Shadow of the Mad King 2022

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 18, 2022, and ended on November 8, 2022. 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
  • Defeat the strange foes that came 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
  •  The Goldclaw Holiday Collection: Heart of Thorn
  •  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
• Sparking Stone

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

2022 features

New skins and equipment

• Clawing Shadow Gloves Box
  • Sinister Clawing Shadow Gloves (light)
  • Sinister Clawing Shadow Gloves (medium)
  • Sinister Clawing Shadow Gloves (heavy)
• New Chained weapons
  • Chained Axe
  • Chained Dagger
  • Chained Focus
  • Chained Greatsword
  • Chained Hammer
  • Chained Longbow
  • Chained Mace
  • Chained Pistol
  • Chained Rifle
  • Chained Scepter
  • Chained Shield
  • Chained Short Bow
  • Chained Staff
  • Chained Sword
  • Chained Torch
  • Chained Warhorn
• New Courtly weapons
  • Harvest's Grin
  • Nightmare Splitter
  • Pale Light's Companions

New items

• Courtly Weapon Chest
• Halloween Prize Bag

New miniatures

• Mini Black Labrador
• Mini Fluffy Black Cat
• Mini Jade Bot

New Guild hall decorations

• Ephemeral Spider's Web Floor
• Ephemeral Spider's Web Wall
• Spider's Web Floor
• Spider's Web Wall

Gem Store

• Molten Phoenix Griffon Skin
• New Black Lion Chest — Shining Weapons Chest
  • Seven Reapers Legguards Skin
• New Black Lion Claim Ticket — Dokkaebi weapon skins
  • Dokkaebi Axe Skin
  • Dokkaebi Dagger Skin
  • Dokkaebi Focus Skin
  • Dokkaebi Greatsword Skin
  • Dokkaebi Hammer Skin
  • Dokkaebi Longbow Skin
  • Dokkaebi Mace Skin
  • Dokkaebi Pistol Skin
  • Dokkaebi Rifle Skin
  • Dokkaebi Scepter Skin
  • Dokkaebi Shield Skin
  • Dokkaebi Short Bow Skin
  • Dokkaebi Staff Skin
  • Dokkaebi Sword Skin
  • Dokkaebi Torch Skin
  • Dokkaebi Warhorn 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 2021#Gallery

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External links

• Guild Wars 2 Fall and Winter 2022 Roadmap, GuildWars2.com
• Shadow of the Mad King Returns on October 18, GuildWars2.com
• Guild Wars 2 Shadow of the Mad King Halloween Trailer, YouTube.com
• Shadow of the Mad King 2022 Is Live, GuildWars2.com
• Shadow of the Mad King 2022, YouTube.com
• Embrace Flame with the Molten Phoenix, GuildWars2.com

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Festivals

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2022 Festival and Special Event releases

Lunar New Year Super Adventure Festival Dragon Bash Festival of the Four Winds Guild Wars 2 10th Anniversary Shadow of the Mad King A Very Merry Wintersday