Marijuana
What it does
Smoke it from your inventory to get high. Your hearing sharpens: you get more noise notifications, and pings reach you from much farther away.
Smoking a joint makes you high, and being high sharpens your hearing. You get more noise notifications, and noise pings reach you from much farther away, which can point you to residents who need help and warn you when Michael is moving nearby.
Richard Hawthorne gets the most out of it: his Witness State trait outlines other characters at long range while he is high.
Marijuana is also the reason the game was refused a rating in Australia and cannot be bought there. The Classification Board objected because smoking it gives a gameplay advantage that helps you survive the match. Its ground was "illicit or proscribed drug use related to incentives or rewards": a real, named drug tied to a reward is the line Australia's guidelines draw, and a fictional substance would most likely have passed.
What does Marijuana do in Halloween: The Game?
Smoke it when you want information: when you are looking for the residents still left to rescue, or when you have lost track of Michael and want warning before he arrives.
Smoke it as soon as you find it rather than holding it. The effect helps immediately, and the slot is worth more to a blade or a throwable. Lockers are the most likely place to find joints.
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All Items EXPLAINED In Halloween The Game!
MintSkull
Starts at joints: what being high changes, and why it is worth smoking one as soon as you find it.
Good to know
- Smoking a joint makes you high, which heightens your awareness of sound: more noise notifications, and noises that help you find residents.
- The noise pings reach you from much farther away, and can show where residents who need help are and where a nearby Michael is moving.
Keep going
Ancient Amulet
Negates Michael's first grab and blinds him for roughly three seconds. No button press needed.
Fragile Hourglass
Throw it beside a downed Michael for a possible longer arrest window. Extra time is unreliable; it does not guarantee an arrest.
Brass Lantern
Switched on, it shows Michael through a green glow, even while he is invisible in Shape Jump.