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Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund  
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Supplement to Prospectus [Text Block] rr_SupplementToProspectusTextBlock

Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund,

Virtus Newfleet High Yield Fund and

Virtus Newfleet Senior Floating Rate Fund (each a “Fund” and together the “Funds”),

each a series of Virtus Opportunities Trust

Supplement dated December 15, 2023 to the Funds’ Summary Prospectuses

and the Virtus Opportunities Trust Statutory Prospectus applicable to the Funds, each dated January 27, 2023, as supplemented

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO INVESTORS

Effective January 1, 2024, the Funds’ investment adviser, Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc., will implement new expense limitation arrangements to further limit the Funds’ expenses. The resulting changes to the Funds’ prospectuses are described in more detail below.

Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

Under “Fees and Expenses” in the Fund’s summary prospectus and the summary section of the statutory prospectus, the “Shareholder Fees” and “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” tables and associated footnotes will be replaced with the following:
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination Jan. 31, 2025
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

Under “Fees and Expenses,” the “Example” table will be replaced with the following:
Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption Sold
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption Held
Expense Example Closing [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleClosingTextBlock

Investors should retain this supplement with the Prospectuses for future reference.
Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund | CLASS A  
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Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 3.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.45%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.33% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.03%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.25%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.78% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 452
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 667
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 899
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,565
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 452
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 667
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 899
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 1,565
Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund | CLASS C  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice 1.00% [3]
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.45%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.37% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.82%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.29%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.53% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 256
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 544
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 958
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,114
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 156
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 544
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 958
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 2,114
Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund | CLASS I  
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Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.45%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.33% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.78%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.25%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.53% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 54
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 224
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 409
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 943
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 54
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 224
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 409
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 943
Virtus Newfleet Core Plus Bond Fund | Class R6  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (load) (as a percentage of the lesser of purchase price or redemption proceeds) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.45%
Distribution and Shareholder Servicing (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.26% [1]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.71%
Less: Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.28%) [2]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Expense Reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.43% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 44
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 199
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 367
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 856
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 44
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 199
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 367
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 $ 856
[1] Not included in the table are extraordinary proxy expenses. If such amounts were reflected in this table, the Other Expenses would have been 0.79% for Class A Shares, 1.54% for Class C Shares, 0.55% for Class I Shares and 0.45% for Class R6 Shares.
[2] The fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to limit the fund’s total operating expenses (excluding certain expenses, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges, taxes, leverage and borrowing expenses (such as commitment, amendment and renewal expenses on credit or redemption facilities), interest, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization, unusual or infrequently occurring expenses (such as litigation), acquired fund fees and expenses, and dividend expenses, if any) so that such expenses do not exceed 0.78% for Class A Shares, 1.53% for Class C Shares, 0.53% for Class I Shares and 0.43% for Class R6 Shares through January 31, 2025. Following the contractual period, the adviser may discontinue these expense reimbursement arrangements at any time. Under certain conditions, the adviser may recapture operating expenses reimbursed and/or fees waived under these arrangements for a period of three years following the date such waiver or reimbursement occurred, provided that the recapture does not cause the fund to exceed its expense limit in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement, and any in effect at the time of recapture, after repayment is taken into account.
[3] The deferred sales charge is imposed on Class C Shares redeemed during the first year only.