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Shenro · Oct 14, 2011, 08:00 AM // 08:00

Alright so Towards the End of October We have the Halloween event for few days?(Or week cant remember exactly but either way it still near end of october).

So I'm sure that Many are going to be Collecting Items Like charr Carvings, Grawl necklaces to Trade into for Consumables.

Trick or Treat Bags drop! Love em!

General question-

Other then farming Veattirs like a Normally do for Event items-I Think last year there was a Repeatable Quest that Yielded a Nice amount of ToT's. I remember the quest being rather Quick and Easy. Could anybody Link me to the Quest from Wiki or tell me what the quest is called if they remembered it?

(Searched Guru and Wiki and Had no Luck finding which Quest it was that everybody farms)

aspi · Oct 14, 2011, 08:15 AM // 08:15

I am also not sure what it was called. I think it was the one you had to encase the skeleton in the UW? And being able to repeat it for massive and to be honest stupid ammount ot ToT bags.
I hope they won't allow this again this year and continue the story with the leech.

Star_Jewel · Oct 14, 2011, 08:19 AM // 08:19

I'm assuming the quest line you're thinking of is "Something Wicked This Way Comes" -> "Don't Fear the Reapers" -> "Stemming the Skeletal Tide" -> "Every Bit Helps" -> "The Waiting Game," where you run around in the Underworld. "Every Bit Helps" is the repeatable part, where you go down with skeleton-catchers and turn in captured skeletons for XP and ToT bags. Good for progressing consumable titles as well as a pretty damn safe way to get Survivor, since you can catch skeletons on one character and turn them in on another.

We also had some new Halloween quests introduced last year, unique lines each in Lion's Arch and Kamadan, but as far as I know neither had repeatable parts (though there was somewhat of a cliffhanger that we're expecting to be be continued this year).

chullster · Oct 14, 2011, 09:30 AM // 09:30

lol, me and my girlfriend picked up a stack of those crystals each last year, and we've been farming uw chamber with rits, capping the 4 skeles and getting ectos as bonus ever since. She has 340 capped skeles and I have 246.

If I remember right we did so as handing in the quest netted 1,000g and some other stuff, if it's XP I might finally get the survivor title too while I'm at it.

Songbringer · Oct 14, 2011, 01:25 PM // 13:25

Hmm, not to go to off topic but since you can turn them in on dif chars on your account are the captured skeletons tradeable? Would be interesting to see if one could buy 402 of them to max survivor.

AngelWJedi · Oct 14, 2011, 04:18 PM // 16:18

i hope they bring back last years quests you got in kama and la. it really netted me a lot of tot stacks which helped my titles. and since i got another girl going for them i need all the help i can get. i also hope they finally tell us what that lich in drocks is for. o.o

Shenro · Oct 14, 2011, 04:26 PM // 16:26

Thanks too Star_Jewel for that.
I only really need the ToTs so in can get all the cookies for sweet tooth title-Everything else i'll probably sell or trade for sweets. The stones that Capture the Skeles i'll probably keep for whenever i decide to get UW HM with Henchies going-Should make life easier

leonn56 · Oct 14, 2011, 07:01 PM // 19:01

i am very new and still in prophecys,what happens during halloween?
dont understand the acronyms so am a bit lost! cheers

Star_Jewel · Oct 14, 2011, 07:53 PM // 19:53

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Originally Posted by Songbringer

Hmm, not to go to off topic but since you can turn them in on dif chars on your account are the captured skeletons tradeable? Would be interesting to see if one could buy 402 of them to max survivor.

Nope. Not tradeable. You can only drop them in storage and pick them up on different characters on that account. At least that's the way they currently work.

