[outdated] No-spoiler Guide to Ghost Types (0.8.x)

This is a "short" guide on ghosts, containing all essential and some flavorful information for each ghost type. The guide is mostly intended at newer players or as refresher for long time players, and will be kept up to date as the game progresses through early access.

Included:
- Short title description, often including link to the ghost's real-world counterpart
- Copy of in-game journal text, including evidence
- Stylized illustration of the ghost type
- Details about the ghost, its behavior, additional abilities, strategies against it, related ghost types, etc.
- The ghost's unofficial category: "Early Hunter" (7 ghosts), "Sanity Drainer" (7 ghosts), "No acceleration" (4 ghosts), or "Ordinary"
- List of the ghost's localized names in officially supported languages
- Short development summary featuring major changes to the ghost type made during early access

Not included:
- Exact game mechanics like % chance for x behavior or sanity thresholds required for hunting to be possible
- Specific strategies based on difficulty, map, objective, etc.

You are free to copy and/or translate the *original text* of this guide (text that is not in italics) as you see fit; ghost descriptions copied from in-game journal belong to Kinetic Games.

Ghost type art © Melody. Do not use without permission.

Spirit

Spirit[en.wikipedia.org] is a "basic ghost" that lacks special abilities, but they can still be dangerous or unpredictable... or both.

Spirits are very common ghosts. They are very powerful but passive, only attacking when they need to. They defend their place of death to the utmost degree, killing anyone that is caught overstaying their welcome.

Weakness: A Spirit can be temporarily stopped by burning Smudge Sticks near them.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Spirit Box
Ghost Writing


Spirits lack distinct traits or behavior typical to other ghosts, which can make them difficult to identify. You may choose to allow a potential Spirit to reduce your sanity so low that you can test effectiveness of smudge sticks, though it may be more efficient and safe to try ruling out other ghost types based on the ghost's behavior instead, and gathering hard evidence should always be the priority as well.

Keep in mind that the repelling effect of smudge smoke during hunting phase is not prolonged on Spirit. Only the cleansing (pacifying) effect is prolonged.

Category: Ordinary

Also known as: Espíritu, Esprit, Spirito, Дух, スピリット, 스피릿, 魂魄, 魂魄, Σπίριτ, Henki

Wraith

Wraiths[en.wiktionary.org] can travel from their current location to any player, and become agitated if they touch salt, but their tracks can never be seen under ultraviolet light[en.wikipedia.org].

Wraiths are one of the most dangerous ghosts you will find. It is also the only known ghost that has the ability of flight and has sometimes been known to travel through walls.

Strength: Wraiths almost never touch the ground, meaning it can't be tracked by footsteps.

Weakness: Wraiths are afraid of the salt and actively avoid it.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Spirit Box
D.O.T.S. Projector

The Wraith's capability to travel through walls and fly refers to their actual ability to phase through all obstacles to reach one of the players during "normal" phase.

Weakness of the Wraith is that they never interact with salt. They will never step on it, and thus their presence can never be tracked by following UV footprints. This means that you can eliminate the possibility of the ghost being a Wraith if even a single salt pile is disturbed during the investigation.

Category: Ordinary

AKA: Espectro, Gespenst, Spectre, レイス, 레이스, 魅影, 魅影, Ρέιθ, Спектр, Haamu, Lidérc

Development summary

Wraith was made to avoid interacting with salt altogether instead of gaining activity boost from it

Phantom

Phantom[en.wiktionary.org] will follow investigators around and attempt to drain their sanity during manifestations, but they can be temporarily banished if photographed.

A Phantom is a ghost that can possess the living, inducing fear into those around it. They are most commonly summoned from Ouija Boards[en.wikipedia.org].

Strength: Looking at a Phantom will drop your sanity considerably faster.

Weakness: Taking a photo of the Phantom will make it temporarily disappear.

Evidence
Spirit Box
Fingerprints
D.O.T.S. Projector

Like Wraith, Phantom is another ghost type which is known to approach investigators intentionally. But unlike Wraith, Phantom cannot pass through obstacles. This means that the ghost can sometimes seem rather stealthy, inactive or passive while it's moving from one end of the location to another.

