Within the Azerothian calendar, late in the harvest season is a time to remember the Forsaken breaking away from the Scourge. While the Alliance and Horde are currently on uneasy terms, this act of great sacrifice is honored by all. During this festive time, all the cities will be decked out with spooky decorations. Some screenshots and more information may be found on Blizzard’s official site.

Innkeepers also get into the spirit. You may Trick or Treat an innkeeper once an hour. The innkeeper will either give you a treat bag or will give you a costume which will last for 60 minutes or until manually cancelled (costumes are the same as the wands listed below). An innkeeper may instead play a trick on you which will last a minute or two (usually a costume such as a snake or frog). You cannot mount or catch a griffin while wearing most costumes (pirate and ninja are two exceptions); you can still use the tram, zeppelins, or boats. To manually cancel a costume, right-click the buff icon. The wisp and ghost costumes automatically dispel when struck in combat; the others remain (all costumes are dispelled should you be slain). Innkeeper treat bags can contain Hallowed Wands, Flimsy Masks, or assorted Halloween Candies.

During this season, all Azeroth fears the raiding of the Headless Horseman. Once a noble paladin of the Silver Hand, Sir Thomas Thomson was driven mad in the Scarlet Monastery and now chants bad poetry and battles all others as if they were Scourge. His Shade can be found burning down local villages every four hours beginning at server midnight (12 am, 4 am, 8 am, 12 pm, 4 pm, 8 pm); players can form volunteer bucket brigades to keep the buildings from burning to the ground. He also can be found haunting the Scarlet Monastery graveyard; his use of warlock-like fire spells, a detachable head which attacks separately, and paladin armor and arms makes him a formidable opponent, even for a party of seasoned adventurers.

Hallow’s End Items

Various items may be obtained through quests, as random drops, or from vendors during this season. As is typical with most holiday giveaways, the items are generally Bind on Pickup and cannot be AHed or traded (although they may still be sold to a vendor). Most of the food items have a 14 day item duration, which means that after 14 days of played time, the item will disappear.

• Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treat - (BoP, 14 day duration) These candies give you a random costume buff for 20 minutes when eaten. The costumes include:
  • “great pumpkin” (”You feel larger… and oranger…) - alleged to occasionally proc a chill (slowing) effect
  • skeletal giant (”You look a bit thin…) - grants underwater breathing
  • pirate (”Yeargh…”) (riding a mount is allowed with this costume) - increases swim speed by 50%
  • ghost (”OoOoOoo…”) - grants levitation (slow fall/water walking); this costume cannot engage in combat

  You may also purchase these from seasonal vendors in Orgrimmar or Ironforge after completing the orphan quest.

• Bobbing Apple - (BoP) These apples may be retrieved from the bobbing apple tanks in any inn. You can carry a maximum of 5 at any time. These apples restore 2% health per second for 24 seconds and if eaten for at least 10 seconds, result in a well-fed bonus of 25% to stamina and spirit for 15 minutes.
• Halloween candies are food items (BoP, 14 day duration) that restore 3% health and mana per second for 25 seconds. Types include:
  • Candy Bar
  • Candy Corn
  • Lollipop
• Hallowed Wands (BoP) allow you to give a 60 minute costume buff to a party member (not yourself). Costumes include: bat, ghost, leper gnome, ninja, pirate, skeleton, wisp, or random. Wands have 5 charges.
• Flimsy Paper Masks (BoP, 7 day duration) that can be worn in the head slot (female and male variants of all player races).
• Weighted Jack-O-Lantern (BoP, 14 day duration, applies a buff that turns your head (or a player target’s head) into a jack-o’-lantern for 1 hour)
• Pumpkin Bag (BoP, 16 Slot Bag) These can drop in place of a Traveler’s Backpack during the season from L50-60 mobs.
• Jack-o’-Lantern (BoP, 18 Slot Bag) These are world drops from L60-70 mobs during the season.

