Santa hat

This article is about the item from the 2002 Christmas event. For the costume received from the 2008 Christmas Event, see Santa suit.

For the hat received from the 2010 Christmas Event, see Salty claws hat.

Santa hat

Release date	25 December 2002 (Update)
Members?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	96 coins
Low Alch	64 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	It's a Santa hat.
Weight	0.1 kg

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The Santa hat is a tradeable discontinued item. Santa hats appeared randomly on the ground all over RuneScape on 25 December 2002. During this time, players could pick up as many as they wanted. They are a purely cosmetic item, offering no stat bonuses to the wearer.

Although Jagex described the hats as "just a bit of fun" at the time, they have since become an expensive and much-coveted item amongst players.

Any player may wear a Santa hat. They do not provide any bonuses in the main game, but did give a +3 Magic bonus in RuneScape Classic.

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wearing a Santa hat. A player wearing a Santa hat.
Attack bonus
0	0	0	0	0
Defence bonus
0	0	0	0	0
Other bonuses				Slot
0	0	0%	0

The news post announcing their release was titled "Merry Christmas" and read:

"Merry christmas from the Jagex team. We're dropping some santa hats today at random intervals in random places. They're just a bit of fun though, so please don't be too upset if you can't find one. If you manage to get more than one then please consider giving them to your friends as christmas presents. Of course you can sell them but that's not really the spirit of christmas :-)"

Trivia

• Salty Claws wore a Santa hat during the 2010 Christmas Event. However, the one he wore is much smaller on your head. During the time of this event, the hood of the Dungeoneering cape displayed next to Thok was replaced with a Santa hat.
• Sparkles and Wizard Sioncorn wear a smaller version of the Santa hat.
• Many players believe that Santa hats always rise during Christmas, but in the Christmas of 2010, Santa hats declined in price, this might be due to the release of the Salty claws hat that was released that year in the 2010 Christmas event for free.
• The Santa hat is one of the most sought after rares. Polls cast over the past years show that people find Santas to be the second best looking rare behind the White partyhat.
• In RuneScape Classic, the Santa hat gave +3 magic bonus. However, in today's RuneScape this bonus no longer exists and the Santa hat is just for fashion purposes.
• In RuneScape Classic, the Santa hat was called Santa's Hat.