Hallow's End

Hallow's End is an annual Halloween-inspired seasonal event that takes place during the latter half of October.

• "When the decorations of Hallow's End light up Azeroth's cities, you know there's mischief afoot! Seek special vendors in Orgrimmar or Ironforge and get your hands on treats! Aid a sick orphan in a little trick-or-treating! Darkcaller Yanka, attending the Forsaken's Wickerman Festival, and Sergeant Hartman of Southshore are seeking your aid in keeping the enemy out of their holiday affairs - are you up to the challenge?"

• New achievements: Kickin' With the Wick, Tricks and Treats of the Dragon Isles
• Bring Me The Head of... Oh Wait retired to a Feat of Strength and replaced with A Cleansing Fire (achievement)
• Don't Lose Your Head, Man was also added and retains the earned date of Bring Me The Head of... Oh Wait for characters that have it.
• Individual hard-mode difficulty in the Headless Horseman encounter
• Loot-Filled Pumpkin now requires level 60 or higher and has new drops:
• The Scarlet Key, restoring access to the Scarlet Monastery of Old wings
• Windborne Velocidrake: Hallow's End Armor
• Arfus (and The Lick King feat of Strength)
• Bucket of Morbid Treats can be purchased for 150 Tricky Treat from Dorothy and Chub.
• New quest chain starting with A Ghostly Message.
• While not tied to the event, Eve's Ghastly Rider mount is available from the Traveler's Log during October 2023.

Hallow's End was celebrated in Lordaeron. There were several smaller festivals leading up to Hallow's End. One was somber, one was celebratory, and this one was a bit of both. It was believed to be a time when the barrier between the living and the dead was thin, and those who had passed on could be sensed by those still alive. Tradition had it that at the end of the harvest season, before the winds of winter began to blow, that a straw effigy would be erected right outside the palace. At sunset on the night of the ceremony, it would be lit on fire. It was an awesome sight—a giant flaming wicker man, burning bright against the encroaching night. Anyone who wished could approach the fiery effigy, toss a branch into the cracking flames, and in so doing metaphorically “burn away” anything he did not wish to carry into the quiet, deep reflection time provided by winter's enforced inactivity, such as emotions (fears, sorrows, old loves, new hates). It was a peasant ritual, sprung up from time immemorial. Once, the effigy was burned by Jaina Proudmoore.

During the Hallow's End in Year 24, the Headless Horseman was created in the Scarlet Monastery by Balnazzar using fel energies over the dead body of Thomas Thomson.

Hallow's End marks the day the group of undead, who would later be known as the Forsaken, broke free of the Lich King's dominance and once again regained their free will. They celebrate this occasion by setting fire to a wickerman after a short speech from Sylvanas herself and smearing the ashes across their faces.

The humans of the Alliance have continued their traditional Hallow's End celebrations, even though they didn't quite understand the reasons for doing so, in the hopes of a brighter future despite the losses of the three great wars against the Scourge and Horde. Since the Cataclysm, the worgen of Gilneas have brought with them a deeper understanding of the origins of Hallow's End back to their old and new allies in the Alliance, and in particular, reintroduced the practice of burning a wickerman. Genn Greymane was invited to speak for the length of Hallow's End to celebrants just outside Stormwind's city gates, just as Sylvanas now does near the inner entrance to the Undercity.

Coincidentally, at this same time of year on there is a strange surge of spiritual energy. Beckoned by this phenomenon, a ghastly fleet of undead orc pirates called the Bonefleet emerges from the mist. The Bonefleet is led by a savage pirate known as Captain Bonerender. He seeks nothing more than the complete destruction of all of the living of Draenor.

An adventurer by the name of Duroc Ironjaw travelled through Val'sharah and came across the Crooked Tree of Bradensbrook. Fearing that it was of evil nature, he warned people not to approach it.

The story behind the tree is linked to four sisters who had been accused of many crimes. As punishment, they were sentenced to death by hanging at the Crooked Tree. The youngest managed to escape when the noose around her neck loosened. She returned many years later, to put her sisters' souls at peace.

A strange occurrence is happening in Dalaran. The adventurer sends his troops to see what can be done. The soldiers encounter a crone and her broom.

Available in the Dungeon Finder like other holiday bosses, the Headless Horseman can be queued for players from levels.

Once per day, he drops the Loot-Filled Pumpkin for characters level and above, which can contain:

He always directly drops a piece or two of loot, which scales the ilvl appropriate for the player's level when it dropped:

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

For levels 59 and below, he drops the Loot-Stuffed Pumpkin, which contains most of the Loot-Filled loot pool, but not the mount.

