News Liste Phasmophobia

• Unlocks at level 15

Player levelling and rewards

• The required EXP to level from 1-100 has been reduced by around 10%, making levelling faster
• Players can now level up to 9999 for each prestige
• The required experience needed to level up between 999 and 9999 will increase every level
• Sunny Meadows Restricted is now categorized as a medium location
• Increased rewards for correctly identifying the ghost in medium and large locations
[list]
• Medium: from $125 to $150
• Large: from $150 to $200

DOTS

• Tier I’s light range has been increased
• Tier III's scanning effect can now be paused by interacting with it while it is rotating

EMF

• Tier I’s needle will no longer flicker near or past the 5 value during events and hunts, to stop confusion with evidence
• Tier III’s EMF5 reading now plays a unique sound

Firelight

• Increased the visible light intensity and range for both Tier I and II
• Tier I duration increased from 3mins to 5mins
• Tier II duration increased from 5mins to 10mins
• Firelights and Igniters will now be extinguished accurately in heavy rain. For example, they will no longer be extinguished under house porches and inside small tents

Head Gear

• A customizable keybinding has been added to the Controls page for turning on and off Head Gear
• Turning Head Gear I on and off will now play different sounds to help know which state the equipment is in
• While within range of a ghost event or hunting ghost:[list]
• Tier III will now have visual interference
• All Tiers will now play a new sound

Parabolic Microphone

• Tier I’s red light will now flicker when a sound is detected
• Tier III can now receive sounds 1 floor above or below the player using it, with new UI to show which floor the sound is coming from
• You now have to hold Parabolic Microphones to turn them on or off

Thermometer

• Holding down the USE button while holding a Thermometer II or III will now continuously update, instead of having to restart after each reading
• Tier I now has randomization to make it consistent with the other Tiers
• Tier III Hold time has been reduced to 2.5s from 3s
• Tier III randomization has been reduced to make it more accurate

Tripods and Video Cameras

• Ghosts will now throw Video Cameras more consistently
• Tripod I knockdown chance increased from 20%, to 30%
• Tripod II knockdown chance increased from 10%, to 20%

Sanity Medication

• Tier I restoration time has decreased to 20s, from 30s
• Tier II restoration time has decreased to 10s, from 20s
• Tier III will now instantly refill your sprint endurance in addition to keeping it full for 10s

Sound Sensors

• Mute buttons have been added to each Sound sensor’s Truck UI

Spirit Box

• Small environment lights such as lamps must now also be turned off to receive a response
• You now must hold the Spirit box to use it with text-based voice recognition

UV Lights

• Tier I and II have been swapped for better progression during levelling

• Photo and video cameras
• Shadows
• The weather and sky effects
• UI
• Physics
• Audio
• Reflections
• Textures and shaders are now streamed to the GPU to significantly reduce VRAM and RAM usage
• Tent door’s cloth system has been completely overhauled to increase performance

• Lowered the temperature of Training to make the Freezing Temperatures section much faster to progress
• Reduced the amount of equipment to 1 in each room
• You now have to get EMF 5 to get past the EMF room
• Props will now get thrown more frequently in the EMF room
• Replaced the glowstick with the UV torch (as per the Tier changes above)
• In the Ghost Orb section, players will now need to be more accurate with the video camera to avoid accidentally completing the objective without seeing the Ghost Orb

• New ID Card badges can now be unlocked:[list]
• Lighthouse Keeper: Correctly identify the ghost on Point Hope 50 times with a reward multiplier above 0x
• Apocalypse bronze: Correctly identify the ghost, take a ghost photo and complete all objectives on Sunny Meadows with a difficulty multiplier of 6 or higher
• Apocalypse silver: Correctly identify the ghost, take a ghost photo and complete all objectives on Sunny Meadows with a difficulty multiplier of 10 or higher
• Apocalypse gold: Correctly identify the ghost, take a ghost photo and complete all objectives on Sunny Meadows with a difficulty multiplier of 15
Note: If you have already completed any of the Apocalypse challenges, you will need to complete a single game of any kind to receive your new ID card rewards.

• Players can now carry an Igniter in addition to 3 other itemsNote: Non-VR players can only carry one Igniter at a time, similar to flashlights [list]
• Igniters now have their own slot in the VR belt (When placing a tier 1 igniter in this slot, you won't be able to remove it again, until all matches have been drawn)

• Unlocking a new reward that is not tied to levelling up will now show a popup on the mission summary screen
• Ghost Writing Books now play new sounds when closed
• Added Kate and Catherine to possible ghost first names
• Ghosts can now leave single fingerprints on all small lamps and TV remotes in all locations

Equipment

• You can no longer swap inventory slots while taking a photo
• Removed flashlights from Hide and Seek Extreme as they were disabled from settings
• "Deja Vu" weekly now has UV T1 instead of T2 to keep it a flashlight
• Glow in the dark weekly now has T2 instead of T1 to keep it a glowstick
• Asking the Ouija Board bone location questions will now drain 20% sanity, down from 50%, due to bone rewards not being included in the reward multiplier
• Lighting the Summoning Circle candle will now instantly end the setup phase

Ghosts

• Non-Ghost Writing ghosts now close the book after throwing it
• Ghosts can no longer interact with already knocked-down paintings
• Shades can no longer blow out fire sources or write in Ghost Writing books if there are any players in the room, to keep their strength consistent
• Improved the ghost's ability to interact with closed doors
• Improved Banshee AI targeting when they stalk a player
• “I wish to see the ghost” will now limit your vision after the ghost event instead of before, to allow you to see the ghost
• Increased the sanity drain on one of the ghost events to match other events

