Crypt 2026 Release and Ranked Information

Hey Era! Nearly one year ago, Crypt kicked off this blog, and now it's back for the blog's first anniversary. Welcome to Crypt 2026, and thanks for reading along for all of our releases this past year! Here's to many more.

This blog will be broken up into sections briefly covering key dates, how to play, this year's rewards, new achievements, rules, and more.

As of this post's publishing, unranked Crypt is officially live and playable. Gangs get one full week to practice before ranked Crypt begins.

Notice: Crypt zombie logic this year has been slightly re-scripted for optimization and server performance reasons. Please submit an in-game PR Support ticket or make a bug report thread within our official Discord if anything odd needs developer review!

Key Crypt Dates

Unranked Crypt ends and ranked Crypt begins on Friday, October 23rd at 9 PM ET. This week leading up to that date is for gangs to form strategies, find and report bugs, and build their rosters through tryouts.

Gangs will have exactly two weeks to cement a placement in either the OG or RPG Crypt game modes. Ranked Crypt ends on Friday, November 6th at 9 PM ET this year. Let's recap:

Testing Period: October 16th - October 23rd

Ranked Period for Gang Rewards: October 23rd - November 6th

Game Modes and How to Play

You can find the Crypt lobby by heading over to the Holiday Shop located on your player map.

Within it, you'll find Throwing Pumpkins for sale, class bodies you can grab to set your class for RPG Crypt, Zombie Crypt statues to start runs, and a live leaderboard of current team placements per mode, among other things.

How to Play

• Have your gang's leader purchase a Zombie Crypt furniture (OG or RPG) from the Crypt lobby.
• Place the furniture down within the leader's house or gang house and have all participating members gather inside the house before starting the run.
• The gang leader can then grab the Zombie Crypt furniture to interact with it and begin a new run.
• Make sure your classes have been selected before starting an RPG match!

The game modes are broken down as such:

RPG Crypt:

• Features three classes players can select by grabbing the NPCs within the Crypt lobby: Healer, Attacker, and Defender. Each class has unique stats that make up your gang's run strategy.
• Chests spawn every five Crypt waves, containing temporary items that can help you during your runs.
• Body block is enabled within RPG.

OG Crypt:

• The original Crypt game mode. Classes have no use here.
• A faster-paced, smaller arena featuring tighter combat. Strategies differ greatly from RPG Crypt.

Throwing Pumpkins can be used in both game modes to heal gang mates, but only the Healer class can use them within RPG.

New Crypt Achievements

This year introduces Crypt achievements for the first time! Players can earn the following six this year for playing:

Tomb Raider
Reach wave 50 for the first time!
Steadfast Survivor
Reach wave 100 for the first time!
Nearing the End
Reach wave 150 for the first time!
Reaper's Bane
Reach wave 200 for the first time
Zombie Slayer
Kill 500 zombies total within Crypt across all matches.
Cor Inferni
You completed this year's Crypt game mode and received the final reward item!

Wave Rewards

Like previous years, there are 4 new gun skins, 1 gas mask, 1 mount, and 1 weapon obtainable for different wave milestones during Crypt:

Skins are automatically added to your skin inventory even if you don't yet own the gun!

Wave Reward Previews

We'll only tease the gas mask, mount, and reward melee for now.

Gas Mask Preview

Mount and Mount Skin Preview

The skin can be found on-sale for mount owners within the Crypt lobby this year.

Reward Melee Preview

This year's reward item is trade-disabled! Consider it a commemorative for reaching wave 200 this year.

Ranked Crypt Rewards

You can view current placements either within the Crypt lobby or through the in-game high scores menu under the Seasonal Events section. At the end of the ranked period (November 6th), the top gangs will receive the following prizes:

1st Place Gang in OG and RPG:

• Custom gas mask
• Choice of gun skin or custom melee weapon
• 15 EC and 30000 Gralats per member
• 1st place Crypt profile animation handed out by staff

2nd Place Gang in OG and RPG:

• Custom gas mask
• 10 EC and 20000 Gralats per member
• 2nd place Crypt profile animation handed out by staff

3rd Place Gang in OG and RPG:

• Custom hat (Does not protect from gas)
• 5 EC and 10000 Gralats per member
• 3rd place Crypt profile animation handed out by staff

Ranked Crypt Rules

To keep ranked Crypt fair and competitive, the following rules should be kept in mind:

• Players may only win in one mode (RPG or OG).
• Players found in more than one placing gang this year will be made to forfeit all rewards.
• Gangs caught using hackers to aid their runs or abusing exploits will be permanently banned and disqualified from not just this Crypt but all future Crypt events.

That's all for now! Best of luck this year to all gangs competing and thanks for playing Era.