The Halloween 2026 main menu: a blood-spattered TerraGroup Labs lobby with bodies and spent casings on the floor

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Escape from Tarkov event · patch 1.3.0.0

Tarkov Halloween 2026

Zombies got out of The Lab and took over two new infected maps. You also get 21 new tasks from Skier and Therapist, and an infection you can’t cure. Partway through the tasks you’ll have to pick a side. Lots of trades can open on both sides, but your side decides the rest.

Started
29 Oct 2026, live now
Ends
BSG hasn’t said yet
Where
PvE, PvP and Kord Breach
New Tasks
21

Seasonal characters can play it in Kord Breach too.

Skier or Therapist?

You can only finish one side, but 12 of the 25 trades can open on both sides. Your pick decides the rest. Go Skier for the Bitcoin trade, guns and armor. Go Therapist for the Green keycard trade, Labs keycards, good meds and more trades.

Skier’s Halloween portrait

Skier

Guns and armor, right away

Physical Bitcoin

The big one

Physical Bitcoin

Skier LL3 sells it for 2×TG-Vi-24, up to 2 at a time.

You open it by finishing Prototyping.

What the tasks give you

  • PKM + 200 rounds
  • IOTV Gen4
  • 3 Gzhel-K
  • Weapon case
  • 2 tissue samples
  • 1 RDA-78 + 2 TG-Vi-24
  • AK-12 kit or Money case *

* The AK-12 if you gave Skier the vaccine batch, the Money case if you gave it to Therapist.

Where you’ll play
Mostly the regular maps. You’ll get 15 kills on each of 4 pairs of maps (either map in a pair counts), break cameras on 5 maps, and make trips to Lighthouse and Customs.
What you’ll have to give
1 RDA-78 vaccine, 2 TG-Vi-24, and found-in-raid medkits, balms and surgical kits.
Shields Up! achievement icon

Shields Up!

Legendary achievement. Comes with the Tarkov of the Dead poster.

Therapist’s Halloween portrait

Therapist

Keycards, meds and the most trades

Labs keycard (Green)

The big one

Labs keycard (Green)

Therapist LL3 sells it for 2×Tissue and 4×Blood.

You open it by finishing Studying the Enemy.

What the tasks give you

  • 4 Labs keycards
  • 3 Propital
  • 3 Zagustin
  • 5 Grizzly
  • Item case
  • 4 TG-Vi-24 + 1 RDA-78
  • 2 tissue samples
  • 2 Labs keycards + 2 Surv12, or a Holodilnick *

* The keycards and Surv12 if you gave Therapist the vaccine batch, the Holodilnick if you gave it to Skier.

Where you’ll play
Mostly Infected Lab and Infected Factory. You’ll kill 85 infected, 55 of them inside gas, plus Infected Tagilla.
What you’ll have to give
Just 2 Infected tissue samples, plus $2,000 if you gave Skier the vaccine batch.
Triumph of Science achievement icon

Triumph of Science

Legendary achievement. Comes with the Tarkov of the Dead poster.

Which trades does each side open?

Skier’s side opens 15 of the 25 trades. Therapist’s side opens 22.

On both sides 12 trades

Danger Zone or Studying the Enemy opens the Junk box and Medicine case trades. The other 10, including the RDA-78 vaccine, open after The Final Push. On Skier’s side, they open after Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement.

  • Lucky Scav Junk box
    Therapist, loyalty level 1
    • 3×Tissue
    • 2×Blood
  • Medicine case
    Therapist, loyalty level 2
    • 2×Tissue
    • 4×Blood
  • SWORD Mk‑18
    Jaeger, loyalty level 1
    • 1×RDA-78
  • T‑7 thermal goggles
    Jaeger, loyalty level 2
    • 12×RDA-78
  • M32A1 launcher
    Peacekeeper, loyalty level 1
    • 1×RDA-78
  • T H I C C item case
    Peacekeeper, loyalty level 2
    • 14×RDA-78
  • PKP machine gun
    Prapor, loyalty level 1
    • 1×RDA-78
  • RB‑BK marked key
    Prapor, loyalty level 2
    • 1×RDA-78
  • BNTI Zhuk armor (EMR)
    Ragman, loyalty level 1
    • 1×RDA-78
  • REAP‑IR scope
    Skier, loyalty level 1
    • 1×RDA-78
  • Weapon case
    Skier, loyalty level 2
    • 2×RDA-78
  • RDA‑78 vaccine
    Therapist, loyalty level 1
    • 3×Blood
    • 1×Tissue
    • 1×TG-Vi-24

Only on Skier’s side 3 trades

Prototyping opens all three.

  • Physical Bitcoin
    Skier, loyalty level 3
    • 2×TG-Vi-24
  • AA‑12 Gen 2
    Skier, loyalty level 1
    • 1×TG-Vi-24
  • Sako TRG M10
    Skier, loyalty level 2
    • 2×TG-Vi-24

Only on Therapist’s side 10 trades

Four open after High-Risk, High-Reward and two after Studying the Enemy. The other four are gas grenades for Therapist’s own tasks: accepting First Results opens two, and accepting The Final Push opens two.