There are also seasonal vendors: Katrina Shimmerstar (outside the bank in Ironforge) and Rachelle Gothena (uphill from the bank in Orgrimmar). They sell four types of candy and, once you complete the orphan quest, they can also provide more Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats:

• Styleen’s Sour Suckerpop (1.25s/5, MinLvl: 5, Use: Restores 243 health over 21 seconds. Must remain seated while eating.)
• Tigule and Foror’s Strawberry Ice Cream (5s/5, MinLvl: 15, Use: Restores 552 health over 24 seconds. Must remain seated while eating.)
• Moonbrook Riot Taffy (10s/5, MinLvl: 25, Use: Restores 874 health over 27 seconds. Must remain seated while eating.)
• Bellara’s Nutterbar (20s/5, MinLvl: 35, Use: Restores 1392 health over 30 seconds. Must remain seated while eating.)
• Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treat (35s/5, Use: Enjoy a tasty Hallow’s End treat! Better eat it quick before they go bad…)

The Headless Horseman in SM Graveyard drops some Weighted Jack-O-Lanterns and several epic and rare items, including a selection from the following:

• The Horseman’s Helm ([BoP] (Plate Head) AC: 1129, Str: 40, Sta: 40, MinLvl: 70, Sockets: 1 Red, 1 Yellow, 1 Blue, Bonus: +4 Strength, Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 30, Use: Laugh like the Headless Horseman)
• Hallowed Helm ([BoP] (Cloth Head) AC: 54, looks like a jack-o’-lantern)
• The Horseman’s Signet Ring ([BoP] [U] (Finger) Sta: 19, Int: 17, MinLvl: 70, Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects by up to 35)
• Ring of Ghoulish Delight ([BoP] [U] (Finger) Sta: 31, MinLvl: 70, Equip: Increases attack power by 60)
• Witching Band ([BoP] (Finger) Sta: 22, Int: 21, MinLvl: 70, Equip: Increases healing done by spells and effects by up to 46, Equip: Restores 6 mana per 5 sec)
• Broom Mounts all are Bind on Use (these are considered conjured items, and so may be traded or mailed, but can’t be auctioned) and have a 14 day duration; the Flying variants require MinLvl: 70 and can only be summoned in Outland - and some have reported that the flying brooms will not work in the rain:
  • Swift Flying Broom (Requires Riding (300), swift flying mount)
  • Flying Broom (Requires Riding (225), normal speed flying mount)
  • Swift Magic Broom (Requires Riding (150), swift ground mount)
  • Magic Broom (Requires Riding (75), normal speed ground mount)
• Sinister Squashling (vanity pet that looks like a Jack-o-lantern on a walking vine)

The best guess estimates are that he always drops 3-5 Weighted Jack-O-Lanterns, and usually drops a broom and a ring. The helms and the squashling are rarer (about 1 in 40 kills). In addition, every character will get 30 Tricky Treats, which are consumables with a 1 day duration that give you a Sugar Rush that boosts your movement speed by 4% for 30 seconds. The speed buff stacks, increasing duration by 30 seconds as well, but there’s a random chance that any one eaten while already buffed will cause you to become sick and unable to eat more for 15 min (counts as a poison debuff and can be dispelled).

The Squashed Pumpkin Loot which comes from smashing the head of the Shade of the Horseman can yield one or more of the following:

• Rickety Magic Broom (Binds on Use) Use: a broom mount, no riding requirement, no speed bonus (travels at standard run speed)
• ~5 Weighted Jack-O-Lanterns
• ~5 Halloween Candies (Candy Bar, Candy Corn, or Lollipop)
• One of any of the Hallowed Wands

The Wickerman - Got a light?

The Lighting of the Wickerman occurs each night at 8 pm. Horde players in attendance gain the Invocation of the Wickerman, a 2 hour buff that increases health and mana regeneration and stamina by 25%. Alliance players can gain this buff by killing one of the Wickerman Guardians. They drop Wickerman Guardian Embers which can be used to apply the buff.

Quests

The Hallow’s End quests are mostly for the fun of dressing up. The Hallow’s End treats you receive for these quests give you a random costume when eaten. Neither the faction nor xp rewards are exceptional, and the Hallow’s End treats are on a timer and will expire in a couple of weeks. The low-level ones are relatively easy, though, so if you’ve got the time (and like using the treats), this isn’t a waste.Horde and Alliance have different questlines.

