How To Catch Ghosts in Phasmophobia (Tips, Tricks, & Strategies)

In Phasmophobia, players’ mission isn’t just to find ghosts and solve a mystery, but also to capture the creatures on fill, a ghost hunt. To do this, players will need to have everything ready at the right time and take a photo quickly. This isn’t the easiest mission players are given in the game, but it is easier with the help of a few items.

Capturing a photo of these ghosts isn’t without consequence. Usually, a player is needed to be used as bait for the ghost which is a heavy risk to their life. Hopefully, with a team, this can be avoided, but if it goes wrong players could lose out on more than one teammate.

Tricks to Capture a Ghost on Camera in Phasmophobia

To start, two to three players should get together. One player should have the camera, another should have the crucifix, the final player can act as bait. If a party does not have this many players one of the two can still act as the ghost bait. In this case, the bait player should be the one with the camera as some ghosts will only appear when the player is alone. This can be a great risk to the player’s health, so players should only organize a party this way if they must.

After setting up the party, players will need to encourage a ghost to appear. This can be especially dangerous as it can trigger a hunt. As long as one of the players has a crucifix, a hunt should not happen, or at the very least, be stopped in its tracks. The easiest way to bring out one of the spirits is to speak to it. Specifically, to call it by name.

Players can learn each of the spirits’ names by simply asking one of the 140 questions. Some questions can only be asked in specific situations, like using the ouija board or spirit box. Calling a spirit by its name may not be quite enough to draw it out into a physical form though. In this case, players should continue to ask the spirit questions. To know whether the player is getting close to causing the ghost to give chase, have one of the players hold a flashlight outside of the room. Once the light source starts to flicker, the apparition will appear soon.

The player with the crucifix should get ready as soon as this happens to run in the room at any moment. This is also when the player within the room if they haven’t already, should pull out their camera. At this point, the players should be able to quickly and easily coordinate their jump on the creature.

Phasmophobia is now available on PC.

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