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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:

EMFReader Render EMF Level 5
Get a level 5 reading on the EMF Reader
DOTS projector sprite D.O.T.S Projector
Witness a ghostly disturbance within D.O.T.S Projector lights
Fingerprints 3 Ultraviolet
Uncover finger, hand, or footprints with the UV Light
Thermometer Render Freezing Temperatures
Get a reading below 0°C/32°F on a Thermometer
GhostOrb Sprite Ghost Orb
See floating orbs on video (through Video Camera, Video Feed, or Head Gear)
ClosedBook Render Ghost Writing
Have a ghost write in a Ghost Writing Book that's been placed down
SpiritBox Ghost 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[]

Evidence
D.O.T.S. ProjectorEMF Level 5Freezing TemperaturesGhost OrbGhost WritingSpirit BoxUltraviolet
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