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Escape the denizens of a mental asylum in Outlast — and stay alive with our walkthrough. Armed with only a camera and his wits, investigative journalist Miles Upshur must discover the secret of the former aslyum. Try to contain your terror with some tips to escape the lumbering monsters that hunt you down.
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Investigation
Begin your journey by driving up to the dark gates of the Mount Massive Asylum. Load the batteries into your video camera and grab your documents.
Remember that you are a reporter and should do your job well. Record everything with your camera and take notes. Exit your car and head towards the asylum gates. Enter through the small gate door.
Walk up the driveway and crouch through the broken gate on the left side of the building. Climb the scaffolding to the broken window above.
Climb in and use your camera’s night vision to get a good view of the room. Slowly open the door at the back of the room and enter the asylum’s hallways.
Make your way to the end of the hall and turn right into the room with the soda machines. Escape the area by climbing up into the broken air duct.
At the end of the duct, drop down to the library and slowly enter. Explore the room and walk around the bookshelves until you reach a dying soldier. Listen to him and exit the library ahead.
After some unforeseen difficulties, recover and hatch a new plan.
Escape
Pick yourself up and begin your search for the security control room. However, you will need to find the key card first.
Enter the only opened door accessing the dark computer room near you. Walk through to the next hallway containing an inmate in a wheelchair. Carefully head down the hallway and enter the room with men “watching” the television.
Continue forward and crouch under the door. Move straight across into the next room and obtain the key card from the corpse in the corner.
Turn back and head towards the main room again. Find the staircase make your way down the open hallway to the right. The security room will be in this hall.
Find the security room door and unlock it with the key card. Use the computer terminal inside to unlock the main doors.
Someone is coming. Take you and your pacifist attitude to the inside of the nice and safe locker in the security room. Hide as the inmate searches the area.
When the area is clear, find the staircase and enter the basement. Slide through the crack in the brick wall. Next, vault over the desk blocking your way. Enter the flooded basement room ahead.
There are two pump rooms in the area which must be found. Activate both of the pumps, but be careful not to get caught by the inmate who is stalking you.
You are not done restoring the power yet. Once the two pumps are online, venture further into the basement and follow the signs to the electric room.
Throw the breaker switch in the electric room. Now you are ready to turn on the power. Make your way back to the flooded room and reactivate the power using the switch in the center.
Get back to the stairway and exit the basement. Find the security room again and use the computer terminal inside.
Imprisoned
Once the door is unlocked, exit your padded room and enter the prison block full of inmates. Search the block until you find a dark padded cell with a large crack in the wall.
Sneak out into the pipe-filled area. Next, climb up into the hallways and find the broken ledge above the cell block where you started. Inch your way across the ledge to the other side of the broken floor.
Locate the bloody message on the wall which instructs you to follow the blood. Head forward up the stairs and the blood will guide you down a drain. Drop down into it.
Find the inmate committing a murder nearby. Pass by and continue forward to the security room. Lure any inmates away from the area to clear the room.
When you are safe, go back to the security room and press the button on the desk under the bloody writing. If anyone tries to find you, hide in the nearby locker.
Sneak out of the security room and continue to follow the bloody directions. Find the two men who wanted to kill you in the prison block. Next, jump out of the broken window next to them and hang on the ledge. Move to the next open window and re-enter the asylum.
Continue down the trail of blood until you find a dark walkway. A very large inmate will rip someone’s head off with his bare hands. If you see this, the key card to the shower room will be located on the floor directly ahead.
Head back and follow the arrows to the nearby shower room. Use the key card to enter the showers.
Showers and Sewers
Continue through the walkway in the showers. Find an open window and jump out. Hang on the edge and make your way towards the next open window, then re-enter the asylum.
Quickly exit the showers and find the next security room. Use the button on the desk to activate the airlock. Climb on the desk in the center and enter the air ducts. Drop into the hallway and try to escape.
After a failed escape, pick yourself up and begin to find a new path to the showers. Beware of the humongous inmate searching for you.
Move up the stairs and begin to search for the exit. Squeeze through the broken gate to the locked showers.
Crouch under the next door and continue moving forward. Enter the lit room in the prison block. Use objects around the room to climb up to the next floor.
Find the broken walkway and use the ledge to jump to the other side. Take the stairs to the next floor and use the ledge to reach the other side of the prison block. Enter the first cell and crouch through the broken wall.
Find the cell with a hole in the floor and drop through it. Next, follow the blood to the showers once again. Crouch through the hole in the floor to the underground pipes. You will soon find yourself in the sewers.
Follow the sewer and crouch through the small tunnels if they block your path. Find the wooden wall and squeeze through. You should find the entrance to the lower junction.
The entrance to the lower junction is blocked by water. The water can be drained by turning two valves. A map on the wall nearby can give you a layout of the area if needed.
Explore the sewers and avoid the large inmate stalker. Find the first drainage valve and turn it. Sneak out and head towards the next valve.
Once both valves are activated, return to the lower junction ladder. Climb down the ladder and follow the junction until you reach yet another ladder. Climb into the next sewer.