Environment

• "Paranormal Paparazzi" and "Hide and Seek: Hide" weekly challenges now take place in Point Hope
• Drastically improved the Sunrise visuals
• Turning on several light switches in a room, but not all, will now drain sanity at a reduced rate, instead of the full ‘sanity drain speed’
• Props that don't move when hit with another prop will no longer play an additional impact sound
• Adjusted all weather’s distant fog color for better blending with the horizon
• Removed Point Hope teasers from all maps and lobby
• Optimised assets across all maps
• Lowered resolution for light cookies (flashlight light shapes etc) but increased resolution for sky light shadows
• Moved the green bowl in Edgefield living room to help with the lamp interaction and new fingerprints
• The Tanglewood utility room door can now be closed correctly by the ghost
• Medium tent windows now have correct collision on both sides

Audio

• Adjusted audio effects to help identify if sounds are above or below you [list]
• Sounds that are one floor above are bass-boosted and muffled
• Sounds that are one floor below will be more muffled and quiet
• Sounds that are two floors above you or below will have more extreme effects and volume reduction

UI

• Difficulty, Money and Prestige level-up popups have received new images
• Improved color accuracy of several UI components
• Increased the width of the scrollbars in the Shop to make it easier for VR players
• Several ID card titles have been renamed and shortened
• Changed "Interaction amount" to "Activity level" in custom settings to better reflect what it does

Player

• Player movement will no longer be affected by held equipment
• Stamina recovery will correctly now start even if you are still holding down the sprint button but not moving
• There is no longer a visual glitch when rapidly equipping and unequipping the Head Gear as one of the player models
• You can now change your sprint mode while in a game, in VR
• Fixed several areas where VR teleport movement could not teleport to
• Changing your sprint mode to "hold" from "toggle" on PC, while sprint is toggled on, will no longer keep you sprinting, without pressing the sprint button
• Removed sprinting FOV increase due to a graphical issue

Ghosts

• Hanging Paintings thrown by the ghost will no longer fall through the floor
• The ghost and bone can no longer get stuck in several locations
• Yurei can now use their ability on doors that are open at the start of the game
• Demon and Banshee attempting to use their ability, but failing, will no longer add to the "abilities used" stat
• Ghosts will no longer keep throwing the same object over and over, and will instead choose more varied items within it’s interaction range
• "Hide and seek extreme" now correctly has 3 evidence instead of only 2
• Ghost event player detection will no longer include dead players if they didn't move after dying

Equipment

• Motion Sensor II and III detection sounds can now be heard consistently
• Parabolic Microphone II now displays the correct volume values
• You can no longer get readings on the Parabolic microphone when in the truck
• DOTS I and UV Light II's light will no longer stop emitting when placed in some areas
• Changing the Sound Sensor size in the truck now only changes the area of effect UI instead of the equipment UI
• The Parabolic microphone will no longer pick up sounds when in the truck
• EMF reader I will now point the needle closer to the EMF value, instead of including the EMF values above and below it.
• You can no longer take multiple photos of the same EMF interaction by using your inventory to refresh the EMF spot
• Head Gear II will no longer be detected by the ghost when on if flashlights are disabled in custom settings
• An active Parabolic Microphone will no longer muffle your audio when picked up, while holding another item
• All Sound Sensor Tiers and Firelight Tier II are now more stable when placed in VR
• You can no longer light other people's Incense by physically moving a fire source into it
• VR players can now consistently place a Video Camera on a Tripod that is still attached to the Truck wall
• The Ouija board will no longer break when saying goodbye with 0 sanity
• Crucifix III will now be fully used for all players after it prevents a Cursed Hunt
• Extinguished matches will no longer light other objects
• You no longer need to swap hands between each Tarot Card draw in VR
• Grabbing/swapping props or equipment in VR will no longer set the wrong hand position and rotation
• Igniters can no longer be used if another player fully used up the fuel
• Tripod III placement highlight is now visible when first placed
• UI for text voice recognition will no longer get stuck if another player grabs the Ouija Board while you are using it
• All Motion and Sound sensor map icons are now accurately sized on all maps

Environment

• The player and ghost will now correctly be detected when moving between different rooms and floors, this will make evidence gathering much more consistent
• Sunny Meadows reverb sound effects will no longer turn off while moving around in certain rooms
• Maple Lodge Cabin window fingerprints will be visible again
• Removed several locations where the ghost could get out of bounds in Sunny Meadows
• Removed a spot where the ghost could get stuck behind the generator in Camp Woodwind
• The camping chair next to the lovers' bench on Woodwind is no longer white
• All overhead tarps on Maple Campsite now have rain sounds
• Reduced visibility of geometry seams where you can see the skybox in Sunny Meadows
• Keys collected will now have the correct name in the Journal
• Window rain will no longer make things black when viewed from certain angles
• All Brownstone High School windows and doors now have the correct fingerprint material
• You can no longer place equipment in the gap under the cabin
• Lights will no longer turn on if you turn them off during a flicker
• Added skybox blockers to multiple areas to stop tiny gaps in geometry that show the sky:
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• Tanglewood
• Edgefield
• Ridgeview
• Willow

Sound

• Impact sounds will no longer play multiple times at once

UI

• Skipping the animation when you level up more than once will no longer skip the previous levels' unlock popups
• Challenge map names will now be correct
• You can no longer complete the ghost photo objective when there is no space for photos in the journal

Known Issues

• Deogen pathing can be inconsistent during hunts on Point Hope
• Small items can occasionally fall through walls and floors in Point Hope
• Interactions can sometimes repeat multiple times
• MSAA will cause visual artifacts while dead

The Kinetic Games Team