Penguin Hide and Seek

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Looking for this week's penguins? See Distractions and Diversions Locations/Penguin Hide and Seek for their locations.
Various unofficial threads (and the worlds they operate on) for this activity may be found in the Distractions and Diversions section of the official RuneScape forums.
A penguin in disguise.
A very suspicious rock.

Penguin Hide and Seek, also known as Penguin Hunting (not to be confused with the Penguin Hunting Area found east of the Iceberg) (and also referred to by Larry as Operation Ice Spy, In Issue 35 of the Postbag from the Hedge), is one of the broadest extensions of Distractions and Diversions, and can be used to earn money or experience in any skill. Penguin Hide and Seek was released with the original three Distractions and Diversions on 2 September 2008.

Listen to audio.
You spot a penguin! (link)
The jingle when finding a penguin.

Getting started

Our paranoid friend Larry is positioned near the south west side of the Ardougne Zoo, at a comfortably close proximity to the Penguin Exhibit. While the rest of RuneScape thinks he is insane, he alone realises the true threat the penguins pose and stands in faithful guardianship at the side of the Penguin enclosure!

  • Note: After Hunt for Red Raktuber, you will have to use the polar bear Chuck, instead of Larry. Chuck is located in the Polar Bear pen, east of where Larry was.
A player spots a penguin.
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Can you spot the penguin?

Simply ask him about penguin hunting and he will decide he is able to trust the adventurer with the information required to get out and do the dirty work for him.

He will give you a Spy notebook that keeps track of how many penguins you have found that week and how many Penguin points you have that are ready to be spent. Please note that the book is completely optional, but handy nonetheless. If you happen to lose your spy book, talk to Larry and he will give you another after a slight scolding.

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A well-hidden penguin. Can you spot it?

Chuck or Larry offers hints to help players locate penguins. Some of the hints are general areas, while other are more specific. If you receive more than ten location hints, it may be because a penguin has recently run over into another hint's area.

Chuck or Larry will give hints for all penguins—whether you have already spied on them or not!

Note: Every Wednesday (between 00:00 and 01:00 GMT ) the penguins reset so you can hunt them down again.

Requirements

There are no skill or combat levels required, but if you are low-level, you may want to bring food if going to a dangerous place such as the Wilderness.

Optional quest requirements

There are four quests rewarding extra features for Penguin Hunting:

The PBJ Polar Bear Agent.
  • Cold War - Once you complete Cold War, 5 of the 10 penguins will start rewarding two points instead of 1, therefore pushing the maximum amount of points up to 15 per week.
  • Hunt for Red Raktuber - Once you complete Hunt for Red Raktuber, you will be able to spy on a PBJ Polar Bear each week, therefore pushing the maximum amount of points a week up to 16.
  • Some Like It Cold & Desert Treasure - Once you complete Some Like It Cold and started Desert Treasure up to the point where you get the Ring of Visibility, you will be able to spy on the Invisible or Ghost Penguin. This penguin teleports around the game, periodically. It seems to teleport to various spawn points of the "normal" penguins. It is green and very hard to see even with a Ring of Visibility. The best way to hunt this penguin is to join a friends chat and ask if anyone has seen it. Spying on it gives 3 points, making the maximum weekly points 19. This penguin appeared on 8 August 2012.
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Players usually hunt penguins in groups.

Certain other quests may be required to get to the places where the penguins are, however, not all of them will need to be completed, you will only need to start some of them (note that other quests may be required to complete these quests):

Completed quests: These quests must be completed to be able to reach the new places.

Started quests: You only need to reach a certain point in these quests to reach the new places.

Disguises

Penguins can come in a variety of disguises that help them blend into their surroundings and go around unnoticed. The KGP went to great lengths to make sure the disguises are perfect, and indeed, they are near perfect! The only flaw is when the feathery spies are moving or looking around. The Feathery Bolshevik Investigations (FBI for short) had the sense to make their disguises common knowledge so that there will be little confusion on what is or is not a penguin spy.

