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Every Ghost in Phasmophobia – Abilities, Traits & Hidden Powers
By vro
This guide will help You recognize ghost by its special abilities. Every ghost in Phasmophobia has its own ability. A lot of these abilities aren't in Your Journal. This guide will help You with no evidence runs where You recognize ghost by recognizing its abilities. Like and favorite this guide to have quick access to it using Steam overlay.
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Category: Characters, Co-op, Gameplay Basics, Maps or Levels, Multiplayer, Secrets, Walkthroughs, Weapons
Languages: Polish
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Guide Index
Overview
Intro 
Banshee 
Demon 
Deogen 
Goryo 
Hantu 
Jinn 
Mare 
Moroi 
Myling 
Obake 
Oni 
Onryo 
Phantom 
Poltergeist 
Raiju 
Revenant 
Shade 
Spirit 
Thaye 
The Mimic 
The Twins 
Wraith 
Yokai 
Yurei 
Final Words – Thank You! 
Comments
Intro
 
 
In this guide You will find all ghost abilities, their speeds and evidence.
Ghosts are sorted alphabetically, you can quickly access them on guide index, its on right side. I used data from Ty Bayn Phasmophobia Cheat Sheet.
Have fun playing!
 
 
Banshee

Evidence Items
  • Ultraviolet
  • Ghost Orbs
  • DOTS

Tells
  • 33% chance to give unique scream thourgh Parabolic Microphone
  • Hunts based on target's sanity instead of average sanity
  • Will only pursue its target during a hunt (if the target is inside)
  • Target loses 15% sanity if they touch the ghost during a singing ghost event (standard drain is 10%)

Behaviors
  • Prefers singing ghost events
  • Will attempt to roam toward their target while in DOTS state

Abilities
  • 66% chance to stalk/roam to its target (if inside) without leaving EMF (cannot stalk between floors except for single room basements)

Hunt Sanity
  • Hunts when target's sanity is 50% or lower (even if target is outside), meaning it can hunt as early as 87% (or as late as 12%) average sanity in certain conditions
Demon

Evidence Items
  • Ultraviolet
  • Writing
  • Freezing

Tells
  • Can hunt 60s after being smudged instead of the standard 90s
  • Can hunt 20s after the previous hunt has ended or ghost has used a crucifix instead of the standard 25s

Behaviors
  • Crucifix range is increased by 50% per tier (4.5m, 6m, 7.5m respectively)

Abilities
  • Can hunt at any sanity

Hunt Sanity
  • Ability to hunt at any sanity, hunts normally at 70%
Deogen

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Writing
  • DOTS

Tells
  • 33% chance to give heavy breathing through spirit box when within 1m of the ghost
  • Very fast hunt speed, but will slow down as it nears the targeted player
  • Is more visible during hunts

Behaviors
  • Always has LOS of the player during hunts, meaning you cannot hide from a Deogen

Hunt Sanity
  • Does not hunt until 40% average sanity

Hunt Speed
  • 3.0m/s when far away, drops to 0.4m/s when close to the player

Evidence
  • Guaranteed spirit box on difficulties with 2 or fewer evidences given (Nightmare, Insanity, etc.)
Goryo

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Ultraviolet
  • DOTS

Tells
  • DOTS only appear on video camera and will not show if a player is in the same room (DOTS state can start outside of room and enter a player's room)

Behaviors
  • Cannot change favorite rooms
  • Does not wander from its room often

Evidence
  • Guaranteed DOTS on difficulties with 2 or fewer evidences given (Nightmare, Insanity, etc.)

Hantu

Evidence Items
  • Ultraviolet
  • Ghost Orbs
  • Freezing

Tells
  • Will have visible freezing breath during hunts when the breaker is off/broken
  • Cannot turn on the breaker
  • More likely to turn off the breaker
  • Is faster in colder rooms during hunts

Hunt Speed
  • Faster in colder temperatures
  • Does not speed up in line-of-sight


Evidence
  • Guaranteed freezing on difficulties with 2 or fewer evidences given (Nightmare, Insanity, etc.)

