A new Phasmophobia update 0.8.1.2 is now rolling out on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update brings several tweaks and fixes. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.1.2 also includes performance improvements.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.1.2 will fix a few of these issues.

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Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.1.2 Notes – March 8, 2023

Changes

• Several doors in all maps are now linked to multiple rooms for ghost events and monkey paw wishes
• The Sanity Survival weekly difficulty challenge now has the Nightmare hunt duration and no candles

Fixes

• If you didn’t play for a long time your level and progress will no longer be wiped
• The ghost can no longer walk through the Maple campsite large tents
• Fixed a bug that was causing players to not be able to select a difficulty
• Ghosts will now open and close the doors in the correct direction
• You can now click the left shop buttons on 4:3 aspect resolutions
• Yurei will no longer lower your sanity if they used their ability without closing a door
• Yurei will now only count the ability used when it successfully uses its ability
• Potential fix for hunts starting when all players are outside
• Lowered the volume of the guitar sound
• Sunny meadows TV sound can no longer be heard across the map
• The Sunny Meadows male day room TV will now turn on

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A new Phasmophobia update 0.8.1.1 is now rolling out on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update adds unique descriptions for crucifix EMF photos. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.1.1 also includes various tweaks and gameplay changes.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.1.1 will fix a few of these issues.

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Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.1.1 Notes – March 5, 2023

New

• Added unique descriptions for crucifix EMF photos

Changes

• The ghost will now always fully show itself at the start of the hunt
• Monkey paw tags now update live in the journal when grabbed.

Fixes

• The Monkey Paw tags can now be grabbed by multiple players in the same game
• The ghost in the dead room will now match the ghost model if it was male
• The host can now be revived with the monkey paw revive wish
• The see ghost negative effect will now end after the ghost event if you have a friendly ghost
• Improved main menu performance
• The revive stat will now only count when you are revived, instead of when anyone is revived
• Voice recognition will now work correctly for non-hosts
• Improved accuracy of the ghost crucifix hunt detection
• The loading screen tips are now translated correctly, if the language was changed in the same instance of the menu
• Removed black objects and weird lighting from the truck in High School
• Improved some translations in the shop
• Potential fix for “Loadout can’t be added until flipping back and forth between loadout 1 and 2
• No more null references for “UpdateAddButtons” in all logs
• Fixed a rare bug where you couldn’t change difficulty
• Potential fix for keyboard EMF photo not working in Ridgeview
• The next time you open the game, your last difficulty will reset once, in order to fix many issues some users were having if they continued to play with the settings they had pre-0.8.1.0.
• Willow windows now have the new UV shader
• Sound sensors, motion sensors and DOTS will no longer be detectable by the ghost when held after being placed

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A new Phasmophobia update 0.8.1 is now rolling out on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update overhauled the Custom difficulty’s reward values. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.1 also includes a new default difficulty (Insanity) and various other bug fixes.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.1 will fix a few of these issues.

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What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.1? – February 27, 2023

Custom difficulty

Custom difficulty’s reward values have been overhauled. This should help balance the game closer to the default difficulties and make progression fairer for those who don’t want to min-max their custom games.

• The maximum reward value possible is now 15x
• Several options have had their rewards reduced
• The Apocalypse Challenges’ requirements have been adjusted:
  • Bronze: 6x+
  • Silver: 10x+
  • Gold: 15x
• Rules have been added to reduce rewards when two options are set to specific values, thus canceling each other out but still giving you a reward. Here are some examples:
  • 0 starting sanity with sanity pills 25% or higher
  • Faster ghosts but player unlimited sprint
  • Broken Fuse Box but Flashlights: On

Triggering one of these combinations will change the custom difficulties option panel to a yellow warning icon. You can hover your cursor over this icon to find out more information on how it is affecting or being affected by other settings.

