Buying gold online is a sure way to get your Runescape account banned. Not
only that, you might lose all the other Runescape accounts that you have. Jagex
will log your IP and ban any account that is originating from that particular IP
address.
For the gold sellers, (the vast majority of which are in China), this is no
big deal. For them it is a matter of losing a single level 3 player because
they are constantly creating these mule players and using them on proxy servers.
If one gets caught and deleted they have plenty more to take its place. This is
why if you ever purchase gold from one of these sellers you will not see a
higher level character giving you the gold. They make sure that their higher
level money making characters are never associated with the gold transactions
themselves. They will then use these higher level gold maker accounts and have
them trade with a shadow account. That shadow account will then trade with the
gold trader account. This way the truly valuable gold maker account is always
insulated and for the most part safe from scrutiny because it is never actually
associated with the gold trader accounts.
So when Jagex does finally catch one of these low level mule gold seller
accounts, they track the IP interaction that it has with other players. Once
they have enough activity they ban the original gold selling mule and every
other character that traded with them for massive amount of gp with nothing else
of value being given in exchange.
What these means for you is that your character (whatever level it might be)
will be permanently banned. So that level 73 character that you have been
working on for months will be gone and all your hard work along with it. And
there isn’t a single thing you can do about it. Jagex will not listen to your
appeals because you broke the rules. The gold sellers will not care because
they got their money and you got their gold. You will be out of luck.
But you might think you can outsmart Jagex and use a mule and shadow account
of your own. If you end up doing this Jagex will not stop at just banning your
level 3 mule, they will as said before ban every character associated with that
particular IP address. This means that not only do you lose your level 3, but
you will lose your level 43 magician and your level 63 ranger and your level 93
warrior and so on.
So is it worth trying to trade real money for gold in Runescape? Let’s
review:
1. It is against the rules of the game.
2. You will eventually get caught because Jagex is not looking for you but for
the gold sellers. However when they find the gold sellers they will find you.
3. You will not only lose the account that you used to trade to get the gold,
you will lose all your accounts associated with your IP.
4. You will lose the gold you just traded for.
Buying gold online will never go away. There are just too many companies
doing it right now and until the laws concerning the DMCA (Digital Millennium
Copyright Act) are clarified through case law, the advantage will be to the gold
sellers. However, if you want to have an account and play on it for awhile then
trading gold online is not the way to go. Rather, dedicate yourself to your
character, train it well, be a productive part of the community and enjoy a
guilt free life.
Bottom line: Don’t trade gold.
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