Penguins in disguises Other
A penguin in a barrel. A penguin in a bush. A penguin in a cactus. A penguin in a crate. A polar bear in a well (after Hunt for Red Raktuber).
Barrel Bush Cactus Crate Polar bear
A penguin in a rock. A penguin in a toadstool. An invisible penguin.
Rock Toadstool Invisible

The invisible penguin (also known as ghost penguin) can be seen using a ring of visibility from the Desert Treasure quest (no need to complete quest after getting ring). It teleports every few minutes to any one of 34 1-point penguin spawn locations around RuneScape. It is worth three points when spying after completing Some Like It Cold; however to see the penguin you do not need to have completed the quest, you just won't get any points. The invisible penguin moves a lot faster than the normal penguins.

The pumpkin penguin or pumpguins was first released during the 2008 Hallowe'en event and were also used during the 2009 Hallowe'en event, the 2010 Hallowe'en event and the 2011 Halloween event. This disguise is only seen during the Hallowe'en festivities.

A penguin spy wearing a disguise seen only during the Christmas Events.
A penguin spy wearing a disguise seen only during the Christmas Events.

The snowman penguin or snowpengs were first released during the 2009 Christmas Event and were also used during the 2010 Christmas event and 2011 Christmas event

A penguin spy wearing a disguise seen only during the Hallowe'en events.
A penguin spy wearing a disguise seen only during the Hallowe'en events.

. This disguise is only seen during the Christmas festivities.



Examine texts

  • Barrel - "What's black and white and smells like beer?"
  • Bush - "What's black and white and down to earth?"
  • Cactus - "What's black and white and covered in spines?"
  • Crate - "What's black and white and on a sneaking mission?"
  • Rock - "What's black and white and looks like a rock hopper?"
  • Toadstool - "What's black and white and covered in mushroom?"
  • Invisible - "Licensed to Chill."
  • Pumpkin - "What's black and white and smells of pumpkin?" (During Halloween 2008, 2009 and 2011, all penguins turned into pumpkins. During Halloween 2010, only 1-point penguins turned into pumpkins.)
  • Snowman - "What's black and white and covered in snow?" (During Christmas 2009, 2010 and 2011, all penguins turned into snowmen.)

Helpful hints

For a list of confirmed locations for current week, see Distractions and Diversions Locations/Penguin Hide and Seek.

Suggested items

  1. Clan Chat hunting and spying. The best world for this is World 60.
  2. Forum Thread based hunting and spying. The best world(s) for this is World 71 and/or World 99

Spellbook teleports

The general Magic teleportation spells are very useful for getting around to find the penguins quickly. Common locations include:

Several players like to use the Lunar Magic Spell book, as they can teleport to some uncommon but useful places while still being able to get clues from Larry or Chuck anywhere with the NPC Contact spell. Some Lunar teleportation locations include:

Not many use the Ancient Magicks spell book for this purpose, as the Ancient teleport spells are generally less convenient in getting around. But it is still an option. Some Ancients teleportation locations include:

The Lunar spellbook has a significant advantage for those with 96 magic as they can cast Spellbook Swap and make use of all teleport spells.

Note: If you are on Lunar or Ancients, or just have a low magic level, House Portals or Teleportation Tablets are other time-saving options!

Trapping penguins

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An example of a trapped penguin, with 2 spaces to move between.

It is possible to trap a penguin in one spot so that it can not move around by positioning players and the scenery around the penguin and boxing it in. When players are standing still, the penguin can't pass through them thus allowing the penguin to be trapped. The trap is broken when another player moves through that square, allowing the penguin to escape from the trap. It is therefore very important not to step on or run through trappers when spying a trapped penguin.

If a trapper is stepped on, they should wait until the other player moves off them and then move off the square and then back to their original spot quickly.

Tips on trapping

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Four Penguins trapped in Rellekka.
Picture of 5 penguins trapped in the Yanille wall.
  1. If penguins are unable to move from the square they are standing on for approximately 7 minutes, then the penguin will "re-spawn" or teleport to its primary spawn point. Each penguin has one re-spawn point. So unless you’d like to go hunting all over again for that penguin, give it at least two squares to move around!
  2. If you want to help herd penguins, follow it until it is near a suitable location, then open doors in front of the penguin and close them behind it. This works better with 2 or more people.
  3. Try not to stand on people who are trapping a penguin; standing on and then stepping off a person allows the penguin to pass through them. Players should take the following precautions:
    1. Turn off run when approaching the penguin.
    2. Move to a square with a line of sight to the penguin before spying.
    3. Click away after spying. (Otherwise players may automatically walk towards the penguin).
    4. In the case of a door, walk up to the door before opening, open it, take a single step inside and close it behind you.
  4. If you can, spy over water, lava, fences, through windows, low walls, etc.
  5. There are a few pets such as a platypus or tooth creature which can help you trap penguins as they block them the same way players do.

