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OSRS is F2P until dec 31st, as they decide on keeping osrs f2p from onwards.

Christmas is almost here and this year we are pulling out all the stops. F2P for anyone and everyone until December 31st, Diango's workshop, Santa vs Anti-Santa events and more!


Christmas Free-to-Play

As a little gift for you this Christmas we will be temporarily opening the F2P servers to everyone until the 31st December. There is no better time to tell your friends so they can join you this Christmas and take part in all the exciting events… or just take them into the Wilderness and do some PKing together. We want to give you something back after everything you have given Old School over the past 12 months.

Obviously, this will raise the question of the long term plans for F2P – the next few weeks of open access will help us see what happens when everyone can access the game in a free mode, and allow us to decide whether a permanent and full F2P option is viable for the future. We are still very much dedicated to ensuring that any F2P options can work for both Jagex, the game and the community. We’ll let you know how it went in the new year.

As a precaution against the possible increase in bots during this offer, we will be removing the ability to catch lobsters on F2P worlds.


Diango's Workshop (Christmas 2005)


9 years since it originally launched, the Diango's workshop event is making a return. Diango is struggling to fulfill a toy order after hiring some hopeless pixies to help him. He needs you to lend him a helping hand to make sure that his mysterious client's order is filled.

There are 3 different activities that unlock 3 separate sets of rewards.

Toy making

Diango needs you to create toy marionettes and deliver them to the mysterious client. After talking to Diango you can get started by asking Rosie the pixie, found in Diango's workshop, about making toys.

You can deliver up to 8 boxes of marionettes to the mysterious stranger, unlocking a total of 4 holiday hats by the end of this task.


Painting baubles

Rosie and the pixies need a helping hand with painting baubles. Have a chat with Rosie in Diango's workshop and she will run you through painting and packing up baubles.

You can deliver up to 8 boxes of marionettes to Rosie, unlocking a total of 4 holiday scarves by the end of this task.

Decorating the tree

The Christmas tree in Varrock is in need of decoration. 5 boxes of baubles should just about do the trick! Finishing off this task will get you a Santa suit, the 2013 Christmas rewards, the 2004 yoyo and two of all tradeable Christmas rares.



Anti-Santa's Little Helper

Anti Santa has been spotted in Falador plotting and looking menacing while trying to find players to help him. He needs you to help fulfill his coal-giving dreams.

Head over to Eastern Falador and talk to Anti Santa to get started. For every day that you bring him what he asks he will reward you with a piece of his attire. Once you have the full set you will instead be rewarded with Christmas crackers.




In other news…

• Butlers in your player owned house will now remember your last request.
• Full combat experience will now be given inside the Pest Control minigame.
• A right-click Collect option has been added to Advisor Ghrim.
• Evil Dave now recognizes certain holiday items as evil during Shadow of the Storm.
• Fixed a typo on a toy horse.
• The dragon pickaxe special attack animation no longer activates when you don't have enough energy.
• Fixed a game message typo during Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup.
• We have separated some more shops for iron men to prevent players helping them. We have removed the iron man status from some accounts that abused this to a large extent.
• The Bounty Hunter streak overlay can once again be toggled on or off.
• You can no longer buy rotten tomatoes from the duel arena crate on F2P Worlds.
• Leaving Lumbridge castle via the back door with Zanik now triggers the correct cutscene.
• Repaired the textures on some diseased farming trees.
• The Dark core and Kraken pets no longer block walk.
• Displays that use stackable items no longer show a stack size of -1.
• You can now enchant an imbued Salve amulet.

http://services.runescape.com/m=news/christmas-2014?oldschool=1

I really hope that it becomes goes F2P permanently, I'm not even remotely interested in paying membership or gold farming in RS3 to maintain bonds. If it was F2P, however, I'd happily PK legit (and stake too if it's F2P?) and write some AL scripts.

And I just paid for membership… -.-'

Time to create some accounts capable of bottin dragons in those 2 weeks :)

they've already lost so much profit, might as well lose some more right?

aw damn i just bought membership primarily for 07 :(

I tried it and I don't prefer it, in my opinion :p

dang, didn't realize this was happening, sadbeans. any news on when they'll make a decision on f2p osrs?

From: asianfishy
dang, didn't realize this was happening, sadbeans. any news on when they'll make a decision on f2p osrs?

According to their most recent post it'll be weeks before the final decision.

From: jam5796
aw damn i just bought membership primarily for 07 :(

I thought it meant i had to be member to get into the members stuff just like in RS3????

wowowow was i mixed up…