The Outlast Trials

This patch includes:

• Fixed the issue where players completing the Reagent Release Protocol were not debited their currencies and granted their rewards.
  
• Fixed a crash on PC when launching the game affecting some processor models.
  
• Fixed an issue where keybindings for PC players were not persisting between launches.

Greetings Reagents,

• New Event: Geister
  
• New Catalog: Geister
  
• New Tasks: Geister
  
• New Mk-Challenge: Eliminate the Past
  
• Improved Jump Scares
  
• New Sleep Room Minigame
  
• Other additions, improvements and fixes

New Time Limited Event: Geister

• This marks the first return of a previous Event in The Outlast Trials. We've made all last year's rewards available again for all players, along with a variety of new rewards.
  
• Experience the event by playing Trials in the program “Geister”.
  
• Earn Event Tokens by completing Trials and Geister Tasks.

Program Geister Variators:

• EXTRACT ORGAN SAMPLES: Find deceased reagents and extract organ samples for analysis.
  
• HALLUCINATIONS?: Side effects, trauma or something else?
  
• MORE IMPOSTERS.: More imposters in the Trial.
  
• NO PLAYER NAMES.: Player names are hidden. (Intensive and Psychosurgery)
  
• ENRAGED ENEMIES.: Enemies are on high alert! (Intensive and Psychosurgery)

Event Schedule:

• Part 1 takes place from October 29th–November 12th
  
• Part 2 follows from November 12th–November 26th

New Time Limited Catalog: Geister

• A brand new Catalog is available for the duration of the time limited event.
  
• Player can spend their acquired event tokens in the time limited catalog to unlock exclusive cosmetics.
  
• Earn Event Tokens and use them in the Event Catalog to unlock cosmetics. Once the event ends, the catalog will be removed, and any unspent tokens will be lost.

New MK-Challenge

New Tasks

• The Geister event introduces its own set of tasks.
  
• Tasks are divided into two parts, with each task rewarding Event Tokens, Stamps, and a random Geister item.
  
• Complete Part 1 of the Geister tasks to unlock Part 2.

Improved Jump Scares

• Brace yourself, because the jump scares when your sanity isn't fully intact have been... enhanced.
  
• Exceptionally, these jump scare enhancements also happen even at full sanity in the Geister Program, thanks to the “Hallucinations?” variator.

New Sleep Room Minigame: Tennis

Additions/Fixes/Balancing

• Events/Weekly Program tasks can now only be completed at Standard, Intensive, and Psychosurgery difficulty levels.
  
• Stay Together (Variator): Damage is no longer applied to the last surviving player in the group, offering a chance for survival.
  
• X-Ray: Teammates' dead bodies now appear in X-Ray view.
  
• Variator: Updated the EXIT RUSH variator to “The exit timer begins once the final objective is completed.”
  
• Franco’s Tripwire: The tripwire laser is now slightly visible without Night Vision.
  
• Players can now use Ping and Quick Comms in the Sleep Room while solo/without a group.
  
• Time-Limited Catalogs now display a timer showing how much time remains before removal.
  
• Player icon preview is now supported while browsing the Catalogs.
  
• Fixed a bug that some Escalation tasks were not completing correctly for some users.
  
• Fixed several tasks that were not functioning properly.

The Outlast Trials Roadmap

“That's not how you hug Mother Gooseberry!” ːmurkoff59ː

The Outlast Trials Dev AMA Responses

• We’ve got performance updates and new content on the way, like more Trials, maps, and characters.
  
• We answered lore questions about the Night Hunter and teased upcoming story expansions.
  
• There was interest in collaborations, and we discussed difficulty scaling and rewards.
  
• We also shared insights into the creative process for characters and environments.

Countdown is almost over!

This patch includes:

• Fixed an issue where one of the three new Countdown documents did not unlock properly.
  
• Fixed the weekly task to "Place Three Blind Mines" which would not progress.
  
• Significantly increased Countdown Tokens granted on Trial completion (3x).
  
• Implemented a fix for the missing weekly tasks if you played on Monday.

