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 for both Hallow’s End and Day of the Dead.

Innkeepers also get into the spirit. You may Trick or Treat an innkeeper once an hour (real time, not played). 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, Tooth Picks, Penny Pouches, assorted Halloween Candies, or (very rarely) the Sinister Squashling pet. Also, each inn contains a Candy Bucket from which you can take a Handful of Candy. The Candy Bucket quests count towards the overall quests performed achievement, although they do not count for the regional ones.

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, triggered by a daily quest; 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 ends at the stroke of midnight on 31 October. An hour later, the Day of the Dead festival begins, lasting until midnight of 2 November. During the Day of the Dead, you can visit the graveyards of any of the capital cities (including Shattrath and Dalaran) to join in the memorial dance. Targeting Catrina with a /dance emote will gain you an achievement and the Honor the Dead buff which gives you a festive skeletal appearance for 12 hours. Using Orange Marigolds lets you see the Cheerful Spirit in the graveyard who will trade Bread of the Dead for a Macabre Marionette companion (unfortunately usable only during the festival). This part of the holiday is patterned after the Latin American Day of the Dead observance.

So come! Dance with me! Let us cherish and honor those we have lost in their ghostly presence, so that they might eat and drink and smile and know that they are loved. - Catrina

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.
• Handful of Candy retrieved from a Candy Bucket may contain:
  • G.N.E.R.D.S.
  • Pyroblast Cinnamon Ball
  • Soothing Spearmint Candy
  • Chewy Fel Taffy

  Each handful contains a random number of these candies. Each candy may be consumed for the buff. The buff effects stack up to 4 times, and you may have all four candy buffs stacked up to 4 times apiece.

• 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).
• Tooth Picks (BoP, applies “Sparkling Smile” buff which adds a gleam to your teeth for about a minute) come in stacks of 10 as a possible treat in the Innkeeper treat bags.
• Penny Pouch (BoP, 1 Slot Bag, sells for 1c) a possible treat in the Innkeeper treat bags
• 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 Horrific Helm ([BoP] (Plate Head) AC: 1821, Str: 86, Sta: 102, MinLvl: 80, Sockets: 1 Meta, 1 Yellow, Bonus: +8 Strength, Equip: +36 Hit Rating, +48 Critical Strike Rating, Use: Laugh like the Headless Horseman)
• Hallowed Helm ([BoP] (Cloth Head) AC: 3, looks like a jack-o’-lantern)
• The Horseman’s Baleful Blade ([BoP] [U] (MH Sword) DPS: 143.5, Spd: 2.7, Agi: 26, Sta: 38, MinLvl: 80, Equip: +26 Hit Rating, +26 Expertise Rating, +77 Attack Power, Use: Summon Pumpkin Soldiers to burn your foe
• The Horseman’s Seal ([BoP] [U] (Finger) Sta: 38, Int: 38, MinLvl: 80, Equip: +29 Hit Rating, +36 Haste Rating, +58 Spell Power)
• Ring of Ghoulish Glee ([BoP] [U] (Finger) Agi: 33, Sta: 50, MinLvl: 80, Equip: +29 Hit Rating, +36 Critical Strike Rating, +100 Attack Power)
• Wicked Witch’s Band ([BoP] [U] (Finger) Sta: 38, Int: 38, MinLvl: 80, Equip: +33 Critical Strike Rating, +17 Mana/5 sec, +58 Spell Power)
• Magic Broom (BoP, 14 day item life, MinLvl: 30, Riding (75), flying broom, mount speed adjusts with location and riding skill)
• The Horseman’s Reins (BoP, MinLvl: 30, Riding (75), flying horse mount with flaming green hooves, mount speed adjusts with location and riding skill)
• 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 a ring and occasionally one of the other items. The helms, the mounts, and the squashling are rarer (about 1 in 40 kills). In addition, every character will get 20 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 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.

Day of the Dead Items

Most of the Day of the Dead items are usable only during the festival itself, but learning the Bread of the Dead recipe does count for the cooking achievement.

• Recipe: Bread of the Dead (20s, +2% health/sec for 24 sec, +Stamina and Spirit)
• Orange Marigold (10c, Use: Detect Lesser Invisibility for 30 sec)
• Candy Skull (25c, Use: +61 health/18 sec)
• Spirit Candle (30c, Use: +4 Spirit to nearby friendly characters)
• Whimsical Skull Mask (5c, [BoP] (Head))
• Bouquet of Orange Marigolds (1g, [BoP] (Off-hand) Use: Detect Lesser Invisibility for 30 sec)

