2023 Easter event
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| The Egg Mould Hunt | ||||
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| Released | 5 April 2023 (Update) | |||
| End date | 3 May 2023 (Update) | |||
| Reward | See below | |||
| Preceded by | 2022 Easter event | |||
| Succeeded by | 2024 Easter event | |||
The 2023 Easter event, officially The Egg Mould Hunt, was the Easter holiday event that took place from 5 April until 3 May. In the event, players helped the Easter Bunny to recover his egg mould from some mischievous children, which he needed to make Easter eggs.
The event could be started outside east of Varrock's west bank. The holiday event icon (
Walkthrough
Talk to the Easter Bunny just east of Varrock's west bank. He will tell you that his easter egg mould has gone missing, believing that children have picked it up. The player will believe it to be Gertrude's children, and he will ask that you speak to her to find out. Agree to help him.
Head west and speak to Gertrude, who will tell you that she does not know whether they took the egg mould or not, but believes they might given that she was unable to afford Easter eggs for her children last year due to fewer people buying kittens. She then tells you where her children are and tells you to speak to them.
Philop and Kanel are in their own rooms in the house. Philop will tell you that he was playing with Charlie the Tramp after his brothers ran off, whilst Kanel will give you information in exchange for helping him with his homework, which is to decipher the numbers "8 1 16 16 25 | 5 1 19 20 5 18". These represent the letters of the alphabet, and spells out "HAPPY EASTER"; include the space when prompted to input the answer. He will then tell you that whilst eating dinner, he overheard Wilough and Shilop talking about "a colourful spade".
Shilop and Wilough can be found in Varrock Square, by the market stalls where Baraek and Benny are found. Shilop will offer you a hint to the mould's location in exchange for an Easter egg, and will ask for the solution to the anagram "andri", to which the answer is "drain".
Wilough will give you a hint if you can beat him in a game of "Egg, Silk, Secateurs"; agree to play, and a cutscene will ensue. However, no matter what you choose, you will always lose because Wilough cheats at the game by making up reasons as to why his hand wins. Seeing you lose, Horvik asks that you come to his shop and speak to him.
Horvik will tell you that Wilough plays the game with different people every day and cheats every time. Wishing to teach him a lesson, he will give you a giant bronze dagger, which he received as a gift from an old friend, to use against him - metaphorically. Return to Wilough and ask to play again. This time, you will take out the oversized dagger and use his own cheats against him, claiming that the dagger beats the egg, silk, and secateurs. He will relent and tell you that he hid the egg near "the pub".
Once you've dealt with all four children, return to the Easter Bunny, who will give you an Eastfloor spade. Head to the east side of the Blue Moon Inn (
- Dust the egg mould with Easter chocolate dust to obtain a dusted egg mould.
- Use the dusted mould on a fire/range to obtain a hot egg mould. This will provide 1 Cooking experience.
- If you brought a woodcutting axe and a tinderbox, then there is a tree just north-east of the Easter Bunny. Otherwise, Juliet's house (from Romeo & Juliet quest) north-east of Gertrude's house has a cooking range.
- Empty the hot mould to obtain an Easter egg half. Make another one.
- Combine two halves to obtain a warm easter egg.
- Use the warm easter egg on the bucket of freezing milk to obtain an Easter egg. Make four more.
After making five Easter eggs, talk to the Easter Bunny, who will tell you that you can keep the eggs. Give these to Gertrude, who will thank you. Lastly, return to the Easter Bunny to complete the event.
Rewards
After completing this event players will receive:
- Eastfloor spade
- Giant bronze dagger
- Nest hat
- Two noted Easter eggs
- All other Easter event rewards from previous years, which can also be (re)obtained from Diango.
Transcript
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Trivia
- One of the options that players can choose as part of Shilop's anagram "andri" is "Nadir", which Shilop will claim is not a word. The player then retorts, saying the word means the "lowest point", and summons up "images of adventure and dungeons". This is a reference to Nadir, one of five Fremennik Sagas that require the Dungeoneering skill to play through.
- "Egg, Silk, Secateurs" is based on the game "rock, paper, scissors".
- When playing "Egg, Silk, Secateurs" with Wilough for the second time, the dialogue option asks if you want to use the Giant Bronze Sword instead of the Giant Bronze Dagger.
- The Easter Bunny asks for "one small favour" when asking the player to make Easter eggs. The player comments that the phrase sounds familiar, referring to the One Small Favour quest.
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