We're back with our first event in several months! This event is our most ambitious (and hopefully most fun) one yet! Get ready to trick-or-treat in the Tavern, hunt ghosts in the Dominion, and face off against Hallowed and Bones for new Event Tier items and collectibles. This event also features a full Essence reward shop, with essences dropping from every boss in the game! We're excited to launch this event with event-specific essence slots, and a lot of new content!
Event Start: 10/25/2024 (PST)
Event End: 11/15/2024 (PST)
The Hallowed Hunt
Welcome to The Hallowed Hunt! Will you survive? We're thrilled to release our first Halloween event in nearly 7 years! This is certainly our most ambitious event to date, packed with Halloween-themed activities, interesting items, unique affixes, and more!
Hallowed and Bones
Hallowed and Bones are making their debut in the Dominion! We won't spoil too much, but we're thrilled to see how everyone fares against them. Can you find out where they're hiding?
Pumpkin Lord
A familiar yet fiercer ruler of the Dominion has returned to The Void, angrier than ever and ready to wreak havoc.
Trick-or-Treating
Join us in the Tavern every real-life hour for a festive trick-or-treating activity! Collect candy, consumables, essence, and more! Keep an eye out for in-game announcements every hour indicating the start, and follow the shop vendors as they call out the next location!
Dominion Ghost Hunt
Spooky times await! The Dominion is overrun with ghosts, and a global counter will track progress toward spawning the miniboss Ghasty. Team up with fellow adventurers to take down 66 Ghostys and earn a chance to fight Ghasty! After the event, Ghosty and Ghasty will linger in the new player biomes as Oyun and Astake work on banishing them.
Event Tiered Items
We've introduced a new tier: the Event tier. These items will have drop rates between Unique and Special items. We want everyone to have a chance to obtain Event tier items while keeping them rare enough to encourage trading. We're excited to launch 4 of them during The Hallowed Hunt! To make their drops feel extra special, we're also introducing new chests for each event. Old event items will get updated tiers and bag types in the future.
Quest Attainments + Essence Shop
We've heard your event feedback loud and clear! This event will feature easier quests to help you earn every reward at least once. For those who want to grind, Hallowed Essence will drop from every boss throughout the event!
We're also introducing a new Attainment type: The Hallowed Hunt attainment requires you to complete all other event-specific attainments to earn the final rewards—an exclusive “I Survived The Hallowed Hunt” title and three of Typ's Brain roll tokens!
Event Essence Slot
In response to player feedback, we've added an event-specific essence slot! After discovering an event essence, it will automatically be equipped in an event slot. We hope this addresses player's concerns of having to drop stacks of work-in-progress essences!
Halloween-Specific Affixes
The special event tier items will drop with halloween-specific affixes! These will be rollable only during the event and will be removed from the pool afterward. However, items with these affixes will retain them permanently. Look out for their return next Halloween!
Event Gold Shop
As with all events, we're offering limited-time gold shop items for our free-to-play players! Grab a spooky Gladiator skin, a pet version of the Pumpkin Lord, and a batty hat. They're available until The Hallowed Hunt ends, so don't miss out!
Spooky Package Return + New Graveyard and Witch Package
The Spooky Pack is back, and we're also introducing 2 brand packs, the Witch and Graveyard Package featuring amazing artwork by Jmn and Bee! Your support helps us continue this incredible journey together. Thanks a lot if you decide to buy them!
And More!
The event is packed with other goodies that aren't listed here. Go check out the latest update, The Hallowed Hunt, live on all platforms now!
Other Changes
Additions
- Added several new AOE warning types
- Added new Burning debuff, which is half the DPS of bleeding but disables natural health regeneration
Fixes
- Fixed being able to swap items into gift chests
- Fixed swapping items into gift chests sometimes eating the item
- Fixed Rhinos tracking players across the Dominion
- Fixed Weak & Empowered not affecting enemy projectiles & AOEs
- Fixed soulbound Tranquility cheese not being accepted in trades
Adjustments
- Adjusted AOE visuals to show when they will resolve
- Adjusted base HP values for higher end minions & greater minions
- Adjusted mini-boss HP values slightly
- Removed remaining Love Essence rewards to not confuse players.
Other
- Hid ability to collect essence if said essence doesn't have a reward.
- Retired Summer Package. It'll likely return next year!
- Added the "Graveyard Package" to Platino's Shop for 20 platinum
- Added the "Witch Package" to Platino's Shop for 20 platinum
- Re-added the "Spooky Package" to Platino's Shop for 40 platinum