Zilloween
Every 25-37th of Remember, it's Zilloween. Zilloween is a celebration in honor of the Giant Zille, and it is customary during this holiday to give out Candy to one's fellow Glitchen and carve a lot of Pumpkins.
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This is Zilloween, this is Zilloween, a holiday (which, for some reason, people tend to repeat) in honor of Zille. A time for costumes, seasonal foods, for gifting candy, and the only time when pumpkins can be grown and carved into lanterns: Zilloween Zilloween, Zilloween Zilloween! Ahem. Excuse us. Overexcited. ”
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Pumpkins
Pumpkins can only be grown and carved during Zilloween. Carved Pumpkins can be lit with a full jar of fireflies, creating a Pumpkin Lantern. There are 5 types of carved pumpkins/ pumpkin lanterns:
- Hello Pumpkin! - Shiny Hello Pumpkin!
- Jack the Pumpkin - Jack-O-Lantern
- Lem the Pumpkin - Lem-O-Lantern
- Steve the Pumpkin - Steve-O-Lantern
- Zille the Pumpkin - Zille-O-Lantern
At the end of Zilloween, pumpkins remain, but carved pumpkins turn into 5 roasted pepitas and pumpkin lanterns turn into a pumpkin pie.
Food
Several foods can only be created with ingredients based on pumpkins. These foods can be created all year round, however:
- Birch Candy
- Hi-Sucrose Corn Syrup Square
- Pumpkin Pie
- Raw Bio-Organic Carob-ish Treat
- Roasted Pepitas
Drink
Drinks can be made all year round:
Achievements
There are several achievements related to Zilloween:
Candy Eating
Candy Giving
- Mini Tricksy-Treater
- Minor Tricksy-Treater
- Major Tricksy-Treater
- Super Tricksy-Treater
- The Candyglitch
Pumpkin Carving
Player Activities
Meeting in Cebarkul to hand out candy was common. Higher-level often gave out stacks of candy to lower-level players who didn't yet have all the recipes, so they could start working toward the candy-giving achievements.
In Eleven Alpha, Kiehiman Course was a favorite party-place because it was a free teleport point on the Tester Tool. It has a Produce Vendor that can supply corn, and is right next to Tower St West, which has a Groceries Vendor for candy supplies.
Frequency
Zilloween starting dates in 2021:
- 19th Apr 2021, 6pm PDT (Year 85)
- 10th Jun 2am PDT (Year 86)
- 31st Jul 10am PDT (Year 87)
- 20th Sep 6pm PDT (Year 88)
- 31st October (Year 88) (Bonus Zilloween!)
- 11th Nov 1am PST (Year 89)
- 1st Jan 2022 9am PST (Year 90)
The dates on which Zilloween will occur in 2020‡ are as follows:
- 23rd November 2019 (Year 75)
- 13th January 2020 (Year 76)
- 5th March 2020 (Year 77)
- 25th April 2020 (Year 78)
- 15th June 2020 (Year 79)
- 6th August 2020 (Year 80)
- 26th September 2020 (Year 81)
- 25-31 October 2020 (Year 81)
- 16th November 2020 (Year 82)
- 7th January 2021 (Year 83)
There is also a bonus extra-long Zilloween during the final week of October, because humans expect to be decorating with pumpkin lanterns then.
‡ Dates may vary according to your locale. It is recommended that you check the Glitchian calendar a few days before the dates listed above, or check with the date converter at Startling Fecundity.