The Witches Festival is a holiday event that typically takes place in the month of October. During this event players can obtain a skeletal polymorph, a 100% XP buff and the opportunity to acquire a collection of Witches Festival-themed items. The festival also has a special quest associated with it, named The Witchmother's Bargain , which repeats every year. A notable feature of the event is the inclusion of Plunder Skulls. Plunder Skulls are special reward containers that grant players various event-themed items.

After completing The Witchmother's Bargain , the Witchmother's Whistle memento is gained. The whistle can be used repeatedly during the event to summon the Witchmother's Cauldron, which grants you and your party a two-hour 100% XP buff that stacks with all other XP bonuses. Drinking from the Witchmother's Cauldron will transform your character into skeleton for the duration of the buff.

Plunder Skulls contains up to 5 samples of Witches Festival Provisioning ingredients and 1-3 samples of Amber Marble . They can also contain unique recipes , Hollowjack motif pages, or rare hats . All of these items can be traded with other players, including the collectible hats. The Provisioning items available include Guts , Worms , Crawlers , and Spider Eggs .

Dremora Plunder Skulls are special containers were introduced in the 2018 Witches Festival and continued in 2019. There are seven different types that can be obtained from various bosses. Each skull is guaranteed to contain a chapter from Crafting Motif 63: Dremora book. Dremora Plunder Skulls of each type can be earned only once per day per account. See below for a full list.

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The 2019 Witches Festival

The Witches Festival 2019 will run from October 24 until November 11, 2019. Due to numerous connectivity issues on PC for the first few days, the event was extended by 7 days across all platforms. The event is similar to the previous year, but with the addition of some new style pages, mementos, recipes and collectables. The drops from regular Plunder Skulls in the 2019 event are identical to the 2018 event drops.

The 2019 festival was also the first chance for players to buy the Pure-Snow Berries of Bloom from The Impresario, used to mutate the Nascent Indrik. Players can receive two Event Tickets each day for after killing a boss, with a total of 38 possible tickets by the end of the event.

2019 Dremora Plunder Skull Loot Edit

The drops from Dremora Plunder Skulls in the 2019 event are identical to the 2018 event drops, but with the addition of Glenmoril Wyrd Style pages, festival writs, new provisioning recipes and a new memento, all of which have a relatively low drop rate:

Armor pages have a small chance to drop from directly from Dremora Plunder Skulls. These exist as items that can be sold or traded.

Weapon pages are found by following a marker on the associated treasure map. The style page doesn't exist as an item found in a chest like regular treasure, but instead spawns as the weapon itself, surrounded by a large pillar of purple light. Taking the weapon immediately adds the style page into your inventory. See the main page for a guide on the map locations.

"A direct request for a festive food, from Alyxe the Hag. Once accepted, this contract cannot be traded or sold. Completing 13 Witches Festival Writs awards you the Witch's Infernal Hat; completing 28 grants you the title of "Witch."

Witches Festival Writs are special master writs that request a Witches Festival themed food or potion via a quest. The recipes for these provisioning items can be found both types of Plunder Skull. Writs themselves can only be obtained from Dremora Plunder Skulls. Writs are also available to buy from the Impresario for 1 Event Ticket each, but these are bound to your account and cannot be traded or sold. See the main page for full details.

Completing 13 Witches Festival Writs awards you the Witch's Infernal Hat; completing 28 grants you the title of "Witch". There are also several achievements related to festival writs.

New Recipes Edit

Three new legendary recipes are introduced in the 2019 festival, however they have a relatively low drop rate:

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The Skeletal Marionette collectible can be obtained by consuming ten Skeletal Marionette Parts, which can occasionally be found in all varieties of Plunder Skull. Alternatively, the memento can be bought outright from the Impresario for 5 Event Tickets, however this will not grant you the associated achievement.

Item Description Skeletal Marionette Parts Part of a Skeletal Marionette. With enough of these, you could command your own.

Crown Store Exclusives Edit

During the festival, some new and returning items will be available in the Crown Store. This includes the return of the Reaper's Harvest and Hollowjack Crown Crates, the Hollowjack and Witches' Coven furnishing packs, Exorcised Coven Cottage, Kynbound Senche-Panther, Witch's Infernal Familiar and more.

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