:o Complete Guide to the 3rd Annual Halloween Event 2007 :o

Table of Contents:

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• General Event Information
• Which characters can join in with the Event?
• Towns Transformed for the Halloween Event
• The Mad King Thorn!

Poem
Who is Mad King Thorn?
When does he show up?
Mad King's Games

• Halloween 2007 Masks

Scarecrow Mask - Lion's Arch
Mummy Mask - Kamadan, Jewel of Istan

• The Costume Brawl!

Disguises and Skill Sets
Maps and Strategies
Prize

• Halloween Horseman Collectors
• Halloween Collectable Items

Witch's Brew
Vial of Absinthe
Squash Serum
Ghost-in-the-Box
Transmogrifier Tonic
Trick-or-Treat Bag
Pumpkin Cookie
Candy Apple
Candy Corn

• List of Winners of the 3rd Annual Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest
• Updates to Guide
• Contributors

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General Event Information

The event begins on Friday 26th October and running through to Wednesday 31st October.

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Which characters can join in with the Event?

Any character can join in this event, providing that they have access to Prophecies or Nightfall campaigns. As the event doesn't take place anywhere in Factions.


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Towns Transformed for the Halloween Event

Towns that have been changed during this event included Lion's Arch and Kamadan, Jewel of Istan (Primary) and some work in Drokar's Forge and the Tombs of Primal Kings as well. Changes include the following:

• Collector Horsemen (For Collectable Items - See section below)
• Custom Spooky Graphics
• Giant Skulls
• Evil Moons
• Lots of Pumpkins of course
• Ghost Ships
• Flying Ghosts
• Evil Looking Skull moons!
• Giant witches cauldrons
• The Candy Corn Mad King's Guard (Necromancer Henchmen)
• Clouds with spooky images on them
• A returning favourite, the wandering Teller of Tales, will once again delight audiences with his stories of woe in both Lion's Arch and Kamadan.

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The Mad King Thorn!


Poem:

When sunlight wanes to shadow
And mists fill nights once clear
'Tis time to think of monarchs
Who visit once a year.

Hail, Thorn, the king demented,
Whose laughter fills the air
Where cunning gifts are given
With wit and deadly flair!

And as the season passes
Remember what you've seen
In Lion's Arch and Kamadan
On this good Halloween.

Who is Mad King Thorn?

The Mad King showed up in Lion's Arch five times (Per Server) starting from 12 noon, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm and midnight, so if you missed him... unlucky. Because he not coming back.

Mad King Thorn appears in the same mushroom circle area in both Lion's Arch and Kamadan. Undead horsemen "Heralds" routinely warned travellers of their master's impending arrival in both cities.


When does he show up?

Starting from Wednesday 31st October, Mad King Thorn makes appearances every three hours throughout the day in Lion's Arch and Kamadan. His first appearance will take place at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time and his final appearance will begin on Thursday, November 1 at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time.



Mad King's Games

The name of the King pretty much speaks for itself, he's completely nuts! So what more could you expect from his games. The King will go through three phases of games before giving out a prize and then leaving. Phases are:


Phase 1 - Do as the King says, or die...

After some minor introductions from the Mad King he wasted no time to get everyone there to entertain him. At this point he would tell jokes and explain us to /laugh, ask us to play music like the /flute and the ever funny /beg. Those who followed his orders were rewarded with Halloween collectables, those who didn't died!


Phase 2 - Rock, Paper and Scissors - win or die

After a few /emote games then Mad King wanted to prove a point by challenging a random member of the crow to a game of Rock, paper and scissors. If you won or draw again the Mad King, you were rewarded with a collector item, losing resulted in... You guess it, death! The Mad King would do about 4-6 rounds of this before going back to phase one games.


Phase 3 - The Mad King says.... again you may die ¬_¬

After about 20 minutes of phase 1 and 2 the Mad King then moves onto the final phase of the games... a round of Simon Says! Anyone who played this game in real life knows how it works, if the King says "Mad King says Jump!” you have about three seconds to do it, or die.


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Halloween 2007 Masks

The following two masks are available during this years Halloween 2007 event:

Scarecrow Mask - Lion's Arch

• This is a free item given out during the Halloween 2007 event by the Mad King in Lion's Arch.
• It have zero AR... Headshots are deadly in PvP and PvE. So watch out!
• It comes pre-customised and thus should not be traded.
• It can be infused!
• It cannot be dyed!
• You can add runes to it, for your primary profession only.
• It cannot be salvaged.

