The Pumpkin Event has three major components:

• Baskets
• Candy
• Pumpkins
  

Getting Baskets

To get baskets, you must kill monsters that are equal to or above your level. Monsters below your level, even those that still have white names, will not drop baskets. So check up on those monster levels before you go hunting!

Turning In Baskets

Baskets must be turned in to a Pumpkin Scarecrow; any Pumpkin Scarecrow will do. Baskets must be turned in one at a time. When you turn in baskets, you will recieve one of the six types of candy in exchange.

Turning In Candy

If you have at least one of each type of candy, you may turn them in to the Pumpkin Scarecrow and receive a Jack-o'-lantern hat. While not the prettiest things in the world, Jack-o'-lantern hats are very important because they are necessary for you to be able to see the Pumpkin Ghosts! The hats have defense just like normal helmets; they give you 50 Physical Defense and 20 Magical Defense no matter what your character level or class is.

Eating Candy

When you eat a candy, you will receive a message saying that it has one of the five possible tastes. Each taste is like a buff that has a temporary effect on your character.

As you eat the candy and get random tastes from it, you may also receive vouchers. There are two types: The Voucher of good taste and the Voucher of bad taste. You will receive the Voucher of good taste when you eat a candy that gives you a Heavenly taste, and the Voucher of bad taste when you eat a candy that gives you a Terrible (aka. Disgusting) taste. The in-between tastes will not give you vouchers.

These vouchers are found in your "Event inventory," which can be accessed by pressing the bottom left tab on your inventory screen. Vouchers may not be bought, sold, traded, dropped, or picked up--just looked at.

Turning In Vouchers

When you turn in vouchers, you receive a Scream Mask. To get the Scream Mask, you must turn in a Voucher of good taste as well as a Voucher of bad taste.

These hats are covers and will be removed from your inventory in 30 days.

Pumpkins & Pumpkin Ghosts

Item	Description/Usage	Amount
Heaven Stone	A rare stone to upgrade armor and weapons. Read more on the Smelts and upgrading page.	1
Moon Stone	Used to play the Moonstatue in Randol, Juno. Read more on the Moonstatue page.	5
Bonus Book of Melding	Used to meld Covers to equipment. These are non-tradeable.	1
Medium Healing Potion	Recovers 500 HP over 15 seconds.	5
Medium Mana Potion	Recovers 240 MP over 15 seconds.	5
Firecracker	Makes a light show around you. These are non-tradeable.	10

Pumpkins are dropped by Pumpkin Ghosts, which you must be wearing a Jack-o'-lantern hat to be able to see. Pumpkin Ghosts are level 20, so they will be blue-named to most of you. Don't worry though, unlike regular monsters the Pumpkin Ghosts' drop rate is not affected by your level! Their drop rate appears to be fixed at about 30%, so don't be too surprised if you draw a blank a couple times in a row when killing these.

Pumpkin Ghosts are bright orange, big, and passive. They have ~4700 HP, moderate defense, and a very low attack. Despite the flames they blow when they attack, it is purely physical; no magic skills are involved. Don't be afraid of 'em!

Notes About Past Years

This event has changed a little over the years. These are the things that have been removed.
2007 - Evil Headband from turning in Candy

Evil Headband 30 defense & 30 magical defense

2007 - Witch/Wizard Hats from turning in Vouchers

Witch Hat (female) Decorative cover

Wizard Hat (male) Decorative cover