Christmas Village & the Black Partyhat Returns
Christmas Village & Black Partyhat Returns Dec 2
The Christmas Village is back—brighter and busier than ever! This returning festive hub has expanded with brand-new content alongside familiar favourites, including more opportunities to become the lucky owner of a coveted Black Partyhat.
This year, Diango needs your help to set up his cosy new workshop and spread festive cheer across Gielinor. Recruit a team of pixie helpers, craft cheerful uniforms, and stock the breakroom with plenty of seasonal treats to keep spirits high.
Take part in all-new festive activities, enjoy weekly buffs, and discover a sleigh brimming with both new and returning rewards. Don’t forget to visit Santa for some delightful festive prizes—and if you’ve been especially nice, perhaps even a Black Partyhat.
The magic of the season has arrived—come and explore the Christmas Village!
Seasons Greetings From the Christmas Village
The Christmas Village Returns: Packed with Returning Favourites and Exciting New Additions!
We’ll dive into all these features below. Feel free to jump to a specific section by clicking the list above—or just keep scrolling to unwrap all the details!
Embark to the Christmas Village
The Christmas Village is brimming with holiday cheer and has grown bigger than ever! Diango’s cosy new workshop is up and running, ready to craft toys for all the adventurers on Santa’s nice list this season.
The workshop is bustling with new festive skilling activities, including Toy Crafting, Hot Chocolate Making, and Fir Woodcutting. Don’t worry—if you had a favourite activity from last year, it’s back, too! To join in the fun, head to the Land of Snow using the portal in the Burthorpe event area or the Christmas Village lodestone.
The Christmas Village will be open from game update on December 2nd until 11:59 pm on January 5th—plenty of time to soak in the festive fun!
New Seasonal Quest: "A Christmas Reunion"
With your efforts to raise the festive mood last year paying off, Santa has enlisted the help of his old pal Diango to create toys for the season. However, before Diango can get started, he needs help setting up his workshop - and that’s where you come in!
You'll be helping with the workshop, tracking down the finest pixie helpers, crafting appropriately festive uniforms, and of course – stocking up the breakroom with lots of seasonal treats. Diango treats his team well.
Completing the quest will award you with the following :
- 5,000 Prismatic XP Lamp
- 2,000 Christmas Spirit
- Legacy Christmas Emotes (if not unlocked)
- 'Diango's Little Helper' title
- Hot Chocolate Rest animation
- Access to Diango's Workshop Skilling Activities
- Additional reward of a Winter Hat and Scarf if you didn't get them last year.
Got other plans this Christmas? Don't worry - 'A Christmas Reunion' and last year's 'It's Snow Bother' seasonal quests will continue to return each year alongside the Christmas Village.
As a quick reminder, these Quests do not award Quest Points and are not required for your treasured Quest Cape!
Santa's Lodge, Nice List & Black Party Hat
Just up the hill from the village, you will find Santa's own lodge! This is a cosy little cabin where he will come and give out gifts to anyone who's on his Nice List that week.
Last year we introduced the incredibly sleek and stylish Black Party Hat as a very rare drop available each Christmas!
To potentially get your hands on the Black Party Hat you're going to have to get on Santa's Nice List and for that you need to earn Nice Points. All players who have collected a nice point that week are put in a draw to win the Black Party Hat at the end of the week when Santa arrives at the lodge.
Santa’s arrival is always a grand event, and he's all about spreading some pre-visit merriment! Thirty minutes before he reaches the Lodge, a timer will pop up to remind players that the festivities are about to begin. As the clock counts down, Snow Imps at the Lodge will start tossing presents around, ready for players to gather and unwrap. For an extra dose of holiday fun, players can even transform into a Snow Imp or Snowman during this time!
He will arrive at the lodge at 8 pm Game Time each Sunday in December (He won't arrive on Jan 5th) and stay for 2 hours until 10 pm Game time. During this time players will be able to enter the lodge and collect their weekly gift from Santa!
Make sure you get your nice points beforehand by delivering letters to Santa. Each day, players will be able to gather up 3 letters to Santa and post them in the Wintumber Postbox just outside Santa's Lodge to earn a nice point & a spot on the nice list!
You can earn these letters by:
- Speaking to Clementine outside the lodge
- Completing all of your Daily Challenges
- Passively while completing seasonal activities in the Christmas Village
You will get 1 letter for each of these steps. If you missed a letter, you will be able to pick up a replacement in the Christmas Spirit Shop for 400 Christmas Spirit.
