Fourth wall

The fourth wall is the imaginary "wall" at the front of the stage in a traditional three-walled box set in a theatre, through which the audience sees the action of the play. In Gielinor, speaking directly to or otherwise acknowledging the player or real world can be referred to as "breaking the fourth wall" as it deconstructs the boundaries of RuneScape's game world.

NPC

 * Botros during Court Cases who mentions being AFK.
 * Murphy who apparently speaks of "Game Magic".
 * Sir Amik Varze who broke the fourth wall during the 2009 Christmas event.
 * The town crier who talks of the game website and Player Moderators.
 * Straven, who tells the player to go to a "member's server" when asked about the Thieves' armband.
 * The bartender of the Blue Moon Inn.
 * The antipodean squirrel, last seen during the 2011 Easter event.
 * Iconis who refers to the game forums.
 * Kennith near the end of the Salt in the Wound quest.
 * A conversation with Father Aereck, where it comes up that RuneScape is just a computer game.
 * Essjay with her knowledge of the Runescape forums.
 * Cap'n Hand who claims the pirate he is jailed with having no "Talk-to" option.
 * The Mage of Zamorak who speaks about "right-clicking" him to get the teleport option.
 * Doris who expresses her thankfulness for no longer having an "Attack" option.
 * The Lumbridge Sage who recommends you visit the RuneScape website for help and advice.
 * The Heralds when talking about the Well of Goodwill.

Examine text

 * Mysterious book which refers to the game forums.
 * Lily of the valley which reference the next game update.
 * Oktoberfest pretzel which also mentions the next game update.
 * Easter carrot which references the real world year of its release.
 * Golden cracker and golden hammer which references Jagex winning the Golden Joystick award.
 * Chrome goggles which speak of Google Chrome.
 * Dead tree in south-eastern Yanille which references Mod Timbo.
 * The graves in the Gravecreeper boss room references multiple Jagex moderators.
 * Quercus which references being logged in.