Evidence

Evidence is used to determine which ghost is haunting the location. Each ghost has a unique combination of three pieces of evidence that determines which ghost is present. Each player can record pieces of evidence that has been uncovered in the Journal to thin down the possible ghosts, and determine the ghost once all three piece of evidence are collected.

Types of evidence

There are currently seven unique pieces of evidence in the game that can be used to identify a ghost:

EMF Level 5 Get a level 5 reading on the EMF Reader

D.O.T.S Projector Witness a ghostly disturbance within D.O.T.S Projector lights

Ultraviolet Uncover finger, hand, or footprints with the UV Light

Freezing Temperatures Get a reading below 0°C/32°F on a Thermometer

Ghost Orb See floating orbs on video (through Video Camera, Video Feed, or Head Gear)

Ghost Writing Have a ghost write in a Ghost Writing Book that's been placed down

Spirit Box Hear a reply on a Spirit Box after asking the ghost a question

Ghost evidence

By default, each ghost can give 3 types of evidence. On Nightmare difficulty, each ghost can only provide 2 types of evidence, meaning at the start of the contract, the game will randomly choose 2 types, and the remaining type will be hidden (unobtainable). Similarly, Insanity difficulty causes each ghost to only give 1 type of evidence, with the other 2 being hidden. The 'Evidences given' option for a custom difficulty can also be changed for the ghost to give 0, 1, 2, or 3 types of evidence.

Ghost	Evidence 1	Evidence 2	Evidence 3
Aswang	D.O.T.S Projector	Freezing Temperatures	Ghost Writing
Banshee	D.O.T.S Projector	Ghost Orb	Ultraviolet
Dayan	EMF Level 5	Ghost Orb	Spirit Box
Demon	Ghost Writing	Ultraviolet	Freezing Temperatures
Deogen	D.O.T.S Projector	Ghost Writing	Spirit Box
Gallu	EMF Level 5	Ultraviolet	Spirit Box
Goryo	D.O.T.S Projector	EMF Level 5	Ultraviolet
Hantu	Ghost Orb	Ultraviolet	Freezing Temperatures
Jinn	EMF Level 5	Ultraviolet	Freezing Temperatures
Kormos	Ghost Orb	Spirit Box	Ultraviolet
Mare	Ghost Writing	Ghost Orb	Spirit Box
Moroi	Ghost Writing	Freezing Temperatures	Spirit Box
Myling	Ghost Writing	EMF Level 5	Ultraviolet
Obake	EMF Level 5	Ghost Orb	Ultraviolet
Obambo	Ghost Writing	Ultraviolet	D.O.T.S Projector
Oni	D.O.T.S Projector	EMF Level 5	Freezing Temperatures
Onryo	Ghost Orb	Freezing Temperatures	Spirit Box
Phantom	D.O.T.S Projector	Ultraviolet	Spirit Box
Poltergeist	Ghost Writing	Ultraviolet	Spirit Box
Raiju	D.O.T.S Projector	EMF Level 5	Ghost Orb
Revenant	Ghost Writing	Ghost Orb	Freezing Temperatures
Shade	Ghost Writing	EMF Level 5	Freezing Temperatures
Spirit	Ghost Writing	EMF Level 5	Spirit Box
Thaye	D.O.T.S Projector	Ghost Writing	Ghost Orb
The Mimic	Ultraviolet	Freezing Temperatures	Spirit Box
The Twins	EMF Level 5	Freezing Temperatures	Spirit Box
Wraith	D.O.T.S Projector	EMF Level 5	Spirit Box
Yokai	D.O.T.S Projector	Ghost Orb	Spirit Box
Yurei	D.O.T.S Projector	Ghost Orb	Freezing Temperatures

Some pieces of evidence are guaranteed for specific ghosts, shown as bold and underlined on the table, meaning that on Nightmare or Insanity difficulty (or if the 'Evidences given' option is set to 1 or 2), they will not be hidden and will always be one of the ghost's given evidences. This does not apply if the 'Evidences given' option is set to 0.

The Mimic will always produce Ghost Orbs in addition to its chosen evidences. This works differently from the above "forced" evidences, as none of the Mimic's usual evidences (Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and Freezing Temperatures) are guaranteed to appear when 'Evidences given' is 1 or 2, while the extra Ghost Orbs are always present even when 'Evidences given' is 0.

Trivia

• It is not required to update all of the evidence options if the ghost has already been conclusively determined; simply selecting the correct type of ghost is sufficient.
• During the development of Phasmophobia, the presence of bugs was planned to be an evidence. This is why they appear in the early VR gameplay trailer for the game.
• There are currently six three-evidence combinations that can't appear in game:
  • D.O.T.S Projector, EMF Level 5, Ghost Writing
  • D.O.T.S Projector, Freezing Temperatures, Spirit Box
  • D.O.T.S Projector, Freezing Temperatures, Ultraviolet
  • EMF Level 5, Freezing Temperatures, Ghost Orb
  • EMF Level 5, Ghost Orb, Ghost Writing
  • Ghost Orb, Ghost Writing, Ultraviolet

See also

• Third-party tools