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 released on October 5 through November 9. Decorated festival areas have been added outside of each race's capital city: Plains of Ashford, Queensdale, Wayfarer Foothills, Metrica Province, and Caledon Forest. Festival merchants, as well as ominous portals to the Mad Realm, are also present during the festivities.

Returning features

Primary article: Halloween

Lion's Arch loading screen

Items and rewards

For list of all Halloween rewards and items, see: Halloween/items

Activities

• Mad King's Labyrinth - Bloody Prince Edrick has taken over parts of the Mad King's Labyrinth and is controlling the undead armies in the Mad King's Realm. The Skeletal Lich, Grand High Viscount of Candy Corn, and the Labyrinthine Horror lie in wait.
  • Labyrinth Race - Take part in a race through the Labyrinth on your mounts. (Occurs roughly every 20 minutes)
  • Time Trial: Labyrinth Lunatic
• Mad King's Clock Tower - Tyria's most maddening jumping puzzle thrilled players during last year's Halloween event and returns better than ever.
• Ascent to Madness - Fight against the Mad King Thorn himself, as he trades in his usual jokes and pranks to face you head on.
• Mad King Says - Join the Mad King Thorn as he commands you to perform actions, or attempts to trick you.
• Lunatic Inquisition - Attempt to survive the night as a villager while the Lunatic Courtiers hunt you down.
• Mad Memoires scavenger hunt
• Reaper's Rumble - A fast-paced PvP format where players compete to recover pumpkins and spawn hordes of skeletons to attack the enemy team’s base.
• Mad King's Raceway - On the fields of Reaper's Rumble, join the races or try your skill at the adventures. Rental for the respective Mounts are available for a small fee.
  • Time Trial: Roll into Madness
  • Reach the finish line! (Roll into Madness)
  • Time Trial: Pumpkin Paradise
  • Reach the finish line! (Pumpkin Paradise)
  • Time Trial: Li'l Eddie's Bunny Bounce
  • Reach the finish line! (Li'l Eddie's Bunny Bounce)
• Mad Maleficence collection.

Halloween achievements

•  Halloween Daily
•  Halloween Rituals
•  Shadow of the Mad King
•  Lunatic Wardrobe

Vendors

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

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.

New achievements

• • 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)
  • Shadow of the Mad King: The Outcast Prince — Hear out Prince Thorn's thoughts on life in the ever-changing Mad Realm. (3)

New vendors

• Sparking Stone

New skins and equipment

• Grasping Gaze Shoulders Box
  • Grasping Gaze Shoulders (light)
  • Grasping Gaze Shoulders (medium)
  • Grasping Gaze Shoulders (heavy)
• New Courtly weapons
  • Barbed Refuge
  • Corroding Abyss
  • Luminous Wings

New items

• Guardian's Dreambound Chest
• Revenant's Dreambound Chest
• Warrior's Dreambound Chest
• Engineer's Dreambound Chest
• Ranger's Dreambound Chest
• Thief's Dreambound Chest
• Elementalist's Dreambound Chest
• Mesmer's Dreambound Chest
• Necromancer's Dreambound Chest
• The above chests will have several of the following weapons based on their profession's main hand weapons:
  • Dreambound Axe
  • Dreambound Dagger
  • Dreambound Greatsword
  • Dreambound Hammer
  • Dreambound Longbow
  • Dreambound Pistol
  • Dreambound Rifle
  • Dreambound Scepter
  • Dreambound Short Bow
  • Dreambound Staff
  • Dreambound Sword
• Mini Madam Cookie
• Mini Spectral Palawa Joko
• Plush Zhaia
• Recipe: Homemade Campfire Treat

New Guild Hall decorations

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

Gem Store

• Hound of Balthazar Warclaw Skin
• Darkest Abyss Dye Kit

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 —

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
• Shadow of the Mad King 2021 Is Live, Guildwars2.com
• Official release page

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Festivals

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2021 Festival and Special Event releases

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