Phantoms have other subtle abilities as well. Witnessing them during manifestations will cause considerably greater loss of sanity, and Phantoms are invisible or "flickering" during physical manifestations much more often than average ghost. And finally, it's impossible to capture their visage on camera. The photo camera system in use is still able to correctly identify and label these photos with "Ghost" however, so experienced investigators can tell a Phantom apart from other ghosts simply by carefully observing their manifestations, with or without camera.

Category: Sanity Drainer

AKA: Ente, Fantôme, Fantom, Фантом, ファントム, 팬텀, 幻影, 幻影, Φάντομ, Фантом, Kummitus

Poltergeist

Poltergeists[en.wikipedia.org] can rarely "mass throw" many items around them, are more likely to throw items at all times, and cause increased loss of sanity when throwing items.

One of the most famous ghosts, the Poltergeist. Known to manipulate objects around it to spread fear into its victims.

Strength: Poltergeists can throw multiple objects at once.

Weakness: With nothing to throw, Poltergeists become powerless.

Evidence
Spirit Box
Fingerprints
Ghost Writing

"Polty" is perhaps one of the more unassuming or underestimated ghosts. Their ability to "mass throw" items is quite rare, but its effects on your sanity can be devastating. It's not recommended to stick around too long if you witness many items flinging through the air. They also throw objects much more often than other ghosts, and with more force.

Many players have their own approach to Poltergeists. You could attempt to deprive or provide them with objects to throw, by moving items in or near its room, or away from it, in an attempt to maintain your sanity or seek to confirm its ability to "mass throw", respectively. You may also be able to rule this ghost out during a hunt: They will try to throw a nearby item or two every second, so if the ghost left a nearby loose object untouched while hunting, it might not be a Poltergeist.

Category: Sanity Drainer

AKA: Полтергейст, ポルターガイスト, 폴터가이스트, 骚灵, 騷靈, Πόλτεργκαιστ, Полтергейст, Räyhähenki, Kopogószellem

Development summary

Increased chance to throw items, and throws items with more force
Improved occurrence and sanity drain of "mass throw"
Increased (guaranteed) chance to throw items during hunt

Banshee

Banshees[en.wikipedia.org] stalk and drain their target persistently, occasionally warning nearby investigators with sounds of wailing and singing.

The singing siren, known for attracting its victims through song. It has been known to single out its prey before making killing blow.

Strength: Banshee's will weaken their target before striking.

Weakness: Banshee's can sometimes be heard screaming with a parabolic microphone[en.wikipedia.org].

Evidence
Fingerprints
Ghost Orb
D.O.T.S. Projector

Banshees are not as lethal as they could be in the past, but they are still not to be underestimated. Their main ability to single out a player entails the following:

• Banshee will attempt to walk to location of its target during "normal" phase
  
• Banshee drains more sanity from its target during singing events
  
• Banshee can initiate a hunt based on its target's sanity only, not the team's average sanity
  
• Banshee will ignore other investigators if it can hunt its chosen target
  
• Banshee can hunt "normally" if their target is alive but not inside the haunted location
  
• If their target dies or leaves the investigation, Banshee will choose a new target

Banshees also have overall increased chance for singing events.

Category: Sanity Drainer / Early Hunter

AKA: Банши, バンシー, 밴시, 女妖, 女妖, Μπάνσι, Банші, Банши

Development summary

Completely overhauled strength, weakness and behavior

Jinn

Jinn[en.wikipedia.org] are speedy ghosts who derive their powers from electricity and can quickly reach even distant targets or debilitate sanity of grouped prey if given chance to do so.

A Jinn is a territorial ghost that will attack when threatened. It has also been known to be able to travel at significant speed.

Strength: A Jinn will travel at a faster speed if its victim is far away.

Weakness: Turning off the location's power source will prevent the Jinn from using its ability.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Fingerprints
Freezing Temperatures

Jinn are very much about speed and often catch unaware investigators completely off guard. All of their powers are dependent on electric power, so if the power has been turned off, Jinn has no special abilities at all. As such, Jinn won't ever turn off the power in location directly, but can still do so by "accidentally" turning on too many lights and causing the breaker to flip on its own.

