Arena of the Pumpkin King

Introduced during the Masked Memories event in October 2007.

Quest Summary
Quest type	Colosseum
XP Reward	??
XP Cap	248 Million
Item Reward	Pumpkin Shield
Title Reward	Pumpkin Throne Usurper
Starting location	Colosseum
Timer	2 months 21 days

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Walk Through

To reach the Pumpkin King, you must hand in a Blue Blanket found on the corpse of a Pumpkin Follower to the Arena of the Pumpkin King behind the Locked Door in the Colosseum. Inside is the Pumpkin King, Pumpkin Kin, Pumpkin Vines, and after you've killed the king, Villainous Scarecrow spawned. Kill the king and loot the Pumpkin King Token from his corpse and turn it into the Master Arbitrator. You get Xp, the title and the Pumpkin Shield as a reward.

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Master Arbitrator tells you, "I see that you have proven yourself against the Pumpkin King. Well done."
Master Arbitrator tells you, "Since you have slain him, you must be will be known as the "Pumpkin Throne Usurper.""
Master Arbitrator tells you, "Oh, we found this mixed up in the mess you left in his arena."
Master Arbitrator gives you Pumpkin Shield.
Master Arbitrator tells you, "And I believe that you have earned a bit of practical knowledge."
The Arbitrator reaches out and lightly touches your forehead, sending a jolt of new understanding through you mind.
You've earned 248,000,000 experience.

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Information gathered from public posts on turbine forums - Gyes, Yertle, self_adhesive, Xeo

That's not true. You can fight the pumpkin without completing the Colosseum. What you need to do is buy one egg and give it to the Arbiter in the main room. That will flag you to use the locked door in the hallway past Diemos. That door leads to a room with the Mad, Mad Cow, the Pumpkin King, and Thunder Chicken. Give your blanket to the statue and you'll be teleported into the boss fight.
Everyone in your group will need his own blanket, which indeed are no longer available. You are NOT permanently flagged by turning in the blanket and the quest is on a 3 month timer. You could try killing him solo, but you'll need more than a magic D rare. He spawns tentacles that have a nasty missile attack.
Gyes
Monarch, Paladins of Asheron, SC


Very correct. I believe you are only flagged for 24 hours as well.
Yertle---- Bow/Life/Melee Spec with War Trained! Best Template Ever!!!


bring 3-4 friends... they all need blankets.


i think 24 hours is all you get. and unlike mad cow, you don't get the item back. so you get 1 shot per blue blanket. make it count.
self_adhesive


So much easier to solo than to have a group. And forget about needing rares.
As an archer, when you're solo, the tentacles don't come out of the ground as long as you stay in the same spot that you portaled into. When the little pumpkins spawn, immediately kill them before resuming your attack on the king. They're the killers, not the King himself. Do that a dozen or so times and you've got it in the bag.
Xeo


QFT
but i still think it's much easier with a group... the tentacles can either be killed or ignored (they run out of mana and just sit there after a while) and Yertle... i believe they respawn no matter what. so kill them all!

self_adhesive