Quest	Given By	Description	Reward
[70] The Headless Horseman Obtainable at L65	Costumed/Masked Orphan Matron	Find the Headless Horseman’s Pumpkin Shrine	1250 xp
[70] Call the Headless Horseman Obtainable at L65	Pumpkin Shrine, Forlorn Cloister, Scarlet Monastery Graveyard	Summon and defeat the Headless Horseman	1250 xp
	This quest counts against the limit of 10 daily quests per player and can be repeated at least once a day (daily quests reset at 4 am server time) for each character. Some characters have reported repeating the quest approximately every hour or two, subject to the limit of 10 times per day and 5 instances per hour. Your mileage may vary. This fight is balanced for a solid party of 5 L68-70 adventurers, although groups with a member as low as L64 have reported success. Only one of the adventurers needs to be able to take the quest for all to participate in the fight (so any party of 5 can repeat this a minimum of 5 times per day). After accepting the quest from the Shrine, just right-click on the Loosely Turned Soil behind the Shrine to place the Dreary Candle on it. This will summon the Horseman; initially he will target the summoner, so if that’s not the tank, the tank needs to be nearby. The general outline for the fight is: As with any normal boss fight, let the tank get aggro and DPS the Horseman. When his body drops to ~1%, the Head of the Horseman detaches and the body becomes immune to attack. The body then heals itself while the head attacks. Focus DPS on the head. When the body is healed to 100% or the head loses 33%, the head rejoins the body and the fight resumes as at the start. During this second fight, the Horseman will cast Conflagration which is both a confusion and DoT effect. A PvP trinket can remove the effect. When the body drops to 1%, the head will split off again and the body will launch into an AoE Whirlwind effect. DPS needs to burn the head down to 1/3 health (or let the body heal itself) before the head rejoins the body again. At this point, the Horseman will throw Pulsing Pumpkins which hatch into Pumpkin Fiends after several seconds (the fiends actually have only around half the health of the pumpkins themselves, so if your tank has shouts ready to grab aggro as they spawn, it’s better to ignore the pumpkins). As with the previous two fights, you need to DPS the body, then go for the head. If you don’t manage to burn down the head before the body heals, the head will rejoin and you get to repeat this round again - but fiends don’t despawn between rounds, so repeats are tough. Speak with the ghost of Sir Thomas to get the last quest (can only do this once - and it’s possible that this locks the encounter, so save it until the end of the season)
[70] Free at Last!	Sir Thomas	Take the Tome of Thomas Thomson to a Costumed/Masked Orphan Matron	5 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats, 250 Stormwind/Orgrimmar rep, 15800 xp
Alliance
[70] Costumed Orphan Matron Obtainable at L10	Commoners of various races in the capital cities	Speak with a Costumed Orphan Matron in either Goldshire, Kharanos or Azure Watch.	1250 xp
[70] Fire Brigade Practice	Costumed Orphan Matron	Throw water buckets onto 5 fires, and then speak with the Costumed Orphan Matron	75 local area rep, Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treat
[70] Stop the Fires!	Costumed Orphan Matron	The Costumed Orphan Matron wants you to help put out all the village fires. When they are out, speak again to the Costumed Orphan Matron.	3 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	The Shade of the Headless Horseman appears in the villages - Goldshire (near Stormwind), Kharanos (near Ironforge), and Azure Watch (near Exodar) - approximately once every 4 hours. You can ask the matron how long it will be until the next occurrence. The Shade flies above the village and showers it with fire. Players will have to pick up buckets and attempt to put out the flames (right-click the water tub to get the first bucket, drag the bucket to your hot bar, hit the hot key to target the water bucket like an AoE spell, right-click the tub to refill your bucket). If you manage to put out all the flames before the end of the event (approximately 7 minutes), the Shade (a L11 non-elite mob) will land and attack. When he is defeated, his head will fall to the ground and will be lootable (once) by anyone in the area for approximately 1.5 minutes; each character will receive a Smashed Pumpkin Loot which can contain one or more of the items listed above. While the quest is not repeatable, you can continue to participate in the fire-fighting and head-looting every 4 hours.
[70] Hallow’s End Treats for Jesper! Obtainable at L10	Jesper, Stormwind Orphanage, Cathedral Square, Stormwind	Speak with the innkeepers of Stormwind, Ironforge, and Darnassus, as well as Talvash del Kissel in Ironforge. Perform the tricks they ask of you in exchange for the treats they offer. Return to Jesper at the Stormwind Orphanage with a Darnassus Marzipan, Gnomeregan Gumdrop, Stormwind Nougat, and Ironforge Mint.	1250 xp, 250 Alliance rep, 30 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	Each person asks you to perform an /emote (/flex, /chicken, /dance, /train) at them (select the person as the target, talk to them to get the emote they want, type the emote, talk to them again to complete the quest). Talvash del Kissel is the hardest to find if you haven’t done the Uldaman quest lines - he’s in the Mystic Ward of Ironforge, clockwise from the Hall of Mysteries
