Shadow of the Mad King 2017

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 17, 2017, and ended on November 8, 2017. 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

Zone

• Mad King's Labyrinth

Activities

• Ascent to Madness
• Lunatic Inquisition
• 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

Vendors

• Candy Corn Vendor
• Lunatic Alchemist

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

2017 features

New activities

• Mad King's Labyrinth
  • Reach the finish line! (Mad King's Labyrinth) — New mount race event
• Mad Memoires — Scavenger hunt

New achievements

• Halloween Daily: Candy Craver — Eat 50 pieces of candy corn. (0)
• Halloween Daily: Halloween Costume Brawl Champion — Win 1 costume brawl during Halloween. (0)
• Halloween Daily: Pumpkin Hacker — Carve 5 pumpkins. (0)
•  Halloween Rituals
•  Shadow of the Mad King
•  Lunatic Wardrobe
• Fashion: Lunatic's Fashion — Collect an item of each armor slot from the Lunatic set. (5)
• Festival Collections: Lunatic Court's Finery — Unlock all 18 Lunatic armor skins in your wardrobe. (5)

New skins and equipment

• Mad Memoires: Complete Ignition
• Mad Memoires: Complete Superstition
• New Lunatic armor
  • Light armor
    • Lunatic Acolyte Mask
    • Lunatic Acolyte Mantle
    • Lunatic Acolyte Coat
    • Lunatic Acolyte Gloves
    • Lunatic Acolyte Pants
    • Lunatic Acolyte Boots
  • Medium armor
    • Bloodstained Lunatic Noble Mask
    • Bloodstained Lunatic Noble Coat
    • Lunatic Noble Mask
    • Lunatic Noble Shoulders
    • Lunatic Noble Coat
    • Lunatic Noble Gloves
    • Lunatic Noble Pants
    • Lunatic Noble Boots
  • Heavy armor
    • Lunatic Templar Helm
    • Lunatic Templar Pauldrons
    • Lunatic Templar Breastplate
    • Lunatic Templar Gauntlets
    • Lunatic Templar Tassets
    • Lunatic Templar Greaves
• New Haunted weapons
  • Haunted Axe
  • Haunted Dagger
  • Haunted Focus
  • Haunted Greatsword
  • Haunted Hammer
  • Haunted Longbow
  • Haunted Mace
  • Haunted Pistol
  • Haunted Rifle
  • Haunted Scepter
  • Haunted Shield
  • Haunted Short Bow
  • Haunted Staff
  • Haunted Sword
  • Haunted Torch
  • Haunted Warhorn
• New weapons
  • Antonina
  • Sikandar
  • Touch of Madness

New items

• Elonian Raisins
• Lunatic Boot Box
• Lunatic Coat Box
• Lunatic Glove Box
• Lunatic Hat Box
• Lunatic Pants Box
• Lunatic Shoulder Box

New miniatures

• Mini Bradford the Skeleton Ghost
• Mini Failed Attempt
• Mini Gustav the Caramel Corn Elemental
• Mini Halloween Gourdon
• Mini Lord Humphrey Faren

New Guild hall decorations

• Ghostly Dining Chair
• Ghostly Dining Table
• Haunted Armchair
• Haunted Love Seat
• Spooky Dining Chair
• Spooky Dining Table

New recipes

• Recipe: Lunatic Acolyte Boots
• Recipe: Lunatic Acolyte Coat
• Recipe: Lunatic Acolyte Gloves
• Recipe: Lunatic Acolyte Mantle
• Recipe: Lunatic Acolyte Mask
• Recipe: Lunatic Acolyte Pants
• Recipe: Lunatic Gossamer Insignia
• Recipe: Lunatic Noble Boots
• Recipe: Lunatic Noble Coat
• Recipe: Lunatic Noble Gloves
• Recipe: Lunatic Noble Mask
• Recipe: Lunatic Noble Pants
• Recipe: Lunatic Noble Shoulders
• Recipe: Lunatic Templar Breastplate
• Recipe: Lunatic Templar Gauntlets
• Recipe: Lunatic Templar Greaves
• Recipe: Lunatic Templar Helm
• Recipe: Lunatic Templar Pauldrons
• Recipe: Lunatic Templar Tassets

Gem Store

• Riding Broom Glider Combo
  • Mini Elonian Familiar
  • Riding Broom
  • Riding Broom Glider
• Spooky Mounts Pack
  • Spooky Raptor Skin
  • Spooky Springer Skin
  • Spooky Skimmer Skin
  • Spooky Jackal Skin
  • Spooky Griffon Skin
• New Black Lion Chest — Lunatic Court Chest
  • Fallen Balthazar Package
    • Fallen Balthazar Helm
    • Fallen Balthazar Outfit
  • Mini Spooky Mounts Pack
    • Mini Spooky Raptor
    • Mini Spooky Springer
    • Mini Spooky Skimmer
    • Mini Spooky Jackal
    • Mini Spooky Griffon
• New Black Lion Miniature Claim Ticket — Legends of Tyria miniatures
  • Mini Forgal
  • Mini Sieran
  • Mini Trahearne

Event schedule

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Gallery

See also: Shadow of the Mad King 2016#Gallery

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Notes

• The Lunatic Inquisition game was brought back in 2017 after being dropped in 2014.
• The 2012 Halloween skins Scythe Staff Skin, Deathly Pauldrons Skin, Chain Sword Skin, Ghastly Grinning Shield Skin and Greatsaw Greatsword Skin were made available in Black Lion Chests.

Soundtrack

Primary article: Shadow of the Mad King 2012#Soundtrack

External links

• Shadow of the Mad King is Live, GuildWars2.com
• Official release page, GuildWars2.com
• 2017 Twitter Announcement, Twitter.com
• Dress Up Your Mounts for Halloween!, GuildWars2.com
• You’ll Never Travel Alone with the Riding Broom Glider and Mini Elonian Familiar, GuildWars2.com

The Guild Wars Wiki has an article on Halloween.

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Festivals

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2017 Festival and Special Event releases

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