  • Labs keycard (Green)
    Therapist, loyalty level 3
    • 2×Tissue
    • 4×Blood
  • FLIR RS‑32
    Jaeger, loyalty level 1
    • 2×TG-Vi-24
  • MCX‑SPEAR
    Peacekeeper, loyalty level 1
    • 2×TG-Vi-24
  • RShG‑2
    Prapor, loyalty level 1
    • 1×TG-Vi-24
  • DevTac Ronin helmet
    Ragman, loyalty level 1
    • 1×TG-Vi-24
  • Item case
    Therapist, loyalty level 4
    • 4×Tissue
    • 5×Blood
  • RDA‑68 gas grenade
    Therapist, loyalty level 1
    • 1×Model 8230 CS gas grenade
    Therapist, loyalty level 1
    • 1×Blood
    • 1×UZRGM grenade fuze
    • 1×WD-40 (100ml)
    • 1×PAID AntiRoach spray
  • RDA‑78 gas grenade
    Therapist, loyalty level 1
    • 1×Model 8230 CS gas grenade
    Therapist, loyalty level 1
    • 1×Tissue
    • 1×UZRGM grenade fuze
    • 1×WD-40 (100ml)
    • 1×LVNDMARK's rat poison

Either way, you get these

403,000 or 410,000 EXP

Which one you get depends on the first choice, not your side. You get 410,000 if you side with the trader you turned down for the vaccine batch, because that trader’s next task asks for more.

The same poster

Both achievements give you Tarkov of the Dead.

How you end up on one side

You don’t pick all at once. Twice along the way, Skier and Therapist each hand you a task, and you can only do one. The first one doesn’t decide your side. The second one does.

Everyone does these first

  1. 1RumorsOn Infected Factory. You get an AA-12.
  2. 2The Best DefenseOn Infected Lab. You get a QBZ-191.
  3. 3Follow-Up ExaminationBring back a blood sample. You get 2 Labs keycards.

First choice: who gets the vaccine batch?

Don’t stress about this one. Both traders still give you their next task. The trader you turned down asks for more, and a few rewards change.

Skier’s task

Unexpected Help

Grab the batch on Lighthouse and hide it in room 105 of the Customs dorms. You get an Ammunition case.

Therapist’s task

Initial Examination

Give the same batch to Therapist instead. You get a Document case.

Second choice: this is the one that counts

Finish one and the other trader’s task fails. From here on, you stay with the trader whose task you finished.

Skier’s task

Tightening the Quarantine

Hand in found-in-raid medkits, balms and surgical kits.

Therapist’s task

A New Vaccine

Make it out alive from the infected maps.

Then Skier’s tasks

  1. 1
    Danger Zone

    Get 15 kills on Ground Zero or Customs, 15 on Woods or Interchange, 15 on Shoreline or Streets, and 15 on Lighthouse or Reserve. You get IOTV Gen4 armor, and 2 trades open up.

    Lucky Scav Junk boxMedicine case
  2. 2
    Coincidence?

    Find the signal at the Lighthouse water treatment plant. You get a PKM.

  3. 3
    Prototyping

    Hand in 2 TG-Vi-24. This is the one that opens the Bitcoin trade.

    Physical BitcoinSako TRG M10AA-12
  4. 4
    Enemy of My Enemy

    Hand the clue to Therapist in Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement. You get 3 Gzhel-K and an RDA-78 vaccine, and you open the same 10 trades as The Final Push

    SWORD Mk-18T-7 thermal gogglesPKPT H I C C item caseRDA-78 vaccine
  5. 5
    Blind the Enemy

    Hand in an RDA-78 vaccine and break cameras on 5 maps. You get a Weapon case and Shields Up!

Then Therapist’s tasks

  1. 1
    High-Risk, High-Reward

    Kill infected. You get Propital and Zagustin, and 4 new trades open up.

    MCX-SPEARFLIR RS-32RShG-2DevTac Ronin
  2. 2
    First Results

    Accepting this task opens 2 grenade trades. Kill infected while they’re in yellow RDA-68 gas. You get Grizzly kits.

  3. 3
    Studying the Enemy

    Hand in 2 tissue samples. This is the one that opens the Green keycard trade.

    Labs keycard (Green)Item caseLucky Scav Junk boxMedicine case
  4. 4
    For the Greater Good

    Hand the data to Skier in For the Greater Good - An Agreement. You get 4 Labs keycards and 2 tissue samples.

  5. 5
    The Final Push

    Accepting this task opens 2 grenade trades. Kill 30 infected in green RDA-78 gas, and kill Infected Tagilla. Finishing the task opens 10 more trades and gets you Triumph of Science.

    SWORD Mk-18T-7 thermal gogglesPKPT H I C C item caseRDA-78 vaccine

Picked Skier? You can still trade for the Mk-18.

You hand in Enemy of My Enemy through Therapist’s Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement task. When you finish it, Enemy of My Enemy is done too. The Agreement task also opens the same 10 trades as The Final Push and gives you the RDA-78 vaccine Blind the Enemy asks for.

All 21 Halloween tasks

Here they are in the order you’ll get them. Open a task to see what to do and what you get. Money is left out because your hideout changes how much each task pays.

Everyone does these first

Everyone starts with these three. Rumors only needs level 1.

Rumors

Skier · Infected Factory

What to do

  • Visit the Infected Factory
  • Eliminate the infected on Infected Factory ×10

What you get

  • 26,000 EXP
  • 1× MPS Auto Assault-12 Gen 2 12ga automatic shotgun
  • 3× AA-12 12ga 20-round drum magazine
  • 4× 12/70 SuperFormance HP slug ammo pack (25 pcs)

How it opens: Ready at level 1, from the first day of the event.

