Town Square

It’s said that every Halloween, the spirits of the Lost trek across the veil to briefly linger throughout the Cave once more. Most spend this short window of time watching over their still-breathing kin or visiting their favorite old haunts, while some instead prefer a bit of a livelier vacation from the afterlife.

The so-called Spectral Shindig is the most spirited monster mash this side of the graveyard gates. A stately, long-abandoned manor plays venue to the yearly gathering, spending the quiet months in between aging gracefully; every moth-eaten curtain, overgrown hedge, and rotten floorboard adding its own bit of flavor to the atmosphere.

The manor and its grounds belong to one Gatsby Graves, a strange and reclusive ineki who only seems to show any sign of still inhabiting the place each autumn. This fiendish fete is his pride and joy, after all—he’s hosted it since its inception, and every year has sought to make it grander and more memorable for his ghostly guests.

This year, though, there have been problems.

As if sensing the incoming influx of spirits, Pestergeists have set upon the manor and begun wreaking havoc. A pestilence most foul, these little imps (un?)live up to their name. Gatsby typically doesn’t invite the living into his home—and certainly would never invite them to one of his gatherings—but it’s not as though he has a full staff of ghost butlers to take care of this infestation for him (he’d once tried to write the ‘forever more’ clause into their contracts, but for some reason, none of his house staff would agree to the terms).

So, begrudgingly, he’s hired you to don your most ghoulish costume to 1. purgate these pestergeists from the premises, and 2. play house staff throughout the party. Do your job well, and he will reward you handsomely!

• This event runs, in its entirety, from Oct 30th through the end of Nov 17th.
  • The forum activity portion of the event begins on October 30th and runs through November 17th
  • The collecting & hunting portion of the event will begin November 3rd at 12 noon ST and end after 23:59 ST on November 17th
  • Random encounters will go live sometime in between the two start times
• This event is similar in style to previous Fall events, in that you will be collecting and combining components, and then using those components to play a game similar to Battleship.
  • This year, you will be collecting tricks and treats from other pets through Trick-or-Treating and crafting them into lures. You will then use those lures to catch Pestergeists throughout the grounds of Gatsby’s manor and the surrounding area. Trapped pestergeists can be traded for (potions?) potions, which have various effects on the event mechanics.
• Players will have a self-selected and editable neighborhood of other players’ pets.
• Players can set their own pets’ probabilities of giving out a trick vs. a treat between 20 - 80%, and their pet will auto-respond to anyone who knocks (note: tricks and treats aren’t bad vs. good, they are just different types of ingredients).
• The event prize shop will open on November 7th at noon ST and close after 23:59 ST on November 24th. Players will once again be able to purchase event points with gems.
• Unused ingredients and lures will crumble into points 24 hours after the event ends. Within 24 hours of the shop closing, any unused boons you’ve received will convert to 50 nuggets apiece and any leftover points will be used to buy prize bottles as efficiently as possible. Any remaining points thereafter will be converted into 100 nuggets apiece.
• There are several event-specific random encounters, including two which give out new item recolors as a gift.