On Easter, Halloween, and Christmas, Jagex would drop a certain item. When RuneScape Classic was still known as RuneScape, Jagex decided that they would drop items randomly across RuneScape on certain holidays. Such as the Scythe and the Rubber Chicken. However, to prevent players from holding onto the items and selling them for a small fortune, Jagex currently makes new holiday items UN-tradeable except for the past years. Previously, holiday items were tradeable. Holiday drops that are wieldable are often worn by players to either show their wealth, for fashion, or to show how long they’ve played. These items are also few in number and have become very expensive over the years. Holiday drops are items that are dropped on certain holidays, such as Christmas or Easter. In the case of tradeable holiday items, this is not a possible reason for the price to decrease. Items such as Armadyl Godswords and Divine Spirit Shields have high prices compared to other non-discontinued items, but will eventually fall because it is possible to get more of them.
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In some special occasions, such as the “Unbalanced Trade Removal” update the price of rares will drop, but players can be certain that if they hold a rare long enough it will eventually be worth it because no more rares will ever enter the economy. For the most part rares either hold their value or grow, like that of a stock. These rares are also a very important part of RuneScape‘s economy, many players work hard with skills to achieve a long-term goal of owning a rare and discontinued holiday item. Most of these items are holiday drops that were released years ago. These items are now very few in number and are very expensive. However, some of these items may still be obtained through trading with other players. Discontinued items and holiday drops are items that can no longer be obtained through the game and, therefore, their numbers are not increasing.