Introduction:
While walking through RuneScape, you may notice strange events occurrences. These events are called random events, and there are a lot of them in RuneScape. For successfully completing the given puzzle or task, you will receive a small reward or even a piece of special clothing. If you fail at an event, you will be teleported to a random location. Random Events were introduced by Jagex to stop autoers. Since then, they have become a part of the game. However, dangerous random events were removed and all events made accessible to non-members.
Contents:
- Random Events
- Retired Random Events
- Rewards
- Bee-keeper
- Cap'n Arnav's Chest
- Certers
- Drill Demon
- Evil Bob
- Evil Twin
- Freaky Forester
- Kiss the Frog
- Gravedigger
- Lost and Found
- Maze
- Mime
- Pillory
- Pinball
- Prison Pete
- Quiz Master
- Sandwich Lady
- Surprise Exam
The Bee-keeper may appear acquiring your help with newly purchased beehive. Help him in assembling his beehive by dragging each part to its correct level on the ladder. When done, press build. Use the picture of a beehive in the bottom right corner as an example.
When encountering Cap'n Arnav, you will be teleported to a small island and will be asked to open you to open the lock on a chest. Underneath each column you will find a word, for example "Coins". Click on the arrows of that column until you see a picture of some coins in the middle, do this with for all 3 columns and click on "unlock" to open it.
You may know the certers Niles, Miles, and Giles from RuneScape Classic, as they were the only way to note your items. When one of them appears, they will give you a simple test. All you have to do is to identify the spinning object. On top of being teleported to a random place upon failing, they will also note the items in your inventory and/or note the weapon that you are wielding. A bank deposit box can be found in the office, which will allow you to bank items before you leave.
He has chosen you for his new army! The only thing you need to do now is to complete the drill. He will command you to do push ups, sit ups, star jumps, or jog. Simply preform each exercise on the therefore intended mat. The reward choices include a costume point.
When Evil bob appears, he will kidnap you and bring you to his island, ScapeRune, the place where everything is the other way around. There are 7 steps you have to follow until you can escape again.
- Grab a fishing net. Any of them will do.
- Talk to the female servant, she will tell you on which side of the island you have to fish. Remember the statue.
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Go to the proper side and fish up one Fishlike thing which is already cooked, weird...
- Use it on an uncooking pot near Evil bob to uncook it.
- Use the Raw fishlike thing on Evil bob.
- When he falls asleep, walk past him through the portal, you will be teleported back to where you originally were. If you have failed the first time, then you will have to give Evil bob two of the Raw Fishlike things.
Molly will teleport you to a small room with a door, talk to Molly and she'll tell you about her evil twin sister. She asks you to go next door and use the mechanic claw to catch her sister. The Evil sister looks exactly like Molly, so take a good look at Molly before you go through the door as you won't be able to go back. Operate the mechanic claw by using the arrows on the interface and press the button to let it catch what's beneath it. You will only have 2 chances to catch the correct suspect. Note that they move all the time, so it might take some time before you can catch her.
This nice dressed man will teleport you to an open field inside a deserted forest. You need to kill a pheasant with a certain tail for him. Kill the pheasant, pick up the Raw pheasant. The reward choices include a costume point.
Frogs will appear on the ground. One will have a crown on his/her head. Talk to this frog. He/She will ask you to kiss him/her. If you do so he/she will turn into a prince/princess (Prince when your character is female, princess if your character is male). If you refuse to or speak to the wrong frogs 3 times, you will be turned into a frog and teleported to a nearby cave. Find the Frog Prince/Princess and apologize to him/her.
Leo the Gravedigger teleport you to a graveyard. He is desperate and needs your help with some wrongly placed coffins. The reward choices include an emote animation (zombie walk or zombie dance), or a costume point.
Note that you can store your items in the mausoleum. They will be transfered to your bank, so you will not be able to get them back unless you visit a bank. Pick up the coffins out all of the 5 graves. When you Check one of the coffins, it will contain a skull, 5 piles of bones and 3 other items. These items can be things used in farming, mining, pottery, cooking, and woodcutting.
Now go check the gravestones. If you find the one related to that coffin, you must put the coffin in it. The Axe Gravestone goes with the Woodcutting coffin, the Watering Can Gravestone goes with the Farming coffin, the Pickaxe Gravestone goes with the Mining coffin, the Chef's hat Gravestone goes with the Cooking coffin, and the Pot Gravestone goes with the Pottery coffin.
At any time, you may be be teleported into the Abyssal space, where there is a problem. If you want to get where you were planning on going to, you must operate the odd looking appendage. If you choose incorrectly, your magic level will temporarily be lowered. When you have operated the correct appendage, you will be teleported back to where you came from.
The Mysterious Old Man will bring you to a weird looking maze. Make your way to the center as soon as possible by going through the grill-looking doors. At the left-bottom of the screen, you will see a percentage. This is how much of the reward is left. It will go from 100% till 0%, and at 0%, the reward is nothing. There are chests inside the maze, most of which contain basic runes and arrows. The Mysterious Old Man also has a bank deposit feature and will follow you throughout the maze. Note that the Time-Counter will not stop if you log out.
Possible rewards:
- Bronze arrows
- Iron arrows
- Steel arrows
- Coins
- Feathers
- Silver ores (Noted)
- Coal (Noted)
- Mithril ores (Noted)
- Chaos runes
- Death runes
- Nature runes
- Various types of fish
The Mysterious Old Man will teleport you to the Mime Stage. The Mime next to you will perform an emote, when he is done, perform the same emote. The reward choices include an emote animation (glass wall, glass box, lean or climb rope), or a costume point.
