# The Outlast Trials Project Messiah Patch Notes | Season 5, New Prime Asset, New Environment & more - Product: The Outlast Trials (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-outlast-trials) - Vendor: Red Barrels - Date: 2025-12-09 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1304930/view/532116974486947430 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/the-outlast-trials/releases/2025-12-09-project-messiah-patch-notes-season-5-new-prime-as What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — New Prime Asset Liliya Bogomolova with traits including hiding among mannequins, surprise attacks with long reach, immobilizing attacks, and secret relocation to ambush prey - **added** — New Trial environment called The Resort featuring a lavish retreat and VIP auction setting - **added** — New Trial called Despoil the Auction where players act as negotiators in a human auction - **added** — New MK-Challenge Fabricate the Scandal focused on shaping evidence and crimes for public consumption - **added** — New MK-Challenge Seize the Narcotics centered on finding and liberating controlled substances - **added** — New Deluxe Catalog Project Messiah with 10 pages of exclusive cosmetic items - **added** — New Limited-Time Event Winter Kills with hostile environments and punishment and reward mechanics - **added** — New Permafrost variator introducing permanent freezing temperatures requiring players to locate heat sources - **added** — Frost Mines replacing gas mines in Winter Kills event - **added** — Collectible gifts feature in Winter Kills event for earning extra rewards - **added** — New Limited-Time Catalog for Winter Kills event with exclusive cosmetics purchasable with Event Tokens - **added** — 11 brand-new Deluxe Outfits added to the Murkoff Store - **added** — Event Catalog Prime Time 2025 now available for purchase in the Catalogs Collection - **changed** — Invasion menu revamped with focus on Quick Play and Invasion Ranks display - **changed** — Quick Play now alternates between playing as Reagent and Imposter - **changed** — Imposter objective changed from elimination to disrupting and hurting Reagents - **changed** — Imposter grade now always visible in HUD and updates dynamically during invasion - **changed** — Imposters can earn high scores based on disruption and pressure effectiveness even if Reagents complete the Trial - **changed** — High Tier Trials at 50+ Invasion matches now require Reagents to complete a random secondary objective before exiting ##### Greetings Reagents, Sister Liliya, our newest Prime Asset, ushers in_ **Project Messiah **_and welcomes you into the snowcapped opulence of _**The Resort**_, a new Trial environment where Reagents can **"Despoil the Auction"**, and prepare to face the divine, or face their reckoning! Murkoff is also instating a new exclusive Deluxe Catalog, the return of the **Winter Kills Limited-Time Event**, featuring a new **Permafrost** variator that will chill the blood of any Reagent. This update also includes 2 new MK-Challenges, an update to the Invasion Experimental Therapy and more. ##### 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 Deluxe Catalog: PROJECT MESSIAH The new Deluxe Catalog “Project Messiah” is now available. - The catalog is filled with 10 pages of new exclusive cosmetic items for your own self expression. - Unlock the Deluxe Catalog using Murkoff Coins, earned by completing the Onboarding Catalog, other Deluxe Catalogs or purchasable in the Murkoff Store. - Acquire Stamps by completing Trials and Tasks, then use the Stamps to acquired Deluxe Catalog items. - As a reminder, the Deluxe Catalogs are available permanently. Unlock items at your own pace. ##### 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 _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1304930/view/532116974486947430]_