How to Determine the Ghost You Have in Phasmophobia

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1Entering a Game

2Preparing for the Investigation

3Investigating the Ghost

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Phasmophobia is a paranormal investigation game available on Steam for both PC and VR. You may choose to play the game by yourself, with up to four of your friends, or with up to four strangers. During this game you will be sent to different locations and be tasked with determining the type of ghost haunting the building.

Steps

Part 1

Part 1 of 3:

Entering a Game

1. 1
   Select a Location and Ready Up.

   • Left Mouse Click onto the Server Lobby poster board.
   • Click on the on screen Left Arrow.
   • Select a location. (for this "How To" i am selecting 6 Tanglewood Drive)
   • Click on the on screen Right Arrow to go back to the Server Lobby poster board.
2. 2
   Adding Equipment (Note if this is your first time playing skip this portion)

   • Click on the on screen Right Arrow.
   • Click the plus sign on the equipment you would like to add to your loadout.
   • Click the BUY button if you do not already have the equipment.
   • Click the ADD button to add the equipment to your Equipment List.
   • Click on the on screen Left Arrow to go back to the Server Lobby poster board.
   • Note: In the Server Lobby posterboard you can scroll through your equipment list.
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3. 3
   Readying Up

   • Click the Ready Up button.
   • Click the Start button once you are ready to load up into a game.
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Part 2

Part 2 of 3:

Preparing for the Investigation

1. 1
   Grabbing your equiment:  By now you have probably noticed that you are in a trailer.  On one side you will see 4 TVs and a poster board with the ghost's name on it.  On the other side is your eqiupment.

   • Walk over to the equipment side
   • Point your Cursor at the Flash Light and press E (the flashlight can be turned on by left clicking when it is in your hand, when not in you hand press T)
   • Now you can select up to 2 more items. (I would suggest grabbing two items that will help you find the Ghost's Room, such as Sprit Box, Thermometer, or the EMF reader)
2. 2
   Grabbing your equiment:  By now you have probably noticed that you are in a trailer.  On one side you will see 4 TVs and a poster board with the ghost's name on it.  On the other side is your eqiupment.

   • Walk over to the equipment side
   • Point your Cursor at the Flash Light and press E (the flashlight can be turned on by left clicking when it is in your hand, when not in you hand press T)
   • Now you can select up to 2 more items. (I would suggest grabbing two items that will help you find the Ghost's Room, such as Sprit Box, Thermometer, or the EMF reader)
3. 3
   Leaving the Trailer:

   • Walk to the Back
   • Press E on the Key
   • Right Click on the Key Pad
   • Walk out of the truck
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Part 3

Part 3 of 3:

Investigating the Ghost

1. 1
   Finding the Ghost Room:

   • Walk up to the house
   • Right Click on the Front Door and walk forward towards it (This will be how you will interact with all of the doors in the house)
   • Now that you are inside we need to do a systematical sweep of the building.
   • To do this first put your chosen Ghost Room finding weapon in your hand (this is done with the scroll wheel).
   • Left Click with your mouse to turn the object on.
   • If you chose to use the Spirit Box, walk through each room asking questions to the ghost (good questions to ask are "Are you here?", "Where are you?", and "How old are you?"). You will hear a verbal response such as "Here", "I'm Close", "Kill", "Die", "Young" or "Old".
   • If you chose the Thermometer, watch the temperature displayed on the screen as you go through each room.  If your temp falls close to Freezing (Less than 40 degrees Fahrenheit) you have found the Ghost's room.
   • If you chose to take the EMF reader, listen for the EMF reader to buzz and light up more than the first light.  This will tell you that you have found the Ghost Room and that the Ghost is active.
   • Now that you have the room you can throw your item down in the room (Press G), this opens up room in your inventory for items which you will need to go back to the truck to get.
2. 2
   Collecting Evidence:

   • Go to the Ghost Room with your equipment.
   • If you notice your EMF Reader turn on all of its lights, you have just found evidence of EMF Level 5. Press J to open your journal, press the Evidence tab, and click on EMF Level 5 (You have just checked off EMF Level 5 in your evidence).  Now press ESC to get out of the journal menu and back into the game.
   • If you notice the Ghost responding to you while you use the Spirit Box, you can go check off Spirit Box in the Evidence tab of your Journal.
   • If you noticed your Thermometer has a temperature below freezing point (less than 30 degrees Farenheit) or if you see your character's breath (fog appears at the bottom of the screen), you can go check off Freezing Temperatures in your Journal.
   • Checking for Ghost Writing can be done by using the the Ghost Writing Book.  Go into the Ghost Room, crouch down so you are close to the floor (press C to crouch), look at the floor and place the book down (Press F).  After the a while the Ghost may write in the book, sometimes asking the Ghost ot write in the book will help encourage it to write.  With the Ghost having written in the book, you can go and mark off Ghost Writing in the Journal.
   • Checking for Fingerprints can be done using the UV Flashlight and the Glowstick.  Handprints can be found on either the front or back doors and fingerprints can be found on light switches.  Both Fingerprints and Handprints work to show evidence of Fingerprints, so it can be checked off in the journal (Footprints are not evidence of Fingerprints).
   • Checking for Ghost Orb can be done using the Video Camera and the Computer Monitor in the truck.  Place Video Camera in the Ghost room so that it faces the majority of the room.  Go back to the truck and put the video into night vision mode (click on the keyboard infront of the in game computer monitor).  It may take a bit, but if you see a little white dot floating across the you have found evidence of a Ghost Orb.  With evidence you can go check it off in your Journal.
   • Checking for D.O.T.S Projector evidence involves repeating the previous steps for finding evidence of Ghost Orb, expect you must also place a D.O.T.S Projector in the room to.  To place the D.O.T.S Projector in the room, crouch down on the floor (press C), and place the D.O.T.S Projector on the floor (press F while pointed at the floor).  Now back at the trailer, whilst watching the monitor you may a Ghost silhouette run across the monitor's screen.  This is the evidence of D.O.T.S Projector, so you can mark it down as evidence in your journal.
3. 3
   Determining the Ghost and Leaving:  By now you should have three pieces of evidence marked in your journal.

   • Your three pieces of evidence should have left one ghost type in black and the rest should be grey.  Click on the one in black, because that is your ghost's type.
   • Make you way back to the truck.
   • Click on the keypad at the back of the truck
   • Congratulations, you have just completed your first investigation.
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Tips

• If you play in Amateur you will be given a 5 minute grace period at the beginning of the game.
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• If you choose to play in Intermediate you will be given a 2 minute grace period at the start of the game.
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• Keep track of places to hide, if the Ghost decides to hunt these will be helpful.
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Warnings

• Swearing also may anger the Ghost and cause it to hunt.
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• Be careful not to say the say the Ghost's name inside the house, it may become angry and enter a hunt.
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• Using Cursed Objects can result in a hunt and sometimes instant death.
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