Phasmophobia News

• Increased chance for DOTS and Ghost Writing evidence
• Unique Spirit Box sound
  • Player has to be standing within 1m of the ghost
  • 33% chance with any question

• Can always see all players
• Chooses the closest player at the start of the hunt to chase
• Changes target to the nearest player randomly during the hunt

• 40% average Sanity hunt threshold
• Hunt speed is based on distance from the nearest player
  • Maximum speed of 3m/s if the nearest player is more than 6m away
  • Minimum speed of 0.4m/s if the nearest player is within 2.5m of you

• When answering through the spirit box the Moroi will Curse the player who asked the question
• Can also be cursed when hearing a "paranormal sound" on the Parabolic Microphone
  • A Cursed player’s passive sanity drain is doubled
  • Standing in light or holding a lit candle will not stop the Curse’s sanity drain
  • Walking outside the location will pause the Curse
  • Consuming Sanity pills will remove the Curse

• Hunt starting speed is based on average sanity %
• Starting speed increases for every 5% your average sanity decreases, for example:
  • 50% average sanity = 1.5m/s
  • 25% average sanity = 1.875m/s
  • 0% average sanity = 2.25m/s

• Smudging the ghost lasts 12 seconds during hunts (instead of the normal 6 seconds)

• Increased chance for DOTS and Ghost Writing evidence
• 75% Average Sanity threshold for hunts
• 2.75 m/s hunt speed, with or without ‘line of sight’
• 200% interaction rate
• 200% chance for ghost events

• No acceleration during hunts
• Every 1 – 2 minutes the ghost will try to age; If any players are inside the location and in the same room as the ghost it will succeed, if not 30 seconds will be added back on to the timer until it tries again.
• Each ‘age’ will lower the ghost’s stats and traits.
  • -6% average sanity threshold for hunts
  • -0.175m/s hunt starting speed
  • -15% chance for ghost events
  • -15% interaction rate

• Thaye can age a total of 10 times, and will have minimum stats:
  • 15% Average Sanity threshold for hunts
  • 1m/s hunt speed
  • 50% chance for ghost events
  • 50% interaction rate

• It will choose a random starting “age”
• It will change into another ghost instead of aging

• You now only need to set your microphone in-game, instead of your ‘Windows Default Microphone’
  
• You can now see the input volume of your microphone in the Audio Settings
  
• Additional microphone input options have been added:
  
  • Voice Detector Sensitivity
    
  • Noise Suppression
• Due to the new system only working if you are in a server, the voice recognition test has been removed.
  

• English
  
• German
  
• French
  
• Russian
  
• Spanish
  
• Japanese
  
• Simplified Chinese
  
• Traditional Chinese
  
• Italian
  
• Portuguese
  
• Brazilian Portuguese
  
• Dutch
  
• Swedish
  
• Turkish
  
• Ukrainian
  
• Czech
  
• Greek
  
• More languages will be added in a future update
  

• The Truck has received new models, a new layout, and materials
  
• Equipment is now placed on the wall in the Truck
  Placing any equipment back on the wall, similarly to head cameras, will be added with the ‘Custom Difficulty’ update
• When lit, the campfire in Maple Lodge Campsite will now increase the temperature of the area around it
  
• The Maple Lodge Campfire will now show a hot temperature reading on a Thermometer
  
• You can now buy four lighters and three salt shakers
  
• Added new footstep sounds for the metal floor in the Truck and on the ramp
  

• The number of free hiding spots will now be increased when playing multi-player games
  
  • Three players: +1 hiding spot
    
  • Four players: +2 hiding spots
    
• The voice recognition splash-screen has been removed, as it is no longer needed
  
• The map screen in the truck now has up and down arrows for changing floors, instead of a single button
  
• When using their ability, Jinn will now leave EMF at the Fuse Box rather than where they are currently stood
  
• You will now never see 'ghost mist' when the ghost type is an Oni
  
• The cursor will no longer lock when playing in VR
  
• All locations have had their lighting re-baked, to a higher quality, to help reduce any light leaks and artifacts
  
• The chance for the Mare light ability has been slightly increased
  
• Replaced the Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Greek, and Japanese fonts to be more readable
  

• Sanity Pills can no longer be duplicated for extra uses
  
• Sanity Pills will now give the correct insurance amount
  
• You can now use the main menu boom-box in VR
  
• The delay when taking a photo has been removed
  
• Yurei can no longer drain your sanity when you are outside the location
  
• Yurei will no longer stop interacting if they use their ability in the Willow garage
  
• You can now interact with all interactable objects in VR
  
• The photo camera sound will now muffle correctly between floors
  
• You can no longer light Lighters with lit Candles
  
• Candles can now be lit with other lit Candles
  
• Candle and Lighter flames will now cast the correct shadows
  
• The shoulder flashlight will no longer break when closing and opening the truck door
  
• Fixed missing Korean and Traditional Chinese text
  
• The controls text in the training will no longer overlap the keybind text
  
• Potential fix for the VR runtime launching when playing without VR
  

Phasmophobia update 0.6.2 is going to add some new features to the Early Access multiplayer horror game, and two of those new features are ghosts. Kinetic Games hasn't fully revealed them yet, but they have provided a couple spooky teasers for the new haints that should be enough to get the goosebumps going.

The first of the two new ghosts has a name that starts with 'Mo,' and the smudged paper journal entry on the entity says something about being 'risen from the grave to drain' something - probably energy - from the living. The entry seems to say that its strength is becoming stronger the weaker its victim is, which sounds unnerving. Its weakness has something to do with hyperosmia, which is an overwhelming sensitivity to smell - so, bring along some garlic.

The name of the second new ghost begins with the letter D, and this type has apparently "been eluding ghost hunters for years," according to the journal entry. Its strength is the ability to constantly sense the living, and as the entry puts it, "you can run, but you can't hide." So, this type of ghost will probably always know where you are.

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Phasmophobia devs are experimenting with "more transparent" patch notes

• Players will now create public and private lobbies from the same screen, and have a couple of new options!
  
  
• You can decide the maximum player limit for your games, if you're only feeling like playing duos today, you can!
  
  
• Lastly, the new lobby selection screen will have a new filter for what language players speak, this allows players to specify the primary language that will be used in those games! This is optional, and you can also set this option to "any" if you want to.