2009 Hallowe'en event



The 2009 Halloween event, also called Web of Shadows, is a currently on-going holiday event that was released on Monday 26 October 2009. The event takes place in the Grim Reaper's house and the Spider Realm. To access the event, the player can enter the black portal (similar to a Player-owned house portal) located South of Falador and east of Rimmington (where the Elemental Wizards are located), at the same location that the portal was two years ago during the 2007 Halloween event. See the holiday event icon on the world map and minimap.

The Grim Reaper's House
Talk to the Grim Reaper in his house in the black portal south-west of Falador. He will tell you he has a spider in his bath, and wants it removed. If you refuse, he will kill you and you will appear outside the portal with all your items. Head to the room north of you with the staircase and go up them. Find the spider in the bathtub where the yellow dot is located on the minimap and talk to her. She will tell you, in one or two word answers, that the Spider Queen has sent her and that she will only move if the spider queen tells her to. Report back to the Grim Reaper with what you found out. He will create a goo-like portal for you to teleport to the Spider Realm. Enter it, and you will find yourself on the first floor of a four floor Dungeon.

Spider Realm - First Floor
On the first floor, players will find themselves on a small unstable web. The player must cross web strands to reach the ladder at center of the web, however, only certain web strands can support the player -- If the player crosses a wrong strand, they will fall down and be taken back to the beginning of the web. The player must use trial-and-error to find the correct strands and make their way to the center of the web. Note that there is only one correct path that the player may take, and it is different for every player. You can change your player view to see forward to the next Walk-to Web node and click on it to move your player. The pathways are different for different players. (This puzzle is similar to the "Where am I?" puzzle of Lunar Diplomacy, or the "Pit and the Grid" puzzle of Underground Pass, albeit in a much more simple form). There have been a few reports of players successfully completing the First Floor by taking the longest route possible (eg looping left, and coming in on the Northwest part of the ladder instead)Many players think that it depends on their "agility" as whether or not they would be able to cross a web strand. (Note:Once you finish the quest or get past the webs onto the second floor if you come back you cannot walk across the web again, this is yet to be fixed)

Spider Realm - Second Floor
The second floor of the dungeon is an Agility course style level. Players are required to do various stunts such as swing across monkey bars, walk tightropes, hop from stone to stone and do Matrix-esque wall runs. The obstacles can't be failed. They do not give any Agility experience for Free-to-play or Pay-to-play, either. The player must make their way to the ladder on the northern-most web at the centre.

Spider Realm - Third Floor
When the player reaches the third level, they can find the Spider Herald. After the player mentions that they are helping the Grim Reaper, the Spider Herald will allow the player to climb the ladder to the level leading to the Queen Spider. There are many other spiders there such as the Royal Fly-Catcher, and Master Web-Spinner, Grand Chamberlain of the Web, Marshal of the Teeming Horde, Knight of the Eight-Fold Seal, Keeper of the Royal Eggs and various spider Courtiers.

Spider Realm - Fourth Floor
The Spider Queen will tell the player that the Grim Reaper offended her and the entire spider kingdom by sweeping all webs from his house, on Hallowe'en, upsetting the order set by Guthix. The Queen will refuse to let the giant spider leave from the Grim Reaper's bathroom until his house is again filled with spider webs.

The Queen will instruct the player to talk to the Spider Herald again, who will give the player a companion named Eek. The player is then instructed to return to the Grim Reaper's house and to fill the house with webs with the help of Eek. The ladder going down from the third to second level in the spider realm has the option to 'Return to the Grim Reaper's house,' meaning that the player doesn't have to backtrack through the dungeon.

Webbing The Grim Reaper's House
Talk to the Grim Reaper. After a short conversation with the player and Eek, you will be instructed to place webs all around the Grim Reaper's house. The player will need to hold Eek on their hand by simply clicking on Eek in their inventory, and then left-click any furniture in the house that has the Web option. A total of 64 items will need to be webbed, (34 items on bottom floor, and 30 items on the top floor) in order for the Queen Spider to be satisfied. Eek will also inform the player upon entering any room exactly how many items in that room need to be "webbed". The player can also Talk-to Eek at any time to determine how many items that need to be webbed are remaining in the current room.



It is advised to travel from room-to-room, looking for any object that Eek can web, and then moving on to the next room when Eek has informed you that the room has enough webs in it. Items that the player should look for are candlesticks, chairs, tables, beds, footlockers, Death Clocks, wardrobes, cabinets, bookcases and fireplaces.

Note that in the room with Muncher, the Grim Reaper's dog, the player will not be allowed to spin any webs until Muncher is satisfied - attempting to do so will result in Eek being scared by Muncher and unable to spin the web. You can right-click Muncher (or simply click Interact to open a dialogue box); the player should Entertain him and then let him sniff Eek, so that Muncher can see that Eek is harmless. After Eek states that Muncher likes her, the items in Muncher's room can be webbed by Eek.

Once sixty-four webs have been spun in the house, the player will need to talk to the Grim Reaper to let him know the task is complete, and finally to the Queen Spider (Select Go to spider court to bypass the maze) to remove the giant spider from the Reaper's bathroom and to claim their reward. Players may converse with the Herald, Death, and the "bathtub spider" for more dialogue after finishing the quest. The Herald will vow never to forget your deeds, Death will reveal plans to tidy up the place *after* Hallowe'en, and the bathtub spider will continue to be mostly mono-syllabic.

