diff --git a/website/client/assets/css/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.css b/website/client/assets/css/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.css
index 985177aab6..ae72a6ea39 100644
--- a/website/client/assets/css/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.css
+++ b/website/client/assets/css/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.css
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
+.achievement-costumeContest6x {
+  background-image: url('~assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png');
+  background-position: -602px -434px;
+  width: 144px;
+  height: 156px;
+}
 .promo_animal_tails {
   background-image: url('~assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png');
-  background-position: 0px -699px;
+  background-position: -284px -699px;
   width: 141px;
   height: 441px;
 }
 .promo_armoire_backgrounds_201809 {
   background-image: url('~assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png');
-  background-position: -142px -699px;
+  background-position: 0px -699px;
   width: 141px;
   height: 441px;
 }
 .promo_ember_potions {
   background-image: url('~assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png');
-  background-position: -284px -699px;
+  background-position: -142px -699px;
   width: 141px;
   height: 441px;
 }
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@
 }
 .promo_seasonal_shop {
   background-image: url('~assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png');
-  background-position: -602px -434px;
+  background-position: -850px -699px;
   width: 162px;
   height: 138px;
 }
diff --git a/website/client/assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png b/website/client/assets/images/sprites/spritesmith-largeSprites-0.png
index 0158c13e55..08d21eca8a 100644
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diff --git a/website/raw_sprites/spritesmith_large/achievement-costumeContest6x.png b/website/raw_sprites/spritesmith_large/achievement-costumeContest6x.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3794e8c84
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diff --git a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/news.js b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/news.js
index 91885602fb..ba8cd49740 100644
--- a/website/server/controllers/api-v3/news.js
+++ b/website/server/controllers/api-v3/news.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { authWithHeaders } from '../../middlewares/auth';
 let api = {};
 
 // @TODO export this const, cannot export it from here because only routes are exported from controllers
-const LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE = 'SLEEPY AVATARS; LAST CHANCE FOR AUTUMNAL ARMOR SET AND FOREST FRIENDS BUNDLE';
+const LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE = 'ALL THE CHALLENGES! NEWS ON RESOLUTION SUCCESS, TAKE THIS, BACK-TO-SCHOOL, AND COSTUME CHALLENGES';
 const worldDmg = { // @TODO
   bailey: false,
 };
@@ -30,24 +30,36 @@ api.getNews = {
           <div class="mr-3 ${baileyClass}"></div>
           <div class="media-body">
             <h1 class="align-self-center">${res.t('newStuff')}</h1>
-            <h2>9/27/2018 - ${LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE}</h2>
+            <h2>10/02/2018 - ${LAST_ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE}</h2>
           </div>
         </div>
         <hr/>
-        <h3>Is Your Avatar Asleep?</h3>
-        <p>Hey Habiticans! You may have noticed we experienced a server outage on 25-September. During this issue, we <a href='https://habitica.wikia.com/wiki/Rest_in_the_Inn' target='_blank'>put all users in the Inn</a> to prevent any unfair damage. To check out of the Inn and resume damage from Dailies as well as boss damage in Quests, go to Menu>Social>Tavern>Details (on mobile) or Guilds>Tavern (on web) and tap the orange banner that says "Resume Damage."</p>
-        <p>Thank you all for your patience and support during the outage. We are always grateful for our exceptionally wonderful community! <3</p>
-        <div class="promo_mystery_201809 center-block"></div>
-        <h3>Last Chance for Autumnal Armor Set</h3>
-        <p>Reminder: this weekend is your last chance to <a href='/user/settings/subscription' target='_blank'>subscribe</a> and receive the Autumnal Set! Subscribing also lets you buy Gems for Gold. The longer your subscription, the more Gems you get!</p>
