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Italics: From Website. Everything else via testing
Remember: Per Character & Per Day: 1st run will drop pumpkin head, runs 2 - 11 will get halloween seal to trade in event shop.
General: Any battle under Level 30
Any raid or ex-raid (Rocheste > S3)
Mr. Pumpkin does not spawn from these maps:
A Friend Once Lost
Ambush
Autumn Reed Bed
Colhen in Flames
Hidden Irukul Madness
Nightmare at the Ruins Red Archer
Rocheste By Sea
Secret Naughty Chamber
Shady Forest Storeroom
The Howling Soul
The Fomorian Leader The Pursuit
The Secret The Weeping Queen
Traces of Battle Trampled Plains
Two Moons
Yeti King White Tyrant's Challenge
Confirmed maps where Mr. Pumpkin spawns:
Any S2/Malina dungeon
Any S3/Berbe dungeon
Abandoned Ruins
An Interdimensional Invasion
Another Storeroom
Cadet Ceremony
Cadet's Challenge
Earth Shaker
Goliath
Regrets Too Late
Revived Fear
Shadowed by Darkness
The Chief of Death
The Five Spider Brothers
Troll Hunter
Doesn't help that there is less interest in running specials. The old specials could be cleared quickly. Now the new specials take longer to clear with no good rewards. Damascus steel rate is worse than raids and bracelets are too rare to chase. And now there is better ways to get seals faster.
While the variation and creativity is certainly worse I think what stands out more is how they've increased the effort required to acquire an item and it just isn't worth the effort anymore.
The current bingo event is a perfect summary of how events have evolved for the worse. You can complete the board once. To do this you have two weeks to complete 55 to 90 raids PER character depending on 1. RNG and 2. your board clear strategy. This does not include an additional 20 raids per character if you want the 2 titles.
=== Event evolution Example: Old Days >> 2 years ago >> Current Situation
Binding Level: None >> Bind Level 2/Bind Level 3 --OR-- Tradeable across characters >> Permabound to character Daily Limit: None >> 5 per day >> 10 per week Event Duration: 1 month >> Two weeks Event Effort: Login or 1 run per ticket/3 per prize exchange >> Complete daily missions or 5 runs per ticket / 15 per prize exchange >> 25 raids / 5 tickets (1 bingo) per prize exchange Prize Expiration: None >> 2 months >> At event end Prize Redemption Restrictions: Unlimited >> 1 per character >> 1 per account Primary Prize Quality: Full Outfitter >> Single Outfit Piece >> Single Outfit piece from old event Secondary Prize Quality: NX Items/Runes >> Scrolls/Mats/Runes/Dyes >> Junk Consumables/Unstable Runes Replay event after completion during event duration?: Yes (~5 times) >> Yes (~3 times) >> No (1 time)
Hard to answer without knowing the last time you played.
Game population (NA) is the lowest I've seen that I can remember. Precipitous drop-off since Eira release fever died-down. Virtually empty on weekdays and weekends feel sparse. Need to mega get people to join unpopular boats. I play daily.