Mummy Mask - Kamadan, Jewel of Istan

• This is a free item given out during the Halloween 2007 event by the Mad King in Kamadan, Jewel of Istan.
• It have zero AR... Headshots are deadly in PvP and PvE. So watch out!
• It comes pre-customised and thus should not be traded.
• It can be infused!
• It cannot be dyed!
• You can add runes to it, for your primary profession only.
• It cannot be salvaged.

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The Costume Brawl!

This year there is a brand new mini-game, the Costume Brawl! You can fight in the guise of famous characters from the Guild Wars story, using that character's custom set of skills and the equipment that you choose to use!

To enter this special mini-game, speak with a new NPC — Bobby [Costume Brawl] — in the towns of Lion's Arch, Kamadan, and the Great Temple of Balthazar.

Each profession has a corresponding character, so you'll want to join in often to try out the different characters.

The following characters are available in this year's Costume Brawl:


After you speak with Bobby [Costume Brawl], you will enter the outpost for the Costume Brawl already dressed in your costume, with your skills selected. If you forgot a weapon, one will be spawned at your feet. From there, you will join the combat in one of two brand new arenas or two favourites from the Hero Battle series. Each brawl is free of Death Penalty, and each round will last ten minutes. At the end of a match, every player on the winning team will receive a prize.


Disguises and Skill Sets

The following disguises and skill sets are available:



Maps and Strategies

There are two maps and each has capture points; the objective of both maps is to be the first team to score 20 points. Points are accumulated by killing opponents (1 point each kill) and capturing shrines, which fill up the team's "Morale" bar and consequently grants points each time it fills up completely. Holding more capture points increases the rate at which the Morale bar fills up.

Depending on the map, the following shrines may be encountered:

• Battle Cry Shrine: Grants Battle Cry effect, increasing movement, attack and skill recharge speed
• Health Shrine: Gives +140 maximum health
• Energy Shrine: Reduces cost of skills
• Morale Shrine: Increases morale speed

Unlike Alliance Battles, capturing shrines is not the key to victory, as shrines will only add to the morale speed rather than adding points directly. However, the teams that neglect shrines will be faced with both a tactical disadvantage and may not be able to kill faster than the opposing team is gaining points from shrines.

Teams should therefore balance shrine-holding and killing while preventing deaths.


Prize

Battle series. Each brawl is free of Death Penalty, and each round will last ten minutes. At the end of a match, every player on the winning team will receive the following:

• 1 Trick-or-Treat Bag
• 7 Gamer Points (Gamer Title Track)
• 100 Balthazar Faction

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Halloween Horseman Collectors

There are scary horseman collectors in each of the major towns of Tyria giving out the following items in exchange for collectable items dropped by monsters. The collectors and the items they require are as follows:

• Ascalon City

- Horseman Nurmangor collecting 3 Charr Carvings
- Horseman Irimund collecting 2 Ornate Grawl Necklaces

• Lion's Arch

- Horseman Vulgamor collecting 3 Decayed Orr Emblems
- Horseman Malfein collecting 2 Glowing Hearts
- Horseman Sorcien collecting 1 Feathered Caromi Scalp

• Henge of Denravi

- Horseman Saralim collecting 2 Maguuma Manes
- Horseman Darelum collecting 1 White Mantle Emblem

• Kamadan

- Horseman Naramor collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces
- Horseman Garthim collecting 3 Sentient Roots
- Horseman Aramon collecting 3 Juvenile Termite Legs

• Champion's Dawn

- Horseman Jaysin collecting 3 Copper Shillings
- Horseman Bishma collecting 3 Fledgling Skree Wings

• Kodlonu Hamle

- Horseman Kronar collecting 3 Silver Bullion Coins
- Horseman Vadir collecting 1 Chunk of Drake Flesh

• Sunspear Great Hall

- Horseman Maxilus collecting 2 Mandragor Carapaces
- Horseman Nuher collecting 3 Sentient Roots

Note: All collectors offer Witch's Brew, Squash Serum, Ghost-in-the-Box and Vials of Absinthe. Transmogrifier Tonic however is currently only available through Horsemen Garthim, Bishma, Vadir, and Nuher in Elona as well as from Mad King Thorn during his games.


