Hallow’s End Guide (Oct. 18th – 31st)

It’s that time of the year again–ghosts and goblins, witches and warlocks unite! Hallow’s End hits Azeroth today.

Hallow’s End is one of my favorite holidays in World of Warcraft. Running from from October 18 – October 31, the holiday invites players to gather candy, wands, food, masks, and even vanity pets from inn keepers all over the in-game world.

Event Changes

Before we get onto our guide, we’d like to cover the immediate changes for those who already are familiar with the event. There are quite a few with this event for this year, including new items and a new currency system: tricky treats.

Gone are the days of trick-or-treating hourly for a chance at an extremely rare mask or a rare vanity item. Instead, the event has been streamlined into a vendor and daily system, very similar to Noblegarden. One new vanity pet, Feline Familiar, makes its appearance here on a vendor, for example; meanwhile, old favorites, such as Sinister Squashling are also purchasable. There’s also Creepy Crate from a short questline and Little Wickerman from vendors which is a fun campfire.

Tricky treats are obtained through dailies and the pumpkins spread throughout inns on the map. You will get two treats for every inn you visit, as a one time only reward, along with a potential for a mask, wand, or other fun holiday item. You then spend the tricky treats at vendors outside of your capital cities.

New vendors and quest-givers are located at special holiday hubs outside of Stormwind and Undercity.

• Horde: Chub <Candy & Toy Vendor>, Darla <Wand Vendor>, Farina <Mask Vendor>.
• Alliance: Dorothy <Candy & Toy Vendor>, Stymie <Wand Vendor>, Spanky <Mask Vendor>.

Vendor Items

Hallowed Wands

Consumables

Pets and Mounts

Dorothy/Chub, 150	Magic Broom
Dorothy/Chub, 150	Sinister Squashling
Dorothy/Chub, 150	Feline Familiar

Misc

Vendor, Cost	Item
Dorothy/Chub, 150	Hallowed Helm
Dorothy/Chub, 150	Little Wickerman

Masks

New Masks

There are some new masks about, first and foremost for the two playable races:

In addition to new masks on the two new playable races, there are also four sets based on non-playable races; these masks also have new buffs. Because they function as buffs, they’re cost more to purchase and are probably meant as an item for the player who has nearly everything as a currency sink.

Updated Items

Much like the Brewfest items, all Hallow’s End rings (plus the helmet and sword) have been upgraded to ilevel 365:

• The Horseman’s Sinister Saber
• The Horseman’s Horrific Helmet
• Band of Ghoulish Glee
• Seal of the Petrified Pumpkin
• The Horseman’s Signet
• Wicked Witch’s Ring

Similarly, those candies you get from trick-or-treating have also changed. They used to be buffs, offering amounts of stacking stats such as spell power with every consumption. A quick look at their tooltips will tell you that’s all changed:

• Pyroblast Cinnamon Ball
• Chewy Fel Taffy
• Soothing Spearmint Candy

New Buffs

Two powerful buffs have been added, tied to the Wickerman Festival.

Decree of the Dark Lady is granted to nearby players upon observing an RP event in which Sylvanas watches the burning of the Wickerman and declares it to be a sign of the strength of the Forsaken.

We haven’t had a chance to observe this on US servers yet, but most likely Greymane’s Resolve works in the same way for Alliance players–Genn Greymane watches the burning of the Wickerman and blesses nearby players.

As in past years, there’s a buff that increases experience earned and reputation gained by 10%. This year, it’s called Unburdened and is easily gotten–just click on the Wickerman bonfire outside Stormwind and Undercity.

Continue reading beyond the break for new items, updated achievements, and the full guide!

Table of Contents

• Event Changes
• Vendor Items
• New Masks
• Updated Items
• New Buffs
• Treats and Goodies!
• Candy Buckets
• Locations
• Quests
• Horde Quests
• Alliance Quests
• The Headless Horseman
• Phat Lewts!
• Achievements

Treats and Goodies!

There are three main ways players can acquire quirky seasonal items during the Hallow’s End festival:
Candy Buckets (new to Cataclysm!), Crudely Wrapped Gift, and the Headless Horseman.

As we’ve explained in more detail above, Candy Buckets (in the shape of pumpkins) are nearby the innkeepers of friendly inns. Instead of talking to an innkeeper each hour for a Treat Bag or a Trick disguise, looting each pumpkin (one-time only), will reward players with a Handful of Treats (and sometimes a temporary character disguise, like the Trick debuff). This contains 1-3 Tricky Treat Tricky Treats, some candy, and other vanity items. If you don’t get lucky with finding rare items in your candy bags, don’t worry–the Tricky Treat can be used to purchase them instead. This new system takes the RNG component out of Trick-or-Treating, from previous years.

