2009 and 2010 Thanksgiving event



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

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!"

Jagex has stated that another Thanksgiving-related update is due to be released later this week, as this special "mini-quest" was designed to provide players with the opportunity to attain the emote if they missed the 2008 Thanksgiving event.

Community Events
During November 26, Jagex announced that there will be four J-Mod events that will take place on various worlds at various times from November 26 through November 29.

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

An NPC clue, telling 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, telling 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). Then they can again proceed to the next npc with the right items, and so on. 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. Currently, there is only one NPC players can talk to, since the event was released today (November 26th). Therefore, there is only one stage of the clue event until the next clues are released. On November 27th, the new item clue will be revealed. The NPC clue has already been revealed, but is as of yet useless.

November 26 - To solve this clue, players will need to go to 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 Lachtopher with these items in their inventory, he will reveal the following NPC clue: "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 Lachtopher to get this clue, but they may also have other items in their inventory alongside with the required ones.
 * 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)

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

Jagex Moderator Locations

If players want more help with clues, without giving the solution away, they may get help from Jagex moderators in the game on RuneScape world 74 at the POH portal in Rimmington. Jagex moderators will be online on the following times:
 * 8pm GMT/Official forum time between Friday 27th November - Sunday 29th November.
 * 2am GMT/Official forum time between Saturday 28th November - Monday 30th November.

For more information, consultthis page on the RuneScape Official Forums.

PvP Hide'n'Seek
PvP Hide'n'Seek is a Jagex event where players will enter World 21 at 9:00 PM GMT and enter one of the specified J-Mod clan chats. When inside, players will wait for the J-Mod to give a cryptic clue specifying their location they will be hiding at and the phrase they must say when a player encounters him or her. This process will continue until the session is declared over for the night.

For more information, consult this page on the RuneScape Official Forums

Castle Wars
The J-Mod Castle Wars event will take place on World 24 at 10:30 PM GMT where one J-Mod will enter each team portal. Each moderator will obtain the opposite team's flag and will run to the central island. Both moderators will then summon a Steel Titan which players must kill. After the titan is killed, the J-Mod who summoned it will drop the flag for anyone to pick up and deliver or steal back. This will happen at various points in each game and at various locations within Castle Wars.

This event will run from November 26 through November 29 with the same times and world.

For more information, consult this page on the RuneScape Official Forums

Games Room Bonanza
This event will take place at the Burthorpe Games Room on World 45 at various times (see chart below). Jagex Moderators will be facing off against anyone who wishes and will accept whatever terms the player wants to challenge the J-Mod on.

Rewards
For the turkey Thanksgiving event:
 * The Give Thanks emote, if the player did not previously unlock it.