Quick Facts

Screenshots

Videos

Comments

Comment by 429657

It seems you have to get the quest in graveyard for your race's capitol city.

Comment by McGurk

This quest counts towards 3000 Quests Completed.

Comment by UthurPendragon

Where is the Graveyard for the Night Elves?

Comment by Genox113

It appears that if you've done this quest last year you cannot do it again this year.

Comment by 281938

Does the marionette go away after a year? I did everything last year, but don't see the puppet pet (and the cheerful spirit is talking to me like I've already done everything, i.e. fed him bread)

Comment by Sixela

I'm unable to see the quest giver also, and my pet is missing. There's not even a Day of the Dead tab under World Events in the achievements window! >:(

Comment by Abiwho

The Macabre Marionette isn't learned like other pets, he's probably chilling in your bag/bank or been destroyed. The companion can only be summoned during the actual event, though I've been hearing mixed things about whether or not you can summon him in the years following the event in which you got him. Wowwiki says you can, wowhead says you can't, let the battle begin.

Comment by Ivvy

I had the marionette last year, it stayed in my bag for awhile. I was happy even though he was not a "learnable" pet and from what I read it wasn't supposed to be something you get to keep. The pet disappeared one week, after a patch some time later. This year I can not do the event to get him again =(

Comment by GrizzlyUK

The Macabre Marionette disappeared from each of my characters bags last year once the Day of the Dead event finished. The tooltip clearly states "Requires Day of the Dead" and, as I recall, it was intended that once the event finished the Macabre Marionette would be automatically removed from a characters inventory.

Comment by Koviko

A key point being missed by many people in-game today:

Buy an Orange Marigold and then use it in order to see the quest NPC.

Comment by Eillesthis

This is the Night Elf version of the quest, only available on the Day of the Dead. Go to the graveyard in Darnassus (see map). Buy an Orange Marigold from Chapman, or a Bouquet of Orange Marigolds, or get your old one out of the bank. Use it, gain Flowers of the Dead, and suddenly you will be able to see lots of Ghostly Night Elf Celebrants, Ghostly Worgen Celebrants, one Cheerful Worgen Spirit (not for you!), and one Cheerful Night Elf Spirit who offers this quest. He wants Bread of the Dead. Hungry! Buy a Recipe: Bread of the Dead from Chapman if you don't know it already. Head over to Fyldan to buy Simple Flour. Ice Cold Milk is easier to come by, but Dendrythis is the nearest vendor who sells it. Head back to the graveyard, and behind Catrina is a small brazier, with a blue flame. It's not labeled, but that's the Ghostly Cooking Fire, and it's required to bake your dead bread. Use a Marigold again, turn in the quest, and receive your Macabre Marionette. While you're there, /dance with Catrina for Honor the Dead (a nice costume change), and Dead Man's Party if you don't have it already.

Other items you have collected over the years that allow you to see dead people (e.g. Extra-Dimensional Ghost Revealer) don't work here, nor does being dead yourself. This year, even if you've done this quest in previous years, you can do it again. Thanks to others above who already shared some of this info.

Comment by SoCalWoWGal

Some insight about the Grateful Dead:

Grateful Dead in Folklore:

Grateful dead (or grateful ghost) is a folktale present in many cultures throughout the world. The most common story involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from an unpaid debt. The traveler then either pays off the dead person's debt or pays for burial. The traveler is later rewarded or has their life saved by a person or animal who is actually the soul of the dead person; the grateful dead is a form of the donor.

Grateful Dead in Music:

Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long musical improvisation.

Comment by yesiroleplay

To save anyone else from wondering: a Void Elf can do this quest.

Links

The Grateful Dead

Acquire some Bread of the Dead and give it to the Cheerful Night Elf Spirit in Darnassus' graveyard.

Use an Orange Marigold to see the otherwise invisible spirit.

	Bread of the Dead (1)

Description

It's good to visit with friends and family again, though I may have overdone it... I've already eaten everything they made for me!

Might I trouble you for some more of that delicious Bread of the Dead? I'd be most grateful...

Chapman there sells the recipe, I think.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will receive:

	Macabre Marionette		Flightstones

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(14170))

Guides

Day of the Dead