Christmas cracker


 * For other uses of the word Cracker, see Cracker (disambiguation)

Christmas crackers are holiday items that were dropped on December 25, 2001 (Christmas Day) during the first RuneScape Christmas holiday event. They are currently the single most expensive item in the game, and also nearly twice the price of the second most expensive item, Blue partyhats. Inside of them is a party hat and one other random item, such as some coins or runes. To open it, it must be used with another player. Once opened, one player will get a random coloured party hat, and the other player would get a miscellaneous item of little value.

Few Christmas crackers remain due to the fact that the vast majority of players opened them for the rune items that could be obtained from doing so. Note that at the time of the drop, party hats were virtually worthless, while rune items such as the rune kiteshield were worth millions.



Over time, many have been lost as players with older accounts have quit, been permanently banned, or opened their Christmas crackers for fun. Their importance to the RuneScape economy which was so crucial for years starting a few years after their release has long diminished. Nearly all transactions involving large amounts of money or items of high value involve other holiday items such as party hats and Halloween masks. Current estimates suggest that only a small number remain, particularly due to the recent banning and retirement of high level players. Another point of the rarity of this item is that when it is examined it says "I need to pull this" gave few players the urgency to pull this item when first released. The Christmas Cracker is the most expensive item in all of RuneScape with a minimum Grand Exchange price of 688,750,000 gold pieces, a Grand Exchange price of 725,000,000 gold pieces, and a maximum of 761,250,000 gold pieces.

When these crackers were dropped, the original colour was red, and has since changed to white. http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2958/christmascrackerqt5.gif

Trivia

 * Due to Real world trading, when a player uses the cracker on another player, the player who pulled it gets the reward. Mod Ash has confirmed this.