The Outlast Trials has received update 3 with a new trial being added, new challenges, and the time limited Halloween event Project Geister. There has also been a load of improvements and fixes too. Chess has been added as a new minigame in the sleep room. Player reporting tools have been added too to help make the experience more welcoming. The full patch notes for The Outlast Trials can be read below.
The Outlast Trials update 3 patch notes
New Program: Courthouse
- Two new storylines added! Complete them by finding the evidence documents scattered inside the Trials.
- New objective gameplay including the acid bucket retrieval, lockbox puzzle rooms, and the introduction of a new objective enemy: the Scapegoat.
- Utilize the Tracker to pinpoint the elusive Scapegoat, then employ the Microwave Trigger device to… well, let’s just say it’s not the most pleasant news for its brain! Make sure to keep your eyes peeled to spot clues in your surroundings for help maneuvering the map.
New MK-Challenges
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- Drill the Futterman: People are not toys. Stop Mother Gooseberry from making a human Dr. Futterman. Located in Fun Park featuring Gooseberry
- Release the Prisoners: Only Murkoff arbitrates justice; free the convicts falsely imprisoned for their conspicuous guilt. Located in Police Station featuring Coyle.
- Gather the Children of God: Too much mother-love makes a weak child. Gather the children and bring them to the priest for a more strenuous education. Located in Orphanage featuring Gooseberry.
Time-Limited Halloween Event “Program Geister” – Until November 17th
Throughout this time you will be able to play through select Trial Programs with new variators:
- Hallucinations?: You see something! Is it the side effects, trauma or something else?
- No Player Names: Player names are hidden. Total immersion for everyone!
- More Imposters: More Imposters will be present in the Trial. Watch your back.
- Enraged Enemies: Enemies are on high alert! Be careful…
Introducing Weekly Programs
- Introducing Weekly Programs, which revolve around thematic Trials and MK-Challenges, delivering fresh experiences.
- Some Weekly Programs present challenges; consider customizing your loadout to counter variators.
- Please note that Weekly Programs will be temporarily halted during the presence of Experimental Programs like Program Geister.
- The inaugural Weekly Program launches on November 17th.
- We’re excited to share that some Weekly Programs are experimental, and we eagerly welcome player feedback to help us fine-tune and enhance your experience with this new game mode. We will be making a feedback chat for them in our 18+ Discord when the Weekly events launch!
Program X and Conclusion Update
- Program X has been refreshed for all users with a new set of Trials and MK-Challenges.
- Reagents who complete the therapy may be released into a new international conflict.
- 2 new Legendary Outfits have been added for the reborn.
New Sleep Room Minigame: Chess
Other minigame changes:
- You can now cheer on your fellow Reagents participating in Arm Wrestling matches.
- The names of the World’s Best Arm Wrestling players are proudly engraved on the table.
- New rating system to track your performance in Arm Wrestling and Chess matches.
- Enjoy Arm Wrestling and Chess games in the Cafeteria as well.
New System: Performance XP
- Player will now receive XP for their performance during Trials.
- Player can earn up to 1000xp based on performance/actions during a Trial.
- First Time Completion XP have been adjusted:
- Trials now give 1000xp (was 1500xp)
- MK-Challenges now give 500xp (was 750xp)
This adjustment aims to enhance the experience and address the following scenarios:
- Earn XP based on your contributions, even if you fail a Trial (“F” grade).
- Encourage replaying previously completed Trials.
- Penalize players for non-participation in the Trial.
Solo Changes
- Respawning now restores 75% (was 100%).
- Reinstated the previous 3 chances/respawns system.
- New item: Respawn Pills can now be found in a trial. (In solo only)
- Respawn Pills are extra chances allowing the player to go beyond the normal 3 respawns.
- They can be found in some Syringe Boxes and Secret Rooms.
Group Finder Changes
- Any Trial: You will be matched with players looking for a group (any Trial). Matchmaking time: Quick.
- Selected Program: You will be matched with players interested in playing any Trial of the selected Program. Matchmaking time: Moderate.
- Selected Trial: You will be matched with players interested in playing the selected Trial. Matchmaking time: Long.
Player Reporting
Players now have the ability to report players for misconduct, including but not limited to bad behavior, exploits, and hacks.
Appropriate measures will be taken as needed:
- Voice chat privileges may be temporarily revoked.
- Game access may be temporarily restricted.
Progression
- Therapy Level cap raised to 56 (was 40).
- Added Tier 3 Prescriptions (Rx). 7 new prescriptions to acquire. (Visit Barlow to purchase)
- Added 6 new Amps. (visit Dorris to purchase)
Prescriptions
Barlow the pharmacist has new prescriptions available to help reagents in their therapies.
- Added Tier 3 Prescriptions (Rx):
- Stamina Recovery: Accelerated stamina recovery.
- Deep Breaths: Faster recovery from exhaustion.
- Advanced Regeneration: Health regeneration initiates faster.
- Revitalize: Fully restore health when revived through syringes or respawns in solo.
- Projectile Bait: Throw a projectile at a hiding spot to reveal hidden enemies.
- Medic: Help up and revive teammates faster.
- Resistance: Break free faster from traps and grappling enemies.
- All Tier 2 prescriptions are required to unlock Tier 3 category.
Amps
Dorris the shadowy dame has restocked its contraband inventory with new amps.
- New Amps:
- Recycle: Consumed medicine bottles will become throwable items.
- Battery Charger: The Night Vision Battery gradually recharges when not in use.
- Surplus: Start Trials with a random item in your inventory (medicine, antidote, bottle or brick).
- Lock Breaker: Throw a brick to break open locked containers.
- Night Crawler: Gain an edge in darkness. Your crouched walking speed is enhanced, and your night vision battery lasts longer.
