Distractions and Diversions/Locations


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Distractions and Diversions Locations is a location guide for events in the Distractions and Diversions game feature. Locations for Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza and Penguin Hide and Seek change every week, starting on a Wednesday. Week 1 had only 1 day (2 September 2008) as D&D was released on 2 September 2008.

Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza

 * Current location:

Previous locations

 * Seers' Village
 * Catherby
 * Taverley
 * Edgeville
 * Falador
 * Rimmington
 * Draynor Village
 * Al Kharid
 * Lumbridge
 * Varrock - south east of Lumber Yard
 * Varrock - south of the Cooks' Guild
 * Tree Gnome Stronghold - south of the entrance (near the gate)

Note: From Week 13 onwards, the locations repeat the location of Week 1-12. For example, Week 17's location would be Week 5's location (Falador), and for Week 20, the location would be in Al Kharid (Week 8).

Penguin roaming areas
By comparing the clues given by Larry and the actual penguin sightings, the roaming area of each of the clues can be determined. More than one clue may be associated with the same penguin and the same clue can sometimes be associated with two different penguins.

NOTE: The information regarding area should not be used as a basis for your search due to the penguins large roaming areas and that they are in different places in each world. However, penguins cannot change costume during the week.

Penguin Location Video (V47)

General clue areas are given by Larry, located in the Ardougne Zoo near the penguin exhibit, or Chuck the polar bear after Hunt for the Red Raktuber.

Penguin weekly reset time is on Wednesdays; exact time varies weekly. 8 April was at 12:40 GMT; previous week it was at 12:08 GMT.

You should look around the area as not all penguins are stationed directly at the given location. You can try world 60 (unofficial penguin hunting world) and one of the clan chats. Clan chat - world60pengs


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!No. !Clue !General Spawn Area !Requirements !Type ! Penguin Points (after Cold War) !Confirmation date 22 July
 * 1
 * Al Kharid
 * None
 * Cactus
 * 1
 * 22 July
 * 2
 * McGrubor's Woods
 * None
 * Bush
 * 1
 * 22 July
 * 3
 * Mudskipper Point
 * None
 * Bush
 * 1
 * 22 July
 * 4
 * Eastern Karamja
 * None
 * Bush
 * 1
 * 22 July
 * 5
 * Lighthouse
 * None
 * Rock
 * 1
 * 22 July
 * 6
 * Stealing Creation
 * None
 * Rock
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 7
 * Jatizso
 * Started Fremennik Isles
 * Bush
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 8
 * Miscellania
 * Started Fremennik Trials
 * Bush
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 9
 * Lava Maze
 * None
 * Rock
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 10
 * Mos Le'Harmless
 * Cabin Fever
 * Barrel
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 11
 * Rimmington (in the middle of the town)
 * Completed Hunt for Red Raktuber
 * Polar Bear
 * 1
 * 9
 * Lava Maze
 * None
 * Rock
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 10
 * Mos Le'Harmless
 * Cabin Fever
 * Barrel
 * 1 (2)
 * 22 July
 * 11
 * Rimmington (in the middle of the town)
 * Completed Hunt for Red Raktuber
 * Polar Bear
 * 1
 * Rimmington (in the middle of the town)
 * Completed Hunt for Red Raktuber
 * Polar Bear
 * 1
 * 1
 * }

Polar Bear

After Hunt for Red Raktuber, players can find a Polar Bear hiding in wells in RuneScape. They appear in only four wells, and switch to the next one in the list at "reset", the same time that the penguins location's change.

Falador Well - Along the south wall, near Wayne's Chains!

Ardougne north Well - Near the Farming Shop and Windmill north of town.

Musa Point Well - Near the bar

Rimmington Well - In the centre of the town

Bears Current Location: Rimmington Well

Note The Rellekka well was apparently only in use for the release. Further evidence to prove this was that after reset that night, players couldn't spy on the bear in Falador, saying they already spied it.

Shooting Star
Shooting stars fall from the sky in RuneScape every 2 hours or so in only one location for each world. The location may be different in other worlds. When players mine through all layers of the star, they will find a Star sprite. The location of the crash sites are random, although the stars always crash near a mine or bank.

Shooting stars can be viewed through a Telescope which gives a regional location and approximate time of its landing. The telescope can isolate the landing to the following 9 regions:

Asgarnia

 * Falador
 * East side, outside of Mining Guild, on its exterior northeast corner.
 * South-eastern side of the mine, west of Falador through Agility lvl 5 crumbling wall.
 * Crafting Guild Mine between the gold rocks.
 * Rimmington mine south of the copper rocks.

Crandor or Karamja

 * Crandor southwest mine.
 * Brimhaven gold mine (Horseshoe mine).
 * Brimhaven Dungeon entrance gold mine.
 * Mine north of Shilo Village, north of the Nature altar.
 * Shilo Village gem stone mine.

