Old School RuneScape’s Halloween event is back for 2026. This week’s update also includes a sizeable round of post-launch changes to The Fractured Archive, the raid that went live last week.
Trick-or-treating in Rimmington
This year’s story follows Henja and Angel. They’ve been handed a bowl of sweets to give out, and they get to keep whatever is left over, so they start plotting how to hand out nothing at all. Players can join their scheme by speaking to either of them in Rimmington.
Finishing the event unlocks a Vampyre outfit:
- Vampyre costume top, bottom and cape
- Vampyre monocle and fangs
The event runs until November 18th. While it’s active, Diango in Draynor Village Market will also hand out rewards from previous Halloween events to anyone who missed them.
Jagex is also holding a community Stealing Valuables session on 30 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC on World 520, meeting at Civitas illa Fortis in Varlamore. Mods Rach, Rice, Halo and Other will be there, along with developers who worked on Varlamore. To join in you’ll need level 50 Thieving, Children of the Sun completed and a Halloween outfit. The session will also be streamed on the official Twitch channel.
The Fractured Archive changes
Jagex says the raid has passed a quarter of a million completions, with more than a million groups formed and almost four million deaths so far. The team is still holding off on major balance changes, but this update covers a lot of smaller fixes and quality-of-life tweaks:
- Offensive stat reduction is now capped at 50% on Ocellus, Xarth and Dreadnoth. Jagex found that spamming the Emberlight special attack in budget setups made these fights too easy to simply tank.
- Ocellus now follows orb order more reliably when picking a tank. He starts with the party leader and skips dead players or anyone in the wrong quadrant. The tank also gets a private sound cue, and a chat message shows who he’s targeting.
- The contribution system has been reworked. Individual deaths are less punishing, while team deaths now properly lower the group’s unique chance. Before this fix, the unique chance was slightly higher than intended. A detailed breakdown of loot and contribution is promised for next week.
- Diminishing returns on damage dealt to Ocellus per quadrant in phase 2 are now more forgiving.
- Parties no longer disband after a wipe, and players who relog are no longer kicked from their party.
- Players standing under the same Undead Binder at Moia are pushed out and take a single hit instead of one hit each.
- The Rondache’s flat armour and magic resistance now apply after other mitigation, including protection prayers, and the shield now counts as a Saradominist item.
- The Grand Exchange buy limit for Ascension Shards goes from 100 to 30,000.
- Fixes for loot chests after logging out, Ezekiel’s swords during his phase transition, and Bork’s overhead text hiding tank callouts.
Jagex is also working on a delay for the sparkle effect on personal loot chests, so it no longer gives away whether you got a unique. The team hopes to release that within the next couple of weeks.
Other changes
Outside the raid, the acid attack issues at Araxxor have been fixed, and Ironmen can pick up the net at Sunset Coast again. Frost Dragons can no longer be assigned as a Slayer task without Dragon Slayer I, and the Karamja Achievement Diary header now turns green when you finish it. The PvP rota has moved to Period B.
Jagex also reminded players that Hardcore Worlds arrive on November 4th. You can find the full patch notes in the official announcement.
Source: Old School RuneScape official news.
