Gak, Gak, Gak, Sweets

So if you read my last post you'll know the Halloween event is on and Gak is the skeleton begging for parts. In the last post I alluded to the fact that Gak needs a tongue and a bunch of bones. How many bones Gak needs is random, but talking with other players it seems to range between 10 to 30 bones. Gak punished me by taking 22 bones before he started yapping about how hungry he was for sweets. I'm not the highest bone count by any stretch, but I ended up spending a lot of money on bones that was going to go towards coal for a steel shield. After the Halloween quest I think this is my quest.

To my knowledge no one yet has given Gak enough sweets that he's given up any goods. Gak keeps a running total of all sweets given to him. I spoke with Natibe, whom I remember played 11 months ago, and Natibe had already given Gak over 1500 treats to my 350 or so.

It seems that the event will probably end and players present for the ending will get a reward based on the amount of treats given to Gak. This makes me wonder what the rubber bats are for? If rubber bats are not treats then what purpose do they serve, or will they become a component for spells later?

Gak the skeleton, 2010 Halloween Quest in November

*** Spoiler Alert ***
Looking at the picture at the bottom of this post may tip you off to the location of Gak the skeleton, and reading the rest of this post will definitely tip you off to tiny initial parts of the 2010 Halloween Quest. We've been waiting for a Halloween quest for a few weeks and it's finally here...

Signing on you'll see an update something to the effect that candies are littered all around the woodland of Hurnscald. This is quite accurate, you need to kill monsters to get the candies. They range in types from: marshmellows to a rubber bat's wings (obviously not a candy).

You don't need to find Gak the skeleton first, just start collecting candies and items. But one of the items you'll need right away is a tongue, so make sure you have one before you talk to Gak. And like other NPCs, you may need to talk to him multiple times.

Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, you will need bones for Gak's next request. That means heading to the graveyard and killing some skeletons and lady skeletons. At level 53 I think I lasted all of about 4 minutes running around. I might have been able to kill one lady skeleton, but I got swarmed pretty bad and ended up being resurrected in Hurnscald. That means this quest might be out of reach of lower levels unless you can get someone bones through trading items.

The Halloween quest won't last forever, so play now.

Some speculation: it seems no one has completed the quest at this particular moment. I have a creepy feeling from Gak's words when he requested the bones that he may end up becoming the reaper and cutting a swath through people... just a thought.