Fremennik lands or Lunar Isle
Tip for Neitiznot bring armour or yakhide, food and/or prayer potions
 * Mine in Rellekka.
 * Mine near entrance to Keldagrim.
 * Mine in Miscellania.
 * Mine ladder just a little north-east of Lunar Isle.
 * South of the bridge leading to the rune rocks north of Neitiznot.
 * Mine ladder in Jatizso

Kandarin

 * Mine south-west of Coal Trucks.
 * Mine north-east of Yanille, near Port Khazard.
 * Monastery mine south of East Ardougne.
 * Mine east of East Ardougne, south-west of Legends' Guild.
 * Between Yanille bank and Wizards' Guild.

Kharidian Desert
Bring Waterskins and Desert gear or an Enchanted Water Tiara
 * Outside the Nardah bank.
 * Mine north of Uzer, near fairy ring code DLQ.
 * Vultures mine north-west of the Agility Pyramid.
 * Outside the Al Kharid bank.
 * Duel Arena.
 * Granite and sandstone quarry.
 * Scorpion mine, north of Al Kharid.

Misthalin

 * Lumbridge Swamp east mine, near Fishing tutor.
 * Varrock
 * East mine.
 * West mine, near Champions' Guild.
 * Aubury's Rune Shop, southeast of east bank.

Morytania or Mos Le'Harmless

 * Canifis bank.
 * Burgh de Rott bank.
 * South of the Mos Le'Harmless bank.

Piscatoris, Gnome Stronghold or Tirannwn

 * Piscatoris mine.
 * Outside the southern bank at Gnome Stronghold.
 * South of the Elf teleport crystal destination in Lletya.

Wilderness
Tip: Bring a super antipoison potion and Magic armour for protection from Revenants attacks.


 * Steel mine (level 6-7) north of Edgeville (Zamorak Mage).
 * Skeleton Mine (level 9) north-west of Edgeville.
 * Bounty Hunter near banker (level 20).
 * Hobgoblin Mine (level 35).
 * Rune rocks mine north of the Lava Maze (level 46).
 * Pirates' Hideout mine; west of the Mage Arena (level 52-53).
 * North of the Mage Arena bank (level 56).

Evil Tree
These are the 27 possible tree locations:

NOTE: All hints lead to at least 2 locations.

Ape Atoll
''Bring an antipoison and a weapon if you do not have a Greegree.
 * On the Southern side of a Tropical island - Ape Atoll, near the entrance to Ape Atoll Dungeon
 * It can be found on the southern coast of a tropical island

Asgarnia

 * Close to a runecrafting altar - Near the Body altar or south of the Monastery
 * In a Mine on the outskirts of a City - West of Falador

Draynor Village

 * Close to a large collection of willow trees - South of Draynor Village near the Willow trees
 * Close to a place called 'Draynor'  - North of Draynor Village near Draynor Manor, or same location as above

Fremennik lands
North as the crow flies from Seers' Village
 * East of the house portal in Rellekka
 * Behind the Seers Village Bank Near The Mining Carts

Gnome Stronghold

 * Close to a large collection of willow trees - Southwest corner of Gnome Stronghold, near the bridge

Kandarin

 * Close to a large collection of willow trees
 * North of Seers' Village bank, or
 * South of Legend's Guild
 * It can be found close to the town you call "Seers" 
 * South of Seers' Village Flax Field by the Yew trees, or 
 * Middle of McGrubor's Wood
 * By a collection of Yew Tree - South of Seers' Village Flax Field by the Yew trees
 * - Inside McGrubor's wood
 * Middle of McGrubor's Wood, or
 * South west of the Ranging Guild (very close)
 * South west of the Ranging Guild (very close)


 * Close to the home of "Legends" - Either south or north of Legends' Guild
 * In a Mine on the outskirts of a City- Mine south of Legends Guild
 * To the south of a gnome settlement - shortly east of the outpost south of Tree Gnome Stronghold, or west of Yanille
 * Found close to the town you call Yanille
 * North of Yanille, or
 * West of Yanille by house portal, or
 * East of Yanille Bank


 * With rare trees and ogres nearby - South of Castle Wars or west of Oo'glog

Karamja

 * It can be found on the island known as Karamja or On the southern coast of a tropical island - East of the Teak trees in the Kharazi Jungle
 * Close to a runecrafting altar - Just north of the Shilo Village gem mine, west of Nature altar
 * Found close to a dungeon entrance and within a tropical jungle - Near the entrance of the Brimhaven Dungeon

Kharidian Desert

 * Duel Arena, north of Al Kharid

Misthalin

 * By a collection of Yew Tree - Next to the barrier to Lumbridge Swamp
 * Outside of City you call Varrock
 * North of Varrock Palace, near the Wilderness ditch, or
 * East of Varrock near Dungeon of Tolna rift

Tirannwn

 * It can be found in the lands inhabited by elves
 * Lletya south of the Magic trees, or
 * Just east of Tyras Camp