Snowball

Snowball

Release date	18 December 2006 (Update)
Members?	No
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	No
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	2006: Yes 2007: No 2009: No 2010: No 2011: Yes and No
High Alch	0 coins
Low Alch	0 coins
Value	1 coin
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	Made from snow. / It's a ball of snow! Uncanny. / How did this not melt in the box?
Weight	0 kg

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Snowballs were projectiles used during the 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Christmas events. None of the types of snowball are currently tradeable. If kept in a player's bank for too long, the snowballs will melt "because the weather got warmer".

2011 Christmas snowballs

During the 2011 Christmas event, snowballs could be found in Timmy's toy chest and were used to anger Timmy into dropping one of his lesser demon claws for the banquet. They were also used in a Holiday D&D to build snowmen for fight for either Wizard Grayzag/Wizard Whitezag or Wizard Frumscone. These snowballs were not stackable, unlike the ones used in the quest. Frosty creations that randomly appear in Gielinor also drop snowballs when killed. Snowballs in 2011 Christmas event will not melt after the event.

2010 Christmas snowballs

The snowballs return again. but this time, they resemble the 2007 snowball model. In addition, starting with 2010 Christmas event, the Build option returned, for the first time in three years.

Snowballs melt after a month or so because, according to the game, "the weather got warmer."

2009 Christmas snowballs

Once again, snowballs are returned in the form of snow piles around the feast area in the Land of Snow. This time, the snowballs had no major involvement in the event, but were there simply for enjoyment. These snowballs could be taken out of the event, and could be put in the bank. The snowballs melted on 19 January 2010 in players' bank accounts.

2007 Christmas snowballs

Snowballs made their return as a different item during the 2007 Christmas event to make snowmen, and are also spawned from a snow globe. Snowballs are classed as a fun weapon at the Duel Arena, since they can be pelted on other players, doing no damage.

When seen in the combat bar on the inventory it is classified as a ranged object, however they cannot be used to attack non-player characters. Also, pelting other players does not yield any Ranged experience.

Players could keep these snowballs after the 2007 Christmas event, and even gain more by shaking their snowglobe. Snowballs could be right clicked and 'build' could be used. This would result in a stacking of snow, eventually into a snowman. A hat could be given to you by an imp in the land of snow, and the hat could be used on the 'unfinished snowman' to bring it to life. NPCs were created. The snow man (after life) would move and could be spoken to. The snowman would fight other snowmen, and hats would be dropped after melting.

2006 Christmas snowballs

A user could get as many snowballs as he/she wanted during this event, but once they left Karamja, the area of the event, the snowballs disappeared. This caused them to be both discontinued and extinct after the 2006 Christmas event ended.

However, snowballs could only be used against a gublinch, and it would unequip the snowballs if you tried to attack anything else.

Snowballs could be retained after completing the event, by dropping them before filling the last cage and picking up after claiming the reward. They could be banked, but had no further use and melted sometime between 25 January 2007 and 16 February 2007.

Glitch

Along with the 1 July 2008 graphical updates the snowball was affected. If you had the snowball in your hand and went into HD the snowball would be larger than normal, away from your hand, and have a hole in the middle. This glitch has been fixed.

Trivia

• When you drop the 2007 snowball, it appears bigger than when you wield it.
• Many people banked thousands of these snowballs during the 2007 event because they thought that the snowballs would not remain after Christmas, causing these users to be stuck with hundreds of unnotable, hard to get rid of snowballs. This was of course prior to their discovery of the snowglobes acquired from the Christmas event, which when shaken would fill the player's inventory with snowballs, even after the Christmas event.
• If you were to throw a snowball at someone in front of you, but when you throw and they moved quickly, your snowball will "hone" in on them. However, this is very hard to pull off.
• When you try to attack an NPC with a snowball, your chatbox will say "There would be no point in throwing a snowball at that".
• If you die with a snowball wielded, you will still have the option to pelt but if you choose it nothing happens. The option disappears when you log out.
• When you examine a Christmas Cupboard the text shows, "A portal to another world, or just a cupboard?" this could be a take from the Narnia film. Also, upon entering the gate it comes out of the trees and through an old gate that looks like the one from Narnia: Lion, Witch and Wardrobe.
• In the fourth room, if you pick up the "Snowmaker" and don't pick up the "Ice Skates," when you search the bag that you are given to you by "Thorgor Crittersmash," it tells you that you have the Ice Skates and no snowmaker until, of course, you pick up the "Ice Skates" as well.
• In the 2009 Christmas event, if you brought Icy water in buckets it melts and it would read "The icy water in the bucket melts" in your chat box.

Gallery

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  Players can right-click other players to "pelt" them.

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  A player pelts a snowball at another player.

• A player making a snowball in the 2009 Christmas event.

  A player making a snowball in the 2009 Christmas event.

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  A player wielding a snowball.