Cryptic Clue Fest IV


 * This page is about the 2012 Cryptic Clue Fest. For the previous events, see Cryptic Clue Fest. 



The Cryptic Clue Fest IV is part of the Diamond Jubilee event in Varrock, which is held in honour of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. It is organised by Essjay in Varrock Square. It is a puzzle-solving event held in a similar nature to the original Cryptic Clue Fest, Cryptic Clue Fest II and Cryptic Clue Fest III. It began on 1 June 2012. Clues will be released daily on the Cryptic Clue Fest IV thread on the RuneScape Official Forums. A total of five clues are scheduled to be released over the course of five days.

Item clue
This item clue will be released on the 5th of June.

NPC clue
This contact clue will be released on 4th of June.

Rewards
After solving all five clues, you will be able to claim the following rewards from Essjay:

Trivia

 * Leading up to the release of the first clue, Jagex posted three short teasers, consisting of several "just for fun" clues for players to solve. These clues had nothing to do with the the official Cryptic Clue Fest IV.
 * Big Ben's character is based on Mod MMG. Essjay, who serves as Big Ben's assistant, is based on Mod MMG's personal assistant, Mod SJ. Spelling out "SJ" the way it is pronounced produces "ess-jay".
 * This is the second Cryptic Clue Fest to be a part of another major event. The first was Cryptic Clue Fest III, which provided a back story to the discovery of the Clan Citadels.
 * Talking to Emily (day three receiving NPC) on day two after completing the day two puzzle activated her greeting response for the day three clue, implying that if one possesed the correct items she would accept them early. Since there are 2660 free-to-play items available on the Grand Exchange there are 18,799,874,520 possibilities. The actual number of possibilities is higher because of items that are tradeable yet not available on the Grand Exchange such as burnt food, afros and items bought from Diango. It could also be possible that there are more or less than three items needed on day three.
 * When talking to Wydin before delivering him his items on day two, he will be singing the song "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", a novelty song composed in 1944 by the English songwriter Fred Heatherton.
 * The phrase 'Riots Galore' was possibly chosen as rhyming slang for Falador because it has historically played host to a number of riots.
 * When you turn in the first set of items to the Permit Officer, she lists a set of documents that had to be submitted. One is The GPO-1337-33/A Form. 1337 is gamer slang for Leet or Elite. Furthermore, GPO stands for "General Post Office", the state postal system of the U.K. Although it is now known as the "Royal Mail", many of their official documents still use the General Post office, or GPO title.
 * The map given as an item clue for day 3 is in a similar style to the London Underground map.