Online:Witches Festival

The Witches Festival is a holiday event that typically takes place in the month of October. During this event players can obtain a skeletal polymorph, a 100% XP buff and the opportunity to acquire a collection of Witches Festival-themed items. The festival also has a special quest associated with it, named The Witchmother's Bargain, which repeats every year.

A notable feature of the event is the inclusion of Plunder Skulls. Plunder Skulls are special reward containers that grant players various event-themed items.

Plunder Skulls

This bucket contains items that many witches and warlocks would find of interest.

Plunder Skulls contains up to 5 samples of Witches Festival Provisioning ingredients and 1-3 samples of Amber Marble. They can also contain unique recipes, Hollowjack motif pages, or rare hats. All of these items can be traded with other players, including the collectible hats. The Provisioning items available include Guts, Worms, Crawlers, and Spider Eggs.

Availability

Plunder Skulls can be earned from the following:

• Bosses in Delves, Group Delves, Public Dungeons (including Group Event bosses), Group Dungeons, Trials, Overland and Arenas
• Dark Fissures
• Dolmens

Dremora Plunder Skulls

This Dremora-skull bucket contains some of the secrets of the Dremora Crafting Motif, as well as items of sinister interest to witches and warlocks. It can be earned only once a day.

Dremora Plunder Skulls are special containers that will be introduced in the 2018 Witches Festival. There are seven different types that can be obtained from various bosses. Each skull is guaranteed to contain a chapter from Crafting Motif 63: Dremora book. Dremora Plunder Skulls of each type can be earned only once a day per account. See below for a full list.

Motif Page	Boss Type	Plunder Skull Type
Legs and Bows	Dragonstar Arena or Maelstrom Arena final boss	Dremora Plunder Skull, Arena
Belts and Staves	Delve bosses	Dremora Plunder Skull, Delve
Helmets and Maces	Group Dungeon final boss	Dremora Plunder Skull, Dungeon
Gloves and Daggers	Dark Anchors and Abyssal Geysers	Dremora Plunder Skull, Insurgent
Boots and Shields	Public Dungeon bosses or Imperial City bosses (street and sewers)	Dremora Plunder Skull, Public & Sweeper
Chests and Swords	Trial final boss	Dremora Plunder Skull, Trial
Shoulders and Axes	World bosses	Dremora Plunder Skull, World

Witches Festival 2018

The Witches Festival will run from October 18 to November 1. In addition to previous rewards, 2018 introduces the new Dremora Motif and Dremora Plunder Skulls.

2018 Plunder Skull Loot

The drops from Plunder Skulls in the 2018 event are identical to the 2017 event drops, but with the addition of a new memento and style material, treasure items and furniture items:

Memento Pieces

"As a reminder that death awaits even the mightiest, at the Witches Festival heroes and adventurers are invited to humble themselves with juvenile games like bobbing for gorapples. Open wide!"

When the following seven Runebox pieces have been obtained, they can be combined into a Runebox: Apple-Bobbing Cauldron memento.

• Apple-Bobbing Aged Fetid Fish
• Apple-Bobbing Cold Iron Cauldron
• Apple-Bobbing Fenwood Ladle
• Apple-Bobbing Fresh Fall Gorapples
• Apple-Bobbing Poise Guide
• Apple-Bobbing Stale Creek Water
• Apple-Bobbing Viscous Slime

Style Materials

• Warrior's Heart Ashes - Used to craft items in the Dremora Style.

Treasure Items

Various treasures can be found in both types of Plunder Skulls and can be sold for gold.

• Ashes of Lamae Beolfag
• "Barbas" Dog Collar
• Blood-Curse Talisman
• Bronzed Baby Teeth
• Charm of Ill Omens
• Crystal Leech Jar
• Giant's Lucky Thumb
• Horrible Mummified Banekin
• Mummified Finger
• Mummified Hand
• Mummified Monkey Paw
• Nocturnal Weeping Stone
• Plush Hagraven Doll
• Spool of Daedric
• Savage Werewolf Marionette
• Servo-Splint
• Stonefire Molag Bal Effigy

Furniture

Items

Many of the furniture items from the 2018 Plunder Skulls were originally only available through the crown store. ^{verify which ones.}

