Hallow’s End Event Guide

Hallow’s End envelops Azeroth in a fun, spooky atmosphere. It’s the perfect time to play tricks on your guildmates with festive transmog wands or to hop from town to town filling up your Candy Buckets. Check out the Wickerman for experience and reputation buffs, or participate in the Shade of the Horseman Event for quests and more prizes. And that’s just the beginning! There are vendors, pets, mounts, transmog options, and plenty more to explore. Don’t miss the Headless Horseman dungeon boss—he drops some great gear and even has a chance to drop the coveted The Horseman’s Reins mount!

Date: Oct. 25 – Nov. 8, 2024
Location: Outside Undercity and Stormwind

Recent updates:

• 2024: There are four new pieces of armor that can be purchased with Tricky Treats, as well as a new transmog set that drops from the Headless Horseman mini-boss. There are also 18 additional Candy Buckets to visit throughout The War Within’s zones!
• 2023: The holiday had quite a bit of updating, including a brand new introductory questline and hardmode for the Headless Horseman dungeon boss. New Candy Buckets were added to the Dragon Isles, and of course, achievements were introduced for everything new.

Rewards and Vendors

The primary currency for Hallow’s End are Tricky Treats, which players collect through daily quests, trick or treating at Candy Buckets, and the Loot-Filled Pumpkin that drops in the Headless Horseman dungeon.

The Wickerman areas outside Stormwind and Undercity serve as the main hubs for the Hallow’s End holiday event. There, players can spend their Tricky Treats at seasonal vendors to purchase some of the available consumables, pets, toys, and required quest or achievement items. There are four vendors at each faction hub:

Candy purchased from event vendors or awarded in Candy Buckets can only be used during Hallow’s End, so enjoy these sweet treats and their visual effects while you can:

• Chewy Fel Taffy
• G.N.E.R.D.S.
• Pyroblast Cinnamon Ball
• Soothing Spearmint Candy

Collections

Costume Sets and Transmog

The following items are consumable costume sets with 50 charges each. On use, they will give players the appearance of the boss they’re named after. This appearance persists through death and mounting/shapeshifting. Purchase the following from Chub or Dorothy:

• Exquisite Costume Set: “Deathwing” (200 Tricky Treats)
• Exquisite Costume Set: “Grommash” (200 Tricky Treats)
• Exquisite Costume Set: “The Lich King” (200 Tricky Treats)
• Exquisite Costume Set: “Xavius” (200 Tricky Treats)

Also at Chub and Dorothy are a few new items for your Warband collection:

• Ensemble: Prowler’s Faded Headgear (150 Tricky Treats)
• Patched Harvester’s Claw (100 Tricky Treats)
• Patched Harvest Golem’s Post (100 Tricky Treats)
• Prowler’s Faded Shoulder Cape (100 Tricky Treats)

Pets

There are 10 battle pets to collect during Hallow’s End, plus 4 Perky Pug costumes.

Mounts

The Horseman’s Reins are a chance drop from the Loot-Filled Pumpkin.

The Dragonriding appearance Windborne Velocidrake: Hallow’s End Armor is a chance drop from the Loot-Filled Pumpkin.

Toys

Hallow’s End is a collector’s dream! There are plenty of toys, masks, and costume wands the get you into the spooky spirit!

• Coin of Many Faces
• Headless Horseman’s Hearthstone
• Horse Head Costume and Horse Tail Costume
• Little Wickerman
• Sack of Spectral Spiders

Gear

The following Heirloom upgrades and Transmogs can be purchased from Dorothy or Chub in the Wickerman area:

• Ancient Heirloom Armor Casing (250 Tricky Treats)
• Battle-Hardened Heirloom Armor Casing (450 Tricky Treats)
• Timeworn Heirloom Armor Casing (450 Tricky Treats)
• Weathered Heirloom Armor Casing (450 Tricky Treats)
• Bucket of Morbid Treats (150 Tricky Treats)
• Hallowed Helm (150 Tricky Treats)

Once per day, per eligible character, players will receive a Loot-Filled Pumpkin upon completion of the Headless Horseman holiday dungeon. The Loot-Filled Pumpkin can contain Tricky Treats, masks, consumable candies, one of four rings, plus a chance at usable and transmog gear, pets, mounts, and more!

The Headless Horseman drops four different rings, each of which has an item level dependent on the player’s level:

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

The Loot-Filled Pumpkin dropped by the Headless Horseman can contain:

• Hallowed Helm
• The Horseman’s Horrific Hood
• The Horseman’s Sinister Slicer
• The Horseman’s Reins
• Magic Broom
• Ensemble: Patched Harvest Golem (one piece per drop, until you own the whole set)
• Sinister Squashling
• Windborne Velocidrake: Hallow’s End Armor

Activities

Daily Quests

Start by visiting Candace Fenlow in Undercity (Horde) or Gretchen Fenlow in Stormwind (Alliance) to receive quests to bomb the opposing faction’s city with stink bombs, then work to clean the aftermath in your own.

• Stink Bombs Away! (A) or Stink Bombs Away! (H)
• Clean Up in Stormwind (A) or Clean Up in Undercity (H)

Visit the Wickerman outside the capital cities, and speak with Celestine of the Harvest (Alliance) or Darkcaller Yanka (Horde).

• A Time to Gain (A) or A Time to Build Up (H)
• A Time to Break Down (A) or A Time to Lose (H)

Headless Horseman

Within the Graveyard of the Scarlet Monastery, the Headless Horseman is summoned by foolish players who have queued for battle using the Dungeon Finder tool. Once gathered in the Graveyard, one player spawns the Headless Horseman by interacting with the Pumpkin Shrine. This begins a three-phase fight that rotates damage focus between the Headless Horseman himself, his detached head, and waves of Pulsing Pumpkins that spawn Pumpkin Fiends.

With their first defeat of the Headless Horseman on any difficulty, players will earn the achievement, “Don’t Lose Your Head, Man.” Once per day per eligible character, completion of the dungeon will award a Loot-Filled Pumpkin, which has a chance to contain a variety of gear and goodies, the elusive The Horseman’s Reins, plus one of four epic rings. Check out the “Rewards and Vendors” sections for more details on potential loot!

Hardmode

For players who are ready for more challenge, try the dungeon’s hardmode! Inside the dungeon are five Wicker Men who curse players when spoken to. The four smaller Wicker Men each give one curse; the large Wicker Man in the middle will give all four curses at once. Each player can opt to activate 1-4 curses on themselves by interacting with the Wicker Men. Note: This does not activate the curse for other players – everyone must interact with the Wicker Men to be cursed.

Defeating the Headless Horseman with all four curses active will award the achievement, “Kickin’ With the Wick.”

Trick or Treating at Candy Buckets

Visit inns of Azeroth to snag a treat from the pumpkin-shaped candy buckets near Innkeepers. Each bucket has an instant-complete quest that awards experience, gold, and the chance at the holiday treats and masks plus 1-3 Tricky Treats. But watch out, you can also end up getting tricked with a debuff that transforms your character into various creepy creatures.

Get a few more Tricky Treats by completing the annual quest, plus the four daily quests available from Innkeepers who need you to complete the accompanying emote at them. Start by picking up Hallow’s End Treats for Jesper! in Stormwind (Alliance) or Hallow’s End Treats for Spoops! in Undercity (Horde). They’ll direct you to the follow inns to complete your tasks:

• Alliance:
  • Darnassus: Dancing for Marzipan
  • Ironforge, The Commons: Chicken Clucking for a Mint
  • Ironforge, The Mystic Ward: Incoming Gumdrop
  • Stormwind Trade District: Flexing for Nougat

• Horde
  • Orgrimmar, Valley of Spirits: Incoming Gumdrop
  • Orgrimmar, Valley of Strength: Flexing for Nougat
  • Thunder Bluff: Dancing for Marzipan
  • Undercity: Chicken Clucking for a Mint

Shade of the Horseman

Help defend the villages of Azeroth from the Shade of the Horseman! This event takes place every 30 minutes and should take about five minutes. Alliance players should head to Azure Watch, Goldshire, or Kharanos. Horde, get to Brill, Falconwing Square, or Razor Hill. Once you arrive, village matrons will ask for your help putting out fires in their buildings by using buckets of water.

Rewards include gold, temporary riding brooms, candy, a Weighted Jack-o’-Lantern, all inside a Crudely Wrapped Gift.

Wickerman

Each faction can receive a buff that grants Mastery and Stamina, lasts one hour, and persists through death. Every four hours, a city-wide message will broadcast. Players have 10 minutes to get to the Wickerman areas outside Stormwind and Undercity, and watch the event that unfolds. When the RP event ends, all nearby players are granted their faction’s buff:

• Alliance: Greymane’s Resolve
• Horde: Decree of the Dark Lady

While you’re in the area, be sure to pick up some ashes and use them on the Wickerman’s bonfire. Alliance will receive Unburdened, and Horde will receive Grim Visage, both of which give a 10% experience and reputation gain for two hours.

Achievements

There are 25 achievements to earn during Hallow’s End, including the event meta which awards the title, [Name] the Hallowed.

Meta: Hallowed Be Thy Name

• Check Your Head: Use the Weighted Jack-o’-Lantern to put pumpkin heads on each of the races.
  • Tip: This item is dropped by the Headless Horseman upon defeat.
• Don’t Lose Your Head, Man: Kill the Headless Horseman on any difficulty of the holiday dungeon.
  • Prior to 2023 refresh, was “Bring Me The Head of… Oh Wait”
• 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!
  • Tip: G.N.E.R.D.S. are found in Handful of Treats that are looted from Candy Buckets or the Headless Horseman, or you can purchase them from Chub or Dorothy for 2 Tricky Treats.
• Out With It: Eat so many Tricky Treats that you get an upset tummy.
  • Tip: This is the Hallow’s End currency, so you’ll come across plenty, but you should only need 3-5 to get an Upset Tummy and credit for the achievement.
• Rotten Hallow (A)/ Rotten Hallow (H): Ruin Hallow’s End for the other faction and foil their attempts to wreck your celebration by completing the specified quests.
  • Tip: Completing the faction-specific Hallow’s End quests will get you credit for this one.
• Sinister Calling: Obtain a Sinister Squashling pet and Hallowed Helm through looting or Tricky Treats from the Hallow’s end world events.
• That Sparkling Smile: Show off your sparkling smile by using a Tooth Pick.
  • Tip: Find a Tooth Pick in the Handful of Treats that are looted from Candy Buckets or purchase one from Chub or Dorothy for 2 Tricky Treats.
• The Masquerade: Get transformed by the Hallowed Wands listed.
  • Tip: This achievement progress is account-wide, so progress counts on all of your alts! The Hallowed Wand – Random will not count for the achievement; you must be transformed by the specified wand. If you’re having bad luck obtaining a specific wand, buy one from Darla or Stymie for 2 Tricky Treats each.
• The Savior of Hallow’s End: Complete one of the quests to save a village from the Headless Horseman.
• Trick or Treat!: Receive a handful of treats from one of the Candy Buckets located in an inn.
• Tricks and Treats of Azeroth: Complete the Kalimdor, Eastern Kingdoms and Outland Tricks and Treats achievements:
  • Tricks and Treats of Eastern Kingdoms (A) or Tricks and Treats of Eastern Kingdoms (H)
  • Tricks and Treats of Kalimdor (A) or Tricks and Treats of Kalimdor (H)
  • Tricks and Treats of Outland (A) or Tricks and Treats of Outland (H)

Additional achievements, not part of the meta:

• A Cleansing Fire: Defeat the Headless Horseman.
• A Mask for All Occasions: Collect the 24 unique Masks listed.
• A Frightening Friend: Find Pepe wearing his spooky scarecrow costume.
• Kickin’ With the Wick: Defeat the Headless Horseman while cursed by all four wicker men.
• The Mask Task: Obtain a Mask during Hallow’s End.
• Tricks and Treats of the Cataclysm (A) or Tricks and Treats of the Cataclysm (H)
• Tricks and Treats of the Dragon Isles
• Tricks and Treats of Khaz Algar
• Tricks and Treats of Northrend (A) or Tricks and Treats of Northrend (H)
• Tricks and Treats of Pandaria (A) or Tricks and Treats of Pandaria (H)