Winter Weekends (2012)


 * Not to be confused with the Winter events.

Winter Weekends is a series of events exclusive to members held during December 2012. There are five segments planned, for each weekend in December. It is notable that these "weekends" only include Saturday and Sunday, unlike some weekend events before which started on Friday and/or ended on Monday.

The Festive aura was released for the month of December in conjunction with Winter Weekends.

Weekend 1: Double Drops
1 December - 2 December 2012

Drop quantities of or from various things are doubled. They include:

Weekend 2: Minigames
8 December - 9 December 2012

Double rewards from certain minigames and D&Ds. The Festive aura's bonus can stack during the events. The minigames/D&Ds included are:


 * Castle Wars - double tickets
 * Soul Wars - double Zeal points
 * Fishing Trawler - double Fishing XP and double items (excludes glistening shell and shimmering shell)
 * Pest Control - double Commendation points
 * Big Chinchompa - double Competence points
 * Evil Tree - double item rewards
 * Shooting Star - double item rewards

Some J-Mods are hosting sessions. Meet-up locations are the minigame lobbies. Schedule below:

Weekend 3: Dungeoneering
15 December - 16 December 2012

Double Dungeoneering experience and tokens.

Additionally, there is an XP-gain contest. 25 Squeal of Fortune spins are awarded to the top three players who gain the most Dungeoneering experience during the weekend. Entrants must post in the official thread for their experience to be tracked, and winners will be announced the following week. Official friends chat for those seeking groups is "RS DG". Experience gained in the form of lamps, promissory notes, and token conversions do not count.

Weekend 4: Slayer and Fishing
22 December - 23 December 2012

Double Slayer and Fishing experience.

Bonus was only available on the surface and not in Dungeoneering.

Weekend 5: Snowman Raids
29 December - 30 December 2012

Snowmen are set to invade various areas, and loot will be available to players who participate in stopping them. Snow warriors, snow rangers, snow mages, and snow Fremenniks are the snowmen available to kill.

Invasions take place on the hour at one (not all) of the following locations: Raids last for 15 minutes, and the location is announced via the game news feed at the start of the raid (on the hour).
 * Varrock, south of the Grand Exchange
 * Falador, near the south gate
 * Lumbridge, outside the cow field
 * Ardougne market
 * Camelot, near the teleport spot
 * Gnome Stronghold, outside the Grand Tree

Mod Lods is planning to host the following sessions:

Possible loot
* 40 is more common than 400 or 800
 * }

** 4 more common than 200

*** higher amounts of coins are rarer but not "rare"

Trivia

 * Raw salmon incorrectly gave 150xp instead of 140xp for a short time during the Double Slayer and Fishing XP weekend. This was fixed several minutes after the release.
 * Due to an error at the start of the Week 4 - Double Fishing and Slayer XP event, free-to-play players were able to benefit from double fishing XP for approximately two hours, at which point the mistake was fixed.
 * There is a glitch in the lumbridge spawn where multiple snowmen spawn on the bridge on top of each other.
 * The snowmen raids seem to last about 15 minutes.