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Take part in the sporting event of the season and represent your chosen deity in the Gielinor Games! There are several events to take part in including: marathons and cheese rolling. Head on over to Varrock to take part.

Introduction

1 Introduction 2 Warmup 2.1 Warmup Quick Guide 2.2 Ingredients 3 The Games 3.1 Marathon 3.2 Head-to-head 3.3 Cheese Wheel Racing 3.4 Resource Race 4 Rewards 5 Development Team

Several representatives of the various races of Gielinor have gathered together to discuss a way to help bridge the gap between their species. They have proposed a series of sporting events, to be run every four years where each race can compete (fairly and within the rules of course) in order to prove their worth to the other races and to their patron deity.

This year the gnomes have been chosen to host the event.

The gnomes have constructed a portal within Varrock to transport those that are taking part to a series of floating islands (courtesy of the clans) that have been custom made to host the Gielinor Games.

Warmup

The warmup is no longer available to take part in now that the games have officially started. The details of the event can be seen below for posterity, however.

Toggle Warmup information

The Games

Before you start, pick which deity you will be representing. There are representatives from each of the deity's worshipers standing around the Varrock square. Speak to them and decide which deity you would like to represent.

Once you have chosen, click on the portal and choose which game you want to play (with the exception of the marathon game. You will then be taken to the game area.

Deities, Representatives and Races

Representative	Deity	Race(s)		Representative	Deity	Race(s)		Representative	Deity	Race(s)
Sunnel	Guthix	Gnomes & Fairies		Mikael	Saradomin	Humans		Larsa	Zamorak	Vampyres & Werewolves
Unuki	Marimba	Monkeys		Mudfoot	Bandos	Goblins		Oluien	Seren	Elves

Marathon

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There are three types of marathon. Marathons will take place on specified worlds and at a specified time - keep an eye on the forums, or the worldwide broadcasts to find out when and where.

When a marathon starts, checkpoints will spawn at certain locations across the route. Go through all checkpoints, in order, as fast as you can. The minimap will give you an arrow to show you which direction the next checkpoint is at.

You will be rewarded with Constitution XP and contribution points depending on how fast you went, and the tier of marathon.

Click here to toggle the route information

Head-to-head

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Head-to-head is a card game where you race other players. Each round you must play an ability card. You are then randomly given a new card, to replace the one you used. Each ability will move each of the racers a different amount, depending on their situation. If you run out of abilities you are removed from the race, as you will be if you gain 3 levels of the "struggling" status effect.

If a card affects you, it will have a black border, otherwise it will have a coloured border (green, blue gold or red) relating to the racer that it affects. White cards affect multiple players.

You will receive Agility XP and Contribution points depending on what position you came in the race.

Click here to toggle the card details

Cheese Wheel Racing

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First off, you cannot win at this game. It is impossible. It is an event as silly as the name and just intended as a bit of fun. With that out of the way...

The Cheese Wheel race is the simplest of the events. Simply click to the right or left of your character to move in that direction and dodge the obstacles. You don't even have to set a cheese wheel rolling, though it does make the event more fun.

The further you get, the more Contribution points and Defence XP you get.

Resource Race

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The resource race is fairly simple, collect as many resources as you can in 5 minutes. If you collect a variety of resources you will receive a bonus. Resources come in different tiers which are worth more points. Higher tiers require higher skill levels, however.

There are three types of resources: logs, herbs (m) and minerals. Logs (in the north) and minerals (in the east) are easy enough: simply cut them down/mine them, and deposit them in the central area.

Herb patches are found in the west of the island. Select a colour of seed from the bag and plant 1 in each of the 5 herb patches. Once the herbs have grown, harvest them and deposit them in the central area. Free players will not be able to use the herb patches.

The more resources you hand in, the more Contribution points (and XP - Woodcutting, Mining and/or Farming) you will receive with more points and XP being giving for higher tiered resources.

Note that resources must be handed in to the central area to count towards your Contribution points. Resources in your inventory will not count.

Click here to toggle the resource points

Rewards

Each time you complete an event (or fail it) you are shown this interface. It tells you the event, the Contribution points you received and any other bonuses such as XP. It also lets you replay the event, or return to Oomad Arrow in Varrock.

Note that XP rewards are capped. If you complete two events with the same good result, only one will grant you XP.

Contribution points allow you to buy rewards from Oomad Arrow. To access Oomad's shop, right-click him and choose Shop.

Players who took part in the warmup events will also have earned Contribution points.

The shop consists of 3 tiers: gold, silver and bronze. Initially you will only be able to access the bronze rewards, but you can buy access to the other tiers as you gain more Contribution points.

Click here to view the rewards

Development Team

Warmup
Content: Developer: Dylan C Editor: William D Graphics: Art Director: Pascal B UI: Tursan R Items: Bajinder S Environment: Matt M Associate Producer: Andrew O Quality Assurance: Head of QA: Steven B Lead of QA: Vicki M QA: (Project Lead:Ian 'Chief' H) Dan M, Juliet T, Sarah W, Stacey N Audio: Head of Audio: Stephen L Audio: Adam R
Gielinor Games
Content: Developer: James C Editor: David O Graphics: Art Director: Pascal B Associate Producer: Andrew O UI: Tursan R, Stuart M Animation: Wing C Modelling: Simon P Environment: Matt M Quality Assurance: Head of QA: Steven B Lead of QA: Vicki M QA: (Project Lead:Alex D) Adam D, Ben L, Richard D Audio: Lead of Audio: Stephen L Audio: (Project Lead:Adam R) Ian T Michael M, Adam B

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