Several custom options have been adjusted:

• “Evidence Given” will now soft cap the reward multiplier. Rewards added above these multipliers will only add 50% of their values to the total reward;
  • 3 Evidence: 4x
  • 2 Evidence: 5x
• “Grace Period” 6s has been removed
• “Sprint Duration” and “Sprint Recharge” have been removed and will default to:
  • Duration: 3s
  • Recharge: 5s
• “Sprint” options have been changed to:
  • Off
  • On
  • Infinite

New Difficulites

Insanity

For the best investigators, a new default difficulty has been added: Insanity.

More information can be found in-game on the difficulty selection screen.

Challenge mode

A new weekly rotational difficulty has been added. Each week a different challenge will be available offering unique modes ranging from Intermediate to Insanity and beyond.

• 26 challenges have been added
• A challenge-specific loadout will be provided automatically, for free
• Completing the challenge 3 times on the specified map will grant a large money and XP bonus
• Each challenge will be available twice a year
• You will lose nothing if you fail or die

Possessions

Sunny Meadows’ staff weren’t just experimenting on people, they were seriously trying to unearth something unnatural:

Monkey Paw

A severed paw that grants a wish for those who ask it. Be warned, the wish may not be worth the consequences:

• Wishes can be found scattered inside Sunny Meadows Mental Institution and will be added to your Journal when found.

The number of wishes you have will correspond to the difficulty or reward multiplier for that contract:

• 0x – 1.9x Rewards: 5 wishes
• 2x – 2.9x Rewards: 4 wishes
• 3x Rewards or higher: 3 wishes

Note: After 2 weeks, these patch notes will be updated with the details of every wish

Shop Update

The shop computer has had some UI improvements

• Shop and Storage has been recreated, acting like an online shopping basket
• Added an “all equipment” loadout
• You can now tick “auto-add” to your loadout, to add it as soon as you join a lobby

NEW

• Strange symbols have been spotted in the warehouse, what could they mean? Get searching for an answer!
• Crucifix uses will now have new textures, effects and sounds when used
• Updated all UV shaders! UV effects will now be much more accurate and work when shining another light over the UV light. Additionally, UV effects will now fade out over time, instead of disappearing instantly
• “The Tower” Tarot Card will now additionally double all ghost activity for 20s
• Weather particles lighting have been improved and now work with the sky light, helping them look more realistic (no more ashy black snow!)
• All windows will now have new raindrop effects on them if it’s raining, and additional sounds in all maps similar to Tanglewood’s
• Several foliage objects will now be affected by windy weather outside
• You will now receive an in-game message when a new game update is available to download
• A Broken Fuse Box’s sparks now bounce on nearby objects instead of clipping through them.

Changes

• Reduced the range and resolution of several environmental lights slightly. This should decrease the chance of your shadows becoming overly pixelated when having lots of lights turned on in a location, and decreasing the chance of an object hitting the “maximum lights” limit (e.g. resulting in black floors or DOTS casting no light)
• The time between hunts will now be the same if the ghost uses a crucifix or if it hunts (20s for Demon, 25s for other ghost types)
• The ghost’s room will no longer be visible on the Haunted Mirror when you use it at 0% sanity
• Ghost orbs can no longer go through walls into a different room
• Fog quality settings have been changed for better visual clarity across all settings
  • Low – Downsampling at 2, no shadows
  • Medium – No downsampling, no shadows
  • High – No downsampling, receive shadows
  • Blur has been removed
• Renamed Daily and Weekly Challenges to Daily and Weekly Tasks, to avoid confusion with the new Challenge Mode difficulty
• Several icons have been improved
• Improved and fixed the visuals of light sources on the PC monitors in Prison
• Improved the visuals of the collectible cabinets in the warehouse lobby
• Lighting a Summoning Circle candle with no sanity will now extinguish it instantly. Note: Lighting the 5th candle with no sanity will cause an instant hunt
• Saying “goodbye” on the Ouija Board no longer counts toward challenges
• Renamed the High School bathrooms to make it clearer where they are
• Failing to join a room with a password now gives a more descriptive error
• The night vision camera effect will now adjust brightness when entering and exiting foggy areas