Greetings Reagents,

This update includes:

• New Limited-Time Event: Countdown
  
• New Limited-Time Catalog: Countdown
  
• Two new Mk-Challenges at the Docks
  
• Updates to the Standard and Deluxe Catalogs
  
• Many additions, fixes, and balancing changes

New Time Limited Event: Countdown

New Variators:

• BOMB COUNTDOWN: Reagents are equipped with a bomb counting down. Find Time Extenders, or the entire team will explode and the Trial is failed.
  
• FIND THE RADIO: Find and stop the broadcast in the Trial. (Secondary Objective)
  
• The new variators have also been added to Escalation Therapy.

Event Schedule:

• Part 1 takes place from Sept 10 - 24
  
• Part 2 will take place from Sept 24 - Oct 8

Collect Event Tokens and use them in the Event Catalog:

• Finish Trials and MK-Challenges in the Countdown Program to earn Event Tokens.
  
• Complete the secondary objective in Countdown Program trials for extra Event Tokens.
  
• Accomplish Tasks in the Countdown category to earn Event Tokens.

• Players can spend their acquired event tokens in the Limited-Time Countdown catalog to unlock exclusive cosmetics.
  
• Earn Event Tokens and use them in the Event Catalog to unlock cosmetics. Once the event ends, the catalog will be removed, and any unspent tokens will be lost.

New MK-Challenges

• Empty the Vault - Casinos are the temple of idiot waste and willful failure; steal from those who would steal from you.
  
  
• Poison the Cattle - The milk of human kindness must be contaminated with liberty and progress. Poison the cattle and spoil their milk.
  
  
• The new MK-Challenges are now available in the Program Countdown. They’ve also been added to the Escalation Therapy map pool and will feature in the upcoming weekly program rotations.

Standard and Deluxe Catalogs Update

• Added "Page 11" to both the Standard and Deluxe Catalogs.
  
• New cosmetics are available for players seeking additional items to unlock.
  
• These new items are costly and require a significant amount of game time.

Additions/Fixes/Balancing

• Updated Tasks and Objective Display inputs based on feedback:
  
  • Press TAB (“Select” on gamepad) to display objectives (as before).
    
  • Hold TAB (“Select” on gamepad) to display Tasks screen.
    
  • Input can be remapped in the settings.
• All quick communication options now have a dedicated animation.
  
• Completing the secondary objective now provides +1 Stamp.
  
• Genesis Tasks can now be completed by finishing the corresponding Trial in any Program.
  
• A notification now appears over new/unplayed Trials in the Program menus.
  
• Tasks menu navigation has been improved, and the menu will now remember your last position when you return to it.
  
• Added a new score event when disarming Prime Asset Traps in the Results screen.
  
• Results screen will now display “MAX” when maximum XP is reached by the player instead of hiding the details.
  
• A text chat message is now displayed when a player picks up a key during a Trial.
  
• Release Protocol (Rebirth):
  
  • Completing the Release Protocol (Rebirth) now provides +50 Stamps and +500xp.
    
  • A rewards screen is now displayed after a rebirth is completed (when returning to the Sleep Room)
    
  • All different rebirth conclusions will at least be experienced once before being random.
  
  
• Escalation:
  
  • Made the Escalation Therapy Trials History button more obvious in the Results Screen.
    
  • Escalation Therapy now has variety at high stages (“Ultra” with random variators).
    
  • Added Major Trials as part of possible Trials (every 10 stages).
    
  • Added the new Countdown variators in Escalation Therapy variators pool.
    
  • Added newest MK-Challenges in Escalation Therapy trials pool.
    
  • While in the shuttle, the cinematic sequence volume is now reduced when opening the Tasks menu.
    
  • Some variator combinations are not possible anymore due to creating unexpected situations.
    
  • Some variators won’t be selected during Escalation Therapy when playing solo. (example: No Player Names, Stay Together).
  
  
• Amps:
  
  • SMASH: Added the ability to bash open coop doors alone while this amp is equipped.
    
