Reagent Release Protocol

Outlast Trials - Rebirth form — The form handed to the Reagents for Rebirth

Reagent Release Protocol, also referred to as "Rebirth" is the final step for Reagents in order to complete their rebirth into a fully formed agent for the Murkoff Corporation. Upon gaining 20 release tokens, Reagents must talk to the guard in the Sleep Room and sign a waiver before they are allowed to step through to the final shuttle terminal. They are instructed to: "Walk through the door, and earn their freedom".

After completion, one of the endings will be shown as well as the credits, before all of the beginning game cutscenes are sped through. Players will then be able to create a new Reagent, while keeping all of their previous amps, prescriptions, character and cell cosmetics, and all their currencies. Players will also receive additional rewards at every completion via Reborn outfits, milestones trophies, prestige avatar icons, and 50 Murkoff Stamps.

Gameplay[]

After exiting the shuttle, the Reagent is taken back to the Mansion, the same location where they began their pre-conditioning for the trails with lights turning on and off periodically. They start by delivering boxes of paperwork containing their new "Identities" to the proper authorities. Once this is complete they enter the mansion's courtyard downstairs and collect two keys from corpses to unlock the bottom areas of the mansion. From here the Reagents are instructed to "Hear the words, See the words." They then proceed around the mansion fixing and listening to three frequency machines, each playing a different word out loud ("Spider, Eye, Lamb" ), while the Reagent is dealing with numerous Ex-Pops from the previous trials trying to stop their rebirth.

As they tune the frequency machines, the Reagent finds a gas can, either around the den or outside to power the generator in the basement of the small house in order to activate the film projector while one of Prime Assets emerge from the Monster Closet, searching for them momentarily. After powering the generator, the Reagent heads to the theater to retrieve a film reel either from the theater lobby or the backroom behind the theater to swap it with the one in the film projector and see the words. Once both of these instructions have been completed, the Reagent is simply given the order of "Rebirth", the many screens around the trail now display phrases such as: "You are Reborn" and "Reach the World".

The Reagent then exits through the mansion’s front doors, enters a side door by the closed shuttles, and proceeds into the backrooms of the facility. They approach the previously locked door marked "Employees Only", which now opens.Upon opening the door, the Reagent experiences a brief blackout, and suddenly gets submerged underwater. They rise to the surface, find themself in a dark room surrounded by water and a bright white light in the distance. As they approach the light, the blaring noise becomes increasingly louder, reminiscent of the effects seen from the Radio Towers in previous games.

Increased Difficulty Gameplay[]

Upon the release of Project Lupara, the Release Protocol introduced new objectives and increased difficulty based on the number of Reborns a player achieves. The key differences between lower and higher difficulties are as follows:

In lower difficulties, two small Grunts patrol around the area that guards the Public Records Office and Private Records Office. In higher difficulties, they are replaced by Big Grunts.
The Big Grunts with axes patrol the generator house and gazebo in lower difficulties. In higher difficulties, they are replaced with Night Hunters and Screamers.
In higher difficulties, the Berserker appears in the lobby where player must observe the television screens for key symbols.
In higher difficulties, Pouncers begin to appear.
In higher difficulties, one of the Prime Assets will chase the player as they reach the Employees Only door. In lower difficulties, no enemies will appear at this point.

Endings[]

After completing the Rebirth, one of the four random endings will occur. As of the Project Lupara update, there are currently four endings and more will be added in the future updates.

