Phasmophobia Is Getting A Haunted Campsite For Halloween

In a becoming transfer for a sport that is all about searching ghosts, Phasmophobia is releasing an enormous “Nightmare” replace, simply in time for Halloween. The most important new addition is a brand new campsite map known as Maple Lodge Campsite, with the replace additionally including a handful of recent ghost sorts, a rework to the best way the sport handles issue, and extra.

The brand new Maple Lodge Campsite is a medium-sized map that mixes indoor and out of doors areas–you’ll have the ability to discover picnic areas, numerous tents, a log cabin, and an eerie haunted lake. The developer warns that the map is likely one of the most detailed but, which suggests outdated computer systems might even see FPS drops when loading up the brand new map. The brand new map additionally provides a brand new truck mini-map design, which the replace notes say would be the commonplace for additional mini-map updates rolling out afterward different maps.

4 new ghost sorts have been added with the brand new replace, and gamers may have the next probability of encountering one of many new sorts at some point of the Halloween occasion. The brand new ghost sorts are named Onryo, The Twins, Obake, and Raiju.

The replace has additionally added a brand new function within the type of climate, with every new contract now loading in with a distinct climate occasion in play. This may be one in every of six totally different climate events–clear skies, fog, mild rain, heavy rain, robust wing, or mild snow. Every may have a singular impact on totally different parts of gamers’ ghost hunts.

The final bit of recent content material being added for Halloween is a model new Nightmare-level issue, designed to offer an additional problem for seasoned ghost hunters. This new issue degree comes on high of a broader overhaul of the sport’s present three issue ranges, which was designed to make the sport extra pleasing for gamers at any talent degree.

Apart from the brand new additions, numerous huge tweaks and fixes have been made to the sport’s present options. You possibly can try the full patch notes under:

Phasmophobia Nightmare Replace v0.4.0

Maple Lodge Campsite

A model new medium sized map that includes picnic areas, video games, a number of tents, a log cabin and a haunted lake.

• Maple Lodge Campsite has extra distinctive objects, larger object density and extra visible element.
  Minimal specification computer systems shouldn’t have any points, however in case you have outdated {hardware} you may even see FPS drops
• Different places will obtain extra element and extra distinctive objects at a later date
• Sooner or later, different places will obtain a brand new truck mini-map design to be per Maple Lodge Campsite

Issue Rework

All difficulties have acquired a significant overhaul. We hope these adjustments make every issue really feel extra distinctive, and supply extra choices for gamers of each talent degree.

• A proportion of doorways will now randomly begin open relying on issue

• Beginner: Advisable for brand new Ghost Hunters!

  • Lengthy setup time
  • Lengthy hunt grace interval
  • Brief hunt period
  • Sanity capsules restore a whole lot of sanity
  • Regain half of your misplaced gear’s worth should you die

• Intermediate: The usual Ghost Huntin’ expertise

  • Common setup time
  • Common hunt grace interval
  • Common hunt period
  • Sanity capsules restore some sanity
  • Fuse field begins off
  • Fewer locations to cover
  • Regain a few of your misplaced gear’s worth should you die

• Skilled: For skilled Ghost hunters

  • The ghost can very hardly ever change its most well-liked room after transferring
  • No setup time
  • Brief hunt grace interval
  • Lengthy hunt period
  • Sanity capsules restore little sanity
  • Fuse field begins off
  • A lot fewer hiding locations

Nightmare Issue

A brand new issue for the highest ghost hunters, designed to be a problem mode for these searching for essentially the most intense gameplay Phasmophobia has to supply.

• Ghosts won’t reveal one kind of proof
• The ghost will typically change its most well-liked room after transferring
• No setup time
• Shortest hunt grace interval
• Lengthy hunt period
• Kills prolong the present hunt’s period
• Sanity capsules restore a lot much less sanity
• Fuse field begins off
• Virtually no hiding locations
• Paranormal interference has broken a few of your monitoring gear

Climate

Every time you begin a contract, the situation may have totally different climate, including new layers of gameplay and making every contract really feel distinctive. Change in temperature will make discovering the ghost’s location harder, rain or wind will impair your listening to, and a thick fog will cut back visibility.

