2010 Easter event

The 2010 Easter event named Egg-streme Management was released on March 29, 2010 at 13:30 GMT. The event was more or less a remake of last years 2009 Easter event which disappointed a huge number of players.

Starting off
First you will need to go south-west of Falador almost midway between Rimmington and Falador. There you will see Charlie the squirrel. After talking to him you will have to go down the nearby hole. You can't go in with anything in your pack. The first time (and the first time only), Charlie will give you the option to send your whole inventory to your bank account. Either way, you'll need an empty pack to enter the hole. Later on, you won't get the bank option, so when you return after finishing your deliveries, make sure your pack is empty.

Once inside, you must go north into the next room were you will meet Easter Bunny Jr and Easta Buni (an Ice troll), who is extorting him for rock cake. The Easter Bunny will ask you to help him fix the modernised factory and you will agree.

Cleaning the Oven
You'll need to speak to an Impling manager and clean the oven. Go to the oven, which is the first machine if you come out of EBJ's office. Right-click the oven to obtain the three parts, and wash them in the water behind the oven by using each one in turn on the water. Then, put them back in the oven by using them on it. Talk to the manager, who will send you back to the Easter Bunny.

Making the Glaze
The bunny will tell you to fix the egg/bread glazing machine and so you must go to it. It is the southmost machine. Talk to the impling in charge and he will tell you he needs glaze from one of the crates. The supplies are in one of the boxes in the workshop. The location is different for every player. Once you have the supplies (which consist of one crate), give them to the manager impling. He then gives you glazes to make colours and a colour wheel (not to be confused with the one from Mourning's Ends Part II). Talk to him again to discover what colour you need to make (a total of three colours). You can mix the glazes by using them with the bowl he gave you. If you mix too many different colours, you will get a black mess and you will have to empty the bowl. Once you made all glazes needed, the manager will send you back to the Bunny. HINT: To obtain the paint needed its just see: for an example, Chartreuse, it is 1 space from yellow, and 2 from blue, so, use the yellow paint 2 times in the bowl, and blue just 1 time, what ever, use the inverse of the distance of the paint.

Training the Squirrels
After finishing the glaze making, you must then go back to the Easter Bunny who will report that the squirrels on the conveyor belt need training. Go talk to Big Ben who will put you at the controls of the conveyor. Ignore any nuts or chocolate and let them pass but press the red button when a toy (possibly General Graardor), a broken peanut, or a screw comes by. Now go back to the Bunny again. He will put you in charge of the entire factory. But first you have to motivate the easter bird.

Convincing the Easter Bird
Go South of the Easter Bunny until you see the Easter Bird. He is easy to spot. Talk to him, and select the positive responses. There are only 3 multichoice questions, which are pretty easy to know.

Factory Management
The strategy to use here is to build up your raw materials and then create finished goods, And to do those... You need to increase the value of resources (Nuts, Chocolate and Fruit) First, put workers on to get resources. Then move along and increase the value of the final products (Fruit Cake, Nutty Eggs and Tangy egg bread). When you do manage to get resources you can also use them to recruit more workers. You do not have to get 15 workers to finish this event, it can easily be done with 5 or 6. You will lose one resource for every 5 workers you have at the end of each turn. When the turn is finished, some events may occur:


 * Nothing happens.
 * A machine may break. You can fix it yourself or you can order the workers to fix it, by clicking the box next to the machine in your next turn.
 * You may find 3 extra resources.
 * You may lose 3 resources.

In order to make Fruit Cake, you will need one fruit and one chocolate. In order to make Tangy egg bread, you will need one chocolate and one fruit. In order to make Nutty eggs, you will need one chocolate and one nuts.

You can use the arrows to get more resources for the next turn, or to set the amount of product that need to be made for the next turn. To recruit more workers, click the recruit-button. You will need to have 7 of each product (cake, bread and eggs) to win. Once that is done, the game will automatically end. If you manage to do it within 15 turns, you will get an additional reward at the end.

NOTE: If you don't think you'll be able to complete the orders in 15 turns or less simply talk to the Easter Bunny again and select the second option to reset the factory. You can then try again to get it in 15 turns or fewer so that you can get the bonus reward.The lower the score at the end of the game the better. Each turn you take adds 101 points to your score. Employing squirrels and having left-over resources subtract from your score, -10 points for each left over resource and -10 points for each employed worker (keep in mind, lower scores are better). Don't leave any broken machinery unfixed because it will add 50 points to your final score. Also, if you finish in 15 or less turns, 100 points will be subtracted off your score as well. It seems to be most beneficial to use the first couple turns to get as many workers as possible to make your score as low as possible, since they will both reduce your points for being hired and will gather resources faster (fewer turns and more leftover resources).

If you are trying to minimize your score, repairing the machines yourself will save you since you will not need to use up a worker to do it. You can exit the management window and restart from where you left off, so this is not a problem. Simply fix the machines (or train the squirrels) in the same way you did previously in the quest. Once they are fixed, talk to the Easter Bunny again and choose the first option to resume managing the factory.