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Halloween Collectable Items

The following collectable items are available during the Halloween 2007 event:


Witch's Brew



Collectable item, has only one use. It causes a blurry "drunken" sensation for a short period of time. Drinking multiple batches of witch's brew may cause unpredictable drunken behaviour such as random emotes or text bubbles above the drunken character's head. The screen will also turn more orange the more you drink. This item provides 1 Level / Point of drunkenness.


Vial of Absinthe



A collectable item has only one use. It causes a green flame to flare at your feet for a second, then gives a blurry "drunken" effect that compounds with multiple uses within a short period. Having too many (Five typically) results in the screen going green bullet-time style for a short while. This item provides 1 Level / Point of drunkenness.


Squash Serum



Collectable item, has only one use. When used a translucent Jack-o'-lantern with a sparkling stem to appear around your character's head for a brief time.

If you drink a bunch of Serums in a row, the Jack-o'-lantern and sparkling stem become less and less translucent. The Squash Serum has no other effects.


Ghost-in-the-Box



Collectable item, has only one use. It causes a small ghost, something like a miniature Wraith to appear in front of you with a slightly startling noise and the word "Boo!" above its head, stay for a brief time, then disappear in a puff of smoke with another yell.

Interestingly when used in during PvE, monsters will attack the ghost, making it a handy decoy. Also the ghost's "death" produces the effect of Soul Reaping for Necromancers. Ghost-in-the-box cannot be used during PvP, so no loss in balance.



Transmogrifier Tonic



Collectable item, has only one use. This item cannot be used in PvP. When used you will gain an effect that causes you to take on the appearance of a slimmer Mad King's Guard. The emotes shown by this Avatar of Sweetness are identical to the female necromancer emotes. The effect lasts for 50 minutes.


Trick-or-Treat Bag



Collectable item, has only one use. When opened it will give one of the following items:

This is a list of the items and effects that may be produced by a Trick-Or-Treat Bag:

• Ghost-in-the-Box
• Squash Serum
• Transmogrifier Tonic
• Vial of Absinthe
• Witch's Brew
• Pumpkin Cookie
• Candy Apple
• Candy Corn

Pumpkin Cookie



Collectable item, has only one use. You gain a 10% morale boost. This morale boost does not cause skills to instantly recharge. This item has 1 point towards sweet tooth title track.


Candy Apple



Collectable item, has only one use. Provides +100 maximum health and +10 maximum energy for 10 minutes. This item has 1 point towards sweet tooth title track.


Candy Corn



Collectable item, has only one use. Raises all your attributes by 1 for 10 minutes. This item has 1 point towards sweet tooth title track.


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List of Winners of the 3rd Annual Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest

Due to the extraordinary number of contest entries and the amount of exceptional art that was presented in this years Halloween Art Contest, Guild Wars.com Team expanded this year's prize pool.

This year, the Guild Wars Team, who served as judges, selected a grand prize winner and a total of 10 winners, five each in the Art and Costume categories. Beyond that level, we recognize 20 honourable mentions, and 70 finalists.

List of Winners and what the created can be seen here: http://www.guildwars.com/events/cont...07/default.php

Updates to Guide:

Note: Updates at the bottom of the list are most recent...

• Corrected small typo
• Added information on new Halloween items
• Added skill set picture for Costume Brawl
• Added link to Winners of the 2007 Halloween Art Contest
• Added information and pictures on the Halloween masks
• Added additional information for the Costume Brawl
• Cleared up some images
• Fixed broken link

Contributors:

RTSFirebat, Guildwiki, Togira Ikonaka, Official Guild Wars Wiki, Friday, xxod

It’s going to be a busy weekend, and I want to get some event game play in myself, so for the first time I'm requesting
the public to officially help out!

What is needed?

You can help my sending me a forum PM with any of the following:

• Pictures and information about new items
• Information and if possible pictures of any in-game bugs
• Any pictures of interesting locations such as towns, NPCs etc... If I like it I'll add it into the guide
• Information, pictures and better yet how-to guides for any of the mini games
• Information on quests or missions in game.

Guidelines:

Take the following into account when PMing me any information:

• I won't accept screenshots with Interface stuff like health bars and skills bars blocking things.
• Don't send massive 1024 x 1280 or along those lines images, please resize them to 640 x 480 if possible.
• All information must be accurate and clear. Nothing made up or speculation.

