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.

Story
All hell has broken loose in the streets of Gotham City and inside The Midnight Masquerade Nightclub!

Go to the East End safehouse in Gotham City and speak to the Phantom Stranger (Heroes) or The Tap Room in Burnley and speak to Tala (Villains) to receive further instructions.

Each day of the event, look for The Witching Hour in your Mission Journal to complete and earn Spooky Bites! To queue for The Midnight Masquerade, go into your On Duty UI and look under the Events Tab. The mission and the event are available to players at or above Level 10.

The Vault has gotten a bit spookier during The Witching Hour Event. Don't be afraid to check it out!

Shop Skeets' Boo-tique for the latest in scarewear, tricks, treats, and creepy items for your Base or League Hall.

2012

 * The Witching Hour (Heroes) / The Witching Hour (Villains): The Halloween open-world mission
 * The Midnight Masquerade: A Tier-1 Event Alert mission where four players are tasked confronting and defeating Klarion Bleak.
 * New Halloween-themed Styles: High Market Buckled Boots
 * Halloween-themed Trinkets: Trinkets

Feats
Usually two new feats are added every year.

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.

2016
See 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
 * A new mini style set, Wicked Hellbeast Skull, Greasy Spine and Hellbeast Jawbone Mask, is available from the seasonal vendor Skeets' Boo'tique.
 * New seasonal base items are also available from the seasonal vendor.
 * Seasonal tokens earnable have been increased. Doing the open world mission and the seasonal alert now yields 10 tokens. Prizes at the seasonal vendor have been adapted to the new scheme. Also, seasonal tokens are now available from the marketplace during the event.

2017
See 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
 * Two new mini style sets, Plague Doctor and Spooky Spider.
 * New seasonal base items are also available from the seasonal vendor including the Isis cat base pet.
 * A new collection Halloween Heist available from doing the open world mission The Witching Hour (Heroes) / The Witching Hour (Villains).

Seasonal Items
Completing this mission awards 4 Spooky Bites daily with six more from The Midnight Masquerade, which can be used to purchase the following items:

Completing the The Midnight Masquerade and regular instances rewards the player a random Trick or Treat consumable:

Other seasonal items:

Prize Pumpkin, High Market Buckled Boots, Witch Hat, Boo-tility Belt, Ghostly Aura

Seasonal themed base items:

Base Items: Halloween

2018




Trivia

 * The first appearance of this event Eat, Drink and be Scary 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.