Blizzard is updating Hallow's End with an optional increased difficulty and all new curse mechanics for the Headless Horseman encounter! The updated dungeon event is now available for testing over the next two weeks on the Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7 PTR. We previously speculated on these new «hard mode» mechanics, which curse players with up to four different debuffs, but rewards the Kickin' With the Wick achievement and extra loot for surviving the encounter.
Hello testers.The Headless Horseman who terrorizes the denizens of Azeroth during the Hallow’s End event has had his dungeon encounter updated.You can now increase the difficulty of the encounter by speaking to the Wicker men at the dungeon’s entrance to enable extra mechanics. These curses are not party wide and afflict only those who enable them.We’ve added the updated event dungeon to the PTR for testing over the next two weeks.
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