Jinn

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Ultraviolet
  • Freezing

Tells
  • With the breaker on, the Jinn will speed up during a hunt if a player is in LOS and further than 3m away

Behaviors
  • The Jinn cannot directly turn off the breaker

Abilities
  • With the breaker on, can drop a nearby player's sanity by 25%, with EMF 2 or EMF 5 at the breaker

Hunt Speed
  • 2.5m/s when breaker is on, has LOS, and is further than 3m from the seen player, 1.7m/s otherwise
Mare

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Ghost Orbs
  • Writing

Tells
  • Won't hunt until 40% average sanity when light switch in its current room is in the on position (regardless of breaker state), 60% average sanity if light switch is in the off position or if the lights are broken (regardless of light switch state)

Behaviors
  • Will wander more if the lights are on in its current room
  • Prefers turning off lights and light bursting events
  • Cannot turn on lights (excluding TVs, computers, and motion activated lights)

Abilities
  • Can immediately turn off a light switch (or lamp) that a player has turned on within 4m of the ghost

Hunt Sanity
  • 60% when lights are off in the ghost's current room, 40% when on
Moroi

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Writring
  • Freezing

Tells
  • Places a curse on player when heard through spirit box or parabolic microphone, which causes sanity to passively drain twice as fast
  • Incense blindness duration during hunts is increased by 50% (7.5s instead of 5s)

Hunt Speed
  • Faster when average sanity is lower, can reach a speed of 3.71 m/s when in LOS

Evidence
  • Guaranteed spirit box on difficulties with 2 or fewer evidences given (Nightmare, Insanity, etc.)

Myling

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Ultraviolet
  • Writing

Tells
  • Footsteps and vocals cannot be heard more than 12m away during hunts (normal is 20m)
  • Makes sounds through the parabolic microphone more frequently than other ghosts
Obake

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Ultraviolet
  • Ghost Orbs

Tells
  • Special 6 fingered fingerprints
  • Has a 25% chance to not leave ultraviolet evidence (including footprints)
  • Will change models for a single blink during hunts at least once per standard length hunt

Abilities
  • Can make fingerprints disappear twice as fast

Evidence
  • Guaranteed ultraviolet on difficulties with 2 or fewer evidences given (Nightmare, Insanity, etc.)
Oni

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Freezing
  • DOTS

Tells
  • Drains 20% sanity during events (instead of the standard 10%)
  • Will not do "Ghost Mist" event
  • Blinks more frequently during hunts, making them more visible

Behaviors
  • More active around multiple people
  • More likely to appear as full ghost model during events
Onryo

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Ghost Orbs
  • Freezing

Tells
  • Will attempt to hunt at any sanity after extinguishing every 3rd flame
  • Cannot light fire sources

Behaviors
  • Flames act like crucifixes, will blow out a flame if it tries to hunt (within 4m). Ghost prioritizes flames over crucifixes when preventing hunts
  • More likely to extinguish a flame, the more players that are dead

Hunt Sanity
  • Can hunt at any sanity using its ability, hunts normally at 60%
Phantom

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Ultraviolet
  • DOTS

Tells
  • Will not appear in ghost photos (including DOTS ghost photos)
  • Taking a photo of the ghost will cause the ghost to disappear (including DOTS state)
  • Less visible during hunts
  • Player will lose 0.5% sanity /s while in heartbeat range of the ghost during hunts and events

Abilities
  • Can roam toward a random player, leaving EMF 2 at the location where it wanders to
Poltergeist

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Ultaviolet
  • Writing

Tells
  • During hunts, Poltergeists will throw an item every 0.5s with an increased force

Behaviors
  • Has a higher chance to throw & interact with objects
  • Can throw objects faster and further

Abilities
  • Poltergeist Explosion, will throw multiple objects at the same time, decreasing nearby player sanity by 2% per item thrown

Raiju

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Ghost Orbs
  • DOTS

Tells
  • During events and hunts, causes electronic disturbance at a 15m range instead of 10m
  • Increased speed near active electronic equipment while hunting

Hunt Speed
  • 2.5m/s near active player equipment, 1.7m/s otherwise

Hunt Sanity
  • Can hunt at 65% sanity near active player equipment
Revenant

Evidence Items
  • Ghost Orbs
  • Writing
  • Freezing

Tells
  • During a hunt, a Revenant will be slow (1.0m/s) until it detects a player (voice, active electronic equipment, or LOS) where it will immediately speed up to 3.0m/s and remain at that speed until it reaches the players last known location where it will gradually slow back down

Hunt Speed
  • 3.0m/s while player is detected, 1.0m/s otherwise

Shade

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Writing
  • Freezing

Tells
  • Only ghost that can appear as a shadow ghost model on summoning circle, music box, and monkey paw events