Hallow's End offers a decent amount of toys, companions, and other holiday-themed consumables.

Toys are available for purchase with Tricky Treats for each:

• Headless Horseman's Hearthstone
• Horse Head Costume
• Horse Tail Costume
• Little Wickerman

One toy is a drop from holiday-themed mobs on the Isle of Shadows on Draenor's :

• Coin of Many Faces

One toy is a drop from a mob spawned in the player's level 3 mine in their garrison after purchasing and using Creepy Crawlers:

• Sack of Spectral Spiders (from Arachnis)

Most pets are available for purchase with Tricky Treats for each:

• Cursed Birman
• Feline Familiar
• Magic Broom
• Naxxy
• Sinister Squashling (also found in the Loot-Filled Pumpkin)
• Widget the Departed

One pet has a chance of dropping from the Loot-Filled Pumpkin:

• Arfus

One pet is a quest reward from an eight-step quest chain:

• Creepy Crate

Other pets can be captured in the player's Garrison after purchasing and using Creepy Crawlers:

• Ghastly Rat
• Ghost Maggot
• Spectral Spinner

One permanent mount rarely is found inside the Loot-Filled Pumpkin:

• The Horseman's Reins

A holiday-limited mount is available for purchase for :

• Magic Broom (also found in the Loot-Filled Pumpkin, Crudely Wrapped Gift)

A drakewatcher manuscript is found inside the Loot-Filled Pumpkin:

• Windborne Velocidrake: Hallow's End Armor

Two cosmetic armor pieces cost each:

• Hallowed Helm (also found in the Loot-Stuffed Pumpkin, but not the Loot-Filled Pumpkin!)
• Bucket of Morbid Treats

Four cosmetic helms can be found inside the Hag's Belongings from the daily quest Under the Crooked Tree in Val'sharah:

• Hat of the First Sister
• Hat of the Second Sister
• Hat of the Third Sister
• Hat of the Youngest Sister

Costume sets cost each:

• Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King"
• Exquisite Costume Set: "Deathwing"
• Exquisite Costume Set: "Grommash"
• Exquisite Costume Set: "Xavius"

Pet disguises cost each except for the Yipp-Saron costume, which requires :

• "Lil' Starlet" Costume
• "Mad Alchemist" Costume
• "Yipp-Saron" Costume
• Ominous Pet Treat

Special vendors in Lunarfall and Frostwall sell various garrison decorations for each:

• Creepy Crawlers
• Ghoulish Guises
• Hallow's Glow
• Seer's Invitation
• Witch's Brew

• Hallowed Wands
• Snacks
• Masks
• Heirloom upgrades:
• Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing
• Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing
• Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing
• Battle-Hardened Heirloom Armor Casing
• Eternal Heirloom Armor Casing
• Awakened Heirloom Armor Casing

This one-time quest awards and involves emoting to innkeepers in various capital cities. Level 45-and-above players will need to speak to Zidormi in Darkshore and outside the Ruins of Lordaeron to change to the old phase in order to complete these quests.

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• Alliance
• Hallow's End Treats for Jesper! – from Jesper (Stormwind City)
• Flexing for Nougat (Alliance) – from Innkeeper Allison (Stormwind City)
• Incoming Gumdrop (Alliance) – from Talvash del Kissel (Ironforge)
• Chicken Clucking for a Mint (Alliance) – from Innkeeper Firebrew (Ironforge)
• Dancing for Marzipan (Alliance) – from Innkeeper Saelienne (Darnassus)
• Horde
• Hallow's End Treats for Spoops!
• Flexing for Nougat (Horde) – from Innkeeper Gryshka (Orgrimmar)
• Incoming Gumdrop (Horde) – from Kali Remik (Sen'jin Village)
• Chicken Clucking for a Mint (Horde) – from Innkeeper Norman (Undercity)
• Dancing for Marzipan (Horde) – from Innkeeper Pala (Thunder Bluff)

At the low-level quest hubs outside most capital cities, the Shade of the Horseman attacks with some frequency. The daily quests award several Tricky Treat. Level 45-and-above players will need to speak to Zidormi outside the Ruins of Lordaeron to change to the old phase in order to complete these quests in Brill.