[70] Crashing the Wickerman Festival Obtainable at L25	Sergeant Hartman, Southshore	Locate the Forsaken’s Wickerman Festival in Tirisfal Glade. Return to Sergeant Hartman in Southshore once you’ve done so.	12650 xp, 250 Alliance rep, 4g 40s, 15 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	The festival is located just north of the old city of Lordaeron, now the entrance to Undercity, right off the road through Tirisfal Glades. You can either run the road through Silverpine Forest or run up by Dalaran and swim across the lake. The festival is guarded by high-level elite mobs, so it’s likely that a low-level character will have to run back to his/her body from Faol’s Rest on the eastern end of the Glades. What we did was have a pet (or an expendable player ) run past the festival - running past it is sufficient to get the completion message. This allowed the other players to run in far enough to get the complete flag, then turn around and run back before they drew aggro. Your mileage (and repair bills) may vary.
[70] The Power of Pine (PvP) Obtainable at L25	Sergeant Hartman, Southshore	Use a Stink Bomb Cleaner to remove any Forsaken Stink Bomb that’s been dropped on Southshore. Return to Sergeant Hartman in Southshore when you’re done.	3150 xp, 250 Alliance rep, 15 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	This requires Horde characters to be trying for the matching quest “[60] Stinking Up Southshore” to drop the stink bombs. On Garona, the high Alliance-Horde ratio makes this a difficult quest to complete.
Horde
[70] Masked Orphan Matron Obtainable at L10	Commoners of various races in the capital cities	Speak with a Masked Orphan Matron in either Razor Hill, Brill or Falconwing Square.	1250 xp
[70] Fire Training	Masked Orphan Matron	Toss buckets on 5 fires, then speak with the Masked Orphan Matron	75 local area rep, Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treat
[70] Stop the Fires!	Masked Orphan Matron	The Masked Orphan Matron wants you to help put out all the village fires. When they are out, speak again to the Masked Orphan Matron.	3 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	This quest is only available when the Shade of the Headless Horseman is attacking the village. The Shade appears in the villages - Razor Hill (near Orgrimmar), Brill (near Undercity), and Falconwing Square (old Silvermoon City) - approximately once every 4 hours. You can ask the matron how long it will be until the next occurrence. The Shade flies above the village and showers it with fire. Players will have to pick up buckets and attempt to put out the flames (right-click the water tub to get the first bucket, drag the bucket to your hot bar, hit the hot key to target the water bucket like an AoE spell, right-click the tub to refill your bucket). If you manage to put out all the flames before the end of the event (approximately 7 minutes), the Shade (a L11 non-elite mob) will land and attack. When he is defeated, his head will fall to the ground and will be lootable (once) by anyone in the area for approximately 1.5 minutes; each character will receive a Smashed Pumpkin Loot which can contain one or more of the items listed above. While the quest is not repeatable, you can continue to participate in the fire-fighting and head-looting every 4 hours.
[70] Hallow’s End Treats for Spoops! Obtainable at L10	Spoops, Orgrimmar Orphanage, Valley of Honor, Orgrimmar	Speak with the innkeepers of Orgrimmar, Undercity, and Thunder Bluff, as well as Kali Remik in Sen’jin Village. Perform the tricks they ask of you in exchange for the treats they offer. Return to Spoops at the Orgrimmar Orphanage with a Thunder Bluff Marzipan, Darkspear Gumdrop, Orgrimmar Nougat, and Undercity Mint.	1250 xp, 250 Horde rep, 30 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	Each person asks you to perform an /emote (/flex, /chicken, /dance, /train) at them (select the person as the target, talk to them to get the emote they want, type the emote, talk to them again to complete the quest).
[70] Stinking up Southshore (PvP) Obtainable at L25	Darkcaller Yanka, Wickerman Festival, Tirisfal Glades	Toss 3 Stink Bombs into Southshore	3150 xp, 350 Undercity rep, 15 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
	The possible approaches that have worked for others: stealth or corpse drag to the second floor of the inn behind the two L15 NPCs (the Armstrongs) and throw in the center of the room or come in from the south around the docks (requires dealing with one guard). The inn gambit works well combined with the next quest.
[70] Rotten Eggs (PvP) Obtainable at L30	Darkcaller Yanka, Wickerman Festival, Tirisfal Glades	Place the Rotten Eggs in the main brew keg	3150 xp, 25 Horde rep, Chains to “[60] Ruined Kegs”
	The main brew keg is the top one in the stack of five small kegs located behind the innkeeper on the ground floor of the inn. Stealth or rez next to the kegs and right-click to complete the quest. Some have reported being able to activate the kegs through the floor; as you stand on the landing facing up the stairs, try mousing over the right side of the 3rd stair up from the landing.
[70] Ruined Kegs Obtainable at L30	Beer Keg, Southshore	Return to Darkcaller Yanka	1650 xp, 250 Horde rep, 15 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats