Halloween 2026
Live now. An unknown disease has spread from The Lab and contaminated the whole Tarkov region. The infection level of each map is shown on the location selection screen. Tasks: Halloween: Rumors, Halloween: The Best Defense, Halloween: Follow-Up Examination, Halloween: Unexpected Help, Halloween:…
29 October 2026 · live now
«An unknown disease has spread from The Lab and contaminated the whole Tarkov region. The infection level of each map is shown on the location selection screen.»
Tasks: Halloween: Rumors, Halloween: The Best Defense, Halloween: Follow-Up Examination, Halloween: Unexpected Help, Halloween: Initial Examination, Halloween: A New Vaccine, Halloween: Tightening the Quarantine, Halloween: High-Risk, High-Reward, Halloween: First Results, Halloween: Studying the Enemy, Halloween: For the Greater Good, Halloween: For the Greater Good - An Agreement, Halloween: The Final Push, Halloween: Danger Zone, Halloween: Prototyping, Halloween: Coincidence?, Halloween: Enemy of My Enemy, Halloween: Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement, Halloween: Blind the Enemy
Game changes
- Infected civilians, lab technicians, PMCs and Black Division operatives roam the maps, attacking with their hands, knives and pistols.
- A hit from the infected has a small chance to apply the Virus effect: hearing drops out for a moment and hydration falls. It is only removed by extraction or death.
- Infected Tagilla with a scythe: in every raid on Infected Factory and Infected Lab; Interchange 12%, Night Factory 9%, Factory 6%.
- New location Infected Factory: 20-minute raid, 4–6 players, extracts Gate 0 and Gate 3. It is Factory as it was before patch 0.15.
- New location Infected Lab: 30-minute raid, 8–10 players, entry with a TerraGroup Labs access keycard, the lights are off, all doors are open. Extracts need an item: Parking (Car keys) and Sewage Conduit (Collector map).
- Insured items are not returned from either new location.
- A task line that forks between Skier and Therapist: each side has its own achievement and the Tarkov of the Dead poster.
- Pumpkins with sweets can be found on all locations.
- AI wear the Jack-o'-lantern tactical pumpkin helmet.
- No Scav karma penalty for killing Scavs as a player Scav.
- New main menu background. Since hotfix 1.3.0.1 it is kept for good for completing the event task line — it comes with the Shields Up! and Triumph of Science achievements.
- Spooky trader portraits and Halloween lighting in the Hideout.