• 1) Costumed Orphan Matron (quest) / Masked Orphan Matron (quest) - breadcrumb from capital cities to first quest hubs (Goldshire, Kharanos, Azure Watch, Razor Hill, Brill, or Falconwing Square)
• 2) Fire Brigade Practice / Fire Training
• 3) Dailies:
• 4) *"Let the Fires Come!" -or- Stop the Fires! - put out the fires with the help of players in the area
• 5) *Smash the Pumpkin - defeat the Shade of the Horseman and smash the pumpkin object on the ground

These dailies are required for the Rotten Hallow achievement and award each for a total of 9 per day. Level 45-and-above players will need to speak to Zidormi outside the Ruins of Lordaeron to change to the old phase in order to complete the quests in Tirisfal Glades. <ul class=side-by-side><li> </li><li> </li></ul>

• Alliance
• 1) A Season for Celebration (Alliance)
• 2) Dailies:
• 3) *A Time to Gain
• 4) *A Time to Lose
• 5) *Clean Up in Stormwind
• 6) *Stink Bombs Away! (Alliance)
• Horde
• 1) A Season for Celebration (Horde)
• 2) Dailies:
• 3) *A Time to Build Up
• 4) *A Time to Break Down
• 5) * Clean Up in Undercity
• 6) *Stink Bombs Away! (Horde)

• Candy Bucket (quest) – available at each Candy Bucket located in the inn of almost every town

This one-time quest chain awards the Creepy Crate combat pet, which cannot be crated and traded.

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At Lunarfall or Frostwall on, quest givers tell of rumors that the ghostly Bonefleet has returned to the Isle of Shadows in southern. Each quest rewards one or two Spooky Supplies, which can be converted into Tricky Treat at an even conversion rate.

• Culling the Crew
• Foul Fertilizer
• Mutiny on the Boneship
• Smashing Squashlings

In Val'sharah, a daily quest was added outside Bradensbrook that rewards and a chance at one of four cosmetic helms.

• 1) Beware of the Crooked Tree (optional)
• 2) Under the Crooked Tree

Starting from the orphan matrons in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, a small quest chain was added in 2023 with the rest of the holiday refresh:

There are a few sources to earn Tricky Treats each day:

• in the Loot-Filled Pumpkin from the Headless Horseman
• ~20 from daily quests
• from the Rotten Hallow dailies
• from the Spooky Supplies dailies (converted 1:1)
• from "Let the Fires Come!" or Stop the Fires! and Smash the Pumpkin (Crudely Wrapped Gift)
• from Under the Crooked Tree (Hag's Belongings)

are awarded from the one-time quest Hallow's End Treats for Jesper! / Hallow's End Treats for Spoops!.

The biggest source is Handful of Treats from Candy Buckets at many inns. There are 133 buckets available to the Alliance, and 138 available to the Horde. Each Handful of Treats contains. The full list is on the Candy Bucket article.

In 2011, vendors who use a Tricky Treat as currency were added. These children found a better way to get candy, and rather than trick or treating they plan to trade items to adventurers for candy.

• Candy & Toy Vendor
• sells items just outside the gates of Stormwind City.
• sells items in the Ruins of Lordaeron.

• Mask Vendor
• sells items just outside the gates of Stormwind City.
• sells items in the Ruins of Lordaeron.

These children sell Hallowed Wands for :

• Wand Vendor
• just outside the gates of Stormwind City.
• in the Ruins of Lordaeron.

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At 4:10pm, 8:10pm, and midnight outside Stormwind City, King Genn Greymane makes an appearance to give a speech.

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• In Hearthstone, the Hallow's End card back was rewarded for achieving Rank 20 in Ranked Season 7, which took place during October 2014. The flavor text reads: "The Hallow’s End candy bucket! Or the Headless Horseman’s spare head! Stick your hand in and find out."

• The Headless Horseman loot is now ilvl 184.
• Loot-Filled Pumpkin requires level 50 or higher
• Venthyr players participating in the Ember Court will have their guests scared by a Vision of Sire Denathrius, resulting in bonus Happiness.

• The Headless Horseman loot is now ilvl 82 (at level 50).
• Loot-Filled Pumpkin requires level 45 or higher

• The Headless Horseman loot is now ilvl 395 (at level 120).
• Mission Get Spooky is added.
• Candy Bucket added in Snug Harbor Inn.
• Candy Bucket added in Great Seal.

