2009 and 2010 Thanksgiving event

The 2009 Thanksgiving event was released on 23 November 2009 for both members and non-members. The event was silently released, being added in-game and to the Knowledge Base without being announced on the homepage or Forums.

To start the event, talk to the Cook's Brother in Lumbridge Castle kitchen. He explains that the cooks have been giving special food to the turkeys to make them lean and more tasty, but this has made them stronger, and aggressive.

Cook's Brother shall then, if the player wishes, teleport the player to a previously unused field north of Lumbridge, next to the Windmill. Cook's Brother then gives the player a "Fabled Gravy of Turkey Slaying taken from the Gravy Boat of Saradomin" which he was hoping to save for the turkey apocalypse.



Once inside the field, ten level 138 Turkeys will need to be killed. Due to the effects of the gravy, players can hit up to 199 damage (without a Special Attack) on the turkeys and almost never take damage, regardless of stats or equipment. No experience is given for damaging the turkeys, unless you are using magic.

Once the turkeys have been defeated, the player will be returned to Lumbridge Castle kitchen, where the Cook's Brother will thank them for saving Thanksgiving, and players who have not yet unlocked the Give Thanks emote will unlock it.

Jagex has stated that a quest will be released next week, and there will be another content update this week. .

Reward

 * The Give Thanks emote, if the player did not previously unlock it.

Trivia

 * Many players, upon completion of this event, were very unhappy with the reward as most already had the Thanksgiving Emote from the previous 2008 Thanksgiving event. As well with the complaint from the Halloween event saying the reward was useless, the ranting section of the forums has been flooded saying players will never complete any more holiday events, as they feel 'Jagex is making them worse'.
 * The weapon a player chooses does not change his or her max hit on the turkeys. This is why throwing knives and darts are popular choices as weapons since they deal damage rapidly.
 * The effects of hitting extremely high amounts of damage during this event is similar to the effects when fighting Angry creatures during A Soul's Bane and the Tormented demons during While Guthix Sleeps.
 * The Cook's Brother will shout phrases such as 'Mop up the gravy!' and 'What a poultry defense!' each time the player kills one of the turkeys.
 * Players cannot pick up the Raw turkey the turkeys drop. The Cook's brother states that he and the player can worry about it later, but after the event is over the Raw turkey is not there. The Raw turkey cannot even be picked up with Telekinetic Grab, attempts to do so results in the message: "I can't use Telekinetic Grab on this object."
 * Players can pick up the bones dropped by the turkeys when they die, though they cannot pick up the raw turkeys
 * The Raw turkey has a different description in the 2009 Thanksgiving event ("A rather large raw turkey") than the raw turkey from the 2008 Thanksgiving event ("A raw turkey").
 * You cannot enter the field after the event is over.
 * The Thanksgiving event might be a spin-off of the Mahjarrat storyline. In this event players travel north to battle where 10 turkeys have gathered to fight, they have already been powered by some sort of force, which the Mahjarrat are supposed to be powered by in the ritual in the north. Players kill them all with the help of a boost from the "gravy boat of Saradomin," possibly referring to the eye of Saradomin, or Stone of Jas.
 * Dying while in the turkey pen will result in a normal death and your gravestone will appear outside the fence.
 * The Cook's brother displays similar misgivings about the turkeys as Larry does of penguins.
 * Using a cooked turkey kept from the previous Thanksgiving Event on the Cook's brother will merely elicit the message: "Nothing interesting happens."
 * If you log out and still have more turkeys to kill, the next time you log in you will appear outside the fence and have to start over killing the turkeys. You must also start over if you leave the field during the fight or die while fighting a turkey.
 * The Abyssal whip's special effect does not restore run energy when you attack a turkey
 * The highest hit is 199 and cannot execeed this, no matter how much strength boosting items are used. All players, regardless of their combat level or worn equipment, have the potential to hit 199.