The moon looms high over Club Penguin Armies, and a chilling wind sweeps through the island. Darkness gathers as the October Horrors approaches. Starting next weekend, the Haunted House will be set for spine-tingling battles, ghostly rivalries, and monstrous surprises.
Designed by MasterDS and Edu14463
INFORMATION
October Horrors is set to commence next week, with a Qualifier Round happening in the Small/Medium brackets, given the healthy amount of armies that confirmed participation.
As a reminder, the tournament will be split into Major and S/M categories. Major armies will participate in the Major category, while SM armies can choose to compete in either. The tournament will be a single-day tournament for each category. Major division battles will take place on Saturday, October 25, with the S/M ones happening the next day, October 26.
The winners of the two divisions will face each other in an extra battle: the Super Cup battle, on Monday, October 27, at 3 PM EST. The winners of the Major and the SM finals will receive the main trophies, while the Super Cup battle will have an extra one.
This year, we see 13 armies participating in the Halloween season tournament, making it even more exciting. The full schedule of the tournament, in summary, is as follows:
S/M Qualifiers: October 24th
Major Battles: October 25th
S/M Battles: October 26th
Super Cup Battle: October 27th
Information about the Super Cup battle will be published after the S/M battles.
rules
To ensure the tournament runs smoothly, we have established the following rules based on previous and recently updated tournament policies. Please make sure to read them carefully.
- Reviews will only be allowed for the Grand Finals and Super Cup battle and will be conducted by unaffiliated (to the battle) Head Judges.
- Just like in the previous tournaments, there have been deadlines set concerning the review process:
- Leaders cannot request a review more than three hours after the final results are posted. Additionally, they cannot submit evidence later than 21 hours after requesting a review (videos should be submitted as soon as possible).
- Head Judges must notify both armies about the review and whether it will proceed as soon as possible. The deadline for the Head Judges to complete the review is 24 hours after the evidence submission deadline.
- Attendance policy: Individuals are allowed to attend for an army if:
- They enlisted in the army before the tournament’s first battle. It does not matter if they are also enlisted in another army. Advisors count as an active rank.
- They are not enlisted in any army. The Ice Warriors do not count as an army.
- They must stick with the same army throughout the tournament. If this army is eliminated, they cannot attend battles for any other.
- The judging will be undertaken by Club Penguin Army Judges and organized by the Head Judges.
- Each army has the right to veto up to two judges per battle. Once an army has used both vetoes, it cannot issue any more for that battle. Vetoes must be made before the four-hour mark and cannot be used against Head Judges unless they are affiliated with an army. If no available judges remain after the vetoes, the Head Judges may appoint individuals, including those previously vetoed, to ensure the battle proceeds smoothly.
- Judges will be announced well in advance (typically shortly after the week’s schedule is announced).
- Each room will have three judges. If there are not enough judges, a Head Judge may count as two. The Grand Finals will have five judges.
- Anybody banned from CPA: Battleground cannot participate in tournament battles (including but not limited to attending on alts, leading from Discord or other third-party websites, etc.). If found guilty of violating this rule by administrator’s discretion, the army they are involved with will be disqualified.
Note: as informed in the previous tournament announcement, there will be no Overtime rooms for the Qualifiers, Quarter Finals, and Semi Finals. Battles in these rounds can end up as ties, making the next round battle a 3-way one.
To avoid color clashes in battles, the Head Judges have requested that armies wear differing colors for battles that may have a clash in color during the tournament. Club Penguin Armies will contact armies in private to determine color changes.
participants
The following armies confirmed participation with the Administration:
- Aliens
- Army of Club Penguin
- Dark Warriors
- Fire Vikings
- Help Force
- Penguins of Agartha
- People’s Imperial Confederation
- Phantom Republic of Club Penguin
- Romans
- Special Weapons and Tactics
- Templars
- Water Vikings
- Witches of Club Penguin
For all match-ups below, the Administration has used the Top Ten Armies of September 2025 rankings as seedings.
October Horrors Match-Ups
s/m qualifier timing
Friday, October 24th
1: Phantom Republic vs. Witches of Club Penguin
6pm EST | 5pm CST | 4pm MST | 3pm PST | 11pm UK | 3:30am IST
major battles timings
Saturday, October 25th
Semi-Finals
2: Help Force vs. Water Vikings
8am EST | 7am CST | 6am MST | 5am PST | 1pm UK | 5:30pm IST
3: Aliens vs. Army of Club Penguin
9am EST | 8am CST | 7am MST | 6am PST | 2pm UK | 6:30pm IST
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Grand Finals
4: Winner of 2 vs. Winner of 3
7pm EST | 6pm CST | 5pm MST | 4pm PST | 12am UK | 4:30am IST
s/m battles timings
Sunday, October 26th
Quarter Finals
5: Winner of 1 vs. Dark Warriors
6: Romans vs. Special Weapons and Tactics
8am EST | 7am CST | 6am MST | 5am PST | 12pm UK* | 5:30pm IST
7: Fire Vikings vs. Templars
8: Penguins of Agartha vs. People’s Imperial Confederation
10am EST | 9am CST | 8am MST | 7am PST | 2pm UK* | 7:30pm IST
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Semi-Finals
9: Winner of 5 vs. Winner of 6
1pm EST | 12pm CST | 11am MST | 10pm PST | 5pm UK* | 10:30pm IST
10: Winner of 7 vs. Winner of 8
3pm EST | 2pm CST | 1pm MST | 12pm PST | 7pm UK* | 12:30am IST
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Grand Finals
11: Winner of 9 vs. Winner of 10
7pm EST | 6pm CST | 5pm MST | 4pm PST | 11pm UK* | 4:30am IST
super cup timing
Monday, October 27th
12: Winner of 4 vs. Winner of 11
3pm EST | 2pm CST | 1pm MST | 12pm PST | 7pm UK* | 12:30am IST
All times that have an asterisk * are corrected for the European daylight savings which will happen on October 26th.
As always, we would like to thank Master DS for providing all the graphics for the tournament. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the Head Judges and Judges at Club Penguin Army Judges for their support and preparation, and to CPA: Battleground for providing a safe environment for all battles to occur. We wish good luck to all participating armies! Who is going to win the spookiest tournament of the year?
Edu14463 & Jojo Teri
Golden Age of CPA
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Army Legend. Former Water Ninjas leader. Founder and Former Leader of the Elite Guardians of Club Penguin. Currently serving as Chief Executive Producer in Club Penguin Armies.