2017 Hallowe'en event

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This is a safe event. If you die, you will not lose any of your items.

Ghost Stories of Gielinor

Release date	30 October 2017 (Update)
Reward	Headless Rider Outfit, Ghost Story, The Ghostwriter
Head developer	Unknown edit
Preceded by	2016 Hallowe'en event
Succeeded by	N/A

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Ghost Stories of Gielinor is the 2017 Hallowe'en event. It was released on 30 October 2017. During the event, players help Closure track down nine ghosts to collect their last moments. Ironmen can participate in the event.

Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to Closure just outside the entrance to Death's office, near the Draynor Village lodestone.
Member requirement	Free to play
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Medium
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. For total completion Started In Aid of the Myreque
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. Any kind of food Water (Bucket of water, Vial of water, etc)
Recommended	Access to the Lodestone Network Ring of kinship (for teleporting to Daemonheim) Drakan's medallion (for teleporting around Morytania)
Enemies to defeat	None

To start this event, you need to speak to Closure who is located outside of Death's office, near the Draynor Village lodestone.

He will ask players to track down ghosts and collect their final moments in The Ghastly Grimoire. There are nine different ghosts that must be tracked down for Closure, located across Gielinor. They each reveal a different story when found.

After each story is collected, a chat message will inform you: You have discovered #/10 of the ghost stories.

You will also receive a Ghost treat for completing a story.

	Story	Ghost location
	Heralds of the Apocalypse	North-east of the Edgeville lodestone
	The Group Gatestone	Inside Daemonheim
	Always and Forever	North of Aubury's Rune Shop in Varrock
	By the Light of the Moon	West of Falador's north gate
	Family Reunion	South-west of the Varrock lodestone
	Wool	Outside of the Taxidermist in Canifis
	Asleep	House southeast of the East Ardougne lodestone
	Clockwork	East in Burgh de Rott
	Saradomin Have Mercy	Near the entrance to Barrows in Morytania
	The Beginning and the End	North of the Draynor Village lodestone.

Heralds of the Apocalypse

Items needed: Any kind of food, any form of water (waterskins will not work)

The ghost can be found northeast of the Edgeville lodestone, immediately south of the Widlerness Wall.

The Group Gatestone

Travel to the lobby area of Daemonheim and bank everything except the book, and speak to the ghost who will lead you to a dungeon. Once inside the dungeon, read the Ominous Journal in the north-east part of the room.

Then, pick up everything on the tables, and mine the novite ore and pick the salve nettles. Use an air rune on the furnace, then smelt the novite ore into novite bars, and spin the salve nettles into salve cloth.

Use the anvil to create a primordial gatestone (first option under novite), requiring three novite bars and two salve cloth. Whilst using the spinning wheel, you prick your finger, causing your ring of kinship to be covered in blood. Remove the ring and use it on the primordial gatestone to create a bloodied gatestone.

Finally, use the bloodied gatestone on the group gatestone portal.

Always and Forever

The ghost can be found north of Aubury's shop in Varrock.

After speaking to the ghost, read the grimoire, then search the broken crate directly south of the ghost to obtain 4 candles.

With the candles in your inventory, investigate the magical dye cauldron northeast of it. Dye the candles such that you have 1 of each colour (white, black, red, blue). Dye the blue candle white to get an ice blue candle. Dye the white candle black to get a smoke grey candle.

On the ritual circle, place the ice blue candle on the north, the blood red candle on the south, the shadow black candle on the east and the smoke grey candle on the west.

By the Light of the Moon

The ghost can be found west of the Falador north gate.

After speaking to the ghost, it will move outside the Rising Sun Inn. Speak to it again and it will tell you to head upstairs, to find a werewolf in order to avenge it. There are 6 NPCs upstairs, and the available dialogue options are:

• Where were you on the full moon?
• Did you see anything suspicious?
• Who do you suspect of being the werewolf?
• [Accuse (NPC) of being the werewolf.]

Wrongly accusing an NPC of being the werewolf will result in the death of said NPC. Accuse everyone until the werewolf is found. Return to the ghost to complete this section. Alternatively, Daniel is the werewolf, and he is at the northwest corner of the room so you can just accuse him without going through all of the conversations.

