2008 Christmas event



The 2008 Christmas event was released on 16 December 2008. It involved both the traditional event and a holiday quest called Myths of the White Lands.

The Event


To start the event, players first had to find one of the three festive-looking head snow imps. They looked like other snow imps except that they wore a Santa Hat. There were three especially important imps, who were stationed at the scenes of some of Jack Frost's vandalism. (Frost's vandalism was creating large ice patches that players could skate on). Players could find them near the ice patches in the following locations:

The snow imps would gladly tell you of their woes, and if players were willing to help out, they'd provide you with an ice amulet that could be used to summon one of their friends.

To get started hunting for Jack, players wore the necklace and right-clicked 'Operate' away from snow ground. You'd suddenly discover that a snow imp had appeared to give you a hand. Snow imps were naturally aware of extraordinary cold, and could tell when they were headed towards someone as cold as Jack Frost. As you started moving around, you'd be able to click on your imp to check whether you were getting hotter or colder - following the imp's directions would quickly lead you to the right location.

1. Head to any of the Head Snow Imps.

2. They would give you an ice amulet. Operating it away from a snowy field to summon a snow imp. You couldn't have any pets/familiars/followers while operating the ice amulet.

3. The closer to Jack Frost the colder you would get. This is somewhat similar to the Enchanted key in Making History. The descending order for distance was Hot > Warm > Cool > Cold > Freezing.

NOTE: Jack Frost was in only one of 15 locations at a time.

4. Once you found Jack Frost, you would be frozen but your ice amulet would prevent you from dying. The snow imp would now be able to teleport you to his hideout.

5. Once there, Jack would tell you that he wouldn't go back until you defeated him.

6. Players would Slide on the ice patch so they would bump into him, shouting "Oof!"

7. The Queen of Snow would appear and you would learn that the Ice Sculpture was Santa Claus.

8. After a cut scene, Santa was defrosted and you were rewarded with a Santa Suit.

Rewards


Players were rewarded a Santa costume for saving Christmas.

Rewards:
 * A Santa suit comprising:
 * Santa costume top
 * Santa costume legs
 * Santa costume gloves
 * Santa costume boots
 * A Santa hat was not included as part of the set, despite rumors


 * Freeze emote.


 * The Snowman Dance emote for players who didn't get it during the 2007 Christmas Event.


 * The ice amulet, which can be used to summon a snow imp follower will only available during the two weeks of the Christmas 2008 event. It can no longer summon the imp after the holiday. The Snow Queen confirms this if you talk to her after freeing Nick.

The Santa Costume and ice amulet can be stored in the toy box of a player-owned house.

Trivia
Glitches Other
 * The second FunOrb holiday event was released on christmas 2008. It involved a festive download and a competition!
 * There is a glitch in that if you eat any food while doing the emote, the normal eating action occurs while the ice still moves.
 * There is a glitch in where when you are fighting and use the Freeze emote, you won't fall.
 * There is a glitch where right after you are teleported back, destroy the ice necklace and then the imp will still be there.
 * There is a glitch where if you use the freeze emote then quickly bury a bone the ice will still encase you but you will be bending over.
 * There is a glitch where if you walk/slide across the snow, then click talk on someone else's imp (nearest clickable NPC) you will turn around, the sliding sound will stop, your legs will stop moving, and it will look akin to the moonwalk glitch, but you don't move your legs, instead you simply slide, unmoving, backwards.
 * There is a glitch where when you use the Freeze emote and then click on the portal to leave your house it will finish the rest of emote when you finish teleporting.
 * Upon release, there was a bug that if you used the Give Thanks emote as soon as you stepped off solid ground and started to move onto ice, you would perform the emote on ice and thereby not slide across the ice, thereby being able to walk on the ice. This was soon fixed.
 * If you ask Maggie to teleport back to Wendy during this event, you will land on the ice in which you will not slide over it. This was fixed later.
 * There is a glitch where if you do the Give Thanks emote then when you are seen in human form of the emote (near the end) and then press the "Freeze" emote REALLY fast, the ice forms around you and you just stand there.
 * There is a glitch were if you are wearing the Void Knight top and the ice amulet you can't see the pendant from front on you have to twist the camera and can only see it from the side.
 * There is a glitch where when walking through a gate with your Snow imp closing it before the Snow imp gets through causes the imp to walk through the gate.
 * You can go behind Jack Frost without hitting him back by going diagonal to him.
 * Jack Frost's hideout is located on a previously unreachable strip of land due north of Silvarea.
 * It is believed that all locations are described as "North of ..." as a reference to the commonly accepted place of Santa Claus's residence, the North Pole.
 * When pelting a player with snowballs, if there is an obstacle in the way and the player moves over the ice, they will not slide around and be free to walk on the ice like normal ground.
 * You can change your clothes when you're doing the new emote. It looks like a transformation.
 * The examine information for the Santa costume gloves and boots is "Some red and jolly gloves/boots", even though they are not red at all. This has been fixed to say "Some black and jolly gloves/boots"
 * Snow imps don't appear as yellow dots on the mini-map.
 * You don't get any Firemaking experience for lighting the fires to unfreeze Santa.
 * Even if you bring your own tinderbox, the imp brings you one.
 * If you use a ring of egg or ring of stone when you go on the ice you go across as an egg or rock.
 * As a reference to Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' film, Jack is not referred to as evil but just 'a very naughty boy'.
 * Your Snow Imp will follow you even if you remove and/or destroy your ice amulet.
 * If you try to remove your amulet while talking to Jack Frost when you first find him, your summoned imp will say "No! If you do that you'll ruin the whole operation!"; even if the imp is dismissed at that time, the player would refuse to remove the amulet as he/she remembered the words.
 * The Ice Queen's name is Lumi, a Finnish/Estonian word for 'snow'.
 * Interestingly enough, Santa isn't even wearing a Santa Hat.
 * From the dialogue after you bump into Jack Frost, it appears that the Ice Queen is a follower of Guthix.
 * The Snow imps have wings but they do not fly nor have an option to.
 * The area that Jack teleported to can be found north of the Lumber Yard near Varrock; although it is in the wilderness, it is not considered a wilderness area and you are therefore safe from any revenants. Strangely, the ice walls surrounding Jack are no longer present, but the sliding ice floor (and the frozen sleigh, if you have not completed the event) are. Revenants will periodically walk just along the boundary of this area, however they will not be able to attack you.
 * If a player tries to light a fire near the ice, it will say: "You can't light fires so close to the ice."; If he/she tries to light a fire ON the ice, it will say: "You can't light fires on ice. The ground is too wet."
 * You can take off the ice amulet when you are in the area where Santa Claus is without getting frozen.
 * If you talked to another snow Imp that has the same name as your snow imp, The Imp will say "Hey, Bro any luck?" instead of, "Hey, (snow imp's name) How's Fings?"
 * If you take off the ice amulet when next to Jack Frost he disappears until you equip it again
 * Santa Claus' actual name is Nicklaus.
 * Jack Frost is 44 years old, equal to a 17 year-old human
 * Party Pete received a pet chameleon for Christmas!

Music
Music tracks unlocked:
 * The Dance of the Snow Queen
 * Winter Funfare