Besides being able to travel very fast until they are within close distance from prey, Jinn can also drain large amount of sanity from players who are too intruding too close to the Jinn's location. This ability is also dependent on electrical power; an EMF disturbance is created around the location's breaker box when Jinn is using this ability, instead of the ghost's or the target's location. Remote observation and detection with video cameras, sensors, and the activity monitor may be advantageous when dealing with Jinn, to avoid excessive sanity loss of the entire team.

Category: Sanity Drainer

AKA: Dschinn, Djinn, Джинн, ジン, 진, 巨灵, 巨靈, Τζίν, Джин, Jinni

Development summary

Reduced the player distance threshold beyond which Jinn moves fast
Moved EMF disturbance created by sanity zap ability from ghost to the location's power source
Made the sanity zap ability possible to trigger on players who are in same room with the ghost

Mare

Mare[en.wikipedia.org] is a devious ghost which will strike from darkness and tries to prevent players from staying in light.

A Mare is the source of all nightmares, making it most powerful in the dark.

Strength: A Mare will have increased chance to attack in the dark.

Weakness: Turning the lights on around the Mare will lower its chance of attack.

Evidence
Spirit Box
Ghost Orb
Ghost Writing


Mare is one of the many "early hunter" ghost types, though not the most powerful. Besides its described strength and weakness being influenced by room lights in its current position, the Mare also possesses following related behavior:

• Mare will never turn room lights on (except indirectly if it turns power source back on)
  
• Mare is generally more likely to turn room lights off
  
• Mare is more likely to wander away from a lit room
  
• Mare can turn lights off immediately after a player has turned them on
  
• Mare is more likely to cause events relating to lights, shattering them or creating red light

Category: Early Hunter

AKA: Pesadilla, Cauchemar, Mara, Мара, メアー, 메어, 梦魇, 夢魘, Μέρ

Development summary

Mare was improved to be more likely to avoid lit areas in many ways as listed above

Revenant

Dormant or dangerous, the Revenant[en.wikipedia.org] will chase the living relentlessly or slowly wander around when prey is not in sight.

A Revenant is a violent ghost that will attack indiscriminately. Their speed can be deceiving, as they are slow while dormant; however, as soon as they hunt they can move incredibly fast.

Strength: A Revenant will travel at a significantly faster speed when hunting their prey.

Weakness: Hiding from the Revenant will cause it to move very slowly.

Evidence
Ghost Orb
Ghost Writing
Freezing Temperatures

Revenant is a ghost type you probably don't want to mess with. Fortunately you can identify them not only visually but also at a distance based on the sound of their footsteps; slow while they wander, fast during the chase.

Like most ghosts with conditionally slower movement, Revenant does not accelerate or decelerate normally during hunting phase; its speed is entirely reliant on line of sight to its prey, and will begin to quickly decelerate after they have reached the last known position of their prey and lost all track of them.

Category: No acceleration

AKA: Ревенант, レヴナント, 레버넌트, 亡魂, 亡魂, Ρέβεναντ

Development summary

Revenant was buffed to retain its speed when tracking players by any means
They will also no longer immediately drop down to their slowest speed, and will instead gradually decelerate over short time

Shade

Notoriously difficult to pinpoint, but far from harmless, Shades[en.wikipedia.org] will test the patience and efficiency of investigators.

A Shade is known to be very shy. There is evidence to suggest that a Shade will stop all paranormal activity if there are multiple people nearby.

Strength: Shades are much harder to find.

Weakness: The ghost will not enter a hunt if there are multiple people nearby.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Ghost Writing
Freezing Temperatures


Shades are the most reclusive known ghosts. They prefer to evade investigators instead of chasing them away, but will eventually strike if persistently harassed. As such, Shades are generally known for following behavior:

• More likely to idle or wander around instead of interacting
  
• Refrains from moving or throwing objects when any players are present
  
• Less likely to create any type of event early on, inversely based on average sanity
  
• Less likely to manifest itself, preferring other types of ghost events
  
• Appears in shadowy manifestation much more often than in corporeal form
  
• Will not hunt under normal circumstances until average sanity is much lower than half, nor if there is a player in the same room with the ghost

Category: Ordinary

AKA: Sombra, Ombre, Ombra, Тень, シェード, 셰이드, 暗影, 暗影, Σέιντ, Тінь, сянка, Varjo, Árny

Development summary

Changed to be passive in presence of even lone player as opposed to multiple players
Gained reduced chance of creating ghost events, inversely proportional to average sanity

Demon

The Big Bad of Phasmophobia, Demon[en.wikipedia.org], does not require introductions.

