2012 Hallowe'en event

⌊undefined⌋ 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 either one of the monks, Brother Righteous (white) or Brother Heinous (red), 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 and start a hunt.

Once a ghost is found, it can be dismissed, rewarding the player with 10 ectoplasm that can be spent on various rewards in the Halloween Reward Shop. Robes pieces cost 25 ectoplasm each and an ectoplasmator may be purchased after purchasing all of the robes for 50 ectoplasm. An ectoplasmator provides Prayer experience when killing ghosts, in a way similar to a bonecrusher.

Current locations
October 27 2012 11:00:00 UTC until the next wave.

This wave started at 09:00 UTC (last update: UTC), the locations are:

- To be updated now

Free-to-play

 * Al Kharid
 * Dommik's Crafting Store
 * General store
 * Zeke's Superior Scimitars (Scimitar Shop)


 * Barbarian Village
 * Pottery building
 * Anvil building


 * Clan Camp (south of Falador) - Meeting tent, public version
 * Draynor Village
 * Draynor Manor
 * Wise Old Man's house - north of bank
 * Witch Aggie's house - upstairs
 * Potter's house - southwest of lodestone, the northern-most building


 * Edgeville
 * General store
 * Doris's house - southeast of lodestone, west of bank
 * Monastery - ground floor, east wing
 * Storehouse - north of bank
 * Edgeville - Furnace


 * Falador
 * Cassie's Shield Shop
 * East bank
 * General store
 * Hairdresser
 * Party Room
 * Rising Sun Inn (the Bar)
 * Entrance to the Dwarven Mine - east of the Party Room


 * Goblin Village - East building
 * Lumbridge
 * Combat instructors
 * Fred the Farmer's farmhouse
 * Church
 * Father Urhney's house in Lumbridge Swamp


 * Port Sarim
 * Gerrant's Fishy Business (Fishing Store)
 * Grum's Gold Exchange (Jewelry Store)
 * The Rusty Anchor (Bar)


 * Rimmington
 * Chemist's House - west side
 * House north of Hetty the witch
 * Lucille's house - Upstairs


 * Varrock
 * Blue Moon Inn - upstairs
 * Church
 * Thessalia's Fine Clothes (Clothing Store)
 * East Bank
 * Horvik's Armour Shop (Platebody/Chainbody Store)
 * House north of the Museum
 * Museum - near the Dahmaroc statue
 * Varrock Palace
 * 1st floor, little room just east of the main stairs
 * Library, north end of the ground floor

Members Only

 * Burthorpe
 * Building southeast of the lodestone, and north of Commander Denulth
 * Burthorpe Castle - north of the lodestone, upstairs
 * Penda's house - north of Xuan, in northeast corner of Burthorpe
 * Carwen Essencebinder Magical Runes Shop (Rune Store) - in northeast corner of Burthorpe


 * Catherby
 * North bank
 * Hickton's Archery Emporium (Bow/Arrow Store)
 * Harry's Fishing Shop (Fishing Store)
 * House west of the lodestone

NOTE: You WILL take damage if you fail to pick the lock. Players with Thieving levels below 60 are advised to bring some food and preferrably lockpicks or hair clips. NOTE: Glitched, and couldn't be reached. It can be entered only during the "A Guild of Our Own" caper. Even then, the room is instanced, and the ghost would not appear there. This ghost location was removed in a system update on 26 October.
 * East Ardougne
 * House immediately south of the north bank
 * House immediately north of church (locked)
 * House, at the north end of Ardougne Market
 * Church
 * Southeast bank (south of the market)
 * Registrar's house (east of south bank)
 * Zenesha's Platebody Shop - at the south end of Ardougne Market (this location replaced the Registrar's House ghost location)


 * Rellekka
 * Skulgrimen's Battle Gear (Helmet Shop) - north of the longhall
 * House south of the mines
 * House east of Skulgrimen's Battle Gear (the Helmet Shop)
 * Longhall
 * Pontak's house at the city entrance
 * Swensen's house


 * Seers' Village
 * Bank
 * Church
 * Forester's Arms (the Bar)
 * House with the spinning wheel


 * Taverley
 * Ivy Sophista's house - upstairs
 * Watermill - east of bank, upstairs
 * Building with Sanfew - west of the Taverley/Falador gate.
 * Bar above Rogues' Den - near the cooking range
 * Pikkupstix's Summoning Shop, upstairs


 * Yanille
 * Bank
 * House northwest of bank
 * Aleck's Hunter Emporium (Hunter Store)
 * Pet Shop

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 can be stored in the toy box of a player owned house.

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.

A total of 200 ectoplasm points is needed to unlock all of the rewards. This means a member has to complete at least four games. While F2P are only rewarded with a cloak, therefore they only have to complete one game to unlock all F2P rewards

Tips

 * Ghosts are not visible until the player is within 6 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 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.