FIXES

• Ghosts can no longer interact with windows on the floor below them, in both Farmhouse locations
• Voice recognition will now work for all players if other players loaded in slowly
• Removed several safe spots in Prison, Maple Lodge Campsite, and School
• Several shaders and materials will now render correctly
• The Voodoo Doll can no longer stop hunts
• Using the Voodoo Doll, Tarot Cards, Music Box and the Summoning Circle will now count towards the “use Cursed Possessions” task
• Items will no longer teleport in the SM Courtyard when thrown in specific spots
• Patched up some holes in the Sunny Meadows Courtyard floor
• Removed an invisible wall upstairs in Edgefield
• Improved Anisotropic textures for radiators, rugs, outside ground, SM flooring
• Ghosts can now kill you on the blue beds in house maps
• Ghosts can now detect active electronic equipment if they were grabbed when active
• Voice recognition will no longer work if you have the ‘text’ voice recognition option enabled
• The Apocalypse stickers will now show in Singleplayer instead of Multiplayer
• A book in the Sunny Meadows Courtyard is no longer only a shadow
• Removed several shadow rendering issues in Sunny Meadows and Tanglewood
• Thaye will now have the correct interaction rate before aging
• Window knocks now count as an interaction for stats
• Tasks featuring “Asylum” will now display “Sunny Meadows”
• You can no longer sprint or move while in the death room
• Setting a preset for a custom difficulty and changing a cursed possession, will no longer apply that change to the actual preset difficulty, instead of just the Custom game you are editing
• Standing in DOTS light will no longer stop sanity drain
• You can now see your hands on your monitor when in VR and smooth camera is enabled
• Ghost orbs can no longer be seen with a photo camera
• The ball in the upstairs Ridgeview closet will no longer glitch when the hiding spot is blocked
• Ghost orbs in the outside “rooms” in Camp Woodwind will no longer be very high above the ground
• Video cameras will now receive the ghost glitch effects
• The “Sky Light” will now turn on and off accurately with your settings
• Lighter flame is now being considered for the Onryo hunt ability when blown out
• An Onryo will now have a higher chance to blow out a flame, the more players that are dead, instead of a lower chance
• Hunts will now end of all players are outside
• The haunted mirror will now drain a minimum of 20 sanity per use instead of 27.

Phasmophobia Update 0.9 Patch Notes Details

The next major update will be Progression Part 1 (v0.9.0), and will make way for the new leveling system; player levels, money, and equipment will be wiped and set to 0, however, to allow users to continue playing as they have been, everyone who has played the game pre-wipe will be fast-tracked to Prestige 1, level 0.

This will reset your progress but keep all difficulties and locations available for play when the reset hits. A future development preview will reveal what your pre-wipes level badge will look like, keep your eyes peeled for that soon!
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A new Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.8 is now available on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest hotfix brings changes for skull stickers, music box, microphone input visual and much more. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.0.8 also improved VR performance.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.8 will fix a few of these issues.

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What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.0.8? – January 15, 2023

Changes

• Placing the music box is now consistent with all other placeable equipment
• Difficulty apocalypse skull stickers are now only visible when in single player mode
• There is now an apocalypse skull sticker on the Sunny Meadows polaroid
• The microphone input visual is now only visible in multiplayer

Fixes

• You can now place equipment in training
• Coolers in Tanglewood will now give fingerprints
• In Custom Difficulty, choosing “Random” Cursed Possession will no longer sometimes result in less Cursed Possessions than you should have when choosing multiple Cursed Possessions
• Voodoo doll no longer breaks physics when a VR player grabs it after a PC player has dropped it
• Sanity drain multiplier now shows the percentage
• Changing the cursed possession quantity after setting Apocalypse II or III will no longer corrupt your save
• VR sprint modes now display correctly in the journal UI
• Props and equipment no longer keep the VR highlight circle on when they are no longer grabbable (e.g. taking sanity pills)
• VR Movement type setting buttons will now display correctly
• Video cameras will no longer display white “flickers” of light sometimes
• “Locked” is now translated on the map/contract board
• The hoop easter egg now works in the new lobby
• Improved VR performance when playing with other VR players

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Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.7 is rolling out on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest hotfix removed Holiday event and decorations. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.0.7 also reduced the brightness of the lights in the Main Menu collection cabinets.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.7 will fix a few of these issues.