Demons are the most aggressive ghosts we've ever encountered. Known to attack without reason, they seem to enjoy the thrill of the hunt.

Strength: Demons will initiate hunts more than any other ghosts.

Weakness: Demons fear the Crucifix[en.wikipedia.org] and will be less aggressive near one.

Evidence
Fingerprints
Ghost Writing
Freezing Temperatures

The only way to contain Demon is to use crucifixes, but as this is insufficient in most locations, they are all but free to menace unsuspecting investigators, unless you are keenly aware of the following:

• Demons can hunt earlier than most ghosts – remember to maintain your sanity
  
• Demons will sometimes begin attacking entirely regardless of your sanity
  
• Demons need to be further away from a crucifix in order to materialize and begin hunting
  
• Demons can try hunting again sooner than other ghosts, reducing their "downtime"
  
• Demons cannot be pacified with smudge sticks for as long duration as other ghosts can

Category: Early Hunter

AKA: Demonio, Dämon, Démon, Demone, Демон, デーモン, 데몬, 恶魔, 惡魔, Δαίμονας, Demoni

Development summary

Demon gained several traits to allow them to hunt at any time and much more frequently

Yurei

Yurei[en.wikipedia.org] are ghosts which are intricately connected with the place they haunt, which can be both a threat and boon to investigators.

A Yurei is a ghost that has returned to the physical world, usually for the purpose of revenge or hatred.

Strength: Yureis have been known to have a stronger effect on people's sanity.

Weakness: Smudging the Yurei's place of death will trap it temporarily, reducing how much it wanders.

Evidence
Ghost Orb
Freezing Temperatures
D.O.T.S. Projector


Yurei possess a peculiar ability of draining sanity while it's closing a door to its current room, perhaps in an attempt to trap the investigators. As a result, these ghosts are often seen moving doors much more often than other ghosts. This ability is unusable in rooms without doors.

Cleansing the room where Yurei is currently known to be will prevent them from leaving that room during "normal" phase for the effect's duration. Use this to your advantage and pacify Yurei early to prevent them from hunting and to collect evidence quickly and efficiently. Just be mindful of its ability to drain sanity by interacting with doors – for greatest safety, you should try to trap the ghost in a room without any door leading to it, but this may interfere with identification attempts if available evidence has been reduced by game settings.

Category: Sanity Drainer

AKA: Юрэй, 幽霊, 유레이, 幽灵, 幽靈, Γιουρέι, Юрей

Development summary

Yurei was granted the ability to drain sanity by closing doors on players

Oni

Oni[en.wikipedia.org] are cousins to Demons, but they prefer to put up a thrilling show in presence of their victims instead of cutting to the chase.

Onis love to scare their victims as much as possible before attacking. They are often seen in their physical form, guarding their place of death.

Strength: Onis are more active when people are nearby, and have been seen moving objects at great speed.

Weakness: Onis are very active, making them easier to find.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Freezing Temperatures
D.O.T.S. Projector

Oni become very active when in same room with living prey. They prefer manifestations over more subtle events, and they are more likely to appear in corporeal form instead of as shadows, their manifestations will drain a larger amount of sanity, and they are visible for longer periods while hunting.

If you suspect the ghost in question being an Oni, it may be beneficial to split up so every nearby room is occupied by a player, or stick around as long as possible when playing solo, and you should be able to gather most evidence in no time.

Category: Sanity Drainer

AKA: Они, 鬼, 오니, 赤鬼, 赤鬼, Όνι, Оні

Development summary

Changed to prefer direct manifestations over other ghost events
Was made able to throw items with greater force, until this power was moved to Poltergeist
Changed to drain more sanity by manifestations, and to be more visible to players during hunt

Yokai

Yokai[en.wikipedia.org] are like especially cranky neighbors who always complain whenever you get about something fun and noisy at your place.

Yokai are common ghosts that are attracted to human voices. They can usually be found haunting family homes.

Strength: Talking near a Yokai will anger it, increasing the chance of an attack.

Weakness: When hunting, a Yokai can only hear voices close to it.

