Up to Snow Good - Christmas 2013 (17/12/13)

[Ambler]

Up to Snow Good - Christmas 2013

 

Santa had it all planned out: a festive fair to warm the hearts of Gielinor's people after the devastation of the Battle of Lumbridge, complete with decorations, presents and plenty of old friends. What he didn't foresee was San'tar Klaws - a demonic, die-hard loyalist of Zamorak - crashing the party and putting him in a cage!

With Sant'ar causing chaos and Santa in no position to stop him, it's up to you to decide the fate of RuneScape's Christmas. Help Santa by maintaining the fair's full festive glory, or revel in destruction as you aid and abet the demon with his wicked plans.

Build up enough naughty or nice points and you'll unlock some very merry rewards: the traditional Christmas emote; a sparkly tinsel scarf; a festive jumper fresh off Granny's knitting needles; and an infernally cute San'tar spawnling pet who's really not feeling the holiday spirit.

Read on for full details, or get started right away!

 

All the Fun of the Fair

There's plenty of fun to be had at the fair, and two ways to do everything. Participating in each activity will earn you either nice points or naughty points, depending on how you behave.

Reindeer Petting

There's a pen-full of Santa's reindeer on the south-east side of the crater, but San'tar Klaws's malign influence has left some of them...changed.

Right-click the reindeer to interact with them. You can convert them from friendly to evil - or vice versa - earning yourself nice or naughty points accordingly.

You can earn further points by stroking reindeer of your favoured temperament, or feeding them carrots from the buckets around the area.

 

Snowball Fights

In the south-west of the crater is the snowball arena, where Yuletide hi-jinks and a face-full of snow await all comers.

Enter via the stile and pick up enchanted snowballs if you want to play nice, or explosive snowballs if you're feeling naughty. Then click on other players to pelt them with your projectile of choice. The snowballs fly fairly slowly and can be avoided, but every hit you score will earn you a nice or naughty point.

 

The Wizards' Banquet

Nothing gets a wizard excited like a belt-busting banquet, and Gielinor's masters of magic are eagerly awaiting their dinner in the north-west of the crater.

Head over and speak to them to find out their orders, then head south to the long table to pick up the food. Then choose to serve them their requested feast, or trick them into trying a less palatable alternative. The more nice or nasty food you serve up in succession, the more points you'll get.

 

Note: you won't get naughty or nice points for serving something that doesn't at least resemble what was asked for.

 

 

Decorating/Defiling the Tree

Skilling or fighting in the world outside the event area gives you a chance to pick up baubles, which can be used on the fair's Christmas tree. Festoon it with festive glee for nice points, or make a proper pig's ear of it for naughty points.

Presents!

Build up 750 points of one type - either naughty or nice - and speak to San'tar Klaws to complete the event. You'll get this year's Christmas emote - plus any that you've missed from previous years - and an XP lamp to use on a skill of your choice: small for free players, and large for members.

The tree's got some tempting presents sitting beneath it, which you can claim when you've collected enough naughty or nice points.

Note that this can be any combination of the two, and it doesn't remove any points from your total.

First up - available to free players and members - is a tinsel scarf to bedeck your neck. RuneScape members have access to two more gifts: a magnificent festive jumper, and a curmudgeonly San'tar spawnling follower pet.

Other Things to Do

When you're not racking up the points, you might want to kick back by the bonfire at the centre of the fair. Add logs to it and it'll give you a longer-lasting health boost than a regular bonfire would. On top of that, you'll get a 1% boost to Firemaking XP gain for each Christmas-themed itemyou're wearing (up to 5%) while doing so.

You can also load up on Christmas grub at the food stall, and catch up with old friends from Christmas events past - some of them worse for wear than others!

Merry Christmas!

Enjoy this year's holiday event, however you choose to behave, and have a very merry Christmas!

The RuneScape Team

 

How to start Up to Snow Good:

Speak to San'tar Klaws in the Battle of Lumbridge crater.

Requirements:

None, although you have to be a member to claim the jumper, pet and larger XP lamp.