Clans and clan chats

There are a number of clans and clan chats which will help players find their weekly penguins. Some of these clans have threads in the Distractions and Diversions Board of the RuneScape official forums. Posted on the threads are general locations of each of the 11 penguins and the polar bear well for each weekly update. Updates with more recent locations can be found in friends chat or on forums depending on the clan.

Other hints and tips

  • Wilderness penguins can trap themselves just south of the South Western building in the ruins west of the bandit camp around level 20.
  • Since penguins do not appear as dots on the mini-map, turn music off and volume up. Penguins are noisy spies and can be generally heard if they are visible on your screen. It is sort of a mechanical chugging sound, interspersed with the penguin's pops and whistles.
  • Look for the polar bear. They can't move, are always in wells, and give one extra penguin point. Players must have completed Hunt for Red Raktuber quest to be able to spot them.
  • Don't be afraid to ask other players if they have recently seen a penguin.
  • If players are in a penguin clan chat, it would be wisest to first find the penguins that are harder to trap, e.g., the desert penguins. If these penguins escape, it could take a very long time to find them.

Spawn Locations and Roam Areas

There are 67 penguin spawn locations and 6 polar bear locations. See Penguin Hide and Seek/Spawn Locations.

For the Ghost/Invisible penguin see Penguin Hide and Seek/Invisible Penguin Spawn Locations

For current locations, see Distractions and Diversions Locations/Penguin Hide and Seek.

For previous locations, see Penguin Hide and Seek/Previous Locations.

Rewards

Players may earn a maximum of 10 points per week if no penguin quests have been completed, 15 points per week if the Cold War quest is completed, 16 points per week if the Hunt for Red Raktuber quest is completed, and 19 points per week if the Some Like It Cold quest is completed.

  • The penguins in the easier locations are always worth one point each.
  • The penguins in more difficult locations (such as areas that require a quest) are worth one point. A bonus point is awarded for these penguins after the completion of the Cold War quest, for a total of two.
  • If the quest Hunt for Red Raktuber has been completed, players may also spy on a Polar Bear once a week for an additional penguin point.
  • If the quest Some Like It Cold has been completed, players may also spy an invisible penguin once a week for an additional 3 points.

Note: Penguins worth two points will only provide their bonus point after Cold War is complete. Spying a "two-point" penguin without finishing Cold War will only earn one point. The PBJ agent from the Hunt for Red Raktuber quest cannot be spied until that quest is complete.

Penguin points can be redeemed by talking with Chuck or Larry. Players may choose either a coin reward or an experience reward. The player will be rewarded for as many points as they have at the time of speaking and will not be asked how many points to redeem. Keep this in mind if you wish to use penguin points for multiple skills.

  • If coins are chosen, the player will receive 6,500 coins per point.
  • If experience is chosen, the amount of experience gained is dependent on the player's current level in the chosen skill. The formula for determining the amount of experience gained is:
    • Level of skill choice x 25 = amount of experience per point. There is no bonus for spending more points at a time. For instance, spending 1 point a week will return the same experience as spending 10 all at once (also see levelling note below).
      • i.e. if your Summoning is level 16 and you trade in 11 points, you will receive 4400 experience in total. 25x16x11 = 4400

Even if the skill level increases in the process of spending points, the "Skill level" in the above formula does not change. For example, if a player needs 1000 experience to get to level 41, spending 2 points would only earn 2000 experience. Because of this, its recommended to spend points one at a time so that additional points spent will maximise any levelling up from gained experience. This means that, assuming a skill is only trained using 16 Penguin Hide and Seek reward points per week, a level-up is guaranteed up until level 60.

Note: Chuck or Larry will only keep track of up to 50 points per player. Any points earned beyond 50 will be lost. 

