2008 Halloween Masquerade: Oct. 23 through Nov. 6
It's time for The Matrix Online 2008 Halloween Masquerade! Find the jack-o-lanterns around the Mega City and activate them to spawn Exiles. Defeating a wave of Exiles leaves you with a special treat: A box only you can open that contains one of seven possible Halloween masks.
Hardline and club decorations are up and the Halloween darkness and full moon have returned!
Zombies have infested the following neighborhoods and will attack redpills wandering through them:
- Slums: Mannsdale Housing Projects and Camon Heights
- Barrens: Manssen Park and Gracy Heights
- International: Furihata and Ikebukuro
- Downtown: Creston Heights and Edgewater
Players bitten by zombies will be infected by the zombie virus and turned into the living dead themselves. Player-zombies have access to the special bite attack, which can be used against other players in PvP combat.
Zombies are known to be vulnerable to Holy Water, which can also be used against player-zombies to cleanse them of the zombie virus. Player-zombies can also use Antibiotic pills to cleanse the virus themselves.
Changes and Improvements
- Halloween Masquerade event runs from Oct. 23 through Nov. 6.
- Jack-o-Lantern objects found around the city can be activated to spawn Exile NPCs.
- Ultra-dark skies with a Halloween full moon have been turned on.
- Hardline and club decorations have been turned on.
- All Halloween masks will work during this period.
- Level-appropriate zombies will spawn on players in certain neighborhoods.
- Players can be turned into zombies by being bitten by an NPC or player zombie.
- Players infected by the zombie virus can use the Zombie Bite Ability (under Awakened in the Actions panel).
- Antibiotics can be used by player characters to clear the zombie virus from their RSIs.
- Holy Water causes extra damage to NPC zombies and clears the zombie virus from player characters.
- Seven new masks have been added this year.
Bug Fixes
- Added a 30-minute "safe time" to the level 100 Agent spawns on Zionites outside of Richland. This means that within a single neighborhood, if a level 100 Agent spawns on you, there won't be a chance of another spawning on you for at least a half-hour.
