The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

[Taskmage]

The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)


The Harvest Festival will begin on October 19, and a new event named "The Dark Lilies" will be introduced along with the usual costumed fun!
Bring your friends and join the festivities!

Event Details
This event is scheduled to commence on October 19th at 17:00, and will last until November 1st, 0:00 (PST).

Event Locations
The Harvest Festival will take place in the following areas:

Southern San d'Oria/Northern San d'Oria
Bastok Mines/Bastok Markets
Windurst Waters/Windurst Woods

Event Stalls
Special stalls selling Harvest Festival goods will be available in the following locations:

Northern San d'Oria (D-8)
Port Bastok (L-8)
Windurst Waters (G-10)

Special Event: The Dark Lilies
Talk to the exorcist NPCs in the following areas, and help them discover the secrets of the spirits terrorizing the towns.

Northern San d'Oria (D-8) Gertrude
Bastok Markets (G-8) Brian
Windurst Waters (F-5) Roger

*Please note that after completing a request from one of the exorcists, you will be unable to undertake another request until one Vana'diel day has passed.

Costumed NPCs
Trade treats to the NPCs in monster costumes and see what happens!
You might be transformed into a beastman, or even receive a special item!

*In general, "treats" are any sweets that can be made with cooking. Please note that there are some types of sweets that NPCs will not accept.
*While in costume, you will be unable to use items or magic, or open doors.
*To take off a costume, simply cancel the costume status icon or change areas.

Bomb Decorations
During the Harvest Festival, you will see decorations resembling the bomb monster.
See what happens when you approach these decorations in a party of two people wearing a certain combination of costumes...

*Try talking to the Moogles that appear in town during the event. They might have some clues for you!

[Desideratum]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

I'm not a huge fan of events that require that you find a random person to group with in order to get your prize.

But still, Woo! Harvest Festival.

[neighbortaru]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

that hat looks spiffy! :D

[LadyKiKi]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

There's body armor too ... I want that cloak too ...

[Haggai]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

Looks like no horror heads this year. Then again, its not like they were extremely useful. I wonder what "The Dark Lilies" will be like.

I still have my fully charged Trick Staff II from last year. Being a Black Mage, I don't have many instances when I'm hard up for a warp, so the Treat Staff II has sufficed.

This witch thing seems pretty neat. I'll have to check it out.

[neighbortaru]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

we'll probably be able to get the horror hats still (from vendor NPC)

[Omniblast]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

Just skip the event this year, you can always buy the festival item from the npc's in their respective towns. Just gotta wait 1 year.

[Thott]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

I can't wait to make my blm look like another blm lol
Ill get all my mules gear'd up with another year of costumes lol
they have like 4 years of event items on them lol

[Thott]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

add on lol, I have my trock staff 2 from 2 years ago unused I get by with only the treat staff when I am below the lvl for warp club

[Haggai]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

Actually, I'm hoping they give out Stables medals. I got a Republic Stables medal during the doll event. It has been very useful. 10 Free Instant Warps to starting cities? Yes, please.

[DeathFromAbove]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

I am really looking foward to this one. Halloween always reminds me of when i started playing FFXI in '03. My first character(LONG GONE) had the original treat staff with warp, but i never knew what warp was until i made Thanatos.

[Joran Dax]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

Costumed NPCs
Trade treats to the NPCs in monster costumes and see what happens!
You might be transformed into a beastman, or even receive a special item!

*In general, "treats" are any sweets that can be made with cooking. Please note that there are some types of sweets that NPCs will not accept.
*While in costume, you will be unable to use items or magic, or open doors.
*To take off a costume, simply cancel the costume status icon or change areas.

Hehe, my favorite part. Can you say "Exploitation of the Innocent"?

[Mog]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

What I'm trying to figure out is if the hat you receive from this event is the same hat shown here. The gold thread looks the same, so it probably is.



I would be pretty disappointed if it is, I can't see any xp gear coming from an SE event that everyone has access to.

[Humar]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

Wow this will be my second festival. Im looking forward to it.(i was around during that spring festival thing)
(im such a newb still ><)
do any of these things require a certain Fame/Rank etc? like the spirits in the town or trading "sweets" to certain NPC's?

[Shiyume]

Re: The Harvest Festival! (10/16/2006)

What I'm trying to figure out is if the hat you receive from this event is the same hat shown here. The gold thread looks the same, so it probably is.

I would be pretty disappointed if it is, I can't see any xp gear coming from an SE event that everyone has access to.

That Taru looks a lot like the one in the banner, so I'd guess its Halloween gear (hat -and- body). As for XP purposes, yeah, I doubt it'd be for that too.