The Best Defense

Skier · Infected Lab

What to do

  • Visit the Infected Lab
  • Optional: Survive and extract from Infected Lab
  • Optional: Obtain the special item to use the exfil
  • Eliminate the infected on Infected Lab ×10

What you get

  • 36,000 EXP
  • 1× Norinco QBZ-191 5.8x42 assault rifle
  • 3× QBZ-191 5.8x42 30-round magazine
  • 4× 5.8x42mm DBX95 ammo pack (30 pcs)

How it opens: Finish Rumors.

The special item is the Car keys or the Collector map. The Car keys open the Parking exit, and the Collector map opens Sewage Conduit.

On the map

The Car keys and Collector map spots on Infected Lab in TarkovQuestie
Infected Lab, level 2: the Car keys and Collector map spots in the round Conference Room.
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Follow-Up Examination

Therapist · Infected Lab or Infected Factory

What to do

  • Locate the dead scientist in a hazmat suit on Infected Lab or Infected Factory
  • Open the scientist's body using Medical instruments
  • Obtain the blood sample on Infected Lab or Infected Factory
  • Hand over the blood sample

What you get

  • 40,000 EXP
  • 2× TerraGroup Labs access keycard
  • 2× Adrenaline injector
  • 2× Trimadol stimulant injector

How it opens: When you accept The Best Defense.

Opening a body uses up your Medical tools, so bring spares. Some bodies are empty, and some have 2 Blood samples.

On the map

A dead scientist on Infected Lab in TarkovQuestie
Infected Lab: the dead scientist in the tunnel to the Sewage Conduit exit, with a picture of the spot.
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First choice: who gets the vaccine batch?

Both traders want the same batch. Finish one and the other fails, but you still get both traders’ next task.

Unexpected Help

Skier · Lighthouse, then Customs

What to do

  • Locate and obtain the vaccine shipment at the water treatment plant on Lighthouse
  • Stash the vaccine shipment in room 105 of the two-story dorm on Customs

What you get

  • 38,000 EXP
  • 1× Ammunition case

How it opens: Finish Follow-Up Examination.

Finishing this fails: Initial Examination

The batch is on the office desk by the computer, 2nd floor of the east water treatment building (Plant 3). In raid it’s called TG-VI-26. You need the Dorm room 105 key to get into room 105 on Customs.

On the map

The vaccine batch on Lighthouse in TarkovQuestie
Lighthouse: the batch, 2nd floor of the east water treatment building (Plant 3).
Room 105 on Customs in TarkovQuestie
Customs: where to stash it, room 105 of the two-story dorm.
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Initial Examination

Therapist · Lighthouse (the batch), then Therapist

What to do

  • Hand over the vaccine shipment

What you get

  • 38,000 EXP
  • 1× Document case

How it opens: When you accept Unexpected Help.

Finishing this fails: Unexpected Help

Therapist wants the same vaccine batch Skier does. It’s on the office desk by the computer, 2nd floor of the east water treatment building (Plant 3) on Lighthouse.

On the map

The vaccine batch on Lighthouse in TarkovQuestie
Lighthouse: the batch, 2nd floor of the east water treatment building (Plant 3).
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Second choice: this is the one that counts

Both tasks come in two versions, and who got the vaccine batch decides which you see. The trader you turned down asks for more. Finish one and the other trader’s task fails.

Tightening the Quarantine · After Unexpected Help

Skier · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the found in raid item: Any medkit that can remove heavy bleeding ×5
  • Hand over the found in raid item: Any medical balm ×2
  • Hand over the found in raid item: Any surgical kit ×2

What you get

  • 41,000 EXP
  • 1× Kalashnikov AK-12 5.45x39 assault rifle
  • 3× AK-12 5.45x39 early model 30-round magazine
  • 1× 5.45x39mm 7N40 ammo pack (120 pcs)

How it opens: About 15 minutes after you finish Unexpected Help.

Finishing this fails: A New Vaccine (After Unexpected Help)

A New Vaccine · After Unexpected Help

Therapist · Infected Factory and Infected Lab

What to do

  • Survive and extract from Infected Factory
  • Survive and extract from Infected Lab
  • Hand over USD ×2,000
  • Optional: Obtain the special item to use the exfil

What you get

  • 48,000 EXP
  • 1× Mr. Holodilnick thermal bag

How it opens: When you accept Tightening the Quarantine, if you gave Skier the vaccine batch.

Finishing this fails: Tightening the Quarantine (After Unexpected Help)

The special item is the Car keys or the Collector map. You don’t have to find one yourself: you can also leave with a friend who uses one at the exit. The Car keys open the Parking exit on Infected Lab, and the Collector map opens Sewage Conduit.

On the map

The Car keys and Collector map spots on Infected Lab in TarkovQuestie
Infected Lab, level 2: the Car keys and Collector map spots in the round Conference Room.
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Tightening the Quarantine · After Initial Examination

Skier · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the found in raid item: Any medkit that can remove heavy bleeding ×7
  • Hand over the found in raid item: Any medical balm ×3
  • Hand over the found in raid item: Any surgical kit ×3

What you get

  • 48,000 EXP
  • 1× Money case

How it opens: When you accept A New Vaccine, if you gave Therapist the vaccine batch.

Finishing this fails: A New Vaccine (After Initial Examination)

Skier is annoyed the batch went to Therapist, so this version asks for more.

A New Vaccine · After Initial Examination

Therapist · Infected Factory or Infected Lab

What to do

  • Survive and extract from Infected Factory or Infected Lab

What you get

  • 41,000 EXP
  • 2× TerraGroup Labs access keycard
  • 2× Surv12 field surgical kit

How it opens: About 15 minutes after you finish Initial Examination.

