Halloween 2026: Tricks, Shop & Loot

Halloween in 99 Nights in the Forest is not a single drop — it is a season that runs 18 September to 15 November 2026. Helping Happy (3–10 October) was the run-up, not the event itself. Once the season is live you play a Trick or Treat loop at night, spend the Candies you collect at the Pumpkin Reaper's shop, and unlock a limited-time Trick or Treater class. The season ships in three parts, so the shop and rewards keep growing through early November.

Last verified: 2026-10-09. The developer publishes the season in parts and does not always release a full item list up front, so anything not yet confirmed by an in-game source is marked below rather than guessed at.

Quick Answer

• When: the Halloween season is live 18 September – 15 November 2026.
• The loop: at night, light houses with Halloween Candles and walk up to Trick or Treat them for Candies.
• The shop: the Pumpkin Reaper NPC runs a Halloween shop that grows to 14 items across the season.
• The class: Trick or Treater is a limited-time class you buy with Candies (30 in the 2025 run; see Where Sources Disagree).
• The payoff: permanent taming skins (Pumpkin Bunny, Skeleton Wolf) and base decor are the items worth saving Candies for.

How the Trick or Treat Loop Works

Halloween mode adds a nightly routine on top of the normal survival run:

1. Get Halloween Candles. These are the "key" you use to light houses. They drop and are found during the season the same way other event items appear — keep a stack before nightfall.
2. Light houses at night. Walk up to a house, use a Candle to light it, then interact to Trick or Treat. Lit houses pay out Candies.
3. Pumpkins are everywhere. The field fills with pumpkins during the season, which is also why pumpkin-based recipes and the Pumpkin Reaper fit the theme.
4. A cauldron appears. From Part 2 (Potion Making, 25 September) a cauldron sits next to the crafting table; add ingredients to brew potions and pull more Candies.
5. Carnival events fire. Halloween mode reliably triggers carnival events, the same limited mini-events that show up in other seasonal modes.

The loop is low-risk compared to a boss fight: you are farming a currency, not surviving a raid. The only real limit is how many houses you can light before dawn.

The Pumpkin Reaper's Halloween Shop

The Pumpkin Reaper NPC is the season's shopkeeper. The shop is confirmed to reach 14 items by the end of the season, added in waves. Six are confirmed in the current build; eight more roll out through Parts 2 and 3 (the source flags "eight more items slated for addition" around late October).

Here is the confirmed set so far, ranked by what matters to a player — cost in Candies versus whether the unlock is permanent:

Where the value actually is:

• The three 20-Candy furniture pieces are the cheapest permanent base decor you can grab — buy them early, they never leave.
• The two taming skins are the real end-game prizes. Pumpkin Bunny (150) and Skeleton Wolf (500) are permanent pet unlocks, so if you want Halloween pets that stay after the season, save your Candies for these instead of spending on the class.
• The Trick or Treater class is limited — it only exists during the season. It is worth the Candies only if you will actually play through November, because it boosts your candy income (see below) rather than giving a permanent power.

The Trick or Treater class is the one item that pays you back: buying it raises your candy take to +1 per house (4 total) and improves your odds of getting treats. That makes it a candy-farming multiplier, not just a cosmetic class.

The Trick or Treater Class

Trick or Treater is a limited-time class sold in the Halloween shop for Candies.

• Effect: +1 Candy per house (up from the base 3 to 4) and a higher chance of good treats when you Trick or Treat.
• Cost: 30 Candies in the 2025 run. The 2026 price has not been separately confirmed by an in-game source, so treat 30 as a projection (see Where Sources Disagree).
• Limited: it leaves when the season ends on 15 November 2026. There is no confirmed path to keep it afterward.
• Verdict: buy it early in the season if you plan to farm Candies for the permanent taming skins — the faster candy income pays for itself.