Rewards


The rewards for completing Web of Shadows are (Talk to Spider Queen for rewards):
 * Eek the spider
 * A Web cloak
 * The Trick, Scared and Zombie Hand emotes if you did not have them prior to this event.

Music
Music tracks unlocked:
 * Trick or Treat?
 * Itsy Bitsy....
 * Poison Dreams

Trivia

 * There is a glitch that will occur when wielding most shields (and prayer books) while holding Eek. The shield will not be visible while standing, but will be visible while walking.
 * Occasionally, when walking on the webs, when attempting to walk to another web, it will say "You don't have a direct line to that node".
 * Eek the Spider may be a reference to the cartoon "Eek the cat".
 * Within the first couple of minutes on the log-in confirmation screen, Eek the spider could not be seen and the spider was invisible.
 * The name of the Halloween event, "Web of Shadows," may be a reference to the Spider-Man video game of the same name, and also the name of the third BIONICLE movie; BIONICLE 3: Web of Shadows.
 * When you mention the "walk on two legs" option, she says she will "use the other six to FIGHT CRIME!", another possible reference to "Spider-Man."
 * The Death Clock has an examine info that reads: "Every swing of the pendulum brings you closer to the moment of your death." This may be a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum"
 * The Death Clock may also be a reference to the show Metalocalypse, which follows the life of a band called "Dethklok."
 * It is impossible to fail an obstacle on the second floor of the spider maze.
 * The character in the main page banner is wearing the Agile top and legs.
 * When walking the spider web, it is possible to walk through air. This happened when you clicked diagonally to the web.
 * If the player dies while in the Grim Reaper's house (by refusing to do the Grim Reaper's "chores" or being otherwise reluctant to comply), they will respawn at the house's entrance. You will not receive full Hitpoints, Prayer points, or Run energy, and your stats will remain the same as they were before your "death". Furthermore, no protection Prayer is capable of negating or reducing the damage causing your character's death.
 * If you try to rest while on an obstacle on the second floor, it says "You can't rest in that form."
 * Players can drop logs but not make fires, on the first web maze spots. Players can light fires at the middle web, however.
 * Wielding a Toy Kite while navigating the maze causes it to glitch and appear as if it's floating.
 * Death (Grim Reaper) is rolling a Death rune around the fingers on his left hand.
 * When you get close to the Dark Portal, it gets darker. Even with a light source such as a bullseye lantern, it will still get darker.
 * There was a glitch that if you did the "Zombie walk" emote before teleporting, Eek would get her own "teleport cylinder"
 * Muncher was initially at the south point of the room, however moved in a Hidden Update by Jagex he can now move to wherever he likes within the room.
 * Even though one enters Death's house like one does a Player-owned house, when you log out and back in, you will be right where you were, instead of outside the portal.
 * After you have completed the event, if you go upstairs, the yellow dot for the bathtub spider will still show on your minimap. The spider itself is gone; however, the bathtub is actually considered an NPC. This may be seen by right-clicking it: its name appears in yellow rather than cyan (the name colour of scenery objects). The rubber ducky can no longer be examined, after the event, as well.
 * The Spider Queen exacting revenge upon the Grim Reaper is a nod in the direction of the cartoon The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, specifically the one-hour TV special entitled The Wrath of the Spider Queen
 * While playing with Eek then switching to the easter ring, Eek's web emotion will continue.
 * When covering objects with webs, a new cursor exclusive to this event will appear: [[File:Web-cursor.png]]
 * Penguins from Penguin Hide and Seek can be found wearing Jack-o-Lanterns as disguises during the event.
 * Players were able to visit Diango in Draynor and claim holiday items multiple times. Players received multiple instances of Warlock Clothing and Santa Outfits. Although this glitch has been fixed, the items remained in players banks.Glitch.png
 * When webbing furniture, players' shields would suddenly appear (if they weren't wearing one).
 * When speaking to the Spider Herald afterward, he mentions a hero named Anansi. Anansi the trickster was a spider/human hero from West African folklore.
 * The Spider Herald mentions a hero named Arachne. Arachne was a a skilled weaver that was turned into a spider by the Greek goddess Athena in Greek mythology.
 * The Spider Herald also mentions a hero named Incey-Wincey, who scared Miss Muffet. This is a joke on two childrens' song, The Incey-Wincey Spider & Little Miss Muffet.
 * If the player webs one object in the room where Death sits, and leaves the room; upon returning, Eek says:"I can see eight things I want to web in this room! Maybe I'll do one with each leg!" This is the only room with 9 objects in it.
 * You do not gain any experience from the agility obstacles on the second floor of the Spider Realm.
 * While the spider queen says the cloak is made entirely from webs, upon examination players will see it's actually made of "black silk and gossamer".
 * There was a glitch involving the table in the room with Muncher. When a player used an item on the table to drop it there, the item would float in the air. This also happened with a similar table on the second floor.
 * Turning off 'floor decoration in the Spider Court will remove the floor, resulting the player standing in a "space"-like floor.