Finishing this fails: Tightening the Quarantine (After Initial Examination)

Skier’s tasks

These start with Danger Zone, once you finish Tightening the Quarantine. You hand in Enemy of My Enemy through Therapist’s Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement task. When you finish it, both tasks are done.

Danger Zone

Skier · Ground Zero or Customs, Woods or Interchange, Shoreline or Streets, Lighthouse or Reserve

What to do

  • Eliminate any target on Ground Zero or Customs ×15
  • Eliminate any target on Woods or Interchange ×15
  • Eliminate any target on Shoreline or Streets of Tarkov ×15
  • Eliminate any target on Lighthouse or Reserve ×15

What you get

  • 44,000 EXP
  • 1× Weapon repair kit
  • 1× IOTV Gen4 body armor (Full Protection Kit, MultiCam)
  • 2× Infected tissue sample
  • Opens a trade: Lucky Scav Junk box (Therapist LL1)
  • Opens a trade: Medicine case (Therapist LL2)

How it opens: Finish Tightening the Quarantine.

Coincidence?

Skier · Lighthouse (water treatment plant)

What to do

  • Locate the source of the signal on Lighthouse
  • Obtain any clues in the area
  • Hand over the found clue

What you get

  • 42,000 EXP
  • 1× Kalashnikov PKM 7.62x54R machine gun
  • 2× PK 7.62x54R 100-round box
  • 10× 7.62x54mm R BT gzh ammo pack (20 pcs)

How it opens: Finish Danger Zone.

The signal comes from a small room in the north water treatment building (Plant 2). It has an old radio on a table and a big world map on the wall. You find the signal just by walking into the room. The clue is a folder on a cabinet in that room.

On the map

The signal room on Lighthouse in TarkovQuestie
Lighthouse: the signal room in the north water treatment building (Plant 2).
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Prototyping

Skier · Hand-in

What to do

  • Obtain the new TG-Vi-24 vaccine prototype ×2
  • Hand over the items ×2

What you get

  • 34,000 EXP
  • Opens a trade: Sako TRG M10 .338 LM bolt-action sniper rifle (Skier LL2)
  • Opens a trade: Physical Bitcoin (Skier LL3)
  • Opens a trade: MPS Auto Assault-12 Gen 2 12ga automatic shotgun (Skier LL1)

How it opens: Finish Danger Zone.

The briefing sends you to the flea market, so the prototypes don’t need to be found in raid.

Enemy of My Enemy

Skier · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the clues to Therapist

What you get

  • 24,000 EXP
  • 3× BNTI Gzhel-K body armor

How it opens: Finish Coincidence?

Skier gives you the clue folder when you accept this. You hand it to Therapist in Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement, and that finishes this one too.

Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement

Therapist · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the clue
  • Optional: Obtain the virus clue

What you get

  • 18,000 EXP
  • 1× RDA-78 vaccine
  • 2× TG-Vi-24 vaccine prototype
  • Opens a trade: RDA-78 vaccine (Therapist LL1)
  • Opens a trade: SWORD International Mk-18 .338 LM marksman rifle (Jaeger LL1)
  • Opens a trade: Kalashnikov PKP 7.62x54R infantry machine gun (Prapor LL1)
  • Opens a trade: RB-BK marked key (Prapor LL2)
  • Opens a trade: Weapon case (Skier LL2)
  • Opens a trade: BNTI Zhuk body armor (EMR) (Ragman LL1)
  • Opens a trade: Milkor M32A1 MSGL 40mm grenade launcher (Peacekeeper LL1)
  • Opens a trade: T H I C C item case (Peacekeeper LL2)
  • Opens a trade: T-7 Thermal Goggles with a Night Vision mount (Jaeger LL2)
  • Opens a trade: Trijicon REAP-IR thermal scope (Skier LL1)

How it opens: When you accept Enemy of My Enemy.

This is where you hand in Enemy of My Enemy. When you finish this task, Enemy of My Enemy is done too. Its RDA-78 vaccine is the one Blind the Enemy asks for.

Blind the Enemy

Skier · Woods, Customs, Lighthouse, Reserve, Shoreline

What to do

  • Hand over the RDA-78 vaccine
  • Destroy the cameras at the train depot on Woods ×2
  • Destroy the cameras at the dorms on Customs ×3
  • Destroy the cameras at the water treatment plant on Lighthouse ×3
  • Destroy the cameras at the train depot on Reserve ×3
  • Destroy the cameras at the Health Resort on Shoreline ×3

What you get

  • 60,000 EXP
  • 1× Weapon case

How it opens: Finish Enemy of My Enemy.

Skier’s last task. That’s 14 cameras in all. You break each one by shooting it. They’re small and well hidden, so bring a scope. On Lighthouse, all three are on the north water treatment building (Plant 2): two on the roof corners and one inside, seen through a window.

On the map

Cameras on Woods in TarkovQuestie
Woods: 2 cameras at the train depot.
Cameras on Customs in TarkovQuestie
Customs: 3 cameras on the dorms.
Cameras on Lighthouse in TarkovQuestie
Lighthouse: 2 of the 3 cameras on Plant 2. The one with the picture is inside, seen through a window. The other is on a roof corner, and the third is on the opposite roof corner.
Cameras on Reserve in TarkovQuestie
Reserve: 3 cameras at the train depot.
Cameras on Shoreline in TarkovQuestie
Shoreline: 3 cameras on the Health Resort.
See it on your map in TarkovQuestie

Therapist’s tasks

These start with High-Risk, High-Reward, once you finish A New Vaccine. You hand in For the Greater Good through Skier’s For the Greater Good - An Agreement task. When you finish it, both tasks are done.

