The Haunted House is now open with lots of attractions provided by the business savvy of Trader Bob and his Merchant Peak's Coterie. It is located on the Stairs of Death on Avechna's Peak and can be reached by the temporary landmark - hauntedhouse. It appears Trader Bob has been cursed by Cimtri, the Oracle of the Earthburner, but surely that will not slow him down any?

A wide selection of toys, dolls, and costumes (including a new one!) can be purchased at Brilyn's store and there is a slew of activities there to keep you busy and entertained. There is pumpkin carving in the garden, decorative web-making in the basement, two unique vengeance games, a spooky basement maze, bobbing for apples, fortune reading, haunted furniture, themed refreshments, and two chilling plays based on the house's history.

Remember those vengeance games can be initiated by anyone for a small fee so you can play them yourselves. Also, Brilyn sells a potion that will help you keep your carved jack-o-lanterns fresh for much longer if used in the aetherways, helping you keep those decorations for a good while. You can apply them up to 10 times per pumpkin, which will now let you keep it for almost a real year!

In the Haunted House basement, you can also find a mirror which leads to a whole other area - an enormous maze with many mysteries and very unique challenges. It has its own spooky quest for you to undertake and many secrets - within the mansion, beneath it, and out there in the maze. We are not guiding you to many of them on purpose, preferring to leave the mysteries of the Hallowed Maze for you to discover. Pay attention to your grimoire there.

Beyond that, if you happen upon an odd doorway hanging in the middle of the air somewhere upon the Prime Plane, be wary! Knock upon it only if you dare! The Oracle of the Earthburner herself has cursed the Haunted House and the Basin at large. There are twenty-three different stories hidden behind those doors and the one to collect them all will find the associated quest completed (trickortreat). Be on the lookout for the telltale signs of the doors in the vicinity - spooky phenomena will be afoot.

To make sure you don't miss out on the main activities, the Coterie has prepared a Haunting Adventure to guide you through them. Be sure to pick up a pamphlet in the foyer of the Haunted House, it will be your guide. Between the pamphlet, the grimoire, and out there in the wild, there is a total of four quests for you to undertake: haunting, trickortreat, hallowed_maze, hallowed_mystery. There is also still the special-access costume you can gain access to through a challenge in the Hallowed Maze.

If you are a Haunting veteran and wonder what exactly is new this season, check out Changelog #3249. We're still holding off on releasing a certain new feature as we were stalled by an unforeseen issue. Fingers crossed you might see it this Haunting though, needs more testing.

The Haunting will end sometime on November 9th, giving you enough time to try everything out!

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Urlachmar, in the year 751 CE.