Lethal Shots

I love Hallow’s End. It is easily the second best holiday in WoW. The only reason Brewfest beats it out is the alcohol. (What can I say, everything is better when you’re drunk.) And the new achievement system only makes it better.

I spent a good chunk of my weekend doing holiday events. I have Trick-or-Treated every Alliance friendly inn in Azeroth, jammed pumpkins on people’s heads, beat up the Headless Horseman for his lunch money, and ate candy until I puked.

One of the first things I noted was how ridiculously easy it is to make money off this holiday. Simply flying around to all the inns you get 3.75 gold each. And even if you are not at 70 yet, it is lucrative to do for the insanely easy XP.

While you’re at it, go ahead and Trick-or-Treat the inn keepers whenever the de-buff wears off. At very least you get some free food, but what you really want are the wands. With the new achievement system in place, people are paying good money just to have you transform them into various outfits for The Masquerade achievement.

Also while Trick-or-Treating inn keepers you might receive mask or pumpkins. The masks can be collected for the A Mask for all Occasions achievement, and the pumpkins are thrown at other players for yet another achievement, Check Your Head.

You also need to visit one of the starting area villages to participate in a few more holiday festivities. The big one you want is the quest The Headless Horseman. Once you have that, scoot yourself on up to Scarlet Monestary with 4 of your friends and take on the Headless Horseman. Like Coren Direbrew, each person in the group can sumon him once per day, but don’t worry, he is considerably easier to down than Coren. The Horseman drops some nice caster rings, but the main items you are going for is ???pet and ???mount, both of which are needed to complete achievements for Hallow’s End.

With loot to be had, and achievements to earn, holidays are a huge part of WoW. So get out there and make the most you can of Hallow’s End, because with Wrath right around the corner it might be a while before you have the time to completely lose yourself in another holiday.