2007 Hallowe'en event


 * This is a 'safe' event, if a player dies, items are kept.

The Halloween Event of 2007 is a holiday event which took place from October 22, 2007 to November 5, 2007 (projected). The Grim Reaper's servant just recently passed away, and now he is looking for a temporary replacement to make sure that his terrifying Mansion of Death is in good order to receive his new servant. During the event, players are given three tasks by the Grim Reaper to help clean up around the Mansion of Death.

A player can start this event at the black Player-Owned-House portal south of Falador, near the elemental wizards and Malignus Mortifer. When they get near the portal, the screen gets darker. There is no need for items or food throughout the event and although it is possible to die instantly, there is no loss of items.



Walkthrough
If players leave during any task, they will be forced to restart that task. When restarting the player will appear just outside the Dark portal.

Players enter the Dark portal (Examine: Do I really want to go through there?) to start. Then they talk to the Grim Reaper sitting on the east side of the entry room. If players try to go through the doorway into the house without first talking, they will be zapped with electricity for all their hitpoints, dying safely and keeping all their items and reappear at the portal entrance. (Grim Reaper: You may be able to wander around other people's houses, but I shall not allow it.)

After talking to the Grim Reaper and accepting to help him, players will be allowed to pass through the doorway (Examine: A doorway blanked by stone gargoyles.). (Gargoyle: We're watching you...)

The first task is in the garden, trying to go into the west room will activate the electric trap to take player back to the portal, once again instantly killing the player (Message: You fail the pass through the gargoyles' judgement). Also, going up the stairs is not allowed. (Grim Reaper: Don't go gallivanting around my house. Come and see me if you're not sure what to do.)

Players could interact with the Grim Reaper's pet Muncher in the main room.

Garden of Deathly Shadows
In the garden, players are asked to retrieve the skull of his old servant so that the new one doesn't know what happened. Players must navigate back and forth through the maze by going through spider webs (Examine: Now, it's no common house spider that spun that.). Players will not be able to climb over every web to make navigating through the garden more challenging. The path is different for every person and going in isn't the same as leaving. When player leaves the garden, the gargoyles will take the skull from the player and the Grim Reaper will direct them to the west room lounge.

Skull on ground examine: This must be the Grim Reaper's previous servant's skull. Skull in inventory examine: What possesses me to carry these things around?

Lounge of the Reaper of Souls
In the lounge, players are asked to find certain personal possessions for Grim and put them in their proper spots. First search the table to get The grim reaper's diary in the inventory, then read the diary to find out where everything goes. Some of the items players have to find are:

Once players gather these items, they must put them back in their proper locations. In the diary, the items and where they should be are coloured in red.

Examine table: I wonder if Grim ever uses this to dine on?

Playground of Solitude and Lost Toys
In the playground players are asked to check if his traps are in order. Players must slide on a slide, get thrown across dark holes, swim through acid and navigate an area with hidden traps. They will have to do this area twice. Although it is unknown, when done in the German server this course has to been done but once. Players should be extremely careful when navigating around the hidden traps near the end of the maze, as if they step on a trapdoor they will have to start the entire course over again.





Reward
After completing this event players will receive a Grim reaper hood, the zombie hand emote, and the scared emote (if they didn't already have it from previous years).



Music

 * Scape Scared (from 2005 Halloween event), opening music at login screen; unlocked for all players after Tutorial Island.
 * Grimly Fiendish

Other
This is the only holiday event that can actually kill players, one way is from choosing the "blow a raspberry" option while interacting with Muncher (grim reaper pet) and another way is to speak to the Grim Reaper after all tasks are complete to claim the reward. Once players receive it, they will die and placed outside the house (players do not lose any items during the event). Other ways to die are to enter a room at the wrong time or denying the Grim Reaper of help. However this way of "dying" does not cause the player's health bar to turn red. Also, a player can be hit for higher than 99 by drinking a saradomin brew and then "dying". Players cannot re-enter the area after completing it.