The Outlast Trials News

[h3]Greetings Reagents,[/h3]

A new update is here for The Outlast Trials! Project Geister is in full swing at the Sinyala Facility! The Skinner Man is morphing and with further testing we're hoping to find out how our Reagents dreams are slipping into their terrifying reality... Gather yourselves and survive the Trials!

This update includes:

• 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

[h2]New Time Limited Event: Geister[/h2]
Project Geister is an experiment in convergent hallucinatory therapy designed to amplify unforeseen side effects of the Trials. Surviving subjects will learn to contribute to a morally hygienic Trial Environment through biohazard collection.

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• 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.

[h3]Program Geister Variators:[/h3]

• 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)

[h3]Event Schedule:[/h3]

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

[h3]New Time Limited Catalog: Geister[/h3]

• 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.

[h3]New MK-Challenge[/h3]
Eliminate the Past - Would you be able to destroy enough boxes in a given time to give yourself a chance to escape?
[h3]New Tasks[/h3]

• 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.

[h3]Improved Jump Scares[/h3]

• 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.

[h3]New Sleep Room Minigame: Tennis[/h3]
Developed by Noakes in his free time, the new minigame is the first digital video game created by Murkoff and offered exclusively to Reagents.


[h3]Additions/Fixes/Balancing[/h3]

• 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.

[h3]The Outlast Trials Roadmap[/h3]
We wanted to share our Roadmap to showcase what the rest of 2024 has in store for The Outlast Trials and let you all know that Project Geister will once again come to the Sinyala facility next week with a new unexpected twist!



Following the recent cyber incident, our team has been focused on developing Season 2, the new features that will come with it, as well as some new aspects of the game coming next year.

We genuinely appreciate our community's patience and understanding during this challenging time. We’re working hard to deliver fresh content for everyone to enjoy throughout the holidays!

🚨 PS: Our team is working on a Hotfix for the Reagent Release issues people are experiencing! If you are wanting to release your Reagent please WAIT FOR OUR HOTFIX PATCH TO BE OUT BEFORE RELEASING YOUR REAGENT!
We will let everyone know when the hotfix is available! - [Post Script added on 10/29 12:45PM ET]

If you encounter any issues in-game, feel free to join our 18+ Official Outlast Discord Server and create a ticket to speak with our support team.

Catch you in the Sleep Room...

- The RB Team

ːmurkoff59ː

Greetings Reagents,

The Murkoff Corporation celebrates your ongoing commitment to the company!

Based on Reagent performance, the Murkoff Corporation will offer more Stamps for completing certain tasks between October 11 to the 14!



🏷️ Be productive, earn more stamps, and unlock more rewards in Catalogs during the Stamp Surplus Event!

[h2]“That's not how you hug Mother Gooseberry!” ːmurkoff59ː[/h2]

From the annals of television history to the infamy of murder and mayhem… Welcome Mother Gooseberry in plush form! But don’t let her fluffy exterior fool you! This unhinged matriarch is here to remind you to brush your teeth, floss, and mind your manners, or else…

Get your very own Mother Gooseberry Plush, she is only available for a limited time! https://www.makeship.com/products/mother-gooseberry-plush



Remember, nobody else will love you like Mother does!

Read more about how Makeship campaigns work here , and check out if Makeship ships to your area

[h2]The Outlast Trials Dev AMA Responses[/h2]

A big thank you to everyone who submitted questions for the Exputer AMA a few weeks back! Here’s a quick rundown of what we covered:

• 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.

Visit the forum page for the full AMA responses from our team

[h2]Countdown is almost over![/h2]

Don't forget that our Limited-Time Event Countdown will end on October 8th so make sure to unlock all Exclusive Rewards with your Event Tokens in the Countdown Catalog before Oct 8 at 10am ET or they will be lost.



See you in the Sleep Room, Reagents!

- Team RB

Greetings Reagents,

We are deploying a small patch to fix some issues that have been reported since the Countdown update!

[h2]This patch includes:[/h2]

• 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.

If you experience any in-game issues feel free to join our 18+ Discord Server and create a ticket to speak with our support team. Thanks for taking the time to reach out to us with your issues and feedback on The Outlast Trials, our team appreciates it!

Catch you in the Sleep Room.

- Team RB

[h3]Greetings Reagents,[/h3]

A new update is here! Survive COUNTDOWN, the new Limited-Time Event in The Outlast Trials where you are a ticking time bomb!

[h2]This update includes:[/h2]

• 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

[h2]New Time Limited Event: Countdown[/h2]
Reagent rigs are outfitted with an explosive that will detonate when the timer reaches zero. Even if you survive this Trial, someday time will kill you.

[previewyoutube]Experience the event by playing Trials in the program “Countdown”.[/previewyoutube]

[h3]New Variators:[/h3]

• 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.

[h3]Event Schedule: [/h3]

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

[h3]Collect Event Tokens and use them in the Event Catalog:[/h3]

• 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.

A brand new Catalog is available for the duration of the Limited-Time Event.

• 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.

[h2]New MK-Challenges[/h2]

• 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.

[h2]Standard and Deluxe Catalogs Update[/h2]

• 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.

[h2]Additions/Fixes/Balancing[/h2]

• 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.

If you encounter any issues in-game, feel free to join our 18+ Official Outlast Discord Server and create a ticket to speak with our support team.

Catch you in the Sleep Room...

- The RB Team