2010 Easter event

The 2010 Easter event, officially named Egg-streme Management, was released on 29 March 2010. This event sees the return of the Easter Bunny Jr and his factory in a similar fashion to the 2009 Easter event.

Eastercharlie.jpging off
First you will need to go south-west of Falador, to the north of Rimmington. 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 where you will meet Easter Bunny Jr and Easta Buni (an Rock Troll), who is extorting him for rock cake. The Easter Bunny will ask you to help him fix the modernized 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 northern-most machine in the factory. Left-click the oven to obtain the Dirty cog, Dirty pipe and Dirty pistons, and wash them in the water behind the oven by using each one on the water. Then, use the Clean cog, Clean pipe, and Clean pistons with the oven to put them back. 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 southern-most 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 found the Glaze crate, give it to the manager impling. He will then unpack the crate and give you a Vial of red glaze, a Vial of yellow glaze, a Vial of blue glaze, a Glaze colour wheel, and a Bowl. 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.

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. Talk to him, and select the responses that will motivate him to make the chocolate. There are only two multiple-choice questions. Once you are finished, go back to the Easter Bunny Jr.

Factory Management
The strategy here is to build up your raw materials and then create finished goods. To do those you need to increase the value of resources (Nuts, Chocolate, and Fruit). First, recruit workers 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.


 * For Fruit Cake, you will need one Fruit and one Chocolate.
 * For Tangy egg bread, you will need one Fruit and one Nuts.
 * For Nutty eggs, you will need one Chocolate and one Nuts.

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.

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 recipients in three different cities:
 * "A Strange Courier", in Lumbridge (the bridge east of the courtyard).
 * "Goblin courier", in Varrock (entrance to the Grand Exchange).
 * "Courier", in Falador (Falador Square).

Note: You need to complete the conversation with each courier; otherwise, you will not complete the mission

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

After you have finished with the deliveries, you must speak with the Easter Bunny for your reward (no need to talk to Charlie again).

Congratulations! Event Complete.

Rewards

 * Squirrel ears, which give access to summoning Charlie the Squirrel and Fluffy once every 30 minutes and the Juggle Emote, which you can activate by right-clicking the worn ears.
 * Players who didn't have the "Around the World in Eggty Days" emote unlocked the emote.
 * Players who didn't 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

 * This is the first time players can summon two pets at the same time.
 * This is the third time free-players can summon pets/familiars, the first time being the 2008 Easter event when the player summoned a Chocatrice and the second time being the 2008 Christmas event when the player summoned a snow imp.
 * 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 have not yet 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.
 * 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.
 * If you attempt to summon Squirrels in the cave, an interesting dialogue will appear (see right).Buggy.PNG
 * 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 recognize 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. This 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, or to the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.
 * When trying to enter the rabbit hole with the 10th squad sigil from Monkey Madness quest equipped, Charlie will say "Monkey Madness is it? I'll gie ye madness, Pal! Get that sigil off ye afore ye go doonstairs."
 * Several times throughout the event references to Charlie the Squirrel biting people are made. This is a reference to the popular internet video "Charlie Bit Me."
 * When you talk to Easta Buni and later the Goblin they make sounds when speaking. This has not happened with any character before.
 * This is the first Easter event 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 will remain motionless and the teleportation spell will be cancelled.
 * If you use the Juggle Emote, all of your weapons which are wielded will stay wielded. When using the emote with a 2h weapon, your character will hold onto the 2h weapon with one hand.
 * After the release of the 2010 Easter event it is possible to kill people's summoned squirrels using range or magic (this has been patched).
 * When you log into the game after summoning the squirrels; you can summon the squirrels immediately, instead of waiting 30 minutes.
 * The site's article states that "at this rate, you’ll be the one wearing the big bunny suit next Easter." This could possibly be a hint as to next year's reward.
 * While talking to Fluffy, you will see a new chat-head when he says he will eat you.
 * After you have completed the deliveries, the Easter Bunny mentions the 'Popular Squirrel Front'. This is a reference to the 'Judean People's Front', the 'People's Front of Judea', the 'Popular Front' and other similarly named organisations from Monty Python's Life of Brian.
 * When talking to Charlie he threatens to give a Miscellania kiss, which is a head-butt also known as a Glasgow kiss.
 * When summoning one of the squirrels they will yell out "Feel my squirrelly WRATH!" this is a reference to a popular Newgrounds series called Neurotically Yours where Foamy the Squirrel yells out the same thing.
 * When talking to the Goblin Courier, if you have completed the Goblin Diplomacy quest, you ask if they would rather have brown fireworks because they "like the colour brown better."
 * Although Charlie the Squirrel makes you empty your pack before entering the rabbit hole, you can enter if the only thing in your pack is Squirrel ears.
 * The Elf is hinted to be Arianwyn.
 * Even though you cannot summon the squirrels inside the rabbit hole, you can still use the Squirrel ears emote, and the squirrel will appear to you, and other players.
 * When first talking to Charlie the Squirrel your character says "No good deed goes unpunished," a reference to the song of the same name in the musical Wicked or it could simply be a reference to the popular phrase.
 * There is a glitch with the Squirrel ears, specifically the Juggle emote. If you do the emote and quickly change armour/weapon, you will switch armour but the emote will continue. This could lead to funny situations, e.g. the squirrel jumping on a Spiny helmet.
 * The elf in EBJ's office is called 'Hooded client', but his name in the chatbox is Hooded Man.