April Fools' jokes

The April Fools jokes were a series of humorous pranks made by Jagex in attempt to fool players into believing that a new, much-wanted item would be introduced into the game. Most involved Diango and his toy store. The players believed they were getting a rare item such as a Dragon Platebody or a mountable/pet horse. Instead the players got literal meanings of the items, which happened to just be cheap toys.

2004

 * Main Article: 2004 April Fools

On 1 April 2004, Diango was introduced to the game as a cowboy-like person. Diango claimed to be selling horses. Those horses were actually toy horseys and were toys the player could play with while shouting phrases like: "High-ho Silver and away." or "Come on Dobin, we can win the race."

2005

 * Main Article: 2005 April Fools

On 4 April 2005 Another joke was played this time it involved tricking players into believing that they would get a Dragon Platebody. Diango talked about rare Dragon Plates. Those "plates" ended up being spinning plates you could spin on a stick by clicking the spin option.

2007

 * Main Article: 2007 April Fools

On 1 April 2007 A fake behind the scenes was posted on the main page. The post claimed the released of Cabbage based items. The items were a Cabbage Rune for powerful new Magic spells, a strong Cabbage armor set that's weakness was rabbits, and a tool for the Farming skill that would turn Cabbage being grown in a patch red. The following day the post was deleted and replaced by the real Behind the Scenes.

2008

 * Main Article: 2008 April Fools

The 2008 event involved getting a Dragon Kite. Some of the first players who talked to Diango about "Dragon Kites" were probably fooled into thinking they would actually be receiving the nonexistent Dragon Kiteshield but instead got a real kite with a picture of a dragon on it that could be held in the weapons slot. Since its release, the dragon kite has become somewhat popular among players.