Shadow of the Mad King 2015

The Shadow of the Mad King, our annual Halloween festival, returns for nearly two weeks of ghoulish capers, spooky fights, and frightening fun! — Official website

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The Shadow of the Mad King, our annual Halloween festival, returns for nearly two weeks of ghoulish capers, spooky fights, and frightening fun!

— Official website

Shadow of the Mad King is a Halloween-themed festival that was launched on October 23, 2015, and ended on November 6, 2015. The celebration brings many seasonal events and activities in Lion's Arch. 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. This year's festival launched alongside the Heart of Thorns expansion.

Returning features

Primary article: Halloween

Lion's Arch loading screen

Zone

• Mad King's Labyrinth

Activities

• Ascent to Madness
• Mad King's 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
  • Slay the Labyrinthine Horror
• Mad King Says

Achievements

•  Halloween Daily
•  Festival Collections
  •  Tricks and Treats
•  Black Lion Collections: Bloody Prince's Toybox

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

2015 features

New vendors

• Candy Corn Vendor
• Lunatic Alchemist

New achievements

•  Shadow of the Mad King 2015

New skins and equipment

• Nightfury Skin
  • Nightfury (light)
  • Nightfury (medium)
  • Nightfury (heavy)
• Karka Helm Skin
• Shackles of Madness Skin
• New weapons
  • Nest
  • Nightwing
  • Pumpkin Smasher
  • Vassago

New items

• Black Citadel Portal Scroll
• Divinity's Reach Portal Scroll
• Ebonhawke Portal Scroll
• Essence of Halloween
• Hoelbrak Portal Scroll
• Lion's Arch Portal Scroll
• Mystic Chest
• Rata Sum Portal Scroll
• The Grove Portal Scroll

New miniatures

• Mini Devil Dog
• Mini Husk-o-Lantern
• Mini Spooky Moa

New Guild hall decorations

• Bundle of Corn Stalks
• Creepy Jack-o'-Lantern
• Gramophone
• Jack-o'-Lantern
• Pumpkin
• Scarecrow
• Spooky Cauldron
• Thorny Jack-o'-Lantern

Gem Store

• Bat Wings Glider Combo
  • Bat Wings Backpack
  • Bat Wings Glider
• Butterfly Wings Backpack
  • Butterfly Wings Backpack
• Crystal Arbiter Appearance Pack
  • Crystal Arbiter Glider
  • Crystal Arbiter Outfit
  • Flame Dye Kit
  • Immortal Weapon Choice
  • Total Makeover Kit
• Ghoul Backpack and Mini Set
  • Ghoul Backpack
  • Mini Ghoul Legs
• Lunatic Guard Outfit
• Mad King Dye Kit
• New Black Lion Claim Ticket — Improvised weapon skins
  • Improvised Axe Skin
  • Improvised Dagger Skin
  • Improvised Focus Skin
  • Improvised Greatsword Skin
  • Improvised Hammer Skin
  • Improvised Longbow Skin
  • Improvised Mace Skin
  • Improvised Pistol Skin
  • Improvised Rifle Skin
  • Improvised Scepter Skin
  • Improvised Shield Skin
  • Improvised Short Bow Skin
  • Improvised Staff Skin
  • Improvised Sword Skin
  • Improvised Torch Skin
  • Improvised Warhorn Skin

Event schedule

Previous period

Next period

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Gallery

See also: Blood and Madness 2014#Gallery

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Soundtrack

Primary article: Shadow of the Mad King 2012#Soundtrack

External links

• Halloween Items in the Gem Store!, GuildWars2.com
• Phantom’s Hood Returns to the Gem Store!, GuildWars2.com
• Executioner’s Outfit Returns to the Gem Store!, GuildWars2.com
• Halloween Is Coming!, GuildWars2.com
• Official Release Page, GuildWars2.com
• Halloween soundtrack download link by Maclaine Diemer, Reddit.com
• Bat Wings Glider Combo, Crystal Arbiter Appearance Pack, Character Jump Start, and more in the Gem Store!, GuildWars2.com
• Lunatic Guard Outfit, Ghoul Backpack and Mad King’s Dye Kit in the Gemstore!, GuildWars2.com

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Halloween 2012.

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Festivals

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2015 Festival and Special Event releases

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