Difference between revisions of "Halloween 2009"

Revision as of 18:19, 15 November 2009

Overview

Halloween 2009 brought back some popular Halloween-related activities from previous years as well as new additions and special items to celebrate the holiday. It was a major part of Publish 62.

Event Loot Items

Special event-themed loot may be found as loot on some monsters:

• Black Cat Statuette
• Pumpkin Scarecrow
• Ruined Tapestry

Trick or Treat

There are 5 new common treats this year. Simply walk up to an NPC and say "Trick or Treat" and then target them.

Beware - NPC's may opt to play a trick on players instead of giving them a treat. However, this year there will be no death involved but players may still be surprised at what can happen.

If a character has Grandmaster (100.0 skill) Begging there is a small chance to receive one of two new rare items.

Randomly, a character may suddenly yell out "MAKE IT STOP!"

Treats

Common Treats

• Jellybeans
• Nougat Swirl
• Taffy
• Wrapped Candy
• Lollipop in random flavor of Cherry, Lime or Orange

Semi-Rare Treats

• Creepy Cake
• Harvest Wine
• Murky Milk
• Mr. Plain's Cookies
• Pumpkin Pizza

• Small Web(left or right, same as Halloween 2008)

GM Beggar-only Semi-Rare Treats

• Grim Warning
• Skulls on a Pike

Tricks

New 2009 Tricks

Instead of an Evil Twin which would attack you in years past, a Naughty Twin may appear which may:

• Teleport you to a random moongate on same facet.
• Steal some of your candy

The new trick to temporarily polymorph a character into a Pile of Maggots was removed with Publish 62.2 without clear explanation.

Recurring Tricks

• No apparent effect (likely a polymorph to human male/female that goes unnoticed) Skin turned pale white for a time and then a message saying "You have returned to your normal form"
• Bleeding profusely (harmless)
• Polymorph (as per the Magery polymorph)
• "Haunted" Each step the player takes will play a random sound.

Mystery Quest

A new quest starting at the Court of Truth in Yew: Speak with Jasper the Inspector there.

• Can be done completely in either Felucca or Trammel.
• Every step required in the chain, skipping steps will keep you from completing the event.
• May be repeated.
• Participating characters must be 15 days old (except for Test Center).

For full step by step details of this quest (including lots of spoilers) see: Halloween 2009 Quest.

Pumpkin Patch

Farmers are once again harvesting pumpkins this season. Pumpkins can be picked up from most any farm land. Some of them may be double-clicked and thrown as a fire bomb. Additionally, the named pumpkins may be used with the Cooking skill to prepare food items requiring pumpkin. The pumpkins can weigh anywhere from 3-25 stones and very rarely a Jack O' Lantern will spawn.

Jack O' Lanterns

Menacing and Leering, Lit and Unlit

Very rarely, a named pumpkin will spawn as a large Jack O' Lantern with a carved face. They may spawn in a variety of designs and can be locked down in a player's home and left lit or unlit.

Named Pumpkins

Pumpkins are named after devs, GM's and EM's.

2009 List Incomplete

2009 List Incomplete

See Also

• Halloween 2006
• Halloween 2007
• Halloween 2008