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In Other News

• Following player feedback, we have now reverted the changes made earlier this month to the Summoning skill. Any players who still have uncharged pouches can now convert them into the relevant amount of experience and pouches.
• Following on from this, spirit gems have undergone the following changes:
  • Players with charges left in their gem can now use up the charges for the correct amount of experience. As players will not receive pouches for this, their gem will convert into a new-style spirit gem.
  • Each charge in a new-style spirit gem now equates to a free charm when crafting pouches. There is a varying trigger chance for the gems: from 10% for a sapphire, to 60% for an onyx.
  • Spirit gems can now be equipped in the pocket slot.
• Two festive costumes designed by our talented community - the Frostwalker outfit and Glad Tidings outfit are now available in Solomon's General Store!
• Solomon's also stocking two Christmas-themed pets: the legendary Rory the Reindeer, and the companion Elvis Pressie. Visit Solomon's General Store now!
• RuneScape Top Trumps cards are up for sale now - many of which were voted for by the community! You can also get a set using your in-game wealth if you buy them with RuneScape Bonds! See the Top Trumps page for full details.

Take a look at the patch notes for other updates released today.

 

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17th December 2013

Graphical:
 

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• The Elder trees to south of Falador and near Edgeville have been added back into the game.
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• The seismic singularity is now overridden by other off-hand orb cosmetic overrides.
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• A stretching issue with the ravenskull crossbow has been fixed.
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• Players no longer spin during certain emotes when they click on a location.
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• Players will no longer experience the loss of preview backgrounds when switching between the hero and gear interfaces.
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• A minor graphical issue with quick sand in the HTML5 client has been fixed.

Skills, D&Ds & Minigames:
 

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• The equip requirements and stats of bound grounding boots have been fixed.
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• A loud wind sound effect has been removed from the blue team's lobby at Soul Wars.
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• Players can no longer give females beards using Fremennik Sagas.

Quests, Challenges & Achievements:
 

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• If a player kills only one of the two bosses in the final boss fight of Birthright of the Dwarves and then dies or leaves the area, the boss they killed will not respawn when they return to the area.
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• The Black Guard quartermaster now stands outside the cave entrance in Barendir so players going back to the quest area can access their banks.
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• Colour blind players are more able to see the stones in the Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf quest.
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• The Demon Slayer quest log now correctly lists 2 spins as a reward.
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• The egg temperature indicator in the Elder Kiln quest's Ga'al hatching puzzle can now be moved with the Minigames interface.

The Bird and the Beast:
 

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• Sacred metal shards are now dropped via divining, healing convoy members, building and tearing down buildings.
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• The Bird and the Beast reward tiers now unlock earlier - Tier 2 unlocks during phase 3, and Tier 3 unlocks during phase 5.
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• The amount of renown gained by interacting with convoys and killing players via PvP has been increased by 50%.
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• Burying heroic skulls now awards the same amount of renown as experience gained.
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• Player can now bank the war map.
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• Players can now only receive one divine crystal at a time.
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• The Sacrifice ability now works correctly when players have a Magic weapon equipped.
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• Sacrifice now behaves like other damaging abilities with randomisation applied to its damage output.

Other:
 

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• Players can no longer stall offensive abilities to occur after the effects of other abilities - that aren't direct attacks - have been applied.
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• The Penguin Prison music track now plays correctly.
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• Empty cups given after drinking tea are no longer members only items.
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• Players can no longer set a spell to auto-cast via the Action Bar if they are not using the correct Spell Book.
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• The god books have been updated to match the current Sixth Age story.
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• The "Hide quick-inventory" option is now more reliably maintained between login sessions.
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• Guthixian butterflies can now award Divination experience.
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• Players can now reclaim agile legs from Gnome Trainers after putting them in a Dragon Keepsake Box.
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• The order of messages in the chatbox when mining gems from gem rocks with an active sign of the porter has been changed.
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• Players can now rotate the camera again whilst the bank interface is open.
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• Creatures in the Ascension dungeon will now display the correct weakness icon.
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• The Prayers interface now stops prayers from being draggable when interfaces are locked.
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• An issue that caused the Magic tab to switch to the Abilities tab when another interface was active has been fixed.