High-Risk, High-Reward

Therapist · Infected Factory or Infected Lab

What to do

  • Eliminate the infected on Infected Factory or Infected Lab ×30

What you get

  • 44,000 EXP
  • 3× Propital regenerative stimulant injector
  • 3× Zagustin hemostatic drug injector
  • 2× TG-Vi-24 vaccine prototype
  • Opens a trade: DevTac Ronin helmet (Ragman LL1)
  • Opens a trade: SIG MCX-SPEAR 6.8x51 assault rifle (Peacekeeper LL1)
  • Opens a trade: FLIR RS-32 2.25-9x 35mm 60Hz thermal riflescope (Jaeger LL1)
  • Opens a trade: RShG-2 72.5mm rocket launcher (Prapor LL1)

How it opens: Finish A New Vaccine.

First Results

Therapist · Infected Factory or Infected Lab

What to do

  • Eliminate the infected while they are under the effect of the experimental gas grenade ×25
  • Optional: Obtain the RDA-68 experimental CS gas grenade

What you get

  • 42,000 EXP
  • 5× Grizzly medical kit
  • 3× Model 8230 CS gas grenade (RDA-68), when you accept it
  • Opens 2 trades when you accept it: Model 8230 CS gas grenade (RDA-68) (Therapist LL1)

How it opens: Finish High-Risk, High-Reward.

The RDA-68 grenades it gives you make the infected tougher while they’re in the gas.

Studying the Enemy

Therapist · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the infected tissue sample ×2

What you get

  • 34,000 EXP
  • Opens a trade: Lucky Scav Junk box (Therapist LL1)
  • Opens a trade: Medicine case (Therapist LL2)
  • Opens a trade: TerraGroup Labs keycard (Green) (Therapist LL3)
  • Opens a trade: Item case (Therapist LL4)

How it opens: Finish High-Risk, High-Reward.

For the Greater Good

Therapist · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the infection data to Skier

What you get

  • 24,000 EXP
  • 4× TerraGroup Labs access keycard
  • 2× Ibuprofen painkillers
  • 2× Augmentin antibiotic pills

How it opens: Finish First Results.

When you accept, Therapist gives you a flash drive with the infection data. Hand it to Skier in For the Greater Good - An Agreement, and that finishes this one too.

For the Greater Good - An Agreement

Skier · Hand-in

What to do

  • Hand over the infection data

What you get

  • 18,000 EXP
  • 2× Infected tissue sample

How it opens: When you accept For the Greater Good.

This is where you hand in For the Greater Good. When you finish this task, For the Greater Good is done too. The Final Push comes next.

The Final Push

Therapist · Infected Factory or Infected Lab

What to do

  • Eliminate the infected while they are under the effect of the experimental gas grenade ×30
  • Optional: Obtain the RDA-78 experimental CS gas grenade
  • Eliminate the Infected Tagilla

What you get

  • 60,000 EXP
  • 1× Item case
  • 1× RDA-78 vaccine
  • 2× TG-Vi-24 vaccine prototype
  • 1× Model 8230 CS gas grenade (RDA-78), when you accept it
  • Opens 2 trades when you accept it: Model 8230 CS gas grenade (RDA-78) (Therapist LL1)
  • Opens a trade: RDA-78 vaccine (Therapist LL1)
  • Opens a trade: SWORD International Mk-18 .338 LM marksman rifle (Jaeger LL1)
  • Opens a trade: Kalashnikov PKP 7.62x54R infantry machine gun (Prapor LL1)
  • Opens a trade: RB-BK marked key (Prapor LL2)
  • Opens a trade: Weapon case (Skier LL2)
  • Opens a trade: BNTI Zhuk body armor (EMR) (Ragman LL1)
  • Opens a trade: Milkor M32A1 MSGL 40mm grenade launcher (Peacekeeper LL1)
  • Opens a trade: T H I C C item case (Peacekeeper LL2)
  • Opens a trade: T-7 Thermal Goggles with a Night Vision mount (Jaeger LL2)
  • Opens a trade: Trijicon REAP-IR thermal scope (Skier LL1)

How it opens: Finish For the Greater Good.

Therapist’s last task. Only Infected Tagilla counts for the last objective, and he counts wherever you kill him. The green RDA-78 grenade is the one that hurts the infected.

TarkovQuestie on Infected Lab, with two Halloween tasks, the Parking exit and where you are

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Rewards and trades

The event adds 25 new trades, almost all paid with four event items, and 12 of them can open on both sides. Finish either side’s tasks and you also get a Legendary achievement and the Tarkov of the Dead poster.

The four items you’ll trade with

  • Blood sample

    Search the dead scientists on the infected maps (bring Medical tools). You can also find samples lying around, mostly on Interchange. Check the NecrusPharm back room (you need the NecrusPharm pharmacy key). A few turn up on Lighthouse, Shoreline, Streets and Icebreaker.

  • Infected tissue sample

    You get these from Skier’s Halloween dailies, Danger Zone, and For the Greater Good - An Agreement.

  • TG-Vi-24 vaccine prototype

    You get these from Therapist’s Halloween dailies and from three tasks: The Final Push, Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement, and High-Risk, High-Reward. You can’t use one in a raid, even though its description says it slows the infection.

