2008 Christmas event





The 2008 Christmas event was released on 16 December 2008. It involves both the traditional event and a holiday quest called Myths of the White Lands.

Introduction


Times are grave this Wintumber... Jack Frost has escaped from the Land of Snow and seems intent upon bringing misery to all those around him. What else could you expect from a surly teenager with a rebellious streak? As if things weren't bad enough, Santa seems to have gone missing...

The Queen of Snow is eager to see Jack back in the Land of Snow, and has sent some snow imps to look for her wayward son. Imps occasionally have problems sticking to task at hand (why do some dreary chore when you could be playing pranks on humans, after all?) and could do with some direction.

The Event
To start the event, you'll first have to find one of the snow imps. There are three especially important imps, who don't have to bother with moving around, stationed at the scenes of some of Jack Frost's vandalism. (Frost's vandalism is creating large ice patches that you can skate on). You can find them in the following locations:

The snow imps will gladly tell you of their woes, and, if you'd like to help out, they'll provide you with an Ice Amulet that you can use to summon one of their more proactive friends.

To get started hunting for the nefarious adolescent, wear the necklace and right-click to 'Operate' it. You'll suddenly discover that a snow imp has appeared to give you a hand. Snow imps are naturally aware of extraordinary cold, and can tell when they're heading towards someone as cold as Jack Frost. As you start moving around, you'll be able to click on your imp to check whether you're getting hotter or colder - follow the imp's directions and you shouldn't go wrong.

1. Head to any of the Head Snow Imps.

2. They will give you an Ice Amulet. Operate it to summon a snow imp. You cannot have any pets/familiars/followers while operating this Ice Amulet.

3. The colder you are, the nearer you are to Jack Frost. This is somewhat similar to the Enchanted key in Making History.

NOTE: Jack Frost will only be in one of 15 locations, these are ice patches which can be viewed on the minimap. Also, the location of Jack is based on the name of your imp.

4. Once you find Jack Frost, the snow imp will be able to teleport you to his hideout any time. 5. Once there, Jack will tell you that he won't go back until you defeat him.

6. Slide on the ice patch such that you will bump into him, you will shout "Oof!"

7. The Queen of Snow will appear and you will learn that the Ice Sculpture is Nick (Jack Frosts' father who is actually Santa Claus) frozen by Jack Frost.

8. After a cutscene, Nick is defrosted and you are rewarded with a Santa suit.



Rewards
When you've tracked him down, your imp will let you know what you have to do to end his reign of icy terror - he's not a real villain, he's just a very naughty boy. With the family reunion complete, you'll receive your reward and can continue on your merry way about RuneScape, comfortable with the knowledge that you've certainly saved the world from a cold and lonely Christmas!

Rewards:
 * A Santa suit comprising:
 * Santa costume top
 * Santa costume legs
 * Santa costume gloves
 * Santa costume boots
 * A Santa hat is not included as part of the set.


 * Freeze emote.


 * The Snowman Dance emote for players who didn't get it during the 2007 Christmas Event.


 * The Ice Amulet which can be used to summon a Snow Imp follower (only available during the two weeks of the Christmas 2008 event).

The Santa Costume and Ice Amulet can be stored in the Toy box of a Player Owned House.

Trivia

 * Jack Frost's hideout is located on a previously unreachable strip of land due north of Silvarea, between the Slayer Tower and the Wilderness.
 * There is a glitch where if you walk/slide across the snow, then click talk on someone elses imp (nearest clickable NPC) you will turn around, the sliding sound will stop, your slegs will stop moving, and it will look akin to the moonwalk glitch, but you don't move your legs,instead you simply slide, unmoving, backwards.
 * There is a glitch where when you use the Freeze emote and then click on the portal to leave your house it will finish the rest of emote when you finish teleporting.
 * It is believed that all locations are described as "North of ..." as a reference to the commonly accepted place of Santa Claus's residence, the North Pole.
 * There is a bug that when you do the Thanksgiving emote while standing on the ice path at the event start point, you will not slide over it.
 * When pelting a player with snowballs, if there is an obstacle in the way and the player moves over the ice, they will not slide around and be free to walk on the ice like normal ground.
 * You can change your clothes when you're doing the new emote. It looks like a transformation.
 * The examine information for the Santa costume gloves and boots is "Some red and jolly gloves/boots", even though they are not red at all!
 * If you ask Maggie to teleport back to Wendy during this event, you will land on the ice in which you will not slide over it.
 * Snow imps don't appear as yellow dots on the mini-map.
 * You don't get any Firemaking experience for lighting the fires to unfreeze Santa.
 * There is a glitch where if you do the "Give Thanks" emote then when you are seen in human form of the emote (near the end) and then press the "Freeze" emote REALLY fast, the ice forms around you and you just stand there.
 * If you use a ring of egg or ring of stone when you go on the ice you go across as an egg or rock.
 * As a reference to Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' film, Jack is not referred to as evil but just 'a very naughty boy'.
 * Your Snow Imp will follow you even if you remove and/or destroy your Ice Amulet.
 * If you try to remove your amulet while talking to Jack Frost when you first find him, your summoned imp will say "No! If you do that you'll ruin the whole operation!"
 * The Ice Queen's (nick)name is Lumi, which is a Finnish word for 'snow'.
 * Interestingly enough, Santa isn't even wearing a Santa Hat.
 * From the dialogue after you bump into Jack Frost, it appears that the Ice Queen is a follower of Guthix.
 * The Snow imps have wings but they do not fly nor have an option to.
 * The area that Jack teleported to can be found north of the Lumberyard near Varrock; although it is in the wilderness, it is not considered a wilderness area and you are therefore safe from any revenants. Strangely, the ice walls surround Jack are no longer present, but the sliding ice floor (and the frozen sleigh, if you have not completed the event) are. Revenants will periodically walk just along the boundary of this area, however they will not be able to attack you.
 * If you use the turkey emote and while the emote is happening, click on the new emote several times you will be a frozen chicken.