Halloween

Halloween-Only Content
The content described on this page will only appear during the Halloween event.

A Halloween-themed logo.

Not to be confused with the Pumpkin Moon, a Halloween-themed event.

Halloween is a seasonal event which lasts from around mid-October until around the start of November. During this time, several enemies wear costumes that change their appearance, unique enemies spawn, and new items become available via enemy drops or via purchase. Goodie Bags also drop, offering random Halloween-themed items, mostly decorative or vanity. Pumpkins grow naturally on grass during Halloween.

The duration of the event depends on the game platform:

Platform	Duration
Desktop  Console  Mobile	October 10th	–	November 1st
Old-gen console	October 20th	–	November 10th
3DS	October 1st	–	November 10th

Reaching the end of the Pumpkin Moon starts one in-game day of the Halloween event, regardless of the date.

Contents

Characters

On the surface during the day:

• ​Bunny Slime

On the surface at night:

• ​Nurse Zombie
• ​Superhero Zombie
• ​Pixie Zombie
• ​Owl Eye
• ​UFO Eye
• ​Hoppin' Jack
  (Hardmode)
• ​Raven

From shaking forest trees :

• ​Raven

In the cavern layer:

• ​Groom Skeleton
• ​Astronaut Skeleton
• ​Martian Skeleton
• ​Ghost (enemy)

Critters:

• ​Slime Bunny

Unique Drops

From any enemy:

• ​Candy Apple
  (replaces Hearts)
• ​Soul Cake
  (replaces Mana Stars)
• ​Goodie Bag
  (1/80 or 1.25% chance)

From weak enemies
(see table below for explanation)

• ​Bloody Machete
  (1/2000 or 0.05% chance)
• ​Bladed Glove
  (1/2000 or 0.05% chance)

From Forest grass:

• ​Pumpkin

From harvesting Pumpkins:

• ​Magical Pumpkin Seed
  (1/200 or 0.5% chance)

From shaking trees :

• ​Rotten Egg

For Sale

From Arms Dealer:

• ​Nurse set

From Clothier:

• ​Guy Fawkes Mask
• ​Clothier's Jacket
• ​Clothier's Pants

From Cyborg:

• ​Cyborg set

From Dryad:

• ​Dryad set

From Dye Trader:

• ​Dye Trader's set

From Merchant:

• ​Sickle

From Steampunker:

• ​Steampunk Goggles

From Witch Doctor:

• ​Cauldron

From Wizard:

• ​Wizard's Hat

A "weak enemy" is defined as any enemy that drops at least 1, but has a maximum health, defense and base amount of dropped coins less than the following:

	Classic Journey	Expert	Master
Damage	< 40	< 80	< 120
Defense	< 20	< 20	< 20
Coins	< 5	< 1250	< 1250

Note that these values are unaffected by the Enemy Difficulty Slider in Journey Mode.

Tips

• Halloween can be "activated" by setting the device's date to any date within the respective Halloween timespan.
  • Change the computer's date to any day between October 10th and November 1st.
  • Disconnect from Xbox Live / PSN and change the console time.
  • Disconnect from automatic date/time updates and change the time manually. Note that this does not work for some devices.
  • Go to "System Settings" and set the date there.
  • 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 version

• 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 1.3.0.1:
  • Clothier now sells Clothier's Pants and Clothier's Jacket.
  • Dye Trader now sells Turban, completing the Dye Trader's set.
  • Sickle is now sold by Merchant always (not just at Halloween).

• Desktop 1.2.1.1: Fixed a bug causing the game to not check for Halloween dates in multiplayer.

• Desktop 1.2.1: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.