Each week you only need to earn 1 nice point to be in the draw, but for every point you have earned that week, you will be in with an extra chance, players will be able to gather up to 7 nice points per week. The lucky few (and we mean few - this item will be very rare!!) will set off a celebratory set of fireworks at the Lodge and an anonymous broadcast that a black partyhat dropped on that World. Even if you're not lucky enough to get the black partyhat, everyone who earned a nice point that week will receive one of the Christmas weekly gifts from Santa!
This year you will get a new set of adorable (and comfortable) Christmas themed pyjamas and slippers! Also, if you missed the Peppermint outfit or the Winter Hats/Scarves from last years weekly lodge events you will get them here.
- Week 1 (Dec 2 - 8):
- Cosy Pyjamas - Trees variant
- Cosy Slippers - Zuk
- Week 2 (Dec 9 - 15):
- Cosy Pyjamas - Snowflakes variant
- Cosy Slippers - Plain
- Week 3 (Dec 16 - 22):
- Cosy Pyjamas - Candy Canes variant
- Cosy Slippers - Penguin
- Week 4 (Dec 23 - 29):
- Cosy Pyjamas - Plaid variant
- Cosy Slippers - Plaid
If you are unable to attend the lodge when Santa has arrived, you will find your gift in the Sledge just outside the grotto. The black partyhat can be won from the sledge, not just Santa himself, so check in regularly! If you miss any weeks, Just having one Nice Point will also get you any of the weekly cosmetics you missed from Santa's Lodge on top of that week's new cosmetics so no one misses out on any gifts.
You can also acquire missed letters (including from previous weeks) at any time to make sure everyone can earn equal opportunities to find the black partyhat - regardless of your schedule!
Ironman Restrictions
Before we dive into the festive activities available this Christmas, we’d like to share some thoughts on how we’re approaching Ironman players this season. With the recent launch of Group Ironman, players have been exploring a variety of content and progression methods in creative and diverse ways. It’s been a joy to watch and has sparked fresh conversations about the Ironman playstyle—particularly how it interacts with temporary events that offer buffs or alternative progression opportunities.
This year’s Christmas Village will follow a similar approach to last year, with skilling activities and weekly buffs available for a limited time. However, we recognize that these temporary boosts can deviate from the core philosophy of Ironman gameplay, which emphasises self-reliance and overcoming challenges through personal effort. To preserve the integrity of the Ironman experience, we’ve introduced the following restrictions for this seasonal content :
- Ironman (Regular & Hardcore) / Group Ironman (unranked & ranked) / Competitive Group Ironman will not have access to any of the upcoming Winter Week Buffs outside of "Safe Deaths" & "Trees replenish twice as quickly"
- Group Ironman (Ranked) / Competitive Group Ironman will not earn any XP from the activities in the Christmas Village.
Winter Weeks - Weekly Buffs
Winter Weekends are making a return and this time they will run the entire week! Each week you will be given a new set of buffs to empower a different aspect of play. Check them out below :
- Week 1: Combat Buffs (December 2-8)
- 20% chance to save runes, arrows, bolts, darts, throwing knives, throwing axes and javelins in combat
- Ritual output is increased by 20%
- Tier 4 luck is always active
- Charm drops give one more charm than normal
- Week 2: Gathering Buffs (December 9-15)
- Mining stamina decreases at half the rate
- Trees replenish twice as quickly
- Archaeology precision is increased by 20%
- 10% chance to receive an additional resource when training Gathering skills
- Week 3: Support Buffs (December 16-22)
- Choice between 2 slayer tasks when assigned a new task
- Receive double slayer points when completing slayer tasks
- Receive double dungeoneering tokens from Dungeoneering and Elite Dungeons
- Pickpocketing has 20% increased chance of success
- No failure of Agility obstacles
- Week 4: Artisan Buffs (December 23-29)
- 20% chance to not lose heat when Smithing
- Gain double rested XP for Fort Forinthry, when training within the Fort or offline
- 10% chance to save resources or produce double items when training Artisan skills
- Occasionally receive random items from the Rare Drop Table when training Artisan skills
- Week 5: Bossing (December 30 - January 5)
- 10% increase chance of getting a rare drop from the Rex Matriarchs, Gate of Elidinis, and the Sanctum of Rebirth
- Choice of Soul Reaper task
- Receive double Reaper points when completing Soul Reaper tasks
- Elder overload cauldrons are active at War's Retreat
- All deaths are safe for members and free for non-members
Each week's buffs are exclusive to that week and do not carry over to subsequent weeks. You can check out what buffs are available in the in game interface as well.
