Search For The Needle Updates (October 2026): What Changed, When

Chapter 4 is live. Two official badges entered the badge list in the run-up — “Finish Chapter 4” (id 633210958402996, created 2026-10-07 16:38 UTC) and “Defeat the Pumpkin Boss” (id 554833055852742, created 2026-10-08 12:37 UTC, described as “In GRAVEYARD Map”) — and the experience renamed itself to [🎃] Search For The Needle. The official [🎃] CHAPTER 4 + HALLOWEEN event (6128439204818059862), hosted by Garage Games, carries the note “The story continues... 🎃” and a published window of 11 to 25 October 2026 as Roblox rendered it for the UTC+8 browser it was read with. Both badges are already being awarded, which says the chapter is finishable rather than parked ahead of its content, and the live build moved again on 2026-10-16 19:40 UTC after the launch week. Garage Games published no objective list, so the step order on the chapter 4 page comes from a recorded run and says so.

The clan screens were read in a session recorded on 2026-09-21, which fills in what the update announcement left out: creating a clan costs 500 Gems plus a name and tag; Clan Tokens come from daily clan quests, and the panel's own rule line says every 10 tokens becomes one Clan Chest for each member when the week ends; and the chest panel prints six drops totalling 100% — 50–75 Gems at 65%, 100–225 Gems at 27.3%, Viking Hat at 2.7%, and Clan Pitchfork, Clan Dynamite and Clan Vacuum at 1.6% each. Joining works by invitation or from the clan board, and win requirements differ per clan. The full table, the blanks, and where each number came from are on the clans page.

Chapter 3 is live. The experience name is now [CHAPTER 3] Search For The Needle and the build timestamp moved to 2026-09-26 17:44 UTC. The official [🛸] CHAPTER 3 event flipped from an upcoming entry to New content, running Sat 26 Sep 2026 17:30 UTC to Sat 3 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC (that is Sun 27 Sep 01:30 to Sun 4 Oct 01:30 as rendered for the UTC+8 browser we checked with). The new place is 82626725163709, and Roblox resolves it to the same universe as the main place, so it belongs to this experience. A Finish Chapter 3 badge appeared in the official badge list on 2026-09-26 and is already being awarded. What is still unpublished is everything about playing it — objectives, map, puzzles, rewards and length — so those stay blank on the chapter 3 page rather than guessed.

The live build timestamp moved from 2026-09-26 17:44 UTC to 2026-09-27 13:13 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. One official Chapter 3 detail is worth pulling out of the badge list, though: the Finish Chapter 3 badge (id 793331041896611, created 2026-09-26) carries the description “Defeated the Boss and drove away.” — the only published sentence about what finishing the chapter involves. The objective list, map, puzzles, rewards and length are all still unpublished, and the chapter 3 page keeps them apart from the confirmed rows.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-09-28 17:58 UTC to 2026-09-29 15:43 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. Both official events are unchanged at this check: the [🛸] CHAPTER 3 event still carries “The story continues... 👽” and still runs to 3 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC, and Small Update 👀 still carries the creator's own 30 Sep 2026 17:00 UTC window with no contents list.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-09-27 13:13 UTC to 2026-09-28 17:58 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. Both official events are unchanged at this check: the [🛸] CHAPTER 3 event still carries “The story continues... 👽” and still runs to 3 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC, and Small Update 👀 still carries the creator's own 30 Sep 2026 17:00 UTC window with no contents list.

The build the Events panel had scheduled as Small Update 👀 is live: Roblox's own timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-09-29 15:43 UTC to 2026-09-30 20:37 UTC, and the experience name changed from [CHAPTER 3] to [SKINS 🐮] Search For The Needle. That event is now titled “Pet Skins 🐷 + Settings ⚙”, its creator note changed from “I don't even know what it's gonna be yet...” to “I know now”, and its window is Wed 30 Sep 2026 17:00 UTC to Fri 2 Oct 2026 17:00 UTC. Garage Games still published no change list, so the event's own title — pet skins and settings — is the only official statement about what is in this build, and it is kept to exactly that here.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-09-30 20:37 UTC to 2026-10-01 17:25 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. Both official events are unchanged at this check: the [🛸] CHAPTER 3 event still carries “The story continues... 👽” and still runs to 3 Oct 2026 17:30 UTC, and the Pet Skins 🐷 + Settings ⚙ event still carries the creator's own 30 Sep 2026 17:00 UTC to 2 Oct 2026 17:00 UTC window with no contents list.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version reads 2026-10-04 15:14:43 UTC, the first reading since 2026-10-01 17:25 UTC: the game and group APIs returned 403 on every read in the 2026-10-03 cycle, so no newer build could be claimed then. Nothing published describes what changed in this build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. The place ID, the ten-class spin panel and the five-badge list are unchanged from the last readable check.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-10-06 15:46:21 UTC to 2026-10-07 17:32:14 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. The game page itself did not render its Events panel at this check, so no event window is claimed here either way — the two windows the panel had published closed on 2026-10-02 and 2026-10-03 and no replacement had been listed by the last date the panel could be read.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-10-05 17:35:40 UTC to 2026-10-06 15:46:21 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. Both official event windows closed on 2026-10-02 and 2026-10-03 and no replacement event has been published, so no event window is claimed here.

