The Hollow Quest Guide - Dandy's World 2026 Halloween Event

How to Start The Hollow Quest

You don't start from The Hollow hub. Instead: 1) Load into Dandy's World's Lobby and find a Trick or Treat door. 2) Interact with it — it takes you behind the skin stage into the quest. 3) You'll enter a run that looks normal at first, but it's actually a dream that turns into a nightmare. Astro talks to you through the run, trying to wake you up and get you out.

The quest reuses the standard run loop, but almost everything about it is different. The goal isn't to escape floors — it's to survive the nightmare and collect 200 Pumpkins. It's part of the broader The Hollow update overview.

The Nightmare Floor: Twisted Dandy's Pursuit

The run starts like a normal round, but on Floor 1 you land on the Halloween Stage Floor — and that's where the chase begins. Twisted Dandy jumps out of an orange portal in the Locked Away room and starts chasing you. He's the floor's boss threat, and he keeps coming. Common Twisteds also spawn from the same orange portal. The rotation starts with Twisted Cosmo and Twisted Poppy, and keeps escalating until six Common Twisteds (excluding event-exclusive Toons) are roaming the floor. Trick or Treat Doors spawn in every possible spot on the floor, always offering the same few Treats — grab them as you move.

This is a single-floor gauntlet, not a descent. The challenge is managing Twisted Dandy plus a growing roster of Common Twisteds while you gather Pumpkins.

Collecting 200 Pumpkins

To complete the quest you need 200 Pumpkins — but the nightmare floor is built to make this faster than a normal Halloween floor. Pumpkins are scattered densely around the map, far more than on regular floors. The last Machine on the floor rewards 25 Pumpkins. Finishing the floor rewards 50 Pumpkins. The Machine count scales with your party, and it's one higher than a normal run:

Rewards: The Hollow 2026 Badge & Reeling Petal Garland

Finishing the quest rewards you with the The Hollow 2026 Badge. Return to The Hollow hub after completing the quest to claim the Reeling Petal Garland Badge and the Reeling Petal Garland UGC — a wearable event item you keep after the event ends. That second step matters: the badge alone isn't the whole prize. Make sure you exit back to The Hollow hub and grab the UGC before the event window closes.

What Does NOT Work on This Floor

Three rules set the nightmare floor apart — know them before you go in: 1) The 2x Pumpkin weekend bonus does NOT apply on this floor. Don't wait for a weekend to run it; you'll get the same 200-Pumpkin pace either way. 2) Twisted Research is not earnable here. This isn't a farming floor — it's a quest floor. 3) Once you complete the quest, Pumpkins stop spawning. You can't farm extra beyond the 200 required, so plan your run around finishing clean in one go.

Quick Tips

Solo vs. party is a real choice. Soloing gives you a tiny 2-Machine floor and full control over Twisted Dandy's pathing — easier to manage the chase but slower on some objectives. A full lobby spreads aggro but adds 9 Machines and more pumpkins to collect. Grab the scattered Pumpkins before they pile up — the floor is generous, but Twisted Dandy punishes backtracking. Expect six Common Twisteds by the end — keep an escape route open, since the orange portal is the spawn point for everything that hunts you. Go to The Hollow hub after the badge — the Reeling Petal Garland UGC is only claimable there, so don't stop at the quest finish line.

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Sources

• Dandy's World Fandom — 2026 Halloween Event
• Roblox — Dandy's World (official game page changelog)