How to Detect and Identify a Ghost in Phasmophobia - The Best Method

Butcher79

4 October, 2020

This guide will detail a super effective method for detecting and identifying your ghost in Phasmophobia, as well as how to stay safe during your investigation!

Phase 1: Search for the ghost

So, first of all, the ghost lives in one particular room in the building. The goal of the first stage is to find this room. since your sanity is high, you must:

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- let each person take an EMF or a thermometer and one sound sensor
split up and each person will go to a separate end of the building, checking each room with an EMF/thermometer along the way
somewhere along the way each person lowered the sound sensor
if your group fan out and check each room, you will greatly expand the search area and, most likely, quickly find the right room. Someone will probably find the ghost room eventually, but if this phase drags on too long and you've all turned off all sound sensors, someone might head back to the truck to see which sensor picks up the most noise.

Direct your search to this area, or if none of the sensors pick up anything, direct your search to the excluded areas.

sound sensor really effective at narrowing down the search area, which saves time, but other tools like parabolic sound pickup or salt work too.

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Phase 2: ghost identification

This is where the fun begins and you start experimenting with the ghost.

Now that you have your own room, everyone should return to the van to grab the setup equipment. It depends what you all want to use, but I recommend:

➤book
➤spirit box
➤video camera
a bit of ultraviolet light
➤camera
➤EMF
➤thermometer

Review your equipment and note the clues in your diary. It is suggested that once the camera is in place, you should turn off all the lights in and around the room and everyone will return to the van to check for Spirit Orbs. There is currently an unconfirmed myth that only certain people on the team can see them.

It is recommended to work as much as possible in the light in order to maintain sanity. Once it gets too low, the ghost will start hunting you and force you into phase 3.
But once you've found a room, you can place an EMF in it (to test level 5) and start phase 2.

Phase 3: Pictures

There is no real line where phase 2 ends and phase 3 begins. If the ghost has started hunting, start phase 3 immediately.

At this stage of the investigation, your sanity will likely suffer and the ghost will start to become more and more dangerous.
It's wise to stick together and have one person hold the crucifix at all times and the other hold the dirty wand and lighter.
Do your best to finish the investigation and get enough evidence to identify the ghost, but time is not on your side.

This phase is all about getting as many good shots as possible to maximize your profits, so take your camera with you and take photos:

Dirty water in the sink (find the sink next to the ghost room and fill it first)
fingerprints or hand prints (use UV light)
ghost letter
bone
the ghost itself (if it's not currently hunting you!)
EMF reader

It is recommended to have someone dedicated to taking pictures and someone dedicated to holding a crucifix.

Once you have enough photos, you must leave before it gets too dangerous. If you don't have enough evidence, guess.
If all of the above steps are successful, you can consider this a successful investigation!

Safety rules

This section of the guide is dedicated to teaching you how you can practice security during your investigations.

It's important to note that your sanity is essentially your clock, so if you're working in good lighting conditions, you can extend your time. You probably won't have to worry too much in phase 1, but you should start thinking about safety in phase 2.

There are two main ways to protect yourself.
let someone always hold a crucifix

Some people like to throw one crucifix into the ghost room, but this not confirmedif it works. It does, however, greatly confirm that keeping a crucifix at all times prevents ghosts from hunting you. It should be noted that crucifixion is the only way to prevent the ghosts from attacking when your sanity is low.

The crucifix has a small radius, so the person holding it should stand in the middle of the room.

In case of hunting, hide in a place where you can close the door behind you (any room or locker) and remain still and quiet.

What about incense? Recently, incense (herbs) got a nerf and it no longer stops hunting, it just delays the ghost for a few seconds to give you time to hide.
You'll need those seconds, so bring those and a lighter with you if you're counting on the hunt.

Please note that by hiding in the ghost room, you will be killed. Hide somewhere else. Except the corridor.
I will detail how hunting works in the next section.

Hunting

The hunt is the most dangerous aspect of the investigation and the main way for the ghost to kill you.

There are four hallmarks of hunting.

The lights are constantly flickering. This will be your flashlight and room lighting. If you see this flicker, the hunt has begun and you must hide immediately!
➤ The radio (walkie-talkie) has stalled. If you press the radio button to talk to your teammates, you will only hear static. If they try to talk to you over the radio, you will only hear static. You can still speak locally, but no one in the van can hear you.
➤Heartbeat. This only applies if the lights are flashing and the radio is muted. Usually, if you hear a heartbeat, the ghost is coming straight at you and you need to break line of sight with the ghost immediately.
The total activity graph in the van goes up to 10. It doesn't necessarily mean hunting, but if you see it and you're only getting static from the radio and all the lights in the house are flickering... Consider yourself lucky you're not there right now. Once the level reaches 0, you can contact your teammates via radio to let them know that the Hunt is over.

When the hunt begins, the ghost most often materializes in the corridors, and then begins the chase. There will be 8 seconds between the start of the hunt and the chase, so you have a little time to run into the nearest room and close the door behind you.

If a ghost tries to materialize near someone holding a crucifix, it will damage the crucifix. The crucifix will break after the second attempt and you will notice that you are no longer holding it.

If you detect a hunt early on, you can protect yourself by hiding quickly. Although it is highly recommended that you and your team consider leaving as soon as the hunt begins.

Good luck, paranormal investigator!

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