Winter Weekends (2012)

Not to be confused with the Winter events.

Winter Weekends (2012)
Release date	1 December 2012 (Update)
End date	30 December 2012 (Update)
Reward	See below.
Head developer	Unknown edit
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Winter Weekends (2014)
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Winter Weekends is a series of events exclusive to members which was held during December 2012. There were five segments, for each weekend in December. It is notable that these "weekends" only include Saturday and Sunday, unlike some weekend events before which started on Friday and/or ended on Monday.

The Festive aura was released for the month of December in conjunction with Winter Weekends, and its bonus could work during each event.

Events

Weekend 1: Double Drops

1–2 December 2012
Drop quantities of or from various things doubled. They included:

Individual bosses and monsters	Activities and areas
Nex Commander Zilyana General Graardor Kr'il Tsutsaroth Kree'arra King Black Dragon Glacor Kalphite Queen Giant Mole Dagannoth Kings	Barrows Chest Revenant Dungeon Stronghold of Security Chaos Tunnels

Weekend 2: Minigames

8–9 December 2012
Double rewards from certain minigames and D&Ds. The minigames/D&Ds included were:

• Castle Wars - double tickets
• Soul Wars - double Zeal points
• Fishing Trawler - double Fishing XP and double items (excludes glistening shell and shimmering shell)
• Pest Control - double Commendation points
• Big Chinchompa - double Competence points
• Evil Tree - double item rewards
• Shooting Star - double item rewards

Some J-Mods hosted sessions. Meet-up locations were the minigame lobbies. Schedule below:

Saturday 8 December (Mod Mat K)	Sunday 9 December (Mod Edu)
Castle Wars - World 24 - 1pm (GMT) Castle Wars - World 24 - 3pm (GMT) Pest Control - World 53 - 4pm (GMT)	Castle Wars - World 24 - 1pm (GMT) Pest Control - World 53 - 5pm (GMT)

Weekend 3: Dungeoneering

15–16 December 2012
Double Dungeoneering experience and tokens.

Additionally, there was an XP-gain contest. 25 Squeal of Fortune spins were awarded to the top three players who gained the most Dungeoneering experience during the weekend. Entrants were required to post in the official thread for their experience to be tracked, and winners were to be announced the following week. Official friends chat for those seeking groups was "RS DG". Experience gained in the form of lamps, promissory notes, and token conversions did not count.

Weekend 4: Slayer and Fishing

22–23 December 2012
Double Slayer and Fishing experience.

Bonus was only available on the surface and not in Dungeoneering.

Weekend 5: Snowman Raids

29–30 December 2012
Snowmen invaded various areas, and loot was available to players who participated in stopping them. Snow warriors, snow rangers and snow mages were the snowmen available to kill.

Snowmen invade Ardougne while Snowflakes fall in the background.

Invasions took place on the hour at one (not all) of the below locations: Raids lasted for 15 minutes, with the location announced via the game news feed at the start of the raid (on the hour). "Valuable" drops seemed only to be available once per raid.

They cycled through the locations in this order:

• Varrock, south of the Grand Exchange
• Falador, near the south gate
• Lumbridge, outside the cow field
• Ardougne market
• Camelot, near the teleport spot
• Gnome Stronghold, outside the Grand Tree (near the Spirit tree)

Mod Lods hosted the following sessions:

Saturday 29 December	Sunday 30 December
Ardougne market - World 56 - 3pm (GMT) Camelot Teleport spot - World 23 - 6pm (GMT)	Gnome Stronghold, outside the Grand Tree - World 56 - 1pm (GMT) Varrock, south of the Grand Exchange - World 23 - 6pm (GMT)

Possible loot

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High alch value
	Dragon battleaxe (m)		1	Rare	120,473	120,000
	Dragon halberd (m)		1	Rare	192,852	195,000
	Dragon dart (m)		100; 500	Rare	13,800-69,000	30,000-150,000
	Dragon mace (m)		1	Rare	28,781	30,000
	Dragon longsword (m)		1	Rare	58,049	60,000
	Potato cactus (m)		2 (noted)	Common	2,706	0
	Oak plank (m)		20; 24 (noted)	Uncommon	8,180-9,816	3,000-3,600
	Mahogany plank (m)		40; 80; 100 (noted)	Uncommon	38,800-97,000	36,000-90,000
	Chocolate bar		3 (noted)	Common	489	36
	Swamp tar (m)		10	Common	1,830	0
	Flax		15 (noted)	Common	855	45
	Feather		1,500	Common	18,000	4,500
	Pure essence		20; 30; 40 (noted)	Common	440-880	40-80
	Air rune		100; 500; 1,000	Common	3,100-31,000	300-3,000
	Dragonstone (m)		1; 3	Uncommon	9,833-29,499	6,000-18,000
	Prayer potion (4)		1–25	Uncommon	2,867-71,675	114-2,850
	Charcoal		1	Common	739	27
	Cabbage		1	Common	677	0
	Gnomeball (m)		1	Common	0	0
	Coins		43–731	Uncommon	43-731	43-731

Reception

Many players were displeased with the snowman raids events for reasons including the fact they were combat-based, often very crowded, and allowed use of Dwarf multicannons which were widely exploited in the hope of getting the first hit to get the drop, but they actually did not count to the player who owned the cannon. The usage of cannons also caused much lag in places where the Snowmen spawned during the weekend.

Trivia

• Raw salmon incorrectly gave 150xp instead of 140xp for a short time during the Double Slayer and Fishing XP weekend. This was fixed several minutes after the release.
• Due to an error at the start of the Week 4 - Double Fishing and Slayer XP event, free-to-play players were able to benefit from double fishing XP for approximately two hours, at which point the mistake was fixed.
• There was a glitch in the Lumbridge spawn where multiple snowmen spawned on the bridge on top of each other.

References

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