Zilloween

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Calendar showing Zilloween during the month of Remember

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.

     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.
Snapshot of all 5 Carved Pumpkins & Pumpkin Lanterns in a Home Street

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:

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:

Drink

Drinks can be made all year round:

Achievements

Candy party in Cebarkul

There are several achievements related to Zilloween:

Candy Eating

Candy Giving

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.