NOTE: these are the times from last time this quest was available, please let me know if anything has changed!
THIS EVENT IS OVER
Once you update your game to the Brilliant Backyard Update you can complete this Player Favourite Event* in the 9 day time limit to unlock the Halloween costume packs, each set of goals unlocks a new costume pack
*What are Player Favourite Events? These are events or quests you opt in to complete for a second chance to complete them, you will be able to start these within an open period date if you haven’t completed it already. These are optional so you will need to click on the green play button next to the title of the event in the active tasks tab to start:
If you completed this quest before you won’t be able to complete it again, if you started it but didn’t finish it last time you will have to start from the beginning again unfortunately
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First Set – Second Set –Third Set – Fourth Set – Fifth Set – Prizes
Times may vary depending on the star rating an item has.
First set: Complete the first set of goals to unlock the Fawn and Reanimated costume set for adults
- Browse for a costume- 48 seconds (computer)
- Call a costume store- 4 minutes (phone)
- Go to the park
- Approach the purple monster- 3 seconds
- Hide at the park- 2 hours 20 minutes (bench)
- Talk to Misty in the park- 5 minutes
- Watch the Halloween news- 10 hours (TV)
- Talk to Misty again- 25 minutes
- Practice scaring a sim- 1 second (select interaction between two sims)
- Build courage- 7 hours 30 minutes (chair)
- Collect candy pieces (5 pieces)- 5 hours 30 minutes (click on purple candy monster, you can get more than one candy piece each time you do this and more than one sim can do this at once- I had to close the game and open it again for the other 4 monsters to appear)
- Wait for Xhours Xminutes (time depends on when you completed the first set) NOTE: you can skip this for 10LP to start on the next set of goals early. You will not get this goal if you are behind in completing the goals, it will go straight to the next goal.
Second set: Complete the second set of goals to unlock the Astronaut costume set for toddlers
- Form a party plan- 5 minutes (interaction between two sims)
- Send Halloween invitations- 12 minutes (computer)
- Ask Misty for advice- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Practice scaring- 1 second
- Show off scaring skills- 7 hours 30 minutes (Misty)
- Scare the orange candy monster- 1 second
- Pout on a seat- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Ask Misty what happened- 25 minutes
- Collect candy pieces- 4 hours 30 minutes each (you need to collect 30 pieces- you find 2 each time so you need to scare 15 purple monsters to complete this goal- I had to do this in 3 sets because only so many appeared each time, if you can’t find enough close your game and open it again to see if more appear, if they still don’t you may have to wait a few minutes)
- Wait for Xhours Xminutes (time depends on when you completed the first set) NOTE: you can skip this for 10LP to start on the next set of goals early. You will not get this goal if you are behind in completing the goals, it will go straight to the next goal.
Third set: Complete the third set of goals to unlock the wild Unicorn and Lion costume set for Preteens
- Tell others about costumes- 4 minutes (computer)
- Think of a solution- 6 hours (chair)
- Take funny selfies- 1 hour 30 minutes (click on a sim)
- Email selfies- 16 minutes (computer)
- Joke with a sim- 5 minutes (select interaction between two sims)
- Have nightmares- 7 hours 30 minutes (bed)
- Collect candy pieces- 3 hours 30 minutes (110 candy pieces this time?!) TIP: You get up to 5 candy pieces each time but if you wait for the time to reach 1h 59m you can use 1LP to speed up each and get 5 candy pieces!
- Wait for Xhours Xminutes (time depends on when you completed the first set) NOTE: you can skip this for 10LP to start on the next set of goals early. You will not get this goal if you are behind in completing the goals, it will go straight to the next goal.
Fourth set: Complete the fourth set of goals to unlock the Fairy and Scarecrow costume set for Teens
- Ask about Halloween Party needs- 5 minutes (select interaction between two sims)
- Check for food supplies-8 minutes (fridge)
- Make something roasted pumpkin flavoured- 7 hours (BBQ)
- Buy a stereo
- Turn on the stereo
- Listen to spooky music- 5 hours
- Ask Misty what to do-8 hours 30 minutes
- Collect candy pieces- 2 hours 30 minutes (225!) TIP: You get 2 or 3 candy pieces each time but if you wait for the time to reach 1h 59m you can use 1LP to speed up each and get 6 candy pieces!
- Wait for Xhours Xminutes (time depends on when you completed the first set) NOTE: you can skip this for 10LP to start on the next set of goals early. You will not get this goal if you are behind in completing the goals, it will go straight to the next goal.
Fifth set: Final set- unlocks the rest of the costumes (two more for each life stage except babies and seniors)
- Show Misty scaring skills- 5 minutes
- Send a sim to the park
- Scare the orange monster- 2 hours 30 minutes
- Hide behind a park bench- 2 hours
- Talk to Misty- 9 hours 30 minutes (at park)
- Place candy on the ground- 4 hours 30 minutes (X at a house)
- Send a sim to the park
- Distract the orange candy monster- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Place candy around the orange monster- 1 hour 30 minutes (on an x, only one sim needs to do this)
- Scare the orange monster- 2 seconds
- Hug the orange monster- 6 seconds
- Have 4 sims in a home
- Dance to spooky party music- 12 minutes (stereo)
QUEST IS COMPLETE!
