As the hats for parties were only available in limited numbers for a short time but have since been removed players lucky enough to RuneScape Gold own one could sell them for billions of in-game coins. Even though the hats ' purpose is purely decorative and offer no benefits in terms of stats, they're at present the highest priced item in the Grand Exchange, hitting the maximum value of 2.1billion gold in 2015.

In order to get their hands on heads, or even heads, in a Golden Party Hat, players will need to accomplish "various objectives" and collect eight gold shreds for their efforts. After all eight have been collected, they can be used to create the Golden Party Hat.

But it is not just that the game time-bound, but only one golden hat is created per participant. Much like the 2001 hats, Jagex declares of the gold Hats "after the cut-off time the golden hats will not be able to be purchased again!"

It is unclear if the new item will disrupt the game's economy by reducing the value of party hats or is an entirely new and additional premium item remains to be seen. Jagex will be marking the occasion all the same, though, transforming the game's Grand Exchange location into "a Golden Party Hat winter wonderland".

The golden hat is the apex feature (sorry) to RuneScape's year-long 20th-anniversary celebrations. It will launch alongside the reintroduction of Cheap OSRS Gold the partyhat event is the fourth and final stage of the anniversary challenge, Once Upon a Time, available throughout the through the year.