diff --git a/agent_zoo/neurips23_start_kit/reward_wrapper.py b/agent_zoo/neurips23_start_kit/reward_wrapper.py
index 02b866c..a7aa2f3 100644
--- a/agent_zoo/neurips23_start_kit/reward_wrapper.py
+++ b/agent_zoo/neurips23_start_kit/reward_wrapper.py
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ def __init__(
         eval_mode=False,
         early_stop_agent_num=0,
         stat_prefix=None,
+        use_custom_reward=True,
         # Custom reward wrapper args
         heal_bonus_weight=0,
         explore_bonus_weight=0,
         clip_unique_event=3,
     ):
-        super().__init__(env, eval_mode, early_stop_agent_num, stat_prefix)
+        super().__init__(env, eval_mode, early_stop_agent_num, stat_prefix, use_custom_reward)
         self.stat_prefix = stat_prefix
+
         self.heal_bonus_weight = heal_bonus_weight
         self.explore_bonus_weight = explore_bonus_weight
         self.clip_unique_event = clip_unique_event
@@ -77,8 +79,4 @@ def reward_terminated_truncated_info(self, agent_id, reward, terminated, truncat
 
         reward += healing_bonus + explore_bonus
 
-        # NOTE: Disable death reward. This is temporarly for task-conditioning exp.
-        # if terminated is True:
-        #     reward = 0
-
         return reward, terminated, truncated, info
diff --git a/agent_zoo/takeru/reward_wrapper.py b/agent_zoo/takeru/reward_wrapper.py
index cbd4e47..175fd5b 100644
--- a/agent_zoo/takeru/reward_wrapper.py
+++ b/agent_zoo/takeru/reward_wrapper.py
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ def __init__(
         eval_mode=False,
         early_stop_agent_num=0,
         stat_prefix=None,
+        use_custom_reward=True,
         # Custom reward wrapper args
         explore_bonus_weight=0,
         clip_unique_event=3,
         disable_give=True,
     ):
-        super().__init__(env, eval_mode, early_stop_agent_num, stat_prefix)
+        super().__init__(env, eval_mode, early_stop_agent_num, stat_prefix, use_custom_reward)
         self.stat_prefix = stat_prefix
+
         self.explore_bonus_weight = explore_bonus_weight
         self.clip_unique_event = clip_unique_event
         self.disable_give = disable_give
diff --git a/agent_zoo/yaofeng/reward_wrapper.py b/agent_zoo/yaofeng/reward_wrapper.py
index 7ff2d07..93bb46b 100644
--- a/agent_zoo/yaofeng/reward_wrapper.py
+++ b/agent_zoo/yaofeng/reward_wrapper.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ def __init__(
         eval_mode=False,
         early_stop_agent_num=0,
         stat_prefix=None,
+        use_custom_reward=True,
         # Custom reward wrapper args
         hp_bonus_weight=0,
         exp_bonus_weight=0,
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def __init__(
         disable_give=True,
         donot_attack_dangerous_npc=True,
     ):
-        super().__init__(env, eval_mode, early_stop_agent_num, stat_prefix)
+        super().__init__(env, eval_mode, early_stop_agent_num, stat_prefix, use_custom_reward)
         self.stat_prefix = stat_prefix
         self.default_spawn_immunity = env.config.COMBAT_SPAWN_IMMUNITY
 
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index cb0e529..019a705 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ recurrent:
 reward_wrapper:
   eval_mode: False
   early_stop_agent_num: 8
+  use_custom_reward: True
 
 neurips23_start_kit:
   reward_wrapper:
diff --git a/reinforcement_learning/stat_wrapper.py b/reinforcement_learning/stat_wrapper.py
index c018e44..a184f9e 100644
--- a/reinforcement_learning/stat_wrapper.py
+++ b/reinforcement_learning/stat_wrapper.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def __init__(
         eval_mode=False,
         early_stop_agent_num=0,
         stat_prefix=None,
+        use_custom_reward=True,
     ):
         super().__init__(env)
         self.env_done = False
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.eval_mode = eval_mode
         self._reset_episode_stats()
         self._stat_prefix = stat_prefix
+        self.use_custom_reward = use_custom_reward
 
     def seed(self, seed):
         self.env.seed(seed)
@@ -72,9 +74,16 @@ def step(self, action):
             trunc, info = self._process_stats_and_early_stop(
                 agent_id, rewards[agent_id], terms[agent_id], truncs[agent_id], infos[agent_id]
             )
-            rew, term, trunc, info = self.reward_terminated_truncated_info(
-                agent_id, rewards[agent_id], terms[agent_id], trunc, info
-            )
+
+            if self.use_custom_reward is True:
+                rew, term, trunc, info = self.reward_terminated_truncated_info(
+                    agent_id, rewards[agent_id], terms[agent_id], trunc, info
+                )
+            else:
+                # NOTE: Also disable death penalty, which is not from the task
+                rew = 0 if terms[agent_id] is True else rewards[agent_id]
+                term = terms[agent_id]
+
             rewards[agent_id] = rew
             terms[agent_id] = term
             truncs[agent_id] = trunc
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 4cbc46b..11ed288 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ def update_args(args, mode=None):
     # Make default or syllabus-based env_creator
     syllabus = None
     if args.syllabus is True:
+        # NOTE: Setting use_custom_reward to False will ignore the agent's custom reward
+        # and only use the env-provided reward from the curriculum tasks
+        args.reward_wrapper.use_custom_reward = False
         syllabus, env_creator = syllabus_wrapper.make_syllabus_env_creator(args, agent_module)
     else:
         args.env.curriculum_file_path = args.curriculum