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The Headless Horseman, once a knight of the Silver Hand and a hero among his fellow paladins, is cursed. Driven insane within the Scarlet Monastery, he believes that he is alive and we are dead.

Now, his fervor no longer serves the Light. With the coming of Hallow's End, he spreads gloom and fire across the villages of Azeroth.

Contents 1 Background 2 The Event 2.1 Dates 2.2 Locations 2.3 Theme 3 Headless Horseman 4 Activities 4.1 Hallowed Be Thy Name 4.2 Trick or Treat 4.3 Apple Bobbing 4.3.1 Quests 4.4 Hallow's End Items 5 Further Reading

Background

The Hallow's End event originates from the Forsaken's celebration, to commemorate the day they broke free of the Lich King's grasp. All races now take part in this festival, though many of the activities have an Undead theme to them!

The Event

Dates

• October 18th to November 1st

Hallow's End takes place around the same time as our Halloween, and is spread over the course of 2 weeks.

Locations

Hallow's End celebrations take place in Stormwind, Ironforge, Darnassus, Orgrimmar, Undercity, Silvermoon City, The Exodar, Thunder Bluff, and any inn.

Theme

In the run up to Hallow's End towns become festooned with candles and eerie-looking pumpkin heads and seasonal decorations, such as this huge pumpkin in the entrance to the Undercity.

Headless Horseman

For the duration of the Hallow's End Festival, the Headless Horseman will be summonable in the Graveyard wing of Scarlet Monastery. He is a level 80 Elite, so it's not advisable to try him on your own! It usually takes a group of level 70s to down him. He drops some nice loot, including level 80 epic items, and his flying mount, so it's worth getting a group together to try and down him.

He also regularly raids villages during the 2 week period, by trying to set them alight. If you help to put the fires out, you can get some nice loot for your efforts!

Activities

Hallowed Be Thy Name

With patch 3.0.2, Blizzard introduced Achievements. Each in-game world event now has an achievement associated with it, and most of them award the character with Titles or other cosmetic items. The Hallow's End Achievement list, complete with tips on requirements, is fully listed here. The reward for completing all achievements in this category is the title "The Hallowed".

Trick or Treat

If you speak to the Innkeeper he'll offer you the chance to play Trick or Treat. Select Trick or Treat from the Innkeeper's menu and one of a few things could happen. Here you can see an female Orc changed into a black-clad Ninja for 60 minutes. Another shot of a Leper gnome. Other times you can receive a goody bag which can contain a small gift such as a face mask or a magical wand.

Due to complaints during the current Hallow's End event (2008), Blizzard added [Unknown Item: Hallowed Helm] and [Unknown Item: Sinister Squashling] to the things that players can receive in their treat bags!

Here are some examples of other things you may receive in your goody bag

Apple Bobbing

There is also Apple Bobbing, which will reward you with a [Unknown Item: Bobbing Apple], an item that gives you extra attribute bonuses.

In addition to Trick or Treating and Apple Bobbing, you can complete quests:

Quests

Horde Quests

Orgrimmar

Undercity

Thunder Bluff

Sen'jin Village, Durotar

Tirisfal Glades

Alliance Quests

Stormwind

Ironforge

Darnassus

Southshore

Hallow's End Items

Most of the rewards you get for completing the various quests and activities are unique to the Hallow's End Event. Below you will find a list of all such items:

Flimsy Masks

A mask of each race, both genders, is available as a Treat from the Innkeepers, see all masks here.

Hallowed Wands

These wands can change your party members into several different forms, depending on the wand. Here are the different types:

• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Bat]
• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Ghost]
• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Leper Gnome]
• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Ninja]
• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Pirate]
• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Skeleton]
• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Wisp]

• [Unknown Item: Hallowed Wand - Random] (This wand changes a party member into any of the above forms randomly but it does NOT count towards the Masquerade achievement regardless of the costume it changes you into)

Candy

During Hallow's End, in Ironforge and , as well as all Innkeepers, sell special festive candy:

• [Unknown Item: Hallow's End Pumpkin Treat]
• [Unknown Item: Tigule and Foror's Strawberry Ice Cream]
• [Unknown Item: Bellara's Nutterbar]
• [Unknown Item: Styleen's Sour Suckerpop]
• [Unknown Item: Moonbrook Riot Taffy]

Pumpkin Bags

Hallow's End sparks off the search for these [Unknown Item: Pumpkin Bag]s, which drop from mobs around level 50 - 65 instead of [Unknown Item: Traveler's Backpack]

To see a full list of the drop locations, click here.

Another bag obtainable from trick-or-treat is a novelty [Unknown Item: Coin Bag]. It is practically useless since it only has one slot.

Further Reading

Follow the links to see other information pages on Hallow's End:

Blizzard Page