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It’s that fun time of year again, where you try to get to you computer hourly for the possibility of a treat or to be tricked again by that sinister innkeeper. It’s Hallow’s Eve!!! So, apparently my wife and I got most of the stuff done for this holiday meta achievement last year (by the way, here is the link to the WoWhead guide, but if you really don’t know where that is then I have some nice property to sell you as well).

So, last night we got most of the stuff done. We loaded our selves with Gnerd candy and went off to do some battlegroups. I had forgotten how much fun controlled PvP is. I have been gripping about PvP lately, but the stuff I don’t like is the rogue sneak up on you while you are trying to mine an ore and then steal the ore from you kind of PvP. Not too big on world PvP. But I think my wife had fun. This was the second time she had ever done a battle group. She likes to do AoE and kills lots and lots of hordies. So now all I have left is to get the stink bomb quests up in south shore and I’ll get my nifty title, and be one step closer to getting my violet proto drake. I’ve seen several people have them and I’m a little jealous, I must admit. I’ll have to be patient though. I didn’t get a whole lot done last year in regards to the holidays. So, far I’ve only completed Brewfest and Winter’s veil meta achievements.

Some quick tips for your Hallow’s End Holiday Season:

Keep trick or treating, you can get your squalshing pet and your pumpkin head this way (that’s how I got it). The other two ways are to kill the Headless Horseman and then roll on it (oh it seems that someone else always wins the roll) and then you can get it by dousing the fires in one of the small towns like Goldshire (I couldn’t do this because there aren’t enough crazy people like me playing at 6am). Course I would still try to kill the Headless Horseman every day if I were you for that chance of a mount, one of the coolest mounts in the game. The only flying horse, its soooo cool, I wants it sooo bad. By the way on your way to attempting to get the pet, pumpkin head, and mount, you’ll get so many of those stupid rings it’ll make you sick. It’s like brewfest all over again, but just replace trinkets for rings. Very annoying.

That’s actually the hardest achievement to complete for Hallow’s Eve. The PvP achievement is easy peasy, you have to do some quests and stuff, no big deal. You’ll have to go to practically every inn in Azeroth, but why complain; you’ll be making a lot of money in the process. The costume wand achievement can be a bit tricky, but if aren’t patient (like me) and just want to get it done quickly then just go start asking around, your guildies will likely have a few they can give you themselves. Then for that last one you can’t seem to get, go to the trade channel (yes, the vile trade channel) and just tell someone you’ll pay them if they’ll use a charge on you. The going rate for this on my server is 10g per charge. And if you have extra charges you might as well make some money while you are at it. I personally think there’s easier and more fun ways to make money that spamming the trade channel, saying you’ll turn someone into a pirate for 10 gold, but to each his own.

Oh and don’t worry about the mask thing. Yes, its near impossible, and that’s why Blizzard took that off of the meta achievement. Over the years you might get it, if you are lucky. Actually, the masks drop from trick or treating a lot more frequently this year, have you noticed?

So, I have an advantage over some of you for holidays like this. My wife doesn’t have a paying job (our kids don’t pay very well you see) so she’s home during the day and she will get on and trick or treat for us hourly. In exchange during these holidays I’ll work on some of the achievements she’d rather not do (like children’s week PvP achievements). We both really enjoying do the holiday achievements. It’s a blast and it breaks up the monotony.

So, have fun, be safe trick or treating. Remember to only go to houses of people you know, beware of traffic (mechano hogs), check your treats before you eat them, and go with an adult. Have a happy Hallow’s Eve!!