All submissions will be of course credited in the Contributors section. The important thing is to PM (Private Message) me the information, as I won't have the time to read tons of posts in the guide thread looking for it.

Oh thank you RTS, i find your guide very usefull!

But maybe a tip, can't you add where you cant find some items ?

I'm kinda lazy, with checking wikki xD

I think they drop anywere.....

Charr_Carvings
Best place I have Found is outside Pilkin Square
Ornate Grawl Necklace
Old Ascalon
Decayed Orr Emblem
Nebo Terrace
Glowing Heart
North Kryta Province
Feathered Caromi Scalp
North Kryta Province
Maguuma Mane
Maguuma Jungle
White Mantle Emblem
Southern Shiverpeaks
Mandragor Carapace
Best place I have Found is Plains of Jarin
Sentient_Root]Sentient Root
Best place I have Found is Plains of Jarin
Juvenile Termite Leg
Best place I have Found is Plains of Jarin
Copper Shilling
Issnur Isles
Fledgling Skree Wing
Cliffs of Dohjok
Silver Bullion Coin
Zehlon Reach
Chunk of Drake Flesh
Plains of Jarin

Hope this helps but other posters might have better areas of farming.

Roo Ella i didnt mean that

I ment Mystery item XD

But thanx, i will check it, and use it when i got home =O

I am 99% sure if it follows the normal pattern, that it will be random and so the best places will be areas with high numbers of low level foes.

Oh well it might help others
As to the Mystery Drops they will happen anywhere from any kill including Pre Sear if it follows
the same as other special drops like the Bunny's and eggs and candy shards.

ToPK is nicely decorated -- I dont recall this being the case last year

It always has been? Was the first year anyway.

Uhm maybe a dumb question but do you mean with ToPK Tomb of the primeval Kings?


And i have to work for 5 more hours T_T, then i can go check!

Friendly advice- if you don't like stupidity and loud retards- turn your local chat off while in Kamadan or LA.
That is all [/Picard]

i cant find the costume brawer thing T_T

None of the Halloween NPC's are here yet.

Can we get the mystery drop yet?
Or do we have to wait til all the NpC's get here?

I was wondering the exact same thing.

lol great minds think alike ;-p

Though i still dont know the answer :-S

Well i haven't had any so i hope they will start dropping later

or it's just my luck

when will they be here than?

Guessing the new mystery item is for a mask kind of thing.

Mad King Thorn, Soon coming to a Wal-Mart near you!

They will probably be here some time in the afternoon..around 3 pm est, 2 pm cst, 1 pm mst..so on and so forth.

I've heard rumors of Rabbit's foot? Well, that's what a friend told me... Heilige Hasenpfote... I don't have any more details

When does the costume brawl arrives?

SO the only way 2 get the mystery item is either through Mad KIng at the end of the event or a random mob drop??? (Kinda like the WOW Holiday hat)

Dude the costume brawl idea sounds like loads of fun cant wait 2 get in on the action...

Costume brawl sounds awesome.

As far as the mystery item...if it's anything like the choco-bunnies and clovers etc, I found a good drop ratio farming for dead swords. I'll do a run once 3pm est rolls around and post my findings.

I wanna know what the mystery item is. Has anyone had one drop yet?

Ok, I never seem to be around for the holiday events but obviously I will this time around. I didn't see a word about the mask. How did you recieve the mask last year?

if none of the npc's are there yet, how do you know that they will trade in those items? or are you just basing it off last year?

He's basing it off last year's event. I wouldn't be surpised if a lot of things are similar to the previous year because of Anet's focus on GW2 but it'll be new to me anyway since I've never had the chance to explore the holiday events. RL said he/she will update the guide as new information comes out. So I'd wait until next day to see if anything new occurs.

Been the same 2 years in a row.

Yeah, can't wait to try out the costume brawl.

Looks like I'll have two chances to catch the Mad King.

My guess would be 8pm GMT for the NPC's to show up, like when most weekend events start. Just a guess mind you.

8pm GMT sounds about right...thats 5 minutes

I love this event.

Let the games begin!

lol the amount of people watching this topic. 42 members 104 guests

Special item drop: Trick or Treat Bag (Doubleclick to open)

-effect1: Candy Corn: Raises all attributes by 1 for 10 mins


w0000000000000t im first
it dropped during a Tombs run just a min ago