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[@WmThomasReviews]

This is what we always needed. Tyvm

[@ross8824]

Jagex should introduce an import and export feature for players to share their interfaces with each other. I can't imagine it would be hard as you can already store multiple saved interfaces, so being able to import an interface should be possible.

[@kevintjuhh070]

Its difficult because of monitor size differences.

[@spuffles2104]

@@kevintjuhh070 its not difficult at all your game keeps a file that contains your hud settings, wouldn't be very difficult at all to make it a seperate file for important and exporting, i've seen it done on 1000 games they're just lazy

[@kevintjuhh070]

@@spuffles2104 Lazy or not, they will never do it because you cannot give someone the exact copy of your HUD settings if your monitor is a few inches bigger or smaller.

[@chunnin33]

​@@kevintjuhh070holy shit mate

[@kevintjuhh070]

@@chunnin33 ?

[@terryt2720]

OMG!!! 21 year player here and you just changed my scaping forever!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! The RS Guy Rules!

[@Fraqsu]

This is the RuneScape interface bible we always needed, but was too big of a task to carefully go through until this day.

[@prakrutmehta284]

Love your guides man! Cheers

[@SgtOGaming]

How do I see the XP I’m getting like on legacy on top right corner. I did this set up and it’s amazing but I don’t see those xp lol HELP!!!

[@CalebCollins-yu7ej]

seriously clean. Just did this myself and i cannot get over how organized and clean it is. Thank you so much for helping a runescape noob figure out how to work the UI system here lol

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

It may not be some flashy boss or moneymaking guide, but this is overall most the impactful RS guide I've seen in a very long time. Thank you for taking the time to create it!

[@Dynorphin7]

I started playing again after being sucked into World Of Warcraft for 4 years and was feeling hella overwhelmed with the RS UI. This was uploaded right when I needed it!

[@seansuprem]

As an experienced player I knew most of this but it blew my mind that you could separate defense/constitution or the different magic tabs into their own windows. So handy not having to click through all these different tabs and instead just having then all on their own windows

[@A_Generic_Name]

How on Earth did I play this game almost every day for two years and not know about half the options in this video? Great work as always.

[@josenunes7873]

This is the most underrated video content out there. Great job! I''ve had tons of friends drop runescape when trying because the interface was very bad and weird to interact with

[@pwnagotchi]

While I find this video very, very good - do you really think that having to watch a 40-minute video will really keep them?

[@johnevans6414]

so many setting i didnt even know about that just make qol and combat better. thx for the vid!

[@0becity1]

I’ve just started rs3 whenever I watched your stream I always thought goddam how does his UI look so clean and here we are ! Thank you very much!! ❤

[@Foti-Five]

about to get my 20 year veteran cape and i still found this useful, coming back after another few years away and my old interface was shoddy at best. Good stuff, very thorough.

[@ImprisoningRS]

have played this game for almost 18 years and finding out game-changing tips left, right and centre. great content.

[@244445065757]

No matter how much you think you may know, there's always room for improvement. Awesome Guide, thanks!

[@SccottyGames]

I've been playing for over 10 years and I never knew you could hide the slim title bars completely

[@addmysprochannel]

About the interface scaling tip, if People want to use alt1 you need to have it on 100% or alt1 refuse to work!

[@TheRSGuy]

I believe the alt 1 devs are working on a fix for this, but I have no idea about ETA

[@cody7700]

Thank youuu!!! Been playing for a few weeks now and this is so much better!

[@zo0mah]

Runescape's best content creator single handedly saving the newer Runescape population. :) Thank you for your service Ryan, I was aware of every thing in the video but definitely will help a lot of people, especially those who haven't played in years and feel daunted to try RS3 again for some reason and I agree! The HUD is perhaps the scariest thing for a completely new or an oldschool veteran player and this video made short work of explaining absolutely everything one could ever need to get started. Kudos Ryan. Love you dude, keep doing you. :)

[@hercules5546]

whaaaaat you can size the interface scaling ?! Bro this tip alone will change so much for me, you cant imagine how helpful this is ^^

[@fluffeh8814]

Unfortunately, it prevents alt1 toolkit from detecting anything if you ui is anything other than 100% :\

[@YGOrochi]

33:20 -> 34:04 this... single handedly changed my life, holy smokes, why have i never thought of this before!? I have all my action bars bound but i never considered using the ANY function to work in that way! Thank you Ryan.

[@YommiOfficial]

Appreciate you taking the time to do this

[@Balanced--]

What a beautiful guide. Thanks for taking the time making this!

On Discord, you said this was for new/lapsed player. I'm an active player and actually learned quite a bit from this!

[@Mahjarat]

Thank you. I knew most of the things, but there were some really useful pearls! Good content!