Continue forward and find the ladder leading down to another level of the sewer. It is located in the room with the inmate who tries to talk to you. Follow the sign towards the male ward.
Crouch through the end of the path to find the pipe room. Use the door ahead and enter the flooded area. Search around for a broken sewer gate and crouch through.
Find the staircase near the broken ladder. Use it to jump onto the ladder and climb up. Follow the signs to the male ward once again. Move through the final section of sewers and reach the lower part of the male ward.
Male Ward
Upon entering the lower part of the male ward, there will be a small opening next to the metal container filled with propane tanks. Push it out of the way to access the opening.
Crouch through the vent into the room containing an inmate in a straight jacket. Move into the ward and find the stairs.
The stairs are a dead end. Instead, find the nearby room with the inmate lying on the floor. Move the cabinet from in front of the door and walk through. Crouch through the small hole in the wall to reach the infirmary.
Find the open air duct above a table and climb in. Drop into the next room and remove the container from the blocked door. Continue forward, but beware of the inmates hunting you. To escape easier, block the doors behind you with movable objects.
Create a path by pushing the large objects out of the way. Reach the hall and follow the blood trails to the surgery room. Move through the vent into the next hallway. Next, run through the asylum and leap across the gap. Continue to elude the murderous lunatics.
You will soon reach a dumbwaiter. Desperately enter the small elevator and ride it up to the next floor in an attempt to escape.
After a brutal confrontation with a psychopath and a large pair of scissors, exit the surgery room. Follow the exit sign and enter the air ducts nearby. Drop down into the infirmary rooms.
Search the infirmary rooms for an exit, but beware of the surgeon who is stalking you. In the room containing the inmate patient with a raised leg, sneak into the hallway and find the door blocked by another cabinet. Unblock the door and continue forward.
Climb into the air duct at the end of the hallway and drop down into the bathroom.
Explore the nearby area to find the key to the elevator. It will be located in a small room which can be accessed through a large broken window. Grab the key and hide.
An inmate will break down a door to find you. Sneak through where he entered and escape to the elevator. Exit the elevator through the emergency hatch above.
Locate the stairs and head downwards. Squeeze through the wooden wall to the offices. Finally, speak to the priest.
Meet the Priest
Find the locker room and pass right through it. In the hallway, use the table under the opened window to get into the burning cafeteria.
Cautiously walk through the room and speak to the inmate inside.
The inmate will give you advice to get out through the kitchen. Continue to traverse the burning cafeteria by jumping over and crouching under tables.
Walk down the hallway and squeeze through the shelves to the other side. You may find the sprinkler system switch quickly, but you will need to turn on two valves first.
To start, head towards the baths area. The first valve can be found in a room at the back of the baths area. Once the valve is activated, head back and follow the signs towards laundry.
Locate the laundry room and find the second valve in another room towards the back. Activate the valve and head back to the sprinkler system switch in the hall adjacent to the baths and laundry hall.
Once the sprinkler system is activated, once again focus your attention on getting outside to meet the priest. Walk back through the burning cafeteria and into the kitchen. Reach the main room near the elevator and exit the asylum.
Exit the asylum to the stormy outside world. Remember to use your camera’s night vision to see the area much better.
Search the outside area for Father Martin. There are multiple buildings in the area, so be thorough.
First, find the small shack with an unlocked wooden door. You can enter this shack and grab the key to the locked maintenance shed.
Locate the maintenance shed and unlock the metal door. Explore the inside and keep moving forward until you are back in the yard. Next, access the rooftops by using the ladder on the side of the shed.
Jump across the obstacles on the rooftops until you reach a dumpster. Drop down to the ground and climb on the dumpster. Climb over the fence to the other side.
Locate another gap in the fence and use it to access the next part of the asylum yard. Look for a pile of propane tanks and pallets. Use them to access the roof once again. Follow the ledges and enter the next area.
Outside of the female ward you will be ambushed by the large inmate. Lure him away from the building and hide. Sneak back to the female ward building and find a way in.
Female Ward
First, enter the female ward from the asylum yard. The entrance is through a first-story window over a stack of wooden pallets. Climb in and speak to the priest when you enter the ward.
To meet with Father Martin, you must reach the upper floors of the ward. On the first floor, locate the shelves blocking the hallway. Sneak through and avoid any inmates.
Climb over the table and through the small window into the laundry room. Continue through the laundry room and locate the broken stairs near the elevator. Get a running start and leap across the gap.
Once you finally reach the second floor, you will need to find a key for the next stairwell. Before you do this, you must collect fuses. Find the first shrine reading “Pray for Revelation” and enter through the door ahead.
Grab the fuse on the table near the shrine and exit. Move directly down the hallway to the “Invite the Walrider” message. Enter this room and grab the next fuse near the shrine.
Next, locate the laundry chute room and find the destroyed area of the ward. Crouch into it and locate the third shrine. Acquire the final fuse and return to the laundry chute room.
