18.10.2016 — Unknown

08.11.2016 — Unknown

15.11.2016 — Completed

The Halloween Event is all about gathering pumpkins. There are many ways to get them, like through adventures, quests or collectibles.
The most common way is from the pumpkin cemetery (1). They can also be bought at the merchant, and come in many different sizes, with different rates of production. Previously, the amount of pumpkins you could get from a field was limited — but now the fields can be refilled! You can obtain refillers for pumpkins by participating in adventures. Keep in mind that if a pumpkin field runs out, it will wither and you will not be able to refill it anymore. So make sure you always keep the fields full of pumpkins, or stop production until you can refill them to avoid this! Please note that the omniseeds will NOT work on the pumpkin field.

Another way of collecting pumpkins is to defeat the golems that spawn on your zone. (2)

To defeat the golems, you’ll have to exploit their weaknesses. For that, you’ll have to produce buffs in your provision house. There is always one specific buff that’s effective against each golem type, and you can find out which one you need by selecting the monster with your mouse.

If you have some buffs left, you can use them to help your friends, or you can redeem them after the Event by using them on the Mayor’s house.

Having defeated your first monster, after a certain period of time, the monster will re-spawn and you can defeat it again. But beware, the more you defeat it, the stronger it will return! Also, based on your level, after defeating it five times, the monster will change type, becoming even stronger. Will you be able to defeat them all?

After gathering pumpkins (3) through adventures, monsters, collectibles, quests and trading, you can spend them on attractive items from the merchant (4). Besides a spooky looking general and some nice new buffs, you can also obtain rare buildings and decorations, not to mention the critically acclaimed «grout» resource with which you can upgrade your buildings to level 6!

So there you have it! Get ready for the best Halloween ever!

Note The following adventures can give you pumpkin refillers for your fields as reward
Return to the Bandit Nest, Horseback, The Lost Skull, Witch of the Swamp, The Dark Priests, Island of the Pirates, Sleeping Volcano, The Siege, Buccaneer Roundup, Traitors, Outlaws, Stealing from the Rich, Old Friends, Tropical Sun, Sleepy Reef, Lakeside Treasure, Bandit Nest, Gunpowder, Tikki island, Raiding the Raiders, Tomb Raiders, Sons of the Veld, The Nords, Surprise Attack, The Invasion of the Nords, Pirate Life, Bastille Island, Wild Mary, Mother Love, Arctic Explosion, More Secluded Experiments, Whirlwind, Victor the Vicious, Dark Brotherhood, The Black Knights, Secluded Experiments, Roaring Bull, The Valiant Little Tailor, The Clever Little Tailor, Sons of the Little Tailor, Heroic Little Tailor, Betrayed Little Tailor, Storm Recovery, Ali Baba the Young Woodcutter, Ali Baba and the first thief, Ali Baba and the second thief, Ali Baba and the third thief, Ali Baba and the treasure of knowledge, Ali Baba and the treasure of wisdom, Sindbad and the Besieged city, Sindbad and the sea snake, Aladdin and the Oil Lamp, Aladdin and the beautiful princess, and all colony maps.

