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“ At Noon Pacific (-7 GMT) on October 18th, Tyria gets a little eerier as the Halloween celebration begins. Join in for spooky quests, creepy consumables, and the annual Costume Brawl. Mad King Thorn himself will appear every three hours on October 31st, starting at 12:01 AM Pacific. For more information, visit www.guildwars.com. — Login screen announcements

“ Get ready for two whole weeks of mischief and mayhem in Tyria, courtesy of Mad King Thorn and his Lunatic Court. The madness escalates to the final event on October 31, when the Mad King himself appears every three hours—join if you dare! — Official website

Halloween or Mad King's Day is a special event that occurs annually from October 18, 19:00, to November 2, 08:01 UTC (source), which celebrates the return of Mad King Thorn from the Underworld. Some outposts celebrate Halloween by decorating them to have an appropriately ghoulish and ghostly appearance. Preceded by his undead herald, Bruce the Herald, and his undead horsemen entourage, the populace is warned of the Mad King's arrival.

Schedule [ edit ]

Last update

Saturday, 04:45 UTC PDT

(UTC-7) UTC / GMT

(24 hr format) 12:01 am 07:01 3:01 am 10:01 6:01 am 13:01 9:01 am 16:01 12:01 pm 19:01 3:01 pm 22:01 6:01 pm 01:01

November 1 9:01 pm 04:01

November 1 12:01 am

November 1 07:01

November 1

Finale [ edit ]

Mad King Thorn will appear in the glowing circle every three hours starting at October 31, 07:01 UTC, and the finale will only affect those in the circle. Throughout the finale, Thorn will shout commands and rewards those who do them with an item (in 2005 and 2006, it was a random item, from 2007 on it is a Trick-or-Treat Bag). Those who fail will be killed. Deaths do not increase the death count. A Minutely Mad King Tonic is added to the inventory of every character who stands in the glowing circle at the end of each finale.

Decorated outposts [ edit ]

Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge, Kamadan, Jewel of Istan and Tomb of the Primeval Kings are all redecorated in a suitably festive (dark) style.

Quests [ edit ]

Lion's Arch and Kamadan [ edit ]

Given by Mad King's Steward

Lion's Arch [ edit ]

Given by Gul Terror

Given by The Countess of Hakewood

Kamadan [ edit ]

Given by Malavaka

Given by Emissary of King Thorn of Kryta

Other festivities [ edit ]

Each Halloween will make the Costume Brawl and Scarred Psyche available for use as well. Trick-or-Treat Bags will also drop from PvE foes for the duration of the event.

Guild versus Guild [ edit ]

NPCs in Guild versus Guild have their models altered as follows; they are still considered humans (e.g. they are fleshy and do not take double holy damage):

The opposing Guild Lord drops 10 Trick-or-Treat Bags for each player of the winning team when he dies. To prevent exploitation, no rewards are offered if (a) the match ends after 28 minutes without either side killing a Guild Lord or (b) the battle ends in under 5 minutes (e.g. due to one team resigning or zoning).

Items [ edit ]

Headgear [ edit ]

Starting with Halloween 2012, each Halloween festival hat from Lion's Arch and Kamadan can be obtained from Erulis and Aahtan, respectively, for one Ghoulish Accessory Token.

NPCs [ edit ]

Lion's Arch [ edit ]

Droknar's Forge [ edit ]

Bobby (Costume Brawl)

Nameless Lich

Great Temple of Balthazar [ edit ]

Bobby (Costume Brawl)

Kamadan, Jewel of Istan [ edit ]

Collectors [ edit ]

Main article: list of Halloween collectors

Halloween collectors offer Witch's Brew, Ghosts-in-the-Box, Squash Serum, and Vials of Absinthe. Some§ also offer Transmogrifier Tonics.

Notes [ edit ]

Cantha does not celebrate this festival.

Transformed Krytans and Elonians continue to only appear in America district 1 of Lion's Arch and Kamadan, respectively

Horseman collectors continue to only appear in America district 1 of Lion's Arch and Kamadan.

Mad King's Guards continue to only appear (and can be added as henchmen by selecting them or selecting their name(s) in Party Search panel) in America district 1 of Lion's Arch and Kamadan; however, a number of them will begin appearing in other territories and/or districts if they are added to a party and then that party map travels to a territory and/or district where Mad King's Guards no longer appear. E.g. Mad King's Guards will not appear in America district 2 nor International district 1 of Lion's Arch and Kamadan unless one or more Mad King's Guards are added to a party in America district 1 of Lion's Arch or Kamadan and then that party map travels to America district 2 or International district 1 of Lion's Arch or Kamadan. The number of Mad King's Guards that will begin appearing in America district 2 or International district 1 of Lion's Arch or Kamadan is dependent on the number of Mad King's Guards in the party (e.g. map traveling to Kamadan International district 1 from Lion's Arch America district 1 with two Mad King's Guards in the party will cause two Mad King's Guards to begin appearing in Kamadan International district 1).

From 2014 onward, from the end of the event on November 2 until 20:00 UTC on November 8:

Previously held festivals [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]