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What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.0.7? – January 9, 2023

• Removed Holiday event and decorations.
• Reduced the brightness of the lights in the Main Menu collection cabinets.
• The ghost can now walk through the courtyard doors in Sunny Meadows.

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Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.4 is available on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest hotfix added some minor fixes and changes. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.0.4 also includes stability improvements.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.4 will fix a few of these issues.

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What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.0.4? – December 22, 2022

• Fixed a bug some people wouldn’t back up their save file, get badges or be able to obtain the Holiday trophy. If you were using a VPN to fix this before, you no longer need to use it.
• You will no longer get an infinite black screen if you loaded the game for the first time and then quit without playing
• The Haunted mirror can now see ceilings again
• Fixed foliage lighting in Grafton, Bleasdale and Sunny Meadows
• One of the female ghost models will now have the correct visual on the DOTS Projector
• Sunny meadows: Adjusted the following hiding spots when they get “blocked”
  • Female Bedroom 4, the bed will now move
  • The Manager’s Office wardrobe will now move up against the wall
  • The cardboard boxes in the Supply Room will now disappear
  • The Operating Room’s privacy screen will now disappear
  • Male Room 1’s bed will now rotate towards the wall
  • The bookshelf in the Female day room will now have collision
  • Hospital Room 2’s privacy screen will now disappear when not blocked

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Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.3 is available on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update added various gameplay changes and optimizations. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.0.2 also includes performance fixes.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.3 will fix a few of these issues.

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What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.0.3? – December 20, 2022

Changes

• Some Ouija board questions have had their sanity reductions increased, as they were much too powerful for the sanity trade-off
  • [spoiler]Ghost location – 50% (Previously 40%) [/spoiler]
  • [spoiler]Bone location – 50% (Previously 20%) [/spoiler]
• The Haunted Mirror’s sanity drain has been adjusted, so that you can’t entirely avoid the sanity drain with a ~1-second peek and still reap the reward. This should also encourage slightly longer peers into the paranormal realm.
  • [spoiler]The Mirror will now drain a minimum of 20% sanity per use[/spoiler]
• Adjusted player freezing breath visuals so it will no longer block your view when walking too close to it
• Smudge Sticks will now visually animate much more accurately with the timing of their gameplay effect
• Improved Smudge Sticks’ smoke effect
• Adjusted several inconsistent text capitalizations in English
• Rebaked Sunny Meadows

Fixes

• Removed several sky light leaks in the following locations:
  • Willow
  • Tanglewood
  • Edgefield
  • Ridgeview
  • Grafton
  • Sunny Meadows
• The DOTS and death room ghost will no longer be the wrong ghost model
• The reset save button will now work
• Sanity will now stop draining when you are in a lit area
• Snow will no longer fall inside the Bleasdale attic
• Willow front room window fingerprints will now be photographable

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Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.2 is available on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update increased the rewards for custom difficulty by changing the reward reduction from 80% to 60%. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.0.2 also includes stability fixes.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.2 will fix a few of these issues.

