Ghost Hidden Abilities in Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia Ghost Hidden Abilities.

Ghost Hidden Abilities in Phasmophobia

Banshee

• Hunts based off the target’s sanity: 50% sanity
• Targets only one player as long as they’re alive and inside the house
• If the target leaves the house, the banshee will hunt normally
• When the target dies, the banshee will select a new target
• Will ignore all non-targets during a hunt
• Increased chance for singing ghost events
• Has a unique parabolic microphone sound: sounds like a scream
• Will follow target around

Demon

• Very aggressive ghost hunt wise
• Can hunt at 70% naturally with a rare chance to hunt at any sanity
• Minimum cooldown between hunts is 20 seconds (other ghosts is 25 seconds)
• Smudging a demon will prevent it from hunting for 60 seconds (compared to 90 seconds for most ghosts and 180 seconds for spirit)
• Crucifix will prevent a hunt for a demon with an increased range of 5m (instead of 3m for other ghosts)

Deogen

• You’re unable to hide from this ghost
• To tell if its a deo while hiding, listen to its speed: if its super fast and then slows down when it gets closer to your hiding spot, try and leave your hiding spot and move somewhere that you can loop the ghost
• Deos are VERY slow when they are near you so they are super easy to loop
• Has a unique spirit box response that sounds like a growl or heavy breathing
• Increased chanced of writing and dots
• Will always have spirit box on nightmare

Goryo

• Goryo dots can only be seen through the video camera
• Will also not show dots if you’re in the same room as it
• To check for a goryo, make sure no players are in its room and look for dots through the video camera
• Dots is forced evidence on Nightmare mode
• If you see dots without the use of a video camera, you can rule out goryo
• Will not leave its room as often as other ghosts and will not change its favorite room

Hantu

• Lower the temps, the quicker a hantu will be
  • 15C+ = 1.4m/s
  • 12C = 1.75
  • 9C = 2.1
  • 6C = 2.3
  • 3C = 2.5
  • 0C (freezing) = 2.7
• Does not gradually speed up with line of sight
• Has an increased chance to turn off the breaker
• Will produce freezing breath during a hunt in any room if the breaker is off
• Will always have freezing temps on Nightmare mode

Jinn

• When the breaker is on and the Jinn get’s line of site with a player, it will get faster (not as fast as a revenant and not as slow as a Revenant without LOS)
• When it gets within 3m of a player, it will slow down to normal ghost speed
• Has the ability to zap 25% sanity when near a player and the breaker is on: will give an emf reading at the breaker when this ability is performed
• Unable to turn off the breaker (if the Jinn happens to turn on a light which causes the breaker to trip, it could still be a Jinn)
  Tip: Turn off the breaker to disable all abilities

Mare

• Can hunt at 60% sanity when the lights are off, 40% sanity when the lights are on
• Unable to turn on a light
• Higher chance of performing a light breaking event
• Wanders more if lights are on in its room
• Has a chance of immediately switching a light off that has been turned on
• Mare test consists of turning on a light in its room and seeing if it immediately turns it off
  Tip: Don’t spam the light on and off, this won’t work

Mimic

• The only ghost to have 4 pieces of evidence on professional difficulty and below (Orbs being the piece of evidence you will get that is not listed in the journal for Mimic)
• Will always have Orbs on Nightmare Mode
• Will also always have orbs if you’re playing with no evidence
• Will change the ghost it mimics every 30 seconds to 2 minutes
• Easiest way to see if its a mimic is to see if there are orbs in addition to its 3 pieces of evidence (2 evidence on nightmare)
• If I have orbs as evidence, I ALWAYS check for the mimics other evidence (fingerprints, spirit box, freezing) to ensure its not a mimic
• Cannot change its behavior mid hunt
• So if you notice a ghost changes its behavior every couple hunts, check for mimic

Moroi

• Speed demon
• Curses a player when they get a response on either the spirit box or the parabolic mic
• Curse causes the players sanity to drain twice as fast, with lights and candles unable to prevent this curse
• To remove the curse, take sanity pills
• Smudging during a hunt will blind the moroi for 12 seconds, instead of 6 seconds for other ghosts
• The lower your sanity, the faster the moroi
• To test for a moroi, get a spirit box response and either stay in the light or hold a candle, if your sanity continues to drain, it’s likely a moroi
• If you’re playing with no evidence, see if the ghost gets faster the more your sanity drains
• Moroi will also get line of site speed, so at 0% sanity and enough LOS speed, Moroi becomes the fastest ghost in the game
• Spirit box is forced evidence on nightmare

Myling

• Little sneaky ninja assassin
• Can only be heard during a hunt at a range of 12 meters or less (which includes footsteps AND vocal hunt noises)
• All other ghosts can be heard up to 20 meters away
• Myling will also respond more on the parabolic microphone
• To test for a myling, hide with your flashlight or put dots on the floor, if you only hear footsteps during a hunt right when your equipment starts flickering, its likely a Myling