  • RDA-78 vaccine

    Make it at Therapist (see below), or get one from The Final Push or Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement. It doesn’t heal you.

Skier’s side gets Halloween dailies that pay tissue samples, which Therapist’s side needs. Therapist’s side gets dailies that pay TG-Vi-24, which Skier’s side needs. You can buy and sell all four on the flea market. None of them fit in your secure container, so get them out alive.

Make your own

How to make an RDA-78 vaccine

Therapist makes it at LL1, up to 3 at a time. The trade opens after The Final Push. On Skier’s side, it opens after Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement.

Every trade, and the task that opens it

The trades are the same in PvE, PvP and Kord Breach.

Both sides

Opens after Danger Zone (Skier) or Studying the Enemy (Therapist)

  • Lucky Scav Junk box

    Therapist LL1

    3×Tissue2×Blood

  • Medicine case

    Therapist LL2

    2×Tissue4×Blood

Both sides

Opens after The Final Push. On Skier’s side, after Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement.

  • SWORD Mk-18 .338 LM

    Jaeger LL1

    1×RDA-78

  • T-7 thermal goggles

    Jaeger LL2

    12×RDA-78

  • Milkor M32A1 grenade launcher

    Peacekeeper LL1

    1×RDA-78

  • T H I C C item case

    Peacekeeper LL2

    14×RDA-78

  • PKP machine gun

    Prapor LL1

    1×RDA-78

  • RB-BK marked key

    Prapor LL2

    1×RDA-78

  • BNTI Zhuk armor (EMR)

    Ragman LL1

    1×RDA-78

  • Trijicon REAP-IR thermal scope

    Skier LL1

    1×RDA-78

  • Weapon case

    Skier LL2

    2×RDA-78

Only on Skier’s side

Opens after Prototyping

  • The big one

    Physical Bitcoin

    Skier LL3 · up to 2

    2×TG-Vi-24

  • AA-12 Gen 2 shotgun

    Skier LL1 · up to 2

    1×TG-Vi-24

  • Sako TRG M10 .338 LM

    Skier LL2

    2×TG-Vi-24

Only on Therapist’s side

Opens after High-Risk, High-Reward

  • FLIR RS-32 thermal scope

    Jaeger LL1

    2×TG-Vi-24

  • SIG MCX-SPEAR 6.8x51

    Peacekeeper LL1

    2×TG-Vi-24

  • RShG-2 rocket launcher

    Prapor LL1

    1×TG-Vi-24

  • DevTac Ronin helmet

    Ragman LL1

    1×TG-Vi-24

Only on Therapist’s side

Opens after Studying the Enemy

  • The big one

    TerraGroup Labs keycard (Green)

    Therapist LL3

    2×Tissue4×Blood

  • Item case

    Therapist LL4

    4×Tissue5×Blood

Gas grenades, Therapist’s side

Therapist LL1, up to 3 of each

  • RDA-68 gas grenade

    Therapist LL1 · up to 3

    1×Model 8230 CS gas grenade

    Opens when you accept First Results

  • RDA-68 gas grenade

    Therapist LL1 · up to 3

    1×Blood1×UZRGM grenade fuze1×WD-40 (100ml)1×PAID AntiRoach spray

    Opens when you accept First Results

  • RDA-78 gas grenade

    Therapist LL1 · up to 3

    1×Model 8230 CS gas grenade

    Opens when you accept The Final Push

  • RDA-78 gas grenade

    Therapist LL1 · up to 3

    1×Tissue1×UZRGM grenade fuze1×WD-40 (100ml)1×LVNDMARK's rat poison

    Opens when you accept The Final Push

Posters, figurines and achievements

  • Tarkov of the Dead poster

    Tarkov of the Dead poster

    Finish either side’s tasks to get it. You can’t sell it.

  • Shields Up! achievement icon

    Shields Up!

    Legendary. Finish Skier’s tasks.

  • Triumph of Science achievement icon

    Triumph of Science

    Legendary. Finish Therapist’s tasks.

  • Groovy achievement icon

    Groovy

    Legendary. Kill 300 infected as a PMC.

  • Halloween in Norvinsk poster

    Halloween in Norvinsk poster

    Found on the usual poster spots in raids, like room 105 of the Customs dorms. You can’t sell it.

  • Pumpkin with sweets

    Pumpkin with sweets

    Up to 6 a raid on most maps, full of snacks.

  • Black Division Team Leader

    Black Division Team Leader

    A figurine you can find in raids.

  • Black Division Operator

    Black Division Operator

    A figurine you can find in raids.

  • Wedge

    Wedge

    A figurine you can find in raids.

What are the zombies like?

They come in six kinds. They take normal damage, so you don’t need headshots, and only the infected PMCs shoot back. Apart from Infected Tagilla, they drop nothing and you can’t loot them.

  • Infected Scav

    Infected Scav

    Infected Lab and Infected Factory

    Wearing Scav outfits.

  • Infected PMC

    Infected PMC

    Infected Lab and Infected Factory

    BEAR, USEC and Black Division gear. The only ones that shoot back, with pistols.

  • Infected civilian

    Infected civilian

    Infected Lab and Infected Factory

    Wearing everyday clothes.

  • Infected lab technician

    Infected lab technician

    Only on Infected Lab

    Wearing lab coats.

Outfits change from zombie to zombie, so these are just examples.

