2009 and 2010 Thanksgiving event

The 2009 Thanksgiving event was released on 23 November 2009 for both members and non-members. The event was silently released, being added in-game and to the Knowledge Base without being announced foremost via the homepage. The details of this quest can be explained through the official forums, yet the requirements or rewards were never fully revealed to the player at the time of release, contrary to most other Holiday quests.

Event Details
To start the event, talk to the Cook's Brother in the Lumbridge Castle kitchen. He explains that the cooks have been feeding special food to the turkeys to make them lean and more tasty, but this has made them stronger and more aggressive, and the turkeys have now formed an army to resist being roasted.

The Cook's Brother shall then, if the player wishes, teleport the player to a previously unused field north of Lumbridge, next to the Windmill. The Cook's Brother then hands the player the Fabled Gravy of Turkey Slaying (which he claims came from the "Gravy Boat of Saradomin"), which he was hoping to save for the supposed "turkey apocalypse," which is possibly occurring now.



Once inside the field, ten level 138 Turkeys will need to be killed. Due to the effects of the fabled gravy, players can hit up to 199 damage (without a Special Attack) on the turkeys and almost never take damage, regardless of stats or equipment. No experience is given for damaging the turkeys, unless you are using Magic.

Once the turkeys have been defeated, the player will be returned to Lumbridge Castle kitchen, where the Cook's Brother will thank them for saving Thanksgiving, and players who have not yet unlocked the Give Thanks emote will unlock it. If you have unlocked the emote already, you will only receive a message that reads, "Your heroic efforts in battle against the turkeys have made you feel at-one with your inner turkey. Congratulations!"

Jagex has stated that another Thanksgiving-related update is due to be released later this week, as this special "mini-quest" was designed to provide players with the opportunity to attain the emote if they missed the 2008 Thanksgiving event.

Reward

 * The Give Thanks emote, if the player did not previously unlock it.

Trivia

 * The weapon a player chooses does not change his or her max hit on the turkeys. This is why throwing knives and darts are popular choices as weapons since they deal damage rapidly.
 * The effects of hitting extremely high amounts of damage during this event is similar to the effects when fighting Angry creatures during A Soul's Bane and the Tormented demons during While Guthix Sleeps.
 * The Cook's Brother will shout phrases such as 'Mop up the gravy!' and 'What a poultry defense!' and 'That one will be a sandwich' each time the player kills one of the turkeys.
 * Players cannot pick up the Raw turkey the turkeys drop. The Cook's brother states that he and the player can worry about it later, but after the event is over the Raw turkey is not there. The Raw turkey cannot even be picked up with Telekinetic Grab, attempts to do so results in the message: "I can't use Telekinetic Grab on this object." You can pick up the bones, though, and get prayer XP for burying them.
 * The Raw turkey has a different description in the 2009 Thanksgiving event ("A rather large raw turkey") than the raw turkey from the 2008 Thanksgiving event ("A raw turkey").
 * You cannot enter the turkey field after the event is over.
 * Dying while in the turkey pen will result in a normal death and your gravestone will appear outside the fence.
 * The Cook's brother displays similar misgivings about the turkeys as Larry does of penguins.
 * Using a cooked turkey kept from the previous Thanksgiving Event on the Cook's brother will merely elicit the message: "Nothing interesting happens."
 * If you log out and still have more turkeys to kill, the next time you log in you will appear outside the fence and have to start over killing the turkeys. You must also start over if you leave the field during the fight or die while fighting a turkey.
 * The Abyssal whip's special effect does not restore run energy when you attack a turkey.
 * The highest hit is 199 and cannot exceed this, no matter how much strength boosting items are used. All players, regardless of their combat level or worn equipment, have the potential to hit 199.
 * If you try opening the pen you kill the turkeys in (north-west of Fred the Farmer's Farm) it won't open. instead it'll say "There is a note stuck to the gate. It reads: The Turkey Army has been vanquished! All hail (Player's name) for their valiant efforts!"
 * Using a Dragon halberd's or Dragon dagger's special, you can hit twice on each turkey, for a potential hit of 398 (two hits of 199 each).
 * Using a Granite mace or maul, a player have a chance of hitting a 796 (199 damage for 4 strikes). This is done by doing the special, quick smash, right when a player strikes. (strike, special, special, strike)
 * The phrase the cook's brother used "You are my only hope" is a reference to the Star Wars series. Leia says to Obi: Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You are my only hope.
 * Poisoning only deals the regular amount of damage; instead of dealing in over the 100's, it deals normal damage.