Christmas cracker

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							47,261 coins (info)
Buy limit							50
Daily volume							2,692
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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. 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.

A player pulling a Christmas cracker.

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."

Rewards

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 partyhat, while the other player gets the other item.

Partyhats

The average profit in GE terms for pulling a Christmas cracker is −43,379 based on Grand Exchange prices.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Red partyhat	1	32/128	2,982	0
	Yellow partyhat	1	28/128	3,072	0
	White partyhat	1	23/128	3,173	0
	Green partyhat	1	20/128	3,192	0
	Blue partyhat	1	15/128	8,295	0
	Purple partyhat	1	10/128	5,426	0

Other

Drop rates estimated based on 1,337 cracker pulls from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Chocolate bar	1	24/128	20	6
	Silver bar	1	17/128	115	90
	Spinach roll	1	16/128	145	0
	Iron ore	5 (noted)	15/128	595	50
	Chocolate cake	1	15/128	216	42
	Holy symbol	1	11/128	320	180
	Silk	1	11/128	31	18
	Gold ring	1	9/128	146	210
	Black dagger	1	5/128	287	144
	Law rune	1	5/128	141	144

Changes

Date	Changes
26 January – 27 June 2005	The item's examine was changed from "I need to pull this" to "I need to pull this."

Gallery (historical)

RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 – present

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 days' 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.