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What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.0.? – December 18, 2022

New

• Added support for HTC Vive Focus 3 Controllers
• All doors in Sunny Meadows now have hands in VR when grabbed
• Added a Christmas tree to the lobby

Changes

• The Intern badge now has a visible button to change the badge
• Increase the custom difficulty reward reduction from 80% to 60%

Fixes

• Keybinds will no longer reset after closing the game
• Cameras will no longer be very dark
• You can no longer place equipment on walls behind door frames
• Interaction photos now work for radios and telephones
• Having “smooth monitor view” set to off will no longer render a black screen on your monitor in VR
• New players can now get past level 1 if you did not level up in the last game you played
• Potential fix for getting “failed to load” if you fail to connect to the unity services server
• Content page now displays the “Payments” section
• DOTS no longer clips inside the surface it was placed on
• The stats will no longer show a 15% sanity loss after dying in singleplayer
• You can now pick up the brown suitcases in Sunny Meadows
• You will now always get a burned crucifix evidence photo before an interaction photo
• Crucifix interaction photos will no longer fail, if it was used by the ghost when placed
• Haunted mirror camera no longer uses SSAO
• The willow front window fingerprint will no longer be facing outside
• Fixed Phantom and Oni flash rates during hunts

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Phasmophobia update 0.8.0.1 is available on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update added various tweaks and improvements to the game. Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8.0.1 also includes stability fixes.

Previously, a major update 0.8 added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0 will fix a few of these issues.

there will also be another larger update in the near future (8.1) to add more features and surprises. Read more details below.

What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8.0.? – December 15, 2022

Changes

• Reduced glossiness of one of the female ghosts
• Slightly moved the cookie in the red tent in Camp Woodwind
• House door frames now have collision for motion sensors, salt etc.
• We now support monitors up to 360Hz (240Hz previously).
• Reduced the amount of bloom in the photo camera photos

Fixes

• The ghost will no longer eat the cookies before they have all been collected
• If your level was reset to level 1 but you still had equipment and money your level will now be back. If it is not, please contact our modmail on discord and we can help you there.
• The ghost can now interact with small objects on the floor of Camp Woodwind
• New players will no longer get stuck in an infinite loop
• Rooms will no longer drop to freezing temperatures after the weather changes to Snow
• Edgefield reflections will now be accurate
• Sunny Meadows chapel wall scratches will no longer cast shadows
• A dirt patch in Sunny Meadows will no longer have a white square around it
• Sink particles should no longer go through the sink in Sunny Meadows
• Grandfather clock’s hands now look correct
• You can no longer place DOTS projectors inside several ceilings
• A house in Tanglewood Drive is now facing the correct way
• You can no longer place objects through wall mounted TVs
• If you are dead and Santa eats the cookies, you will no longer transition to snowy weather (unless you revive), overriding the dead visuals
• Reviving, will now correctly set any weather changes whilst you are dead
• Rain and snow will no longer stop when exiting Bleasdale or Grafton houses
• SMAA and MSAA quality settings now default to their proper values, and not “off”
• You will no longer get “failed to load” on your player profiles if the Unity services server is blocking your IP. This means however that you will not be able to earn the Holiday event without a VPN.
• SSAO is no longer being calculated on cameras, CCTV and video cameras (also boosting SSAO performance).
• Glowsticks now stay at full brightness for 60 seconds instead of 10.
• Some handprint textures are no longer surrounded by a black box
• You can now take a crucifix photo when the ghost uses it without having to put it in your inventory first
• You can no longer take multiple crucifix photos by taking it in and out of your inventory
• The fuse box interaction photo on Prison and Highschool will now work
• Prison will no longer have sunrise reflections throughout the map

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Phasmophobia update 0.8 is available to download on PC(Steam). According to the official Phasmophobia patch notes, the latest update added a host of new features, improvements, and options Apart from this, Phasmophobia patch 0.8 also includes stability fixes.

Previously, a major update 1.0 was released that added quality-of-life improvements and fixes. Recently, a hotfix added a new truck, ghost types, voice recognition overhaul, and more. Unfortunetly, players are facing a number of problems with the game. Today’s Phasmophobia update 0.8.0 will fix a few of these issues.

there will also be another larger update in the near future (8.1) to add more features and surprises. Read more details below.

