In MMOs, the month of October usually means one thing: Halloween events! This month we’ll be looking at Halloween-themed events running in TERA and Bless Online, a 7-day trial challenge currently ongoing in Black Desert Online, and Bless Online’s impending jump from Early Access to official release.
Halloween Events in TERA
For the entire month of October, TERA players can take part in the Harvest Festival Hall: a Halloween-themed event where players team up to fight off waves of enemies who want to steal Halloween candy (a pretty steep crime). Interested players should report to the NPC Serena at the Eldritch Academy. Playing the scenario will reward players with Halloween Candy tokens which they can turn in for various cosmetics.
Additionally, each week a new set of Halloween-themed costumes will drop in the TERA store. Once released, these costumes will be available to purchase until the end of the month.
Black Desert Online Offers Free Starter’s Package for Completing 7-Day Trial Challenge
To celebrate reaching 10 million worldwide registered players, Black Desert Online is running an event associated with its 7-day free trial. Referred to as the “7-day trial challenge,” if a player reaches level 56 and completes their Awakening Quest, they unlock a free Starter’s Package. The Starter’s Package is a complete copy of the game (and comes with ten 7-day guest passes) with a standard price of $9.99. In order to unlock this reward, players must complete this challenge during their 7-day trial before the event ends on October 17th. Players who already have a copy of the game are not eligible.
As far as I can tell, in order to participate in this challenge you will need to find someone who will give you a 7-day guest pass. To witness a dramatic rendition of “Awakening,” you can check out the video below. Functionally, Awakening grants characters access to special skills and weapons.
Bless Online to Launch on Steam this Month
Bless Online (from Neowiz Bless Studio) will be leaving Early Access and officially launching on Steam on October 23rd. A free-to-play title, Bless Online will reward everyone who purchased the early access version with exclusive skins and at least three months of Premium membership (Collector’s Edition owners will receive lifetime Premium membership).
Bless Online is also running some of their own Halloween events that are currently live and will run through the game’s official launch and up to November 7th. There are three Jack-O’-Lantern quests and a Witch Raven quest chain. Rewards range from temporary mounts to cosmetic items to special event boxes. Players in the open world should also keep an eye out for pumpkins to gather as well as tameable NPCs that grant pets.
That’s finishes it off for this month. Have you had any favorite Halloween-themed events in MMOs? My personal favorites were probably some of the older Guild Wars quests and events.