Halloween

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Halloween.
Halloween-Only Content
Halloween-Only Content
The content described on this page will only appear during the Halloween event.
The Halloween-themed logo.
Bestiary Halloween.png “The spirit of Halloween penetrates the air...” Bestiary Halloween.png
Not to be confused with the Pumpkin Moon, a Halloween-themed event.

Halloween is a seasonal event which lasts from October 10th until November 1st. During Halloween, most enemies have a small chance of dropping Goodie Bags, unique items are available for purchase from NPCs or as rare enemy drops, and Pumpkins spawn naturally on grass. Several enemies wear costumes that change their appearance, and a few unique enemies can spawn as well. Moreover, all Hearts and Stars are replaced with functionally identical Candy Apples and Soul Cakes, respectively.

Reaching wave 15 of the Pumpkin Moon before 4:30 AM displays the status message "The spirit of Halloween penetrates the air..." at the dawn of the following day, causing the Halloween season to temporarily become active for one in-game day, regardless of the date. At 4:30 AM the next day, the status message "The spirit of Halloween rests..." appears, and all Halloween-related effects will no longer occur unless the Halloween season is active or the 15th wave of the Pumpkin Moon is achieved again.[1]

Contents

Characters
Unique Drops
From any enemy:
From weak enemies
(see table below for explanation)
From Forest grass:
From harvesting Pumpkins:
From shaking trees:
For Sale

Notes

  • A "weak enemy" for the purposes of the Bladed Glove and Bloody Machete drops is defined as any enemy that drops at least 1 CC, but deals less than 40 damage, has less than 20 defense, and drops less than 5 SC.[2] These thresholds are scaled according to the difficulty:
Classic ModeClassic
Journey ModeJourney 		Expert ModeExpert Master ModeMaster
Damage < 40 < 80 < 120
Defense < 20 < 20 < 20
Coin drops < 5 SC < 12 SC50 CC < 12 SC50 CC
These values are unaffected by the following stat changes:

Tips

  • Halloween can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date between October 10th and November 1st.
    • Desktop version Change the computer's date in the system settings.
    • Console version Disconnect from Xbox One Xbox Live / PlayStation 4 PSN and change the console time.
    • Mobile version Disconnect from automatic date/time updates and change the time manually. Note that this does not work for some devices.
    • Nintendo Switch Go to "System Settings" and go to "system", click on "Date and Time" and set the time there.
If a change of the device's time is undesired, applications like RunAsDate allow launching Terraria with a changed time and date.

Trivia

  • The tree in the Halloween logo appears to be made of Spooky Wood, an item which drops in bulk during the similarly-themed Pumpkin Moon event.

History

  • Desktop 1.4.0.1:
    • Halloween period begins on October 10th instead of October 20th.
    • Reaching the end of the Pumpkin Moon unlocks one in-game day of the Halloween event.
    • Merchant no longer sells Tax Collector's set during Halloween.
    • Weak enemy requirements now scale depending on the difficulty.
  • Desktop 1.3.4: Halloween period finishes on November 1st instead of November 10th.
  • Desktop 1.2.1.1: Fixed a bug causing the game to not check for Halloween dates in multiplayer.

References

  1. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.0.5 source code, method CheckForMoonEventsStartingTemporarySeasons() in Terraria.Main.cs. There may be inaccuracies, as the current Desktop version Desktop version is 1.4.4.9.
  2. ↑ Information taken from the Desktop version Desktop 1.4.4.9 source code, method CanDrop() in Terraria.GameContent.ItemDropRules.HalloweenWeapons.cs.
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Only drops from enemies that have more than 1 maximum health, deal more than 0 damage, and drop coins. Therefore, this item cannot drop from enemies spawned by statues, enemies from the Old One's Army and Lunar Events, and Slimers with wings. Meteor Heads can only drop this item in pre-Hardmode, as they do not drop any loot in Hardmode.
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