You will be transported to a cage. When you try the open the door, an interface will pop up. Take a look at the lock in the top-left corner and memorize the shape of that lock. Now take a look at the 3 keys, select the one which would fit in the lock. Do this 3 times and you will be released. When you fail one, an extra lock will be added to the cage.
The Mysterious Old Man has a new game for you, pinball! In this game you have to tag 10 poles with green rings around them. For each good pole tagged you will receive 1 point. If you tag a pole without rings around it, your score will be reset to 0. If you try to walk away without 10 points, the 2 trolls will whack you back in, resetting your score to 0. Once you have tage 10 poles, you may freely leave the area.
That nasty Evil Bob drags you to the ScapeRune prison this time. You will end up in a large room with a lot of balloon animals. Prison Pete will tell you that you need to pull the big lever. Pull it and you will see which balloon beast you need to pop to get the correct key. Go through the room until you find the balloon beast you need to pop. Pop it and give the key it drops to Prison Pete. Repeat this process 2 times, every time you give the correct key to Prison Pete, one of the locks will disappear. When you give him a wrong key, one lock will be added. When done, you will be teleported back to where you came from with a reward.
When the Mysterious Old Man appears saying "It's your lucky day!" you will be teleported to an area with 2 chairs, 1 for you and 1 for the Quiz Master, where you will play the game "Pick out the odd one out." This is an easy game. Select the odd item and you've won the first round! There are 3 rounds.
When the sandwich lady appears, she will teleport you to her sandwich shop and ask you to pick one type of food. If you choose what she says, you get that piece of food. The pie can be a meat pie or an apple pie. A bank deposit box can be found in shop, allowing you to bank items before you leave.
The Mysterious Old Man will teleport you to a classroom. Inside the classroom Mr. Mordaut will ask to answer three question correctly in order to pass his exam. There are two types of questions he can ask you. Once you have passed the exam, you will be told you are the best in the class and may leave the classroom. Mr. Mordaut will tell you which door to exit from by a color and symbol. As a reward you will get the book of knowledge which will give you experience in a skill of your choice. The amount of experience given is 15 times your current level of the chosen skill. For example, if your cooking level is 20, you gain 300 XP. If you fail the exam you end up at a random location.
What comes next? - Pick out the object that comes next in the pattern.
Cryptic Hint - Pick the three objects that match the given criptic description. To finish this type of question click the "thumbs up" button in the bottomleft corner of the screen.
Some of the former random events have retired and now spend their days at various locations throughout RuneScape. The River Troll, Rock Golem, and Tree Spirit have been banished to the Enchanted Valley (Fairy Ring code: BKQ). When you try to chop a tree try to fish at a fishing spot, mine or prospect a rock, then these guard will appear and attack you. Note that they do not have a combat level. Shades now reside on the fourth floor of the Stronghold of Security and still drop shade robes. The bandits, Rick Turpentine and Cap'n Hand have been punished for their deeds. They are sentenced to spend their lives behind bars in the Port Sarim jail. When visiting the Apothecary in Varrock, you may spot Dr. Jekyll looking for that precious cure to keep himself from turning into Mr. Hide. On rare occasions a Strange plant now spawns near Brimhaven and still produces a Strange fruit, which can be can be picked. If the Drunken Dwarf appears, he may still treat you to a Beer and a kebab. The Security Guard now wanders around in RuneScape, offering a Security book to those who speak with him. When passing by chicken farms, you may find the Evil chicken desperatelly trying to raise a new evil army.
When you have successfully completed these puzzles, you will be rewarded a Random event gift (expect for the Maze random event). Open the gift to select one of various rewards, such as coins, runes, coal, essence, ore, bars, uncut gems, herbs, seeds, charms. In addition to this you maybe also receive the option to get your hands on a Mystery box, an Experience lamp, an Emote, or a Costume point.
Mystery box:
If you are up for a gamble, then choose to receive a Mystery box. The item inside the mystery box is random, from a useless Tinderbox to an Uncut diamond.
Experience lamp:
If you choose to receive a Experience lamp, a Genie will appear giving it to you. When you rub it, the following menu will appear. Select the stat you want some experience in. The experience received is calculated with this formula: Your skill level*10. For example: If your cooking level is 50, you will receive 50*10=500 xp.
Emotes:
If you successfully complete a Gravedigger or Mime random event, then the options of the Random event gift will also include the option to unlock a new emote.
| Random Event | Emotes | |||
| Gravedigger | ![]() Zombie Walk |
![]() Zombie Dance |
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| Mime | ![]() Glass Box |
![]() Climb Rope |
![]() Lean |
![]() Glass Wall |
Costume Points:
Upon succesfully completing a Drill Demon, Freaky Forester, Gravedigger, Kiss the Frog, or Mime random event, you may also choose the Random event gift's option to obtain a Costume point. These points can be exchanged for special outfits by talking to Iffie at Thessalia's Fine Clothes shop in Varrock. A costume point is can only be exchanged for the outfit of that particular event. Costume points may be saved up until you have enough for the complete outfit. Complete costumes can be stored in a Fancy Dress Box in the Costume Room of your Player Owned House.
| Random Event | Items | Image | |
| Drill Demon |
Camo helmet Camo top Camo bottoms |
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| Freak Forester |
Lederhosen hat Lederhosen top Lederhosen shorts |
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| Gravedigger |
Zombie mask Zombie shirt Zombie trousers Zombie boots Zombie gloves |
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| Kiss the Frog |
Frog mask Princess blouse/skirt Prince tunic/leggings |
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| Mime |
Mime mask Mime top Mime legs Mime boots Mime gloves |
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