The Artist builds

Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors' chances of survival.

• At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.

Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.

"It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)

Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.

At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:

• The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.

Start the Trial with 4 Token.

Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:

• Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
  • Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
  • Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
• Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
  • This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed.

"The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora

After hooking a Survivor, Dead Man's Switch triggers its effect:

• The first Generator any Survivor stops repairing for 2 seconds is blocked for 30/35/40 seconds
  • The Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.

Dead Man's Switch cannot activate if its effect is still active from a previous activation.

"I've seen the look on a man's face when he realises he's going to die." — Caleb Quinn

"Resist as they might, time marches on, and your master plan comes closer to fruition."

After hooking a Survivor, for 40/50/60 seconds, press the Active Ability button to make a target generator within 20 meters explode, lose -10 % progress, and start regressing.

"Nothing will happen to you... Nothing that you don't deserve!" — Henry Creel

Carmina's severed hands, cut from her arms shortly before her death.

The sight brings sheer fury to her and her protectors.

• Causes Survivors coming within 3 metres of Swarmed Survivors to become swarmed too.

"How are you going to paint now?" — Hooded Man

A canvas that was targeted with swipes and trashes of black paint following Matias' death.

It radiates with heavy, crippling sorrow.

• Swarmed Survivors suffer from a -15 % Hindered Status Effect for 1.5 seconds.

"You reveal the true power of the Totems, hidden within their remains."

Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability:

• The Auras of cleansed Totems are revealed to you in white.

Press the Interaction button over the remains of a cleansed Totem to resurrect it as a Rekindled Totem.

For each Rekindled Totem, Hex: Pentimento gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 5 Tokens:

• 1 Token: Reduces the Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by -20 %.
• 2 to 5 Tokens: Increase the strength of the Action Speed penalty by a stackable 1/2/3 % per Token, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %.
• Survivors cursed by Hex: Pentimento see the Auras of Rekindled Totems within 16 metres.

Once Hex: Pentimento has reached its limit of 5 Tokens, it calls upon The Entity for the following effect:

• Blocks all Rekindled Totems for the remainder of the Trial.

Totems may only be rekindled once per Trial, with The Entity consuming the remains of Rekindled Totems once they are cleansed.

The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.

"Though a pentimento is an inherently concealed piece of art, there is something to be said of the desire to discover that which is beyond." — A Guide to Art & Process (1961)

"A Hex that toys with a victim's suffering."

If there is still a Dull Totem in the environment, Hex: Fortune's Fool lights a Hex Totem whenever you hook a Survivor for the first time, cursing them with its Hex Effects.

• Inflicts the Oblivious Status Effect.
• Blocks the Hex Totem for all other Survivors for 90 seconds.
  • Blocked Hex Totems cannot be cleansed or blessed by Survivors.
  • This does not affect the Cursed Survivor.

The Aura of the Hex Totem is revealed to the Cursed Survivor within 24/20/16 metres.

The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.

Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.

At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:

• The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.

Start the Trial with 4 Token.

Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:

• Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
  • Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
  • Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
• Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
  • This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed.

"The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora

Your act of servitude to The Entity has not gone unnoticed.

Each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time, Grim Embrace gains +1 Token and activates once you are at least 16 metres away from the Hook:

• 1-3 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 6/8/10 seconds.
• 4 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 40 seconds and the Aura of the Obsession is revealed to you for 6 seconds.

Sticky, viscous sludge that Carmina used for an experimental piece.

Once it sticks to skin, it is nearly impossible to get off.

• Increases the Repel duration for Swarmed Survivors by +0.5 seconds.

A stomach-churning pile of meat and guts, yet it attracts hungry crows craving a bite.

• Reduces the Cool-down time of Birds of Torment by -0.5 seconds after launching Dire Crows.