Behaviors
  • Prefers shadow ghost model during events
  • Will not hunt if in the same room as a player
  • Will not do events in the same room as a player (but can start an event outside of the room and teleport to the player)
  • Will not do interactions that result in EMF 2, EMF 3, or EMF 5 while in the same room as the player, including ghost writing and blowing out flames (can step just outside of the room and interact with things in the room)
  • Does more ghost events at a lower average sanity (cannot do ghost events at 100% sanity)
  • Will not blow out firelights while hunting if in the same room as the player (beware of actual or buggy room boundaries)
Spirit

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Spirit Box
  • Writing

Tells
  • Will wait 180s after being incensed before attempting to hunt again, instead of the standard 90s
Thaye

Evidence Items
  • Ghost Orbs
  • Writing
  • DOTS

Tells
  • Age response on Ouija board increases as Thaye ages

Behaviors
  • Ghost will attempt to age every 1-2 minutes. If a player is in the same room when it attempts, it ages; otherwise, it waits 30s and attempts again
  • More active when younger

Hunt Speed
  • 2.75m/s at its youngest, 1.0m/s at its oldest
  • Does not speed up in line-of-sight

Hunt Sanity
  • Hunts at 75% at its youngest, 15% at its oldest
The Mimic

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Ultraviolet
  • Freezing
  • Ghost Orbs

Tells
  • Will always show Ghost Orbs as an additional evidence, even on 0 evidence

Hunt Speed
  • Copies speed of currently mimicked ghost

Abilities
  • Changes ghost behavior every 30 seconds to 2 minutes, leading to inconsistent behavior depending on the ghost it is currently mimicking
Hunt Sanity
  • Copies behavior of currently mimicked ghost
The Twins

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Spirit Box
  • Freezing

Tells
  • Can do 2 interactions at the same time, one within its standard radius (2.12m, 4.24m on large maps) and the other within its extended radius (8.48m, 16.97m on large maps)
  • Ghost speed during hunts will be ±10% of the normal 1.7m/s speed

Behaviors
  • Triggering motion sensors, stepping in salt, and spirit box responses only occur at its physical location

Hunt Speed
  • 1.53m/s when hunting from its standard range, 1.87m/s when hunting from its extended range
Wraith

Evidence Items
  • EMF 5
  • Spirit Box
  • DOTS

Tells
  • Will not touch nor interact with salt in any way
  • Will not be slowed down by tier 3 salt during a hunt

Abilities
  • Can teleport to a random player, leaving EMF 2 or EMF 5 at the their new location
Yokai

Evidence Items
  • Spirit Box
  • Ghost Orbs
  • DOTS

Tells
  • Hearing/detection distance is 2.5m and less during hunts

Behaviors
  • More active when talking near it

Abilities
  • Talking in the same room as a Yokai can cause it to hunt up to 80% average sanity

Hunt Sanity
  • Can hunt up to 80% sanity when talking in the same room as it, hunts normally at 50%
Yurei

Evidence Items
  • Ghost Orbs
  • Freezing
  • DOTS

Tells
  • Only ghost that can close or interact with an exit door outside of a hunt/event

Behaviors
  • Incensing the ghost will trap the ghost in its room for the duration of the incense effect (90s)

Abilities
  • Can shut a door and drop sanity of nearby players by 15% if a door is in the room

Final Words – Thank You!

Thank you so much for reading my guide on ghosts in Phasmophobia! I hope it helped you survive the hunt and better understand the spirits you face. Whether you're a seasoned ghost hunter or just starting out, I'm really glad you stopped by.

A special thank you to @fantismalspider, @darkhooper, @.wavebuster, @sassysalamence, @alunny,
@skreekaw, @idshay16, @vandelayind, and @werdna64 for their continued support in QA, testing,
ideas, data validation, and the creation of fantastic community resources

And a huge thank you to Kinetic Games Partner @bepisttv for
helping us gather, document, and verify game mechanics

Thanks to Ty Bayn to creating this cheat sheet <3

If you found this guide helpful, please consider giving it a like, adding it to your favorites, and maybe even leaving an award if you’d like to support my work with Steam Points. Every bit of support helps and is greatly appreciated!

Good luck out there – and remember to always check the journal before you leave! 👻
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4 Comments
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vro  [author] 4 Jul @ 3:45pm 
Yes
idshay16 4 Jul @ 11:42am 
Did you just copy rhe entire cheat sheet to a steam guide?
vro  [author] 17 Jun @ 2:02am 
@nevertrustCHEEZ thanks for noticing
nevertrustCHEEZ 17 Jun @ 2:00am 
Onryo's entry is incorrect since it has the same info as the Goryo entry.