Hallow’s End just finished in World of Warcraft, and it was the second holiday to get a “holiday refresh” in Dragonflight. This felt a lot more like a refresh than the Brewfest one did. The biggest change in my opinion was the addition of a quest series about the history of the Headless Horseman, including who he was in life and his wife.

The fight itself is also updated, including a hard more. The hard mode increases the chance of receiving the mount, the drake manuscript, and the Arfus pet (with the drake manuscript and Arfus being new). It’s still not difficult, but you have to actually pay attention and can’t queue as a tank/healer while being dps, which I think was the right thing to do previously to speed up not only queue times but also the fight.

I included a video above of the hard mode fight!

gem and I both got the Hallow’s End armor drake manuscript. It adds a jack-o-lantern to the back of the drake!

Here we are with the Eve’s Ghastly Rider, a broomstick mount from the Trading Post. During Hallow’s End, it’s instant-cast.

This is after the completion of the Headless Horseman fight. There’s little Arfus too!

I’m a flying pumpkin boy!

Here I am in my pumpkin costume after fighting the Headless Horseman. I have my new Bucket of Morbid Treats offhand that looks like a jack-o-lantern!

This is little Arfus, a good little ghost dog pet!

He’s really adorable when he sleeps too!

I dressed up my paladin in plate armor to match The Horseman’s Horrific Hood.

He doesn’t seem to notice that I have his horse.

Here’s my paladin with The Horseman’s Horrific Hood, The Horseman’s Sinister Slicer, and the Bucket of Morbid Treats. You’ll note that I’m taking screenshots and not helping with the fight at all. Oh well.

This is probably my favorite in-game holiday because I love Halloween so much. The refresh wasn’t huge, but I liked it a lot. I’ll leave you with the poems said when the Horseman is summoned!

Horseman rise…
Your time is nigh…
You felt death once…
Now, know demise!

It is over, your search is done. Let fate choose now, the righteous one.