  • DOUBLE DOSES: Consuming Respawn Pills grant +2 revives while this amp is equipped.
    
  • LAST CHANCE: Fixed a bug where the amp wasn’t triggering correctly. Also, effects are now removed after Last Chance triggers (example: Bleeding is removed when the amp is triggered.)
    
  • STRONG ARM: Standardized the Strong Arm amp effect animations across various enemies
  
  
• Rigs:
  
  • X-RAY: Increased effect range to 15m (was 10m).
    
  • STUN: Increased cooldown time to 180s (was 120s).
  
  
• Trials:
  
  • Tilt the Scale of Justice: Reduced the amount of heads to bring to Lady Justice.
  
  
• Pause Menu:
  
  • Players can now select individual variators to view their descriptions (available only during trials).
    
  • Players can now invite other players directly to their group via the Pause Menu (available only in the lobby).
• Fixed a bug where “None” wasn’t displayed anymore in the Posters selection.
  
• Fixed a bug where door planks would remain visible in doorways after it has been broken.
  
• Fixed a bug where the task notification would be display late during the Escalation Therapy intermission.
  
• Fixed many other minor bugs.

This patch includes:

• Fixed an issue with the customization rewards from leveling up with tasks or badges not matching what was granted to players.
  
• Fixed issues with the tutorials in The Docks map.
  
• Fixed issue with the widget category header color being the same as text.
  
• Fixed some clipping instances for certain outfits.
  
• Fixed the News prompt in not going away after reading all News items.
  
• Fixed the reward menu focus on gamepad (from tasks or badges).
  
• Fixed quickplay option being available for Escalation Therapy in solo mode.
  
• Adjusted the awarding of Murkoff Stamps.
  

Greetings Reagents,

This update includes:

• New Prime Asset: Franco “Il Bambino” Barbi
  
• New Trial: Poison the Medicine in The Docks
  
• New MK-Challenges: Fuel the Release & Teach the Police Officer
  
• New Time Limited Special Event: Bambino
  
• New Game Mode: Escalation Therapy
  
• New Mansion Escape Trial and Conclusion
  
• New Upcoming Weekly Programs
  
• New Rig: Barricade
  
• Revamp of the Programs menu
  
• Introduction of Difficulty Selections
  
• Introduction of Tasks
  
• Introduction of Catalogs
  
• Introduction of Quick Play
  
• Introduction of the Exotica Pack (paid DLC)
  
• New Sleep Room Minigame: Stroop Test
  
• Many other additions/fixes/changes.

New Prime Asset: Franco ‘Il Bambino’ Barbi

• Project Lupara introduces Franco ‘Il Bambino’ Barbi, a formidable new Prime Asset; the first of his kind, hunting players with his beloved Lupara, a sawed-off shotgun that allows him range beyond any Outlast Trials villain thus far.
  
• Reagents will come face-to-face with Franco in the new story Trial, “Poison the Medicine”, which transports players to The Docks, a brand-new map, and Franco's home turf. Keep an eye out for his traps too…
  
• The perverse son of New Orleans mafia don Salvatore Barbi, Franco is driven by craven entitlement, greed, and psychosexual violence fueled by his impotence and insecurities, a freakish ‘big baby’ obsessed with his ‘Pacifier’; the titular boom stick he sucks on when he’s not using it to blow someone to smithereens.
  
  • Learn more about Franco’s origin story in The Murkoff Collection: Chapter 3 Comic.

Special Event: Bambino

• For those who won't get enough of Franco, fear not! The Bambino special event will run for the first 4 weeks following the update where Franco will appear in all other Trials and MK-Challenges.
  
  • Franco joins Gooseberry or Coyle in their respective Trials. Compound charismatic trauma accentuated and contradicted by the indiscriminate destruction of gun violence.
• The event will be split into 2 parts (2 weeks each), with a selection of Trials for each part.

New Trials and MK-Challenges

• Poison the Medicine - In a godless world, opiates will be the religion of the masses. Take control of drug production, and you can kill with the nonchalance of a god.
  