Seasonal Activities
The Christmas Village is bustling with seasonal activities you can repeat to get ready for the holidays! Each one rewards players with valuable Christmas Spirit also with the addition of the workshop there are even more activities to get involved with.
Fir Woodcutting - New
New for this year! Find Fir trees right outside the Workshop that you can chop down for a little Christmas Spirit and Woodcutting XP. You can then take those logs to the nearby splitting stump and split them for more Spirit and XP - then deposit them into the log pile for a final burst of rewards.
110 Woodcutting & Fletching drops one week into the event on December 9, so there's a perfect bit of synergy there too!
Cooking Hot Chocolate - New
New for this year! After completing the "A Christmas Reunion" Quest, return to the workshop and use your culinary skills to keep the spirits of the pixies high with a lovely hot chocolate (or 50!).
Work with Aoife to stir the chocolate and add in extra ingredients to earn Cooking XP and Christmas Spirit!
Crafting Toys - New
New for this year! Also after completing the "A Christmas Reunion" Quest, you'll be able to lend a hand crafting Marionettes in the workshop.
Carve the wood, then bring your materials over to the other tables to paint and then string the Marionettes. Dashing around the workshop to craft these toys will earn Crafting XP and Christmas Spirit.
Decoration Making - Returning
The present wrapping activity from the "It's Snow Bother" quest has now moved into the Workshop as well!
Take the unfinished decorations from the nearby chest, use your expertise to prepare them and then deposit the finished decorations in the other chest to gain some Christmas Spirit and Construction XP.
Ice Fishing - Returning
Fishing is a serene pastime and so the Snow Imps have cut a hole in the ice to catch some fish. Hey, even crazy Snow Imps need to relax!
Help them out by fishing up frozen bass, salmon and trout - then deposit them in a nearby barrel to earn some Christmas Spirit and Fishing experience.
Crafting Fletching Snowballs - Returning
When Christmas cheer is high, and snow is all around, a Snowball fight is never far away. Time to prepare! Use your Fletching skill to prepare Snowballs at the pile of snow near the oven for some cheer and Fletching experience.
Keep them close by for when Smokey The Coal appears from the oven desperately in need of some help cooling down. Pelt Smokey with snowballs to cool him off and bag yourself some bonus Christmas Spirit.
Holly's Christmas Spirit Store
The Christmas Spirit store returns with more rewards all themed around Christmas - from new cosmetics like the Festive Holly Guard and Lantern to a multitude of classic items from previous years' events!
This store will return each year with the Christmas Village - so don't worry if you haven't been able to gather up enough spirit to get everything this year.
Christmas Spirit is exclusively earned via gameplay by participating in the seasonal activities of Christmas Village & delivering gifts via Santa's Sack.
Click here to see what's in the store
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| Item | Type | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Letter To Santa | Item | 400 |
| Snowboard (Yeti) | Item | 1500 |
| Snowman Plead | Overhead Emote | 1000 |
| Snowman Holding Back Tears | Overhead Emote | 1000 |
| Snowman Melt | Overhead Emote | 1000 |
| Snowman Despair | Overhead Emote | 1000 |
| Santa Salute | Overhead Emote | 1000 |
| 'Warm mug of' | Title | 1000 |
| Festive Holly Guard | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 7500 |
| Festive Snowglobe Lantern | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 7500 |
| Mystery Gift* | Container | 25000** |
| Oxfam Reindeer Antlers | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 3000 |
| Nutyaker Outfit | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 5000 |
| Snow Queen's Yeomen Outfit | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 5000 |
| Winter Hat (Black and Orange) | Item | 2000 |
| Winter Scarf (Black and Orange) | Item | 2000 |
| Winter Hat (Red, Green and White) | Item | 2000 |
| Winter Scarf (Red, Green and White) | Item | 2000 |
| Christmas wand | Item | 2500 |
| Santa beard | Item | 2000 |
| Santa sack | Item | 2000 |
| Tinsel scarf | Item | 1500 |
| Festive jumper | Item | 2000 |
| Christmas jumper (KBD) | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 2500 |
| Christmas jumper (Rudolph) | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 2500 |
| Snowverload Head | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1000 |
| Snowverload Body | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1000 |
| Snowverload Legs | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1000 |
| Snowverload Snowstormer | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1000 |
| Penguin outfit | Outfit | 3000 |
| Snowverload Ice Sickle | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1500 |
| Ice amulet | Item | 1500 |
| Ice Staff | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1500 |
| Ice Bow | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1500 |
| Ice Sword and Ice Off-hand Sword | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1500 |
| Ice Shield | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 1500 |
| Horizon | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 2500 |
| Portable Snowfall | Wardrobe Cosmetic | 3000 |
| Sparkles | Pet | 2500 |
| San'tar spawnling | Item | 2000 |
| Stringy | Pet | 2500 |
| Rudolph Reborn | Pet | 2500 |
| Merry | Pet | 3000 |
| Snowboard (frosty) | Item | 1000 |
| Snowboard (shark) | Item | 1000 |
| Snowboard (skull) | Item | 1000 |
| Snowboard (penguin) | Item | 1000 |
| Snowboard (2016) | Item | 1000 |
| Snowboard (2017) | Item | 1000 |
| Ring of snow | Transmog item | 2500 |
| Snow globe | Item | 2500 |
| Snowverload plushie | Item | 2000 |
| Sir Coalington Embers plushie | Item | 2000 |
| Santa-napped Teleport | Animation | 2500 |
| Santa | Title | 1000 |
| the Merry | Title | 1000 |
*This item is unavailable to Ironman Players.