(As in past years, there’s also an Apple Bob nearby, which gives players Bobbing Apple.)

A Crudely Wrapped Gift can be obtained after protecting a low level Alliance (Goldshire, Kharanos, or Azure Watch) or Horde (Razor Hill, Falconwing Square, or Brill) village from the Shade of the Horseman (see Quests section below). The matrons located in these villages will ask for your aid in putting out fires in local buildings. When the Shade of the Horseman has been defeated, a large Jack-o-Lantern will appear on the ground that gives the quest Smash the Pumpkin (Alliance) which can be turned in at the nearby Matron. The Matron will reward you with a sum of gold and a Crudely Wrapped Gift, which can contain candy, masks, or even riding brooms!

The Headless Horseman is a level 85 boss that players can queue up for using the Dungeon Finder tool. The boss will then spawn in the Graveyard of Scarlet Monastery. This encounter can be completed easily by a decently-geared 5-man of level 85 players. For more information check out the section below!

Candy Buckets

Seasonal, pumpkin-shaped Candy Buckets are located inside every inn, near the Innkeeper. Each bucket offers a one-time quest that can be completed and rewards a small sum of gold and a Handful of Treats, which contains a guaranteed two Tricky Treats and then has a chance to have other items such as masks and snacks. These snacks include Pyroblast Cinnamon Ball, G.N.E.R.D.S., Chewy Fel Taffy, and Soothing Spearmint Candy–and this year, most of these candies have a cosmetic buff! Visiting all friendly inn buckets on continent will reward an achievement.

Locations

Check out the related achievements below for a list of all buckets–some locations have changed since the Shattering. Plus, there are several more achievements this year–for the candy buckets of both Northrend and Cataclysm. We’ve gotten word that some of these new candy buckets appear to be bugged–as well as others added that aren’t tied to achievements–so hopefully this will be fixed.

• Eastern Kingdoms: Alliance / Horde
• Kalimdor: Alliance / Horde
• Outland: Alliance / Horde
• Northrend: Alliance / Horde
• Cataclysm: Alliance / Horde

Quests

Horde Quests

• Masked Orphan Matron
  Start: Orc Commoner
  End: Masked Orphan Matron
  This quest is just a breadcrumb quest intended to lead you to a Masked Orphan Matron located at one of the low level Horde villages, either Razor Hill, Falconwing Square, or Brill. This quest does not need to be completed in order to take the Matron’s other quests.
• Fire Training
  Start & End: Masked Orphan Matron
  This quest can be started in either Razor Hill (Durotar), Falconwing Square (Eversong Woods) or Brill (Tirisfal Glades), but only completed once, at a single location. The Matron will direct you to a nearby water barrel from which you can collect Water Bucket that can be thrown at flames. There will be test fires that you can put out by simply ‘using’ the bucket and aiming at the fires. When you have successfully hit 5 fires, return to the Matron for your reward.
• “Let the Fires Come!” / Stop the Fires!
  Start & End: Masked Orphan Matron
  The availability of this daily quest is situational – if the village you are in is not yet under attack by the Shade of the Horseman, the Matron will offer “Let the Fires Come!” which you cannot complete until the village is under attack. However, if you first speak to the Matron while the village is currently under attack, she will instead offer Stop the Fires!, which is the same quest basically with just a different title. Simply aid in extinguishing all of the fires the Shade has started, then speak to the Matron. This is a daily quest.
• Hallow’s End Treats for Spoops!
  Start & End: Spoops
  This quest asks that you collect a variety of holiday treats from the innkeepers of major faction cities. However, they won’t be giving the goodies away without a price! You must perform a different emote to each innkeeper before being rewarded the quest item.