Family Reunion

The ghost can be found south-west of Varrock lodestone. Upon interacting with the ghost, it will shift to outside the entrance of the Blue Moon Inn. Interacting with it again will cause it to shift to the northwest room on the upper floor in the Blue Moon Inn.

In the same room as the ghost, pose in the mirror three times. Find a spooky outfit in the wardrobe in the northeast room, wear it and distract the ghost, which is now in the southwest room.

Wool _(m)

Outside of the Taxidermist in Canifis. Talk to the Ghost and offer to help in order to be transported to a location full of sheep with a fountain in the middle. The goal is to get to the center with only removing 3 sheep, no more no less. Start at the 5th row down on west side and aim to get towards the west side of the the fountain.

The goal of this minigame is to get to the fountain and drink the water removing no more than three sheep.

Asleep _(m)

Talk to the ghost in the house southeast of the Ardougne lodestone. Solve the memory afflicted puzzle. After solving it, the display will turn black and white and the puzzle will get a red hue. A monster will appear under the bed.

The afflicted memory before transforming into the red version

The red afflicted memory

Tip: Exit the puzzle and enter the puzzle until you get a message "The ghost has pieced together as much of her memory as she can." The ghost will automatically complete a row each time until the last two rows are left to solve.

Saradomin Have Mercy _(m)

Right next to the entrance to the Barrows area. Talk to the ghost and offer to help and you will be transported into the Barrows tomb at the reward chest.

Do nothing. Don't open the chest. Wait for the scene to finish.

Clockwork _(m)

Head to the ghost that's at the east end of Burgh de Rott. Talk to the ghost and offer your help. Then search the barrel, shelves and both bookcases, in the house next to the ghost for parts. Read the Inventor's Diary on book stand:

1. Take the gear train and carefully attach the mainspring (use gear train on mainspring).
2. This step is smudged. (Add the balance wheel).
3. The escapement must then be carefully tightened on to the final gear.
4. This step is smeared. (Add valve assembly).
5. Finally, the pump must be slotted in place.

This makes a clockwork heart.

The Beginning and the End _(m)

Once you have collected all 9 stories, go back to Closure. You will be presented with a quiz based on the previous stories. Note that the questions will be asked in random order.

Question	Answer
In 'Always and Forever', where was Trent trying to teleport to?	The Afterlife
In 'By Light of the Moon', who was the werewolf?	Answer Alice, she wasn't the werewolf in the event, but in the story given to you in the Grimoire
In 'Family Reunion', what was the nickname of the dead girl?	Puffball
In 'Wool', what was the name of the taxidermist?	Fish Miller
In 'Asleep', what was written on the wall?	I know that you are awake.
In 'Clockwork', where was the child found?	Church
In 'Saradomin Have Mercy', what was being tested?	Faith
In 'Heralds of the Apocalypse', which of the heralds calls Forinthry home.	War
In 'The Group Gatestone', on which floors were people trapped?	Abandoned

Rewards

• 5 stories: Headless Rider Outfit cosmetic override and Ghost Story emote

• All 10 stories: [Name] the Ghostwriter

Balloon drop

Every 30 minutes, on :45 and :15 in game time, balloons drop near lodestones. Players can pop up to 50 of the balloons daily to receive a random assortment of the following:

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	213–4,966	Common	213–4,966
	Toffee apple	2–3	Common	Not sold
	Accursed ashes	2	Unknown	1,500
	Zogre bones	2	Unknown	2,802
	Prismatic small fallen star	1	Unknown	Not sold
	Congealed blood	25–63	Unknown	1,725–4,347
	Ancient bones	1	Common	Not sold
	Bones	3	Common	798
	Sugar skull	2–3	Unknown	Not sold
	Searing ashes	2	Unknown	110,974

If you haven't already unlocked them, popping the balloons also have a rare chance at dropping the Herb Burner, the Ectoplasmator and a chance to unlock the bone cremator skill.

A global message is displayed two minutes prior to the drop:

Balloons will drop near all lodestones (except Prifddinas)in two minutes, as part of Gielinor's Hallowe'en celebrations!

Trivia

• Some of the stories in the event were written by players, while others were written by Mod Raven, Scorpio, Mohawk, Rowley, and Osborne.
• The "Asleep" story is a retelling of the Masterpiece Creepypasta.