Does ghost orb always spawn since the beginning?

[DJ]

Does the ghost orb spawn since the beginning of the round or spawn later in the game which needs to be triggered by a ghost hunt

[AlphaGodith]

as far as i know it's always present, you can get it right away and regardless of where the ghost currently is, it just is in its room

[Myth Alric]

You don't always see it right away but it can spawn right away. I once saw a ghost orb on the preset camera in the highschool before we had even entered the building.

[Knight Siegfried]

The ghost orbs do spawn at the start of the game when you open the house doors. You do not need a ghost hunt for them to appear. Depending on the room size, always have 2 cameras looking at each other at the edges of the room and make sure to keep the room completely dark.
it takes maybe 5 seconds to a minute for the ghost orbs to appear so take your time.

[DJ]

I thought for higher difficulty, the orbs might spawn later in the game so that it would make the game more difficult overall. It seems that the difficulty really does only affect the sanity drop rate.

[RequiemsRose]

Originally posted by 平街gai:

I thought for higher difficulty, the orbs might spawn later in the game so that it would make the game more difficult overall. It seems that the difficulty really does only affect the sanity drop rate.

Difficulty does affect a few things, but it doesn't really have a direct effect on evidence. There is an indirect effect on evidence, but that's simply the difference in activity/aggression for each difficulty, nothing specific about any certain evidence. Orbs can be seen basically from the start, if you have someone watching head cams in the truck they may see the orbs before you even get things set up or truly identify the ghost room (can be hard to see them from head cams though since you are usually staring at a flashlight beam and the person is looking around everywhere).

Be aware though that orbs don't always spawn where they are meant to. Seemingly, that issue happens most on bleasdale but the farmhouse isn't the only map with orb issues reported. It's good to have at least two angles on the ghost room, and a few cameras watching nearby areas as well (including one directly below the room if that's an option). One player even mentioned they had to point the camera out the window because the orbs where spawning out of bounds on one of the houses.