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[[File:Unknown1.png|thumb|right|A player noclipped into the '''unkown'''.]]
[[File:Unknown2.png|thumb|right|A player stands at a "corner" of the world, looking out into the '''Unknown'''.]]

The '''Unknown''' is supposedly all of the dark areas in [[Gielinor]] where players can neither travel to nor see. These areas are not connected to the [[World Map]] and enclose the areas on the map. For example, there is no map area south of the [[Kharidian Desert]] and the vast endlessness of these are displayed with black areas on the world map. It is also possible to see the unknown by walking to the edge of a [[Player-owned house]].

==Future updates==
[[File:Gielinor_map.png|thumb|The map of Gielinor. Notice how the Unknown is covered by clouds. Also note the tiny but visible speck of coast on above the bottom right corner.]]

It is more or less the end of the ''RuneScape'' visible area, until something is constructed there. As of [[1 July]] [[2008]], the "Unknown" is displayed as checkered blue and white squares on the [[World map]], but has still remained colourless in game.

On one version of the ''RuneScape'' world map, the "Unknown" is covered in clouds that hide the black areas around Gielinor.

==Future Areas==
There are many areas in the game that are currently hidden but still have been talked about by NPC's. Here is a list of locations that have been mentioned:

{|class="wikitable"
!'''Area'''
!'''Possible Location'''
!'''Other Information'''
|-
|Kudos Island
|Somewhere north of [[Morytania]]
|Can only be accessed when players have got enough Kudos for the [[Varrock Museum]].
|-
|A New Large Continent
|Above Morytania
|It could be linked to Kudos Island. It will most likely be NE of Morytania, due to the location of Daemonheim.
|-
|[[Acheron]]
|Found north of the [[Fremennik Province]]
|Confirmed to be released with the 4th penguin quest. This is the Penguin Motherland.
|-
|Underwater City
|Somewhere in the sea of Gielinor
|Guthix mentioned this in one of the God Letters. Might be linked to the sea slugs' home.
|-
|More Fremennik Islands
|North-West of [[Rellekka]]
|Many NPCs have mentioned other islands near Rellekka.
|-
|[[Eastern Lands]]
|East of [[Port Phasmatys]]
|A few NPCs have mentioned a continent east of Port Phasmatys and [[Dragontooth Island]].
|-
|[[Arposandra]]
|Near or underneath the [[Poison Waste]]
|Plays a huge part in [[The Eyes of Glouphrie]] and [[The Path of Glouphrie]] quests. During [[The Prisoner of Glouphrie]], the player is able to access a small section during the quest only.
|-
|[[Cursed Archipelago]]
|South of [[Mos Le'Harmless]]
|Mentioned in [[The Great Brain Robbery]] quest.
|}
*[[Prifddinas]], [[Castle Drakan]], and [[Menaphos]] are also three areas in the game that can not be accessed but are still visible on the world map. Still, a bit of each has been cut off stopping the player from seeing what's on the other side. With the release of [[Branches of Darkmeyer]], the other side of Castle Drakan has been revealed as [[Darkmeyer]]; however, Castle Drakan itself is still inaccessible.
*With the release of [[Botany Bay]], all the remaining main continent unknown areas have been revealed. Prifddinas is still inaccessible, but players can walk entirely around Prifddinas, and reach it by heading south from Eagles' Peak. This is the only way to enter [[Tirannwn]] without [[Regicide]]. A castle east of [[Meiyerditch]] resembling the [[Dragonkin Castle]] from [[A Tail of Two Cats]] was also revealed.

==Progress==
With the release of [[RuneScape High Detail]], the unknown now comes in more colours than just black, depending upon one's location in [[Gielinor]]. This has created a couple of interesting cases where the unknown is known to peek through local scenery such as the [[trapdoor]] leading from the [[Grand Tree]] ground floor down to the [[Grand Tree Mine|mines]], this in an unintended feature of the game and can be considered as a small graphical glitch. Some parts of the ground in the [[wilderness]] and other hilled locations in RuneScape can also appear transparent when viewed from the correct angle, showing what is on the other side of the hill.

