The Outlast Trials New Update 1.000.025 Delivers Prime Time
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Red Barrels has revealed the latest major content drop for The Outlast Trials and it’s called Prime Time. If you’re playing on consoles, you’ll see this download as The Outlast Trials update 1.000.025/1.28, and this brings new events, challenges and a lot more.
For everything that’s new, we have the complete patch notes for Primte Time below, which also includes a highlights section if you don’t want to read everything.
The Outlast Trials Prime Time New Content Now Live via Update 1.000.025/1.28
Update Highlights
- New Limited-Time Event: PRIME TIME
- New Limited-Time Catalog: PRIME TIME
- New MK-Challenge: FUMIGATE THE FACTORY
- New MK-Challenge: REDEEM YOUR FREEDOM
- Revamp of Program Genesis
- Quickplay replaced by Group Finder
- Pause Menu rework
- Task Tracking
- Many additions, fixes, and balancing changes
Revamp of Program Genesis
The Genesis Program has been revamped to include all Trials and MK-Challenges.
- Trials are now organized by theme/Trial environment.
- Programs now feature distinct visual feedback to clearly differentiate between Trials and MK-Challenges.
- Going forward, all new Trials and MK-Challenges will be added under their corresponding themes within the Genesis Program.
Quickplay replaced by Group Finder
- Quick Play has been replaced with the new Group Finder.
- Accessible from the Terminal’s main screen, the Group Finder allows players to connect with others looking to participate in the same activity.
Developper Comment: With the wide variety of activities in the game, managing them all through a single matchmaking system became increasingly complex. This often led to long wait times or failed group formations. The new Group Finder offers a streamlined solution—helping players quickly connect with others interested in the same activity. Once matched, players can communicate to fine-tune the details before jumping in.
Pause Menu rework
- The Pause Menu now features three tabs: Menu, Tasks, and Loadout.
- Players can navigate through these tabs to view their respective content.
- While in a Trial, the Loadout tab is view-only. Changes can still be made in the Sleep Room and Shuttle before starting a Trial.
- Holding Tab (or Select on Gamepad) remains a shortcut to quickly open the Tasks tab.
Tasks Tracking
- It is now possible to pin one Task and have it displayed in the HUD permanently.
- Simply navigate to the Tasks menu and press the Pin input.
Additions/Fixes/Balancing
- “Weekly Therapies” are now called “Routine Therapies” and include more tasks to complete for extra rewards. This change helps distinguish them from rotating “Weekly Tasks” and week-long program tasks.
- Routine Therapies and Special Therapies will now include event variators in the Introductory difficulty, since it’s now possible to play any Trial in its original format within Program Genesis.
- Jaeger Ex-Pop changes:
- The Jaeger will no longer spawn during Trials of the Genesis Programs on Introductory and Standard difficulties.
- It can still appear in Standard difficulty for Routine, Event, and Escalation Therapies.
- Spawn chances reduced to 20% (was 33%) at Standard Difficulty.
- Spawn chances reduced to 75% (was 100%) (Intensive and Psychosurgery)
- The Jaeger can now only spawn once per Trial.
- Once spawned, the Jaeger presence in a Trial is reduced to 3 minutes (was 5 minutes).
- Trial Maker:
- Improved Variators compatibility.
- Added a new tab “Last Played” that lists the last Trials played in chronological order.
- Escalation Therapy:
- Added all latest MK-Challenges.
- Reduced the number of syringe in Trials.
- Solo: Players can now have a maximum reserve of 5 respawns (including Escalation).
- Genesis: Adjusted variators in Intensive and Psychosurgery difficulties.
- Settings: A new option has been added to automatically equip picked-up items.
- The Stamina Boost item now grants temporary stamina immunity and a short speed boost upon consumption.
- Added new behaviors for the imposters: list of behaviors redacted on purpose 🤫
- Gameplay tutorials will now reappear for players who have been inactive for several days.
- Fixed missing reward for the Genesis task “Score A+ in the Trial: Liquidate the Union”. Players will have to recomplete the task to claim the reward.
- Fixed a bug where Program Genesis was reset after a Relapse.
- Other various bug fixes.
If you want ro read more about the new events and new cosmetics available for purchase, check out Red Barrels’ blog. As with any major update for the game, we expect one or two hotfixes to be applied in the coming days and weeks.
In terms of what’s next, there’s a summer update planned for Season 4, which seems to be the game’s most significant update planned.
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