Roblox The Hollow Dress To Impress Badge and Veil of Darkness Guide (November 2026)

The Hollow has taken over Roblox for Halloween 2026, and Dress To Impress is one of its biggest crossovers. I’ve run the Tales of the Dark King quest myself, and this guide walks you through earning The Hollow Dress To Impress badge, banking your 10 Tickets, and claiming the free Veil of Darkness UGC before the event closes on November 2. Everything funnels through Chapter 1 — a lantern-lit ferry crossing crawling with Drowned Souls — and one clean run is all it takes. Here’s the quick version, then the full walkthrough.

Quick Facts	Details
Event	The Hollow – Roblox Halloween 2026
Quest	Tales of the Dark King, Chapter 1
Badge	The Hollow 2026 (Dress To Impress)
Rewards	Badge + 10 Tickets + Veil of Darkness UGC
Party size	Solo or up to 4 players
Claim deadline	November 2, 2026, 12 PM PST

How to Get the Dress To Impress Badge in The Hollow?

Start the Tales of the Dark King Quest

Launch Dress To Impress and click the Teleport button at the bottom left of the lobby.
Pick Tales of the Dark King and confirm to queue into the Halloween quest server.
Read the letter on the message board, then talk to Lana — chatting with her opens the path ahead.
Follow the trail to Styx, sit through his cutscene, and accept his quest.
Step onto a platform, choose Solo or a party of up to four, and press Start.

Survive the Ferry Crossing

Your goal is keeping the boat moving for 180 meters down the river, and the lantern is what makes that happen.

Refuel constantly. Pull fuel from the Fuel Storage and feed the lantern before it empties. Storage starts full, so just loop between the two.
Shove Drowned Souls away. Souls climb aboard from both sides — walk up and hold E to knock them back into the water.
Collect Fuel Orbs twice. The boat stalls partway through and again later. Each time, hop off, cross the banks using the wooden planks, and grab the glowing orbs. Never step in the water; it resets your progress. After ten orbs you’re teleported back and they load straight into Storage.

Reach the Fates and Claim Your Badge

When the ferry finally docks at the Soul Field, get off and follow the floating orb to the Fates. The closing cutscene rolls, Chapter 1 wraps, and The Hollow Dress To Impress badge plus 10 Tickets land on your account. My one regret from my first run: sitting through a long, unskippable cutscene at the end. Leave the game the moment the badge pops and save yourself the wait.

How to Get the Veil of Darkness in Dress To Impress?

The Veil of Darkness is a free UGC item, but the Floor 5 pedestal only unlocks once you’ve earned the badge:

Return to The Hollow event hub and enter the lift.
Ride to Floor 5 and find the hidden Dress To Impress room.
Interact with the Veil of Darkness on the pedestal near the portal — it’s permanently yours to wear across Roblox.

No badge, no veil.

Pro Tips for a Smooth Run

Queue with friends. Four players split fueling and soul duty, so a party run beats soloing every time.
Redeem the badge at the hub. It converts into extra Tickets for the hub shop’s rotating cosmetics.
Beat the deadline. Unclaimed rewards vanish when The Hollow ends on November 2, 2026.
Grabbing every badge this event? My 99 Nights in the Forest Hollow quest guide covers another quick win, and these +1 Assassin Leveling codes net more free Roblox goodies.

FAQs

Do you need Chapter 2 for the Dress To Impress badge?

No. Chapter 1 of Tales of the Dark King is all the badge and Veil of Darkness require. Later chapters continue the Dark King story, but they don’t gate these rewards.

Can you get the Veil of Darkness without the badge?

No — the veil only spawns in the Floor 5 room after you’ve completed Chapter 1 and earned the badge first.

How long does the DTI Hollow quest take?

One clean run. A full party clears it fast; solo runs take longer because you’re fueling and fighting Drowned Souls alone. If you’re queueing into other Roblox games meanwhile, my Roblox Clover RPG tier list covers the best magics and races.