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
[-1] The Headless Horseman Obtainable at L75	Costumed/Masked Orphan Matron	Find the Headless Horseman’s Pumpkin Shrine	1250 xp
[-1] Call the Headless Horseman Obtainable at L75	Pumpkin Shrine, Forlorn Cloister, Scarlet Monastery Graveyard	Summon and defeat the Headless Horseman	1250 xp
	This fight is balanced for a solid party of 5 L78-80 adventurers, although groups with a member as low as L75 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)
[-1] 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
Daily Quests
[-1] “Let the Fires Come!”/Stop the Fires!	Costumed/Masked Orphan Matron	Put out the fires set by the Shade of the Headless Horseman	3 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats, 1 Weighted Jack-O-Lantern
	The Shade of the Headless Horseman appears whenever anyone accepts “Let the Fires Come!”; everyone else in the area can participate. 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 5 minutes), the Shade (a L11 non-elite mob) will land and attack. When he is defeated, his head will fall to the ground as a Large Jack-o’-Lantern which can be looted by each player once per day.
[-1] Smash the Pumpkin!	Large Jack-o’-Lantern	Take the Scorched Holy Symbol (provided) to the Costumed/Masked Orphan Matron	35s, Crudely Wrapped Gift possibly containing one or more of: Rickety Magic Broom (Binds on Use) Use: a broom mount, no riding requirement, no speed bonus (travels at standard run speed) 3-5 Weighted Jack-O-Lanterns 3-5 Halloween Candies (Candy Bar, Candy Corn, or Lollipop) One of any of the Hallowed Wands One of any of the Flimsy Masks Handful of Candy A note from your admirer
[-1] Call the Headless Horseman!	Pumpkin Shrine, Forlorn Cloister, Scarlet Monastery Graveyard	Summon and defeat the Headless Horseman
	This is the daily repeatable version of the Headless Horseman encounter.
Alliance
[-1] 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
[-1] 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
[-1] 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
[-1] 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.
[-1] 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 “Stinking Up Southshore” to drop the stink bombs. On Garona, the high Alliance-Horde ratio makes this a difficult quest to complete.
Horde
[-1] 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
[-1] 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
[-1] 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).
[-1] 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.
[-1] 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 “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.
[-1] Ruined Kegs Obtainable at L30	Beer Keg, Southshore	Return to Darkcaller Yanka	1650 xp, 250 Horde rep, 15 Hallow’s End Pumpkin Treats
Day of the Dead
[-1] The Grateful Dead	Cheerful [Race] Spirit	Acquire and deliver Bread of the Dead to the spirit	Macabre Marionette
	You can use potions or a warlock’s Detect Invisibility spell or purchase Orange Marigolds from Chapman, the Day of the Dead vendor, in order to see the quest giver. You will need to cook up the Bread of the Dead in the graveyard, since it requires a Ghostly Cooking Fire.

Achievements

Name	Description	Points
Trick or Treat!	Receive a handful of a candy from one of the Candy Buckets located in an inn.	10
Out With It	Eat so many Tricky Treats that you get an upset tummy.	10
Bring Me The Head of…Oh Wait	Kill the Headless Horseman	10
The Savior of Hallow’s End	Complete one of the quests to save a village from the Headless Horseman	10
The Mask Task	Obtain a Flimsy Mask during Hallow’s End	10
That Sparkling Smile	Show off your sparkling smile by using a Tooth Pick	10
Rotten Hallow	(Alliance) Ruin Hallow’s End for the Horde by completing Sergeant Hartman’s quests which involve crashing the Wickerman festival and cleaning up the stinkbombs from Southshore. (Horde) Ruin Hallow’s End for the Alliance by completing Darkcaller Yanka’s quests which involve going to Southshore, ruining the kegs with rotten eggs and tossing stinkbombs into the town.	10
G.N.E.R.D. Rage	Earn 50 honorable kills while under the influence of the G.N.E.R.D. buff. It’s a slap in the face!	10
Check Your Head	Use Weighted Jack-o’-Lanterns to put pumpkin heads on each of the races listed below: Gnome Blood Elf Draenei Dwarf Human Night Elf Orc Tauren Troll Undead	10
The Masquerade	Get transformed by the Hallowed Wands listed below: Bat Pirate Ghost Skeleton Leper Gnome Wisp Ninja	10
Sinister Calling	Obtain a Sinister Squashling pet and Hallowed Helm.	10
Tricks and Treats of Kalimdor	Visit the Candy Buckets in Kalimdor	10
Tricks and Treats of Eastern Kingdoms	Visit the Candy Buckets in Eastern Kingdoms	10
Tricks and Treats of Outland	Visit the Candy Buckets in Outland	10
Tricks and Treats of Azeroth	Complete the Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms, and Outland Tricks and Treats achievements	20
Hallowed Be Thy Name	Complete the above achievements Earns the title “The Hallowed”	10
A Mask for All Occasions	Collect the 20 unique Flimsy Masks listed below: Female Blood Elf Female Nightelf Male Blood Elf Male Nightelf Female Draenei Female Orc Male Draenei Male Orc Female Dwarf Female Tauren Male Dwarf Male Tauren Female Gnome Female Troll Male Gnome Male Troll Female Human Female Undead Male Human Male Undead	20
Dead Man’s Party	Dance with Catrina to become a skeleton during the Day of the Dead	10