Nights of the Dead (EQ2 Live Event)  

The Nights of the Dead are here! So many frights, decorations and illusions. So many changing faces! Because you know, we haven't always enjoyed such a frivolous night of beasts and masks. It is on these nights that instead we enjoy midnight banquets and parades of costumes in observation of the undead assault upon the streets of Maj'Dul. The attack upon Maj'Dul happened long ago in the early days of the Age of Destiny. A story that leaves more questions than answers.

'Twas a clear and still night in the desert. A shambling army of undead inundated the city of Maj'Dul. The city hid themselves from the walking dead, for fear of what this force was there to do. Kill? Kidnap? Desecrate? Feed? And those that did not huddle in fear battled the innumerable undead to defend their city.

The citizens soon took notice that the decaying bodies were not harming anyone, except for those that stood in their way. The ghastly figures would break down doors, and rummage through all of a person's possessions, smashing anything open that was otherwise latched or sealed. This was to last a week, when as mysteriously as they came, they departed. They turned in mid action, and shuffled back to the sands from which they came, as if answering a ghoulish cry.

The people of Maj'Dul never learned what it was that the undead were looking for, nor what they finally found. But we commemorate that week of monsters and frights in search of goodies in old Maj'Dul with our own week of beasts and treats. That helps to explain the harmless fun that surrounds us. Now to join in it! ^[2]

Quests

NEW! Help keep all your alts organized with our Nights of the Dead Quest Tracker!

The quests are ordered from most recent to oldest introduction to the event.

Survive the Night

NEW! Setri Lur'eth, the Ritualistic Shaman at the north-west end of the beach in Nektulos Forest, is asking adventurers to retrieve her granddaughter from within Charnel Hollow.

• Survive the Night - available after completing A Nightmarish Illness

Introduced in 2011.

Devotee Challenge

UPDATED! Want to prove you're a Nights of the Dead Devotee?

In your in-game mailbox, you will receive a mail with the item Nights of the Dead Devotee Challenge attached. Examine this item to trigger the quest Nights of the Dead Devotee. The updated version is able to be completed by those who did the 2010 version.

The devotee quest will require you to visit many popular Nights of the Dead spots, so be on the lookout so you can prove your worth!

NEW REWARD! - Rattlin' Bones Candy Dish

Introduced in 2010. Updated in 2011.

The Hedge Hollow

1. A Nightmarish Illness - Altius is too weak now to continue his search for a cure! Someone should help him... (cannot be repeated)
2. A Nightmarish Return - The condensed version of A Nightmarish Illness (repeatable)
• NEW REWARD! - Asylum's Chandelier
3. Train to Zone! - Speak to a terrified gnome any run through the maze beyond your original (repeatable once every 18 hours)
• NEW REWARD! - Troll Zombie Plushie

Introduced in 2009.

Haunted Mansion

Speak to Freid Deekat (evil alignment) or speak to Skeer Deekat (good alignment/exile) to be sent on a mission that will reveal your inner self. They are found at:

• Gorowyn at the bottom of the city by the water at 2573, 8, 1229 Copy
• Haven at -42, -69, -56 Copy
• Kelethin at 284, 106, 134 Copy
• Neriak near the docks at 17, 4, 327 Copy
• New Halas near the center of the city at -103, 147, -13 Copy
• North Qeynos outside Sneed's at 288, -20, -51 Copy
• West Freeport outside the bank at 182, -4, -81 Copy

You will be sent to Loping Plains for:

1. This Won't End Well... (repeatable once per year)
• NEW REWARD! - Somborn Double Lightpost
2. There Will Be Ghosts (repeatable)
• NEW REWARD! - emerald cave bat
3. They Won't Miss It - on a repeat run, open a chest in the upper level of the mansion (non-repeatable)

Introduced in 2008.

My Creepy Catalog

This quest can only be obtained by a Volunteer Guide except on Freeport, Test and the Live Exchange servers, where Falcra Nightwanderer will offer the quest in Nektulos Forest during the event.