From the Ninja Team:
 

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• The loot beam can now be customised to appear for any loot with a minimum value between 50k and 1m. Players can adjust this value by speaking to Major Mary Rancour.
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• The equipment interface has been re-ordered into a more logical order.
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• The Grand Exchange will now show an items level requirements on a tooltip.
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• Armours no longer degrades from players taking damage from the desert heat or bugs in dark areas.
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• Players can now disable the "Press enter to use QuickChat" functionality.
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• A deposit box has been added to the Fishing Guild bank.
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• All bankers now have "Bank" as their left-click option instead of "Talk-to".
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• A new activation animation has been added for scrimshaws.
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• Players can now combine semi-used scrimshaws.
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• Teleporting using a Sceptre of the Gods or Drakan's medallion now displays how many charges are left.
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• The Sixth Age circuit is now protected on death.
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• The completionist cape will now be stored in a gravestone instead of being converted into coins.
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• Skillcapes are no longer unequipped when logging into a F2P world.
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• A warning message now appears when attempting to remove an activated aura.
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• "Use" is now the default option on papaya fruit instead of "Eat".
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• A craft option has been added to battlestaff orbs.
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• The Price Checker interface now uses the new interface style template.
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• The Grand Exchange experts and sets, farming tools and strange rock bag interfaces have been updated to use the new interface template.
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• Family Crest gauntlets can now be changed by using a right-click option on the relevant NPCs.
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• Players are now prompted for their bank pin before opening a trade window.
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• The golden pitchfork is now available for all players.
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• A music jingle now plays when a player levels up their Divination skill.
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• Gaze effects can now be saved alongside any outfit in the Customisation interface presets.
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• Players can now take dragon keepsake keys to Rock Island Prison to keepsake the prison outfit.
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• The capoeira outfit can now be added to a dragon keepsake key.
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• God grapes can now be noted.
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• The number of clicks needed to use the free daily lyre teleport has been reduced.
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• A "(w)" has been added to watered tree seedlings to differentiate them from the unwatered variants.
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• Tooltips have been added to the XP lamp interface.
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[V O R K]

BLACK SANTA HAT!?

 

RIP Female beards.

 

yay fragments, W00T next tier! Yay sacrifice on ancients, aww no more full 100 percent auto attacks :p

 

" Players can no longer stall offensive abilities to occur after the effects of other abilities - that aren't direct attacks - have been applied. "

^what's this one mean?

Players can no longer set a spell to auto-cast via the Action Bar if they are not using the correct Spell Book.

^gf lunars?

 

The god books have been updated to match the current Sixth Age story. -> YAY LORE, wish they could tier-scale.

All bankers now have "Bank" as their left-click option instead of "Talk-to". -> AWESOME

Players can now combine semi-used scrimshaws. -> good one

 

The Sixth Age circuit is now protected on death.

The completionist cape will now be stored in a gravestone instead of being converted into coins.

--> guess i'll go do that stupid quest, RIP DK rings even more, kind of neat free crit bonus in wilderness but meh... it's a start :p

 

The golden pitchfork is now available for all players.

!FEAR MY FORK!

 

Aww I wanted range buff :p

[Dreezer]

Following player feedback, we have now reverted the changes made earlier this month to the Summoning skill. Any players who still have uncharged pouches can now convert them into the relevant amount of experience and pouches

 

very nice, at leatst it would be if bonus exp/festive aura worked while converting uncharged pouches... -.-

[Nobody]

Good set of Patch Notes.

 

Oh and a holiday event. :P

[Artemis1330]

guthix butterflies are still ingame?

[jayc3399]

guthix butterflies are still ingame?

I believe its from the butterfly plant from farming but I could be wrong.

 

Patch notes were superb today, will check out the event tonight.

[Flyingjj]

guthix butterflies are still ingame?

From the butterfly flower in farming. You occasionally get one when harvesting it.

[Miss Lioness]

Kaylees Outfit (Glad Tiding Outfit) en Iron redux' outfit (Frostwalkers Outfit) do count as Christmas item for crackers!

 

Here is a picture of the outfits:

[jayc3399]

Kaylees Outfit (Glad Tiding Outfit) en Iron redux' outfit (Frostwalkers Outfit) do count as Christmas item for crackers!

 

Here is a picture of the outfits:

How did you find that out?

[Miss Lioness]

 

Kaylees Outfit (Glad Tiding Outfit) en Iron redux' outfit (Frostwalkers Outfit) do count as Christmas item for crackers!

 

Here is a picture of the outfits:

How did you find that out?

 

 

http://[Use Quick Find Code]/a=13/c=WqX3LFvcuc0/sl=0/[Please Use QuickFind Code]?309,310,930,65238352,goto,2

[Levells]

Very nice patch notes this time around. Circuit + comp cape are welcome changes, as is the scrimshaw bit. Can you simply use them on one another, or does it have to be on the machine?

