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{{Infobox Event
|name = 2022 Christmas event
|image = [[File:2022 Christmas event.png|300px]]
|release = [[13 December]] [[2022]]
|update = Christmas Event 2022
|removal = [[11 January]] [[2023]]
|removalupdate = Secrets of the North & More!
|reward = [[#Rewards|See below]]
|preceded = [[2021 Christmas event]]
|succeeded = [[2023 Christmas event]]
}}
The '''2022 Christmas event''', officially '''The Festive Games''', was the Christmas holiday event that took place from [[13 December]] [[2022]] until [[11 January]] [[2023]].

Begin the event by speaking to [[Guss Mistletoad]]. You can find Guss hanging around the red carpet on the road connecting [[Barbarian Village]] to [[Falador]]. The holiday event [[icon]] [[File:Holiday event icon.png]] displays the location of the event on the [[world map]] and [[minimap]].

==Walkthrough==
{{Needed|Empty cape slot|recommended=8 free inventory slots}}

===The Festive Games===
[[File:2022 Christmas event location.png|thumb|250px|Starting location for the event]]
[[File:Guss Mistletoad chathead.png|left]]
Head to the snowy area west of [[Barbarian Village]] to start the Christmas event. You will see a queue of NPCs waiting to enter [[The Nutcracker]], Santa's prized pub, where only a select few can enter. At the end of the queue, speak to [[Guss Mistletoad]]. He desires to gain entry to the pub, but doing so requires winning the Festive Games, which he has a hard time winning, and so will ask you to help him win the games. Agree to do so to start the event.

Talk to [[Santa Claus]] by the [[Christmas portal]], and you will ask for game times for you and Guss. However, to discourage dishonorable conduct, you are both given different game times. Return to Guss, and talk to Santa again. You will have to solve his riddle: "What do you get when you meet a vampyre in the winter?", to which the answer is "Frostbite", though players can proceed regardless of what they answer.

Before entering the Christmas portal, players must not have anything equipped in their cape slot, and are recommended to use the nearby [[bank deposit box]] to free up eight inventory slots.

===Pass the coal===
[[File:2022 Christmas event - Pass the coal.png|thumb|250px|A player playing ''Pass the coal''.]]
Upon entering the Christmas portal, you will arrive at the Nutcracker pub grounds. Talk to [[Santa's scribe]] to start the first game: Pass the coal. To win the game, players must pick up coal piles and give it to the other contestants in order to make them go above 100 Coal (overfill their status bar) and eliminate them from the competition. However, if players get over 100 coal in their sack, they will be eliminated and must try again. A [[pile of coal]] gives 20 coal, while the [[Large Pile of Coal]] gives 40.

After winning, talk to Santa's scribe to be given a riddle: "Their body is round, with a carrot for a nose. They love to be cold, from their head to their toes.", to which the answer is "Snowman". This time, players must correctly answer the riddle before proceeding.

===Gingerbread factory===
[[File:2022 Christmas event - Gingerbread factory.png|thumb|250px|A player playing ''Gingerbread factory''.]]
Head north-east to the large house and talk to the [[gnome inspector]] to start the second game: Gingerbread factory. To win the game, players must pick up gingerbread gnomes from the factory floor and place them in the [[gingerbread hopper]]. The first contestant to reach 250 points wins. However, the other two contestants will attempt to sabotage you:
* Kick [[MerryMax2000]] when he exclaims {{overhead|I've got all the bad ones just for you!}}
* Don't carry too many gingerbreads, as [[WhoLouCindy57]] will steal them from you.

Players can take the shattered gingerbread (red ones) and put them in the opposing team's hopper to sabotage them, gaining a small amount of bonus points in the process.

{| class="wikitable align-center-1" style="text-align:left;"
! colspan="2" |Gingerbread
!Points
|-
|{{plinkt|Perfect gingerbread|txt=Perfect}}
|30
|-
|{{plinkt|Broken gingerbread|txt=Broken}}
|15
|-
|{{plinkt|Very broken gingerbread|txt=Very broken}}
|10
|-
|{{plinkt|Shattered gingerbread|txt=Shattered}}
| -10
|}

After winning, talk to the gnome inspector to be given a riddle: "I am tall when I am young, and I am short when I am old.", to which the answer is "Candle".

===Snowball massacre===
[[File:2022 Christmas event - Snowball massacre.png|thumb|250px|A player playing ''Snowball massacre''.]]
Leave the factory northwards and talk to the [[snowball champion]]. [[Guss Mistletoad|Guss]] will arrive shortly, and he will explain the third and final game to you: Snowball massacre. To win the game, players must take [[Snowball (2022 Christmas event)|snowballs]] from the [[snowball pile]]s, and throw them at the other contestants until their health bar is depleted to eliminate them.

While snowballs deal 10 damage, a [[golden snowball]] will occasionally spawn. Picking one up and throwing them will deal 50 damage, so it is recommended to take them whenever they appear.

Once all the contestants other than Guss have been eliminated, the snowball champion will initiate the Sudden Death Snowball, where both contestants will throw a snowball at the same time and whoever is hit loses. Here, players can choose to dodge the snowball or let it hit you, though the outcome is identical regardless.

Upon winning/losing, you find out that the winner of the Festive Games gets to bring a plus one to the Nutcracker pub, and you both gain entry. In the pub, talk to Guss to complete the event!

==Rewards==
[[File:2022 Christmas event reward scroll.png|center]]

* [[Santa's list]]
* [[Sack of coal]]
* [[Snow goggles & hat]]
* [[Festive games crown]]
* [[Christmas jumper]]
* [[Nutcracker outfit]]
* Two noted [[partyhat set]]s
* Two noted [[Santa hat]]s
* Two noted [[Christmas cracker]]s
* Rewards from previous events, which can be claimed from [[Diango]].

==Transcript==
{{Hastranscript|event}}

==Gallery==
See [[2022 Christmas event/Gallery]] for graphical variants that were used during the event.

===Scenery===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" style="text-align:left">
The Nutcracker pub entrance.png|The portal to The Nutcracker, between the road connecting [[Barbarian Village]] and [[Falador]].
The Nutcracker pub grounds.png|An overhead view of The Nutcracker pub grounds.
The Nutcracker pub interior.png|An interior view of the pub.
</gallery>

===Concept art===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150" style="text-align:left">
Nutcracker outfit concept art.jpg|Concept art for both styles of the nutcracker outfit, by [[Mod Skylark]].
Santa's list and bag of coal.jpg|Concept art for Santa's list and the sack of coal, by Mod Skylark.
2022 Christmas event concept art.jpg|Concept art for the event, by [[Mod Jerv]].
2022 Christmas event rewards concept art.jpg|Concept art for the event's rewards, by Mod Jerv.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* When first speaking to Guss and learning of the Nutcracker Pub, players who have completed [[Alfred Grimhand's Barcrawl]] will remark they didn't see it on their barcrawl card.
* When speaking to Santa's scribe about the pass the coal game, she nearly breaks the fourth wall by mentioning competing NPCs before quickly correcting herself.
* During the third event, Guss exclaims {{overhead|Air Guss coming at ya!}}, a reference to the movie ''{{WP|Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story}}''.

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