• Headless Horseman's Hearthstone
• The Headless Horseman loot is now ilvl 335 (at level 120).
• Speak to Zidormi to change phases to the pre-siege version of Tirisfal Glades and Darkshore for various quests

• Battle pet: Naxxy
• Costume: Exquisite Costume Set: "Xavius"
• Toys: Horse Head Costume and Horse Tail Costume. Each
• The Headless Horseman loot is now ilvl 880.
• No longer needed to be max level to queue up for the Headless Horseman - must be at least level 23.
• Hallow's End Armor is now cosmetic and can be transmogged during Hallow's End.
• Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing

• New additions for 2016:
• Costumes: Exquisite Costume Set: "Grommash"
• Cosmetics: Ominous Pet Treat
• New daily quest Under the Crooked Tree to defeat Aria Sorrowheart for Hag's Belongings. Contains and small chance for the cosmetic helm Hat of the First Sister, Hat of the Second Sister, Hat of the Third Sister, or Hat of the Youngest Sister. You must be level 98 or higher for this quest.
• There are no Broken Isles Candy Bucket achievements but there are two new ones for each faction in Dalaran inside your faction's inn and the Legerdemain Lounge.
• Pets and pet-themed disguises are now sold by the vendors Pippi or Woim.
• Wands: Hallowed Wand - Banshee

• New additions for 2015:
• Capturable battle pets: Ghastly Rat, Ghost Maggot, Spectral Spinner
• Toys: Coin of Many Faces, Sack of Spectral Spiders
• Wands: Hallowed Wand - Wight, Hallowed Wand - Gargoyle, Hallowed Wand - Nerubian
• Costumes:
• Exquisite Costume Set: "Deathwing"
• A Tiny Scarecrow Costume - A Frightening Friend
• The Bonefleet has returned
• New daily quests to push them back (Culling the Crew, Foul Fertilizer, Mutiny on the Boneship, and Smashing Squashlings)
• New currency: Spooky Supplies

• New additions for 2014:
• Exquisite Costume Set: "The Lich King"
• Headless Horseman loot upgraded to 540
• Two new battle pets: Cursed Birman and Widget the Departed
• Little Wickerman is now a Toy and goes in the Toy Box
• Five new wands: Abomination, Geist, Ghoul, Slime, and Spider
• Pug disguises: "Mad Alchemist" Costume, "Lil' Starlet" Costume, and "Yipp-Saron" Costume
• Holiday boss:
• The Headless Horseman can be queued for in the Dungeon Finder, and drops the Loot-Filled Pumpkin once per day, which contains item level 540 loot: Band of the Petrified Pumpkin, Seal of Ghoulish Glee, The Horseman's Ring, Wicked Witch's Signet, The Horseman's Horrific Hood, The Horseman's Sinister Slicer
• Mounts, battle pets, and toys:
• Holiday mount: Magic Broom
• Battle pets: Creepy Crate, Cursed Birman, Feline Familiar, Sinister Squashling, Widget the Departed
• Toy: Little Wickerman
• The Shade of the Horseman is terrorizing the villages of Azeroth!
• Each of the following towns is attacked by the shade of the Headless Horseman: Kharanos, Goldshire, Azure Watch, Razor Hill, Brill and Falconwing Square
• The attack begins with the horseman setting fires onto buildings within the town. Players must put out the fires using buckets of water. The horseman comes into the village and must be fought. He is level 11 and non-elite. When defeated, he leaves a pumpkin on the ground, which can be smashed for loot by every player.
• Black Cats are around cities... be careful though; if you kill one, you will gain "Bad Luck" for two hours. During this time, you will sense your impending doom... Has no effect on your stats, and is lost after death.
• Candy Buckets in all inns:
• A trick can: Turn you into a bat, cat, frog, human ghost, kitten, Mini Diablo, skeleton, pirate, ninja, or snake for 30 seconds; or Give you a costume for 60 minutes. Some costumes disallow you from casting and/or attacking, but you can cancel it anytime by right-clicking its buff icon.
• A treat can be: Various Masks for each sex of each playable race, free candy, Hallowed Wands that change others in your party into various forms, Hallowed Helm, or Sinister Squashling
• Apple bobbing tubs that give you Bobbing Apple.
• Candy vendors:
• in Orgrimmar, in Ironforge, or any innkeeper
• Candy: Tigule's Strawberry Ice Cream, Moonbrook Riot Taffy, Styleen's Sour Suckerpop, Bellara's Nutterbar, Hallow's End Pumpkin Treat
• Loot:
• Both Pumpkin Bag and Traveler's Backpack drop during the event, and can drop off identical mobs. The event sparks the beginning of the ability to find Pumpkin bags on humanoid mobs level 50 and higher outside of instances, however, almost any boss-type mob inside an instance has the chance to drop one. Jack-o'-Lantern, an 18-slot bag, is added as a world drop as well.

The day was once used for a festival near the end of harvest for humans of Lordaeron and Stormwind. The Humans would throw branches onto the Wickerman in symbolism of their past regrets and failures, in the hopes that the fire of the Wickerman would burn them away to allow for a better future. The Forsaken later bastardized this practice, and now use the evening for their mysterious "Wickerman" rituals.

• Bucket brigade

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