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{{Infobox NPC
|name = Hans
|image = [[File:Hans.png|120px]]
|release = [[4 January]] [[2001]]
|update = Runescape beta is now online!
|members = No
|race = [[Human]]
|quest = <nowiki/>
* [[The Lost Tribe]]
* [[Death to the Dorgeshuun]]
|location = [[Lumbridge]]
|gender = Male
|options = Talk-to, Age
|examine = Servant of the Duke of Lumbridge.
|map = {{Map|name=Hans|3212,3219|rectX=23|rectY=31|mtype=rectangle}}
|id = 3105
|leagueRegion = Misthalin
}}
[[File:Hans chathead.png|left]]
'''Hans''' is the servant of [[Duke Horacio]]{{CitePostbag |issue=4 |author=Duke Horacio |letter=3 }} and can be found walking in circles around the [[Lumbridge Castle]] courtyard. He is easily scared, screaming and running away in fright when threatened.{{CitePostbag |issue=2 |author=Hans |letter=2 }} He can tell players how old their accounts are or how long they've spent online by talking to him.

Hans can also be spoken to by selecting "random contact" on the [[NPC Contact]] spell. If Hans is contacted, your character will claim you are a knight coming to kill everyone in Lumbridge Castle. Hans panics in response.

==Treasure Trails==
*{{CrypticNPC|Hans|beginner|Always walking around the castle grounds and somehow knows everyone's age.}}
*{{CrypticNPC|Hans|easy|Speak to Hans to solve the clue.}}
*{{CrypticNPC|Hans|hard|Snah? I feel all confused, like one of those cakes...}}

==Holiday events==
* He played a minor role in the [[2016 Birthday event]], where he witnessed a seagull take a [[gnome child]]'s [[hat]]. 
* In the [[2018 Christmas event]], where he was one of the recipients of a gift from Duke Horacio. He is given a [[Chair (Hans)|chair]] from the Duke's room, which he takes in relief, having spent many years circling the castle without relief.{{CiteNPC |npc=Hans |quote=Oh my aching feet! A chair! Just what I've been needing! I'm going to go sit by the fountain, so pretty this time of year. |loc=2018 Christmas event }}{{CiteNPC |npc=Account{{!}}Player character |quote=I reckon Hans could do with a sit down as he's always on his feet. |loc=2018 Christmas event }}
* In the [[20th Anniversary event]], he gives his navigational chart to the gnome child to help the latter return to the [[Realm of Memories]].
* In the [[2022 Birthday event]], a [[Hans (2022 Birthday event)|variant]] of Hans was one of the participants in the cook off hosted by [[My Arm]].

==Dialogue==
{{Hastranscript|npc}}

==Changes==
{{Subject changes header}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 16 May 2019
|update = Farming Improvements and Rebalancing Existing Content
|change = The render priority of Hans was changed to render him on top of players and npcs if they are on the same tile.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 6 December 2004
|update = Various Small Changes.
|change = The NPC was graphically updated.
}}
{{Subject changes footer}}
===Gallery (historical)===
{|style="text-align: center" cellpadding="15"
|[[File:Hans (historical).png|center|300x150px]]
|[[File:Hans.png|center|300x150px]]
|-
|29 March 2004 –<br/>6 December 2004
|6 December 2004 –<br/>present
|}

==Trivia==
*Hans was the first [[non-player character]] created in ''RuneScape''.{{CiteNews |author = Mod Chris L|url = http://services.runescape.com/m=news/l=0/capes-of-distinction|title = Capes of Distinction|newsdate = 3 May 2011}}
*When [[Retreat|retreating]] after getting scared by the player, he can be lured out of the castle walls as far as the entrance of the [[H.A.M. Hideout]].
*Hans may be a pun about time, as his name resembles "hands" (as in the hands of a clock), he tells you how much time you've spent in RuneScape, and his walking pattern around Lumbridge castle goes clockwise and takes him exactly 1 minute to complete a lap, like the second hand of a clock.
*Hans had a festive override wearing a [[santa hat]] during the [[2023 Christmas event/Gallery|2023]] Christmas event.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Lost Tribe}}
{{Lumbridge}}
{{NPC Contact}}
{{2016 Birthday event}}
{{2017 Birthday event}}
{{2018 Christmas event}}
{{20th Anniversary event}}