Weighted Jack-o'-Lantern

Yes. Its tradeable, sellable, etc.

It should be mentioned that only the person who clicks the pumpkin to start the Headless Horseman encounter is able to loot these pumpkins. I was doing repeated runs with a group and noticed that the tank was the only one to get the pumpkins, who would naturally be the one to start the encounter. Next random I started the encounter and looted 5 pumpkins. I got agro right away, though, which was a bummer as a dps. Sorta bad design by blizz.

This can be thrown while mounted.

You can use it on a player from the opposing faction and it won't set your PvP flag on.

The Weighted Jack-o-Lantern will never threaten to stab you, and should it speak you should disregard its advice.

This is a permanent item that will always remain in your inventory so long as you never use it. Once you use it, it leaves your inventory and goes on your head for one hour. It isn't an item that is equipped, it's simply an inventory item for an hour-long debuff.

Also, druids, this item stays on you even if you shapeshift, unlike the other Hallow's End items. Use 'em up!

For a good time, get on a flight point and use this while riding. You'll get the lantern on your head, but the animation of the jack-o-lantern will be trying to catch up with you the whole time. When you land, you will be so far away from it that you can't see it anymore, but it's still coming after you!

You probably already know this but it disappears from your head if you die. Like all costumes. (unlike masks)

I was flying around when someone threw one at me. I kept flying, then stopped to watch it catch up to me. When it got close I went straight up for several yards, and it didn't follow me until it reached the point where I had gone vertical. I started going up again, and noticed it starting to go forward in the direction I was pointed, rather than continuing straight up. I pointed myself in another direction while still going straight up, and it went forward in the new direction.

I don't know how far one has to go before the pumpkin will give up the chase, though I went through a portal and it didn't catch me on the other side. Yet.

In years past this item was almost given to drop in [item=34077]. After just a few days of Hallow's End, the AH would be stuffed full of these jack-o-lanterns. You could hardly give them away.

But this year the drop rate seems to have been sharply reduced. As a result the value on the AH is climbing noticeably. I had a bank alt with stacks of these things left over from last year, and I was listing them all day at 5G buyout. So if you've got extras or if you already have the achievement, toss your surplus onto the AH and help out those who are seeking the Check Your Head achievement.

As stated before, these items do not vanish at the end of the holiday. Its quite amusing to save up as many of these as you can and start chucking them around during Christmas or in the middle of July to see people's reactions.

You can complete Check Your Head after Hallows End if you are missing any of the target races. The achievement and the incremental steps toward it proc all year, event not required. The Weighted Jack-o'-Lanterns remain in your inventory after Hallows End, and can be traded at the auction House.

There is a moderate demand for the Weighted Jack-o'-Lanterns during the event, and a glut on the supply as Hallows End progresses. After the event, there is very little demand and the only source is ones that are still in toons' inventory. Sell your excess early, while the price is high.

"No longer true for 4.0.1, I just threw it at a gnome with one on and still got credit towards the achievement."

Then you must have thrown one at a player wearing a Hallowed Helm because it still gives the "Invalid Target" warning if someone has already been Jack-o'-Lanterned.

Same goes for shapeshifted, in costume etc etc.

It won't even let me throw it at people who have a hallow's end buff. The warning "Invalid Target" shows up.

/cancelaura Jack-o'-Lanterned!

for those of you who cannot right cliff off buffs for whatever reason.

Can either be equipped or thrown at someone, puts a pumpkin on their head.

Confirmed.

Why is he being downrated...it's correct. No credit for heads that already have a Weighted Jack-o'-Lantern on them.

Makes an intersting noise when used on someone who is mounted on a mechno-hog/chopper....

Confirmed.

So i got on the FP in Gadgetzan and used the jack-0-lantern on myself. The animation fell behind me until it was out of sight. once i reached Org, not 4 mins later the animation caught up to me.

it has no time limit compared to the brooms so they are permanent.

This is not true, as a healer i've never summoned the horseman. But still sometimes i've been able to loot these from him.

Use while traveling on a flight path for entertaining results. Remember to look for it once you reach your destination!

Yes. Also mailable, auctionable. It's just a normal, non-binding item.

If you're finding it really hard to find dwarves and gnomes another good place to find them is around firelands! (if you're a high enough level to go there of course)

I've noticed that if you've been pumpkin'd, and put on a mask, the mask replaces the pumpkin graphic. Both buffs can be up, however. If you cancel the pumpkin buff with the mask on, the mask becomes invisible (but the buff is still active).

Sure, it's completely irrelevant and useless, but I thought it was interesting.

I enjoy throwing these at random players when they're AFK year-round. It's my little trick or treat gift :P

You can loot this multiple times from Headless Horseman (No ID here).
I was the one who started the encounter and got 5 of them.

If you can't find the race you need you can start a separate trial account, make a level 1 of that race then just fly to them and pop your pumpkin. I just got Hallowed Be Thy Name and [title=124] today on my trial account.

It's not Hallows End without Pumpkins! With a bank full of Em' Everyday can be Hallows End if you want it to be! -Zonger Wyrmrest Accord

Doesn't work on the Dracthyr race D: I know Blizzy hates transmogs on Dracthyr but come on DD:::

The headless horseman drops a couple of these when killed, and they can also be found in

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34077

Here's an interesting trivia fact, you can use this while on a flying taxi. Doing so puts the pumpkin on your head as normal, with an added glitch of leaving a floating pumpkin that will chase after you, as it's slower than the flying mount. A while after you land, you can expect to be hit by a pumpkin...

So far I haven't been able to test yet if you can throw them off... Though that would be cool. Nobody expects the flying pumpkin bomber.

Is it tradeable?

O.o Are you on Norgannon, by any chance? This sounds very like what happened to a guildmate yesterday. He had a blast running around with them following him.

You randomly get pumpkins despite being or not the one who starts the encounter.

Hmmm... surely Blizz would have one of the vendors sell these, seeing as how they now sell the masks (yay!) and the wands (what, you didn't think I got enough of these visiting all the candy baskets?). But noooooooo... let's make what used to be a super easy achievement into mission improbable.

Will this item disappear when the halloween event is over?

Speaking of druids, this item cannot be used in flight form, but it can be used while on a flying mount and in the air.

Maybe a bug, but if you are fighting the headless Horseman with one of these one, and he does the conflagaration; which disorients and "puts a pumpkin on your head", afterwards it will show your character ithout the pumpkin head on, but you will still have the Buff...

When you throw these you will hear an evil laugh for the duration it is in the air

It's now on the REGION WIDE AH, plenty of supply and the price is nice.

Even if you're not the tank, you can walk up to the summoning pumpkin and click the gear icon. This will NOT start the event. Have the dialogue open with the option to 'Call the Headless Horseman'. If you're not the tank and don't want to catch heat, let the tank start the event and then click. Both you and whomever start the event will give the speech, resulting in a mini-wall'o'text. After the horseman falls, you should have rights to looting the jack o lanterns. (Still trying to confirm if only the last person to click gets the item. I don't want to encourage ninja activity, if that's

It still works and likewise, if you instead cancel the mask buff instead of the pumpkin buff, you will keep the pumpkin buff but apparently the pumpkin over your head is now what's invisible.

If you are like me, and don't like this buff, if you put the following into a macro, it will cancel the effect.

/cancelaura Jack-o'-Lanterned!

Since the patch, I've had a GM ticket open almost 24/7, and cannot just click it off. So I made this macro to help.

What a beautiful thing, snuffed out too soon :*(