Merchant

Halloween Event

	Available	Level	Cost	Detail tab
x 50		1+	x 60	This orange vegetable with a cheeky grin can only be harvested once a year. Get it now before they all sell out!
x 300		1+	x 360	A woman farmer has collected a basket of pumpkins, but when one of them started to talk and said that the basket was uncomfortable, the woman decided she’d rather sell the lot as soon as possible! Do you want to buy them?
x 4200		1+	x 5000	A cart of pumpkins seemingly started to move on its own. Only when looking closely could you see that the pumpkins themselves were pushing the cart. At least, until a farmer caught them and made them available for sale. A small fence around the cart suffices to keep them in place.
		1+	x 50 x 100	Everyone knows that pumpkins grow very well in cemeteries. This small one can be built quickly and cheaply, but it will be a long time before you can harvest the first pumpkins.
		1+	x 150 x 200	Everyone knows that pumpkins grow very well in cemeteries, so why not buy an eerily beautiful cemtery from your merchant?
		1+	x 10 x 25	Everyone knows that pumpkins grow very well in cemeteries. This cemetery is built with the most expensive and high quality materials. This means that pumpkins grow much faster there than in common cemeteries.
			x 3599	An eerily awesome package for new starters, or those who want to boost their effectiveness during the event.
			x 2999	An eerily awesome package for new starters, or those who want to boost their effectiveness during the event.
+ 5000 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000 x 1000		13+	x 7999	Treat yourself with this delicious little package to make your settling life a bit easier. It won’t hurt if you spoil yourself a little bit with this tasty, time-limited delicacy. Where else do you get a delicacy that costs 3x less than the ingredients normally would? Yum!
		10+	x 195	A box containing various adventures like «The Nords» or «Island of the Pirates», epic raids like the «The Heroic Little Tailor» or even co-operative ones like «Tomb Raiders».
		1+	x 5499	A lantern containing tiny swirling ghosts. Somehow looking like luxury housing for the dearly departed, the lantern seems to be from another realm of existence. It’s not clear how the merchant got his hands on this item — it just appeared, available for sale.
		1+	x 3499	Ghosts of deceased settlers and soldiers keep appearing after you defeat their nemeses, freeing them of their earthly burdens. But instead of haunting the living, it turns out these are actually very friendly spirits, who want to help you in your efforts to conquer the evildoers. As they’re spirits, they can’t fight your battles for you — but they can help you produce bronze really quickly! Nobody really knows how the ghosts do it — so just imagine how hard it was for Sonya to convince everybody else that this would work out!
		16+	x 3999	A most curious building. I have never seen anything like it before. It comes with piles of arcane equipment that, I’ve been assured, can transform one resource into another in the hands of an expert.
		1+	x 2450	Ah, I see you’re looking at these mansion blueprints. You’ve got a fine eye! But I must warn you — there may be something otherworldly in those angles and lines! Every time someone follows these plans, the house appears to draw in dozens of ghosts in an instant.
			x 4313	Once so lovely, something strange happened to this explorer. After an adventure to a certain island, the lady returned feeling a bit unusual, and without any memory of what exactly it was that she’d been doing. Now, she feels stronger than ever, with a distinct power of persuasion.
		5+	x 375	Young geologists are always looking for that big find, and sometimes miss the forest for the trees. Diligent experts know that checking twice often yields twice the gains.
		13+	x 6999	Never look down on the baby of the family. Despite looking much like his brother, the Younger Gemini General doesn’t draw his strength from a huge army. Instead, he relies mostly on himself, and only takes a handful of units with him to guard his back. One can only speculate as to where his strength comes from, but his reddish skin suggests something supernatural.
		13+	x 4999	I don’t know what to make of this man! It’s obvious that he’s some sort of genius, but he seems to have trouble making anything useful. That may be because most of his ideas revolve around explosions… Still, he’s looking for work, and you look like you could use more explosions in your army. What do you say?
		26+	x 825	A blacksmith has come up with a more durable design for horseshoes. While it will require valuable platinum, I’m sure your generals will appreciate the new, sturdier design on their more challenging adventures.
		7+	x 560	A clever hunter came up with a new trap design. Not only is it stronger, but it selectively catches only full-grown game, which is less damaging to the island’s ecosystem.
		1+	x 325	These are no ordinary pets. When their owners lend them some of their power, they become very inciting…
		13+	x 2850	The hunter that works out of this hut has perfected the use of traps and tricks, to become the most efficient hunter in the land. Nobody can rival him in terms of efficiency and speed. It seems your butchers will be busy while he’s around!
		16+	x 1250	Are your plain old bakeries struggling to keep up with your sandwich consumption? Well fear not, as science has the answer to this terrible problem! This bakery is equipped with optimized ovens and extra-precise hourglasses.