Release Protocol	Endings (4)
Ending 1	The Reagent's vision upon hearing the trigger words The reflection of Easterman staring back at the Reagent. After the Reagent enters the white light, they wake up in a hotel room. They are covered in blood and panicked, looking around. They get up from the bed, and shortly after, a phone begins to ring within the room. The Reagent answers the phone and hears the voice of Easterman speaking to them, repeating the words: "Spider, Eye, Lamb". Upon hearing these words, the Reagent puts down the phone and enters a delirious state; their vision narrows, darkens rapidly, and begins to shake violently, they then see the face of Easterman looking back at them within the window before cutting to black. Various items inside the hotel room, as well as a flag which can be seen waving outside on a building on the opposite street, indicate that the Reagent is in Havanna, Cuba. This Ending is consistent with the 'Cuban Adventure' mentioned in correspondence between Avellanos and Lawler.
Ending 2	The Reagent mere seconds from crashing the car The Reagent looking at the conference building After the Reagent enters the white light, they regain consciousness in the driver's seat of a car. After the Easterman can be heard in the background saying, "Only I love you." and Skinner Man briefly appearing in the rearview mirror, then the car ends up crashing into the back of a parked blue car parked in front of the Southern Vietnam - USA Friendship Conference building (with the same words at the bottom in Vietnamese), and then the Reagent looks down to see a dynamite strapped into them instead of their ESOP ticking down, their hands tied into the steering wheel, and their mouth presumably duct-taped. Upon realizing this, they panic and breathe rapidly before the dynamite explodes.
Ending 3	The Reagent upon waking in the chamber to see Dr. Wernicke and two Scientists (Possibly in the Underground Labs of Mount Massive) After the Reagent enters the white light, they regain consciousness inside of a chamber, which is quickly filled with an unknown substance. A mouthpiece is attached to their face, and they appear to be in an upright position, looking out of a glass dome covering their head in the direction of a projector screen. Through the glass, they are able to spot another person to the right of them, that seems to have been placed in a similar contraption, and most prominently, Dr. Wernicke and two scientists, who are discussing that the Reagent's brain is littered with tumors^[1]^[2] and that it would be best to use them for this 'experiment' as they are already close to being dead. Dr. Wernicke says that if that were simply the case, then they would not have gone to the lengths to travel to Colorado. Upon saying that the tumors could be the touch of God, the large screen turns on and begins showing various Rorschach images, and black tendrils begin to creep into the Reagent's vision before cutting to black. The environment the Reagents find themselves in is very reminiscent of the Assembler Chambers in the underground laboratories of Mount Massive Asylum. Wernicke's note of them having been transported to Colorado only furthers the conclusion that they are in Mount Massive.
Ending 4	The Reagent waking up to see a man overdosing next to them After the Reagent enters the white light, they regain consciousness on top of a bed, opening their eyes to see a syringe in their hand and a naked man overdosing on the bed next to them. They stand up from the bed in shock as the man dies, before being able to look around the living area. There are bags of drugs, similar to the ones found in Trial: Poison the Medicine, at the side of the bed. There is a table where a portrait of Mao Zedong hangs over it, with two banners on either side in Chinese. There is a kitchen area with pans, pots, and various ingredients. There is a table with candles and incense, as well as a plate of apples, with two photographs (one familial, and the other of a woman's portrait) hanging over it. There is an office area with several tables showing notebooks and documents, file cabinets, and more photographs of Chinese men. A map hangs over the desk, with highlighted dots and several mountain ranges. There is a hallway that leads to the front door, which is bright red. Knocking will be heard periodically until you answer the door, with Easterman's voice saying: "Spider, Eye, Lamb". The door will then slam open and knock the Reagent to the ground, revealing Dr. Easterman with the Skinner Man's tendrils, before his face changes to a skull. The tendrils grab onto the Reagent's ankle and drags them towards the door before cutting to black.

Rewards[]

Reborn Outfits
Completing Reagent Release Protocol unlocks one of four random outfits, allowing the player to use it as outfit customizations from the Sleep Room. Repeating this completion can also allow the player to unlock more outfits until all four of them are obtained.

Reagent Release Trophy Milestones
Completing Reagent Release Protocol at milestones of 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 completions unlocks its own Reagent Release Trophies, which the player can place as Medium Item customizations in their Sleep Room.

Prestige Avatar Icon Borders
Completing Reagent Release Protocol paints the player's avatar icon border silver. Each completion upgrades the avatar icon prestige border into gold, then stars up to a maximum of 3.

Murkoff Stamps
Completing Reagent Release Protocol always give 50 Murkoff Stamps.

Gallery[]

Reagent Release Protocol Gallery


The single shuttle that takes the Reagents to the Mansion The Light, seen after completing the Release The Hotel Room The bedside table with pouches of drugs A portrait of Mao Zedong The Reagent grabbed by the Skinner Man

References[]

Navigation[]

[1] A Vertical Slice of the Human Brain

[2] The Wernicke Exit Interview

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