What is fixed in Phasmophobia Patch 0.8? – December 14, 2022

Holiday 22

From now until Early January, you can take part in the Phasmophobia 2022 Holiday event!

• Earn yourself a Unique Holiday Trophy for your collection as well as an exclusive Holiday ‘22 ID card and badge!

Reward Changes

Custom Difficulty

With the addition of Custom Difficulty, we’ve seen so many exciting, unique and challenging games being created, but we’d like to redirect what the purpose of Custom games is, and there are several reasons why:

• We’d like Custom Difficulty to be primarily used for fun and interesting games, with unique twists, similar to other games with a “Custom games” mode, without the worry of how much you’re getting out of it.
• It’s very difficult to balance each option’s rewards to have a corresponding and fair reward multiplier. Because of this, it’s incredibly quick to create games that are potentially much easier or faster than their default difficulty counterparts but give the same or even more rewards, which makes the default modes redundant.
• With our analytics and player data, we can see that the large majority of players still play Intermediate and Professional.
• Having a set reward per custom option makes them very fragile and limits what we can change for the default difficulties, or any future difficulties we’d like to add to the game.
• Lastly, with the large upcoming changes with Progression 2.0, we’d like experience and money to be gained fairly for every player, and try to avoid any cheesy reward tactics if we can.

Because of these reasons, we’re making the following changes to Custom’s rewards:

• Custom Difficulty will now have an 80% reduction applied to the reward multiplier

We know this is a huge change, but this should separate custom games into a challenge and fun mode, and keep the default difficulties as the main route for character progression.

In the second part of this major update (coming soonTM), we’ll be adding something special for those wanting a regular, harder challenge than Nightmare and something super special!

Note: Current and future challenges (like the Apocalypse Challenge) will still be accessible in Custom and still grant trophies for your collection.

Investigation bonuses

To compensate for the above changes, we’re adding some additional rewards for playing well in the default difficulties, which will reward players who have the sharpest eye for ghost identification.

We’ll also be changing the rewards for secondary objectives, to encourage players to complete the primary objective each game instead of ignoring it.

• Added “Payments” page to the journal

Investigation bonus

• If you can identify the ghost correctly and escape alive, you will double the money and experience you earn for the primary and secondary objectives you complete during that contract!

Perfect Investigation bonus

• If you manage to complete the above but additionally; collect the bone, and fill your journal with 3-star photos, you will gain an additional sum of money and experience on top of the Investigation bonus!
• Secondary objectives have had their rewards reduced to make way for the Investigation bonuses

Note: Investigation bonuses are affected by the difficulty multiplier!

Ghost Types

With every update, we like to look into which ghosts need some love. We found that some ghosts needed some buffs and some needed changes to help with low evidence runs!

All ghosts

• Hunting ghosts’ model flickers are now synced across all players (which should also help hunt photo reliability)
• When hunting, ghosts now affect lights at the same range as equipment, if on the same floor.
• [spoiler]Raiju – 15m [/spoiler]
• [spoiler]All other ghosts – 10m[/spoiler]

Wraith

Wraiths have been adjusted to match their journal description better

• [spoiler]Wraith will never step in a salt pile [/spoiler]
• Updated journal weakness

Obake

Obake have finally remembered how to shapeshift!

• [spoiler]During a hunt, Obake have a 6.66% chance each time it flickers to shapeshift into a different ghost’s form. They will then return back to their original form. [/spoiler]
• [spoiler]This is guaranteed to happen at least once per hunt, so keep your eyes peeled! [/spoiler]

Revenant

The legendary Revenant has been left behind in the ranks of the new threatening ghosts. So, we’re finally returning some former glory to the speed beast, and adjusting how this ghost hunts, hopefully placing them back on the podium!

