The Mastermind builds

Damaging a Generator makes it regress +2 % faster for each Charge it has.

This perk has a cool-down of 55/50/45 seconds after damaging a Generator.

"They built hypercomputers and skyscrapers and quantum networks, but all of those things trembled and fell under the power of Judgment’s light." — (Witness to Koenrad, ch. 8)

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

"The NE-α parasite provides you with the intelligence and awareness needed to set a trap."

Performing the Damage Generator action on Generators highlights their Auras in yellow.
Whenever a Survivor enters the Dying State by any means, Eruption triggers the following effects on all highlighted Generators:

• Causes them to explode, damaging them.
  • Instantly regresses them by -10 % of their total Progression.
  • Causes them to start regressing afterwards.
• Causes all Survivors currently repairing them to suffer from the following effects:
  • Causes them to scream.
  • Their Auras are revealed to you for 8/10/12 seconds.

Eruption has a cool-down of 30 seconds after triggering its effects, which also resets the highlighted Auras.

"It can use weapons?" — Jill Valentine

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.

The perfect bio-weapon.

Decades of research have led to this.

• Causes all Survivors to start the Trial infected with Uroboros.
• Survivors suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 30 seconds when they reach Critical Infection.

"The entire world will be infected. A new Genesis is at hand and I will be the creator!" — Albert Wesker

Wesker was as much a researcher as he was a guinea pig for Umbrella's bio-weapons.

• Grants the ability to break Breakable Walls or Pallets when colliding with them Mid-Bound.
• You can no longer vault over Pallets using Virulent Bound.

"Only a handful of humans truly matter. Everyone else is just so much chaff. So now I have to separate this chaff from the wheat." — Albert Wesker

"Your great strength allows you to shred through your prey's defences."

While performing the Break or Damage action on Breakable Walls, Pallets, or Generators, Brutal Strength triggers its effect:

• Increases the Action speed by 10/15/20 %.

"You are the bringer of sweet pain."

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.

Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply:

• Causes that Survivor to suffer from the Haemorrhage Status Effect for 90 seconds.

After the first time that Survivor is healed back to full health, they suffer from the following effect until they are injured again by any means:

• Reduces their Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by 10/13/16 %.

"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.

"Allows the Crows found in the environment to directly communicate with you."

Whenever a Survivor startles a Crow within 36/38/40 metres of your location, Spies from the Shadows triggers its effect:

• Alerts you with a unique Loud Noise Notification in the shape of a Crow.

Spies from the Shadows has a cool-down of 3 seconds between alerts.

"In the shadows they torment, scarring our minds with each scream."

The result of decades of Bio Organic Weapon research.

It will not rest until it has swallowed the entire world.

• Increases your Movement speed while charging Virulent Bound by +5 %.

Gloves of a cold, calculating schemer.

They impart an air of icy professionalism.

• Reduces the Power Recharge time by -8 %.