Shadow of the Mad King 2024

Shadow of the Mad King, our annual Halloween festival, returns with ghoulish capers, spooky fights, and holiday fun! Gather together with the citizens of Lion's Arch to enjoy another year of tricks, treats, and terrible jokes. — Official website

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Shadow of the Mad King, our annual Halloween festival, returns with ghoulish capers, spooky fights, and holiday fun! Gather together with the citizens of Lion's Arch to enjoy another year of tricks, treats, and terrible jokes.

— Official website

Shadow of the Mad King is a Halloween-themed festival that was launched on October 15, 2024, and ended on November 5, 2024. The celebration brings many seasonal events and activities in Lion's Arch and starting areas. During the festival, the barriers separating Tyria from the Underworld start to weaken, resulting in many paranormal phenomena, and the arrival of the Mad King Thorn, who opens the doors to the Mad Realm to all of the festival visitors.

Returning features

Primary article: Halloween

Lion's Arch loading screen

Zones

• Mad King's Labyrinth
• Mad King's Raceway

Activities

• Ascent to Madness
• Lunatic Inquisition
• Mad King's Clock Tower
  • Stopped Clock Tower
• Mad King's Labyrinth
  • Defeat the strange foe that came through the haunted door
  • Defeat the strange foes coming through the haunted door
  • Defeat the strange foes that came through the haunted door
  • Reach the finish line! (Mad King's Labyrinth)
  • Slay the Labyrinthine Horror
• Mad King's Raceway
  • Reach the finish line! (Li'l Eddie's Bunny Bounce)
  • Reach the finish line! (Pumpkin Paradise)
  • Reach the finish line! (Roll into Madness)
• Mad King Says
• Reaper's Rumble

Scavenger hunts

• Mad Memoires

Adventures

• Time Trial: Labyrinth Lunatic
• Time Trial: Li'l Eddie's Bunny Bounce
• Time Trial: Pumpkin Paradise
• Time Trial: Roll into Madness

Achievements

•  Halloween Daily
•  Halloween Rituals
•  Shadow of the Mad King
•  Lunatic Wardrobe
•  Festival Collections
  •  Royal Flame Weapons
  •  Lunatic Court's Finery
  •  Mad Armory: Carapace of Chaos
  •  Mad Armory: Last Rites
  •  Tricks and Treats
  •  The Goldclaw Holiday Collection: Heart of Thorn
  •  Festival Frequenter: Invitation to the Mad Realm
•  Black Lion Collections: Bloody Prince's Toybox

Vendors

• Black Lion Weapons Specialist
• Candy Corn Vendor
• Candy Corn Vendor (Weekly)
• Lunatic Alchemist
• Lunatic Weaponsmith Markham
• Mysterious Craftsraven
• Sparking Stone

Items and rewards

For list of all Halloween rewards and items, see: Halloween/items

For list of Halloween Gem Store items, see: Category:Gem Store Halloween items

2024 features

New vendor

Deft Lahar [Homestead Recipes]

New achievements

• Halloween Daily: Daily Bonus Rewards: Homestead Trick-or-Treating — Ring a haunted bell at a guild hall or another player's homestead. (0)
• Halloween Rituals: (Weekly) Homestead Trick-or-Treating — Ring haunted bells at guild halls or other players' homesteads 7 times. (0)

New skins and equipment

• Clawing Shadow Plate
  • Clawing Shadow Plate (light)
  • Clawing Shadow Plate (medium)
  • Clawing Shadow Plate (heavy)
• New Candy Core weapons
  • Candy Core Axe
  • Candy Core Dagger
  • Candy Core Focus
  • Candy Core Greatsword
  • Candy Core Hammer
  • Candy Core Longbow
  • Candy Core Mace
  • Candy Core Pistol
  • Candy Core Rifle
  • Candy Core Scepter
  • Candy Core Shield
  • Candy Core Short Bow
  • Candy Core Staff
  • Candy Core Spear
  • Candy Core Sword
  • Candy Core Torch
  • Candy Core Warhorn
• New Courtly weapons
  • Sanguine Focus
  • Sanguine Shield
  • Sanguine Staff

