As dawn breaks over Club Penguin Armies, a spooky aura settles over the community. The second iteration of October Horrors is just around the corner, and with bone-chilling battles set to begin next weekend, let’s see what surprises await.

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. The major division battles will take place on Saturday, October 24, with the S/M ones happening the next day, October 25.

Unlike last year, the major armies participating will not go through a normal tournament structure. Instead, a 3-way, 5-room battle will occur on October 24.

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 (for S/M armies) 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 24 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.
• Attendance policy: Individuals are allowed to attend for an army if:
  1. 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.
  2. 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 the Army Judging Board and organized by the AJB 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 (for the S/M portion) 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 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, please ensure that you are wearing 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:

• Army of Club Penguin
• Water Vikings
• Help Force
• Fire Vikings
• Pizzaioli of Club Penguin
• Scarlet Republic 
• Star Force
• SnowWalkers of Club Penguin
• Shadow Legionaries

For all match-ups below, the Administration has used the Top Ten Armies of September 2026 rankings as seedings.

major battles timings

Saturday, October 24th

1: Army of Club Penguin vs. Help Force vs. Water Vikings

3pm EDT | 2pm CDT | 1pm MDT | 12pm PDT | 8pm UK | 12:30am IST

s/m battles timings

Sunday, October 25th

Quarter Finals

2: SnowWalkers of Club Penguin vs. Scarlet Republic

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