The twisted experiments of The Outlast Trials force test subjects to use what little resources they have in order to complete their objectives without dying in the process. Such challenges become even harder as players progress through the Trials, which means they'll need every advantage they can get if they want to survive.
There are a few randomly spawning secret rooms throughout The Outlast Trials that hide some much-needed (albeit temporary) upgrades for players to use. These rooms are not that hard to spot, but accessing them is an entirely different story. Here's how to get inside them.
How to Enter the Secret Rooms in The Outlast Trials
As players go through the game's various levels, they may encounter a metal door with the word "Confidential" plastered on them. These secret rooms (otherwise known as Gift or Confidential Rooms) contain a trove of supplies as well as the upgrades mentioned above.
To open them, players need to find blue buttons. These are typically found in the general vicinity of a secret room, and they must all be held down in order to unlock the metal door. Usually, these blue buttons are on the walls at around head level, so they shouldn't be too hard unless players are crawling in pitch-black darkness. There are no other requirements here, so players are free to use whichever loadout they want.
Secret Rooms typically contain enough consumables for everyone in the party. This includes different boosters that affect a player's health, stamina, or night vision goggle battery bar. The rooms may also include some evidence, batteries, healing items, and a Master Key, which is basically an infinite-use lockpick that players can keep in their inventory.
Secret Rooms in the Orphanage
The spawn locations for secret rooms are completely randomized for every run. If they don't spawn, they will be replaced by normal doors that lead to ordinary rooms, as pictured above.
Players may have trouble when actively seeking these rooms out across the existing maps, and it's completely possible that there are some undiscovered secret room locations as of the early access version of The Outlast Trials. Here are some possible spawn locations in the Orphanage that players might want to check out:
- Main Building: Second floor, behind the Broadcast Room
- Classrooms: In the Bathroom next to Class 4
- Chapel: Basement
- Chapel: Outside, behind the gazebo
It's currently unknown how many secret rooms can spawn per run, so there's going to be some degree of luck involved here. The one near the Broadcast Room will usually be the one players find first since it's in the opening area of the level. If it's not there, then it's likely that the secret room is somewhere else.