Winter Weekends (2018)

Winter Weekends (2018)
Release date	30 November 2018 (Update)
End date	7 January 2019 (Update)
Reward	None
Head developer	Unknown edit
Preceded by	Winter Weekends (2017)
Succeeded by	N/A
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Winter Weekends are a series of events that take place over weekends from 30 November 2018 until 7 January 2019. All events except for the Ports event will start at 12:00 UTC on Friday and finish at 12:00 UTC on Monday.

The Christmas cupboard in Varrock's Grand Exchange could be used to teleport to a selection of boosted features active at the time.

All Month

Ports

30 November 2018 - 7 January 2019

• 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.

Events

Weekend 1: Elite Dungeons & Dungeoneering

30 November - 3 December 2018

• Double dungeoneering tokens from both dungeoneering and elite dungeons

Elite Dungeons

• Lore book drop rate doubled
• 25% increased Slayer experience from dungeon monsters
• 1 extra ancient scale or draconic energy whenever the drop is hit
• 1 automatic resurrection to full life points upon death per run, whether in normal or story mode

Dungeoneering

• No experience penalty upon death

This weekend was notified with the following login messages:

• The Elite Dungeons and Dungeoneering winter weekend is active now! Perks include: 1 free death per run in Elite Dungeons and increased tier 92 upgrade drops!
• Check out the winter weekends interface on the community tab for the full details!

Weekend 2: Deep Sea Fishing & Fishing

7-10 December 2018

Fishing

• Spots move around half as frequently

Deep Sea Fishing

• Available to all players regardless of level through Roland
• Encounters are more common
• Bottled boosts last double the normal length
• Uncharted maps, fishing notes and bottled boosts are found more frequently
• Experience bonus cap increased to 30% and bonus builds up 10% quicker from fishing frenzy
• No electrified jellyfish spawn
• Swarm fishing acts as if you were 5 fishing levels higher
• Sea turtle, great white shark and manta ray bait is 50% more effective

This weekend was notified with the following login messages:

• The Deep Sea Fishing and Fishing winter weekend is active now! Perks include: Access to all players regardless of Fishing level and increased bonus at Fishing Frenzy!
• Check out the winter weekends interface on the community tab for the full details!

Weekend 3: Combat & Slayer

14-17 December 2018

Combat

• Increased chance of rare drops and enhanced lucky items
• All charm drops give one more charm than normal
• Shattered Worlds grants 50% extra shattered anima
• 10% cheaper instance fees
• Ability to loot from Mazcab Raids once per day
• 10% increased drop rate of torn grimoire pages from Solak

Slayer

• All Slayer assignments are treated as using a Slayer VIP ticket
• 25% increased Slayer experience (includes reaper assignments)
• Choice of boss slayer assignments
• 10% increased ushabti catch chance

This weekend was notified with the following login messages:

• The combat and Slayer winter weekend is active now! Perks include: 25% increased Slayer XP and increased drop rate of torn Grimoire pages from Solak!
• Check out the winter weekends interface on the community tab for the full details!

Weekend 4: Gathering & Support

21-24 December 2018

• 10% chance not to deplete uncharted isles resources while harvesting
• Mining rocks and trees replenish twice as quickly
• Knowledge fragments spawn more frequently and training hotspots move less frequently in the Hall of Memories
• Increased loot and chance of totems from safecracking
• Chance of getting +1 loot while training Hunter
• Increased chance of activating The Pit Minigame

This weekend was notified with the following login messages:

• The gathering and support skill winter weekend is active now! Perks include: increased loot from safecracking and memories move slower in the Hall of Memories.
• Check out the winter weekends interface on the community tab for the full details!

Weekend 5: Minigames

28-31 December 2018

• One extra Castle Wars gold ticket per game, regardless of win, lose or draw
• Double commendation points from Pest Control
• Double bonus experience and gambling rewards from Barbarian Assault
• Double boss killcount from Dominion Tower
• 50% extra Dominion Factor earned
• 50% extra produce points at Livid Farm (stacks with boosters)
• An 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!
• 100% increased Menaphos reputation from Shifting Tombs
• Double zeal from Soul Wars
• Double points from Stealing Creation

This weekend was notified with the following login messages:

• The minigames winter weekend is active now! Perks include: extra Castle Wars tickets and 50% increased produce points at the Livid Farm!
• Check out the winter weekends interface on the community tab for the full details!

Weekend 6: Player Owned Farm & Farming

4-7 January 2019

• Improved chances of breeding
• Improved chances of shiny animals
• Improved happiness and health from feeding
• Double item yield from harvested animals
• 10% more beans from selling animals
• Increased drop rate of animals from combat
• Honeycombs are 50% more effective when used on animals
• 10% chance of harvesting a double item from an allotment or herb patch
• 25% chance of obtaining a double item from a compost bin

This weekend was notified with the following login messages:

• The Player Owned Farm and Farming winter weekend is active now! Perks include: Improved chances of shinies and an improved drop rate of animals from activities!
• Check out the winter weekends interface on the community tab for the full details!

Gallery

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  Winter Weekends teased on RuneScape's instagram as part of the Month Ahead - December.

Update history

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• update 30 November 2018 (Update):
  • Added to game.