The Outlast Trials News

• 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.
  

What we all need is more suffering. No, wait, I have that the wrong way round. What we all need is less suffering - except when we play The Outlast Trials. Then, suffering is expected and even encouraged. Putting players into a series of psychological experiments over and over again, asking them to run and hide from an odd roster of murderers might be considered sadistic, but its fans are lapping it up. With a 93% positive review rating on Steam, The Outlast Trials is making waves in all the right ways - and with a big new update it just got even weirder, more sadistic, and better.

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The Outlast Trials dev has big plans ahead following its 1.0 launch

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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

• 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.

• 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!

• 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. 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

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

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.