[@mitchbs6794]

I never comment on videos, but wow. This deserves all the praise! As somebody who has always played with a 6/10 setup it feels so refreshing to have a new and less cluttered set up. Thank you a bunch Ryan!

[@TheRSGuy]

Thanks for the comment! I'm glad this video helped you out!

[@TheCooderix]

@@TheRSGuy As ridiculous as it sounds, this video singlehandedly kept me intrigued enough to start playing RS, cause up until this point I would just log on, then log out again after a short period because it was all just way too overwhelming, which in all fairness, as a new player, it is. Not to mention that I actually had quite a bit of fun tailoring it to my specific wants. MEGA video. Big ups!

[@rida81]

The interface you're making is very similar to what I already had, but I still learned new things! excellent video :)

[@surge_8185]

This was so helpful, thank you!❤

[@paultest8434]

This video is truly amazing, thank you for the in-depth guide. Watching this as a returning player and it helped immensely.

[@mrnastytime420]

Great video. I needed this when I switched from legacy interface to eoc lol. I figured it out though but this will help tons of others.

[@JonnyGreen7]

Thank you man. As a returning player i have been putting off sorting out my layout as it seemed too daunting to figger out. But this viedio has been so helpful.

[@TheWesen18]

freaking awesome job, thank you so much :)

[@1Seanmb]

I would have literally never known about Freedom vs Freedom Classic if not for this video, this amount of zoom is crazy so thanks for that.

[@TripleDylanRS]

Fantastic informative video.👑

[@TheRSGuy]

Thanks for the cameo!

[@stefmilich316]

Great Video! keep up ur hard work!!!

[@lorddracul8019]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@aKalishnacough]

Great video my guy.

[@sultanthed]

Thank you Ryan, very cool!

[@manic_miner]

Such a helpful guide for me, as a new Runescape player. Thank you so much for sharing this. So much helpful advice.

[@savonjackson816]

Thank you, honestly thank you!

[@lukeperry2572]

ive played rs3 for nearly 7 years, and i still didnt know all of this! Thankyou!

[@falsename9621]

It would be nice if we were allowed to rename those "My Custom X" to something meaningful. One might want to check what interfaces are saved under various "My Custom X", but checking that means throwing away whatever you currently have. So you gotta save current one first... without really knowing what is it that you are saving over. Great guide though, I'll be pointing new players towards this one!

[@rotissary4331]

MUCH NEEDED! Not for me, but invaluable for many others.

[@Bencooob]

I'm sure I speak for so many people here in saying - this is a MUST have for any Runescape player! Coming back from Old School and starting to really get back into the game, the most daunting task is this. Super interesting that everything is fully customizable, but it's just that - fully custom. Not anything that we can just click to change default layouts and settings to perfect presets. It's all done manually. To have a video like this to follow along to was simply perfect. NOW I can start truly playing! :D

[@Griev8]

Thank you for the info! I've been playing this game for a very long time and i did not know about the revolution size..

[@celem1000]

I spent literally hours hacking together something that tries, yet fails to be remotely this clean. In that time I didnt find even half of these features. I can finally move the buff and debuff bar out of the space I want my action bars, which are currently built around that area. Legend!

[@notquitehuman7402]

We really need a way to export/import interface settings. My first hour of HCIM gameplay was me trying to replicate the interface I spent years tweaking on my main.

[@TheRSGuy]

Hard agree

[@nicklabadie739]

Thank you for this

[@brandon12946]

As someone who just came back to rs3 this helped me so much ty!

[@Brwitunsky]

Just got back into the game and this is a video ai didnt realize I needed. Thank so much for putting the time and effort into something that I think most players would look past unless they are really into it. Making my experiance a lot better. The actionbar section being particular very useful. Big like and sub from me. I got no friends playing rs3 only osrs andy good servers to meet people to play with?

[@9oh7]

Sweet thanks!

[@Bohs_gebruikersnaam]

Extremly helpful!

[@roblangeweg1047]

I need a interface update, great tips!

[@TaiShan480]

I stopped playing after the God War and back then, I wasn't that serious about the new UI or Combat update prior. This has been so helpful to navigate the new UI and how to customize it. Liked and followed. Thank you!

[@Viinan]

Fantastic guide! I would love to use something similar to your interface but I mainly play on a laptop and the interface scaling comes at the cost of text resolution (yes I can increase the font size but that doesn't make it any less fuzzy and wrong looking), among other problems. I really hope that some time in the near future Jagex gives the interface customization some love and makes it less of a mess to deal with. They should take inspiration from WoWs recent UI customization update and include a bunch of nice QoL features like grid lines, import/export functionality, proper interface scaling, etc. Necromancy and the combat changes they're working towards are amazing, but leaving the already neglected UI to continue gathering dust would be a huge mistake.

