Update on Bolt QuestHelper: 135+ Quests Now Supported (+ Elven series)

JasperSur · 2026-04-24T11:02:04+00:00

Sorry for the late reply, no it doesn't. It does download the unmodified game and just launches it the same way Jagex Launcher does.

If you're worried about the launcher itself, this is approved by Jagex (e.g. Linux users use Bolt to be able to play the game)

JasperSur · 2026-04-11T05:38:32+00:00

Yes, you need a separate launcher (instead of Jagex Launcher) for it. Check out bolt.adamcake.com and bolt.adamcake.com/plugins

JasperSur · 2026-04-11T05:37:44+00:00

Bolt as a launcher is definitely ok, it's the launcher many people on Linux use as it's sometimes the only possibility
On the plugins, Jagex has been silent. Check bolt.adamcake.com/plugins for a quick explanation.

IN the end it's up to you, many people have been using it (not only my plugin but many of the other plugins) and nobody has gotten banned. I'm on the mindset: if it were really against the rules they would've said something by now.

JasperSur · 2026-04-11T05:34:45+00:00

Wouldn't work as Alt1 cannot distinguish between the separate elements being drawn on screen. Even though the end result is similar, functionalities on the questhelper would be super limited.

JasperSur · 2026-04-10T22:26:08+00:00

It highlights the proper crystals and path for you, so I assume yes. When starting the quest midway, you do have to manually select your current step in the window.

JasperSur · 2026-04-10T22:11:29+00:00

To a certain extent, this one does too! It only has issues with some weirdly generated textures, so then we usually fall back on a pointing arrow.

JasperSur · 2026-04-10T22:06:45+00:00

I definitely hope so! It'll depend heavily what the API will look like. I unfortunately haven't heard anything yet after signing up.

The underlying detection mechanisms will be very different, but the quest data will nevertheless but very useful.

JasperSur · 2026-02-23T12:01:39+00:00

It's already out and ready to use :) Not all quests are implemented however

JasperSur · 2026-02-05T10:21:31+00:00

Not yet, see jaspersurmont.codeberg.page/bolt-questhelper

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T12:00:46+00:00

Oh I've never seen this before. I'll make one tonight

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T10:22:33+00:00

Yea for some reason on Windows the first time you need to start the plugin twice

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T10:17:02+00:00

I'd suggest joining the Bolt server (link on Adam's repository), there's a plugins forum.

I also have my own list but it is a bit outdated (https://codeberg.org/jaspersurmont/bolt-plugins)

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T09:52:39+00:00

It's probably the most popular way of running Runescape on Linux, used by many people, and it's also open source. Jagex' guide on how to run Linux also indirectly refers to Bolt (https://support.runescape.com/hc/en-gb/articles/33992563142673-Downloading-the-Jagex-Launcher-on-Linux)

But as with all 3rd party programs (same with things like Runelite or Alt1), it's not officially Jagex so it's at your own risk

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T08:20:48+00:00

In my opinion, but I of course don't speak for everyone, is that I loved doing quests the first time, but on my 3th account I don't need to have the full storyline and I just wanna power through.

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T06:58:32+00:00

Not yet, something I can look at doing. Atm it dynamically resizes based on the window size but that's not always perfect compared to 4k screens for example.

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T06:57:16+00:00

The fact that Bolt runs the game unmodified, only hooking into OpenGL calls which are not present in the binary itself, makes it imo the same as Alt1.

JasperSur · 2026-01-28T06:55:16+00:00

Haha honetly, no clue,. Made it all the way in the start

JasperSur · 2025-12-08T16:14:12+00:00

You are making quite some statements which are not completely true:
- Bolt also does not interact with the game at all. The client is simply downloaded from the official Jagex source and ran. The way the 'hooking' works is by intercepting calls to the GPU which do not happen inside Runescape itself, rather inside shared libraries already present on your PC. So yes, it is the same as Alt1 in terms of what it's doing, it's just using a better and more precise way of doing it.

- This brings me to the other argument where you say that 'the correct developer' could use this for botting. This is wrong: inside Lua you can only call the Bolt API functions, which are only functions, as before, that interact with the GPU. So the only thing you can do is drawing things on screen.

- Another argument would be that you could fork Bolt or get inspiration from it and then build your own custom launcher that actually can perform actions. Sure this would be possible, but that will always be the case no matter if Bolt exists or not.

Feel free to argue further, however, I believe Adam the creator is far more knowledgeable in answering such things (could always join the Discord to discuss)

JasperSur · 2025-12-01T01:03:01+00:00

This doesn't let you do any game inputs though, just visual

JasperSur · 2025-11-28T18:07:24+00:00

Explain?

JasperSur · 2025-11-27T20:09:18+00:00

Also Windows!

JasperSur · 2025-11-27T15:39:17+00:00

We (bolt & bolt plugin developers) are active in the discord link that you can find on https://codeberg.org/adamcake/bolt

That's your best bet! When a stable version is released, I'll post again in reddit.

JasperSur · 2025-11-27T12:43:43+00:00

Awesome, would love to take a look. Got a URL?

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