• Fuel the Release - Justice, like civilization, requires power, and power requires fuel. Carry the fuel, power the court, and secure your liberty.
  
• Teach the Police Officer - Defining laws creates crime; replace the precinct’s training film with Murkoff’s reels and make future crimes our own.
  
• Mansion Escape - A new final trial and conclusion.

Mansion Escape

• Mansion Escape will now evolve as you release Reagents, increasing in difficulty with every Reagent Release.
  
• Witness a new release conclusion when you succeed in escaping and become Reborn.
  
• Players can only accumulate 20 Release Tokens at a time

Escalation Therapy

• Reagents partake in a roguelite experience pitting them against a never-ending series of randomized Trials with variators that will have them clawing their eyes out until they succumb to a Permadeath that will begin the cycle anew.
  
• Reagents will begin with nothing and build their loadouts from Murkoff’s limited selection of upgrades.
  
• The longer you can survive, the bigger the reward.

Upcoming Weekly Programs

• HEMORRHAGE - Damage causes bleeding, and unless you find and use bandages, you'll bleed out, and die. We won't always be there to take care of you.
  
• CAPGRASS DELUSION - More devious imposters, no player names displayed, and radio communication is limited. Cooperation is crucial, trust no one.
  
• THE HUMBLING - Start the Trial with lowered health and limited inventory.  We strip you down to your truest self, so you can identify and destroy who you really are.
  
• CROSSED SIGNALS - Radio range is limited. In the ensuing silence, Reagents are increasingly vulnerable to hallucination. Learn to mistrust silence, let us be the voices in your head.
  
• And more! Stay tuned!

New Rig: Barricade

• This tool can be used to block paths, giving Reagents the time needed to complete their objectives while pursuers are forced to bash their way through or take the long way around.
  
• Like the other Rigs, The Barricade comes with its own set of upgrades that can be unlocked to bolster Reagents even more in their moment of need. 

Programs

• There are now 3 programs at all time:
  
  • Core Therapy “Genesis”: Access to the Genesis Trials.
    
  • Weekly Therapy & Special Therapy: Set of Trials and MK-Challenges that change regularly.
    
  • Endurance Therapy “Escalation”: Access to the new game mode roguelite.

Difficulty

• Introductory: The minimum prescribed dose of pain, to learn basic therapeutic techniques.
  
• Standard: Regulated therapy at a statistically average level of terror and pain.
  
• Intense: High-level therapy for patients seeking intense growth.
  
• Psychosurgery: Maximum trauma.

Quickplay

• Using Quick Play will now look for players of the selected program and difficulty.
  
• The Trial will be picked randomly or be the group leader selection.
  
• The group leader can always change the selected Trial after the group if formed.

Tasks

• View available tasks directly in the Terminal.
  
• Also accessible through the Pause Menu.
  
• Complete tasks to earn rewards (Stamps, XP, Posters, Items, Bundles, etc.).
  
• Task categories include:
  
  • Daily Tasks: Complete within 24 hours before they refresh.
    
  • Weekly Tasks: Complete within 7 days before they refresh.
    
  • Weekly/Special Program Tasks: Related to the current event; refreshes with new events.
    
  • Genesis Tasks: Assist Reagents in their journey to rebirth.
    
  • Reagent Tasks: Related to the Reagent's personal loadout.
    
  • Escalation Therapy Tasks: Tasks related to the new game mode.

Catalogs

• Standard Catalog “A New You”: A collection of previously available and new cosmetics.
  
• Deluxe Catalog “Project Lupara”: A collection of brand new cosmetics to go along with Season 1.
  
• Catalogs offer multiple pages of cell items and character cosmetics.
  
• Unlock catalog content by spending Stamps, which are earned by playing Trials, MK-Challenges, Escalation Therapy, and completing Tasks.
  
• The Standard Catalog is unlocked from the start.
  
• Seasonal Deluxe Catalogs must be purchased with Murkoff Coins.
  
• Murkoff Coins can be earned by completing the Standard Catalogs.
  