-        <p>Thanks so much for your support! You help keep Habitica running.</p>
+        <h3>October 2018 Resolution Success Challenge</h3>
+        <p>The Habitica team has launched a special official Challenge series hosted in the <a href='/groups/guild/6e6a8bd3-9f5f-4351-9188-9f11fcd80a99' target='_blank'>Official New Year's Resolution Guild</a>. These Challenges are designed to help you build and maintain goals that are destined for success and then stick with them as the year progresses. For this month's Challenge, <a href='/challenges/34bc427f-f0ff-469e-b0f0-7225d40ba679' target='_blank'>Staying Strong</a>, we're focusing on keeping up your motivation as we reach the end of the year! It has a 15 Gem prize, which will be awarded to five lucky winners on November 1st.</p>
+        <p>Congratulations to the winners of the September Challenge: RubberSoul, KateMomster, 0xymore, Sindyr, and IceBlueMelody!</p>
         <div class="small mb-3">by Beffymaroo</div>
-        <div class="promo_forest_friends_bundle center-block"></div>
-        <h3>Last Chance for Forest Friends Quest Bundle</h3>
-        <p>This is also the final week to buy the discounted Forest Friends Pet Quest Bundle, featuring the Deer, Hedgehog, and Treeling quests all for seven Gems! Be sure to grab this bundle from the <a href='/shops/quests' target='_blank'>Quest Shop</a> before it scampers into the underbrush!</p>
-        <div class="small">by Beffymaroo and SabreCat</div>
-        <div class="small">Art by Uncommon Criminal, InspectorCaracal, Leephon, aurakami, FuzzyTrees, PainterProphet, and plumilla</div>
-        <div class="small mb-3">Writing by Daniel the Bard, Flutter Bee, and Lemoness</div>
+        <div class="media align-items-center">
+          <div class="media-body">
+            <h3>New Take This Challenge</h3>
+            <p>The next Take This Challenge has also launched, "<a href='/challenges/3ae1d8e3-1cc1-4e70-86a2-f735692aad6e' target='_blank'>+2 Intelligence Bonus!</a>", with a focus on deep learning about a topic of interest. Be sure to check it out to earn additional pieces of the Take This armor set!</p>
+          </div>
+          <div class="promo_take_this ml-3"></div>
+        </div>
+        <p><a href='http://www.takethis.org/' target='_blank'>Take This</a> is a nonprofit that seeks to inform the gamer community about mental health issues, to provide education about mental disorders and mental illness prevention, and to reduce the stigma of mental illness.</p>
+        <p>Congratulations to the winners of the last Take This Challenge, "Gaining Inspiration Points!": grand prize winner Wehna, and runners-up Sikk Jones the Rogue, Archangel, Tally, Micha The Seer, and Eeveelee! Plus, all participants in that Challenge have received a piece of the <a href='http://habitica.wikia.com/wiki/Event_Item_Sequences#Take_This_Armor_Set' target='_blank'>Take This item set</a> if they hadn't completed it already. It is located in your Rewards column. Enjoy!</p>
+        <div class="small mb-3">by Doctor B, the Take This team, Lemoness, and SabreCat</div>
+        <h3>Back-to-School Preparation Challenge Winners</h3>
+        <p>The winners of the Habitica Back-to-School Preparation Challenge have been selected! Congratulations to: Hanieh S, MXD, boknoy4, zyf32123, and MotThePaladin!</p>
+        <p>Thank you to everyone who participated! We're excited to help you pursue your goals through the new school year and beyond!</p>
+        <div class="small mb-3">by Beffymaroo</div>
+        <div class="media align-items-center">
+          <div class="achievement-costumeContest6x mr-3"></div>
+          <div class="media-body">
+            <h3>Costume Challenge</h3>
+            <p>The Community Costume Challenge has begun! Between now and October 31st, dress up as your avatar in real life and post a photo on social media to get the coveted Costume Challenge badge and a chance to be featured in Habitica Cosplay Friday on our <a href='http://blog.habitrpg.com/tagged/cosplay' target='_blank'>Tumblr</a> or <a href='https://www.instagram.com/habitica/' target='_blank'>Instagram</a>! Read the full rules <a href='/challenges/9b037979-b9b6-453a-9343-8fc224faa47e' target='_blank'>on the Challenge page</a>.</p>
+            <div class="small mb-3">by Beffymaroo</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
       </div>
       `,
     });