Phasmophobia: How to Find (& Use) Summoning Circles

With the introduction of cursed items in Phasmophobia, Kinetic Games has offered fans of the multiplayer co-op horror game new and interesting tools to research paranormal entities, including Summoning Circles. Summoning Circles offer a high-risk, high-reward method for players to obtain evidence of otherworldly activity at the cost of causing an active hunt by the ghost. Because the cursed items added in the recent Phasmophobia update can be as powerful as they are dangerous, players may want to get acquainted with the risks before trying them on missions.

Phasmophobia gives players the opportunity to become paranormal researchers as they attempt to find evidence of otherworldly phenomena. In the game, players can take on contracts in which the goal is to determine what kind of entity is haunting the location. This can be done via specialized equipment like the EMF Reader or the Parabolic Microphone which will help the team gather clues to determine the nature of the ghost. Cursed items can be used in conjunction with this equipment to help players complete their goals more efficiently.

Cursed items can be found across various locations on the map during missions. Each item has a particular set of locations where it can appear on each map, but only one ever spawns per contract. This means that players won’t always get the opportunity to use the Summoning Circle, as finding one cursed item during a mission means that no others will appear. Although some cursed possessions in Phasmophobia are difficult to spot, the Summoning Circle is by far the easiest, as it looks like a big red circle on the floor around a pentagram.

How to Locate Summoning Circles in Phasmophobia

Players will only be able to activate the Summoning Circle in Phasmophobia once, and they will need to bring a lighter with them to do so. The summoning will only occur after the fifth candle on the pentagram is lit, but lighting any one of these candles will deplete some of the players’ sanity in Phasmophobia.

After lighting all five candles, the ghost will be transported to the Circle and remain trapped there for a few seconds. Players can use this to complete goals that contracts might require of them, such as experiencing a ghost event or acquiring photographic evidence of ghosts. Players should investigate quickly though, as the ghost will immediately begin a cursed hunt, which cannot be prevented, after freeing itself from the Summoning Circle.

There are a number of spots on every map where players can expect a Summoning Circle to spawn. An explanation of each appears below.

Asylum

• Asylum location 1: Directly in front of the reception desk in the lobby.
• Asylum location 2: To the left after entering the building, past the lounge in a small area near a telephone and some vending machines.
• Asylum location 3: Down the corridor from location 2 in the office beyond the first door on the right.
• Asylum location 4: In an intersection near the stairs down the corridor to the right of the reception desk.
• Asylum location 5: By the door inside the dentist’s office.

Bleasdale Farmhouse

• Bleasdale location 1: In the workshop between the window and the workbench.
• Bleasdale location 2: On the first floor, in the dining room, next to the table.
• Bleasdale location 3: On the first floor, in the living room, just in front of the window.
• Bleasdale location 4: On the second floor, in the master bedroom to the north, between the bed and the room divider.
• Bleasdale location 5: In the attic, at the back of the stairwell.
• Bleasdale location 6: In the attic, toward the empty bookcase, next to the carpet.

Brownstone High School

• School location 1: Near the southeast entrance to the school.
• School location 2: Through the southwestern entrance and to the right, inside classroom 3, the first door on the right.
• School location 3: In the boy’s locker room between some benches.
• School location 4: In the middle of the basketball court, in the center of the map.

Edgefield Street House

• Edgefield location 1: The first place players may encounter a Summoning Circle on this map is at the end of the entrance hall.
• Edgefield location 2: Near the kitchen entrance
• Edgefield location 3: In the back of the garage, between the shelves and the garage door.
• Edgefield location 4: In the small storage room in the basement.
• Edgefield location 5: On the second floor, in the middle of the hallway.
• Edgefield location 6: On the second floor, in the room with orange walls to the right, just on top of a circular blue rug.
• Edgefield location 7: On the second floor, at the end of the hallway, right before the door to the master bedroom.

Grafton Farmhouse

• Grafton location 1: In the dining room to the left of the main entrance, next to the west window.
• Grafton location 2: In the middle of the master bathroom, right in front of the toilet.
• Grafton location 3: At the back of the twin bedroom, on top of the rug.
• Grafton location 4: On the second floor, to the right of the stairs, near the chair by the window.
• Grafton location 5: In the second-floor bathroom.
• Grafton location 6: North of the storage area at the back of the upstairs bedroom.

Maple Lodge Campsite

• Campsite location 1: Players may find a Summoning Circle near the entrance of this new Phasmophobia map in front of the blue tent to the left.
• Campsite location 2: Inside the big storage tent containing food, near the campfire.
• Campsite location 3: Behind the bathrooms, in front of the cleaning closet in the back.
• Campsite location 4: In the second tent to the north, near some blue and orange boxes.
• Campsite location 5: Left of the cabin near the blue and red lawn chairs.
• Campsite location 6:  Inside the cabin, to the left of the stairs that lead to the second floor.

Prison

• Prison location 1: After unlocking this map in Phasmophobia, players will have a chance to find the Circle right at the start on a rug between the row of chairs and the double doors to the main corridor.
• Prison location 2: In the A cell block in the western area of the map, in the second cell to the right.
• Prison location 3: Near the entrance to the cafeteria.
• Prison location 4: In the B cell block in the eastern area of the map, a few feet in front of the entrance.

Ridgeview Road House

• Ridgeview location 1: In front of the entrance on top of the blue circular rug.
• Ridgeview location 2: In the garage, between the two cars.
• Ridgeview location 3: In the master bedroom to the east, in the backroom past the master bathroom.
• Ridgeview location 4: At the bottom of the stairs to the basement.
• Ridgeview location 5: In the second-floor bathroom at the end of the hallway to the left of the stairs.
• Ridgeview location 6: In the second-floor bathroom to the right of the stairs.

Tanglewood Street House

• Tanglewood location 1: In the master bathroom.
• Tanglewood location 2: In the utility closet next to the kitchen.
• Tanglewood location 3: In the garage, next to the right front end of the car.
• Tanglewood location 4: In the basement, at the bottom of the stairs.
• Tanglewood location 5: In the basement, near the small, wooden table.

Willow Street House

• Willow location 1: In the kitchen next to the light switch and wall heater.
• Willow location 2: In the garage, behind the vehicle near three boxes stacked on top of each other.
• Willow location 3: In the boy’s room to the northeast, between the bed and the west window.
• Willow location 4: In the basement, in front of the first door on their left.

Phasmophobia is available on PC.

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