The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour is a Halloween-themed seasonal event that occurs throughout the month of October. It replaced the Spooktacular event.

The event showcases Halloween throughout Gotham City and features Halloween-themed items and unique missions and locations for the Player Character to explore.

2011

 * Gotham City Sewers Mission: Hunt down and stop the Scarecrow before he doses the entire East End district in his Fear Gas.
 * Skeets' Boo'tique: A special Vendor kiosk filled with Halloween-themed items, trinkets and Costume Style pieces.
 * Halloween-themed Armour Style Sets: Obtainable from Skeets' Boo'tique kiosks is the Jute style set.

2012

 * The Midnight Masquerade: A Tier-1 Event Alert mission where four players are tasked confronting and defeating Klarion Bleak.
 * Halloween-themed Trinkets: Trinkets

Locations

 * Gotham City
 * The Midnight Masquerade

Collections and Investigations

 * Collections: All Hallow's Peeves
 * Collections: Halloween Grab Bag!

2013
See 2012.


 * Additionally a new style set, Skeleton, with relating feat and the Witch Hat style item drop have been added.
 * Mister Boo is now the only ghost trinket available from the seasonal vendor. Ms Boo has changed abilities and Boo Junior has been introduced.
 * The seasonal vendor, Skeets' Boo'tique, now also has seasonal base items in stock.

2014
See 2012 and 2013.


 * For the first time The Vault has Halloween-themed interiors this year.
 * Additionally six new styles, Halloween plastic masks of superheroes and supervillains are available from the seasonal vendor Skeets' Boo'tique.
 * This year brings another ghost-themed trinket called Baby Boo.
 * New seasonal base items are also available from the seasonal vendor.

2015
See 2012, 2013 and 2014.
 * A new style set, Werewolf, is available from the seasonal vendor Skeets' Boo'tique.
 * Additionally there is a seasonal themed aura, the Ghostly Aura available as loot from the seasonal instance as well as during the event from the marketplace.
 * A special seasonal utility belt, the Boo-tility Belt might also drop from the seasonal instance.
 * New seasonal base items are also available from the seasonal vendor.

Trivia

 * The first appearance of this event in 2011, which featured only special items and a beginner-level instance with increased difficulty, was so badly received that SOE revised and restructured the entire event for its next release in 2012.
 * Due to massive log in server issues around the time of the then called Spooktacular in 2011, the event was officially extended a week until November 14th to give players a chance to get the trinkets and items.

Seasonal Items
Completing this mission awards 1 Spooky Bite daily with two more from The Midnight Masquerade, which can be used to purchase the following items: Completing the The Midnight Masquerade instance awards the team 4 random Trick or Treat consumables:
 * Trick: Stink Bomb
 * Trick: Boo-Urns
 * Trick: Chill Out
 * Trick: Zzzap!
 * Trick: Psych!
 * Treat: Notafinger
 * Treat: Candy Corn
 * Treat: Power Patch Brats
 * Treat: Snackers Candy Bar
 * Treat: STAR Blast Chews