  • Orgrimmar Nougat is rewarded from Flexing for Nougat
  • Darkspear Gumdrop is rewarded from Incoming Gumdrop
  • Undercity Mint is rewarded from Chicken Clucking for a Mint
  • Thunder Bluff Marzipan is rewarded from Dancing for Marzipan
• Stink Bombs Away!
  Start: Candace Fenlow
  Speak with Crina Fenlow and take a broomstick flight over Stormwind City. Use the stink bombs to cover the city and its people. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 2
• Clean Up in Undercity
  Start: Candace Fenlow
  Use the Arcane Cleanser to remove stink bombs within the Undercity. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 3
• A Time to Build Up
  Start:Darkcaller Yanka
  Use the bonfire in front of the Wickerman to set it ablaze. Use the ashes on the ground near the Wickerman. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 1
• A Time to Break Down
  Start:Darkcaller Yanka
  Use the Dousing Agent on the Wickerman in front of Stormwind. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 3
• A Friend in Need
  Start:Candace Fenlow
  Speak with Edgar Goodwin at the Broken Tusk in Orgrimmar.
• Missing Heirlooms
  Start:Edgar Goodwin
  End:Hired Courier
  Search the cabin of the Hired Courier’s ship at the docks east of Orgrimmar for evidence of what might be delaying him.
• Fencing the Goods
  Start:Hired Courier
  End:Auctioneer Drezmit
  Follow the spiders to their destination and question the man you find there.
• Shopping Around
  Start:Auctioneer Drezmit
  End:Delian Sunshade
  Make your way to Droffers and Son Salvage in Orgrimmar’s Drag district and look for evidence of the crate-thief’s visit.
• Taking Precautions
  Start/End:Delian Sunshade
  Obtain 5 Crystal Vial, 5 Arcane Powder, and 5 Blood Nettle.
• The Collector’s Agent
  Start:Delian Sunshade
  End:Stolen Crate
  Disrupt the meeting between Sanath Lim-yo and the thief in the Ruins of Lordaeron.
• What Now?
  Start:Stolen Crate
  End:Edgar Goodwin or Delian Sunshade
  You may return the crate to either Edgar Goodwin at the Broken Tusk in Orgrimmar’s Valley of Strength. or Return the crate to Delian Sunshade at the Wyvern’s Tail in Orgrimmar’s Valley of Honor.
• The Creepy Crate
  The crate itself appears unscathed and suffused with magical energy. From time to time, it shakes or bobs as if its contents were alive.
  Reward: Creepy Crate

Alliance Quests

• Costumed Orphan Matron
  Start: Human Commoner
  End: Costumed Orphan Matron
  This quest is just a breadcrumb quest intended to lead you to a Costumed Orphan Matron located at one of the low level Alliance villages, either Goldshire, Kharanos, or Azure Watch. This quest does not need to be completed in order to take the Matron’s other quests.
• Fire Brigade Practice
  Start & End: Costumed Orphan Matron
  This quest can be started in either Goldshire (Elwynn Forest), Kharanos (Dun Morogh), or Azure Watch (Azuremyst Isle), but only completed once, at a single location. The Matron will direct you to a nearby water barrel from which you can collect Water Bucket that can be thrown at flames. There will be test fires that you can put out by simply ‘using’ the bucket and aiming at the fires. When you have successfully hit 5 fires, return to the Matron for your reward.
• “Let the Fires Come!” / Stop the Fires!
  Start & End: Costumed Orphan Matron
  The availability of this daily quest is situational – if the village you are in is not yet under attack by the Shade of the Horseman, the Matron will offer “Let the Fires Come!” which you cannot complete until the village is under attack. However, if you first speak to the Matron while the village is currently under attack, she will instead offer Stop the Fires!, which is the same quest basically with just a different title. Simply aid in extinguishing all of the fires the Shade has started, then speak to the Matron. This is a daily quest.
• Hallow’s End Treats for Jesper!
  Start & End: Jesper
  This quest asks that you collect a variety of holiday treats from the innkeepers of major faction cities. However, they won’t be giving the goodies away without a price! You must perform a different emote to each innkeeper before being rewarded the quest item.