A good strategy is to recruit a worker on the first turn and gather supplies. Then for the next few turns get 2 of each supply until you reach about 10 or so each. Then make 2 each of the products. You want to switch so to minimize the dreaded "Lose 3 Resources" event. Then when you are at 6 each of the product - max out resources or workers to get a nice low score. This method can have you finished in 12 turns.

Deliveries
The Easter Bunny will give you a map and a delivery box, You have to deliver goods to recipents in three different cities:
 * Lumbridge (Bridge east of the courtyard)
 * Varrock (Entrance of the Grand Exchange)
 * Falador (Falador Square)

If you need to know where to go exactly, Then check the map that the easter bunny gave you. It will give you a marker on the map that shows where to go.

After you have finished with the deliveries, You must speak with The Easter bunny for your reward.

Congratulations! Event Complete.

Rewards



 * Squirrel ears, which give:
 * Access to summon Charlie the squirrel and Fluffy once every 30 minutes. (Only Fluffy if you did not complete Factory Management in under 15 turns)
 * The "Juggle" emote. (equip and choose the juggle option)


 * Players who didn't have the "Around the World in Eggty Days" emote, unlocked the emote.
 * Players who didnt have the "Bunny-hop" Emote, unlocked the emote.
 * You can replay the Factory Management game as long as the event stays.

Music

 * An Easter United

Trivia
"When you have compeleted the order you will be shown your score." " THe lower the Score,..." " WHy not see if you can beat your friends score."
 * This is the first time players can summon two pets at the same time.
 * This is the second time free-players can summon pets/familiars, the last time being the 2008 Easter Event when the player summoned a Chocatrice.
 * After a certain amount of time, the Squirrels dissapear and you will have to wait 30 minutes to summon them again, or exit to the lobby to override the timer.
 * When you complete the event, your Adventurer's Log will say "Ran the Easter Bunny's factory and gained a squirrel friend."
 * The Twitter hint for this update was: EBJ requires a middle manager. Are you up for it?.
 * If your character has never seen an Elf, he won't recognize the "Hooded man" as one.
 * In the Factory Management Help on the right side of the screen during the Management Planning-minigame, there are a few spelling errors which yet not have been fixed.
 * After you summon your squirrels, Fluffy will sometimes yell "DOG!" This is an apparent reference to the animated movie "Up" where in the Dogs would interrupt themselves in mid-sentence to yell "SQUIRREL!"
 * Charlie the squirrel speaks in Scottish slang and his personality pokes fun at the movie Braveheart
 * After the release of the 2010 Easter event it was possible to kill peoples summoned squirrels using range or mage, This was fixed, however another way to kill them has been discovered.
 * The easter bird of 2010 is the first ever NPC to have a detailed shadow all other NPC's just have circle like shadows the same as players have.
 * There is a bug on the Easter Bunny's face if you try to summon the Squirrels inside the factory, This has yet to be fixed.Buggy.PNG
 * If a player tries to summon the squirrels while inside the hole, the Easter Bunny replies with "HOLD ON A SECOND! Don't you DARE summon in here. I have health and safety certifications to think of. Besides, Charlie is barred from the factory for headbutting the implings. Do it outside!"
 * One of the items that appears on the conveyor belt appears to be a plush General Graardor Doll, similar to the one in the 2009 Easter event.
 * This is the first time free players get to speak and see Elves (though they won't recognise them) and Ice trolls (though this one looks different from the other known ones).
 * The ice troll is called Easta Buni (pronounced the same as 'Easter Bunny'), because he was born around Easter and tried to eat the Easter Bunny; trolls are named to the first thing they (try to) eat.
 * Near the start of the quest, the Easter Bunny mentions that he should not have given Charlie coffee. Could be a reference to Hammy, the squirrel from the movie 'Over the hedge' who goes crazy on caffeine. It could also be a refrence to Twitchy the Squirrel from a movie named "Hoodwinked".
 * Big Ben is possibly a reference to a large bell clock in London, UK.
 * When trying to enter the rabbit hole with the 10th squad sigil equiped from Monkey Madness Charlie will say "Monkey Madness is it? I'll gie ye madness, Pal! Get that sigil off ye afore ye go doonstairs.
 * When talking to Charlie the Squirrel for the first time, a refrence is made to the popular internet video, Charlie Bit Me.
 * When you talk to Easta Bunni and later the Goblin they make sounds when speaking- this has not happend with any character before.
 * This is one of the first Easter events where one can re-enter the Easter Lair after completion of the event. (In this instance, to do the minigame)


 * If you use the Home Teleport and use the Juggle Emote, the squirrels will jump about on you, your character not doing the actions.
 * If you use the Juggle Emote, all of your weapons which are wielded will stay wieldKilled.jpg. When using the emote with a 2h, your character will hold onto the 2h with one hand.


 * There is a glitch that you can attack Charlie the squirrel and Fluffy.
 * When you relog you can summon the squirrels again instead of waiting 30 minutes.
 * In the artical it says: "...and maybe next year you will be the one in the rabbit suit!". This could probably be a leak of next years reward.