Summer Beach Party

The Summer Beach Party was an event that first ran from 29 June 2015 until the end of August 2015. The crater was transformed into a beach and the event was organised by Battle of Lumbridge survivor Reyna.

The Summer Beach Party returned on 15 August 2016, running until 12 September.



Preparations
Half a week prior to the beach party itself players are able to bring Reyna buckets of sand each day in exchange for mystery boxes. In the 2015 preparations 24 buckets of sand were required each day, in 2016 20 buckets of sand were needed per day. During 2015 mystery boxes could also be obtained through Treasure Hunter or daily challenges.

During the 2015 Summer Beach Party rewards from the mystery boxes included:


 * Small protean pack
 * Medium cash bag
 * 20 Water balloons
 * 2 Royal battleship kits
 * Prize token
 * Huge prismatic lamp
 * Huge fallen star

Big mystery boxes can be claimed from Reyna, the number received depends on how many mystery boxes were opened. During the 2015 party big mystery boxes could be claimed up until 12 July; however during the 2016 party players had to claim their big mystery boxes before 15 August, as Reyna was removed during the update to add the beach party. As well as the above rewards, excluding the prize token, big mystery boxes gave the chance of winning a crab hat during 2015. During the 2016 Summer Beach Party parasols were a potential rewards from the boxes.

Speaking to Reyna any time prior to the party in 2015 also rewarded the player with a beach party ticket, which could be redeemed once the party had started for 4 cocktails, an ice cream, and a random reward item token.

Activities
There are various activities around the beach, which can be used to gain experience in different skills. Unique item tokens could also be a rare prize from any of the activities during 2015.

The filling of a temperature gauge to the right of the screen indicates how close the player is to reaching the daily experience cap, which can be reset 3 times a day by eating an ice cream.

You can only eat an ice cream at "Inferno" status. Attempting to eat more than 3 ice creams gives the message "BRAIN FREEZE! You can only cool yourself down 3 times a day."

Every 15 minutes a different activity is spotlighted, which provides an extra 10% experience buff to the relevant skilling activity. The spotlighted activity differs from world to world.

During the 2016 Summer Beach Party there is an additional happy hour mechanic which may be activated by Jagex Moderators. During Happy Hour participation in the beach party does not raise the temperature gauge and all activities except terrorbird racing are spotlighted.

Beach Ball Rolling
The Beach ball rolling portal can be found in the northern area of the beach. Entering it teleports the player to the beach ball rolling event island. Participating in the Beach Ball Rolling grants Agility experience.

This activity was released on 13 July 2015, as part of batch 2 of the beach.

Body building
There are five body building podiums south of where Clawdia spawns; these podiums are run by two bodybuilders, Ivan and Greta. Participating in the activity gives Strength experience when doing one of the following four actions:
 * Curl
 * Lunge
 * Fly
 * Raise

Players earn experience whichever action they perform, but quadruple experience can be gained by following the bodybuilders' demonstration.

This activity was released on 13 July 2015, as part of batch 2 of the beach.

Clawdia
Clawdia is an hourly boss, which emerges from the water-filled hole in the middle of the crater 45 minutes after every hour. This is indicated by rain falling at the beach. She is level 250 and has 1,500,000 life points, damage scaling to the player's level.

Upon defeat, Clawdia rewards players with ice creams, anti-sun potions and cocktails. There is also a rare chance to receive a unique item token. Note that Clawdia can still be fought for rewards if the temperature gauge is full.

To get the most rewards from Clawdia, players can hop from world to world to defeat Clawdia during the five minutes that she appears each hour.

Coconut shy
There are two coconut shies on the beach, located in the south-eastern corner and run by Sarah. They provide Ranged experience relative to the type of projectile thrown. Tropical coconuts can also be deposited here for Farming experience.

A player can successfully throw 300 times before reaching 100% temperature.

Distraction and Diversion portals
The south-western corner features 7 Distraction and Diversion portals, which can be entered to teleport the player to the corresponding D&D. A lifeguard announces which D&D activities are active on the players world.

The portals featured include:
 * Big Chinchompa portal
 * Evil tree portal
 * Familiarisation portal
 * Fish Flingers portal
 * Guthixian Cache portal
 * Shooting Star portal
 * Sinkhole portal
 * A new portal to The Arc will be added in the 2016 party.

Note: If the world's current shooting star is in the wilderness, players will be given a warning beforehand.

Grills
Grills and large chopping boards can be found in the north-eastern corner of the beach. They can be used to gain Cooking experience, and are run by Nigel.

Raw tropical trout may be deposited here for Fishing experience.

This activity can be done ~108 times before reaching 100% temperature.

Palm trees
There are multiple palm trees found around the beach, grown by Palmer. They can be harvested for Farming experience and tropical coconuts.

Additional Farming experience can be gained by depositing the tropical coconuts in the pile of coconuts east of Sarah, by the coconut shies.

Note: You can even get the XP for depositing coconuts after you max out your thermometer.

500 coconuts can be gathered before reaching 100% temperature.

Rock pools
The rock pools can be found on the east side of the beach, overseen by Wellington. Raw tropical trout can be caught here for Fishing experience. Further Fishing experience can be gained by depositing the raw trout at the table north of Nigel, by the grills.

Toy pirate battleships can also be found here, to fight toy royal battleships, earning the player Construction experience.

94 Trout can be fished before reaching 100% temperature.

Sandcastle building
Foreman George runs the sandcastle building, located in the north-western corner of the beach. Building the sandcastles rewards Construction experience. Players can build the corresponding tower to the current NPC guest to earn double experience. The NPC guest will spawn next to Foreman George and will change every few minutes. Players will automatically stop shoveling after 21 scoops of sand.

This activity can be done ~301 times before reaching 100% temperature.

