Track Hardcore Ironman deaths across RuneScape 3. When the red helm falls, we remember.
Hardcore Ironman is the most punishing account mode in RuneScape 3 — one life, no trading, no help. When an HCIM dies, the distinctive red helm comes off and the account permanently downgrades to a regular Ironman. RuneStats tracks these moments in a public memorial feed so the community can remember the accounts that fell.
Detection happens by comparing snapshots of the official Jagex hiscores. When an account that was previously on the HCIM hiscores appears on the Ironman hiscores instead, the death is recorded automatically and surfaced here. No self-reporting, no manual submission — the data comes straight from Jagex.
RuneStats cannot detect a death for an account it has never seen. The HCIM had to be refreshed on RuneStats at least once while still alive — that snapshot establishes the baseline. The next refresh after death is when the change is detected. If an HCIM has never been searched on the platform, their death is invisible to us regardless of how high-profile they were.
This means the feed reflects the population of HCIM accounts the community has refreshed, not every HCIM death in RS3. As more players use RuneStats, that population grows — every HCIM you search adds them to the watch list permanently.
On every player refresh, RuneStats checks three hiscores endpoints — Regular, Ironman, and Hardcore Ironman — and records which one(s) the account appears on, along with the total XP at each. An HCIM death is registered when an account that was previously confirmed on the HCIM hiscores now appears on the Ironman hiscores with matching XP. The XP check prevents false positives from name reuses or other identity ambiguities.
If you know of an HCIM whose death isn't showing up, search the RSN on the RuneStats homepage and click Refresh. That single refresh either establishes a baseline (if alive) or detects the death (if already converted to Ironman). Once detected, the death is recorded permanently in the feed and memorial stats.