You cannot complete this quest or earn the prizes once the quest is over
Prizes– costumes once unlocked can be found in the wardrobe
First set: Fawn and Reanimated costumes for Adults
Second set: Astronaut costumes for Toddlers (same costumes for both genders)
Third set: Unicorn (female) and Lion (male) costume set for Preteens
Fourth set: Fairy (female) and Scarecrow (male) costume set for Teens
Fifth set:
- Toddlers- purple and orange candy monsters (both genders)
- Preteen- Ghost (female) and Pirate Skeleton (male)
- Teen- Zombie Cheerleader (female) and Viking (male)
- Adult- Witch (female) and Dracula (male)
The Girl Who Games 
Do I have 24 hours to complete each set? I counted the hours for each set and if consistent, it takes over 24 hours. Also, what time do you recommend a good start time? The goal is back again.
No you don’t, the time limit is 9 days and there are 5 sets so you have just less than two days for each set. The time you start is up to you, have a look at the goals in the quest and see when you can fit them in around your day
If we completed this quest last year does this mean there is no Halloween quest for us to do this year?
There is another Halloween quest, Ghost Flustered which was last years quest, if you completed that too then there are no new Halloween Quests this year
Hi! I was wondering if I’m the only one who hasn’t gotten this quest on my game? I only started playing last year in November, so I think I should have gotten this quest. Thanks in advance!
Have you updated your game to the latest update yet?
I’m pretty sure I have, I’m participating in the Brilliant Backyard Live Event currently taking place. Thanks for your help!
Yes you will have the latest update if you have that live event, that is strange. It definitely isn’t in the active tasks tab to start from there?
I am on the night of the candy monsters quest, can I also get the ghost flustered quest? And did you do a tip page on that quest?
The Ghost Flustered Quest doesn’t begin until the 23rd October, you can find the post from last time here but I will create a new one when it is back: https://thegirlwhogames.blog/2017/10/09/the-sims-freeplay-halloween-quest-2017-ghost-flustered/
This year, skipping to the next day costs 10 LP. I thought you would like to know, to update your blog.
Updated, sorry! There is always something I forget to change!
Thank you for your blogs, your tips and make playing the sims fun and bareable. Thanks for everything.
You’re very welcome!
Do you know if there is a maximum number of purple monsters that you are allowed at one time?
I have only been able to get 8 at a time
I just checked out your ghost flustered post, thanks for all of your posts, they really help a lot. I don’t really care for the ghost flustered quest, the prizes, etc… and the goals seem too lime consuming and easy to mess up quest.
I do have a question, since Christmas came this year early, I completed quest, I got the chalet, my game crashed and would not play anymore, so I uninstalled and reinstalled. I lost a lot of sleep for about half a month for that quest. I cannot go back and get my chalet back. Will I be able to do quest again this Christmas?
And or will there be a new Christmas quest?
Last question, how do you know when quests are coming? I tried to contact ea about game fail but got no response, so they got a one star rating.
You’re welcome! I know skin colours as a prize are odd!
The Christmas quest that was early this year was last years so there will be a new Christmas quest this year but the Snow Problem Quest will probably return one day, I’m sure a lot of people will be asking for it to come back again
I am an EA Game Changer so I get early access to the update and they let us know the dates of upcoming events.
They can take a while to reply if they are busy but unfortunately they cannot usually fix this problem, I had this myself and I completely lost one of my games so you may just have to wait for the event to return
why i cant finish the quest? i have collect many candy but still the task is collect the candy pieces. what should i do? collect more candy?
If you click on the task in the active tasks tab it will tell you how many you have collected so far
On the 4th set, “Make Something Roasted Pumpkin Flavored” has to be done on a grill at the park for 7.5 hours.
You can definitely do this at a BBQ at home, I did it yesterday
Do you need to have the Costume and Swim shop built before you can access these costumes? I ran into that problem with an outfit or costume a long time ago and wondered if it applies to these Halloween costumes. That would be useful information to add to the post, one way or the other.
Sorry but as I have already built the costume and swim store I don’t know if you need it to unlock outfits which is why I don’t add this to the posts.
there is no skip for me? where can i find it? stuck at collecting candies
You can only skip the waiting tasks, you have to complete all the other ones
can I chase away the purple monsters from my house? I busy collecting items for briliant backyard event and not enough sims cause them make my house full 😦
Unfortunately you cannot, you can have sims at another house to click on them so they don’t all appear at your house where you are trying to complete the live event.
Hi! So i didn’t get to finish the quest in the time limit and i really wanted that fairy costume. Will this quest come back next year?
It will probably come back again next year, these events return a lot!