2009 and 2010 Thanksgiving event

The 2009 Thanksgiving event was released on 23 November 2009 for both members and non-members alike. The event was silently released, being added in-game and to the Knowledge Base without being announced foremost via the homepage news. 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.

On the 26 November 2009, the event was publicly released on the Homepage. This Holiday event is unique in the fact that it's revealed to players in 4 parts.

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!"



Cryptic Clue Fest
There is also a Cryptic Clue Fest, a special clue-seeker event held around Thanksgiving weekend on both the forums and in-game. This event will be run from 26 November 2009 until next week. Every day, from this Thursday until next Sunday, two new clues will be released:

A NPC clue: tells which NPC players need to talk to; the NPC clues are revealed by the NPCs that take part in the event (Lachtopher, for example).

An item clue: tells which items players need to bring to the NPC; the item clues are released on the official RuneScape forums by Jagex moderators.

If a player solves those two clues, they can go to the next NPC with the right items (provided that they don't have to wait one day for new clues). Players may proceed one stage of the event once a day, as soon as the new clues are released, but they can do it in their own pace. They can even do all the clues on the final day if they wish. The event will be removed a little before next weeks' update, so players will have more than the initial 4 days to complete it.

'''Do not bring any extra items or your player will NOT speak to the person about the Thanksgiving event. '''

26 November


To solve this clue, players will need to visit Lachtopher in Lumbridge (he is usually located a little southeast of the general store) with the following items: All of these items may also be bought from the Grand Exchange, or obtained through any other means. Once players talk to with these items in their inventory, he will reveal the following NPC clue:
 * 3 ropes (these can be bought from Ned in Draynor Village)
 * 2 buckets (players can buy them from the general store)
 * 5 bananas (these can be obtained from the banana plantation on Musa Point, Karamja; or cast Bones to Bananas spell)

''Go to a server of drinks near the border of the lawless lands. They're all a bit rough up there, but he's a real smiling swine.''

Players need to have the required items in their inventory when talking to get this clue, but they may also have other items in their inventory alongside with the required ones.

'''This clue points to the bartender in the Jolly Boar Inn. '''

27 November


This time, players need to talk to the bartender in the Jolly Boar Inn - located northeast of Varrock. Players need to bring the following items, All of these items may also be bought from the Grand Exchange, or obtained through any other means. Once players talk to the bartender with these items in their inventory, he will reveal the following NPC clue:
 * 4 hammers (players can buy them from any general store)
 * 2 bucket of milk (players can use a empty buckets on a dairy cow to fill them with milk, or obtain them from the larder in a POH.)
 * 7 fishing bait (these can be bought from a fishing shop, the closest shops are at Port Sarim and at Lumbridge.)
 * 227 coins (these can be obtained through trade)

''The fella you need retails pricey rocks in the west of the white city. Have a chat with him tomorrow while you're carrying the right items and he'll oblige you further.''

This clue points to Herquin in Herquin's Gems in Falador.

The solution to the item clue on the forums: look between each of the lines of the thread puzzle. Press Control+A on your keyboard (or highlight the article using your mouse) and look at the highlighted words that will become visible. It will say:

''When baking a cake, there’s a bucket of one ingredient you’ll need. Carry two of these.''
 * Requires 2 buckets of milk

You’d never catch Herring with empty line, so carry seven of this item to catch your contact.
 * Requires 7 fishing bait

''Ever heard of Roman numerals? You’ll need to carry CCXXVII gold coins!''


 * Requires 227 GP

''The final item is a tool used in creating your dwellings and protecting your body from attack. Hit the nail on the head with four of these.''
 * Requires 4 hammers.

28 November
The Clue Fest now brings players to Falador (the "White City") and the Gem Merchant Herquin, who is located south of the Falador west bank.

(to be continued ....)

Rewards
For the Turkey Thanksgiving event: For the Cryptic Clue Fest:
 * The Give Thanks emote, if the player did not previously unlock it.
 * An item and an emote that have yet to be released. These will presumably be released when the last clue has been revealed.

Trivia

 * One of the clues refers to a "naked grizzly". However, the word naked is censored both in-game and on the forums.
 * 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.
 * 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. Each phrase is tied to the number of turkeys killed so far, so if you start again, they will be in the same order.
 * 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 anymore. The Raw turkey cannot even be picked up with Telekinetic Grab, as attempts to do so results in the message: "I can't use Telekinetic Grab on this object." You can pick up the bones, though, which are just regular bones.
 * 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.
 * 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 highest hit is 199 and cannot exceed this, no matter how much damage boosting items are used with the exception of Void Knight. All players, regardless of their combat level have the potential to hit 199.
 * If you try opening the pen where you killed 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!"
 * If you speak to the Cook's Brother after the event, he says "What a guy!". This might be reference to the Character "Ace Rimmer" on the TV series Red Dwarf.
 * The phrase the cook's brother used, "Will you help us? You're our only hope!" is a reference to Star Wars, where Princess Leia says to Obi-wan Kenobi, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope.".
 * You cannot set up a cannon in the field; the ground is too soft. You also cannot set up cannons in grassy areas.
 * Void Knight armour allows the player to hit over 200 damage with the boost it gives.
 * A turkey's combat level is 138 with 1000 hitpoints. Using the normal formula for a combat level gives you a combat level in the mid-200s. However, NPC combat levels take into effect bonuses and minuses.
 * Despite the turkeys being level 138 and the Cook's brother telling you that the food they gave to the turkeys made them stronger and more aggressive, they are in fact not aggressive at all, and have a max hit of 1, even if you are level 3.
 * If somebody is outside the field the turkeys are in and you enter the field, the player is no longer there. Once you leave the field, if the player remained there, they reappear, suggesting that the turkey field is client-sided (or a different dimension altogether) in Runescape, as opposed to being server-sided.
 * You cannot attack the turkeys outside the field with Ranged, Magic, or halberds. Attempting to do so enacts the following message: "I can't reach that!"
 * Doing the "Give Thanks" emote shows how much bigger the turkeys really are. They seem to be almost double the size of the turkey you morph into.
 * If you examine the Turkeys while in the field, you get the examine "Huge and delicious."