Runescape Holiday Items

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!).

Year 2001 Items

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.

Year 2001 Holiday Items
Picture	Item	Holiday	Description
	Pumpkin	Halloween	"Happy Halloween." These were the first Holiday Items ever dropped in RuneScape.
	Christmas Cracker	Christmas	"A Christmas Cracker." When used with another player, one person would get a Party Hat, and the other would get a random item.
	Party Hats	Christmas	"A nice hat from a Cracker." These stylish hats came from an opened Christmas Cracker.

Year 2002 Items

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.

Year 2002 Holiday Items
Picture	Item	Holiday	Description
	Easter Egg	Easter	"Happy Easter." A nicely-painted Easter Egg, dropped by none other than the Jagex Easter Bunny.
	Halloween Masks	Halloween	"Aaarrrghh... I'm a monster." A scary-looking Halloween mask. Let's go trick-or-treating!
	Santa Hat	Christmas	"It's a Santa Hat." Well, Santa's mass-producing Elves have sure left us RuneScapers a surprise!

Year 2003 Items

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.

Year 2003 Holiday Items
Picture	Item	Holiday	Description
	Bunny Ears	Easter	"A rabbit-like adornment." The first untradeable Holiday drop. Another fluffy present left by the Jagex Easter Bunny!
	Scythe	Halloween	"It's a Scythe." It looks like a pointy weapon used by the Grim Reaper!

Year 2004 Items

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.

Year 2004 Holiday Items
Picture	Item	Holiday	Description
	Yo-Yo	Christmas	"A gift from Santa." A toy that has several options, including 'Play', 'Loop', 'Walk,' and 'Crazy.'

Year 2005 Items

It seems that there are no longer Holiday item 'Drops,' but instead items are given out to players by an 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 to 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.

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.

Year 2005 Holiday Items
Picture	Item	Holiday	Description
	Chocolate Eggs	Easter	"Best before April 4th 2005." When eaten, you will do the Chicken Dance. They all melted away on April 4th.
	Rubber Chicken	Easter	"Perhaps not the most powerful weapon in RuneScape." When wielded, it allows you to 'whack' another player for fun.
	Zombie Head	Halloween	Alas... I hardly knew him." A Zombie Head that has 3 options: 'Talk-At,' 'Display,' and 'Question.'
	Scarves	Christmas	"A Woolly Scarf." Scarves are worn in place of amulets and necklaces.
	Wooly Hats	Christmas	"A Woolly Jester Hat." Four kinds of Jester Hats, each one has a matching scarf.
	Marionettes	Christmas	"I want to be a real boy!" Your character can make the puppet walk, bow or dance. These are available in different colors.

Year 2006 Items

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.

Year 2006 Holiday Items
Picture	Item	Holiday	Description
	Easter Eggs	Easter	"mmmm... [taste]." Six kinds: Chocolate, Toffee, Orange, Caramel, Nougat and Carrot. They no longer exist in the game, as they melted after Easter.
	Easter Ring	Easter	"A ring given to you by the Easter Bunny." When worn, it turns you into an Egg of a random color!
	Skeleton Boots	Halloween	"Skeleton feet."
	Skeleton Gloves	Halloween	"Some skeletal gloves."
	Skeleton Leggings	Halloween	"Does my pelvis look big in this?"
	Skeleton Shirt	Halloween	"The shirt of a full body skeleton costume."
	Skeleton Mask	Halloween	"A scary skeleton mask."
	Jack o' Lantern Mask	Halloween	"Better not light it!"
	Reindeer Hat	Christmas	"A reindeer hat and a matching flashing nose." Can be "operated" to perform a reindeer-like emote.
	Wintumber Tree	Christmas	"A wintumber tree for your player-owned house." Can be planted in the garden of a POH.

Q&A

Here are some common questions about Holiday Items, along with their answers.

Q: Will there still be holiday item drops?
A: There aren't item 'drops' exactly. Instead, NPCs are apparently going to visit RuneScape during the holidays and hand out a special item. These characters stay in RuneScape for a week or two and will freely hand out holiday items to any player that wants one.

Q: Why did Jagex stop doing those original drops on holidays?
A: Holiday drops were stopped after the "Halloween 2003 Debacle." A great deal of people complained about not getting a Halloween Scythe, and Jagex decided not to have another item drop after that.

Q: How do I get a Holiday Item?
A: In order to get a Holiday item, you need to trade from another player. All tradeable holiday items are quite expensive. Scythes and Bunny Ears are not tradeable, and only people who managed to find one on that specific Holiday have one.

Q: What were holiday drops like?
A: In past holidays, special holiday items would be dropped all over RuneScape in random places and different times during the day. Usually there would be several drops, and people would be running around trying to pick one up.