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Originally Posted by Shenro

The stones that Capture the Skeles i'll probably keep for whenever i decide to get UW HM with Henchies going-Should make life easier

As chullster indicated, you can drop empty mobstoppers in your vault, abandon and retake the quest to build up a supply. Since you can catch a skeleton at around 25% health, it makes killing them a bit quicker if you struggle with them (though catching them before they die eliminates the chance of an ecto drop from them). I also grabbed a stack last Halloween and took the opportunity to catch some while I was spirit-spam farming for my obsidian armor this past year.

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Originally Posted by leonn56

i am very new and still in prophecys,what happens during halloween?

Halloween is one of our big annual festivals. You can check out the wiki page for last year's event (make sure to search the wiki this year for the current event when it begins, so you can track any of the new stuff that gets added). It's all about Trick or Treat bags, which, when opened, yield various consumables that progress Drunkard, Party Animal, and Sweet Tooth tracks (the sweets also have in-game benefits). During Halloween, Trick or Treat bags drop from monsters, are awarded for doing various unique quests and a special PvP arena called Costume Brawl, and the consumables can also be acquired from special collectors for certain monster drops.

At the end of the event, we also get a visit from our "spirit of Halloween," Mad King Thorn, who hands out a limited-edition mask for that year. Make sure you're there for the finale, once each in Kamadan and Lion's Arch, so you can get each unique mask. If you fail to get a mask at the event, you will never be able to get that mask type in future. (And remember to show your mask to a Festival Hat Maker NPC!)

All of this should be detailed on the wiki.

leonn56 · Oct 15, 2011, 11:55 AM // 11:55

ok..well im only lvl8 and still in presearing (waiting for my idiot mates to lvl up so's we can get outta there!) so its probably all a bit out of my characters reach! cheers

Kendil · Oct 15, 2011, 12:37 PM // 12:37

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Originally Posted by leonn56

ok..well im only lvl8 and still in presearing (waiting for my idiot mates to lvl up so's we can get outta there!) so its probably all a bit out of my characters reach! cheers

Create a second character and do things in advance? Halloween is a great way to earn some easy cash, take advantage of it!

Star_Jewel · Oct 15, 2011, 07:59 PM // 19:59

Seriously, do what Kendil suggests. Starting in Nightfall might be quickest -- you'll have immediate access to Kamadan, and getting a ferry to LA would be pretty easy.

I was very new when my first Canthan New Year came around, had no idea about anything. I missed the chance to earn my celestial ox mini pet myself and I always regretted it.

You may not be able to do all the quests, but you can be any level to do the candy person quests "Something Wicked This Way Comes" & "Don't Fear the Reapers" if they bring those back -- IIRC, you don't have to be ascended to get in for those. Regardless, you can still stand around and see the Mad King at the finale and get the masks.

leonn56 · Oct 16, 2011, 11:47 AM // 11:47

well i have been working on an assassin\warrior character while im waiting for my melon mates to level up in prophecys and ive got him up to lvl8,so do you think that would be high enough? if so i'll give halloween a whirl! cheers

Kendil · Oct 16, 2011, 04:08 PM // 16:08

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Originally Posted by leonn56

well i have been working on an assassin\warrior character while im waiting for my melon mates to level up in prophecys and ive got him up to lvl8,so do you think that would be high enough? if so i'll give halloween a whirl! cheers

It's not enough to do everything, you'll need to be lvl 20 to do the UW things. However, lvl 8 would suffice for the quests star_jewel mentioned. Costume brawl has been one of my favorite festival events (along with rollerbeetle racing and snowball arena). Check it out, you can do it at any level as everyone will be equal in a match.

leonn56 · Oct 16, 2011, 09:14 PM // 21:14

ok kendil,thanks for the help! cheers

Star_Jewel · Oct 16, 2011, 10:19 PM // 22:19

The level of your assassin won't really matter much for a few of the quests and the finale; what really matters is how far along you are in Factions. You'll have to get yourself to the mainland (Kaineng Center) and do the quests to get to LA and Kamadan -- there aren't any Halloween festivities in Cantha. The one to get to Kamadan can be a little rough for a low level character; but if you're not currently working on the Survivor track, it should be doable with the henchmen.

