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Halloween Guide

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Hello! I know I made a list about holidays *cough cough check it out cough*
Anyway...I wanted to make a more in depth list. :3 You're like...your list already makes sense...someone told me they didn't understand a few parts.
Time to make more sense. I'll explain in step-su. :3
1. Start of October
For the first week of October, Jack will be walking around randomly in the town. Jack is a cute yet creepy "thing" that has an orange pumpkin head and a long purple robe. He will be like...hey...its Halloween and you're my servant. Yet, the Shadow Queen sent me from Rogueport to here. :)0 I can make some kind of story from that) Anyway, he explains basic things, get masks and candy, scare the villagers out of their non-existent shoes. Then he does a back flip then disappears in smoke. Yeesh, show off. >;[ For the whole month until Halloween, Timmy and Tommy's will sell candy for 500 bells. Wow, if bells were like yen, that's like $4. Spooky furniture will be sold for 4,124 bells. There is a bed, bookcase, chair, clock, dresser, lamp, sofa, table, vanity, wall lamp, wardrobe, floor and wall. :] Labelle will sell 6 masks, 1 each day. They are a monster, skeleton, ghost, werewolf, bug and mummy. Note that the skeleton is a hood so you can wear an accessory. Okay, remember to get those for Halloween.

2. Costume Preparing
This is important. The most IMPORTANT! What costume are you doing? I'm doing a creepy witch with a leaf since I'm shy. >w<

3. Preparing for Halloween
So, Halloween starts at 6pm to 1am. I recommend preparing before those 7 hours. Okay, it is important to follow these so you're safe. (NANI!? SAFE!? This is Animal Crossing miss, I do what I want!) Ok, be quiet. >:[ So, during Halloween, villagers will dress up like Jack but with different colored pumpkin heads. They can play pranks which involve replacing one of your items with an item that you have to pay to dispose. :[ Hey, I thought we were friends. Poncho, how could you!? They will be nasty items. Okay, okay. Leave important items like tools and furniture back at home. Don't risk losing them. :[ I recommend keeping your net and fishing rod at your mail just in case if you find a rare fish or bug. Villagers can't prank bugs or fish. Okay. Bring candy of course for something. Also, keep the 6 masks you bought at your letters. Hey, it's 5pm, what should I do?

4. Intro to Halloween - Villagers
I don't know why, but this music. I LOVE IT! It's so creepy and has a little knock knock sound. Anyway, let's go. Any villagers outside will be dressed up like last time. They will look for victims (you) and walk to you when they spot you. If you go too far, they will sigh and give up. :)[ Aw...) If they catch you, they will DEMAND candy! Screw Bertha and Raddle's dentistry, just GET CANDY!!! When you give them candy, something AMAZING HAPPENS! Its called losing what you gave them and having no way to get them back. Yep, you lose 1 candy you gave them. If you don't have any, they will challenge you to a game. Just a game of charades or rock, paper and scissors. If you win, they will give you candy. Ayy, candy. Poor Bertha and Raddle, actually, birds don't have teeth. :] If you lose though, they will prank you.
Here's a guide on how to get stuff from them as they have Halloween exclusive stuff.
Purple Pumpkin Head - wear no hat and get pranked by a villager with a purple pumpkin head
Green Pumpkin Head - wear no hat and get pranked by a villager with a green pumpkin head
Yellow Pumpkin Head - wear no hat and get pranked by a villager with a yellow pumpkin head
Red Pumpkin Head - wear no hat and get pranked by a villager with a red pumpkin head
Patched Shirt - wear a shirt and get pranked by any villager
Patched Pants - wear a pants and get pranked by any villager
Patched Dress - wear a dress and get pranked by any villager
Patched Hat - wear a hat and get pranked by any villager
Patched Shoes - wear shoes and get pranked by any villager
Old Flooring - have a designed hat and shirt and get pranked by any villager with space in your pockets
Old Wallpaper - have a designed hat and shirt and get pranked by any villager with space in your pockets
Jack-in-a-box - [no, not the fast food] have a designed hat and shirt and get pranked by any villager with no space in pockets
Hoot, okay. NEXT!