Evidence
Spirit Box
Ghost Orb
D.O.T.S. Projector

Of all ghost types, Yokai are the quickest to anger "early hunters"; only Demon or Onryo making use of their unique abilities can hunt earlier than a particularly angry Yokai.

Because one of their evidence types is Spirit Box, it's recommended to deploy smudge sticks or crucifixes before talking too much into the box if you suspect your ghost may be a Yokai, or you can choose to keep smudge sticks at hand and simply agitate the poor ghost until it has no choice but hunt you, and only then repel it with smoke.

Staying aware of your team's average sanity from the start helps a lot in catching a Yokai before it catches you. It's also worth noting that Yokai's detection capabilities are hindered for both speech and active electric devices in possession of players.

Category: Early Hunter

AKA: Youkai, Ёкай, 妖怪, 요괴, 妖怪, 妖怪, Γιοκάι, Йокай

Development summary

Yokai were changed to have reduced hearing ability, which also applies to electrical equipment

Hantu

Hantu[en.wikipedia.org] are named for a southeast Asian ghost, and they are uniquely affected by weather and temperatures.

A Hantu is a rare ghost that thrives in coldest climates. The cold seems to make them more aggressive and empowered.

Strength: Lower temperatures allow the Hantu to move at faster speeds.

Weakness: Hantus move slower in warmer areas.

Evidence
Fingerprints
Ghost Orb
Freezing Temperatures


Like the Revenant, Hantu will not accelerate or decelerate based on its ability to maintain line of sight on players during hunting phase. The speed of Hantu is determined solely based on room temperature, gradually scaling back and forth between rooms.

If temperature readings dip below zero (for Freezing Temperatures evidence to be confirmed), Hantu will move at amazing speed, almost on par with Revenant. On the other hand. Hantu has lower base speed than other ghosts when the thermometer[en.wikipedia.org] displays 15 °C (59 °F) or more in its room.

Hantu will also never turn power back on in the location, and their steaming breath can be seen if power has been turned off – even when the temperature is not all the way to freezing yet! Investigators should use this to their advantage when possible (and remember to thoroughly check for Spirit Box evidence as well) so they don't confuse a Mimic to Hantu.

Category: No acceleration

AKA: Ханту, ハントゥ, 한투, 寒魔, 寒魔, Χαντού, Ханту

Development summary

Received improved speed scaling over several updates and their distinct steaming breath
Freezing temperature evidence was made guaranteed with reduced evidence settings
Was made unable to turn the location's power source back on
Steaming breath will appear in any room during hunt if breaker is off

Goryo

Goryo[en.wikipedia.org] is a noble ghost who won't show itself to rabble-rousing investigators so easily, preferring to guard their place of death and not abandon it.

When a Goryo passes through a DOTS projector, using a video camera is the only way to see it.

Strength: A Goryo will usually only show itself on camera if there are no people nearby.

Weakness: They are rarely seen far from their place of death.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Fingerprints
D.O.T.S. Projector


Goryo is one of the easier ghosts to identify solely from its behavior; having video camera in hand, if you can see the ghost's silhouette across the D.O.T.S. field in the video feed, but not by naked eye, the ghost can only be Goryo. And if the ghost's silhouette can be seen at all by naked eye, it can never be Goryo. However, this silhouette cannot be seen if players are present in the same room with Goryo, so observing them from further away or remotely from the truck is necessary.

If given chance to hunt, a Goryo can still chase you further away from its guarded room. The restriction is only considered for long distance roaming behavior during "normal" phase, not hunting phase. As such, Goryo tends to produce evidence in a small area, and while the evidence can sometimes be observed completely remotely, it can be difficult to pinpoint in larger locations.

Goryo's "place of death" has no bearing on where their bone remains can be found.

Category: Ordinary

AKA: Горё, 御霊, 고료, 御灵, 御靈, Γκόρυο, Горьо

Development summary

D.O.T.S. Projector evidence was made guaranteed in reduced evidence settings
Goryo was made entirely unable to change their favorite room or roam for long distances

Myling

Mylingar[en.wikipedia.org] can, paradoxically, be noisy and stealthy at almost same time, but they prefer to avoid detection when hunting.

A Myling is a very vocal and active ghost. They are rumoured to be quiet when hunting their prey.