New this patch

Screamer

It stands still until it sees you. Then it screams and sprints straight at you. The scream doesn’t bring other zombies. Expect 3 a raid, or 1 on Woods.

Where you’ll usually find them

Interchange
The far stairwell in OLI’s admin area. There’s one there almost every raid.
Reserve
The basement, White Queen, Bishop and Pawn
Ground Zero
TarBank, the main parking lot, Fusion and Olive
Factory
Around the brick building
Customs
The dorms
Infected Tagilla

The boss

Infected Tagilla

Therapist’s last task, The Final Push, asks you to kill Infected Tagilla. When he shows up on regular Factory, he takes normal Tagilla’s place. Killing him counts for Tagilla’s achievements.

In almost every raid on
Infected Lab and Infected Factory
Sometimes on
Regular Factory
Counts for
Call Your Brother, Hammer and Scythe, Long Live the King! and Snowball
Carries
An Old hand scythe instead of a hammer, plus gear like normal Tagilla’s

The infection on the regular maps is lower than on Infected Lab and Infected Factory, so there are few or no zombies there.

Walk, sprint or shoot

Some walk and some sprint at you. Only infected PMCs shoot, with pistols.

200 m

They’ll come running if they hear you from this far. On Factory, The Lab and the infected maps, it’s 80 m.

20 s

Stay out of sight this long and they give up on you.

No rep loss

Killing them as a Scav won’t cost you any Fence rep.

The same infected head twice: intact on the left, and on the right after a head hit, with the skull open
Shoot one in the head and the skull cracks open. That’s new this patch.

How does the infection work?

No cure

If a zombie hits you, you can get infected. It doesn’t go away until you extract, die or take a transit, and nothing in your bag will fix it.

How you get it

  • A zombie hits you and you start bleeding. That’s the only way.
  • Getting shot never infects you, even by an infected PMC.
  • Stabs, and hits to your arms or legs, are the riskiest.
  • You can’t catch it while a stim that stops bleeding is working.

What it does to you

  • You lose 1 HP every second, usually from your head first. If you don’t heal, it kills you in about 4 minutes.
  • You get thirsty fast and your hands shake.
  • The RDA-78 vaccine won’t save you. It’s only for trading.

How to stay alive

Before a fight, take one of these:

  • Zagustin · 180 s
  • AHF1-M · 60 s
  • Perfotoran · 60 s

Already infected? Heal faster than it hurts:

  • Propital
  • Perfotoran
  • PNB
  • Adrenaline
  • eTG-change

With Elite Immunity, you’ll often dodge it completely.

The two gas grenades

  • RDA-78 gas grenade

    Green: hurts them

    RDA-78 gas grenade

    Zombies in the cloud melt for 60 seconds. You’ll need it for The Final Push, which gives you 1 when you accept it.

  • RDA-68 gas grenade

    Yellow: helps them

    RDA-68 gas grenade

    Makes zombies tougher. You only use it for First Results, which gives you 3 when you accept it.

Therapist trades more of both, and neither is on the flea market.

Careful, both gas you too. Wear a GP-5, GP-7, Avon M53A1 or MSA Millennium mask, or stay out of the cloud.

Infected Lab and Infected Factory

To find them, click the red Halloween button in the top right corner of the map screen. Only PMCs can go in, in groups of up to three. The raids are always online, even in PvE. Insurance doesn’t work there, so any gear you lose is gone.

The Infected Lab loading banner

Infected Lab

The Lab, rebuilt from Dark Labs

To get in
A Labs keycard (used up)
Insurance
Doesn’t work
Raid time
30 min
Players (PvP)
8 to 10
Ways out
Two secret exits (see below)
Boss
Infected Tagilla, almost every raid
Blood samples
4 dead scientists to search
Loot
Better than normal Lab
The Infected Factory loading banner

Infected Factory

The old Factory, from before the rework

To get in
Nothing, just queue up
Insurance
Doesn’t work
Raid time
20 min
Players (PvP)
4 to 6
Ways out
Gate 3 and Gate 0
Boss
Infected Tagilla, almost every raid
Blood samples
3 dead scientists to search
Loot
Almost 3 times normal Factory

On your map

Infected Lab in TarkovQuestie
Infected Lab: both secret exits, the Car keys and Collector map spots, and the four dead scientists.
Infected Factory in TarkovQuestie
Infected Factory: Gate 3, Gate 0 and the three dead scientists.

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Infected Lab’s two secret exits

  • Car keys

    → Parking

  • Collector map

    → Sewage Conduit

The Infected Lab map above shows where the Car keys and Collector maps are. Pick one up and its exit shows up for you. One item is enough, so head for the exit that matches the one you found. The item is used up when you leave. You can’t bring them in with you or keep them in your secure container.

Bloodied wallets

Six in the office wings, each with about 30k ₽ and sometimes a Labs keycard.

243 doors

You can blow them open with your own grenades.

Black keycard room

The only keycard room that’s still locked. Every other one is open, so Black is the only colored keycard you need.

New hideout styles

The in-game store has two new styles, three pieces each, paid in TarCoins. The Halloween decorations are back too. Turn them on from the hideout lighting panel.