• Animal Bones, Fresh (new)
• Animal Bones, Jumbled (new)
• Bear Skull, Fresh (new)
• Block and Axe, Chopping (new)
• Crop, Wheat Stack (new)
• Crop, Wheat Pile (new)
• Hagraven Cauldron, Ritual {new)
• Gravestone, Ornamented (new)
• Gravestone, Small Broken (new)
• Mushroom, Cave Bracket (new)
• Mushroom, Lavaburst Bud (new)
• Mushroom, Tall Puspocket (new)
• Mushrooms, Puspocket Cluster (new)
• Pumpkin, Frail (new)
• Pumpkin, Sickly (new)
• Toadstool, Bloodtooth (new)
• Tool, Harvest Sycthe (new)
• Witches Bones, Offering
• Witches Brazier, Primitive Log (new)
• Witches Totem, Emphatic Warning (new)
• Witches Totem, Gnarled Vines and Skull
• Witches Totem, Twisted Vines and Skull
• Witches Totem, Wooden Rack (new)

Blueprints

• Blueprint: Gibbet, Single
• Blueprint: Stockade
• Design: Argonian Bone Chimes
• Design: Argonian Totem of Skulls
• Design: Pumpkin, Display
• Design: Sugar Pumpkin, Wax
• Diagram: Cage, Covered
• Diagram: Cleaver, Butcher's
• Diagram: Common Cage, Hunting
• Diagram: Common Trap, Hunting
• Pattern: Witches Corpse, Wrapped
• Praxis: Hagraven Cauldron, Rough Stone

2018 Dremora Plunder Skull Loot

• 1 x Crafting Motif 63: Dremora chapter (guaranteed)
• Crafting Motif 63: Dremora book (very rare)
• Crafting Motif 42: Hollowjack chapter
• Treasure and furniture items found in regular Plunder Skulls

Title	Author	Description
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Axes	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style axes
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Belts	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style belts
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Boots	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style boots
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Bows	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style bows
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Chests	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style chests
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Daggers	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style daggers
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Gloves	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style gloves
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Helmets	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style helmets
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Legs	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style leg armor
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Maces	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style maces
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Shields	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style shields
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Shoulders	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style shoulder armor
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Staves	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style staves
Crafting Motif 63: Dremora Swords	Lyranth the Foolkiller	A description of Dremora style swords

Nascent Indrik Mount

The Witches Festival 2018 is the first opportunity for players to begin working towards obtaining the Nascent Indrik mount. Four event-specific feathers are required to summon the Nascent Indrik mount, the first of which can be obtained during the Witches Festival.

The Witches Festival indrik feather can be purchased with ten "Event Tickets", which players can acquire from their first Dremora Plunder Skull. One Event Ticket drops per day. Once ten tickets have been collected, they can be brought to The Impresario (located in Daggerfall, Davon's Watch, and Vulkhel Guard) to purchase the Witches Festival indrik feather.

The remaining three feathers will be obtainable from events later the year:

• Clockwork City Celebration Event: November 15 - 26
• Undaunted Celebration Event: November 29 - December 5
• New Life Festival: December 13 - January 2

Witches Festival 2017

The 2017 Witches Festival ran from October 20 until November 1, 2017. Similar to the Witches Festival of 2016, this event featured the chance to earn Plunder Skulls by defeating delve bosses, dungeon bosses, World Bosses, and dolmen bosses. Drops from Plunder Skulls included Hollowjack Motif chapters, special themed recipes, and furniture. Rare drops included runeboxes containing Hollowjack, Scarecrow, and Thicketman masks.

2017 Plunder Skull Loot

 

2017 Plunder Skull Loot

The drops from Plunder Skulls in the 2017 event were identical to the 2016 event drops, but with the addition of two new hats and a selection of furnishing schematics and items:

Motifs

• Crafting Motif 42: Hollowjack Style (14 chapters)

Style Materials

• Amber Marble - Used to craft items in the Hollowjack Style.

