A quick recap - Jack-O-Lantern's (level 20) are running rampant across Aden since it's Halloween. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to kill as many of them as possible and retrieve the pumpkin seeds. There is a super-strong Jack-O-Lantern (level 45) running around -- how strong? Let's let the NPC describe:

However, I think that's a bit of an overestimate. I used my level 30 Knight, AC -18, +3 Katana, hasted, braved, spartoi morph and I was able to kill him pumping 25 oranges -- however, the Jack-O-Lantern has 2 attacks. A normal attack and this huge attack which did about 200HP on me. Two of those in a row and you're in trouble (however, it is very slow, so that's unlikely). :( I felt like I was in a siege and someone pulled out a dice dagger.

Drops: You have to be careful here. First, you have to give it a Pumpkin Candy and he has to eat it. Only if he eats it and you kill it will you get a pumpkin seed. If you don't feed it a Pumpkin Candy, you can still kill it, but you get *no drop*. On test server, the level 20 Jack-O-Lantern drops 3 Pumpkin Seeds. The level 45 Jack-O-Lantern drops 1 Giant Pumpkin Seed. TaiMaiShu and I 2:1 one of the larger Jack-O-Lanterns and neither of us got a drop. I fed it the Pumpkin Candy, however, I died, was resurrected and we finished it off together. This means one of two things: (1) You have to kill it alone or (2) the Pumpkin Candy giver cannot die while fighting the Jack-O-Lantern.

To fight these evil Jack-O-Lanterns, you need to (1) be wearing the Halloween Mask (its a helmet which safely goes to +4) to see them and (2) put down a Pumpkin Candy which the Jack-O-Lantern must take. Then, kill em.

In case you forgot what to do with the seeds (it's only been a few days!) here's a reminder. The Jack-O-Lantern NPC (in town) will trade you seeds for pumpkins: 1 Giant Pumpkin Seed = 10 Pumpkin Seeds; 10 Pumpkin Seeds = Bronze Pumpkin; 25 Pumpkin Seeds = Silver Pumpkin; 50 Pumpkin Seeds = Golden Pumpkin. Double-clicking on a pumpkin will give you a random item (the better the pumpkin, the more likely a good item).

So far, I've collected 1 Golden Pumpkin and it gave me 1 Pumpkin Seed. :(

So -- collect pumpkin seeds, cash in pumpkin seeds for pumpkins, break open the pumpkins for a surprise! Good luck!

Also, to get you in the Halloween spirit, there are Polymorph NPCs in town which will morph you into Succubus, Yeti, Minotaur, Giant, Death. We saw these morphs when the Heine event in progress and people figured out how to morph to them. In my brief testing, they were no better than spartoi.

However, there is an extra holiday morph, Jack-O-Lantern. He doesn't hit very quickly (when Jack-O-Lantern is hasted, it hits as fast as an unhasted Orc Fighter) however his speed is amazing. When hasted, it is as fast as hasted Arachnevil morph, which, if you didn't know is *faster* than hasted Baphomet/Beleth morph. Since hasted shelob morph is one of the fastest moving morphs in the game, we have a nice speed going here. ;) However, you can only equip a cloak and a weapon. Ironically, you can't even equip the halloween mask -- it's just a fun morph.

The Jack-O-Lanterns are not exactly common, but they are not rare like the sneaky fox. I've seen them in Oren Wasteland as well as nearby Silver Knight's Town. It's approximately Gnoll Event rate.

DroidKnight got a "Pumpkin Toss" from one of the Pumpkins (I, on the other hand, got a Pumpkin Seed back from a Golden Pumpkin). It's a helm that when worn, morphs you into Jack-O-Lantern (and unequips the appropriate items).

Finally, there are Grim Reapers (level 35). The GM said that they spawned in 4 dungeons. These dungeons appear to be MLC 4-6, Ivory Tower 6-7, SKT 3-4 and DVC (any help here?). Grim Reapers are like level 35 version of Death. Make sure you squeeze any hit bonus you can out of your enchants and weapons to fight them. As for drops, best item I got so far is ndai, tqd appears to be a credible rumor and someone says they got ROPC. These guys are heavily camped - if you find yourself frustrated by events where a large number of people are trying to kill a rare monster, stay away from this one. You will be frustrated, I guarantee.