spirt box and esg how do they work

[Stokely]

love the game great scares. only thing i dont know how these 2 items work. need a tutorial for equipment

[Skullskillz]

I agree, these are the only two that don't seem to work/make sense for their operation. Even the 'How to play' seemed a bit vague on them. There have been a couple cases now where I haven't been able to narrow down the ghost because I was either not using them properly, or not getting a reaction out of them

[Stokely]

Yea that needs work. I figured out the spirt box you dont ask question just hold it to your moutch and the little ghost should glow red when the ghost is about to speak. The other one still trying to figure out. Love the game so far.

[DarkSaber2k]

For the spirit box you have to use the Push To Talk button (V by default) or set the voice options in the game settings to be Voice Activated, and then ask it an actual question (confirmed this earlier in-game when I got a response on the box)

ESG though? Love to know myself, I put it on the ground, it goes whirrrr and nothing (then again my ghost didn't have it as one of the evidence types)

[VOC]

ESG is your Dots detector and for spirit box i'm still trying to find which phrases work.

[Stokely]

Yea i got the spirit box to work just dont know the ESG.

[Daemic9]

Spirit box: you use whatever voice method you have (push to talk, voice activation, toggle), then hold item interaction. For now, while we have no idea, use the prompts the game says work in the "How to Play" section. If it is an evidence, the smol ghostie will light up red and a response will be given.

For ESG, you hold G (or whatever you reassign your "drop item" button to, and place it on the floor. It is now active and will monitor...some sort of area. I'm uncertain of proximity, if conal, etc. HOWEVER, I do know what correct evidence looks like. Directly in front of the ESG, (the side opposite of the spinning red lights), a ghost model will show up in a flicker. Its pretty subtle, and best paired with another evidence while you wait (like spirit box). So far i've seen a pitch black demon guy, and something that looks like a small girl with thorns growing out the eyes.

[Areolata]

For the ghost box you don't have to use your push to talk. The ghost appears to hear you all the time (at least in singleplayer) so I think the push to talk is only for multiplayer to speak to your friends at a distance. I ask "where are you", "can you talk", "are you here" etc. and get answers like "I don't want to speak with you" and "I am here". Sometimes the responses are difficult to understand.

And ESG forces the ghost to make a quick t-posing appearance above the device.

[SewDough]

We have a fully detailed FAQ in our community discord! :)