This is an archive of patch notes originally posted on 10 Dec 2025.

Christmas Event 2025

Posted by on 10 Dec 2025

Known Issues	Status
We're aware that Varrock fountain is filled with an unfortunate yellow water.	To be coldfixed.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Gielinor has gone all festive for the Christmas 2025 Event!

Changelog - December 10th

Christmas Event 2025

The 2025 Christmas Event is here! Speak to the Cook at Blue Moon Inn in Varrock to start the event.
Added festive rewards for completing the event, including a community-designed Christmas Jumper!

Sailing Fixes & Tweaks

Group Irons can now use facilities on their group members' ships regardless of whether or not they've built that facility themselves, so long as they have the Sailing level required.
The Bonecrusher and Bonecrusher Necklace now work for any Sailing creatures who drop bones.
Resetting the Gwenith Glide trial while going through a teleport portal will no longer break the trial.
When quick-transporting your boat - for example by recovering via a shipwright or using a boat spell - players will now only lose Port Task cargo, Bounty items, salvage and fish from their Cargo Hold. Anything else will be kept and accessible once your ship is recovered.
The Cargo Hold will no longer delete your diving apparatus or crowbar until you have the requirements to retrieve the item again.
Cargo crates are now confiscated immediately when you teleport while carrying them.
The Collection Log now updates correctly when receiving Dragon Cannonballs from sorting Opulent Salvage.
The "Start the boat when setting a heading" option now works more reliably for players whose crewmates were already controlling the helm when they boarded the boat.
Gull and Soup will no longer consume entire stacks of Karambwanji when fed. Their hunger is sated, for now...
Added an option to disable teleport warnings while on a boat: If you attempt to teleport while you're on a boat, you'll be given options to cancel it, proceed with it or proceed with it and not ask again. If you choose the latter, you'll no longer receive teleport warning while on a boat.

If you wish to, you can re-enable this via the Settings Menu, which you can find under Warnings → Sailing Warnings.

Fixed an animation glitch that occurs when metamorphing Gull or Gulliver during the emote.
Non-alchable items can no longer be fed to the Giant Clam.
The following Sailing activities can now be boosted:

All sea charting types

Generic charting activities
Current duck
Drink crates
Mermaid dives
Spyglass - including speaking with Chartin' Charles McAtless
Weather trolls

Both building and using cannons on a boat

Updated the requirement met filter in the Sea Charting interface to include quest requirements.
The Blast Furnace no longer allows players to fill it completely with nickel ore, as smelting requires space to add copper ore as well. If you've already got this problem, select the 'Check' option on the Blast Furnace's melting pot. This will allow you to empty the furnace.
When Sailing launched, we enabled you to dismantle the combined versions of the max cape. Now, Mac can do this too. For example, if you sell an Infernal Max Cape back to Mac, you'll now receive your Infernal Cape as well as the coins.
Added swamp tar to Pygmy Krakens' drop table.
The correct icon is now displayed upon showing a Holy Sheet to the High Priest.
Testing the currents south of the pest-filled island near the Void Knight's Outpost is now correctly listed under The Simian Sea.
Fixed a spade-related typo on the Port Task board.
The NPC Ros now refers to a Mithril helm, rather than a Mahogany one, when she gives tips about the Jubbly Jive.

Other Changes

Fixed the issue causing player character's feet to clip into terrain due to our switch to Z-buffer rendering.
Fairy Rings scroll bar now works correctly when using the search function. Likewise, when using the Fairy Rings search function and pressing Enter, you can now view the results list as intended.
In addition, when you interact with a Fairy Ring, the search box will now automatically open letting you type immediately.
Juna's chathead no longer appears in place of yours when you tell her stories of certain adventures.

PvP Rota and World Changes

The PvP rota has moved to Period A:

539 - (US) - PvP World
318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World
548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World
577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World
559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

Additionally, with the Launch of sailing we opened up a few extra temporary worlds to deal with the influx of players expected from such a launch.

Now everything has settled, we'll be removing the following worlds post update:

UK - 661,662,663,664,665,666,667
EU - 677,678,679,680,681
USW - 650,651,652,653,654
AUS - 687,688,689

On top of this we would like to direct those hungry for salvage onto our 2 Salvaging activity worlds. 596 and 597 have been specifically prepared and we would like players to try and fill them up whilst salvaging to give them a bit of a stress test.

