The Halloween NPCs from last year's event have been added to the hunting list. The drops are the same and they still take 0c but 50 energy per hunt. Stramineus the special NPC has returned as well.

Joe's Merchandise now sells the 3 Poppet and the Skull Mace recipe in the Halloween tab. I've changed the item type of Skull to Tool, meaning it's now possible to craft a Skull Mace with trades, provided the Steel Ingots you use in the recipe are not all untradable. So you can send the new Skull Maces you craft to lowbies if you wish since it's a pretty decent weapon for level 62.

The template change and Halloween outfits are usually added by Zorg, so I'll let him do that.

Happy hunting, Legacy.

You pitiful mortals. Still as weak as I remember. If not weaker. Yet your arrogance knows no limit.

I will return for you. Those of you who are not prepared, will perish before me.

Just wanted to write a small update regarding the Halloween event and fixes mentioned in Zorg's last blog post.

Firstly, the fixes Zorg mentioned aren't in the game yet. This is my fault, because I failed to mention to Zorg that the Halloween event and the bug fixes were in two separate branches. Sorry about that, they should be up soon though.

Secondly, the Halloween event came with a bug initially where the Double Energy buff from the Spooky Book was not awarding double energy as intended. This has been fixed now, so it's safe to use your Spooky Book.

Lastly, I'm aware that Stramineus is not rewarding a hunting banner when you defeat him. The banner is in the game and linked to Stramineus, just not sure why it isn't being handed out. I'm looking into it, worst comes to worst I can make a query to reward the banner to everyone who hunted him at the end of the event.

Other than that, hope everyone is enjoying the event so far. I am open to any comments or criticism in the main forum thread. It's my first event, so I'm hoping I can improve for the next one I run.

The Halloween update is now live, courtesy of Bongo and Steven. Full details art listed below.

Bug Fixes
- Fixed broken [H] heal button in wasteland when allies would phase in and out of your square.
- Fixed bugged WL achievements that did not record guard kills and player kills in the wasteland.

Changes
- Halloween Event added. Begin by buying the Halloween Sack from the plat store (it is 1 plat, 1 purchase per player) and opening it.
- 4 new Shadow Forge recipes related to Halloween.
- Halloween NPC groups added that drop some goodies and crafting materials for the new recipes.
- Halloween Special NPC added that drops an important crafting material for the new recipes.

Happy Halloween!