Red Barrels has unleashed the last major update for The Outlast Trials for 2025, and it’s for Season 5: Project Messiah! For console gamers, you’ll see this download appear The Outlast Trials update 1.000.042/1.45.
This new game update includes a new Prime Asset, a new environment, a new trial and lots more.
Read on for the complete patch notes that detail everything new added today.
The Outlast Trials Season 5 Unleashed on December 9 via Patch 1.45/1.000.042
This update includes
- Season 5: Project Messiah
- New Prime Asset: Liliya Bogomolova
- New Environment: The Resort
- New Trial: Despoil the Auction
- New MK-Challenge: Fabricate the Scandal
- New MK-Challenge: Seize the Narcotics
- New Time-Limited Event: Winter Kills
- New Time-Limited Catalog: Winter Kills
- New Deluxe Catalog
- New Deluxe Outfits in the Murkoff Store
- Invasion Update
- New Invasion Ranking System
- Upcoming Event: Flashback Therapy
- Twitch Drop Event
- Other additions, improvements and fixes
Season 5: PROJECT MESSIAH
The Murkoff Corporation would like to introduce you to Liliya Bogomolova. A still current with a raging undertow, Liliya is on a mission from god to absolve you all of your sins… for a price.
Liliya Bogomolova silently stalks her “Cottage orné” turned cult compound in the newest Trial Environment, The Resort. Behind the closed doors of this lavish retreat, she prepares a VIP auction held only for her biggest spenders, but what is the price of a life? Find out how much in “Despoil the Auction”.
New Prime Asset: LILIYA BOGOMOLOVA
The Murkoff Corporation is pleased to introduce Sister Liliya Bogomolova. Still waters hide a deadly rage. Liliya is woman of God, an ambush predator on a divine mission to cut away your sins. Absolution comes at a cost of treasure and flesh.
Liliya’s Prime Asset traits:
- Liliya hides in plain sight among her mannequins.
- She can surprise attack Reagents with her long reach attack style.
- Her brutal attacks immobilize the Reagent, who must fight for its life when it happens.
- As a predator, she secretly relocates in the Trial and wait for its next prey to ambush.
New Trial: DESPOIL THE AUCTION
You are the negotiator. Humans are just one more product, amusement for those with money to burn. A fresh plaything is up for auction, it’s up to you to ruin the lot.
New MK-Challenge: FABRICATE THE SCANDAL
You are the half-truth, the reality more honest than fact when the evidence fails the agenda. Crimes cannot be simply exposed, they must be shaped to entertain the swinish masses. Prove the crime and delight the swine.
New MK-Challenge: SEIZE THE NARCOTICS
You are the controlled substance. The law enslaves minds by caging bodies. You destroy bodies and liberate minds, making users more desperate for control. Find the narcotics and set yourself free.
New Limited-Time Event: WINTER KILLS
Winter Kills is an experiment in hostile, unstable environments rich in both punishment and rewards. With the addition of Permafrost, Murkoff will have hot cocoa on standby in the sleep room.
Program Winter Kills variators:
- PERMAFROST. Permanent freezing temperature in the Trial. Locate heat sources to stay warm.\
- FROST MINES. Gas mines have been replaced with Frost Mines.
- COLLECT THE GIFTS. Collect all the gifts in the Trial to earn extra rewards.
Invasion Experimental Therapy Update
Game mode improvements:
Invasion menu revamped with focus on QUICK PLAY and INVASION RANKS display. Quick Play is an alternance of playing as Reagent and Imposter as much as possible.
Imposter objective refined:
- Imposters is now to “Hurt the Reagents”, and not necessarily eliminating them. Disruption is the core of the role.
- As an Imposter, your current grade is now always visible in the HUD, updating dynamically as you perform actions during an invasion.
- Imposters can now earn a high score even if Reagents complete the Trial.
- Their performance is based on how effectively they disrupt and pressure Reagents, not on total elimination.
High Tier Trials (50+ Invasion matches): Reagents must now complete a random secondary objective before they can exit the Trial.
Anti-Stalling Measures: New rules prevent prolonged stalling in confined areas. Reagents who fail to progress within the allotted time will be terminated by electrocution.
Door Interaction Improvements: Doors have been reworked for more consistent reactions when slammed on pursuers.
Shuttle doors now automatically open when only one Reagent remains alive in the Trial.
Fixed an issue where Reagents did not receive the intended speed and stamina boost after successfully countering an Imposter.
Fixed an issue where Stamina regeneration would start during a kill animation instead of at the end.
Imposter balancing:
- Knife attack miss stamina cost reduced to 10 (was 20).
- Stab Hit stamina cost decreased to 25 (was 50).
- Stab Kill stamina cost decreased to 25 (was 50).
- Execution stamina cost decreased to 25 (was 50).
- Stamina consumption when running has been reduced (can run for longer duration).
- Base walk speed increased (to help stalking Reagents).
- Walk speed while holding charged knife increased.
- Imposters now have 2 lives (was 3). They have their initial life + one respawn (after killed).
- Reworked ExPops aggros against Imposters (Imposters must be more careful now).
Reagents balancing:
- Brick stamina damage reduced to 25 (was 50).
- Stun stamina damage reduced to 25 (was 50).
- Blind mine stamina damage reduced to 25 (was 100).
- Blind mine reaction changed to Heavy long (was Severe).
- Heal (with poison upgrade) stamina damage reduced to 25 (was 50).
- Heal (with poison upgrade) reaction changed to Light (was Medium)
- The changes have no impact on Ex-Pops.
Invasion Seasonal Rankings
- A new ranking system has been introduced, offering unique rewards for participating in Invasion.
- Your Invasion Rank increases as you complete matches, whether you play as a Reagent or an Imposter.
- The grade you earn at the end of each Trial determines the amount of Rank Points awarded.
Upcoming Event: Flashback Therapy
Prepare to relive – or experience for the first time – the events of the past. Arriving early 2026.
- Jaeger Onboarding
- Under Surveillance\
- Deep Burn
- Toxic Shock
- Countdown
Additions/Fixes/Balancing
- New tasks to complete for each minigame available in the Sleep Room.
- Added dozens of new trials in the Featured Trial Makers rotation.
- Trial rewards based on grade have been increased.
- Event tokens are now also given to Imposters after invasion matches.
- Store: It is now possible to Equip a claimed item directly from the Store or Catalogs screens.
- Fixed an issue where Imposter names would not be displayed correctly when in camera perspective.
For a look at the new cosmetic bundles and whatnot, head on over to Red Barrels’ blog. While this is the last major update for the game, don’t be surprised if we get a hotfix or two given how steadfast the developers have been in releasing fixes.

 








 

















