Deep Burn

EVERYTHING BURNS
Everything burns. To prepare Reagents for a future consumed by flame, we are initiating a therapy filled with fire. Avoid or burn.

Deep Burn is a limited-time program in The Outlast Trials. It challenges the Reagents to complete the Trials while the environment is constantly filled with fire hazards.

Content[]

A new set of variators is introduced where Reagents must complete the Trials filled with different fire hazards, such as the fire mines, fire vents, and flame throwers, along with the Pitcher as a persistent Specialist threat. The smoke and fire also affects the Reagents' physical condition, leading to increased stamina consumption, slower stamina recovery, and frequent coughing when exhausted.

The Reagents are also tasked with a secondary objective to extinguish the burning barrels using water cans found throughout the Trial Environments.

This event features two parts where the Trials and MK-Challenges are shuffled in a bi-weekly rotation while keeping the variators in every difficulty intact.

2025[]

Part I (September 9 - 23)[]

Therapy
Liquidate the Union	Grind the Bad Apples	Kill the Politician
Traffick the Product	Disrupt the Neighborhood	Eliminate the Past
Reunite the Family	Escape the Courthouse	Crush the Sex Toys

Part II (September 23 - October 7)[]

Therapy
Poison the Medicine	Cleanse the Orphans	Vindicate the Guilty
Cook the Informant	Deface the Futtermans	Cancel the Autopsy
Spread the Disease	Tilt the Scales of Justice	Shutdown the Factory

Difficulty Options[]

Difficulty	Variators
INTRODUCTORY		INTRODUCTORY The minimum prescribed dose of pain, to learn basic therapeutic techniques.
		Deep Burn The Trial environment is filled with fire. Avoid or burn.
		Extinguish The Fires Locate and use water cans to extinguish the Burning Barrels scattered throughout the Trial.

STANDARD		Deep Burn The Trial environment is filled with fire. Avoid or burn.
STANDARD		Extinguish The Fires Locate and use water cans to extinguish the Burning Barrels scattered throughout the Trial.

INTENSIVE		Deep Burn The Trial environment is filled with fire. Avoid or burn.
		Extinguish The Fires Locate and use water cans to extinguish the Burning Barrels scattered throughout the Trial.
		Increased Threat More and stronger enemies.
		Limited Intel Assignment details are limited in the Trial.
		Deadly Traps Traps are deadly.

PSYCHOSURGERY		Deep Burn The Trial environment is filled with fire. Avoid or burn.
		Extinguish The Fires Locate and use water cans to extinguish the Burning Barrels scattered throughout the Trial.
		Increased Threat II Maximum population of brutal enemies.
		Unreliable Doors Extra barricaded, trapped, and blocked doors in the Trial.
		Deadly Traps Traps are deadly.
		Psychosurgery Maximum trauma. Rig cooldown extended. Less inventory space. No player names. No intel.

Tasks[]

Part I[]

Task	Rewards
Complete 7 tasks of the Special Therapy.	Poster • 75 • 50 • 2000

Complete 6 Trials of the Special Therapy.	50 • 20 • 250
Compolete the secondary objective 3 times in the Special Therapy.	20 • 20 • 250 (per task)
Throw 20 projectiles at the Pitcher enemy.
Travel 5000 meters while running.
Disable 20 flamethrowers.
Use your Rig 20 times.
Use 40 medicines
Extinguish 25 Burning Barrels.
Immediately drink a medicine after getting burned.

Part II[]

Task	Rewards
Complete 7 Part I tasks to unlock Part II.	Unlocks Part II tasks.
Complete 8 tasks of the Special Therapy.	Poster • 75 • 50 • 2000

Score A+ in 3 Trials of the Special Therapy.	50 • 20 • 250
Compolete 3 trials of the Special Therapy at Psychosurgery.	20 • 20 • 250 (per task)
Complete a Special Therapy trial without throwing a single bottle or brick.
Complete a trial of the Special Therapy without being burned.
Damage an enemy with a fire mine.
Extinguish a Burning Barrel within the first 90 seconds of a trial.
Carry a water can continuously for 100 meters.
Extinguish 2 Burning Barrels within 2 minutes of each other.
In a single trial, destroy 3 fire mines, hit pitchers 5 times and extinguish 2 Burning Barrels.

Documents[]

Deep Burn features evidence documents that were released during the event:

Theme	Folder	Documents
VARIATORS	Trust	Upcoming Modifications • Who Do You Trust
VARIATORS	Deep Burn	Drowning • Deep Burn Authorization • Too Many Pyromaniacs

SINYALA H.R.	Beloved	Reviewing and Selecting • Acolytes or Investors • Her Tongue

Rewards[]

Deep Burn Tokens
Completing Trials, MK-Challenges, and Task Challenges from any program will reward a varied amount of Deep Burn Tokens depending on the difficulty. Reagents can use these tokens to purchase exclusive cosmetics from the Deep Burn Catalog.

Deep Burn Cosmetics
Deep Burn cosmetics can only be obtained from the Deep Burn Catalog and Special Therapy tasks during the Deep Burn event.

Deep Burn Poster
Completing Deep Burn tasks from each part rewards the Deep Burn event and catalog poster for the player for their Sleep Room.

Teasers[]

On September 5th 2025, Red Barrels released a teaser showcasing flame throwers being utilized as a trap in Trial environments, along with the new MK-Challenge taking place in The Suburbs.^[1]

On September 6th, 2025, Red Barrels revealed the next Special Therapy event is called "Deep Burn", which is scheduled to begin on September 9th. The footage also showcased a new MK-Challenge set in Downtown.^[2]