# Items and Brewing

If you’re just starting Haunted Hallows, keep your Hallow Journal handy. Once you start finding Garlic, Blood and Ectoplasm, you can use these to prepare for some of the stranger things you’ll meet!

## Hallow Journal

Open the **Hallow Journal** to start the Haunted Hallows advancement tree. The first spread shows the HallowNight countdown and the current Moon Phase. Use the Functionality pages for help with a mechanic, or the Lore pages if you’d like to learn more about the creatures you encounter.

The Journal also tracks your **Treat**, **Costume** and **Blood** collections. If you’re working through a collection, check the Journal as you go to see what you’ve already discovered.

## Costumes and Carving

### Costumes

Wear a convincing costume to go Trick-or-Treating during [HallowNight]($hallownight). If a Villager opens their ordinary trade menu, check your costume and try again. Costume pieces can come from crafting, exploring or defeating [Bosses]($bosses), depending on the piece.

### Pumpkin Carving Knife

Craft a **Pumpkin Carving Knife** with an Iron Ingot above Orange Dye. Use it on a pumpkin to open the carving screen. You can save your designs to use again on other pumpkins (handy if you want the whole street to match!).

## Blood and Ectoplasm

### Collecting Blood

Hold a **Bloodletting Knife** in your main hand and a Glass Bottle in your offhand to collect Blood. Different creatures give different types, and your Blood Collection records the sources you’ve tried. Vampires can drink Blood to feed, but it’s also used in crafting and rituals.

For the Demon’s ritual or Demon Sword, use Blood taken from a **player**. A vial from another humanoid creature won’t count.

### Ectoplasm

Apparitions can leave behind Ectoplasm. Eating it gives you Invisibility and Slow Falling. You can also save it for [Ectoplasm Armour]($weapons) or for crafting the Holy and Demon Swords.

## Holy Water and Purified

Start with a bottle of water. Brew it with **Garlic and Vampire Blood**, one ingredient at a time in either order. If you haven’t found Vampire Blood yet, use a **Golden Apple**, then **Glowstone Dust**, then **Garlic**. You can use a Brewing Stand or a heated [Witch’s Caldron]($blocks).

| Form | When to use it |
| --- | --- |
| Holy Water | Drink it to cure Vampirism. It can also be used to make Silver in a heated Caldron. |
| Splash Holy Water | Throw it to apply Purified to creatures in the splash. |
| Lingering Holy Water | Leaves a cloud that can apply Purified to creatures that enter it. It’s also used to make Holy Arrows. |

**Purified** prevents new Vampirism and Lycanthropy infections while active. It slows and withers affected undead and cursed creatures. The effect itself doesn’t cure a Curse you already have. See [Bosses and Curses]($bosses) for the cures.