Christmas Event 2025

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Its officially festive season in Gielinor! Varrocks been wrapped in a fluffy white blanket, and the Blue Moon Inn is buzzing for the Christmas Dinner orders. Fancy helping the Cook with handling all the orders and whipping up some wintry delights?

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To start the quest, head to Blue Moon Inn at Varrock and talk to the Cook.

You'll find the Cook in the kitchen at the back of the bar.
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It isn't only Varrock that got that a winter makeover... As tradition goes, some familiar faces, beloved companions and even a few bosses got a festive touch as well. Youll just have to discover them as you adventure across Gielinor!

Rewards Lovely Jubbly Bib, Christmas Dinner & Beer Belly Sweater

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OSRS Christmas rewards always bring a festive flair, and this time also a bit of extra belly. Here's the full list of fashionscape up for grabs once you've completed the quest:

Beer Belly Sweater to flex that belly after having nommed your Christmas dinner and drinks.
Lovely Jubbly Bib - need we say more?
Main-hand Christmas dinner platter and off-hand novelty Christmas mug.

Jad Christmas Jumper

Back in early November, we kicked off a competition for a player-designed and OSRS-inspired Christmas jumper across our social channels. The winning design would inspire a reward from this Christmas Event - and here it is! Massive GZs to u/PokemonReb on Reddit for winning the competition and seeing their creation come to life in-game! And of course, huge thanks to everyone who entered the competition. There were so many mind-blowing submissions and your designs absolutely sleighed!

Above is the winning entry from the community-designed Christmas Jumper Competition.
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And here's how it looks in-game!
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We love the irony of Gielinor's angriest guy getting all festive, and it seems like you do too! Plus, this jumper pairs perfectly with the Jad Slippers and Jad plush.

As we wrap up, dont forget - you can claim rewards from previous Christmas events by speaking with Diango in Draynor although youll need to complete this years event first!

Christmas 2025 Livestream

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Tomorrow, December 11th 4pm UTC, we'll be hosting a Christmas Livestream on our Twitch channel consisting of:

Festive Pub Crawl for the jolly vibes!
A Festive Parade from Blue Moon Inn to Rusty Anchor Inn in Port Sarim
Festive Sailing from Port Sarim to Brimhaven, visiting more pubs along the way
And some surprises!

Meet us at Blue Moon Inn on World 520 on 4pm UTC!

Make sure to put on your most Christmas inspired fashionscape, bonus points if you mix in some pirate or sailor flair! We can't wait to see what combinations you come up it, and it will be a blast to see 'Scapers in festive fits on their boats, sailing across Gielinor!

Sailing Fixes & Tweaks

Last week, we heard your feedback loud and clear on the Sailing XP review and salvaging changes. After thoroughly reviewing your feedback, we rolled out a batch of hotfixes last Friday, which you can read in detail here. Before diving into todays update, we want to quickly recap whats already been adjusted for those who missed it:

We've increased the number of 'active' shipwrecks at each salvaging hotspot. This means every hotspot should have two inactive shipwrecks (rather than three or more), which will increase uptime for players salvaging.
We've restored XP from sorting salvage to its pre-adjustment levels:

Barracuda salvage from 13 XP to 15.5 XP.
Large salvage from 20 XP to 24 XP.
Pirate salvage from 26 XP to 31.5 XP.
Mercenary salvage from 30 XP to 63.5 XP.
Fremennik salvage from 32 XP to 75 XP.
Merchant salvage from 34 XP to 95 XP.

We've improved the player's salvaging speed from 5 ticks (3 seconds) to 4 ticks (2.4 seconds).
We've reduced the XP modifier for crewmates pulling up salvage, to shift a little more focus onto Salvaging for yourself.

Level 4 Deckhandiness XP modifier reduced from 70% to 40%.
Level 3 Deckhandiness XP modifier reduced from 60% to 30%.

We've added +1,250 XP to completion of the Marlin Gwenith Glide, meaning you'll receive 16,050 XP for a completion. Keep in mind that this number is now affected by the Horizon's Lure, which would put the new boosted completion XP at 16,451.

Now on to what's changed today...

