Discontinued rare items

Rares and other Holiday Drops are items which are no longer obtainable, to be classifies as a Rare, it must also be a tradable item. In addition to the Holiday drops, there are a couple of obsolete item Rares

On Easter, Halloween and Christmas Jagex creates and distributes special items within Runescape in celebration of the holiday. These items are available to all players, free and members. This page documents the numerous items that have been released over the years. All of these items will never be dropped/distributed again.

Obsolete Item Rares
These are items which have been retired from the game.

Disk of Returning
This was used to return from a temporary visit to the "black hole" where troublemakers were sent, since the black hole is no longer present this item now has neither use nor availability.

Since it cannot be displayed other than by a trade offer, it is not a popular rare.

Half Wine
Since Wine is now drunk in one go, it is not possible to obtain a half wine in RS2, but those transferred from RSC, are now another non-displayable rare, with the added risk that the item can be accidentally consumed.

Runescape Classic tradable drops
These items were dropped on to the ground all over runescape classic in random patterns. Players then picked them up. There were no trade limitations on them. There is no limitation on the number one player can own. Replacements are not available - if a player loses these, they lie on the ground until they disappear or are taken. It is also most unwise to attempt High Alchemy on a rare as the price obtained will be the extremely low shop value.

Pumpkin-October 31st, 2001
Pumpkins appear as large orange vegetables. They heal 14hp when eaten, although this is not advised as they are now extremely rare for this reason. They read "Happy Halloween" when examined.

Christmas Crackers-December 25th, 2001
Christmas Crackers appear as a small red and green cracker. They had to be used with another player. If you did this, the cracker disappeared. One player received a low-level item, the other a party hat. These are now extremely rare as many have been destroyed to gain the party hats inside. They read "Use on another player to pull it" when examined.

Party hats-December 25th, 2001
Often referred to as a Phat, these are the ultimate status symbol rare, very expensive, and vulnerable to massive price shifts. The true status symbol is a full set of all colours.

Party hats came out of crackers. They resemble the paper hats commonly found in crackers. They are each a randomly generated colour. Blue, green, pink, red, white and yellow are available. They can be worn on the head and alter player stats in no way at all. They were originally common until hoarding occurred, driving up prices. They are rare today, all though still available to those with a large amount of GP. They read "It's a party hat" when examined.

Halloween masks-October 31st, 2002
Halloween masks look roughly like a monster with large fangs. They come in red, green and blue varieties. They alter player stats in no way. They are rare (Selling for around 6 Millon GP.) They read "Arggggghhh I'm a monster" when examined.

Santa hats-December 25th, 2002
Santa hats look like red hats with a fur trim, as worn by father Christmas. They had 3+ magic bonus when equipped in RSC, but nothing in RS2. They are fairly rare today, but probably the least expensive of the displayable rares.

They read "It's a Santa hat" when examined.

Runescape Classic-untradables
The following items were dropped in the same way, but you could only pick one up. They are untradable. They are replaceable-players must ask at varrock clothes shop to replace them.

They are not considered to be "rares" in the same way as tradable items.

Bunny ears-April 20th, 2003
Bunny ears resemble pink rabbit ears. They can be worn on your head and affect your stats in no way at all. They read "A rabbit like adornment" when examined.

Scythes-31st October and 2nd November, 2003
Scythes resemble long, black tools traditionally used in agriculture and wielded by the Grim Reaper in European mythology. They add 10 weapon power and 10 aim when wielded. They were dropped twice because many players complained about missing the halloween drop. They read "It's a scythe" when examined.

Runescape 2 items
After a break of about a year, Jagex reintroduced holiday drops into runescape. However, they were now distributed via a Non-Player Character, often in exchange for a special task to complete. All of these items are untradable and only one is allowed per player. As with most untradable holiday drops, there is usually a way to replace them if they are lost or simply discarded.

Yo-yo - Chrismas 2004
Handed out by Santa in several Runescape cities. The Yo-Yo can peform several tricks as well as operating like a normal Yo-Yo. It is also a common slang greeting, usually said by African American Males

Rubber chicken - Easter 2005
The rubber chicken can be wielded as a totally ineffective weapon, but the unique feature is that a harmless "whack" can be given to players outside of any PvP combat area, quite a fright if you don't know it's harmless.

The "useless" weapon has one odd use though, between friends in the wilderness to stage a non-lethal combat in order to lock more damaging opponents out of combat.

Zombie head - Halloween 2005
The event ran for a week beginning on 31/10/05.

From the Zombies in the swamp, you could collect a zombie head and be scared into having a new "scared" emote. If lost, you can dig in Lumbridge swamps with a spade to regain.

The Lumbridge children, trick or treating, could be scared into dropping sweets, once the zombie head was obtained, or could be treated with the sweets or coins.

At the end of this event, the zombie head could be kept and talked to or displayed theatrically, while any remaining sweets turned to chocolate dust.

One other feature, if you died during this period, you were collected by the Grim reaper who said a random quote relating to your demise.

Hats & Scarves - Christmas 2005
A bumper selection of items, for doing a rather tedious series of favours. This event ran about a fortnight.

These items could not be dropped, but had to be destroyed if you wanted to dispose of them. The "destroy" action also informed you of how to recover the item, and can be expected to be used for subsequent holiday items as well. This function was implemented to try and eliminate item duplication.
 * Set of 4 hats: For making 8 boxes of marionettes and delivering to the gate near Doric's
 * Set of 4 scarves: For painting 8 boxes of Christmas decorations
 * A usable marionette: for decorating the varrock Christmas tree with a further 5 boxes of decorations. The marionette looks like a block like figure of a man and is red, green or blue.

Semi-rare items
Trimmed and God armours are available to members as treasure trail rewards, and may be sold in free-to-play. There is a limited but sustainable supply, especially of lower level trimmed armours. Full gold trimmed black looks very classy, and generally sells for a price a bit less than standard full rune.