2012 Hallowe'en event

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Haunted Houses is the 2012 Hallowe'en event. It is a community-based event, where players must pick a side to hunt ghost haunting houses in RuneScape. Players can start the event in the Varrock square or Falador park by talking to either Brother Righteous for Team Righteous or Brother Heinous for Team Heinous.

Hunting ghosts
There are ghosts haunting the houses of RuneScape which you must find. Players can get hints for the locations of the ghosts by talking to the monks, and the locations will reset every two hours. You will receive a notification in the chatbox when the next wave begins. Before every wave, it is required to check in with the monks either in Varrock or Falador.

Once a ghost is found, it can be dismissed, rewarding the player with ectoplasm that can be spent on robes and an ectoplasmator that provides Prayer experience when killing ghosts.

Current Locations
October 25 2012 13:22:00 UTC until the next wave.

This wave started at 09:22 UTC (last update: UTC), the locations are:
 * Varrock - Library
 * Varrock - Small house north of the museum
 * Lumbridge Swamp - Father Urhney's house
 * Seers' Village - Church
 * Taverley - First floor of Ivy Sophista's house

Free to Play

 * Al Kharid - General store
 * Al Kharid - Dommik's Crafting Store
 * Al Kharid - Zeke's Superior Scimitars
 * Barbarian Village - Pottery building
 * Clan camp (south of Falador) - Meeting tent
 * Edgeville - General store
 * Edgeville - House north of bank
 * Draynor Village - House north of the bank (Wise Old Man)
 * Falador - East bank
 * Falador - General store
 * Falador - Inside The Rising Sun Pub
 * Falador - Hairdresser's shop
 * Falador - Rising Sun Inn
 * Goblin Village - East building
 * Lumbridge - Combat instructors
 * Lumbridge - With Fred the Farmer in farmhouse northwest of Lumbridge
 * Lumbridge Swamp - Father Urhney's house
 * Port Sarim - fishing shop
 * Varrock - Blue Moon Inn (upstairs)
 * Varrock - Church
 * Varrock - Horvik's Armour Shop
 * Varrock - House north of the museum
 * Varrock - Palace, 1st floor, little room just east of the main stairs
 * Varrock - Palace library

Pay to Play
Be advised: You WILL take damage if you fail to pick the lock, and this happens extremely often at lower thieving levels, even if a lockpick or hair clip is used. Players with thieving below 60 are advised to bring some food.
 * Burthorpe - Burthorpe castle (upstairs) - Straight north of the lodestone
 * Burthorpe - Penda's house (north of Xuan)
 * Burthorpe - Runecrafting tutor
 * Catherby - Archery store
 * Catherby - Bank
 * Catherby - Fish shop
 * Catherby - House west of lodestone
 * East Ardougne - House immediately south of north bank
 * East Ardougne - House immediately north of church (locked)
 * East Ardougne - House north of the market
 * East Ardougne - Southeast bank
 * Seers' Village - Bank
 * Seers' Village - Church
 * Seers' Village - Pub
 * Seers' Village - Spinning wheel
 * Taverley - 1st floor of Ivy Sophista's house
 * Yanille - Bank
 * Yanille - House northwest of the bank
 * Yanille - Hunter store
 * Yanille - Pet store

Rewards
Every ghost dismissed earns the player 10 ectoplasm, thus a maximum of 50 ectoplasm can be gained per hunt. Each piece of the robes costs 25 ectoplasm, while the ectoplasmator costs 50.

All rewards, with the exception of the cloaks, are members-only. If you are Free-to-play, you only get the choice of the cloak when you select the option *Shop*. The robes can be switched freely between hallowed and unhallowed versions. The ectoplasmator can only be bought while wearing the full set of robes.
 * Hallowed hood / Unhallowed hood (25 ectoplasm)
 * Hallowed cloak / Unhallowed cloak (25 ectoplasm)
 * Hallowed torso / Unhallowed torso (25 ectoplasm)
 * Hallowed robe skirt / Unhallowed robe skirt (25 ectoplasm)
 * Hallowed gloves / Unhallowed gloves (25 ectoplasm)
 * Hallowed boots / Unhallowed boots (25 ectoplasm)
 * Ectoplasmator (50 ectoplasm)

A total of 200 ectoplasm points is needed to unlock all of the rewards. The 200 points can be easily acheived by completing 4 games if you dismiss all fives ghosts per game.

Tips

 * Ghosts are not visible until the player is within 5 squares of them. Players should make sure they get close enough to find them.
 * Watch the in-game message area, as it can mention that you have spotted a ghost in a location if you went near enough to it. If you see this this line but have not seen the ghost yet, look around as you are near it. (You only see this message if you are the first player in a hunt to spot the particular ghost.)
 * Remember that spotting a ghost does not dismiss it. Make sure you actually dismiss it!
 * Weight reducing clothing may be of assistance as there is a bit of running around involved.

Trivia

 * This event is almost identical to the 2012 Easter event.