The Spectral Pickle Factory

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The Spectral Pickle Factory
Location	The Nearby Plains
Unlocks	unknown
Min Stat	150
Combat %	79.5
ML	196
Special adventures
Clover	None
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The Spectral Pickle Factory has appeared only four times in the history of the kingdom. It is completely unknown if and when it will appear, as Mr. Skullhead says, "None may know the hour of its coming and going." It appears, when it does, in The Nearby Plains. Except, of course, on April 1, 2006 - the pickle factory was not *visible* on the plains (Rather, you could see it in the Distant Woods), but you could still get to it by clicking on the spot on the plains next to the beanstalk. Clicking the image in the Woods would not work.
It also, incidentally, appeared once in the "pre-history" of the kingdom, in the early Jick-written webgame, "Quest for Schlitz"

You need 150 in your main stat to adventure here, otherwise you'll see:

As you near the howling gates of the Spectral Pickle Factory, the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Then the hairs on the neck of your back stand up, and it really freaks you out, since you didn't know your back had a neck. The point is this: you're too scared to go into this Factory.

(You must have at least 150 [main stat] to adventure here.)

Users who attempt to visit the factory after it has disappeared will see:

The Factory has faded back into the spectral mists, and eldritch vapors and such.

In the distant past, The Spectral Pickle Factory was The Perfectly Ordinary Pickle Factory.

Dates

• Pickle Factory Appearance I: June 15, 2004 (Starch 5, Year 6)
• Pickle Factory Appearance II: September 3, 2004 (Jarlsuary 5, Year 7)
• Pickle Factory Appearance II.5: April 1, 2005 (Starch 7, Year 9) (The Factory's image had appeared, but there was no way of entering the Factory itself)
• Pickle Factory Appearance III: June 6, 2005 (Dougtember 1, Year 9)
• Pickle Factory Appearance IV: April 1, 2006 (Jarlsuary 4, Year 13) (The Factory's image appeared in The Distant Woods, but could only be entered through The Nearby Plains, where the factory was in the normal square, but invisible)
• Pickle Factory Appearance IV.5: April 1, 2008 (Petember 7, Year 20) (In the Factory's usual place was The Spectral Salad Factory, with only one adventure)
• Pickle Factory Appearance V: ? (None may know the hour of its coming and going)

Adventures

carnivorous dill plant -- (edit metadata)
carnivorous dill plant	Item Drops: dill, dill Meat Drop: None Substat Gain: 40 Monster Level: 196 Moxie for No Hit*: 203 Monster Defense: ? Hit Points: 180 Initiative: ? Elemental Resistance: Unconfirmed; change to none if confirmed as none. Elemental Weakness: ? Physical Resistance: None

ghostly pickle factory worker -- (edit metadata)
ghostly pickle factory worker	Item Drops: ghost cucumber, ghost cucumber Meat Drop: None Substat Gain: 40 Monster Level: 196 Moxie for No Hit*: 203 Monster Defense: ? Hit Points: 180 Initiative: ? Elemental Resistance: spooky Elemental Weakness: hot and stench Physical Resistance: None

vine gar -- (edit metadata)
vine gar	Item Drops: vinegar, vinegar Meat Drop: None Substat Gain: 40 Monster Level: 196 Moxie for No Hit*: 203 Monster Defense: ? Hit Points: 180 Initiative: ? Elemental Resistance: Unconfirmed; change to none if confirmed as none. Elemental Weakness: ? Physical Resistance: None

Cucumbers of the Damned
Cucumbers of the Damned	Substat Gain: 25 Beefiness

The Salt of the Earth
The Salt of the Earth	Item Drops: 3 piles of brine

Uuuuuuunionize!
Uuuuuuunionize!	Substat Gain: 25 Magicalness

You Don't Want Fop!
You Don't Want Fop!	Substat Gain: 25 Sarcasm

References

• Possibly a reference to a photo of an Abandoned Pickle Factory (see pre-history in Location description)
• Possibly a reference to the pickle factory in Terry Pratchett's Johnny and the Bomb. In Pratchett's fictional England, the factory was accidentally bombed during the Second World War, killing 19 people, and now Johnny has a chance to go back in time and change history.