- Last Chance: The last enemy strike reduces your health to 1 HP instead of causing death.(Once every 5 minutes)
- Reworks:
- Hide and Heal: Heal 1 bracket if you hide shortly after being damaged. Also start health regeneration immediately.
Rigs
Engineer Noakes has recalibrated certain Rigs in his workshop after studying how Reagents were utilizing them.
- Blind Rig:
- Increased deploy time to 5s (was 3s)
- With “Deploy Technique” upgrade: 4s (was 2s)
- Deployed mine lifetime is now unlimited.
- Placing a new mine will now disable previously placed mines.
- Stun Rig:
- Electric Boost Upgrade: Replenish 50% of Night Vision Battery instead of 100%.
- Increased stun duration to 5s (was 3s).
- With “Extended Duration” upgrade: 8s (was 5s)
Enemies/AI
- The Screamer has undergone significant changes. The stun effect has been eliminated, and players who are subject to the scream will experience a brief period of confusion instead. Additionally, both the detection range and the area of effect range have been decreased and fine-tuned.
- Enemies will exhibit increased leniency in their pursuit, thereby diminishing the likelihood of them miraculously discovering your whereabouts when you attempt to evade detection by breaking visual contact with them.
- Slightly diminished the AI’s sensitivity to footsteps.
- Increased time between Pusher and Imposter can spawn from Monster Closets. ‘High Density’ variator is unaffected by this.
- Other various AI improvements and bug fixes.
Additions/Improvements/Balancing
- New stamina bar display setting available in settings. (Off by default in the Standard Preset)
- Rig cooldown timer is now displayed on-screen when trying to use the Rig that is under cooldown.
- Rig icon now displays remaining time for the last 10s of the cooldown timer.
- Rig icon now displays a visual feedback when cooldown timer ends and become ready to use.
- A text feedback is now displayed on-screen when the amp’s effect is activated.
- A text feedback is now displayed on-screen for some Rig Upgrade effects.
- Cell decorations: Chandelier renamed to Candelabra. (Thanks to player ‘Ubergeek’)
- The Program Name and Trial Name are now displayed in the Pause Menu.
- Player’s Loadout is now displayed in the Pause Menu.
- Player’s loadout is now displayed permanently in the HUD while in the Sleep Room (not in Trials).
- Player can instantly reach the Loadout screen with a new hotkey while in the Sleep Room.
- The Terminal screen now showcases the loadouts of all players.
- Revamped the Badges menu:
- Badges moved to its own tab. (Access from terminal)
- Player must now claim badge rewards once completed.
- Badges counter now display counter beyond “99” (up to 999).
- Badge completion will now be displayed as a notification during gameplay.
- Added new Badges (non repeatable)
- Complete the Exam of Program 1.
- Complete the Exam of Program 2.
- Complete the Exam of Program 3.
- Complete the Exam of Program 4.
- Complete the Exam of Program X.
- Updated milestone of some badges:
- Gotta Go Fast is now 50 (was 100)
- Bullseye is now 50 (was 100)
- Bamboozle is now 50 (was 100)
- Trigger Happy is now 50 (was 100)
- Anger Issues is now 50 (was 100)
- Recharged (previously Boost Me Up) is now 50 (was 100)
- Downed But Not Dead (previously Step On Me Daddy) is now 50 (was 100)
- Revamped the Records menu:
- Removed Badges from the Records menu.
- Added Trials history (see your last 10 Trials results).
- Rebalanced price of Release Trophies (acquired after reaching a certain releases milestone).
- Picking up an Evidence Document now leaves an opened document at the pick-up location.
- This feature enables players to ping the location of the acquired document to their teammates.
- Revamped the Evidence Document system: Players will now acquire a randomly selected document from the pool of uncollected documents, rather than drawing from the entire document set at random. This adjustment is designed to enhance players’ ability to complete all storylines, making the process more straightforward and manageable.
- All players can now freely enter any cell in the Sleep Room without any restriction.
- Previously, players encountered an invisible barrier at the entrance of other player cells.
- Legendary Outfits are now rewarded after completing the Release Protocol instead of completing Program X.
- New visual feedback is displayed over NPCs icons in the Sleep Room when they need attention from player.
- An icon/marker is now displayed on the Sleep Room officer when player has enough Release Tokens.
- Added Gamepad layout selection screen (more layouts will be added in the future).
- It is now possible to change the Toggle Run option independantly between mouse/keyboard and gamepad.
- Players will now keep the benefit of Health/Stamina/Battery Boosters for the duration of the Trial, and not lose the benefit after being killed.
- Added new text notifications when consuming a Health/Stamina/Battery Booster.
- Added visual feedback on battery bar when under the effect of the Battery Booster.
- Added visual feedback on stamina bar when under the effect of the Stamina Booster.
- Quest items (keys, tickets, etc.) are now displayed next to the player’s name (over the head display).
- Added a new setting to turn off head bouncing.
- Added a new “low pass filter on high frequency audio (tinnitus)” setting.
- Increased amount of batteries and medicines in all Trials.
Fixes
- Fixed navigation issues/bugs in Trials.
- Fixed an issue where menu prompts were sometimes not working correctly.
- Fixed an issue where player could sometimes fall out of the map when exiting the Shuttle.
- Fixed an issue where player could sometimes get stuck in the Pause Menu.
- Fixed an issue where it was not possible for users to map an action on the middle mouse button.
- Fixed an issue where it was sometimes difficult to revive a teammate near interactibles objects (ex: doors)
- Fixed issues with player shadows and player reflexions.
- Solo: Players will now respawn with activated night vision if the respawn point is in a dark zone.
Source: Red Barrels