• Clear Skies
• Fog
• Mild Rain
• Heavy Rain
• Sturdy Wind
• Mild Snow

Ouija Board

The Ouija Board didn’t make as a lot sense as we’d like, so it’s been revamped. You now commerce Sanity for data, and are penalized much less should you don’t get a response.

• The Ouija board will now decrease your sanity drastically when the ghost responds
• If the ghost doesn’t reply you’ll solely lose a small fraction of sanity
• Demon’s have had their weak spot modified to mirror these adjustments

New

• A number of new ghost sorts have been sighted. These new ghost sorts have an elevated probability to spawn at some point of the Halloween occasion:
• When crouching, the gamers collider now shrinks to match the participant mannequin
• Ghosts will now disrupt digital gear each time they’re seen
• Ghosts can now blow out lighters much like candles
• Utilizing the walkie-talkie will now appeal to the ghost throughout hunts
• The walkie-talkie will now solely play static sounds when close to the ghost
• Lighters and candles will now extinguish when outdoors in heavy rain and when thrown
• The truck map display has acquired new icons
• The ghost can now work together with a number of showers in sure places
• Now you can place sound and movement sensors on flooring

Modifications

• All ghost’s base pace and acceleration when chasing a participant has been barely elevated
• Ghost hunt period has been lowered on small and medium maps
• Ghosts now have a low probability to not depart fingerprints when interacting with the atmosphere
• Fingerprints now disappear after 60 seconds
• Attic and basement ghosts now roam much less typically
• Attic and basement ghosts will now solely roam to the subsequent ground and never the opposite facet of the map
• All contracts at the moment are selectable always on the map display
• The common sanity will now be correct as an alternative of being random
• The contract issue will now default to the problem you performed final
• The map description has been changed with a problem description
• The bone can now be a random bone from the human physique, and has new visuals
• Ghost footsteps can now solely be heard when the ghost is transferring
• Altering display decision within the journal now provides affirmation
• Freezing Temperatures proof has been modified to account for the brand new climate, requiring a decrease studying on the thermometer. Breath has been unchanged
• The fuse field on and off indicator has been break up into two totally different lights, as an alternative of 1 that adjustments color
• Ghost sounds will now fade out as an alternative of abruptly stopping
• Ghost handprints and footprints have acquired new textures
• Lighters will now flip off when swapped into your stock
• Ghosts can now blow out candles when the lights are turned on
• A number of rooms have been renamed on Edgefield, Bleasdale and Grafton
• All ghost occasions will now final a minimal of 1 second
• Window knocks will now give noise on the Parabolic
• A number of photograph frames have had their photographs changed
• The heartbeat will now fade out and in, the quantity has additionally been lowered

Fixes

• Fastened grammar and punctuation for English, within the journal, on a number of pages
• Fastened a bug the place ghosts wouldn’t all the time do their strolling animation for ghost occasions
• Fastened a bug the place solely the host may flip the automotive alarm off
• Fastened a bug the place the salt placement spotlight was seen on partitions after wanting on the ground
• Fastened a bug the place you possibly can place salt on the jail staircase contained in the wall
• Fastened a bug the place “No code in clipboard” and “None” weren’t translating
• Fastened a bug the place the footstep sounds would proceed after you have got stopped transferring
• Fastened a bug the place the hunt wouldn’t finish if the host left throughout the hunt
• Fastened a bug the place having a number of screens with totally different decision scale would crash the sport
• Fastened a bug the place the ghost would sing whereas making searching sounds on the identical time
• Fastened a bug the place you might maintain a tripod with a digital camera on throughout a hunt and the ghost would not discover you
• Fastened a bug the place the bloom possibility buttons had been backwards on the primary menu
• Fastened a bug the place you might see DOTS ghosts by means of partitions the place there was no DOTS Projector
• Fastened an exploit the place you might use a digital camera on a tripod to trick the ghost into considering you had been inside