At the laundry chute fuse box, replace the fuses and activate the laundry chute. The key will fall down to the laundry room on the first floor. Head down the stairs and activate the lower laundry chute. Pick up the key.
Unlock the stairwell to the third floor. To reach the third floor, you will need to once again leap over a gap.
You will once again find a trail of bloody messages. Inch across the ledge by the broken floor, and jump to the other side. After falling through the floor, use the nearby stack of beds to climb back up.
Explore deeper into the ward while still following the blood trails. Avoid any inmates which may be stalking you.
When you come to a destroyed corridor, leap across the gaps. If you fall, you may use the debris to climb back up and try again. Use jumps and ledges to reach the other side. However, you will lose your camcorder in the process.
Without your camcorder and it’s night vision capability, you’re completely helpless in the dark. Jump down to the ground floor and use the holes to reach the lower levels.
Explore further to find your camcorder. Navigate to the dark room with very large windows. The room will light up during lightning strikes allowing you to see more clearly. Keep moving and locate your camcorder on a table under the crack it fell through.
Inmates will soon ambush you. Escape by running away as quickly as possible. Locate the lockers in the bathroom and use them to climb to the floor above. The inmates will not follow you.
Search the locker room for a large hole in the wall. Exit the locker room and find the infirmary rooms again.
Climb back up to the top of the broken corridor and continue searching for Father Martin in the administration block.
Administration Block
After a few minor hiccups, you can continue your search for Father Martin in the administration block. Leap over the gap in the floor ahead and move forward.
Find another destroyed corridor and try to walk across. Avoid the collapsed part of the floor. Safely reach the other side by climbing on ledges and jumping.
Find the inmate blabbering on about how there is “only one way out.” Drudge forward through the hallways and crouch under any obstacles. Navigate to the room with the broken TV and air duct. Climb into the duct system and crawl towards the dead inmate in the vent.
Push the dead inmate out and drop into the administration building. Things are finally starting to look familiar.
Before you find Father Martin, you will need to locate yet another key. Walk passed the elevator into the next set of hallways. Follow the signs to the recreation hall.
In the pool table room, go through the broken wall and climb up the ladder ahead. Slowly move across the ledge passed the gate. Once you are clear, jump down and continue forward.
Locate the theater and walk through. Find the small office and head through to the stairs nearby. Next, walk up to the film room.
Enter the balcony and use the ledge to reach the projector room. The key will be located inside of this room. Once the key has been acquired, start focusing on finding Father Martin again. Follow the exit sign out of the theater.
Navigate back to the elevator and unlock the gate to the stairs. Climb the stairs to the third floor and begin searching for the elusive priest.
Explore the area and find the crack in the wall leading to a bedroom. Pass through the bedroom into the sleeping corridor. All of the nearby inmates should be non-hostile and praying.
Search the rooms until you find one with an open window. Use the outside ledge to reach the second open window nearby. Once you find a bloody hallway filled with candles, you will have a direct path to the chapel.
Enter the chapel and finally find Father Martin tied to a cross. Acquire the elevator key on the table directly ahead. Witness Father Martin’s insane ritual and quickly escape.
Freedom
Father Martin has given you a sure way out, and it’s assumed that the crazy old man can be trusted. Exit the chapel and climb over the debris into the air ducts. Escape towards the elevators and try not to get caught.
Find the knocked-over soda machine as quickly as possible, and use it to access the air ducts again. Continue forward until you finally return to the elevator. Use the key to reach the ground floor.
Exit the elevator and enjoy your freedom from the asylum… or not. Come on, it really wasn’t going to be that easy. Take the elevator down one more floor into the underground facility.
Open the doors ahead and traverse the icy entrance. Explore deeper into the Murkoff Corporation’s laboratory.
Eventually, you will have an encounter with the Walrider. Run away, and do whatever you can to get to safety.
Once the area is clear, return to laboratory exploration. Find the elderly gentlemen in his office and speak to him.
After listening to what the old man has to say, rid yourself of any pacifist thoughts. Prepare yourself to kill Billy. Explore the lab and move to the C block on the upper floors. Eventually you will find yourself in a large control room.
First, you will need to turn off the valve for the life support fluid reservoir. However, this is not all that needs to be done. You must also shut down two other vital systems, electric supply and failsafe systems, before the patient can be terminated.
Follow the signs towards the life support fluid reservoir in the D block. On the metal walkway above, locate and turn the first valve. Life support will immediately be disabled.
With life support disabled, the electric supply will kick in. Backtrack to the main chamber again and follow the signs to the sublab generator. Follow the metal walkway and leap across the gap. Enter E block and rip the cables from the generator to make the electric supply go offline.
The only system keeping Billy alive now is the life pod failsafe. Return to the main chamber one last time, no matter what happens. Disable the failsafe at the terminal in the main chamber to terminate Billy once and for all.
After all of the crazy events are finally over, grab your camcorder and finish your job as a reporter. Pick yourself up and exit the asylum. Let the world know of the atrocities which have transpired… that is, if you can.