  • Stormwind Nougat is rewarded from Flexing for Nougat
  • Gnomeregan Gumdrop is rewarded from Incoming Gumdrop
  • Ironforge Mint is rewarded from Chicken Clucking for a Mint
  • Darnassus Marzipan is rewarded from Dancing for Marzipan
• A Season for Celebration
  Start:Human Commoner
  End:Celestine of the Harvest
  This breadcrumb quest introduces the player to the new Hallow’s End quest/vendor hub outside of Stormwind.
• Stink Bombs Away!
  Start: Gretchen Fenlow
  Speak to Gertrude Fenlow to gain access to a broom, then drop stink bombs in the Undercity. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 2
• Clean Up in Stormwind
  Start: Gretchen Fenlow
  Use the Arcane Cleanser to remove stink bombs around Stormwind. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 3
• A Time to Gain
  Start/End:Celestine of the Harvest
  Use the bonfire in front of the Wickerman. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 1
• A Time to Lose
  Start:Keira
  Use the Dousing Agent on the Wickerman in the Ruins of Lordaeron. This quest is a requirement for the achievement Rotten Hallow.
  Reward: 3
• A Friend in Need
  Start:Gretchen Fenlow
  End:Anson Hastings
  Visit Anson Hastings at the Gilded Rose in Stormwind’s Trade District.
• Missing Heirlooms
  Start:Anson Hastings
  End:Hired Courier
  Search the cabin of the Hired Courier’s ship in Stormwind Harbor for evidence of what might be delaying him.
• Fencing the Goods
  Start:Hired Courier
  End:Auctioneer Fitch
  Follow the spiders to their destination and question the man you find there.
• Shopping Around
  Start:Auctioneer Fitch
  End:Hudson Barnes
  Make your way to the Shady Lady in Stormwind’s Dwarven District and look for evidence of the crate-thief’s visit.
• Taking Precautions
  Start/End:Hudson Barnes
  Obtain 5 Crystal Vial, 5 Arcane Powder, and 5 Blood Nettle.
• The Collector’s Agent
  Start:Hudson Barnes
  End:Stolen Crate
  Disrupt the meeting between Sanath Lim-yo and the thief in the catacombs beneath the Cathedral of Light.
• What Now?
  Start:Stolen Crate
  End:Anson Hastings or Hudson Barnes
  You may return the crate to either Anson Hastings at the Gilded Rose in Stormwind. or Return the crate to Hudson Barnes at the Golden Keg in Stormwind.
• The Creepy Crate
  The crate itself appears unscathed and suffused with magical energy. From time to time, it shakes or bobs as if its contents were alive.
  Reward: Creepy Crate

The Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman is a level 85+ 5-man boss located in the Graveyard of Scarlet Monastery. This boss will only spawn for level 83+ players who have queued for the encounter via the Dungeon Finder tool. The boss drops epic-quality gear, and additional vanity loot can be obtained from a special Loot-Filled Pumpkin awarded once per day for killing him.

Remember, you can queue up for the boss as many times as you like, but you will only have access to his regular drops after the first time–the Loot-Filled Pumpkin and a monetary reward of 19 86 will only be awarded once per day. Also, you’ll be awarded a few Justice Points.

Phat Lewts!

Boss Loot

• Band of Ghoulish Glee
• Seal of the Petrified Pumpkin
• The Horseman’s Signet
• Wicked Witch’s Ring

Loot-Filled Pumpkin Loot

• Sword: The Horseman’s Sinister Saber
• Helm: The Horseman’s Horrific Helmet
• Mount: The Horseman’s Reins
• Temporary Mount: Flying Broom
• Small Pet: Sinister Squashling
• Pumpkin Helm: Hallowed Helm

The Loot-Filled Pumpkin can also contain a randomly selected flimsy mask (if no “special” loot is awarded). It is possible to get multiple special items from the bag at the same time.

Achievements

There are a total of 22 achievements that can be obtained during Hallow’s End! While running about sporting hauntingly fun Hallow’s End masks and gorging on candy, find time to earn some achievements and be awarded a cool player title – the Hallowed! Completeing the achievements required for Hallowed Be Thy Name will, of course, count towards What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been and towards earning the beautiful Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake!