• My Creepy Catalog

Introduced in 2005.

McQuibble's Farm

Solve the mystery of McQuibble's Farm in Antonica and save Ponchy's pies! Speak to Ponchy Shorttoe in Windstalker Village to begin the series. All four quests are repeatable once per year.

1. Petrified Pumpkin Pies (25)
2. McQuibble's Mystery (Scales to Level)
3. Scary Scarecrows (25)
4. The Troubling Truth (Scales to Level - Epic)

Introduced in 2005.

	Having two versions of these quests in your completed quest journal will make them not repeatable once per year. You will have to petition to get one set of the quests removed to fix this.

The Haunted House

Scarecrow and Jack O'Lanterns in North Qeynos

• The Haunting (repeatable once every 18 hours)
• NEW REWARD! - night slither
• BONUS REWARDS! - Rat Plushie and Black Spider Plushie (received from the large black spider and large rat)

Introduced in 2005.

Trick-or-Treat

Speak to the Gigglegibber Trick-or-Treater in North Qeynos or West Freeport for some classic fun!

• Go trick or treating with the Gigglegibbers (you can do this as much as you like!)
• NEW REWARD! - Zombiebane (grand prize reward choice)

Introduced in 2005.

Crafting

Speak to your local Nights of the Dead Merchant to acquire your holiday crafting scrolls. The Nights of the Dead merchants can be found in Darklight Wood, Freeport, Gorowyn, Haven, Kelethin, Maj'Dul, Neriak, New Halas, Qeynos. Click on any of the areas to get a map with the merchant's location pinpointed!

These recipes' primary ingredients are the various candies that drop from creatures throughout the world during Nights of the Dead.

Recipe Scrolls

• Celebrations of the Dead - purchased from the NotD Merchant
• Celebrations of the Dead II - purchased from the NotD Merchant
• Celebrations of the Dead III - purchased from the NotD Merchant
• Celebrations of the Dead IV - purchased from the NotD Merchant - NEW in 2011!
• Notes on Special Mirrors - reward choice for the quest There Will Be Ghosts

Creepy Candy

Grabby Gigglegibber will help you condense all your candies into one type -- Candy Corn! He can be found in Darklight Wood, Freeport, Gorowyn, Haven, Kelethin, Maj'Dul, Neriak, New Halas and Qeynos. Follow any of the city links for a map displaying his location.

This candy only drops during Nights of the Dead and is used in holiday crafting recipes. Go to any item's page to see a complete list of what drops it, but generally speaking, each candy drops off a specific creepy mob type.

Collections

• The Hedge Hollow Collection

Goodies

• See your local Nights of the Dead Merchant to purchase miscellaneous goodies for all your home and illusion needs!
• NEW Decor/Mount!: Plague Cloud (ground mount), Aged Tombstone, Cracked Grave Marker, Crumbling Headstone, Canary Stained Glass Square and Orange Stained Glass Square
• NEW Costumes!: Blackfang Costume, Moldering Froglok Costume, Tae Ew Hunter Costume, Thurgadin Spellcaster Costume and Undying Warrior Costume
• Fun house items to perfect your own haunted home: blanket of fog and screeching noise box.
• See the Nights of the Dead Video! (released in 2008)
• a Gigglegibber Illusionist will give you an illusion buff!

Encounters

• The Headless Horseman (Epic x2) can be found near the Darklight Wood entrance in Nektulos Forest! In 2010 he was upgraded to be a level 98 x2 with level 90 fabled loot drops.

Nights of the Dead Occurs annually around the end of October. Nights of the Dead 2011 will run from 12:01am PDT on 10/13 through 11:59pm PST on 11/7.

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1. ^ Posted by Kaitheel on the SOE Test Forum
2. ^ Text from the in-game NPC "a Nights of the Dead celebrator"

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