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3 750 1,125 1,200 33 8,250 12,375 13,200 63 15,750 23,625 25,200 93 23,250 34,875 37,200
4 1,000 1,500 1,600 34 8,500 12,750 13,600 64 16,000 24,000 25,600 94 23,500 35,250 37,600
5 1,250 1,875 2,000 35 8,750 13,125 14,000 65 16,250 24,375 26,000 95 23,750 35,625 38,000
6 1,500 2,250 2,400 36 9,000 13,500 14,400 66 16,500 24,750 26,400 96 24,000 36,000 38,400
7 1,750 2,625 2,800 37 9,250 13,875 14,800 67 16,750 25,125 26,800 97 24,250 36,375 38,800
8 2,000 3,000 3,200 38 9,500 14,250 15,200 68 17,000 25,500 27,200 98 24,500 36,750 39,200
9 2,250 3,375 3,600 39 9,750 14,625 15,600 69 17,250 25,875 27,600 99 24,750 37,125 39,600
10 2,500 3,750 4,000 40 10,000 15,000 16,000 70 17,500 26,250 28,000 100 25,000 37,500 40,000
11 2,750 4,125 4,400 41 10,250 15,375 16,400 71 17,750 26,625 28,400 101 25,250 37,875 40,400
12 3,000 4,500 4,800 42 10,500 15,750 16,800 72 18,000 27,000 28,800 102 25,500 38,250 40,800
13 3,250 4,875 5,200 43 10,750 16,125 17,200 73 18,250 27,375 29,200 103 25,750 38,625 41,200
14 3,500 5,250 5,600 44 11,000 16,500 17,600 74 18,500 27,750 29,600 104 26,000 39,000 41,600
15 3,750 5,625 6,000 45 11,250 16,875 18,000 75 18,750 28,125 30,000 105 26,250 39,375 42,000
16 4,000 6,000 6,400 46 11,500 17,250 18,400 76 19,000 28,500 30,400 106 26,500 39,750 42,400
17 4,250 6,375 6,800 47 11,750 17,625 18,800 77 19,250 28,875 30,800 107 26,750 40,125 42,800
18 4,500 6,750 7,200 48 12,000 18,000 19,200 78 19,500 29,250 31,200 108 27,000 40,500 43,200
19 4,750 7,125 7,600 49 12,250 18,375 19,600 79 19,750 29,625 31,600 109 27,250 40,875 43,600
20 5,000 7,500 8,000 50 12,500 18,750 20,000 80 20,000 30,000 32,000 110 27,500 41,250 44,000
21 5,250 7,875 8,400 51 12,750 19,125 20,400 81 20,250 30,375 32,400 111 27,750 41,625 44,400
22 5,500 8,250 8,800 52 13,000 19,500 20,800 82 20,500 30,750 32,800 112 28,000 42,000 44,800
23 5,750 8,625 9,200 53 13,250 19,875 21,200 83 20,750 31,125 33,200 113 28,250 42,375 45,200
24 6,000 9,000 9,600 54 13,500 20,250 21,600 84 21,000 31,500 33,600 114 28,500 42,750 45,600
25 6,250 9,375 10,000 55 13,750 20,625 22,000 85 21,250 31,875 34,000 115 28,750 43,125 46,000
26 6,500 9,750 10,400 56 14,000 21,000 22,400 86 21,500 32,250 34,400 116 29,000 43,500 46,400
27 6,750 10,125 10,800 57 14,250 21,375 22,800 87 21,750 32,625 34,800 117 29,250 43,875 46,800
28 7,000 10,500 11,200 58 14,500 21,750 23,200 88 22,000 33,000 35,200 118 29,500 44,250 47,200
29 7,250 10,875 11,600 59 14,750 22,125 23,600 89 22,250 33,375 35,600 119 29,750 44,625 47,600
30 7,500 11,250 12,000 60 15,000 22,500 24,000 90 22,500 33,750 36,000 120 30,000 45,000 48,000

Squeal of Fortune spins

On 2 April 2012 the Squeal of Fortune gained an update allowing players to obtain spin tickets. These tickets can only be received when the Penguin Hide and Seek D&D is the designated D&D of the week.