[@FlameWarProductions]

As someone who plays MMOs with a flashbang amount of screen clutter in games like WoW I really need to take this to heart. Ty for repping Ontario for the homies

[@martyduffy877]

FYI if you use Alt1 to track buffs it will only track them if they are small

[@poinntter]

Thanks! Definitely a helpful video, also for veteran players :D

[@NorkotahYT]

I'm almost maxed on OSRS, and several times over the last 5-6 years I've wanted to check out RS3 again. I always logout the second I see the UI. Thank you for this video, it's exactly what I needed to dive into RS3 as a "beginner".

[@Pyrotech777]

Thank you so much 🎉. You said you’ve been playing for 18 years- I’m 17 years in and holy shit did I need some of this info lmao. May you win every Golden Gnome from now to infinity 🏆

[@attackkk]

thank you! a similar video where we can copy your action bars and running through abilities would be cool too!

[@Ocelot429]

I already had my UI layout set up before I watched this video. But the trick that I really liked was the game view adjustment. My character being centered in the window and not centered based on my UI elements was driving me nuts but I wasn't sure how to solve that. Thanks for showing that part. Now I don't feel like i'm playing partially blind due to my UI lol

[@OneFloofyBooper]

Thank you so much!! I would love to see a guide about hotbar construction too! Like what skills you should use, when to use revolution mode, etc. That's one of the biggest things that keeps me from enjoying bossing is that I never feel like my hotbar is set up effectively

[@RS3Stealdusk770]

this is trhe best thing ive ever seen

[@maxblade1808]

thank you RS Guy

[@beatdowngaming8423]

Thank you . Thank you Thank you! 😂 I been playing off and on through out the years ,and ill tell ya ,main reason I quitted was because of the interface and keybinding, but this video got me straighten out and for once I'm actually excited to play again and tinker on a few things,by far this is the best video that explains everything and I will recommend this video to anyone that wants to learn, so again thank you!!! Also you got yourself a new subscriber

[@betheusify]

WOW omg thank you so much this will help me a lot i played around with the stuff ages ago and got a interface saved and then when other stuff come out it messed with it and i never could get it right after and the targeting stuff wow i never knew about that.... my bloke bars keep messing up so i gonna show him this video later thank you

[@jonathanmendezrojas]

Very nice tnx

[@larsvandrongelen2299]

Hey RS Guy, first off love the video, as someone who struggles to get back into rs3 after a really long break this helps me out a ton! now i would like to ask if you can make a starter guide to ability bars. i have mine setup as yours but i dont really know what to put on them or how to use them properly thanks if you want to take time to make a video about this!

[@alexdickmann3156]

Goated! Any plans on keybind reccomendations / guide to help rotations or you think thats more personal preference?

[@TheRSGuy]

I'm waiting for them to finish tinkering with necromancy before I make a rotation guide, but it is on the list!

[@nomeat7106]

came here for help with my UI and found all the settings ive been searching for. TYSM now can you do a how to clean a 15 year cluttered bank video xD

[@k03d8Now8Bleed]

Cant wait for the day they allow you to choose what colour the interface backgrounds are. I've always hated the blue

[@Shiva_rs]

10/10 video, now i just gotta watch your keybind video and im set to die a lot at learning bosses

[@YanlucasxD]

Kinda sad that we don't have the option to Import/Export Interfaces Would be great to just import a Json and boom, done Specially for new players, so they don't end up quitting while going through this chaos lol

[@Galimeer5]

I just got a new gaming laptop and my interface was all messed up. I figured I should probably try rebuilding it and just get used to the new things over time. Then you showed the Interface Scaling option and everything was fixed by going down to 90% No relearning necessary. Thanks

[@benjaminlis8517]

Great video, been playing for 4 years and copied yours exactly. need to re build my open bars. One thing to point out is that you dont need the adventures, customizations, etc on the top left. Easy to get to with FN key and numbers 1 through 7. Also available if you press "esc"

[@bigcat__tv5251]

It's like you read my mind. God you're good at this

[@Sperthix]

Something worth mentioning is if u scale ur interface, u might encounter problems with alt1, as it wont be able to recognize images correctly, e.a. buff bar, potions, etc

[@LegDayLas]

Something also worth mentioning how to download is the Alt 1 NyusNecroJobGuage plugin that he has shown and talked about a lot. The thing is, Alt 1nonbasee plugins are not exactly "user friendly" to get working, or even find (case in point, that name is impossible to remember, much less stumble upon). He (to my knowledge) has never explained how to download this very useful necro tool he has talked so much about. I had to spend about 3 hrs troubleshooting how to get it working because I had a "failure to detect home teleport" error. The usual fixes (updated drivers, small buff icons, 100% interface size, Nvidia interface size selector set to off/application chooses) didn't work. I imagine most people look at everything I just said and have no idea what any of it means. All of it is important for getting Alt 1 to actually work. Btw my issue was solved by changing a property of the RS3 launcher that also causes your game interface to get super blurry, which had its own fix via some in-game graphical adjustments. The point is Alt 1 needs a great guide and doesn't have one.