Group Irons can now use facilities on their group members' ships regardless of whether or not they've built that facility themselves, so long as they have the Sailing level required.
The Bonecrusher and Bonecrusher Necklace now work for any Sailing creatures who drop bones.
Resetting the Gwenith Glide trial while going through a teleport portal will no longer break the trial.
When quick-transporting your boat - for example by recovering via a shipwright or using a boat spell - players will now only lose Port Task cargo, Bounty items, salvage and fish from their Cargo Hold. Anything else will be kept and accessible once your ship is recovered.
The Cargo Hold will no longer delete your diving apparatus or crowbar until you have the requirements to retrieve the item again.
Cargo crates are now confiscated immediately when you teleport while carrying them.
The Collection Log now updates correctly when receiving Dragon Cannonballs from sorting Opulent Salvage.
The "Start the boat when setting a heading" option now works more reliably for players whose crewmates were already controlling the helm when they boarded the boat.
Gull and Soup will no longer consume entire stacks of Karambwanji when fed. Their hunger is sated, for now...
Fixed an animation glitch that occurs when metamorphing Gull or Gulliver during the emote.
Non-alchable items can no longer be fed to the Giant Clam.
The following Sailing activities can now be boosted:

All sea charting types

Generic charting activities
Current duck
Drink crates
Mermaid dives
Spyglass - including speaking with Chartin' Charles McAtless
Weather trolls

Both building and using cannons on a boat

Updated the requirement met filter in the Sea Charting interface to include quest requirements.
The Blast Furnace no longer allows players to fill it completely with nickel ore, as smelting requires space to add copper ore as well. If you've already got this problem, select the 'Check' option on the Blast Furnace's melting pot. This will allow you to empty the furnace.
When Sailing launched, we enabled you to dismantle the combined versions of the max cape. Now, Mac can do this too. For example, if you sell an Infernal Max Cape back to Mac, you'll now receive your Infernal Cape as well as the coins.
Added swamp tar to Pygmy Krakens' drop table.
The correct icon is now displayed upon showing a Holy Sheet to the High Priest.
Testing the currents south of the pest-filled island near the Void Knight's Outpost is now correctly listed under The Simian Sea.
Fixed a spade-related typo on the Port Task board.
The NPC Ros now refers to a Mithril helm, rather than a Mahogany one, when she gives tips about the Jubbly Jive.
Added an option to disable teleport warnings while on a boat: If you attempt to teleport while you're on a boat, you'll be given options to cancel it, proceed with it or proceed with it and not ask again. If you choose the latter, you'll no longer receive teleport warning while on a boat.

If you wish to, you can re-enable this via the Settings Menu, which you can find under Warnings → Sailings Warnings.

If you cant see the image above, click here!

Some additional hotfixes we rolled out last week, in case you missed it:

Lava Strykewyrms and Frost Dragons now correctly drop Dragon Sheets with the boosted on task rates while on a Slayer task, as intended.
Cargo crates are now confiscated immediately when you teleport while carrying them.
Fixed an issue where Tears of Guthix was calculating the XP to award you based off of the wrong skill.

An Update on Jagex Launcher

Heads up, 'Scapers! As of tomorrow, installing the Jagex Launcher on PC will no longer require admin permissions. This should make it easier to install the Launcher on shared or restricted devices, though note that some systems may still have local restrictions in place.

We are aware that the Official Client still requires admin permissions to install - in these instances you can continue to use RuneLite.

Mass Chambers with the JMods

Join Mods Rach, Elena, Manked, Midnight, Jelly and Civ for another Chambers mass madness in the official OSRS Discord!

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Ready to get flattened by Olm? Or maybe (just maybe) show him whos boss? Either way, grab your Twisted bows, your brews, and your highly questionable raid knowledge and join us for a Chambers Mass Event!

Date: Friday, December 12th
World: 522
Mass-up: 15:45 UTC - 10:45 ET / 07:45 PT / 02:45 AET / 15:45 GMT
Raiding Time: 16:00 UTC - 11:00 ET / 8:00 PT / 3:00 AET / 16:00 GMT
Where: Official OSRS Discord (the Server-events voice channel opens at mass)

What to expect?

Beautiful chaos. Piles of deaths, Olms head almost certainly deciding to laser the entire raid at once, a few heroic clutches, and a tragically low number of purples.

