Pumpkin Moon



The Pumpkin Moon is a Hardmode, post-Plantera, Halloween event summoned with the Pumpkin Moon Medallion any time at night, ending at dawn (4:30AM). During the event, unique and highly difficult enemies spawn at high rates and attack the player. It is similar to the Frost Moon event, but is less difficult. Visually, the moon turns into a jack-o-lantern, though remaining in its current phase.

The entire event consists of 20 waves. Waves progress as the player reaches certain kill scores (though kill scores are not displayed to the player before wave 15). After a wave's required score is met, the next wave begins, and the kill score is reset to 0. Status messages will indicate when the wave has advanced, and which wave has been achieved. See the table below for the points awarded for each enemy and the score required for each wave.

The Pumpkin Moon event always ends at 4:30AM. The goal of the event is to progress through all 20 waves before the event ends.

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). As such, it is intended to present a challenge even to players with mid-to-late Hardmode equipment. In the final waves, multiple boss-level enemies are fought at once.

Pumpkin Moon enemies drop powerful weapons and accessories, as well as pet and vanity items. 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. Drop chances for items dropped by bosses increase as waves are completed. In the final wave, the Mourning Wood and Pumpking are both guaranteed to drop their respective trophies.

Reaching the 15th wave before 4:30 AM will display the message “” at dawn (4:30 AM). For the entire day and night, all special effects of the Halloween season will occur. At 4:30 AM of the next day, the message “” 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.

Waves

 * Total points required to reach wave 15: 3410
 * The maximum number of bosses at once depends on the wave. 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.

Tips

 * Because spawn rates for areas where Pumpkin Moon enemies cannot spawn are also increased, a Pumpkin Moon can be used to farm for other items, e.g., Pirate Maps at the Ocean, while completely avoiding the Pumpkin Moon enemies.
 * The early-wave Pumpkin Moon enemies are susceptible to the Ichor debuff, which makes a Flask of Ichor, Ichor Arrows or Bullets, or the Golden Shower very effective.
 * However,    and  are immune to all debuffs, making weapons related to debuffs ineffective for this event.
 * Players should kill the enemies as soon as they spawn to ensure that more enemies can spawn continuously in order to increase the chances of reaching later waves.
 * The Pumpkin Moon can be a great way to obtain a large amount of coins quickly.
 * An area filled with traps could be useful to deal with the regular enemies while the player fights against the mini-bosses.

Trivia

 * Pumpking is the only boss in the event that flies consistently through blocks and cannot be confined. It behaves similarly to Skeletron, and has a similar size.