==List of Unknown reveals==

:{|class="wikitable"
!<nowiki>#</nowiki>
!Update
!Area revealed
|-
!colspan="3"|2012
|-
|1
|[[Update:Ozan Quest Double Bill|Stolen Hearts, Diamond in the Rough]], [[Update:Botany Bay|Botany Bay]]
|All remaining unknown areas on main continent.
[[Botany Bay]], [[Meiyerditch|Castle East of Meiyerditch]], [[Poison Waste|Field South of Poison Waste]], [[Prifddinas|North and Northwest of Prifddinas]], [[Nardah|East and Northeast of Nardah]], [[Sophanem|South Sophanem]], [[Menaphos|West and Northwest of Menaphos]]
|-
!colspan="3"|2011
|-
|1
|[[Update:The Branches of Darkmeyer|The Branches of Darkmeyer]]
|[[Darkmeyer]]
|-
!colspan="3"|2010
|-
|1
|[[Update:Impetuous Impulses Improvements|Impetuous Impulses Improvements]]
|[[Daemonheim]], although it wasn't accessible until the release of Dungeoneering.
|-
|2
|[[Update:Fish Flingers|Fish Flingers]]
|[[Soul wars]] was replaced from the west of Tirannwn to the south of Tirannwn.
|-
!colspan="3"|2009
|-
|1
|[[Update:In Pyre Need|In Pyre Need]]
|[[Phoenix Lair]] (south-west of [[Piscatoris Fishing Colony]])
|-
|2
|[[Update:Soul Wars|Soul Wars]]
|[[Soul Wars]]
|-
|3
|[[Update:Tale of the Muspah|Tale of the Muspah]]
|[[The North]], [[Mahjarrat Ritual Site Cavern]]
|-
|4
|[[Update:Missing My Mummy|Missing My Mummy]]
|[[Uzer Mastaba]]
|-
|5
|[[Update:The Hunt for Red Raktuber|The Hunt for Red Raktuber]]
|An [[Island (Hunt for Red Raktuber)|unnamed island]], South of [[Ape Atoll]]
|-
|6
|[[Update:Mobilising Armies|Mobilising Armies]]
|[[Mobilising Armies Command centre]], West of Oo'Glog
|-
|7
|[[Update:The Temple at Senntisten|The Temple at Senntisten]]
|[[Ghorrock]], West of the [[Ice Plateau]]
|-
!colspan="3"|2008
|-
|1
|[[Update:Dealing with Scabaras|Dealing with Scabaras]]
|[[Ullek]] (east of Sophanem)
|-
|2
|[[Update:As a First Resort...|As a First Resort...]]
|[[Oo'glog]]
|-
!colspan="3"|2007
|-
|1
|[[Update:What's black and white and goes green when it's finished?|What's black and white and goes green when it's finished? (Cold War)]]
|[[Iceberg]]
|-
|2
|[[Update:Fremennik Isles|Fremennik Isles]]
|[[Neitiznot]], [[Jatizso]]
|-
|3
|[[Update:Great Brain Robbery|Great Brain Robbery]]
|[[Harmony Island]]
|-
!colspan="3"|2006
|-
|1
|[[Update:Agility Pyramid|Agility Pyramid]]
|[[Agility Pyramid]]
|-
|2
|[[Update:Cabin Fever|Cabin Fever]]
|A little bit of [[Mos Le'Harmless]]
|-
|3
|[[Update:Enakhra's Lament|Enakhra's Lament]]
|[[Western desert mining site]]
|-
|4
|[[Update:In Aid of the Myreque|In Aid of the Myreque]]
|[[Burgh de Rott]]
|-
|5
|[[Update:Pest Control|Pest Control]]
|[[Void Knights' Outpost]] ([[Pest Control]])
|-
|6
|[[Update:Return of the Wise Old Man!|Return of the Wise Old Man! (Swan Song)]]
|[[Piscatoris Fishing Colony]]
|-
|7
|[[Update:Trouble Brewing|Trouble Brewing]]
|The rest of [[Mos Le'Harmless]]
|-
|8
|[[Update:Lunar Diplomacy|Lunar Diplomacy]]
|[[Lunar Isle]], [[Pirates' Cove]]
|-
|9
|[[Update:Myreque Pt III - Darkness of Hallowvale|Myreque Pt III - Darkness of Hallowvale]]
|[[Sanguinesti region]] ([[Darkmeyer]] and [[Meiyerditch]])
|-
|10
|[[Update:HUNTER SKILL!|Hunter skill]]
|[[Hunter]] area south of the [[Feldip Hills]], as well as the [[Piscatoris Hunter area]].
|-
!colspan="3"|2005
|-
|[[Update:Troll Romance, Banks and Chat|1]]
|[[Update:Troll Romance, Banks and Chat|Troll Romance, Banks and Chat]]
|[[Trollweiss Mountain]]
|-
|2
|[[Update:Creature of Fenkenstrain|Creature of Fenkenstrain]]
|[[Fenkenstrain's Castle]], [[Mausoleum]]
|-
|3
|[[Update:Ghosts Ahoy and Slayer Update|Ghosts Ahoy and Slayer Update]]
|[[Port Phasmatys]]
|-
|4
|[[Update:Ali Morrisane and Pollnivneach|Ali Morrisane and Pollnivneach]]
|[[Pollnivneach]]
|-
|5
|[[Update:The Golem|The Golem]]
|[[Uzer]]
|-
|6
|[[Update:Desert Treasure|Desert Treasure]]
|[[Jaldraocht Pyramid]], [[Ice Path]]
|-
|7
|[[Update:Desert Month Finale|Desert Month Finale]]
|[[Menaphos]], [[Sophanem]]
|-
|8
|[[Update:Barrows|Barrows]]
|[[Barrows]]
|-
|9
|[[Update:Waterbirth Island|Waterbirth Island]]
|[[Waterbirth Island]]
|-
|10
|[[Update:Nardah, Tool Sheds & Spirits of the Elid|Nardah, Tool Sheds & Spirits of the Elid]]
|[[Nardah]]
|-
!colspan="3"|2004
|-
|1
|[[Update:Big Chompy Bird Hunting|Big Chompy Bird Hunting]]
|[[Feldip Hills]]
|-
|2
|[[Update:Priest In Peril Quest|Priest In Peril Quest]]
|[[Canifis]]
|-
|3
|[[Update:Nature Spirit Quest|Nature Spirit Quest]]
|[[Mort Myre|Mort Myre Swamp]]
|-
|4
|[[Update:Death Plateau Quest|Death Plateau Quest]]
|[[Burthorpe]]
|-
|5
|[[Update:Plague City Part 4 Released|Plague City Part 4 Released]]
|[[Arandar]], [[Isafdar]], [[Prifddinas]], [[Poison Waste]]
|-
|6
|[[Update:Morytania Expansion|Morytania Expansion]]
|[[Haunted Woods]]
|-
|7
|[[Update:Mortton Shades and Mage Armour|Morton Shades and Mage Armour]]
|[[Mort'ton]]
|-
|8
|[[Update:The Fremennik Trials|The Fremennik Trials]]
|[[Rellekka|Relleka]]
|-
|9
|[[Update:Monkey Madness|Monkey Madness]]
|[[Ape Atoll]], [[Crash Island]]
|-
|10
|[[Update:The Haunted Mine|The Haunted Mine]]
|[[Abandoned Mine]] ([[Haunted Mine]])
|}

