
It is still possible to pursue or even kill some bosses while this is occurring.įor more elaborate strategies on defeating Pumpkin Moon, including weapon and arena recommendations, see Guide:Pumpkin Moon strategies. Any boss enemies that are still on a player's screen by the time dawn breaks will begin to move rapidly in a single direction, rushing off-screen to despawn.Most enemies have a chance to drop hearts regardless of whether the player is below maximum health.In Expert Mode, the drop rates are calculated as if they were five waves higher, meaning trophies and guaranteed rare drops will start from wave 10 onwards.Lingering enemies beaten after the event is over will never drop any rare items.Summoning a Pirate Invasion during a Pumpkin Moon will cancel it.Summoning the Pumpkin Moon while a Blood Moon is active will result in a regular Pumpkin Moon. The Pumpkin Moon does not stack with the Blood Moon.In single-player games, exiting the world and reloading it will cancel the event. The player will keep re-spawning and can continue fighting its enemies as the event continues until dawn. If the player is killed during the event, the event is not canceled.Water Candles, Peace Candle, Battle Potions and Calming Potions have no effect during the event, as the same with some other events.The Pumpkin Moon event will sometimes end after leaving and then reentering the world.

While this number is reached (or possibly exceeded, for example if the player manages to somehow reach wave 9 without killing two Mourning Woods from wave 6), no more of this type of boss will spawn. The maximum number of bosses at once depends on the wave.Total points required to reach wave 15: 3410.Headless Horseman, Mourning Wood, and Pumpking Hellhound, Poltergeist, Headless Horseman, Mourning Wood, and Pumpking Scarecrow, Splinterling, Hellhound, Poltergeist, Headless Horseman, Mourning Wood, and Pumpking Splinterling, Hellhound, Poltergeist, Headless Horseman, Mourning Wood, and Pumpking Scarecrow, Headless Horseman, Mourning Wood, and Pumpking Splinterling, Hellhound, Poltergeist, and Pumpking Scarecrow, Hellhound, Poltergeist, and Pumpking Splinterling, Hellhound, Poltergeist, and Mourning Wood Scarecrow, Splinterling, Hellhound, Poltergeist, and Mourning Wood Scarecrow, Splinterling, Hellhound, and Mourning Wood At 4:30 AM of the next day, the message “ The spirit of Halloween rests.” will appear and all Halloween events will no longer occur until the Halloween season begins again or the player reaches the 15th wave of the Pumpkin Moon again. For the entire day and night, all special effects of the Halloween season will occur. Reaching the 15th wave before 4:30 AM will display the message “ The spirit of Halloween penetrates the air.” at dawn (4:30 AM). In the final wave, the Mourning Wood and Pumpking are both guaranteed to drop their respective trophies. Drop chances for items dropped by bosses increase as waves are completed. Most drop with extreme rarity, and even players who manage to complete the event will find they need to do so several times before obtaining them. Pumpkin Moon enemies drop powerful weapons and accessories, as well as pet and vanity items. In the final waves, multiple boss-level enemies are fought at once. As such, it is intended to present a challenge even to players with mid-to-late Hardmode equipment. The Pumpkin Moon Medallion, which summons the Pumpkin Moon, requires materials only available in Hardmode worlds where the player has already defeated Plantera (although it can still be summoned in pre-Hardmode worlds). The goal of the event is to progress through all 20 waves before the event ends. The Pumpkin Moon event always ends at 4:30 AM. See the table below for the points awarded for each enemy and the score required for each wave. Status messages will indicate when the wave has advanced, and which wave has been achieved. After a wave's required score is met, the next wave begins, and the kill score is reset to 0. Waves progress as the player reaches certain kill scores (though kill scores are not displayed to the player before wave 15). Visually, the moon turns into a jack-o-lantern, though remaining in its current phase.

It is similar to the Frost Moon event, but is less difficult. During the event, unique and highly difficult enemies spawn at high rates and attack the player. The Pumpkin Moon is a Hardmode, post- Plantera, Halloween event summoned with the Pumpkin Moon Medallion any time at night, ending at dawn (4:30 AM).
