A curse has fallen on Aeven. The Pumpkin Keeper near the town square of Haunted Aeven needs a brave adventurer to break it. This quest is only available during Halloween.
- Quest
- The Pumpkin Keeper's Curse
- Type
- Seasonal quest
- Start
- Pumpkin Keeper in Aeven
- Event
- Halloween
- Items needed
- 5 ×
Enchanted Pumpkin Fragment - Monsters
- 1 × Hollowmaw
- Rewards
- the Haunted Pumpkin pet
5,000 gold, 2,500 experience, the title “Curse Breaker”
Walkthrough
- 1
Speak with the Pumpkin Keeper
- Choose “I'm not scared. I'll help!” or “Uh... maybe after some candy.”
What they say
Pumpkin Keeper: Ah... a visitor who isn't afraid of a talking pumpkin. Good. I need someone brave.
Pumpkin Keeper: Every Halloween I light the lanterns that keep the spirits sleeping. This year someone stole their magic.
Pumpkin Keeper: A curse has crept over Aeven: the pumpkins walk, the scarecrows wander and ghosts giggle in the churchyard.
Pumpkin Keeper: Will you help me break it?
Answers: “I'm not scared. I'll help!” · “Uh... maybe after some candy.”
- 2
Collect 5 Enchanted Pumpkin Fragments
- Have 5 × Enchanted Pumpkin Fragment in your bag
What they say
Pumpkin Keeper: The stolen magic was split into glowing fragments. The cursed creatures around town carry them.
Pumpkin Keeper: Bring me five Enchanted Pumpkin Fragments and I can follow the trail of the thief.
- Have 5 ×
- 3
Bring the fragments to the Pumpkin Keeper
- Talk to Pumpkin Keeper
What they say
Pumpkin Keeper: Five fragments! Hold them up to my eyes... yes... I can see where the magic is being pulled.
- 4
Ask Hazel the Little Witch about the trail
- Talk to Hazel the Little Witch
5 × Enchanted Pumpkin Fragment are taken from your bag.
What they say
Pumpkin Keeper: The trail leads somewhere I cannot follow. Ask Hazel - her cauldron sees what pumpkins can't.
Hazel the Little Witch: Ooh, fragments! Let me drop one in... *bloop*... The brew shows a graveyard. The HOLLOW Graveyard!
Hazel the Little Witch: There's a gate in the churchyard. A spirit called Hollowmaw sits on the old shrine, gobbling the magic.
- 5
Enter the Hollow Graveyard and find the cursed shrine
- Go to Hollow Graveyard (14, 7)
What they say
Hazel the Little Witch: The gate is next to the church. Follow the path to the shrine at the far end!
- 6
Defeat Hollowmaw, the Mischievous Spirit
- Defeat 1 × Hollowmaw
- 7
Return to the Pumpkin Keeper
- Talk to Pumpkin Keeper
What they say
Pumpkin Keeper: I felt it - the lanterns are burning again! Hollowmaw is back to being a harmless will-o'-wisp.
Pumpkin Keeper: One little pumpkin spirit did not want to go back to sleep. It has been following you around...
- 8
Quest complete
You receive the Haunted Pumpkin pet (Event). You receive the event reward. The quest is complete.
These steps are read from the quest itself, so they always match the game.
Tips
- Enchanted Pumpkin Fragments drop from the cursed creatures: Pumplings, Mischievous Ghosts, Haunted Scarecrows and Grave Rattlers. Haunted Scarecrows drop them most often.
- The fragments are quest items: they cannot be traded or dropped.
- Bring potions for Hollowmaw (450 HP, aggressive). Halloween Candy from the event monsters heals 40 HP.
- If Halloween ends before you finish, your progress is kept for next year. The reward can be earned once per character.