Ghost Hunt Before Timer Ends

[christina]

Can a ghost hunt before the 5 or 2 minute timer ends? The last two games I played the ghost hunted before the timer ended. I went beck to check the timer after the hunt ended and it said 0:00 but when I ended the game it said we had only played for 3 minutes. We started a new game set on amateur and I set a stopwatch when the door opened. I stopped it when the ghost first hunted which was at 1 minute 32 seconds. I am not sure if this affects it but both times the Ouija board was used.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by Crisp:

I am not sure if this affects it but both times the Ouija board was used.

You found why this is happening.

[Kelrycor]

Using the Ouija board is nullifying the timer and is voiding your protection instantly. Also it does usually kill your sanity to some degree making it easier for the ghost to start a hunt.

[christina]

Ohhh okay, thank you!

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by Crisp:

Can a ghost hunt before the 5 or 2 minute timer ends? The last two games I played the ghost hunted before the timer ended. I went beck to check the timer after the hunt ended and it said 0:00 but when I ended the game it said we had only played for 3 minutes. We started a new game set on amateur and I set a stopwatch when the door opened. I stopped it when the ghost first hunted which was at 1 minute 32 seconds. I am not sure if this affects it but both times the Ouija board was used.

also, the timer does not prevent hunts: that's the sanity drain timer. you've got resistance to losing sanity while the timer is active. since most ghosts cannot start a hunt while the average sanity is over 50%, you'll only very rarely see a hunt while the timer is still active. a banshee, however, can hunt at any time when it uses its ability. yes, even with the timer active.

[thrythlind]

When you talk to the Ouija Board:

A successful question drains your sanity by about 10 percent. (0 for Demons)
A failed question drains your by 40 percent. (even for demons)

A failed question also ends the safety timer.

[Jimmy Hunter]

Originally posted by thrythlind:

A failed question also ends the safety timer.

Any question ends the safety timer.

[Tyler Zeta]

Originally posted by Kelrycor:

Using the Ouija board is nullifying the timer and is voiding your protection instantly. Also it does usually kill your sanity to some degree making it easier for the ghost to start a hunt.

Seen people try to ask the board a question twice and go from 90% to 50% sanity fast so hell yeah it does drain it.

[Kelrycor]

Originally posted by Tyler Zeta:

Originally posted by Kelrycor:

Using the Ouija board is nullifying the timer and is voiding your protection instantly. Also it does usually kill your sanity to some degree making it easier for the ghost to start a hunt.

Seen people try to ask the board a question twice and go from 90% to 50% sanity fast so hell yeah it does drain it.

Absolutely. Like thrythlind already stated: 40% for a failed answer and 10% for a successful one (Demon excluded).

I had about 95% sanity in Asylum once and wanted to know where the ghost was. 2 failed answers, 1 successful one = 5% sanity. Ghost directly hunted after it came out of the idle timer. Luckily it was not even close to my position :)

[_Kristin_]

i have questin i was playing with my friend on amater mode. The timer was off right when we come near by doors the ghost was hunting. We found out that the ghost room is in child room so we decide that we are gonna hide in closet right after we closed the closet the ghost was hunting over fifteen minutes and tried to open the closet. The fun part is when he opened the closet he closet it by himself. When we were hiding in closet we heard steps and he droped thru the closet my videocamera even when she was on the other side of room. (we have everything on video). We got so freaked out that we had to leave the game.

[Nyx]

Originally posted by Thundercracker:

Originally posted by Crisp:

Can a ghost hunt before the 5 or 2 minute timer ends? The last two games I played the ghost hunted before the timer ended. I went beck to check the timer after the hunt ended and it said 0:00 but when I ended the game it said we had only played for 3 minutes. We started a new game set on amateur and I set a stopwatch when the door opened. I stopped it when the ghost first hunted which was at 1 minute 32 seconds. I am not sure if this affects it but both times the Ouija board was used.

also, the timer does not prevent hunts: that's the sanity drain timer. you've got resistance to losing sanity while the timer is active. since most ghosts cannot start a hunt while the average sanity is over 50%, you'll only very rarely see a hunt while the timer is still active. a banshee, however, can hunt at any time when it uses its ability. yes, even with the timer active.

1) You might mean the Demon, with regards to being able to hunt at any time.
2) No, hunts can not occur during the setup phase. Your sanity lowers at a slower rate, and can't go below 50% during this time, yes, but a hunt will never occur while the timers going.

[underscores222]

This thread was necro'd, OP is from 2021. Game was a bit different then...