**Mystery Gift can be purchased repeatedly.
Mystery Gift
The Mystery Gift can be picked up in the store and opened for three other rewards from the list below. Due to the nature of these items the Gummy Surprise Egg is not available to Ironman players.
Not-So-Secret-Santa
Feeling generous this season? Stop by the Igloo in the Christmas Village for a chat with "Not-So-Secret-Santa" and anonymously add items or coins to your world’s Secret Santa gift pool!
You can donate just about anything you'd usually sell on the Grand Exchange (except Bonds). As a thank-you for spreading the holiday spirit, you’ll get a chance to draw from the prize pool every three hours – who knows what festive surprises await?
Advent Calendar
The Advent Calendar is back! Kick start your countdown to Christmas with 24 rewards available each day just by logging in.
There's also some great bonus rewards available if you open 15 spots on the calendar on their intended day (i.e. 1 on December 1st).
A Giant Present
Spotted that giant present next to the igloo? From Christmas Day, December 25th, until January 6th, you'll get your chance to unwrap it and discover the holiday treasures inside!
Presents From The Imps & Wrapping Paper
The festivities extend beyond Christmas Village in Gielinor, including the return of Presents From The Imps!
For the duration of the Christmas Village event, pretty much everything you do in Gielinor during the event will also earn you Wrapping Paper - and the chance to nab some extra festive rewards!
You'll find Noel - back in action as the "Official Wrapper-er of Festive Cheer" - stationed near Santa's Lodge. Noel is ready to exchange your wrapping paper and share what goodies you might uncover inside those holiday parcels.
Getting your hands on Wrapping Paper is incredibly easy! You can earn it while playing the game, through using Treasure Hunter keys, and during Treasure Hunter promotions. Plus, new "Wrapping Paper Boosters" will occasionally drop during gameplay, these items will give you an additional 10 wrapping paper per drop, up to an extra 100 Wrapping Paper per drop! These boosters can also be found in Treasure Hunter promotions. Additionally, the Wrapping Paper Doubler returns for one Bond, just like last year, offering an extra boost to your festive fun.
Every turn in 200 wrapping paper, you'll get one of 5 varieties of Presents - White, Blue, Purple, Santa & Gold. Each are chock full of marvellous Christmas themed rewards and stocking fillers - and of course, new year means a new colour of Santa Hat too. This year, the Pink Santa Hat will be the new addition to the roster!
The Pink Santa Hat can be found in any of the presents, but you'll be guaranteed to get your hands on one if you tear open a Gold Present.
You'll also have a better chance to find them in a Santa Present, which this year can also contain the Purple or Green Santa hats as well along with untradable versions of items previously found in Treasure Hunter this year - such as the Phoenix Knight & Dark Phoenix Knight Armours, Dolorous Witch Outfit & Shadow Gem Pernix Armour and it also can contain returning rewards from last year's Santa Present such as the Aurora Dye, Enforcer Walk Override, Ranger Roll Walk Override & many others!