And now that I think about it, having a few levels under your belt will help you make the trek from Lion's Arch to Temple of Ages, from which the quests I mentioned are staged (though I imagine lots of people may be running there for tips as they get themselves there for the event).

Anesthetize · Oct 17, 2011, 07:31 PM // 19:31

As a fairly new Ritualist who has only completed Factions and enough of EotN to get Livia, what would be the best way to prepare for the upcoming Halloween event? I'm currently working on the Nightfall campaign, so I do, or will shortly, have many of those locations unlocked. I also did the quest to get to LA, but haven't done anything there yet (except recruit Olias).

Will I be able to farm Vaettirs as a SoS rit? Any other locations I need to make sure I have unlocked? Thanks!

Kendil · Oct 17, 2011, 09:24 PM // 21:24

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Originally Posted by Anesthetize

As a fairly new Ritualist who has only completed Factions and enough of EotN to get Livia, what would be the best way to prepare for the upcoming Halloween event? I'm currently working on the Nightfall campaign, so I do, or will shortly, have many of those locations unlocked. I also did the quest to get to LA, but haven't done anything there yet (except recruit Olias).

Will I be able to farm Vaettirs as a SoS rit? Any other locations I need to make sure I have unlocked? Thanks!

Make use of the wiki page (http://www.guildwiki.org/Halloween_2010) to see which areas you might need to run to, look at the quests etc. and see where you get them and where you need to go.
You'll probably need to unlock a few outposts near LA for convenience (especially ToA) but also places like beetletun.

You need to have completed blood washes blood in order to do proper vaettir farming. I'm not really familiar with SoS rit farming, but you'll have to take on many enemies on the same time. The most effective is probably A/Me for Vaettir farming.
You should be able to do all the quests and that stuff though.

Star_Jewel · Oct 17, 2011, 10:28 PM // 22:28

The quests they added last year, on the Nightfall side, take you quite deep into the campaign, so those may be out unless you grind through (though it's totally doable if you want to go for that). But you should be able to do a couple of the Prophecies ones (unlocking a few Kryta outposts in advance would help). I think the last one, taking place at the end of Prophecies, might be out for you.

If you're Ascended/Weh No Su, you should also be able to do most of the older quests mentioned above (if they bring them back!), including the repeatable "Every Bit Helps."

If you're very new, vaettir farming may not be very effective since that's usually done in Hard Mode (to get the maximum number of vaettirs to spawn), which requires that you have completed Eye of the North once.
I heard of somebody mention once that they took a ritualist out to farm foes in "The Captured Son" quest for event items. If you somehow managed to miss doing that quest, that might be a viable alternative for you.

If you're looking to farm ToT bags, I think taking your rit down to capture skeletons for "Every Bit Helps" would be the most effective route. The caveat being they might not bring it back, or may nerf the farming potential of the quest. As aspi indicated above, it's a ridiculous reward for such little effort.

Scythe Co · Oct 18, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00

sorry to half hijack this thread but it links in with things being said -

What are drop rates of ToT's like for at vaettirs? This will be my first year farming them, and if the drop rate is close to that of when birthday cupcakes or chocolate bunnies were dropping .... then after selling gold items i reckon you could get about a stack of ToTs. if the reward for every bit helps is 25 bags, can you really killed 3 skeletons in 6 minutes? =/ or are the drop rates much lower than the other consumables mentioned?