 

Disappointed there's no weapon override on Frostwalker. Not sure I'm sold on how the outfit looks, doesn't live up to the concept art as usual. Quite nice to see they can be bought with loyalty points though.

[Miss Lioness]

Very nice patch notes this time around. Circuit + comp cape are welcome changes, as is the scrimshaw bit. Can you simply use them on one another, or does it have to be on the machine?

 

Disappointed there's no weapon override on Frostwalker. Not sure I'm sold on how the outfit looks, doesn't live up to the concept art as usual. Quite nice to see they can be bought with loyalty points though.

 

They are both recolorable tho ;D I got Kaylees outfit ( the one on the right ) and its awsome ;D

[V O R K]

 

Very nice patch notes this time around. Circuit + comp cape are welcome changes, as is the scrimshaw bit. Can you simply use them on one another, or does it have to be on the machine?

 

Disappointed there's no weapon override on Frostwalker. Not sure I'm sold on how the outfit looks, doesn't live up to the concept art as usual. Quite nice to see they can be bought with loyalty points though.

 

They are both recolorable tho ;D I got Kaylees outfit ( the one on the right ) and its awsome ;D

 

it's supercute ;_;

[jayc3399]

 

 

Kaylees Outfit (Glad Tiding Outfit) en Iron redux' outfit (Frostwalkers Outfit) do count as Christmas item for crackers!

 

Here is a picture of the outfits:

How did you find that out?

 

 

http://[Use Quick Find Code]/a=13/c=WqX3LFvcuc0/sl=0/[Please Use QuickFind Code]?309,310,930,65238352,goto,2

 

Now the only question becomes is to believe that or not :) Thank you!

[Miss Lioness]

The outfit with the red color for male and female! (And also 98 divination xD)

 

[J35u5_M4]

How do I get the festive cracker with the task gain earn world event 2 renown? I got some renown but got no cracker, also the bar says currently inactive :/

[jayc3399]

How do I get the festive cracker with the task gain earn world event 2 renown? I got some renown but got no cracker, also the bar says currently inactive :/

The event isn't turned on till Friday.

[Miss Lioness]

 

How do I get the festive cracker with the task gain earn world event 2 renown? I got some renown but got no cracker, also the bar says currently inactive :/

The event isn't turned on till Friday.

 

 

Source?

[Octarine]

Following player feedback, we have now reverted the changes made earlier this month to the Summoning skill. Any players who still have uncharged pouches can now convert them into the relevant amount of experience and pouches

 

very nice, at leatst it would be if bonus exp/festive aura worked while converting uncharged pouches... -.-

Really hope thats been fixed by now because that sucks so hard if its still the case :( I've been using the aura on it every day and l;ots of pouches stacked up to be used :(

[jayc3399]

 

 

How do I get the festive cracker with the task gain earn world event 2 renown? I got some renown but got no cracker, also the bar says currently inactive :/

The event isn't turned on till Friday.

 

 

Source?

 

The BTS vid that said the 15 days starts on the 20th of December.

[V O R K]

black santa isn't untill the 20th:x

 

edit: ninja'd by jayc

 

lio so pwetteh ^-^ . Combine it with jester, it's magnificent!

[V O R K]

First outfit bought, will probably wear one day then revert back to being an ingame purist :')

 

zamorak robes yall!

[Dreezer]

 

Following player feedback, we have now reverted the changes made earlier this month to the Summoning skill. Any players who still have uncharged pouches can now convert them into the relevant amount of experience and pouches

 

very nice, at leatst it would be if bonus exp/festive aura worked while converting uncharged pouches... -.-

Really hope thats been fixed by now because that sucks so hard if its still the case :( I've been using the aura on it every day and l;ots of pouches stacked up to be used :(

 

 

same here, was gonna train summ with festive aura and made lots of uncharged pouches...

[Blutters]

So far it seems that despite the overrides they just released counting, having overrides over actual festive items doesn't mean they won't count.

I tested what items worked by going to the bonfire and seeing what it said the bonus XP was after adding each additional item. I'm wearing the crab hat, santa top/legs/boots, and ice amulet as my 5 items.

 

Also, damnit. I just destroyed a lot of summoning gems yesterday. Oh well, guess I didn't need the XP anyway... :|

[Platinum_Myr]

Hopefully both override and non-override armors count :) (but not more than once if you have both on) This way you can use the christmas-y overrides or you can hide christmas gear underneath overrides if you desire.