Now, there's no need to get ready to shake your presents to guess what's in them! Here's a full look at what can be found inside each kind of present:
White/Blue Presents
White/Blue Presents
| White Present |
|---|
| Pink Santa Hat |
| Snowboard (Zuk) |
| Oddments x 10 |
| Coins x 2500* |
| Small Lamp* |
| Small Star* |
| Tight Spring x10* |
| Silverhawk Feather x5* |
| Christmas Pudding 2-4 |
| Mulled Wine x7 |
| Mince Pie |
| Yule Log |
| Turkey Drumstick x12 |
| Roast Potatoes x2-3 |
| Gold Ring x5 |
| Sea Turtle x2 |
| Papaya |
| Egg x3 |
| Bucket of Milk x8 |
| Coal |
| Orange |
| 'the Real Present' Title Scroll |
| Coalington's Ember |
| Red Santa Hat Emote Token |
| Green Santa Hat Emote Token |
| Purple Partyhat Emote Token |
| Red Partyhat Emote Token |
| Yellow Partyhat Emote Token |
| Green Partyhat Emote Token |
| Blue Present |
|---|
| Pink Santa Hat |
| Snowboard (Coal) |
| Earmuffs: Saradomin |
| Earmuffs: Armadyl |
| Earmuffs: Santa |
| Earmuffs: Brown |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Red |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Green |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Black |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Purple |
| "Admirible" Title scroll |
| "the Real Present" title (blue) scroll |
| Purple Santa Hat Emote Token |
| Black Santa Hat Emote Token |
| White Party Hat Emote Token |
| Blue Party Hat Emote Token |
| Black Party Hat Emote Token |
| Coalington Love Emote Token |
| Coalington Grumpy Emote Token |
| Coalington Cry Emote Token |
| Oddments x25 |
| Coins x5000* |
| Medium Lamp* |
| Medium Star* |
| Tight Spring x20* |
| Silverhawk Feather x10* |
| Christmas Pudding x2-4 |
| Mulled Wine x7 |
| Mince Pie |
| Yule Log x2-4 |
| Turkey Drumstick x12 |
| Roast Potatoes x2-3 |
| Gold Ring x5 |
| Sea Turtle x2 |
| Papaya |
| Egg x3 |
| Bucket of Milk x8 |
| Coal |
| Orange |
Purple/Santa Presents
Purple/Santa Presents
| Purple Present |
|---|
| Pink Santa Hat |
| "Impish" title scroll |
| "the Real Present" (purple) title scroll |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Blue |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Cyan |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Orange |
| Candy Cane Weapon Override: Pink |
| Coins x100,000* |
| Earmuffs: Guthix |
| Earmuffs: Reindeer |
| Earmuffs: Zamorak |
| Earmuffs: Zaros |
| Fairylight Fishing token |
| Festive Warrior token |
| Festive Warrior token (2024) |
| Holly Knight Guardian Conjure Override |
| Large Lamp* |
| Large Star* |
| Medium Lamp* |
| Medium Star* |
| Santa Present |
|---|
| Coins x10,000,000** |
| Pink Santa Hat |
| Green Santa Hat |
| Purple Santa Hat |
| Aurora Dye |
| Phoenix Knight Armour (untradeable) |
| Dark Phoenix Knight Armour (untradeable) |
| Dolorous Witch Outfit (untradeable) |
| Shadow Pernix Armour (untradeable) |
| Primal 2H Sword (untradeable) |
| Azure Hurricane scroll (untradeable) |
| Chaotic Assault scroll (untradeable) |
| Fungal Swiftness scroll (untradeable) |
| Corrupted Combust scoll (untradeable) |
| Azure Dragonbreath scroll (untradeable) |
| Chaotic swiftness scroll (untradeable) |
| Azure Sunshine scroll (untradeable) |
| Chaotic Berserk scroll (untradeable) |
| Azure Berserk scroll (untradeable) |
| Champion's Hurricane scroll (untradeable) |
| Chaotic Hurricane scroll (untradeable) |
| Shock Barricade scroll (untradeable) |
| Hall of Fame Walk Token (untradeable) |
| Hedge Teleport Token (untradeable) |
| Ranger Roll Walk token (untradeable) |
| Enforcer Walk Token (untradeable) |
| Stratus cloud token (untradeable) |
| Lucky Arcane Spirit Shield |
| Lucky Spectral Spirit Shield |
| Lucky Divine Spirit Shield |
| Lucky Elysian Spirit Shield |
*Ironman players cannot acquire these items from the respective presents.
** Ironman players will receive 5000 oddments instead of the coin prize in the Santa's Christmas gift.
What Else Is Going On?
Beyond what is going on in the village, Check out our Roadmap check in to find out what is coming up during December and January!
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