SCUM Halloween Update Is Out: Catacomb Ritual Quest, Corpse Soup and What the Partial Wipe Reset

The SCUM Halloween update is out now. Gamepires released version 1.3.5.0.172191 on 28 October 2026, adding a limited-time Halloween quest that sends you to the island's graveyards for a midnight ritual, four new Halloween rewards and a cauldron for cooking Corpse Soup. The event runs until the end of November.

The update also brought the partial wipe on every official server and the official server merges, which are now complete. Here's how to start the quest, what you get, what the wipe reset and what happened to your character.

SCUM Halloween update at a glance

How do you start the SCUM Halloween quest?

1. Visit any General Goods trader. They have a job for you: something needs recovering from the catacombs.
2. Head to the island's graveyards, which are now decorated for Halloween.
3. Perform the ritual between 00:00 and 04:00 in-game time. That's the only window when it works.
4. Bring back what the ritual conjures to the trader to complete the quest.

Gamepires' advice: bring enough ammunition to get yourself back out too. Expect "some questionable cooking, a midnight ritual and a few reasons to regret disturbing the dead".

What are the SCUM Halloween rewards?

Completing the quest unlocks four new items for your base:

• Coffin Bed
• Hanging Jack-o'-Lantern
• Candleholders
• Cooking Cauldron

Everything is earned through gameplay. There's no paid DLC with this update.

How do you make Corpse Soup in SCUM?

While the graveyard cauldrons are active, anyone can use them to cook Corpse Soup, even without doing the quest. You can eat it, and its nutritional values depend on what you put in the pot. Gamepires' serving suggestion: "Best eaten with your eyes closed."

When did the SCUM Halloween update come out?

On Wednesday 28 October 2026. Merging and moving servers went offline from 9am GMT, and the partial wipe and update began on all official servers at 3pm GMT / 4pm CET / 11am ET / 8am PT. Gamepires has since confirmed that the update is live and the server merges and character transfers are complete.

What did the SCUM partial wipe reset?

On all official servers, the partial wipe reset:

• Bases
• Gear and supplies
• Fame Points
• Quest progression
• All cash, both carried and banked

Your retained character kept their attributes, skills and gold. Only money converted into gold before maintenance carried over. Private and community servers weren't affected.

Gamepires says the wipe was needed to merge servers, because it let them move characters without also moving bases and loot. It apologized for the short notice, and confirmed again in the update post: there will be no more official-server wipes in 2026.

Which SCUM servers merged?

Gamepires combined quieter official servers so each one feels busier. Here are the merges by region (the official post lists the new connection addresses):

Some other servers moved to new machines, so they stay separate but have a new IP address and port. Gamepires lists them in its server merge post.

Which SCUM servers closed?

• Monthly Wipe #1 – Europe and Monthly Wipe #1 – US East closed without character transfers. Characters, gold and progress on those two servers didn't carry over.
• All official Hardcore servers, including Third Person versions, have been retired. Their retained characters now use their destination server's rules and camera settings. Gamepires has published the former Hardcore settings so community server owners can run a Hardcore server of their own.
• Old public test servers (PTE) closed too, with no transfer to live servers.

What happened to my SCUM character after the server merges?

Only one character was kept per merged server group. If you didn't create new characters on the other servers beforehand, the game kept the one with the most playtime. Gold and progression from your other characters weren't combined, so characters that weren't kept are gone.

Your retained character is now on the destination server listed above. Check Gamepires' updated server list and migration details for your server's new connection address.

If your character is missing or you can't connect, contact SCUM Support with your Steam ID, your original server, your destination server and a description of the problem. Gamepires warns that reporting a missing character doesn't guarantee it can be restored.

What does the SCUM Halloween update fix?

Alongside the event, the update tackles several long-running annoyances:

• Grass through base floors: grass now stays cleared under foundations more reliably, including after you leave the area and come back.
• Harvesting: fully grown garden plants now harvest consistently after the Search interaction, and harvested fruit and vegetables no longer stay visible on the plant.
• Flying wheelbarrows: hitting chickens and rabbits no longer launches you and your wheelbarrow into the air.
• Abandoned Bunkers: armory lockers no longer lock again without refilling their loot (it can still happen in God Mode), and you can no longer pass through bunker ceilings.
• Vehicles: boat and land vehicle collisions now cause damage, purchased Barba Motorboats are locked by default, and two players using a vehicle at once no longer teleports one of them.
• Fishing: walking backwards while landing a fish no longer breaks the line, fish no longer get stuck underground from high riverbanks, and reels swap correctly.
• Weapons: the DT11B now fires the right ammo from each barrel, and you can fire weapons inside the Zelena Milja disco again.
• Offline play: launching without an internet connection no longer blocks your existing Sandbox characters.
• Animals: each animal now gives one guts item, instead of far too many.

The temporary Awareness and Archery XP boosts have ended, and both skills are back to normal XP rates. Progress you earned on your retained character stays. The full patch notes also cover base building, admin commands, server settings and clothing fixes.

Watch the SCUM trailer

The official trailer from SCUM's YouTube channel. Gamepires hasn't released a separate Halloween trailer.

What's coming after the Halloween update?

The Tattoo System, controller support and Photo Mode for all players arrive in a separate update after Halloween. Photo Mode moves from Supporter Pack 2 into the base game, and existing pack owners get replacement tattoo content. Gamepires says it will share more on those features, and the release timing, in its next preview. Work on the next season continues too, alongside preparations for testing "Survivalist", a separate official ruleset focused on scarcity and self-sufficient survival.

How much is SCUM, and how many people play it?

SCUM costs £39.99 / $44.99 / €44.99 on Steam (PC only) and left Early Access with version 1.0 in June 2025. About 7,900 people were playing on Steam when we checked an hour after the update went live, while many official servers were still coming back from maintenance. If you'd rather skip the post-wipe rush, Gamepires points out that you can join a quieter community server or host your own.

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• SCUM 1.0: the journey from Early Access to full release

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