Trivia

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A group of players spotting a polar bear in the well in Falador.
  • During Thanksgiving 2008, free players could spot 10 Hidden Turkeys. This was similar to Penguin Hide and Seek.
  • Players used to be able to spot all the penguins twice in a week. If a player spotted all penguins within the first few hours of the penguins resetting, later that week they could be spotted again. Jagex has fixed this bug.
  • On 28 January 2009, there was a glitch where players were able to spy on the same penguin over and over again. This led to masses of players abusing the glitch, allowing them to gain points quickly and receiving massive amounts of experience or coins in a short time. On 3 February, Paul Gower posted a thread in the Recent Updates forum, saying that 159 players have been permanently banned and a number of players involved were given temporary bans for breaking the then Rule 4.
  • After Hunt for Red Raktuber, players could continue to contact Larry through the NPC Contact spell in the Lunar spellbook and receive hints, even though Larry had been taken to the Motherland. This is now fixed, so you can only contact Chuck.
  • The examine text for the rock disguised penguin is a play on rockhopper, a species of penguin.
  • When exchanging points for money, the text says "show me the money", a catch phrase from the movie, 'Jerry Maguire'.
  • A glitch can happen if a player spots a penguin that is inside a house from outside and quickly closes the door before they are finished with the spotting, they walk through the door like a ghost.
  • When you spy on a penguin, you do what appears to be a cheer emote at the end. This is not the case, as it is almost double the speed of a normal Cheer emote and you only raise both hands in the air twice and then one in the air once. The regular emote consists of three both hand lifts, and then one hand lift.
  • You would need approximately 6,025 penguins points, or roughly 377 weeks or 7.23 years (after Hunt for Red Raktuber), to get from 1 to 99. If you decided to trade these in for coins, this would grant 39,162,500 coins.
  • The examine text for the crate disguised penguin could be a reference to the famous tactical espionage video game series, Metal Gear Solid. In every installment, almost all of the game is a sneaking mission, and players can find and use various boxes to disguise themselves from enemies.
  • For some reason, when players went to Larry, and right clicked on him and selected "Hide-n-Seek", it would say in the chatbox "nothing interesting happens". Jagex has fixed this.
  • Long before the event was released, the penguins in the Lumbridge Sheep field existed, and were possibly hinting the mischief that penguins would later use in this event.
  • Players sometimes use marker plants to show other players where the penguins are located
  • Penguins do not show up as a yellow dot on your minimap like other NPC's. You can only notice/acknowledge them by seeing them on your screen, or hearing them walk by.
  • On 10 February 2012, the mindspike staff glitch allowed players to kill any NPC, resulting in missing penguins and duplicate penguins in Al Kharid.
  • In Chase the Monkey as part of Jagex's Wild Weekends (26 May to 28 May 2012), players were able to spy 10 monkeys in disguises in a similar way to the penguins. However, unlike the penguins, these monkeys were able to move away from the player and blocking the monkeys was not possible. There was also no NPC giving hints about their locations, and the locations were different on every world, making them much harder to find.
  • The Invisible penguins examine text ("Licensed to Chill.") may be refered to a 1989 James Bond film "Licence to Kill".
  • The Invisible penguin was introduced 8 August 2012; however if a player spied the regular 10 penguins and not the Invisible penguin, the message "You've spotted all the penguin spies this week!" appeared if you have not completed the required quest Some Like It Cold even though you might have seen the Invisible penguin wearing the Ring of Visibility.

Double points day

  • On 27 October 2011 in celebration of bot nuke day double points were awarded for Penguin Hide and Seek.
  • At 00:00 game time the penguins and points reset.
  • At 00:03 game time the queue for World 60 was over 1500.
  • At 00:28 game time the queue for World 60 was 1997. Afterwards, players got a message saying that the world was full, indicating that both the world and its queue were full at 2000 players each.

See also


Ancient Effigies • Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza • Big Chinchompa • Champions' Challenge • Char's training cave • Court Cases • Evil Tree • Familiarisation • Fish Flingers • Penguin Hide and Seek • Phoenix Lair • Shattered Heart • Shooting Star • Tears of Guthix • Treasure Trails • Troll Invasion
See also: Distractions and Diversions Locations (Lite version)

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