Christmas cracker

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Christmas cracker
Released							25 December 2001
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							I need to pull this.
Values
Value							1 coin
High alch							0 coins
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							0.2 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							6,817 coins (info)
Buy limit							50
Daily volume							2,596
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Advanced data
Item ID							962

Christmas crackers are a tradeable holiday items that can be obtained by completing one of the Christmas holiday events that occur once per year.

A player pulling a Christmas cracker.

Previously, they were obtained by using the clues given by Jagex through various means (forums, Twitter, etc) and giving a specific set of items to an NPC. This event started on 1 September 2013 and lasted until 7 September, with one clue being shown every day. Players could only receive a Christmas cracker for the clue given that day. If a player participated for all 7 days, they would have gotten 7 crackers. If a player tried to do a clue from a previous day, the specified NPC would not accept the items.

Crackers can be pulled by using them on another player. It's important to note that the owner of the cracker is not guaranteed to be the one to obtain the items. If an Iron Man attempts to open a cracker it will display the message "You are an Iron Man. You stand alone."

Reward

Held within the cracker is a partyhat and one other item or a stack of items, such as some coins, runes, or weapons. To open it, it must be used with another player. Upon opening, the player who had the cracker and the player it was used on each have a 50/50 chance to receive a randomly coloured party hat, while the other player gets the other item.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Red partyhat	1	32/128	2,096	0
	Yellow partyhat	1	28/128	1,885	0
	White partyhat	1	23/128	2,046	0
	Green partyhat	1	20/128	1,764	0
	Blue partyhat	1	15/128	6,075	0
	Purple partyhat	1	10/128	4,830	0

This means that the average profit in GE terms for pulling a Christmas cracker is -4,148 based on Grand Exchange prices.

The chances below are calculated per cracker (not taking into account splitting with the other player), using a sample size of 1337 crackers.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Chocolate bar	1	1/5.2	26	6
	Silver bar	1	1/7.6	77	90
	Spinach roll	1	1/8	62	0
	Iron ore	5 (noted)	1/8.5	225	50
	Chocolate cake	1	1/8.6	179	42
	Holy symbol	1	1/11.7	300	180
	Silk	1	1/12.2	13	18
	Gold ring	1	1/13.9	120	210
	Black dagger	1	1/24.3	113	144
	Law rune	1	1/25.3	151	144

Trivia

• Christmas crackers are infamous in RuneScape history, dating back to RuneScape Classic when they were first introduced to the game during the 2001 Christmas Event. Due to the fact this was the only time a supply of them was added to the game, they quickly became rare items worth hundreds of thousands to millions of gold in the years to come. While Christmas crackers varied wildly in perceived value, raising or dropping by millions of gold in just a few day's time, they typically went for substantially more than any individual partyhat in RuneScape 2 due to being rare items in and of themselves and also having the possibility of containing one of the more desired hats.