Shadow of the Mad King 2018

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 16, 2018, and ended on November 6, 2018. 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
  • Reach the finish line! (Mad King's Labyrinth)
  • Slay the Labyrinthine Horror
• Mad King Says
• Reaper's Rumble

Scavenger hunts

• Mad Memoires

Achievements

•  Halloween Daily
•  Halloween Rituals
•  Shadow of the Mad King
•  Lunatic Wardrobe
•  Festival Collections
  •  Lunatic Court's Finery
  •  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

2018 features

New zone

• Mad King's Raceway

New activities

• Mad King's Raceway — On the fields of Reaper's Rumble, join the new race or try your skill at the adventure. Rental for the respective Mount available for a small fee
  • Time Trial: Roll into Madness — New mount race adventure, dedicated for Roller Beetle
  • Reach the finish line! (Roll into Madness) — New mount race event, dedicated for Roller Beetle

New achievements

• Halloween Daily: Royal Racer — Finish a race or time trial in the Mad King's Raceway. (0)
• Halloween Daily: Reaper's Return — Finish a game of Reaper's Rumble. (0)
• Halloween Rituals: (Annual) Halloween Rituals — Complete 9 Annual Halloween achievements. Achievement can be completed once every year. (0)
• Halloween Rituals: (Historical) Mad Drifter — Complete a lap of the race event or time trial in Mad King's Raceway in under one minute. Achievement can be completed once every year. (0)
• Halloween Rituals: Mad King's Herald (Intern) — Complete laps of any race event or time trial in Mad King's Raceway. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Close the Floodgates of Death — Debrief Brigadier General Kernel on your accomplishments. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Mad Drifter — Complete a lap of any race event or time trial in the Mad King's Raceway within the challenge time. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Mad Maleficence — Track down trophies of the eternal feud between Mad King Thorn and Palawa Joko during Halloween, when the Mad Realm draws near. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Rivalry of Kings — Report to Brigadier General Kernel on the latest developments in the eternal battle between Mad King Thorn and Palawa Joko. (5)

New skins and equipment

• New weapons
  • Revenge
  • Soul Conductor
  • The Cure
  • Touch of Fog

New items

• Ember Infusion
• Polysaturating Reverberating Infusion (Gray)
• Polysaturating Reverberating Infusion (Purple)
• Polysaturating Reverberating Infusion (Red)
• Soul Pastry

New miniatures

• Mini Haunted Candle
• Mini Pumpkin Jack O' Lantern
• Mini Pumpkin Jack O'
• Mini Pumpkin Jack
• Mini Svelicht the Fog Raven

New Guild hall decorations

• Decorated Casket
• Pot of Chrysanthemums
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage: Curved
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage: Left Curved
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage: Right Curved
• Primordial Leviathan Rib Cage

Gem Store

• Festive Harvest Chair
• Nightfang Griffon Skin
• New Black Lion Chest — Elonian Halloween Chest
  • Envoy Scythe Staff Skin
  • Glyph of the Forester (Unused)
• New Black Lion Claim Ticket — Mad Realm weapon skins
  • Mad Realm Axe Skin
  • Mad Realm Dagger Skin
  • Mad Realm Focus Skin
  • Mad Realm Greatsword Skin
  • Mad Realm Hammer Skin
  • Mad Realm Longbow Skin
  • Mad Realm Mace Skin
  • Mad Realm Pistol Skin
  • Mad Realm Rifle Skin
  • Mad Realm Scepter Skin
  • Mad Realm Shield Skin
  • Mad Realm Short Bow Skin
  • Mad Realm Staff Skin
  • Mad Realm Sword Skin
  • Mad Realm Torch Skin
  • Mad Realm Warhorn Skin

Event schedule

Previous period

Next period

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Gallery

See also: Shadow of the Mad King 2017#Gallery

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External links

• Halloween is Coming Soon!, GuildWars2.com
• Official release page, GuildWars2.com
• New Treats in the Elonian Halloween Chest, GuildWars2.com

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Festivals

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2018 Festival and Special Event releases

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