Hook a Duck
Hook a Duck is an event that first appeared in the 2016 Summer Beach Party. In it the player must chose from three types of rod to fish at the booth and gain Hunter experience.


 * Light weight - average catch rate and average experience
 * Fast action - lower catch rate and higher experience
 * Magnetic - higher catch rate and lower experience

Terrorbird racing
Terrorbird racing is a new event that featured for the first time in the 2016 Summer Beach Party. In it the players participate in a race across RuneScape which awards an amount of Agility experience dependent on how quickly the course is completed. There are global and world highscore for race completion times, which are updated during the weekly game update. The race route is indicated by arrow signs and gates through which the player must pass. Players may participate in terrorbird racing once an hour, during the first 30 minutes past the hour.

To participate in the race players must have a terrorbird mount. Players may use previously unlocked terrorbird mounts; which gained black, green, purple, red and yellow recolour options with the Summer Beach Party's re-release. Players who do not own their own terrorbird mount are able to claim one each day from the crate of terrorbird costumes near the race's start point. However, the mount will be removed after the Summer Beach Party is over.

Rewards
During the 2016 Summer Beach Party all items previously available during 2015 are re-obtainable. This includes previously released titles; reward items, including Solomon's General Store items; and cocktails. When a player has not obtained previously available rewards these will be obtained prior to their being able to obtain the 2016 rewards.

There will also be new rewards including:


 * New titles
 * Clawdia Wings, Lifeguard Chair Hat, Shark Fin, Beach Towel Cape, Duck Ring, Shadow Drake Ring, Summer fun top and Summer fun bottoms, Shell Shield, Conga Eel Whip, Water Balloon Launcher, Ice Lolly Wand, Coral Sword main-hand and off-hand, and Coral Dagger main-hand and off-hand cosmetic overrides.
 * Sandra and Gus pets. There will also be a seahorse pet which will be obtained via a Treasure Hunter promotion.
 * Rainbow kite item
 * Sand Dunk Resting and Hack Sack Resting rest animation overrides.

Summer raffle (2015)
Opening mystery boxes gave you a chance to win a Prize token, which can be clicked and redeemed for any of five unique prizes.


 * Sand cape
 * Baby tortoise – a follower pet
 * Bucket & Spade – shield and melee weapon overrides
 * Coconut hat
 * Sandcastle lootbeam

Treasure map (2016)
Treasure map is a daily event, similar to the Christmas Advent Calendar event, where the player can claim a free item each day. The treasure map will run from 16 August to 11 September. The treasure map can be obtained by speaking Reyna. When a prize is available to be claimed a X symbol will be shown on the map; click on it to receive the item. The prizes must be claimed on the day that they are available. If the player misses a prize they may use a bond to claim them, this applies to any future that the player may miss as well so players will not need to use more than one bond. Claiming 20 or more items will unlock the Shell Shield cosmetic override and water splash lootbeam.

Tokens
Tokens may be earned as through skilling, from Clawdia, or purchased with runecoins from Flo's Fun Item Shop, Sheldon's Cosmetic Item Shop, or Gill's Pet Shop. Tokens can also be purchased on the Grand Exchange as they are all tradeable. The title is unlocked by redeeming all the tokens.

Other
The following items can be earned from beach activities or killing Clawdia:
 * 5  - causes monkeys to come out of the barrel
 * 50 - can be thrown at players, similar to snowballs
 * - 5% experience boost to any activity done on the beach for the next 24 hours
 * - used to reset the temperature gauge, up to 3 times a day
 * - gives a 2% experience bonus (stackable to 10%) to all support skills (Agility, Dungeoneering, Slayer, and Thieving) for 30 minutes
 * - gives a 2% experience boost (stackable to 10%) to all combat skills (Attack, Constitution, Defense, Magic, Prayer, Ranged, Strength, and Summoning) for 30 minutes
 * - gives a 2% experience bonus (stackable to 10%) to all gatherer skills (Divination, Farming, Fishing, Hunter, Mining, and Woodcutting) for 30 minutes
 * - gives a 2% experience bonus (stackable to 10%) to all artisan skills (Cooking, Construction, Crafting, Firemaking, Fletching, Herblore, Runecrafting, and Smithing) for 30 minutes

Rewards obtained through other means are:
 * Swimming outfit - 50 maxed thermometers
 * Deckchair Resting animation - sit in each colour deck chair (red, blue, and green) 10 times

Titles
These titles are not purchasable, instead earned from doing certain things.
 * - Find 10 hidden little toy ducks
 * - Find 10 hidden little toy ducks and own the mega ducklings or Mod Dolan's rubber duck
 * - Successfully hit 5 coconuts in a row in the coconut shy game
 * - Kill Clawdia 50 times
 * - Reach maximum temperature 10 times
 * - Reach maximum temperature 25 times
 * - Eat 10 ice creams
 * - Participate in all of the activities
 * - Unlock all of the beach tokens
 * [Name] The Beachy Keen - Play Hook-a-Duck.
 * [Name] The Sun-sational - Complete a terrorbird race.
 * [Name] The Sunkissed - Listen to a large shell 10 times.

Right-clicking lifeguards can be used to see the amount of ice creams eaten, Clawdias killed and thermometers filled.

Music unlocked

 * Gorgon-Zola (m)
 * Tropical Breeze
 * Tropical Sneeze

Trivia

 * Clicking on home teleport while resting on a deck chair will cause the following message to appear: "It's hard to teleport when you're so relaxed."
 * Reyna compliments players who wear a Fish mask while fishing at Rock Pools, however fishing spots don't say anything.
 * Strange and golden rocks as well as anagogic ort and mysterious meteorites can spawn doing some of the beach activities after the 13 July 2015 update.
 * Summoning familiars are hidden on the beach much like in the Grand Exchange.