5. Intro to Halloween - Jack
Yep, Jack will be walking around. Unlike previous games, he will chase you! If he catches you, he will demand candy. If you don't give candy, he will prank you by the regular methods. However, he will give his pumpkin head if you have no hats. If you give candy, he will have two choices. Masks or furniture? Picking masks will have him give you a random mask from the 6 Halloween masks. For furniture, he will give you a spooky furniture. There's a rare chance he will give a creepy furniture, a Halloween-exclusive series. Then he will back flip and disappear to a different area of the town. [Wow, show off. >:/] However, there is a mechanic to get creepy furniture easier.

6. Intro to Halloween - Inside Villagers
For the villagers inside their home, you can scare them. Remember those masks? Well, each villager has a different mask that they're scared off. For example, Amelia is scared of skeletons. You can wear the skeleton hood to talk to her, and she'll be scared.
Here's the guide to scare villagers,
https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Halloween#Scaring_villagers
When you scare a villager, they will give lollipops. If you give a lollipop to Jack, he will 100% give you a creepy series since that it his favorite candy. If you keep re-entering their house, you can get infinite candy, not lollipops. Are lollipops in this game like really expensive? Yeesh. So that means you get up to 10 lollipops if you have 10 villagers for that Halloween. Hoo, okay. :3 There are 10 furniture in the creepy series. Stone, bat stone, skeleton, cauldron, coffin, crystal, statue, clock, floor and wall.

Hopefully I explained everything. Have a safe Halloween.
 
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I think I got a Jack-in-a-box item using a random flower. Also have candy if you don't want to lose a lolipop to a game.
 
Extra players or visitors can get lollipops from the villagers. If only one villager is afraid place that mask in front of their house.
It helps for visitors or extra players and also leave room for more candy/prizes.

Get 5 lollipops from the villagers inside and than save/quit until you get the other 5 lollipops.
 
Thanks for the detailed guide! There's so much to Halloween and I'm amazed. :eek:

This is one of my favorite events and you did an excellent job describing everything that happens. Good work! :)
 
I think I got a Jack-in-a-box item using a random flower. Also have candy if you don't want to lose a lolipop to a game.

To clarify, other candy wont prevent lolipops being taken by games. If you drop one on the ground to prevent it being taken, it may attract ants. You might be able to drop those off at home and wait for Jack to re-appear, since he poofs when you give him one, I think.
 
I want to know if the items you get when you're pranked count for the catalog, like the old carpet, flooring and patched clothes.
 
I want to know if the items you get when you're pranked count for the catalog, like the old carpet, flooring and patched clothes.

So, I'm not entirely sure, but maybe they are in the catalog since you can see them in the catalog. However, I'm not 100%. :/
 
I'm just bumping this since Halloween is in 5 days and I want people to prepare. Be safe!
 
Thank you! I have been collecting and have some from over the years. I never remember how to do Halloween so this will help!
 
Thanks for this. I see you made other lists. Can you do one for other really big holidays? Thanks.
 
Thank you for this detailed guide! I didn't know there was a list on which masks scared the villagers, so this makes the event a whole lot easier :p
 
Yep, tomorrow is Halloween. Just my last bump for this whole thread then it will be buried. Have a safe Halloween, careful East Coast.
 
If tomorrow's Halloween, then that could only mean tomorrow is Halloween!
 
How do I look for Jack?

I have all my lolipops

He will be walking around your town somewhere and you just have to find him. He'll have the dark orange pumpkin head. Every time you talk to him, he'll disappear and reappear somewhere else in your town.
 
Okay thanks. I thought giving one lollipop to villager's summons Jack...

So far 4 villager's are inside

Does every hour villager's changes homes?

I'm going to wait in the next hour or 2

Brb
 
Just save, turn off, and load again. The villagers will change.
It's random.
 
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