==Postbag from the Hedge==
[[File:Edge of tutorial .png|thumb|250px|A player standing near the unknown surrounding [[Tutorial Island]]. On the minimap, the unknown is shown as pure black.]]

On Issue 32 of the [http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Postbag_32 Postbag from the Hedge], [[Trader Stan]] revealed that parts of the "Unknown" are really just water.

{{cquote2|
There are many theories about the black spaces surrounding the lands of ''RuneScape''; you may even have heard [[Evil Dave]]’s rather unusual conspiracy theories on the matter. As a paying customer, you do need not to worry yourself with the technicalities of your voyage. I provide you with a high-quality service for a very reasonable price (considering my skills and experience), and this includes negotiating areas that some people claim do not exist. I will, however, tell you a little-known secret about crossing these spaces.

For many generations, sea-faring piratical folk have protected their business interests by encouraging the widespread use of maps that show mysterious black areas surrounding the lands of ''RuneScape''. These maps have fostered the belief that these areas are dangerous and can only be navigated by professionals with a mastery of the seas; professionals that charge, I think you'll find, a very realistic fee. The truth is, the black spaces are neither dangerous nor empty, and anyone could travel through them if they had enough nautical knowledge and a sturdy ship (and a more accurate map, of course!).

I wish you safe travels and I hope to welcome you onto one of my vessels again soon, although what is this [[ring of Charos]] that you mentioned? Is it valuable? I feel like I have given you information that should not be public knowledge, but I’m sure I wouldn’t do that; I’m a professional after all.

''|personquoted=Trader Stan|Postbag from the Hedge - Postbag 32}}

==God letters==

On Issue 24 of the [http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/God_Letters_Issue_24 God letters], [[Guthix]] revealed that there exists an [[underwater city]] beneath the oceans of [[Gielinor]].

{{cquote2|
If thou art asking of the city beneath the waves, it hath been submerged for many centuries, and most commonfolk consider it naught but a myth.

I tell thee true, however, that such a place doth indeed exist, and even as I write this there are those working to re-establish access between this place and the outside world that hath all but forgotten it over these past centuries.

''|personquoted=Guthix|God letters - Issue 24 - Guthix Ponders}}<noinclude>
</noinclude>
[[Category:Regions]]

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imported>Dogfoger at 13:32, 3 November 2012