They detect bots but let a ton of them run free because any character having membership = revenue and an extremely significant chunk of active characters are bots. They nuked them all in 2011 I think and the game was nearly empty.
SirPugger's youtube channel has loads of videos monitoring various bot farms.
I imagine Jagex must be up there with having the most sophisticated bot detection out of anyone. Its been a thing for decades
They detect bots but let a ton of them run free because any character having membership = revenue and an extremely significant chunk of active characters are bots. They nuked them all in 2011 I think and the game was nearly empty.
SirPugger's youtube channel has loads of videos monitoring various bot farms.