Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

Place 1 damage on the scenario reference card.

Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

Each surviving investigator is defeated.

Each investigator must either discard 1 card at random from their hand or lose 2 resources.

Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

Place 1 damage on the scenario reference card. Then:

- If there are 5 or more damage tokens on the scenario reference card, proceed to (→R2).

- Otherwise, flip this agenda back over.

Each investigator is defeated and driven insane.

Shuffle the set-aside Spiders encounter set and each set-aside copy of Outbreak into the encounter deck, along with the encounter discard pile.

Draw the set-aside The Infestation Begins story card and resolve its text.

In your Campaign Log, record 8 tally marks next to "Steps of the Bridge."

(→R4)

Shuffle both set-aside Corsair of Leng enemies into the encounter deck, along with the encounter discard pile.

If it is act 1, 2, or 3, read the following:

The steps begin to twist like a snake uncoiling from its sleep. You try to keep your balance, but there is nothing for you to cling to for safety as the stairs tilt and flip.

Each surviving investigator is defeated and suffers 1 physical trauma. Each of those investigators may test (3) before being defeated to remember that this is all a dream. Each investigator who succeeds is defeated and suffers 1 mental trauma, instead.

If it is act 4, read the following:

"Help! Please! Anyone!" The voice called out from the trees, far from the path. Normally, this sort of trick would not have fooled you, but the voice was too familiar to ignore. A loved one, perhaps, or someone you once failed in a time of need. It doesn't matter. It's too late now. You spin and look for the path, but it is nowhere to be found.

Record in your Campaign Log the dreamers strayed from the path. Each surviving investigator is defeated and suffers 1 mental trauma.

(→R2)

Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

Raise each investigator's alarm level by 1.

Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

Raise each investigator's alarm level by 1.

...but nobody comes.

The lead investigator searches the encounter deck and discard pile for 1 copy of Cats from Saturn and draws it.

...and to your surprise, an army of cats lands in front of you, having leaped through the void of space itself. You recognize the cat at the head of the formation as the grey old cat with the scar you met months ago. "Go, human!" he yells. "We will hold them off!"

Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

(→R2)

If it is act 4, read the following:

Place clues on each Forsaken Tower location until it has clues equal to its clue value.

Reveal each copy of Nyarlathotep in each investigator's hand. Each investigator who did not reveal a copy of Nyarlathotep must take either 1 damage or 1 horror. For each copy of Nyarlathotep revealed by an investigator, that investigator must choose:

- Nyarlathotep immediately attacks that investigator and is shuffled into the encounter deck.

- Nyarlathotep immediately attacks that investigator three times and is returned to that investigator's hand.

Find each Suspicious Orderly enemy in play and replace it with a set-aside Corrupted Orderly enemy (it keeps its game state, all tokens, and all attachments).

Search the encounter deck and discard pile for each copy of Suspicious Orderly and remove them from the game.

Shuffle the set-aside Agents of Atlach-Nacha encounter set, each remaining set-aside Corrupted Orderly enemy, and the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck.

Add 1 token and 1 token to the infestation bag.