• Hallowed Be Thy Name
  Complete the Hallow’s End achievements listed below.
  This achievement requires the completion of 11 particular achievements and awards the player title, “The Hallowed.” The 11 achievements that must be completed are: Trick or Treat!, Out With It, Bring Me The Head of… Oh Wait, The Savior of Hallow’s End, That Sparkling Smile, Rotten Hallow, G.N.E.R.D. Rage, Check Your Head, The Masquerade, Sinister Calling, and Tricks and Treats of Azeroth (Alliance).
• A Mask for All Occasions
  Collect the 24 unique Flimsy Masks listed below.
  For this achievement, you must obtain every single Flimsy Mask. This achievement used to be very difficult to complete as it relied upon RNG from Treat Bags. It is also not a requirement for Hallowed Be Thy Name. However, in Cataclysm, players can purchase masks for 2 each–so this achievement is a lot easier to complete.
• Bring Me The Head of… Oh Wait
  Kill the Headless Horseman.
  This achievement is pretty straight-forward – simply kill the Headless Horseman in Scarlet Monastery.
• Check Your Head
  Use Weighted Jack-o’-Lanterns to put pumpkin heads on each of the races listed below.
  For this achievement, you must use a Weighted Jack-o’-Lantern on at least one of every Alliance and Horde race. The Jack-o’-Lanterns can be looted from the Headless Horseman or received in the Crudely Wrapped Gift available after defeating the Headless Horseman in one of the low level villages as detailed above in the Quests section. They are also rewarded from the related daily quest.
• G.N.E.R.D. Rage
  Earn 10 honorable kills while under the influence of the G.N.E.R.D. buff. It’s a slap in the face!
  For this achievement, earn 10 honorable kills (total) while buffed by the Hallow’s End candy G.N.E.R.D.S.. The candy is a just small dodge buff so the achievement is really just a silly pun.
• Out With It
  Eat so many Tricky Treats that you get an upset tummy.
  Tricky Treat offer a small speed boost in addition to eventually giving you an Upset Tummy. They are the new currency for Hallow’s End and are rewards for completing all quests.
• Rotten Hallow
  Ruin Hallow’s End for the Horde and foil their attempts to wreck the Alliance celebration by completing the following quests.
  Complete the seasonal quests Stink Bombs Away!, Clean Up in Stormwind, A Time to Gain, and A Time to Lose.
• Rotten Hallow
  Ruin Hallow’s End for the Alliance and foil their attempts to wreck the Horde celebration by completing the following quests.
  Complete the seasonal quests Stink Bombs Away!, Clean Up in Undercity. A Time to Build Up, and A Time to Break Down.
• Sinister Calling
  Obtain a Sinister Squashling pet and Hallowed Helm.
  This used to be one of the most difficult achievements to obtain due to sheer luck factor, for this one you must obtain both the Sinister Squashling vanity pet and the Hallowed Helm off the Headless Horseman. However, you can now buy both items with 300 saved up total.
• That Sparkling Smile
  Show off your sparkling smile by using a Tooth Pick.
  Use a Tooth Pick, which costs 2.
• The Mask Task
  Obtain a Flimsy Mask during Hallow’s End.
  Obtain a Flimsy Mask, which costs 2.
• The Masquerade
  Get transformed by the Hallowed Wands listed below.
  For this achievement, you must be transformed by each specific costume Hallowed Wand. The ‘Random’ wand will not count towards the achievement. It is best to trade costumes with other players who have the ones you want. Wands can be purchased for 2.
• The Savior of Hallow’s End
  Complete one of the quests to save a village from the Headless Horseman.
  For this achievement, you must complete one of the quests to save a burning village from the Shade of the Horseman–either “Let the Fires Come!” or Stop the Fires!.
• Trick or Treat!
  Receive a handful of a candy from one of the Candy Buckets located in an inn.
  For this achievement, all you have to do is visit a single Candy Bucket located within any friendly inn and loot a handful of candy
• Tricks and Treats of Azeroth / Tricks and Treats of Azeroth
  Complete the Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Outland Tricks and Treats achievements.
  For this achievement, you must complete each of the three following achievements, essentially having visited every possible Candy Bucket.
• Tricks and Treats of Eastern Kingdoms / Tricks and Treats of Eastern Kingdoms
  Visit the Candy Buckets in Eastern Kingdoms.
  For this achievement, you must visit every single Candy Bucket in the Eastern Kingdoms. The candy buckets are located in friendly faction inns. For a full list of bucket locations, visit the achievement page for your respective faction.
• Tricks and Treats of Kalimdor / Tricks and Treats of Kalimdor
  Visit the Candy Buckets in Kalimdor.
  For this achievement, you must visit every single Candy Bucket in Kalimdor. The candy buckets are located in friendly faction inns. For a full list of bucket locations, visit the achievement page for your respective faction.
• Tricks and Treats of Outland / Tricks and Treats of Outland
  Visit the Candy Buckets in Outland.
  For this achievement, you must visit every single Candy Bucket in Outland. The candy buckets are located in friendly faction inns. For a full list of bucket locations, visit the achievement page for your respective faction.
• Tricks and Treats of Northrend / Tricks and Treats of Northrend
  Visit the Candy Buckets in Northrend.
  For this achievement, you must visit every single Candy Bucket in Northrend. (Players could do so in previous years, but no achievements were attached to it.) The candy buckets are located in friendly faction inns. For a full list of bucket locations, visit the achievement page for your respective faction.
• Tricks and Treats of the Cataclysm / Tricks and Treats of the Cataclysm
  Visit the Candy Buckets in Cataclysm zones.
  For this achievement, you must visit every single Candy Bucket in Cataclysm zones. The candy buckets are located in friendly faction inns. For a full list of bucket locations, visit the achievement page for your respective faction.

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