Shadow of the Mad King 2021

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 5, 2021, and ended on November 9, 2021. 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

Zones

• Mad King's Labyrinth
• Mad King's Raceway

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's Raceway
  • Reach the finish line! (Li'l Eddie's Bunny Bounce)
  • Reach the finish line! (Pumpkin Paradise)
  • Reach the finish line! (Roll into Madness)
• Mad King Says
• Reaper's Rumble

Scavenger hunts

• Mad Memoires

Adventures

• Time Trial: Labyrinth Lunatic
• Time Trial: Li'l Eddie's Bunny Bounce
• Time Trial: Pumpkin Paradise
• Time Trial: Roll into Madness

Achievements

•  Halloween Daily
•  Halloween Rituals
•  Shadow of the Mad King
•  Lunatic Wardrobe
•  Festival Collections
  •  Royal Flame Weapons
  •  Lunatic Court's Finery
  •  Mad Armory: Carapace of Chaos
  •  Mad Armory: Last Rites
  •  Tricks and Treats
  •  Festival Frequenter: Invitation to the Mad Realm
•  Black Lion Collections: Bloody Prince's Toybox

Vendors

• Black Lion Weapons Specialist
• Candy Corn Vendor
• Candy Corn Vendor (Weekly)
• Lunatic Alchemist
• Lunatic Weaponsmith Markham

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

2021 features

New activities

• Mad King's Labyrinth
  • Defeat the strange foe that came through the haunted door (Harrower Veltan) — new door boss event
  • Defeat the strange foe that came through the haunted door (Hollowed Gourdbinder) — new door boss event
  • Defeat the strange foes that came through the haunted door — new door mobs event

New vendor

• Sparking Stone

New achievements

• Halloween Rituals: (Weekly) Halloween Festivities — Participate in the Mad King's Labyrinth, Halloween races, the Mad King's Clock Tower or Stopped Clock Tower, Mad King Says, and Ascent to Madness. Progress awarded varies based on the activity. (0)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: All's Mad That Ends Mad — Report back to Magister Tassi in Lion's Arch to disclose the truth behind events in the Mad Realm. (10)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: Deference to the King — Survive Mad King Thorn's tricks in the Ascent to Madness mission or participate in his games of Mad King Says in Lion's Arch. Successfully playing Mad King Says awards extra progress. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: Gathering Evidence — Complete Court Duty achievements in the Shadow of the Mad King category to acquire clues about the latest incident in the Mad Realm. (2)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: Race to the Precipice — Complete mount races in the Mad King's Labyrinth or Mad King's Raceway. Faster times and top-three finishes award extra progress. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: Terror of the Tower — Open chests in the Mad King's Clock Tower or Stopped Clock Tower jumping puzzles. Chests higher up the tower award extra progress. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: The King's Guest — Visit the Mad King's Labyrinth for some...festive fun. Then follow up on developments observed in the Mad Realm. (1)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: Untangling the Labyrinth — Complete haunted door events in the Mad King's Labyrinth. Boss events award extra progress. (5)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Court Duty: Where Lunatics Dare — Track down the members of the Lunatic Court's expedition force and question them to piece together the true story of their quest. (3)
• Shadow of the Mad King: Feline of the Labyrinth — Receive a boon from an old occupant of the Mad King's Labyrinth. (3)
•  The Goldclaw Holiday Collection: Heart of Thorn
• Shadow of the Mad King: The Outcast Prince — Hear out Prince Thorn's thoughts on life in the ever-changing Mad Realm. (3)

New skins and equipment

• Grasping Gaze Shoulders Box
  • Sinister Grasping Gaze Shoulders (light)
  • Sinister Grasping Gaze Shoulders (medium)
  • Sinister Grasping Gaze Shoulders (heavy)
• New Courtly weapons
  • Barbed Refuge
  • Corroding Abyss
  • Luminous Wings
• New Dreambound weapons
  • Dreambound Axe
  • Dreambound Dagger
  • Dreambound Greatsword
  • Dreambound Hammer
  • Dreambound Longbow
  • Dreambound Mace
  • Dreambound Pistol
  • Dreambound Rifle
  • Dreambound Scepter
  • Dreambound Short Bow
  • Dreambound Staff
  • Dreambound Sword
• Plush Zhaia

New items

• Elementalist's Dreambound Chest
• Engineer's Dreambound Chest
• Guardian's Dreambound Chest
• Mesmer's Dreambound Chest
• Necromancer's Dreambound Chest
• Ranger's Dreambound Chest
• Revenant's Dreambound Chest
• Thief's Dreambound Chest
• Warrior's Dreambound Chest

New miniatures

• Mini Madam Cookie
• Mini Spectral Palawa Joko

New Guild hall decorations

• Shattered Stairway
• Skewed Stairway (Left)
• Skewed Stairway (Right)
• Unchained Platform

New recipes

• Recipe: Homemade Campfire Treat
  • Homemade Campfire Treat

Gem Store

• Darkest Abyss Dye Kit
• Hound of Balthazar Warclaw Skin

Mail

Magister Tassi Urgent: Do Not Read Out Loud Keep this quiet, but I've been seeing...unusual readings from the Mad Realm this year. Travelers have seemed quite shocked upon exiting the Labyrinth. I've heard...whispers. Any changes to Halloween could be of great significance. And I don't need to remind you, but the doors to the Mad Realm go both ways. At your earliest convenience, could you journey to the Labyrinth and report back on anything...say, out of the ordinary? Out of the ordinary for a spectral quasi dimension, of course. For the sake of documentation. —Magister Tassi Lion's Arch, built upon the wreckage of the Krytan City of the same name, has grown and prospered in the years since the rise of the Orrian Dragon. Founded by pirates and dependent on trade, the city has become a common ground for all the races of Tyria.  Trader's Forum Waypoint —

Event schedule

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Gallery

See also: Shadow of the Mad King 2020#Gallery

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Notes

• The dreambound chests given by the Mist Stranger are limited to one per account.

External links

• Shadow of the Mad King Arrives October 5, GuildWars2.com
• Guild Wars 2 Shadow of the Mad King Halloween Trailer, YouTube.com
• Shadow of the Mad King 2021 Is Live, GuildWars2.com
• Official release page, GuildWars2.com
• Celebrate Spookiness with the Reaper’s Vision Chest, GuildWars2.com

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Festivals

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