2012 Winter event



The 2012 Winter event is a sequel to the 2011 Winter event in which players have to kill Hati, and this year Sköll as well. You can begin the 2012 Winter event by talking to the Fremennik citizen outside the gates of Rellekka. The event was released on 16 January 2012. Upon completing the event (killing both Hati and Sköll) players will have the opportunity to obtain Hati paws, Hati head, Hati Cloak and Skoll boots. Although, there is only an 80% chance of each drop, so you might have to kill Hati or Sköll more than once.

Starting the Hunt
To start both parts of this event, talk to the Fremennik citizen outside of the Rellekka gates. She says Hati and Sköll are scaring everybody in the Fremennik lands. According to her Hati makes the lands very cold in the winter, and his brother Sköll makes the lands burning hot in the summer. Their goal is to consume the moon and the sun, respectively. They can't be reasoned with, so the citizen asks you to help fight them both.

Hati
After talking to the citizen infront of Rellekka you can now search for and kill Hati. He has three spawn points to the east of Rellekka which are scattered from the north to the south of the area. It won't be hard to find any of these spawn points for Hati as there will likely be many players waiting at each spawn point to kill him.

The best tactic towards finding Hati is to stay in a single spawn location and wait until Hati spawns there. It is not recommended to run to another spawn when told that he has spawned, as the large amount of players there will probably have already killed him.

After being killed, Hati will re-spawn several minutes in another one of his three spawn points. He will be slain fairly quickly so make sure you attack him as soon as possible to make sure you've got the chance at getting a reward.

Hati is a level 654 wolf. He will always drop wolf bones, and has an 80% chance of dropping each piece of clothing (Hati paws, Hati head and Hati Cloak). As long as you do 1 life point of damage you have the same chance of receiving the drop as everybody else.

Sköll
Sköll spawns to the west of Rellekka and only has a single spawn location. To begin this part of the event you will need to talk to Vitharr who is located in the top left corner south of Rellekka, after having spoke to the Fremennik citizen.

She wishes to summon Sköll when he is at his weakest in order to defeat him and rid the Fremennik of his threat for good. By doing so, she hopes to show the wolf brothers that the Fremennik cannot be bested at any time of year, thus deterring the brothers from attacking the citizens. To summon Sköll, Vitharr advises the player to build a bonfire as intense as the sun, so that Sköll is drawn to the realm to investigate.

Venture around this area and cut as many trees as you can to collect wood. It doesn't matter what kind of trees you cut as any logs will work. Once you've got as much wood as possible go back and add it to the fire. When the fire is at it's biggest, Sköll will spawn.

Sköll is a level 672 wolf. He will always drop wolf bones, and has an 80% chance of dropping Sköll boots as well. As long as you do 1 hit point of damage you have the same chance of receiving the drop as everybody else. Make sure you attack Sköll as quickly as possible as you will be surprised at how quickly so many players can kill him.

Rewards

 * Hati head - This item is purely cosmetic.
 * Hati paws - Will provide double experience in all combat skills (excluding Summoning and Prayer) for a set amount of XP gain, based on your skill levels. If you already have a pair you will receive a recharge instead.
 * Hati Cloak - Recharges the Hati paws if obtained in 2011.
 * Sköll boots - Will provide double experience in both Woodcutting and Agility for a set amount of XP gain, based on your skill levels.

NOTE: The charges on both the Hati paws and Sköll boots will only last until 16 May 2012, as stated in the official update. After that they become purely cosmetic.

Wolf Packs
During the event, Jagex Moderators spawned packs of Fenris wolves around Runescape.

Trivia

 * In Norse mythology Hati and Sköll are two wolves who are trying to devour the moon and sun (respective to each wolf). This same theme is continued in RuneScape as the Fremennik are heavily based around the real-world Norsemen.
 * In Norse mythology, Vidarr is the god who slays Fenrir, father of Hati and Sköll, at the end of time.


 * Wolf_attack_at_varrock_bank.png's possible to lure Hati to far away places like Catherby. However, a hidden update made Hati teleport back to its original spawn point should it become stuck, making it more difficult to lure Hati to far off places.
 * There is currently a bug where Hati can spawn multiple times.
 * During the event, Jagex Moderators spawned packs of Fenris wolves around Runescape.

2012 Winter event