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Old School RuneScape "To access this free world" message: fix

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September 25, 2026

Jagex Support: To access this free world ↗

Logging in to a free-to-play world shows "To access this free world, log into a members world and move your character to a non-members area".

Also appears as: To access this free world, log into a members world and move your character to a non-members area, osrs to access this free world, osrs cannot log into free world, old school runescape free world members area

Jagex says you get this message if you last logged out of a members world while your character was standing in a members-only area and you then try to log in to a free-to-play world. It is not an outage or a block. The fix is to log in to a members world, move to an area that free-to-play players can enter, and then log in to the free-to-play world you wanted. Jagex's tip is to teleport to Lumbridge if you are unsure.

Fix it, step by step

  1. Log in to a members world and move to a free-to-play area

    Log in to a members world (gold star on the world list) and move your character to a free-to-play area. If in doubt, teleport to Lumbridge.

  2. Log back in to your free-to-play world

    Log back in to your chosen free-to-play world (silver star on the world list).

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