		13+	x 700	Who would have guessed that the results of modern agricultural research would look more rural than before? This farm harvests wheat with incredible efficiency, yet exudes nostalgic charm.
		5+	x 600	Are your storehouses full to bursting point, and you’ve got nowhere to keep your resources? Then you probably need the Improved Storehouse. It provides three times the space of a normal storehouse.
		6+	x 700	The home of a passionate and nature loving fisherman who loves to fish, but does not want to endanger wild fish species. He’s known for his boundless knowledge of how to breed fish in great numbers.
		1+	x 600	The village school is filled with the best teachers who will teach the kids how to become the best settlers out there.
		13+	x 600	A lazy settler, who doesn’t want to build wheat fields anymore, has had a great idea. He’ll build a silo which collects surplus grain, and use it to refill the wheat fields.
		1+	x 56	A creepy fellow who knows how to serve with complete devotion. Your troops could probably learn a lot from him.
		14+	x 48	A man in strange garments who calls himself Nash Williams has shown up in our lands. Madly babbling about the threat of some dark army, he offers to aid in the training of your troops. If you want him, you’ll have to hire him soon, because he’ll be leaving to find some tome after Halloween.
		14+	x 24	A certain Mr. Myers has offered to train your army. He is supposed to get top performance from recruits. You’ll have to hire him soon though, as he says he’ll only be in the neighborhood for Halloween.
		1+	x 125	The sticky and half-molten candy serves as an inspiration to all smelters… or so they claim. They probably just have a sweet tooth.
		1+	x 96	Some strange laborers want to work in your factories. They reek, and speaking is not their strong suit, but they work fast and need no sleep.
		1+	x 45	He may have no head, but this man knows his way around his horses! While he’s usually somewhat less than co-operative, he’s actually surprisingly willing to help tend to our horses.
x 200		1+	x 170	Grout is our masons’ latest invention. It helps make our buildings’ structure more solid, and allows us to upgrade them to higher levels.
+ 2500		1+	x 900	We got lucky and secured a huge haul of omniseeds! It is said that these rare, magical seeds have fallen from the moon. You’d think with the amount we’ve found we could figure out why they work on all kinds of deposits, but it still remains a mystery.
+ 250		1+	x 90	Mysteriously sparkling seeds, fallen from the moon. These can miraculously enrich any deposit to which they are applied. How is this possible, you ask? Well, even Alchemy can’t explain everything.
+ 1000		17+	x 90	A professor named Frank and Stein, famous for his creepy experiments, has found a way to refill almost empty marble deposits. Do you want to hire him?
		13+	x 375	Prove to everyone that you bested the horrible creatures that threatened your island during Halloween! Nobody’s afraid of golems when you’re around!
		13+	x 325	Why wait for Halloween to have your island populated by pumpkin cemeteries? The ever-lasting elegance of pumpkin breeding can be enjoyed all year round with this replica of the building. Note This building does not produce any pumpkins!
		1+	x 420	This is where you’ll find the dead settlers that didn’t return from battle. If you look very closely, you can see their souls flying around the building.
		1+	x 264	A forgotten culture constructed this building. No-one knows what purpose it serves. Rumors suggest that the overgrown ruin is haunted.
		1+	x 96	This wall hasn’t kept out enemies for a very long time now, but it gives your island a rustic touch (and your bugs a new home).
		1+	x 96	This wall hasn’t kept out enemies for a very long time now, but it gives your island a rustic touch (and your bugs a new home).
		1+	x 45	Be careful with this! One mishap may turn dozens of your settlers into zombies! They may be harmless, but they would surely scare away all the wildlife on our island. Just imagine how scary that would be!
		1+	x 45	An ancient board game… or perhaps it’s something more? Legend has it that this board can be used to talk with the spirits, and bring them to you… Ages 6+, from 2 to 6 players!
		1+	x 50	Each day a small man offers some strange powder on the marketplace. He swears it has the power to put the sun to sleep.
		21+	x 50	A Halloween themed skin for The Excelsior to make it look a bit more spooky
		21+	x 995	A Halloween themed skin for The Excelsior, to make it look a bit more spooky.
		19+	x 75	Did your pumpkin cemetery run out? Don’t worry! This fertilizer will bring it back to full health with 10 pumpkins, so it can continue its production. Just make sure it doesn’t run out again! NOTE This item only works on the ruins of a small pumpkin cemetery.
		19+	x 75	Did your pumpkin cemetery run out? Don’t worry! This fertilizer will bring it back to full health with 10 pumpkins, so it can continue its production. Just make sure it doesn’t run out again! NOTE This item only works on the ruins of a common pumpkin cemetery.
		19+	x 75	Did your pumpkin cemetery run out? Don’t worry! This fertilizer will bring it back to full health with 10 pumpkins, so it can continue its production. Just make sure it doesn’t run out again! NOTE This item only works on the ruins of a noble pumpkin cemetery.

