Weird snake.
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| Weird snake. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 6 December 2004 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Removal | 6 March 2007 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Fruit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest | Monkey Madness I | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ape Atoll | ||||||||||||||||||
| League region | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | Slightly more spherical than most snakes. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NPC ID | removed | ||||||||||||||||||
The weird snake was a tomato in disguise that was released with the Monkey Madness I quest.
Monkey Madness I was notorious for its idiosyncratic development and coding compared to the rest of the game.[1] When the quest was released an unused copy of each character from the quest was also added. For unknown reasons, the copy of the snake had been replaced by a tomato. A year later, it was given an official name and examine as a weird snake.
It is unknown whether the disguised tomato was the legacy of a mechanic cut before launch, or if it was just a joke by developers. Regardless, the unused NPC copies were all removed in a hidden update in 2007. As a result, it has never been present in Old School RuneScape.