Obake

• The only ghost that can leave a 6 fingered fingerprint
• Fingerprints are forced evidence on Nightmare
• Has a 25% to not leave fingerprints
• Also able to cut the duration of fingerprints in half if it uses its ability
• During a hunt, the Obake has a chance to shapeshift
• It will briefly flash as another ghost model of the same gender
• It was a 6.66% chance every time it blinks during a hunt to shapeshift
• To test for an obake during a hunt, loop it for as long as possible and see if it changes ghost models
• I’ve also seen it change the stance of a ghost model during a hunt (i.e. when from being the standing child to the crawling child in one hunt)
• Can also have it run at you from a long corridor and see if the blink changes

Oni

• Unable to do the “ghost mist” or “air ball” ghost event
• Much more visible during a hunt, meaning it blinks a lot less than other ghosts
• Has a higher chance of showing its full form during ghost events (instead of being a shadow or transparent)
• Will drain double the sanity when a ghost event hits you

Onryo

• Unable to hunt within 4m of a flame
• If it blows out 3 flames and there are no other flames nearby to prevent it from hunting, it will trigger a hunt at any sanity
• To test for an onryo, put candles and crucifixes in its room
• If the ghost uses a crucifix without blowing out the candle, rule out onryo
• If it only uses a crucifix after blowing out all the candles with a 4m range, it’s likely an onryo
• May also wander away from the candles and initiate a hunt

Phantom

• Has a much longer blink during hunts, making it seem almost invisible
• Will immediately disappear when you take a picture during a ghost event and you will continue to hear the ghost event audio
• Will not appear in the picture when you take a ghost picture
• Also able to wander to a targeted player (not to be mistaken with the Wraith teleport)

Poltergeist

• More likely to throw items, decreases player sanity by 2% for every item thrown
• During hunts, it has a 100% chance to thrown an object nearby every .5 seconds compared to 50% for other ghosts
• Can do an “explosion” of items
  Tip: Create a pile of items in the ghost room, and it will explode the items

Raiju

• Faster around electronics that are turned on: 50% speed without electronics, 65% speed with electronics
• Must be within 6m of equipment on small maps, 8m on medium maps, and 10m on large maps
• Headcams are the only equipment that does not effect a Raiju
• When hunting, electronics will malfunction at 15m for a Raji as opposed to 10m for other ghosts
• May be easy to confuse a Raiju with a Myling because of the above fact, so make sure to pay attention to its speed near powered electronics

Revenant

• Will be very slow when player location is unknown (1m/s)
• When it sees a player, it will immediately speed up to 3m/s
• After reaching the players last known location, it will gradually slow back down if it doesn’t see the player
• Best tell for a revenant: slow steps when it does not see a player, and instantly fast speeds when it does see a player

Shade

• Very shy and boring ghost
• Will often show up in shadow form during ghost events or do more airball ghost events
• Ghost event chance increases the lower the average sanity
• Will not throw objects if you are in the same room as it
• Will not hunt if there is a player nearby
• To test for a shade, sit in the ghost room with a crucifix, if your sanity is low enough for the ghost to hunt and it’s not hunting or using a crucifix, probably a shade

Spirit

• When you smudge a spirit, it prevents it from hunting for 180 seconds (3 minutes) instead of the usual 90 seconds for most ghosts, 60 seconds for Demon

Thaye

• The only ghost capable of aging
• Will start out young at the beginning of the game, making it more active and more aggressive and can hunt at 75% sanity and be super fast 2.5m/s
• Every 1-2 minutes that you’re near a Thaye, it has a chance of aging
• At it’s oldest, it lowers the hunting threshold to 15% and speed 1m/s
• Does not have line of site speed increase, so it will not speed up gradually while chasing you
• To test for a thaye, pay attention to its speed during hunts if you’ve been hanging out in its ghost room enough to age it
• If it seems to slow down each hunt, its likely a Thaye
• It will also tell you a different age on the ouija board if you ask it its age at the beginning of the game and then again later on once you’ve aged it

Twins

• Able to interact with multiple objects at the same time in different rooms
• Over the course of multiple hunts, you may hear different speeds
• Twins has the chance during a hunt to send out either a slightly faster ghost (110%) or a slightly slower ghost (90%)
• Will only send out one ghost during a hunt
• May also hunt from a different location from the ghost room if it’s sending out its “decoy” twin

Wraith

• Wraith will never step in a salt pile or leave UV footsteps
• They can teleport to a player outside of a hunt which will give a EMF 2 reading

Yokai

• Has a chance to hunt at 80% when players nearby are talking (otherwise hunts at 50% sanity)
• During a hunt, unable to detect your voice or equipment further than 2.5m away
• You can get much loser to a yokai with a music box before the box will break
• Ghost activity is increased when talking near a Yokai
• To test for a yokai, hide in a room nearby with equipment on and yell at it during a hunt: if you’re close enough and the ghost doesn’t find you, probably a yokai

Yurei

• Has the ability to zap 15% sanity if a player is nearby
• When it uses it ability, it will also fully close a door in its room
• When smudged, the yurei will be trapped in its room for a period of time

Credit

Thanks to Maggstor for creating this cheat sheet.