Golden partyhat shard

Golden partyhat shard was removed after an update. The contents of this page no longer exist in RuneScape, and this article is kept for historical purposes.

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Golden partyhat shard
Release																				22 November 2021 (Update)
Removal																				17 January 2022 (Update unknown)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				You can claim it again from the Wise Old Man outside the Grand Exchange in Varrock.
Examine																				Combine eight of these to form a golden partyhat.
Options
Backpack																				Open Interface, Use, Destroy, Examine
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept
Weight																				0 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				52662
Links																				MRID • recipe

Golden partyhat shards were used to create a golden partyhat at the Wise Old Man during the Golden Partyhat Hunt. Eight shards were needed in order to do so. They could be obtained by completing various activities in the game. Shards could only be claimed on a member's world.

When receiving a shard, fireworks appeared above the player character, and a message was produced in the chat box: Congratulations! You have earned a golden partyhat shard!

A shard could be used to open the Event tab of the Community interface.

Although there were 11 possible sources of golden partyhat shards, it was not possible to obtain more than eight. If a player had already collected eight shards and performed an action which would grant another, the following message appeared: You have already unlocked all the golden partyhat shards you need! In spite of this, the shard's respective category was still ticked off in the Event interface.

Obtaining

Task	Description
Host	Talk to the Wise Old Man outside the Grand Exchange in Varrock for a free golden partyhat shard.
Quest	Complete all four parts of the Once Upon a Time quest for a golden partyhat shard.
Combat	Train any of the following combat skills for a chance to receive a golden partyhat shard: Attack, Strength, Ranged, Magic, Constitution, Defence, Prayer and Summoning.
Gathering	Train any of the following gathering skills for a chance to receive a golden partyhat shard: Fishing, Mining, Woodcutting, Farming, Hunter, Divination and Archaeology.
Artisan	Train any of the following artisan skills for a chance to receive a golden partyhat shard: Herblore, Crafting, Fletching, Smithing, Cooking, Firemaking, Construction and Runecrafting.
Support	Train any of the following support skills for a chance to receive a golden partyhat shard: Agility, Thieving, completing Slayer tasks and completing Dungeoneering floors.
Clue	Complete clue scrolls for a chance to receive a golden partyhat shard. Only clues completed during the event will count towards this.
Boss	Defeat bosses to earn Marks of War for a chance to receive a golden partyhat shard.
Gold	There's a shady salesman hiding in the Grand Exchange who is selling a golden partyhat shard.
Yak Track	Complete Tier 15 of the free track on the Wintumber Aurora Yak Track to receive a golden partyhat shard. The Yak Track will be active between 29th November 2021 and 9th January 2022.
Premier Club	Become a Premier Club 2021 member for a free golden partyhat shard. This shard will be available until January 16th 2022.

Notes for obtaining

• Only members can obtain shards and assemble the golden partyhat.
• Levelling skills isn't necessarily required to obtain the shards from the corresponding tasks.
• Each task rewards only one shard.
• Ironman players are able to create their own hat - however, they are not able to trade it.
• While there is an element of randomness to collecting the shards, they also have in-built "bad luck" protection. As the player continues to train skills, kill bosses, or complete clue scrolls, the likelihood of receiving a shard grows exponentially. The "bad luck" protection is bound to each task separately, meaning the chance of getting a shard from one task can be higher than another, depending on how many times a roll for a particular shard has been failed.
• Using protean items works for the Gathering and Artisan tasks.
• The shard from Treasure Trails has a chance to be awarded upon completion of a trail (when a casket is received). A higher clue difficulty has a higher chance of awarding a shard.
• If a shard is obtained when the player's inventory is full, it will be placed in the bank.
• It is not possible to obtain shards from using herbicide, seedicide, deployable herb burner,and elite training dummies.
• Training at a Clan Citadel does count for respective skills.
• Burning bones can grant a shard from the Artisan task, but not Combat.
• You can receive the support shard from Prifddinas Serenity posts.
• You can receive non-support skilling shards from skilling in Daemonheim.

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Golden partyhat		None	None	8 ×  Golden partyhat shard	141,856,119

Graphical updates

• 
  Golden partyhat shard after 22 November 2021 (update)
• 
  Golden partyhat shard after 6 December 2021 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• hotfix 4 January 2022 (Update):
  • Ironman Players will now receive the Yak Track Golden Party Hat shard even if they had already claimed the rewards for Tier 15 before they gained their Membership status

• hotfix 29 November 2021 (Update):
  • (15:30 game time) Players will more reliably receive the Golden Party Hat Shard when completing Task 15 of the Yak Track, rather than needing to reclaim the Shard from the Wise Old Man.

• update 22 November 2021 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• While the golden partyhat shards were members only items, it was possible for free-to-play players to obtain one from the Wise Old Man by accessing his dialogue tree through right-click options.