[@xedex3785]

Going to give it a go. I always felt like the UI was taking up too much space. Something you mentioned early was reducing an extra bars and titles. It was also hard to understand a lot of your screen at first when watching pvm content, because it looked like you action was a giant book. Now I have my own and I can actually understand what I am looking at. Thank you!

[@TheRSGuy]

Good luck!

[@Lootshark]

i know someone's probably already said it but its incredible the community has to go above and beyond with settings/interfaces *the whole reason the players given a (useable) but still not so great interface is so the player can experiment with it themselves* (direct quote from mod jack during a qa livestream that focus'd on player experience) but there are so many settings that anybody new or returning just gets bombarded when they go to experiment themselves and end up so off putting from wanting to go any further, even long videos that help are off putting i love these kinds of videos veterans that help the player step by step so it doesnt feel as overwhelming i Hope in a future update this kind of stuff gets adressed, the pile just keeps getting added onto which is most definetly not a good thing

[@TheRSGuy]

Agree, would love some better default settings

[@Lootshark]

even just giving a signifigantly better interface setup from the start like this one and using tooltips to explain why they are there would be a huge help they give plenty of tooltips for treasure hunter promotions i do not see why they wouldnt do that for this kind of this as well @@TheRSGuy

[@asfafasdad384]

nice man

[@I_Hate_Videogames]

very well made video, i watched a big part of it eventhough i already did this years ago. just one single tip ( don't know if i missed it) you forgot how to make the slim header as the default headers have something like a title on it and it looks really ridiculous. how to find it. press esc -> settings -> gameplay -> interfaces -> appearance -> toggle "slim headers" and " hide title bars when locked"

[@southernways5094]

Super excited to use my new layout! Thank you Ryan! Love the video. But can you go over where/what are the abilites are over each ability bar? like put in order that you have them at.

[@TheRSGuy]

Very open to it

[@prakrutmehta284]

​@@TheRSGuyHi Ryan, I second it! A ton of my friends left RS because of how confusing the action bars setup got. As an early PvM'er, would love a detailed guide on action bar settings/setup! Thank you for your awesome work man!

[@jkutxnjh]

for ur action bar binding how do u have the options for Magic any, range any, melee any and necro any? i can only pick between duel weild and 2h

[@assassin55541]

As some who is pretty much new to rs3, i will give this ui design a go and see if i can modify it to shuffle round the HP bar to be bit bigger

[@BadBoiFilms]

I’m a mid skill level player and I found this very helpful, thanks Ryan

[@TheRSGuy]

Awesome!

[@miakhalifa3120]

I have 200 hours in the game. Now my interface is done, i finally can start the game!

[@gravitygaming6539]

@The RS Guy like many players I'm locked to mobile and can't really use the normal combat system. Could you do a revolution bar run-through for necromancy?

[@darkchildofgod]

I need an end game key binding guide. Like how did you get comfortable with end game bosses with the whole keyboard bound?

[@Gamer_Echo]

They should put this video on the Rs homepage, as a long term legacy interface user thank you!

[@DAFAWK]

I chose a few of your recommendations with interfaces. I copied id say 80% of this because it just made sense. 20% was all my design.

[@TheRSGuy]

Awesome!

[@zyderveld]

Epic. I feel like some of these should be default on. Such good tips x

[@91Indrek]

thanks for this, saved the vid, this tutorial should be when new player starts leveling up, but i kind of feel that this is problem in rs3, so complicated interface

[@RynotCards]

Apologies if I missed this, but is there a way to move the big boss health bar that appears in the top middle of the screen?

[@loner9017]

thx for the video :D can you make new video about binds? (ofc watched the old one, but theres so much changes) for those who using mouse like urs with the 12 buttons on the side. I'm sure you have many recommendations as one who has been using it for years

[@WizardOfCheese]

good timing. i've finally made the switch to the new interface and whist resizing the window messes with it (annoying) i'm slowly getting used to it.

[@bosstweed83]

Did you use a script for this video? Your explanations are so concise, and there are no pauses, stutters or "um'"s. Pretty impressive for a video this long with so much information.

[@TheRSGuy]

Thank you! I didn't script this one, but there are 100+ jumpcuts at natural sentence break points. This 40 minute video was probably a 90 minute recording!

[@alexbrunner6296]

idk whats wrong with my action bar binding but sometimes when I switch styles my extra bars that I want static and active at all times switch too. any way to return all bars to default and re bind them correctly?

[@mmaikeru3396]

Would you be willing to do an updated key bind video for necromancy?

[@4TPV1]

I have been playing this game for 10+ years and i thought i had it all figured out. Boy was i wrong when did they add TARGETING my fingers could've been saved from so much hardship