How to Farm Candies Fast

Candies are the only currency the Halloween shop takes, so the efficient play is to maximize the nightly loop:

1. Buy Trick or Treater first if you can afford it — the +1 per house compounds across every house you light.
2. Light every house you can reach before dawn. More lit houses = more Trick or Treat interactions = more Candies.
3. Use the cauldron (Part 2+). From 25 September the cauldron next to the crafting table turns ingredients into potions and Candies — a second candy source on top of houses.
4. Stock Halloween Candles during the day so you are never blocked at night waiting to light a house.
5. Aim for the permanent skins. 150 + 500 = 650 Candies for both taming skins; that is the realistic season-long goal, so spend deliberately.

A rough pace: a base run lights ~3 houses (3 Candies), a Trick or Treater run lights ~4 houses (4 Candies) plus cauldron output. Over a multi-week season that is enough to clear both permanent skins without grinding every night.

What Parts 2 and 3 Add

The season is delivered in three parts, not all at once:

• Part 1 (live at season open, 18 September): the Trick or Treat loop, the Pumpkin Reaper shop, and the Trick or Treater class.
• Part 2 — Potion Making (25 September 2026): the cauldron unlocks next to the crafting table; adding ingredients brews potions and yields Candies. This is the second candy source and the start of Halloween-themed consumables.
• Part 3 — Grand Finale (1 November 2026): the season's closing drop, expected to complete the 14-item shop and add the remaining rewards.

Because the shop grows across the season, check the Pumpkin Reaper every few days — items that were "TBA" in the table above fill in through late October and early November. Dates can shift; verify against in-game notices.

Where Sources Disagree

Two things are not fully nailed down as of the last check (2026-10-09):

• The full 14-item shop list. Only six items are confirmed in the current build; the developer has said eight more land through Parts 2–3. Any "full Halloween 2026 shop list" you see before late October is incomplete.
• The 2026 Trick or Treater price. The 30-Candy cost is from the 2025 run. The 2026 price has not been confirmed by a separate in-game source, so it is treated as a projection, not a fact. We will update the table once Part 3 locks the numbers.

We do not publish guessed costs. When a source confirms the remaining eight items and the 2026 class price, the table above is updated rather than rewritten from memory.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Halloween 2026 one update or a season? A season. It runs 18 September to 15 November 2026 and ships in three parts, unlike a normal seven-day Saturday drop.

How do I get Candies? Light houses with Halloween Candles at night and Trick or Treat them. From Part 2 (25 September) the cauldron next to the crafting table also yields Candies.

Is the Trick or Treater class permanent? No. It is a limited-time class that leaves when the season ends on 15 November 2026. The two taming skins (Pumpkin Bunny, Skeleton Wolf) are permanent.

What should I spend Candies on first? The three 20-Candy furniture pieces early, then save for the permanent taming skins (150 + 500). Buy the Trick or Treater class only if you will farm through November.

When does the Halloween shop reach 14 items? Across Parts 2 and 3 — the eight remaining items roll out through late October, with the Grand Finale on 1 November 2026.

Does Helping Happy count as Halloween? Yes, as the run-up. Helping Happy (3–10 October) introduced Happy's Scythe and the six-body-part quest; the broader Trick or Treat season is what follows it.

Sources

• Dino Kid timeline — Halloween 2026 season window (18 Sep – 15 Nov 2026) and three-part structure (Part 2 Potion Making 25 Sep, Part 3 Grand Finale 1 Nov).
• 99 Nights in the Forest wiki — Pumpkin Reaper shop items and Candy costs (six confirmed, eight more via Parts 2–3); Trick or Treater class effect (+1 Candy/house, higher treat chance).
• Namu Wiki (mode page) — Halloween mode behaviour: Trick or Treat houses, field pumpkins, cauldron at crafting table, carnival events.
• Bloxodes — Helping Happy as the Halloween run-up; six-body-part quest and Ram step.

Related Pages

• Update Log & Patch Notes — the running 2026 change log, including the Halloween season window.
• How to Get the Scythe — Vampire Scythe and other Halloween-linked weapons.
• Pumpkin — why pumpkins flood the map during the season.
• The Bunny — the Pumpkin Bunny taming skin (150 Candies, permanent).
• The Wolf — the Skeleton Wolf taming skin (500 Candies, permanent).
• Vampire Class — the Halloween event class that wields the Vampire Scythe.