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Holiday Items
Written By Salmoneus
Special Thanks to Meen, Zephyr 2755 The dropping of rare items on holidays such as Halloween or Christmas is a well-known tradition throughout the RuneScape land. These items would be found in random places at certain times during the special day, and anyone who found one would have a great surprise! Since these items were only dropped on that day, they are considered rare and have become quite valuable (expensive too!).
The first year of drops was full of surprises. No one had expected there to be items dropping, and many RuneScapers were unaware of how to get these new items. False rumors went around, claiming that there was actually a store to buy them from, and people wandered around aimlessly trying to obtain one.
If you didn't have a chance to try your luck at being in the right place at the right time for the first year of Holiday Items, you would have yet another chance at these ones. There was a variety of items to collect this year, just like the last, and this time the events were somewhat expected by many people.
Holiday drops were much more different this year. Of course, the drops were the same as usual, but these items were untradeable, and you could only have 1 of them. This was due to the fact that people were "hoarding the items" and selling them for extreme prices. Many people were upset about this since they couldn't trade items to friends. If you should lose these items, go back to Thessalia in Varrock for a replacement.
Obtaining a holiday item this year was much more different than in the past, as there was no official "holiday item drop." Instead, Santa Claus decided to visit RuneScape for 2 weeks during the Christmas Holiday and give out free Yo-Yo's to anyone who wanted 1. He could be found in Varrock, Falador, Ardougne, Catherby and Yanille. If you happen to lose your Yo-Yo, you can get a replacement from Diango in Draynor Village.
It seems that there are no longer Holiday item 'Drops,' but instead items are given out to players by a character in the game. Easter The Easter bunny
came to RuneScape first, and she gave out Rubber Chickens. But before you got
one, you would need to give out Chocolate Eggs from a Basket Halloween This year's Halloween event was interesting. You had to scare the childeren wandering around in Lumbridge, but they aren't easily scared. There were a few Zombies wandering around in Lumbridge Swamp, each with different options including "scare," "call-over," and "insult." If you insulted or scared a Zombie, it would drop it's head and you could pick it up! All of the options would eventually cause your character to become scared so that they could use the "scared" emote. Now, you could go back to Lumbridge and talk to a child, who would yell "trick or treat!" You could either Trick or Treat. Tricking involved showing them the Zombie head and scaring them into giving you candy. If you had any candy or money, you could treat them and they would say nice things about you. Unfortunately, the candies melted away shortly after Halloween. Christmas This year, the Christmas event was massive. Players were told to head over to Diango in Draynor Village, and he asked you to help his fairies in the workshop by making baubles and toys, and players were rewarded with the Christmas items shown below. For more info on what players had to do, check out the Christmas 2005 Event guide. All of the items are untradable, but players who helped Diango can replace the items if they are lost. Any extra baubles or player-made toys disappeared on January 3, 2006.
Easter This year, the Easter Bunny was a bit behind with delivering eggs to all the little boys and girls of RuneScape. To get them delivered on time, the Easter Bunny asked all of the regular RuneScape bunnies to help, but they didn't quite understand the idea of hiding the eggs for the children to find. See the Easter 2006 Guide for everything that players had to do in order to help! As usual, the items from this holiday event are untradeable, although if you participated in the event and got an Easter Ring, you may get another one from Diango in Draynor Village if you happen to lose yours. Halloween This year, the fairies decided to begin making toys for the children sooner this year, and Diango stole some wood from Draynor Manor (and we all know that stealing anything from there is a no-no). Consequently, he ran into some trouble when the toys in his workshop became possessed! He enlisted each RuneScapers' help to do a bit of ghostbusting to get rid of these fiends, in return for some spooky Halloween attire! See the Halloween 2006 Guide for more info. Christmas It's the joyful time of year again here in RuneScape, and Karamja has even seen snow on its' icy peaks. But Shanty Claws is upset - three Karamjan children have been kidnapped by the Gublinches, and are being held hostage in a cave below the island. See the Christmas 2006 Guide for more info.
Here are some common questions about Holiday Items, along with their answers. Q: Will there still be holiday item drops? Q: Why did Jagex stop doing those original drops on holidays? Q: How do I get a Holiday Item? Q: What were holiday drops like? |
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as many players as you could. After handing out an egg or 2, you would talk to
the Easter Bunny who would give you a Rubber Chicken. The eggs melted away
after April 4th and became Chocolate Dust.
