Haunted Tricks¶

The veil has weakened once again, and the Haunted have returned with new tricks. Strange chests now appear throughout Etheria, promising treasure to anyone brave enough to open them. Some hold treats. Others hold curses, restless spirits, or something much worse.

Overview¶

Haunted Tricks is Etherscape's latest Halloween event. During the event, Haunted Chests can appear on eligible non-final quest levels across Etheria. Opening one may grant loot, begin an ambush, bestow a temporary blessing, or inflict a temporary curse.

The 2026 event is scheduled to run from October 13, 2026 at 00:00 UTC until November 15, 2026 at 00:00 UTC.

Features¶

Haunted Chests appearing throughout ordinary and Haunted quest maps
Locked Haunted Chests for players with the Lockpicking mastery
Five different Haunted Chest ambush formations
Trick or Treat Bags with rarity-scaled seasonal rewards
Haunted Blessings and Haunted Curses
A Purge Haunted Curse Potion
New Grim Reaper and Haunted Spider enemies
New Haunted Spider, Bat Swarm, and Skeleton Blob pets
New Gothic weapon skins and elite upgrades
New Bone Armor and Bone Wing cosmetic sets
The Bag of Eyes back cosmetic
The Bat Flurry emote
A new Bone Effigy with a random on-chain reward pool

Haunted Chests¶

Haunted Chests spawn while the Halloween event is active:

Map type	Haunted Chests
Ordinary eligible quest level	1-2
Haunted-faction eligible quest level	3-5
Final quest level	0

Approaching a chest adds an event objective instructing you to open it. Each chest slot has a 25% chance to become a Locked Haunted Chest. The remaining chests select one of the following hidden outcomes:

Unlocked outcome	Weight	Result
Haunted Cache	30	Opens immediately and grants normal chest loot plus a Trick or Treat Bag
Restless Cache	25	Begins a three-round Haunted ambush before the chest can be opened
Blessed Cache	20	Grants a random Haunted Blessing instead of item loot
Cursed Cache	10	Inflicts a random Haunted Curse instead of item loot

You cannot determine a chest's outcome until you interact with it.

Restless Cache ambushes¶

Opening a Restless Cache summons three rounds of Haunted enemies, with two groups appearing in each round. The objective displays the number of enemies remaining. Once every enemy is defeated, the chest becomes available again and can be opened for its reward.

Ambush type	Chance
Standard Haunted ambush	35%
Graveyard Spawn	25%
Bone Cage	20%
Bone Maze	18%
Shrok Invasion	2%

Locked Haunted Chests¶

Locked Haunted Chests use the normal Lockpicking interaction. They require an equipped lockpick, consume lockpick durability, and grant Lockpicking mastery experience.

Chest	Tier
Haunted Locked Chest	1
Grand Haunted Locked Chest	3
Resplendent Haunted Locked Chest	5

Successfully opening one grants Haunted Chest loot, including a Trick or Treat Bag.

Haunted Blessings and Curses¶

Blessed and Cursed Caches affect nearby players for 10 minutes. Each effect changes one stat by 20%.

Haunted Blessings¶

A Haunted Blessing grants one of the following:

Haunted Essence drop rate
Damage
Armor
Magic Find
Gold drops

Haunted Curses¶

A Haunted Curse reduces one of the following:

Damage
Maximum health
Magic Find
Gold drops
Armor

Blessings and curses persist through level transitions and logout until their remaining duration expires.

Purge Haunted Curse Potion¶

The Purge Haunted Curse Potion removes all active Haunted Curses. The potion is not consumed if you attempt to use it without an active curse.

It can be crafted by an Alchemist with level 35 Alchemy:

Ingredient	Amount
Glowcap	25
Mandrake Root	10
Radiant Essence	2
Emberspore	1

Every Trick or Treat Bag also has a fixed 10% chance to contain one.

