Wilderness Wars was an eSports tournament held at the Insomnia61 Gaming Festival on August 26th 2017. It involved approximately 245 players, headed by 5 streamers; B0aty, MMORPGRS, Sick Nerd, Torvesta and Knightenator. The event was streamed on the RuneScape official Twitch channel. To promote the event, a Recruiter was added to the game on the 17th of August 2017.