Achievements

New buildings

Image	Detail tab	Obtaining
	Produces meat without using a meat deposit, twice as fast as the regular Deerstalker Hut.	Merchant Halloween Event 2016 x 1225
	Decorative Construction	Merchant Halloween Event 2016 x 375
	Decorative Construction	Merchant Halloween Event 2016 x 325
	A towering stone golem animated by evil spirits.	—
	A bigger stone golem, and he looks angry.	—
	This thing looks HUGE… and fiery!	—
	A stone-cold monstrosity.	—

Buffs

	200%	6 h 9 h Each
	—	7 d 10 d 12 h Each	Zone-wide buffs
	—	7 d 10 d 12 h Each	Zone-wide buffs
	300%	24 h 24 h Each
	400%	24 h 1 d 12 h Each
	300%	12 h 18 h Each

Reward Adventures

	62.5%	25%	12.5%
Aladdin and the Oil Lamp	0	10	35
Aladdin and the Beautiful Princess	0	10	35
Ali Baba and the Second Thief	0	10	35
Ali Baba and the First Thief	0	35	70
Ali Baba and the Treasure of Wisdom	0	20	70
Ali Baba and the Treasure of Knowledge	0	10	35
Ali Baba and the Third Thief	0	20	70
Snow White	0	0	0
Twins	0	0	0
Witch of the Swamp	0	4	6
Horseback	0	4	6
Arctic Explosion	0	3	12
The Whirlwind	0	4	12
Surprise Attack	0	6	21
Return to the Bandit’s Nest	0	7	25
Storm Recovery	0	0	0
The Invasion of the Nords	0	7	25
The Pied Piper of Hamelin	0	0	0
Hansel and Gretel	0	0	0
Riches of the Mountain	0	0	0
Tomb Raiders	0	4	12
Wild Mary	0	12	49
The Dragon’s Roost	0	0	0
Old Ruins	0	4	12
Garrun the Trapper	0	0	0
Victor The Vicious	0	6	21
The End Of The World	0	0	0
Red Riding Hood	0	0	0
Motherly Love	0	7	25
One Step Ahead	0	0	0
Raid of the Nords	0	0	0
Raiding the Raiders	0	4	12
More Secluded Experiments	0	7	25
The Buccaneer Roundup	0	4	12
Stealing From The Rich	0	4	6
The Siege	0	4	12
Bastille Island	0	12	42
Tikki Island	0	10	35
Where Do Easter Eggs Come From?	0	0	0
Bounty Hunter	0	0	0
The Island Of The Pirates	0	6	21
Pirate Life	0	3	12
Gunpowder	0	4	6
The Heroic Little Tailor	0	6	21
The Lost City	0	0	0
The Lost Skull	0	3	12
The Betrayed Little Tailor	0	8	23
Traitors	0	8	28
Outlaws	0	8	28
Bandit Nest	0	10	35
Roaring Bull	0	6	21
Home Island	0	0	0
The Fisherman and his Wife	0	0	0
The Nords	0	6	21
Heart of the Wood	0	0	0
Sinbad and the Sea Snake	0	10	35
Sinbad and the Besieged City	0	10	35
Lakeside Treasure	0	4	12
Sleepy Reef	0	3	12
Save the Christmas Feast	0	0	0
The Sleeping Volcano	0	3	12
The Grain Conflict	0	0	0
Old Friends	0	7	25
The Sons of the Little Tailor	0	6	21
Sons Of The Veld	0	6	21
The Dark Brotherhood	0	6	21
The Dark Priests	0	3	12
Tropical Sun	0	6	28
The Stolen Sleigh	0	0	0
The clever little Tailor	0	6	21
The Valiant Little Tailor	0	6	21
Valuable Intel	0	0	0
The Black Knights	0	6	21
El Chupacabra	0	0	0
The Shaman	0	4	12
Secluded Experiments	0	6	21
Ali Baba the Young Woodcutter	0	20	70