Roblox's own build timestamp on the live version moved from 2026-10-04 15:14:43 UTC to 2026-10-05 17:35:40 UTC. Nothing published describes what changed in that build, so this entry records the build and nothing more. The place ID, the five-badge list and the pass catalogue are all unchanged from the last readable check.

Both windows the Events panel published have now passed their end times: the [🛸] CHAPTER 3 event ran to 2026-10-03 17:30 UTC and the Pet Skins 🐷 + Settings ⚙ event ran to 2026-10-02 17:00 UTC. Garage Games published no contents list for either one and no closing note, so the windows are the only dated statement about them and this entry records those dates and nothing more. The newest live build we have been able to read is still the 2026-10-01 17:25 UTC timestamp: Roblox's game API returned 403 on every read in this cycle, so no newer build move is claimed.

The Events panel now shows ⚔️ CLANS ⚔️ — “Compete against others!” with a Join Event button and no end date, and the scheduled UPDATE 3 entry is gone. Activity at the check: 60.9M visits and about 49.7K concurrent players. The official pass catalogue still returns nine passes at unchanged prices (99 / 129 / 149 / 179 / 199 / 249 / 499 R$) and badges still number four, so no new pass or badge shipped with this update. Nothing about clan mechanics is published yet: no roster, no clan rewards, no currency sink.

The build the Events panel had scheduled as UPDATE 3 (event 6533763270032097954) is now live: the Roblox API timestamp on the current version is 2026-09-20 15:52 UTC, and the experience name carries [CLANS ⚔️]. The panel had shown Sat 19 Sep 2026 at 17:00 UTC as rendered for our check, while third-party trackers put the same start at 11:00 AM ET — two hours away — so treat the event page as the clock. Garage Games has not published what the update contains.

The experience updated again. The official pass catalogue still returns nine passes at unchanged prices (99 / 129 / 149 / 179 / 199 / 249 / 499 R$), so the 2026-09-16 correction still holds, and no new badge has appeared since 2026-09-05.

The experience updated again, and the official pass catalogue now lists nine passes after Cow Pet (499 R$) and 2X Class Luck (199 R$) were added. Activity re-checks: 45.8M visits and about 24.9K concurrent players at the checked time.

Garage Games lists a new-content event called Index + Pets on the official experience page starting Saturday, September 12, 2026. It adds an Index (a collection log) and pets. Pet names, rarity tiers, bonuses, and acquisition methods are not published — see the pets and Index page for the verified surface and the open questions.

Code sites added PETS at the same time as the update, reporting 200 Gems plus a 30-minute 2x Luck Boost. No redemption screen has been shown, so it stays Reported. ALIEN remains Reported with a disputed reward, and SOON is listed as working by one outlet and expired by another.

The Roblox API shows a content update today — the third in roughly as many days. Routine re-checks of class rates, pass prices, and badge counts follow every update.

Multiple sources list the code ALIEN. Reward reports disagree — 200x Gems & 200x Alien Coins (Sep 5) versus earlier Alien Chests claims — so it stays Reported until redeemed in-game. See the codes page.

A new place (83445806734780) and the Finished Chapter 2! badge appeared together: objectives are the Key, all levers, and three puzzles; recorded runs paid +25 Gems and rolled a Chapter 3 teaser.

Alien-themed event visuals and an Alien Coins currency appeared around this window. Event mechanics and end date are not documented anywhere official — treat any 'event guide' claiming specifics with suspicion.

Search For The Needle by Garage Games went live (place 77108422251420). It has updated near-daily since — check the timestamps rather than trusting memory.