• Seasonal Catalogs are permanent and will never disappear.
  
• Acquired cosmetics from the Catalogs are kept forever in your inventory.
  
• Stamps collection will reset at the beginning of each new Season. All unused Stamps will be automatically used to claim rewards from the Catalogs (if applicable).

Stroop Test

The Director Radio

• Records - Your personal stats.
  
• Badges - Your collection of accomplishments.
  
• Documents - The storylines you have discovered.

Changes in the Currencies

• Murkoff Dollars have been retired.
  
• All previously acquired but still unpurchased items have been granted to all Reagents.
  
• Stamps have been introduced and can be earned by completing Trials and Tasks. These are used to acquire individual items from the Catalogs.
  
• Murkoff Coins have also been introduced and can be used to unlock seasonal Deluxe Catalogs.

New DLC: The Exotica Pack

• The Larva Drinker Suit
  
• The Trenchmouth Suit
  
• The Largo Decay Suit
  
• The Ezekiel Suit
  
• Tiki Party cell item
  
• Hula Girl cell item
  
• Coconut Drink cell item
  
• Tiki Mask cell item
  
• Ukulele cell item
  
• Totem cell item
  
• Beach Walls cell item
  
• Palm Trees cell item
  
• Stony Beach cell item
  
• 4 Exclusive E.S.O.P.s
  
• 3 Exclusive cell posters
  
• 3 Exclusive player icons

Additions/Fixes/Balancing

• Added “News” system in the game. Players can now consult important Outlast Trials news directly in-game. The news can be opened from the main menu or directly from the Sleep Room. A notification will appear on-screen when players have unread news items.
  
• Players can now access and modify their Loadout in the shuttle prior to entering a Trial.
  
• Players can now retry a Trial after a failure.
  
• A new animated introduction is displayed when opening a Program for the first time.
  
• A new notification is displayed when a Trial is selected, so everyone is made aware of the Trial.
  
• Increased max Therapy Level to 70 (was 65).
  
• Adjusted the safe hide spot entering distance for the Invisible Amp.
  
• Added a new Terminal notification shortcut so players can quickly access it from anywhere in the Sleep Room.
  
• Dorris, the Shadowy Dame, now has stuff to say. Visit Dorris to listen to hear storyline as you make progress in the Murkoff Facility.
  
• Fixed many other issues and bugs.

Known Issues

• There are instances where different or no customization Items are granted with Tasks Rewards when leveling up through XP

Greetings Fellow Reagents,

New Prime Asset: Franco “Il Bambino” Barbi

New Map: “The Docks”

New Trials & MK-Challenges

• Poison the Medicine: Reagents will come face-to-face with Franco in the new story Trial, “Poison the Medicine”, which will transport players to “The Docks,” a brand-new map and Barbi’s home turf.
  
• Mansion Escape: Return to the final Trial, Farewell Mansion, for a new experience; Mansion Escapes now evolves in difficulty as you release Reagents. Witness an all-new Ending when you succeed.
  
• Fuel the Release: Justice requires power, and power requires fuel. Carry the fuel, power the court, and secure your liberty.
  
• Teach the Police Officer: Defining laws creates crime; replace the precinct’s training film with Murkoff’s reels and make future crimes your own.

New Game Mode: Escalation Therapy

New Player Ability: The Barricade

Introduction of Difficulty Options

New Lobby Mini-Game: Stroop Effect Test

Introduction of Daily & Weekly Tasks:

Introduction of Catalogs

• Standard Catalog “A New You”: A collection of previously available and new cosmetics.
  
• First Deluxe Catalog “Project Lupara”: A collection of brand new cosmetics to go along with this update.

New Limited Time Event

New DLC: “The Exotica Pack”

New MURKOFF COLLECTIONS Comic Book

This patch includes:

• Fix for players sometimes falling through the floor when entering the SAS tube to exit a Trial.
  
• Fix for the Night Hunter not seeing well in the dark.
  
• Fix for the Weekly Therapy "Vaulted Items" so that all items are now locked as intended.