GW2 Shadow of the Mad King ACT 4 of the Halloween event guide with detailed walkthrough. ACT started on October 31 9am PST at Lion’s Arch Grand Plaza and is mostly here for you to finish up any of the Halloween stuff and obtain Attend the Party achievement.
Attend the Party
If you didn’t get the achievement, you need to relog or zone back into Lion’s Arch!
There is an event here with Mad King says that gives you the Attend the Party achievement as well as a chest at the end that rewards you with a Witch’s Hat. You don’t have to successfully obey every command , I failed a couple and still got the achievement + chest.
If you are not sure what to do during the event, just look at right side of your screen and type the word there (i.e. /threaten)
How often does the event rerun?
On the forums, one of the Anet folks posted this..
The event will continue to run every few minutes all day long so everyone can get their hat and achievement, no worries. – Colin Johanson
However, the event appeared again at 12:50, 50 minutes after the first event.
Repeated event rewards
- Got Witch’s Hat for the first time
- 25 Trick-or-Treat bags if you don’t miss any of the commands, 10 if you miss some of the commands.
Archived Disqus comments
Gangsta
That’s all?
Dulfy
yup, mostly to wrap up stuff I guess
Aerionix
How do you get 4/4 under the mad king’s world?
Dulfy
Explore Mad King’s Labyrinth (there is a portal that take you down below) or\ do Lunatic’s Inquisition – 1/4
Reaper’s Rumble (you get the achievement for it when you exit) – 2/4
Mad King’s Clock Tower (don’t need to complete the jumping puzzle) –\ 3/4
Ascent to Madness dungeon – 4/4\ http://dulfy.net/2012/10/27/gw2-halloween-achievements-guide/
neolith
I missed the dungeon and now have only 3/4 of Mad King’s World. Is it possible to get this to 4/4 in act4?
saancos
I didn’t see any chest.. where was?
Dulfy
yup, you may have to stay for the whole event from the start to get it. The chest give you the witch’s hat, I put up a screenshot
nightrunner
After completing the ‘Mad King says’ event, the chest will appear at north of (formerly) Ascent to Madness dungeon pt
truncks
I did the event and relogged… no achievement =
Dulfy
odd, do the event again and see if it shows up
truncks
Then I zoned back into LA and got it.. oh well, weird
Dulfy
oh cool, thanks for the update!
Evanlysis
I had that problem where I didn’t get the achievement. Only after relogging I got it but my title (I have 4/4 for Emissary) wasn’t in the drop down list. Anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Dulfy
You meant 5/5 for Emissary?
Evanlysis
It’s 5/5? Strange. Even so, I have completed every Special Event achievement except for clock tower. Hope I don’t have to do clock tower just to get the title 8(
Dulfy
Clocktower is not required, is confirmed by the dev.
Evanlysis
Ugh, guess I’m bugged then 8( Hopefully Arenanet will announce a fix for this. Thanks.
Rippshaw
I think you have to i have them all with the clock tower one and i have the title
Dulfy
The devs said you don’t.. https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/halloween/Emissary-of-the-Mad-King-Can-t-count/first#post551330
nightrunner
U dun hv to complete Clock tower & pumpkin carving to get Emissary title
lol
there is a ‘Free candy’ portal that im still loading for 5 min :c
Dulfy
someone said that was a joke that sends you to the big cauldron
nightrunner
there is also ‘Treasure!!’ portal besides the giant cauldron, ‘Trading Post’ portal inside the bank building, & ‘Bank’ portal inside the Black Lion trading post building. All portals lead you to one way drop into big cauldron
Kyle
My chest gave me a piece of candy corn…no hat 🙁
Lipin
How do you even get the guide up so quickly? Lots of salutes to you. Been following your site since rift!
Brainwashed
well i didnt get any hat from the chest, all i got was 1 piece of candy corn… pretty lame if ya ask me. oh well i guess…
Ken
Just want to add, I received reading glasses from the event as well as the hat. Don’t know where this is coming from exactly tho… (excellent work with the website by the way!)
Dulfy
oooh reading glasses, I am intrigued! anyone else got them?
Krenn
According to an AN person who was on during an event today, the second time through, you get more bags depending on how accurate you are; 25 ToT bags for not missing any emotes at all. 10 if you miss some.
Dulfy
thanks, added that bit in!
MJ
I got only one bag, doing only one emote 😉 Maybe it’s good to know that even the minimum got a reward. \^\^\ Thanks for your guides !
Jimmy
IS “Ascent to Madness dungeon” no longer available??
Dulfy
Nope. It is only for act 3
cr8g
act 3 a 4 …. fail and lame …
Martinos
I got the achievement when I showed up at the end and only got one of the commands!
nightrunner
Got the ‘Attend the Party’ when I relog after the ‘Mad King says’ event.
Dear God, Mad King’s puns are really awful…. >.<
Roger
I gotta say, I felt Act 4 was massively anti-climactic. Till then, the event as a whole had been awesome. There was stuff for everyone. The Mad King fight was fun and could be solo’d even. There were quirky events, as well as grinding loot fests and so much more. But for the finale, it’s basically a Simon Says… and that’s it.
I was very disappointed. I mean, it’s just a holiday event, so it’s not a big deal, but my son and I had really been looking forward to playing Halloween night, assuming there’d be something awesome and large in scope. He wound up playing Borderlands 2 instead and I just grinded the labyrinth.