• [spoiler]Instead of slowing down instantly after losing line of sight, Revenant will keep their increased speed until reaching your last known position [/spoiler]
• [spoiler]Their speed will now decrease gradually over 2.7 seconds (0.75m/s) instead of instantly [/spoiler]

Goryo

As Goryo have a history of disobeying their roaming changes, we’ve finally put an end to the over-exploring ghost

• [spoiler]Goryo can no longer change favorite room or roam long distances [/spoiler]

Hantu

Hantu’s secret ability’s visuals have been adjusted

• [spoiler] Hantu cold breath will now play in any room during hunts if the breaker is off [/spoiler]
• [spoiler]Hantu cold breath visuals have been improved [/spoiler]

Yurei

• Yurei can no longer use their ability when there is no door in its current room

New

• The Unity rendering pipeline has been updated to URP, spreading some of the load to GPU usage, increasing CPU performance, and allowing us to access new features!
• Fog has returned!
  • Fog will now only be where it makes sense and has received a visual overhaul
  • Locations will start at the same temperature as Clear weather (8-15°C)
• Sunrise weather has been added
  • Locations will start with temperatures between 10-18°C
• Weather effects have been completely recreated from the ground up
  • Rain and snow have received large performance increases and improved visuals
• New graphics options have been added
  • Sky light – For enabling sun or moonlight in each location
  • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
  • Fog quality
  • FidelityFX 1.0 – AI upscaling for better performance
  • (Only compatible with AMD RX 400 GPUs and newer / Nvidia GTX 10 series GPUs and newer)
  • Anti-Aliasing options – You can now choose between FXAA, SMAA, and MSAA. VR players can only choose MSAA
• You can now place crucifixes
  • When placing the crucifix, you can now see the range of its effect on the environment
• All post-processing effects have been adjusted and improved
• Added a text option for voice recognition. This will show UI for selecting what question to ask on the Spirit Box and Ouija Board
• If you swap to a new PC or reinstall windows your save will now revert to your personal cloud backup

Changes

• The Smudge Sticks’ burn effect has been improved
• The Haunted Mirror’s effects and visibility have been improved
• Improved glowstick model and effects
• Transparent objects and effects will now receive shadows from lights
• Resetting your save file will now wipe your cloud backup
• Improved performance on campsite maps
• Fingerprints have been moved on Willow doors to be more consistently placed
• Radios are now interactable with the breaker off
• All players must now be further than 5m from the Ouija board before it breaks, instead of just the person who activated it
• The Ouija board will now auto-deactivate when walking outside the map.
• Sanity pills no longer disappear when using them. Instead, they now drop on the floor and are no longer useable
• Improved all candle wax effects when lit
• Improved two hiding spots in Sunny Meadows; one by the restricted area door and in the one restricted wing
• Small tent cloth is now translucent

Fixes

• The ‘average sanity’ objective will now complete at the same time for all players
• The bone will no longer spawn inside other objects
• Tripods no longer count as electronic equipment after removing a camcorder
• Willow windows are now the correct way round
• The weekly challenge timer will now reset at the same time as the challenges themselves.
• The “Complete daily challenges” weekly challenge will now only trigger when a daily challenge completes, instead of when it progresses.
• You can no longer scroll to another item while placing something
• The ghost’s room will now show on the board in the truck in training
• The Deogen spirit box reply will now work if you are not crouched
• The morgue door VR grab point is now in the correct position
• Hitting the crouch button, then physically crouching in VR no longer pushes you enough into the floor that the ghost cannot kill you
• Computer monitors in prison no longer turn on when the power is off
• The “ghosts repelled” stat will now count if you are not the host
• In Sunny Medows, the female hallway light switch will no longer toggle the utility room’s light
• Journal on/off buttons are much clearer to understand
• The EULA accept button will no longer be clickable until you scroll to the bottom
• The objects moved stat will now correctly count poltergeist throws
• Your inventory will no longer break if you grab more than one item before joining a game
• Room reflections will now be accurate after turning a light on and off quickly
• Russian and Ukrainian fonts will no longer have grey boxes around most characters
• VR death room spawn position is now correct

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