However, you can also expect plenty of laughs, some excellent stories, and that unique brand of mass-event madness that makes it all worth it. Were here for the fun - not the points (definitely not the points). Whether we walk away with loot (cuz remember, scuffed = stuff) or just tales of chaos, well have a laugh together.

Not keen to be burned alive by your entire team? No worries! You can still join in by spectating - Mods will be streaming their POV so you can enjoy the carnage from the safety of your bank tab.

Requirements & Rules?

Nothing but a bit of Chambers' knowledge, a pulse, and a willingness to die with grace would be beneficial.

The Raid Rules:

No alts please - each raid is capped at 100 players, and we want as many people to be able to join in as possible.
Do not come in just to afk for the diary - have fun and help out!
Prep for others - when prepping for Olm, please make a few extras. We won't start Olm until sufficient prep is complete.
No entering Olm early - Please do not enter Olm until everyone has potted and your Friends Chat leader has gone in, else you may be kicked from the raid.
Dying in Olm? If you have died in Olm twice and are still learning, consider staying out and watching/learning from others after the second death. Go back in only if you are feeling confident.
Choose kindness - these raids are just for the community chaos and fun of a mass, please don't expect to see many points or purples!

On the day, please join the following Friends Chats. If the first Friends Chat in the list is full, move on to the next:

Mod Rach - ft Mod Elena as General
Mod Manked - ft Mod Civ as General
Mod Jelly - ft Mod Midnight as General
If we get this far, we'll add some more FCs!

So polish your pickaxes, forget your Anti-venom, and lets give Olm a show we won't forget!

Other Changes

Fixed the issue causing player character's feet to clip into terrain due to our switch to Z-buffer rendering.
Fairy Rings scroll bar now works correctly when using the search function. Likewise, when using the Fairy Rings search function and pressing Enter, you can now view the results list as intended.
In addition, when you interact with a Fairy Ring, the search box will now automatically open letting you type immediately.
Juna's chathead no longer appears in place of yours when you tell her stories of certain adventures.

PvP World Rota and World Changes

The PvP rota has moved to Period A:

539 - (US) - PvP World
318 - (UK) - Bounty Hunter World
548 - (Germany) - High-Risk PvP World
577 - (US) - Free-to-Play PvP World
559 - (UK) - LMS Competitive

World 390 (AUS) for LMS Competitive has been activated with this rota.

World 569 (AUS) for Bounty Hunter has been activated with this rota.

The PvP Arena is using 'Zerker' loadouts in Ranked Duels and Tournaments this week.

Additionally, with the Launch of sailing we opened up a few extra temporary worlds to deal with the influx of players expected from such a launch.

Now everything has settled, we'll be removing the following worlds post update:

UK - 661,662,663,664,665,666,667
EU - 677,678,679,680,681
USW - 650,651,652,653,654
AUS - 687,688,689

You can also discuss this update on the 2007Scape subreddit, the Steam forums, or the community-led OSRS Discord in the #gameupdate channel. For more info on the above content, check out the official Old School Wiki.

Mods Abe, Abyss, Acorn, Ape, Arcane, Archie, Argo, Ash, Asherz, Ayiza, BigRig, Blighted, Blossom, Boko, Bruno, Chilly, Criminal, Curse, Daizong, Ed, Elena, Enigma, Entropi, Freddie, Fuzz, Gecko, Gizmo, Goblin, Grace, Grub, Halo, Harold, Hend, Hornet, Husky, Ivory, Jalo, Jamesy, Jerv, Keyser, Kieren, Kirby, Kurotou, Leebleh, Lenny, Light, Liron, Lykos, Mack, Manked, Markos, Maylea, Mobius, Moogle, Morty, Moz, Necro, Nin, Nixon, Nox, Nylu, Ori, Other, Otter, Philomel, Pork, Pumpkin, Puppi, Rach, Redfield, Rice, Roq, Roy, Ry, Saiyan, Sarnie, Schmidt, Shogun, Shroom, Sigma, Skylark, Smithy, Sova, Spyro, Squid, Starry, Suharun, Surma, Sween, Tide, Titania, Titus, TJ, Tomb, Tsourorf, Tyran, Veda, Vegard, West, Wolfy & Yume

The Old School Team.