Recipes

• Sweet Sanguine Apples Recipe (creates Sweet Sanguine Apples (page))
• Crisp and Crunchy Pumpkin Snack Skewer Recipe (creates Crisp and Crunchy Pumpkin Snack Skewer (page))
• Crunchy Spider Skewer Recipe (creates Crunchy Spider Skewer (page))
• Ghastly Eye-Bowl Recipe (creates Ghastly Eye Bowl (page))
• Bowl of "Peeled Eyeballs" Recipe (creates Bowl of "Peeled Eyeballs" (page))
• Frosted Brains Recipe (creates Frosted Brains (page))
• Witchmother's Potent Brew Recipe (creates Witchmother's Potent Brew (page))
• Witchmother's Party Punch Recipe (creates Witchmother's Party Punch (page))
• Double Bloody Mara Recipe (creates Double Bloody Mara (page))

Hats

• Runebox: Pumpkin Spectre Mask
• Runebox: Scarecrow Spectre Mask
• Runebox: Hollowjack Spectre Mask (new)
• Runebox: Thicketman Spectre Mask (new)

Furnishing Schematics

• Blueprint: Witches Brazier, Primitive Log (creates Witches Brazier, Primitive Log)
• Blueprint: Witches Totem, Antler Charms (creates Witches Totem, Antler Charms)
• Pattern: Witches Corpse, Wrapped (creates Witches Corpse, Wrapped)
• Praxis: Hagraven Cauldron, Rough Stone (creates Hagraven Cauldron, Rough Stone)

Furnishing Items

• Branch, Curved Burnt (image)
• Branch, Curved Laurel (image)
• Branch, Forked Burnt (image)
• Branch, Forked Laurel (image)
• Branch, Sturdy Burnt (image)
• Branch, Sturdy Laurel (image)
• Saplings, Burnt Cluster (image)
• Saplings, Burnt Sparse (image)
• Saplings, Burnt Tall (image)
• Shrub, Burnt Brush (image)
• Witches Bones, Offering (image)
• Witches Totem, Gnarled Vines and Skull (image)
• Witches Totem, Twisted Vines and Skull (image)

Witches Festival 2016

The 2016 Witches Festival ran from from October 13 to November 1 or November 8, 2016. During that period a free whistle was available from the Crown Store, which began the quest The Witchmother's Bargain when used. A Witchmother's Whistle Memento was rewarded for completing the quest, and could be used to obtain a 100% Experience bonus and begin the event. With the buff applied, many different types of bosses would begin to drop Plunder Skulls containing unique recipes, motif chapters, and even two rare hats. Unlocking all of the achievements for this event would unlock the "Sun's Dusk Reaper" title.

Due to a bug introduced with Patch 2.6.7 which prevented the Plunder Skull achievements from counting earned skulls correctly, the event was extended to November 8 on PC/Mac.

2016 Plunder Skull Loot

 

2016 Plunder Skull Loot

Motifs

• Crafting Motif 42: Hollowjack Style (14 chapters)

Style Materials

• Amber Marble - Used to craft items in the Hollowjack Style.

Recipes

• Sweet Sanguine Apples Recipe (creates Sweet Sanguine Apples (page))
• Crisp and Crunchy Pumpkin Snack Skewer Recipe (creates Crisp and Crunchy Pumpkin Snack Skewer (page))
• Crunchy Spider Skewer Recipe (creates Crunchy Spider Skewer (page))
• Ghastly Eye-Bowl Recipe (creates Ghastly Eye Bowl (page))
• Bowl of "Peeled Eyeballs" Recipe (creates Bowl of "Peeled Eyeballs" (page))
• Frosted Brains Recipe (creates Frosted Brains (page))
• Witchmother's Potent Brew Recipe (creates Witchmother's Potent Brew (page))
• Witchmother's Party Punch Recipe (creates Witchmother's Party Punch (page))
• Double Bloody Mara Recipe (creates Double Bloody Mara (page))

Hats

• Runebox: Pumpkin Spectre Mask
• Runebox: Scarecrow Spectre Mask

Notes

• Partaking in the Witches Festival will unlock several Holiday Events achievements. To unlock them all, you must complete the quest, drink from the Witchmother's Brew, collect all motif pages, and obtain 100 Plunder Skulls. Doing all of these tasks will reward you with the "Sun's Dusk Reaper" title.

External Links

• Zenimax 2018 Announcement - Become a Monster and Earn Unique Rewards During the Witches Festival
• Zenimax 2017 Announcement - The Witches Festival Returns!
• Zenimax 2016 Announcement - The Witches Festival is Coming!