Release date | 2 December 2016 (Update) |
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Reward | See below |
Head developer | Unknown edit |
Preceded by | Winter Weekends (2015) |
Succeeded by | Winter Weekends (2017) |
Winter Weekends are a series of events that take place over weekends in December 2016 and January 2017, beginning on 2 December 2016 and ending on 9 January 2017. All events except for the Ports week will start at 12:00 GMT on Friday and finish at 12:00 GMT on Monday.
Events[]
Weekend 1: The Arc[]
2-5 December 2016
- Half price supplies.
- Chance not to deplete uncharted isles resources while harvesting.
- Additional 2 daily contracts which are free to reroll.
- These additional contracts reset at noon instead of with the regular contracts at midnight.
- 2 orokami spawn instead of 1 on Uncharted Isles.
Weekend 2: Skilling[]
9-12 December 2016
- Double XP and reputation at Artisan's Workshop.
- Increased node spawns and double reward points at Runespan.
- Bonus chance of jewelled statuettes while wearing a ring of wealth and doubled chance of sceptre of the gods and black ibis while at Pyramid Plunder.
- Enriched divination nodes spawn every 10 minutes.
- Fishing spots stay in place twice as long.
- Divination wisps last twice as long.
- Mining nodes and trees replenish twice as quickly.
- +50% base Big Chinchompa XP.
- This affected both the experience from soporith moths and trading competence points for experience at Nyriki Tapio's Reward Shop.
Weekend 3: Bossing and Slayer[]
16-19 December 2016
- Increased chance of rare drops and enhanced ring of wealth.
- Rare drops referred to the drops from the rare drop table.
- The chance to obtain the better drops from rare drop table was increased, and all the drops were doubled in amount.
- Enhanced ring of wealth meant that the ring caused rare drop table drops to appear about 4 times more commonly.
- Rare drops from bosses were not affected.
- Charm drops give one more charm than normal.
- 50% increased base slayer experience.
- All Slayer assignments are treated as using a Slayer VIP ticket.
- 10% cheaper instance fees.
- Extra training points from Boss Training.
- Each player counting for training points gave two points for a kill.
- Ability to loot from Mazcab Raids once per day.
- The Mazcab Raid Lock was reset at the start of the weekend, and continued to reset daily at midnight after that.
Weekend 4: Clue scrolls[]
23-26 December 2016
- 1 free reroll for clue rewards per day.
- Gilly Willikers will give you a free clue scroll per day (starting at noon). Type dependent on total level:
- Each clue scroll completed will reward a festive box containing festive food and has a chance of containing one of the following items:
- Slayer VIP tickets
- Silverhawk down
- Tight springs
- Charms
- Experience lamps and stars
- Easy clues reward a festive box (easy), medium and hard clues a festive box (hard), and elite clues a festive box (elite).
- Improved chance to get clue scrolls from drops and pickpocketing.
Weekend 5: Minigames[]
30 December 2016 - 2 January 2017
- +1 Castle Wars gold ticket per game.
- Extra 600 daily bonus points in Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza.
- The extra 600 renown points were unlocked after the regular 600 were used up and the following messages were shown:
- [Brassica Prime]: Rejoice mortal! On this wintery weekend, I, Brassica Prime, reward you with even more bonus points!
- [Brassica Prime]: Bathe in my magnificence!
- The extra 600 renown points were unlocked after the regular 600 were used up and the following messages were shown:
- Double points from Pest Control/Conquest.
- Double Bonus XP and gamble rewards in Barbarian Assault.
- Bosses killed in Dominion Tower count as two for the purposes of reward unlocks.
- Rumble mode kills were not doubled.
- 50% extra Dominion Factor was also received.
- Double points from Stealing Creation.
- Double zeal from Soul Wars.
- +1 medals from Fish Flingers.
Ports[]
30 December 2016 - 9 January 2017
- 25 voyages per day instead of 15.
- All player-owned ports voyages return 30% extra resources or trade goods.
- Ability to get The Barmaid's special voyage on Saturdays and Sundays as well as Thursdays.
- If a previous A Barmaid's Tip voyage was still on its way (including in "returned" state), a new one wouldn't be offered.
Weekend 6: Dungeoneering[]
6-9 January 2017
- Double tokens from regular Dungeoneering and Sinkholes.
- Base Sinkholes lamp XP increased by 50%.