Your Own Celestial Empire

For fans of Chinese culture

  • Ceiling: Paper Lanterns
  • Walls: Geshen
  • Floor: Dragon
  • Your Own Celestial Empire hideout style, store image 1
  • Your Own Celestial Empire hideout style, store image 2
  • Your Own Celestial Empire hideout style, store image 3

Once Upon a Time in Tarkov

The American dream, Tarkov style

  • Ceiling: Exposed Ceiling
  • Walls: OSB with posters
  • Floor: Crime Scene
  • Once Upon a Time in Tarkov hideout style, store image 1
  • Once Upon a Time in Tarkov hideout style, store image 2
  • Once Upon a Time in Tarkov hideout style, store image 3

Every trader got a Halloween look

  • Prapor’s Halloween portrait

    Prapor

  • Therapist’s Halloween portrait

    Therapist

  • Fence’s Halloween portrait

    Fence

  • Skier’s Halloween portrait

    Skier

  • Peacekeeper’s Halloween portrait

    Peacekeeper

  • Mechanic’s Halloween portrait

    Mechanic

  • Ragman’s Halloween portrait

    Ragman

  • Jaeger’s Halloween portrait

    Jaeger

  • Ref’s Halloween portrait

    Ref

What else is new

  • Glukhar is back on Reserve

    The event that moved him to Lighthouse is over, so he’s back on Reserve.

  • “Impossible” PMC bots

    New PvE bots, even sharper than hard ones. You’ll meet 3 on every Reserve raid, 1 on Lighthouse, and sometimes a couple on Streets.

  • AI Scavs shoot player Scavs

    On every regular map, every time. Bosses shoot you now too, even with high Fence rep.

  • No Fence rep loss for Scav kills

    In PvP and Kord Breach, you can kill other player Scavs and keep your Fence rep.

  • Faster skills, longer tripwires, autumn weather

    Weapon skills level 1.65 times faster, and tripwires last 60 minutes now. The weather has turned to autumn too.

  • The other bosses

    Everyone besides Glukhar and Tagilla spawns like before, Partisan included.

Questions people ask

When does the Tarkov Halloween 2026 event end?

BSG hasn’t said yet. The event started on 29 October 2026 with patch 1.3.0.0, and we’ll add the end date here as soon as they announce it.

Should I do Skier’s or Therapist’s Halloween tasks?

Pick by the trades you want. Of the 25, 12 open on both sides, including the Mk-18, T-7 and RDA-78 vaccine. Only Skier’s side opens the Physical Bitcoin, Sako TRG M10 and AA-12 trades. Only Therapist’s side opens the Green keycard, Item case, MCX-SPEAR and FLIR trades, plus the gas grenade trades for Therapist’s tasks. EXP is about the same.

Can I get both Halloween 2026 achievements on one character?

No. Shields Up! is for finishing Skier’s tasks and Triumph of Science is for Therapist’s. You can’t finish both Skier’s Tightening the Quarantine and Therapist’s A New Vaccine, because finishing one fails the other. So one character can only finish one side.

Is there a cure for the Halloween infection in Tarkov?

No. Nothing removes it during a raid, not even the RDA-78 vaccine, which is only for trading. It ends when you extract, die or take a transit. Zagustin, AHF1-M or Perfotoran will stop you catching it while they’re working.

How do I get to Infected Lab and Infected Factory?

On the map screen, click the red Halloween button in the top right corner. You have to go as a PMC, in a group of three or fewer. Infected Lab needs a Labs keycard, which gets used up. Infected Factory needs nothing. Even in PvE, these raids are always online. Insurance doesn’t work there.

Is the Halloween 2026 event in Tarkov PvE?

Yes. It’s in PvE, PvP and Kord Breach. In PvE the two infected maps are always online, so you can’t play them offline. The infection on the regular maps is lower than on the infected maps, so there are few or no zombies there.

Where does Infected Tagilla spawn in Halloween 2026?

He shows up in almost every raid on Infected Lab and Infected Factory, and sometimes on regular Factory, where he takes normal Tagilla’s place. Therapist’s last task, The Final Push, asks you to kill Infected Tagilla, wherever you find him. Killing him also counts for Call Your Brother, Hammer and Scythe, Long Live the King! and Snowball.

How do I get blood samples for the Halloween tasks?

Search the dead scientists on Infected Lab (there are four) or Infected Factory (three). Opening a body uses up your Medical tools, so bring spares. Some bodies are empty, and some have 2 samples. You can also find samples lying around, mostly on Interchange (check the NecrusPharm back room). They don’t fit in your secure container.

What is the RDA-78 vaccine for in Tarkov?

Trading. The trade opens after The Final Push. On Skier’s side, it opens after Enemy of My Enemy - An Agreement. Therapist makes the vaccine from 3 Blood samples, 1 Infected tissue sample and 1 TG-Vi-24, and you spend it on trades like the Mk-18, PKP and M32A1. It doesn’t heal you, and Skier’s Blind the Enemy asks for one.

What rewards does the Tarkov Halloween 2026 event give?

Guns, armor, Labs keycards, cases and meds from the tasks, plus 25 new trades, almost all paid with the event’s samples and vaccines. They include the Mk-18, T-7 thermal goggles, MCX-SPEAR and T H I C C case. Finishing either side gets you a Legendary achievement and the Tarkov of the Dead poster, and 300 infected kills get you Groovy.

How do I get the Tarkov of the Dead poster?

Finish either side’s Halloween tasks. The Shields Up! (Skier) and Triumph of Science (Therapist) achievements each send you one poster by mail, already marked found in raid. You can’t sell it to traders or on the flea market.

What is the Groovy achievement in Tarkov?

A Halloween 2026 achievement: kill 300 infected as a PMC. All six kinds count, Screamers and Infected Tagilla included, and a progress bar tracks it for you. It doesn’t give you an item.

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