Oct 14, 2011, 08:00 AM // 08:00	#1
Shenro Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2010 Profession: P/	Halloween is Coming Alright so Towards the End of October We have the Halloween event for few days?(Or week cant remember exactly but either way it still near end of october). So I'm sure that Many are going to be Collecting Items Like charr Carvings, Grawl necklaces to Trade into for Consumables. Trick or Treat Bags drop! Love em! General question- Other then farming Veattirs like a Normally do for Event items-I Think last year there was a Repeatable Quest that Yielded a Nice amount of ToT's. I remember the quest being rather Quick and Easy. Could anybody Link me to the Quest from Wiki or tell me what the quest is called if they remembered it? (Searched Guru and Wiki and Had no Luck finding which Quest it was that everybody farms)

Oct 14, 2011, 08:19 AM // 08:19	#3
Star_Jewel Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009	I'm assuming the quest line you're thinking of is "Something Wicked This Way Comes" -> "Don't Fear the Reapers" -> "Stemming the Skeletal Tide" -> "Every Bit Helps" -> "The Waiting Game," where you run around in the Underworld. "Every Bit Helps" is the repeatable part, where you go down with skeleton-catchers and turn in captured skeletons for XP and ToT bags. Good for progressing consumable titles as well as a pretty damn safe way to get Survivor, since you can catch skeletons on one character and turn them in on another. We also had some new Halloween quests introduced last year, unique lines each in Lion's Arch and Kamadan, but as far as I know neither had repeatable parts (though there was somewhat of a cliffhanger that we're expecting to be be continued this year). Last edited by Star_Jewel; Oct 14, 2011 at 08:21 AM // 08:21..

Oct 16, 2011, 10:19 PM // 22:19	#16
Star_Jewel Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009	The level of your assassin won't really matter much for a few of the quests and the finale; what really matters is how far along you are in Factions. You'll have to get yourself to the mainland (Kaineng Center) and do the quests to get to LA and Kamadan -- there aren't any Halloween festivities in Cantha. The one to get to Kamadan can be a little rough for a low level character; but if you're not currently working on the Survivor track, it should be doable with the henchmen. And now that I think about it, having a few levels under your belt will help you make the trek from Lion's Arch to Temple of Ages, from which the quests I mentioned are staged (though I imagine lots of people may be running there for tips as they get themselves there for the event). Last edited by Star_Jewel; Oct 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM // 22:23..

Oct 17, 2011, 10:28 PM // 22:28	#19
Star_Jewel Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009	The quests they added last year, on the Nightfall side, take you quite deep into the campaign, so those may be out unless you grind through (though it's totally doable if you want to go for that). But you should be able to do a couple of the Prophecies ones (unlocking a few Kryta outposts in advance would help). I think the last one, taking place at the end of Prophecies, might be out for you. If you're Ascended/Weh No Su, you should also be able to do most of the older quests mentioned above (if they bring them back!), including the repeatable "Every Bit Helps." If you're very new, vaettir farming may not be very effective since that's usually done in Hard Mode (to get the maximum number of vaettirs to spawn), which requires that you have completed Eye of the North once. I heard of somebody mention once that they took a ritualist out to farm foes in "The Captured Son" quest for event items. If you somehow managed to miss doing that quest, that might be a viable alternative for you. If you're looking to farm ToT bags, I think taking your rit down to capture skeletons for "Every Bit Helps" would be the most effective route. The caveat being they might not bring it back, or may nerf the farming potential of the quest. As aspi indicated above, it's a ridiculous reward for such little effort. Last edited by Star_Jewel; Oct 17, 2011 at 10:35 PM // 22:35..

Oct 14, 2011, 08:15 AM // 08:15	#2
aspi Desert Nomad Join Date: Jan 2010 Guild: eeew Profession: N/Rt	I am also not sure what it was called. I think it was the one you had to encase the skeleton in the UW? And being able to repeat it for massive and to be honest stupid ammount ot ToT bags. I hope they won't allow this again this year and continue the story with the leech.

Oct 14, 2011, 09:30 AM // 09:30	#4
chullster Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2008 Location: Blighty, Land of bad weather and plucky Brits Guild: R.I.P. DJ HMS [BZRK]	lol, me and my girlfriend picked up a stack of those crystals each last year, and we've been farming uw chamber with rits, capping the 4 skeles and getting ectos as bonus ever since. She has 340 capped skeles and I have 246. If I remember right we did so as handing in the quest netted 1,000g and some other stuff, if it's XP I might finally get the survivor title too while I'm at it.