Trick or Treat Bags¶

Every loot-bearing Haunted Chest grants a Trick or Treat Bag. Haunted bosses also drop one during the event, while Legendary Haunted elites have a chance to drop one:

Source	Drop chance
Loot-bearing Haunted Chest	Guaranteed
Haunted boss	100%
Legendary Haunted elite	50%

Bag rarity scales with the quest level. At level 1, bags are 90% Magic and 10% Rare. At level 20, they are 75% Rare, 20% Epic, and 5% Legendary.

Opening a bag independently rolls each of the following rewards:

Reward	Chance or amount
Haunted Essence	Magic: 0-1; Rare: 0-2; Epic: 1-3; Legendary: 2-5
Haunted Key	Magic: 5%; Rare: 15%; Epic: 30%; Legendary: 50%
Purge Haunted Curse Potion	10%
Gold	30%
Random salvage resources	30%
Random item, up to the bag's rarity	30%
Enjinite	25-50% depending on bag rarity

If every roll would otherwise leave the bag empty, it grants one Haunted Essence.

New Enemies¶

Enemy	Description
Grim Reaper	A high-level skeletal enemy that attacks with converging Soul Scythes and a spinning storm of skull projectiles
Spider Mother	Deploys Haunted Spider Eggs during combat
Spider Egg	Hatches into a group of elemental Haunted Spiders
Fire Spider	An elemental spider that can cover the battlefield in slowing web patches
Water Spider	An elemental spider that can cover the battlefield in slowing web patches

New Pets and Cosmetics¶

Reward	Type	Utility
Haunted Spider	Pet	+10% Magic Find and +15% Haunted Essence drops
Bat Swarm	Pet	Cosmetic pet
Skeleton Blob	Pet	Cosmetic pet
Bag of Eyes	Back cosmetic	Replaces wings with a watchful bag worn on the character's back
Bat Flurry Token	Emote unlock	Unlocks the Bat Flurry emote while held

Bone Effigy¶

The Bone Effigy is the gateway to the Haunted Tricks on-chain reward pool. Each Bone Effigy can be burned at the Etherforge to receive one randomly selected reward.

The Bone Effigy token has a maximum on-chain supply of 1,700, matching the 1,700 allocated rewards across 22 reward groups represented by 29 token entries in the reward bucket.

Crafting a Bone Effigy¶

Players can craft up to five Bone Effigies per annual crafting cycle. The base recipe begins with the following costs and becomes more expensive after each craft:

Ingredient	Base amount
Haunted Essence	250
Gold	100,000
Legendary Infusion	100
Spirit Shard	25
Gems	10

Minting a reward¶

Burning a Bone Effigy for a random reward also requires:

Ingredient	Amount
Haunted Essence	100
Gold	250,000
Legendary Infusion	10
Spirit Shard	10

Bone Effigy Rewards¶

Reward	Qty	Description
Gothic Sword	100	Legendary melee weapon skin
Gothic Staff	100	Legendary magic weapon skin
Gothic Bow	100	Legendary bow weapon skin
Bat Flurry Token	100	Unlocks the Bat Flurry emote
Haunted Spider	100	Pet with Magic Find and Haunted Essence bonuses
Bone Armor	100	White bone armor cosmetic
Red Bone Armor	50	Red bone armor cosmetic
Blue Bone Armor	50	Blue bone armor cosmetic
Gold Bone Armor	25	Gold bone armor cosmetic
Dark Bone Armor	25	Dark bone armor cosmetic
Bone Wings	100	White bone wing cosmetic
Red Bone Wings	50	Red bone wing cosmetic
Blue Bone Wings	50	Blue bone wing cosmetic
Gold Bone Wings	25	Gold bone wing cosmetic
Dark Bone Wings	25	Dark bone wing cosmetic
Bat Swarm	100	Bat Swarm pet
Bag of Eyes	100	Back cosmetic
Enjin Cache (30 ENJ)	300	Can be melted on chain for 30 ENJ
Enjin Cache (50 ENJ)	40	Can be melted on chain for 50 ENJ
Enjin Cache (100 ENJ)	10	Can be melted on chain for 100 ENJ
Skeleton Blob	50	Skeleton Blob pet
Varied Etherscape Melodies	100	A varied selection of Etherscape Melody tokens
Total	1,700