Halloween Event 2023

The Halloween Event 2023 is the 18th Major Event to take place, and the 4th annual edition of the Halloween Event. It was announced on 13-Oct-2023 on Discord.

## Duration

The event starts on 20-Oct-2023 at 0:00 UTC and ends on 6-Nov-2023 at 23:59 UTC, having a duration of 18 days.

## About the festivity

Halloween is widely celebrated in a number of countries around the globe on 31-October. It's one of the world’s oldest holidays, derived from ancient festivals and religious rituals. Stereotypical traditions include: costume parties, trick-or-treating, pranks, games, etc.

## Special Creature

Main article: Lugubrious Bombardier Beetle

This Event's creature is the Lugubrious Bombardier Beetle. It's a Special variant of the Bombardier Beetle, having higher speed and health. It acts as a crowd control unit on Battles, and it could also be used as a tank.

It can be attracted twice per day during this Event.

## Activity Bar

The activity bar can be filled with 1000 Activity Points that are gotten from the following activities:

 Processing Pumpkin pieces into food.
 Obtaining Honeydew from Aphid Farms only.
 Getting Pheromones by attacking other players or Dr. Zany.
 Gathering from Acorns.
 Watching ads for Battle Tokens.

## Purchasable Items

### Unlimited Source

The 24-hours Unlimited Source for this Event is the Pumpkin, which is located like the rest of Unlimited Sources: at the north of the player's Colony, next to the Tree. All players get one for free, and it can be purchased unlimited times on the Event Menu with a cost of 650 Gems.

The Pumpkin will disappear 24 hours after its activation. It's activated by gathering from it, or selecting it as a source. Once activated, the 24-hours timer in the Event menu will start.

Worker ants can gather Pumpkin pieces to process them into food, and Leaves to store them in the Leaf Storage. Seeds can't be gathered from the Pumpkin. It's recommended to log in often as the infinite food allows for quick soldier ant regeneration. It will also allow players to build colony upgrades easily.

**Tip:** Since the pumpkin is a source of Activity Points, it is recommended to delay its activation by at least an hour or two after the reset (0:00 UTC), so it can last for two days, allowing players to get 4 special creatures easily.

### Ant Skins

This Event includes **three** new limited ant skins: The Black Cat skin, the Skull Spider skin and the Mummy Ant skin which could only be purchased during the event with 500 gems each one in the Ant Skins shop. (The skins will last beyond the duration of the event, only purchasing is limited to the event).

 File:Halloween 2023 skins.png
## Daily Rewards

This event included Daily Rewards that players can claim by logging in every day. Skipping a day will not reset the progress.

## Timer Reductions

The Respawn Timers that were reduced in this event are:

* Red Ants timer, from 12 hours to 6 hours.
* Aphid farms timer, from 6 hours to 4 hours.

## Visual changes and additional features

This Event adds a new start screen with a custom Intro Music.

Additionally, Acorns receive a special Halloween-themed texture.

## Trivia

* The Pumpkin turns into a Jack-o'-lantern at Night.
* The acorn skin was initially the normal acorn skin and had to be adjusted after the event began.