Oct 14, 2011, 01:25 PM // 13:25	#5
Songbringer Desert Nomad Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: EastCoast Profession: E/Me	Hmm, not to go to off topic but since you can turn them in on dif chars on your account are the captured skeletons tradeable? Would be interesting to see if one could buy 402 of them to max survivor.

Oct 14, 2011, 04:18 PM // 16:18	#6
AngelWJedi Furnace Stoker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: orlando,florida Guild: Society of Souls [Argh] Profession: Rt/E	i hope they bring back last years quests you got in kama and la. it really netted me a lot of tot stacks which helped my titles. and since i got another girl going for them i need all the help i can get. i also hope they finally tell us what that lich in drocks is for. o.o

Oct 14, 2011, 04:26 PM // 16:26	#7
Shenro Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jan 2010 Profession: P/	Thanks too Star_Jewel for that. I only really need the ToTs so in can get all the cookies for sweet tooth title-Everything else i'll probably sell or trade for sweets. The stones that Capture the Skeles i'll probably keep for whenever i decide to get UW HM with Henchies going-Should make life easier

Oct 14, 2011, 07:01 PM // 19:01	#8
leonn56 Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2011	i am very new and still in prophecys,what happens during halloween? dont understand the acronyms so am a bit lost! cheers

Oct 15, 2011, 11:55 AM // 11:55	#10
leonn56 Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2011	ok..well im only lvl8 and still in presearing (waiting for my idiot mates to lvl up so's we can get outta there!) so its probably all a bit out of my characters reach! cheers

Oct 15, 2011, 07:59 PM // 19:59	#12
Star_Jewel Jungle Guide Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denizen of Tyria since Feb. 2009	Seriously, do what Kendil suggests. Starting in Nightfall might be quickest -- you'll have immediate access to Kamadan, and getting a ferry to LA would be pretty easy. I was very new when my first Canthan New Year came around, had no idea about anything. I missed the chance to earn my celestial ox mini pet myself and I always regretted it. You may not be able to do all the quests, but you can be any level to do the candy person quests "Something Wicked This Way Comes" & "Don't Fear the Reapers" if they bring those back -- IIRC, you don't have to be ascended to get in for those. Regardless, you can still stand around and see the Mad King at the finale and get the masks.

Oct 16, 2011, 11:47 AM // 11:47	#13
leonn56 Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2011	well i have been working on an assassin\warrior character while im waiting for my melon mates to level up in prophecys and ive got him up to lvl8,so do you think that would be high enough? if so i'll give halloween a whirl! cheers

Oct 16, 2011, 09:14 PM // 21:14	#15
leonn56 Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2011	ok kendil,thanks for the help! cheers

Oct 17, 2011, 07:31 PM // 19:31	#17
Anesthetize Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2011	As a fairly new Ritualist who has only completed Factions and enough of EotN to get Livia, what would be the best way to prepare for the upcoming Halloween event? I'm currently working on the Nightfall campaign, so I do, or will shortly, have many of those locations unlocked. I also did the quest to get to LA, but haven't done anything there yet (except recruit Olias). Will I be able to farm Vaettirs as a SoS rit? Any other locations I need to make sure I have unlocked? Thanks!

Oct 18, 2011, 10:00 PM // 22:00	#20
Scythe Co Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2008 Guild: Muckytears Guild Profession: D/Mo	sorry to half hijack this thread but it links in with things being said - What are drop rates of ToT's like for at vaettirs? This will be my first year farming them, and if the drop rate is close to that of when birthday cupcakes or chocolate bunnies were dropping .... then after selling gold items i reckon you could get about a stack of ToTs. if the reward for every bit helps is 25 bags, can you really killed 3 skeletons in 6 minutes? =/ or are the drop rates much lower than the other consumables mentioned?