Back to the Freezer

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Back to the Freezer (#213)

Release date	27 February 2017 (Update)
Members	Yes
Voice Over	No
Official difficulty	Master
Quest series	Penguin
Age	Sixth Age
Developers Main developer(s) Mod Helen, Mod Nexus Graphics Concept Unknown edit Quality Assurance Core Unknown edit Audio Composition Unknown edit

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Back to the Freezer is the latest quest in the Penguin quest series.

Official description

The penguins are back for another slippery tale of subterfuge and ramshackle science that'll leave you questioning the very fabric of reality…as well as the good taste of its puns.

Rewards include hearty chunks of XP to ward off the polar chill, as well as improvements to the XP rewards from Penguin Hide & Seek and the Circus.

And with that, you're on your own. Can you circumvent the latest flashpoint in Gielinor's coldest war? There's only one way to find out..

Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to Chuck at Ardougne Zoo.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Master
Official length	Short
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: Back to the Freezer Ernest the Chicken Some Like It Cold Hunt for Red Raktuber Cold War Sea Slug 37 Slayer 45 Runecrafting 50 Divination
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Combat equipment Protection against Desert Heat Clockwork suit Insulated boots Ice cooler 50x Sparkling energy 50x Gleaming energy 50x Flickering energy 50x Bright energy Recommended: Food Pollvineach teleportation methods (e.g. Chipped Teleport to house tablets) Ardougne cloak 1 or above for quick teleports to Chuck
Enemies to defeat	10x Killerwatt (Level 61)

Start

To start the quest, speak to Chuck in his enclosure at the south side of the Ardougne Zoo.

Chuck will ask you to meet with two PBJ agents Skot and Mundsen, who are located in the Rellekka marketplace, and will provide you with the passphrase. This passphrase consists of 3 parts highlighted in blue (The weather on the holiday location is weather option and the fish option are to die for.) and is different for every player.

The Desert

After providing the unique passphrase, Skot and Mundsen will tell the player that the penguins are plotting to lower the temperature of Gielinor.

A short cut scene with take place on the iceberg, where the penguins have created a flying box which they use to travel to the desert. When they land in the desert, the landscape becomes covered in snow before the cut scene ends. Skot and Mundsen will ask the player to travel to the desert south-west of Pollnivneach to investigate, stating that they are to "busy" to do so themselves.

Speak with Dundee just south-west of Pollniveach, and ask him about the penguins. He didn't see anything, but will provide you with a Crocspeak amulet which will allow you to speak with the crocodile near Dundee's camp.

Equip the amulet and speak with Croc, who will ask you to help with the temperature in the area, stating that he doesn't like the cold. After talking with Croc, the player discovers Croc used to be an inhabitant of the zoo, and is familiar with Chuck, though he didn't believe the penguin stories until now.

Investigate the T.A.R.D.I.S. to the south-west of Dundee's camp. The player will find a sign that reads "Terraforming Arctic Refrigeration Dispersing Ice Spreader" before deciding they should tell Chuck what they have found.

The secret-secret agent

Bring Chuck up to speed with your findings in the Ardougne Zoo. Chuck will suggest you find a secret PBJ Agent, and provides a clue to help find the agent (The only thing I do know about him, is that his Favorite food is... Maybe that'll be some help.). There is one problem, however, as the PBJ Agent's identity is so secret that even Chuck doesn't know their name. For the next part you'll need a Penguin Suit, but luckily Chuck provides you with one if you don't have one with you.

Get your disguise, travel back to the T.A.R.D.I.S. and upon entering the snow covered area, your penguin suit will automatically be put on (cape, main hand and off-hand must all be empty). Back at the T.A.R.D.I.S. speak with Emperor Wing, Gordon, Hugh and Elon to gather clues towards figuring out who the agent is. After talking to all four penguins, a new option appears to ask if the penguin is a spy. By asking what happened to the penguin at the party, they will reveal what fish he or others like. The clue is also recorded in the quest journal should the player forgets about them. Speak to the secret agent and ask them if he is a spy.

The secret bunker

After talking with the agent, he will tell the player about one of his inventions, the De-lore-ing device, a time machine. The agent asks the player to use the device to ask his past self for help stopping the penguins, and provides the player a GPS device to find the bunker and his CHIP and FIN entry code to access it.

Travel to the iceberg via the small boat north of the Fremennik lodestone and use the G.P.S. to locate the secret bunker. After a few interference in which the player finds a Baron shark and an antique lamp with 500xp, (among other less usefull things), the player discovers a mysterious hatch leading to the secret bunker. Change your disguise by talking with Jim to east, type the CHIP and FIN code and enter.

Follow the hallway south then west, and enter the doors to the main research facility. Search the agent's locker in the locker room to find his notes and the device.

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 25,000 experience
• 25,000 experience
• 15,000 experience
• 15,000 experience
• 10,000 experience
• 1 additional penguin to find in Penguin Hide and Seek
• Experience in Penguin Hide and Seek and Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza now scale with level
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice

Transcript

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Trivia

• Dundee and Croc are references to Crocodile Dundee.
• The quest's name is a reference to Back to the Future.
• The penguins' T.A.R.D.I.S. is a reference to the "TARDIS" from Doctor Who.
• Rose talks about "Doctor Hugh", which is a pun on Doctor Who.
• While talking with Croc, there is a 4th wall break when the player muses over the issues with time travel and being able to change plot-lines.
• When speaking to Croc and asking him about his escape, he says "I have climbed highest mountains, I have run through the fields, but I still haven't found what I'm looking for..." This is the opening set of lyrics to "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2.
• The penguin 'Elon' is most likely a reference to engineer and entrepreneur Elon Musk.
  • Later examine option on Elon mentions that "There's an intresting musk around him".
• When talking to PBJ's secret agent about another way to sabotage T.A.R.D.I.S., the agent mentions him inventing a device during his 'Twiblick All-day Passion Projects' time which allow themselves to work on their own passionate projects. This is a reference to the 'Thursday Afternoon Personal Project' time in which Jagex employees are able to spend an afternoon working on a project they feel passionately about.