2012 Easter event

The 2012 Easter Event: Chocatrice vs Evil Chicken was released on 2 April 2012. It's based on a typical Easter egg hunt but with a RuneScape twist. The player can join either the Chocotrice's team or the Evil Chicken's team and scavenge five eggs.

The Easter Bunny has fallen from White Wolf mountain and is unfit for duty. He has, however, already hidden 5 magic eggs around Gielinor (2 of which in members-only area). In Varrock Square, the Evil Chicken and Chocatrice (from the 2007 Easter event) are having a showdown. The Chocatrice wants to turn the chicks inside the eggs into chocolate while the Evil Chicken wants to turn them into drumsticks.

The player must help them by finding the eggs, then opening them and shooting the chick with the Eggsterminator Cannon. This cannon either turns them into drumsticks or chocolate treats. Both can be eaten or given to respectively the Evil Chicken or the Chocatrice.

If three treats are brought to the right creature (i.e. 3 chocolate treats to the Chocatrice or 3 drumsticks to the Evil Chicken), the player receives a Chocolate egg on face mask, which turns the head of the player into a chocolate egg with a ribbon around it when worn or a Egg on face mask, which covers the top of the head and has a fried-egg covering the player's right eye. The mask received depends on the side that is chosen. Players who help the Chocatrice receive the chocolate version while players who help the Evil Chicken receive the regular version.

Every 2 hours or so new eggs will spawn in new places. To keep the Eggsterminator after the event, players must find all 5 eggs in 3 different hunts for a total of 15 eggs or else it will melt into nothing.

For finding all 5 eggs in a single hunt, an Easter lamp is also received.

Note that it is possible to obtain both Egg on face and Chocolate egg on face helmets. To do this, simply complete one of the egg hunts with the Chocatrice, and the other for the Evil Chicken. Not all 5 of each item must be brought to either NPC, as for each helmet, you only require 3. Neither helmet has a special emote that can be used when worn.

Wave 1
During the first wave, the eggs were located in the following places:
 * West of the eastern mine in the Lumbridge Swamp and south of Father Urhney's hut.
 * South of Gertrude's house in Varrock.
 * Wheat field in Taverley.
 * Between the Dark Wizards' Tower and the witch's house in Taverley.
 * West of the Gamers' Grotto.

Wave 2
During the second wave, the eggs were located in the following places:
 * Behind Daemonheim.
 * Between Falador and Draynor Manor.
 * Musa Point (In the Banana plantation).
 * North of the witch's house in Taverley.
 * West of the Exam Centre.

Wave 3
During the third wave, the eggs were located in the following places:
 * East of Draynor Manor (Old Gnomecopter location).
 * West of Exam Centre.
 * Near the crossbow shortcut in Musa Point.
 * West of Digsite.
 * At Mudskipper Point (by Fairy Ring Code: AIQ).

Wave 4
This wave is currently in progress, and will end just before 5:00 PM, BST.
 * Outside the Lumber Yard in Varrock
 * Between the Clan Camp and the Crafting Guild.
 * West of the Exam Centre.
 * North-east of Barbarian Village. (South of Edgeville).
 * Near the wheat field in Taverley.

Wave 5
Starting at 5:00 PM (GMT)

Trivia

 * The 2012 Easter Event seems to be the first holiday event in many years which doesn't have an unlockable emote.
 * Unlike past holiday events, The 2012 Easter Event cannot be seen on the in-game quest menu.
 * If you splatter another player with the Eggsterminator and then change your weapon to the Golden hammer then click spin you will have a golden spin around you.