New items

• Candy Core Chest
• Trader's Grim Machine Chest

New miniatures

• Mini Pummel Spider

New decorations

Guild hall decorations

• Antique Bell
• Flame-Bearing Gargoyle
• Gargoyle
• Haunted Bell
• Warclaw Rental Post

Homestead decorations

• Antique Bell
• Bat Lanterns
• Bundle of Corn Stalks
• Clock Tower Gear
• Clock Tower's Broken Beam
• Creepy Jack-o'-Lantern
• Decorated Casket
• Demon Statue
• Ephemeral Spider's Web Floor
• Ephemeral Spider's Web Wall
• Eternal Flame
• Flame-Bearing Gargoyle
• Gargoyle
• Ghostly Dining Chair
• Ghostly Dining Table
• Gramophone
• Grand Clock Tower Gear
• Hanging Tree
• Haunted Armchair
• Haunted Bell
• Haunted Love Seat
• Jack-o'-Lantern
• Mad Moon
• Mausoleum
• Ominous Fortress Wall
• Ominous Fortress Wall: Angled
• Ominous Fortress Wall: Corrupted
• Pot of Chrysanthemums
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage: Curved
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage: Left Curved
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage: Right Curved
• Pumpkin Lanterns
• Raptor Rental Post
• Reaching Twisted Tree
• Scarecrow
• Seance Candle
• Shattered Stairway
• Skewed Stairway (Left)
• Skewed Stairway (Right)
• Spider's Web Floor
• Spider's Web Wall
• Spooky Cauldron
• Spooky Dining Chair
• Spooky Dining Table
• Thorny Jack-o'-Lantern
• Unchained Platform
• Visage of Madness
• Warclaw Rental Post
• Writhing Twisted Tree

New recipes

• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 1
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 2
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 3
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 4
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 5
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 6
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 7
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 8
• Homestead Recipe Book: Halloween, Volume 9
• Recipe: Antique Bell
• Recipe: Flame-Bearing Gargoyle
• Recipe: Gargoyle
• Recipe: Haunted Bell
• Recipe: Warclaw Rental Post

Gem Store

• Graceful Bladed Wings Package
  • Graceful Bladed Wings Backpack and Glider Combo
    • Graceful Bladed Wings Backpack Skin
    • Graceful Bladed Wings Glider Skin
  • Graceful Bladed Right Wing Backpack and Glider Combo
    • Graceful Bladed Right Wing Backpack Skin
    • Graceful Bladed Right Wing Glider Skin
  • Graceful Bladed Left Wing Backpack and Glider Combo
    • Graceful Bladed Left Wing Backpack Skin
    • Graceful Bladed Left Wing Glider Skin

Mail

Magister Tassi Happy Halloween! Once again, Halloween falls across Tyria. The doorways between our world and the Mad Realm are opening, and the ancient Krytan monarch, Mad King Thorn, walks the streets of Lion's Arch again! I've assured the Captain's Council that it's all relatively safe—this time—but I'm sure they'd appreciate a brave adventurer like yourself making an appearance. Not to mention the opportunities for field research in the Mad Realm itself ! Visit me at the Grand Piazza at your earliest convenience! —Magister Tassi Piece of Candy Corn (5) Lion's Arch, built upon the wreckage of the Krytan City of the same name, has grown and prospered in the years since the rise of the Orrian Dragon. Founded by pirates and dependent on trade, the city has become a common ground for all the races of Tyria.  Trader's Forum Waypoint —

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Gallery

See also: Shadow of the Mad King 2023#Gallery

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External links

• Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds Launches Today!, GuildWars2.com
• Shadow of the Mad King 2024 Is Now Live!, GuildWars2.com
• Shadow of the Mad King Halloween Rewards Trailer (2024) | Guild Wars 2, YouTube.com
• Witness Feathered Beauty with the Graceful Bladed Wings Package, GuildWars2.com
• Graceful Bladed Wings Package | Guild Wars 2, YouTube.com

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Festivals

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