Strength: A Myling is known to be quieter when hunting.

Weakness: Mylings more frequently make paranormal sounds.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Fingerprints
Ghost Writing


When the Myling hunts, its footsteps cannot be heard at all until the ghost is close enough to cause electric disturbances in nearby devices and lights (unlike other ghosts, whose steps can be heard over longer distances). Use this to your advantage in identifying the ghost early during its hunt, or to stay one step ahead and not get caught by the silent ghost, estimating its location by flashing or beeping electronics instead of sounds given by the ghost itself.

Myling will make more paranormal noises than other ghosts when using the parabolic microphone to listen for them, serving as a strong indicator of the ghost's presence. If the ghostly whispers can be heard constantly when using the device, you may be dealing with a Myling.

Category: Ordinary

AKA: Мюлинг, マイリング, 마일링, 鬼婴, 鬼嬰, Μάιλινγκ, Майлінг

Development summary

Changes to distance-based volume scaling of all ghosts made Myling much more quiet

Onryo

Onryo[en.wikipedia.org] are extremely dangerous ghosts which can be warded by fire, but woe to anyone who lets the flame be snuffed out – do not feed the burning hatred inside the dead.

The Onryo is often referred to as "The Wrathful Spirit". It steals souls from dying victims' bodies to seek revenge. This ghost has been known to fear any form of fire, and will do anything to be far from it.

Strength: Extinguishing a flame can cause an Onryo to attack.

Weakness: When threatened, this ghost will be less likely to hunt.

Evidence
Spirit Box
Ghost Orb
Freezing Temperatures

Even a small candle can repel the Onryo as well as a crucifix can, but only so long as it stays lit. If no other precautions are in place, Onryo can hunt the moment the last candle in its vicinity goes out.

An Onryo becomes stronger with each soul it claims, allowing them to hunt even if remaining investigators' sanity is high. If worst comes to worst and you lose a teammate on investigation, while your evidence is pointing to Onryo, it's recommended to leave lest you suffer the same fate.

Category: Early Hunter

AKA: Онрё, 怨霊, 원령, 怨灵, 怨靈, Όνρυο, Онрьо

Development summary

Onryo's preference to put out candlefire and hunt was made less random

The Twins

One of the most duplicitous ghosts we've met, the Twins can confound even experienced investigators with alternating attacks and remote and proximal actions.

These ghosts have been reported to mimic each other's actions. They alternate their attacks to confuse their prey.

Strength: Either Twin can be angered and initiate an attack on their prey.

Weakness: The Twins will often interact with environment at the same time.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Spirit Box
Freezing Temperatures

The Twins is a unique ghost which pretends to be a duo. The ghost can interact at long range, giving misleading impression of its true location, sometimes in form of "twinteractions" or double interaction in different places. It can also hunt from either its true location or a remote room, and will subtly alter its speed depending on where it began hunting, moving slightly faster when hunting from remote location, and slightly slower than average ghost when hunting "normally".

The evidence left by the Twins can also be found in appropriate locations. The EMF 5 evidence can be found in remote locations, but Spirit Box and Freezing Temperatures can only be found near the ghost's real position, often in its favorite room. Motion Sensors can be helpful to discover the Twins, since only the ghost's real position will trigger the device.

Category: Ordinary

AKA: Gemelos, Die Zwillinge, Les Jumeaux, I gemelli, Dvojčata, Близнецы, ツインズ, 트윈스, 孪魂, 孿魂, Tweeling, Τα δίδυμα, Tvillingene, Tvillingarna, Близнюки, Kaksoset, Az ikrek, Tvillingerne

Raiju

Although they are unaffected by thunderous weather, Raiju[en.wikipedia.org] can nonetheless electrify your final moments with a relentless pursuit and display of power.

A Raiju is a demon that thrives on electrical current. While generally calm, they can become agitated when overwhelmed with power.

Strength: A Raiju can siphon power from nearby electrical devices, making it move faster.

Weakness: Raiju are constantly disrupting electronic equipment when attacking, making it easier to track.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Ghost Orb
D.O.T.S. Projector

All electric equipment except head mounted camera will excite the Raiju, making them not only faster but allowing them to hunt earlier. They can attain fearsome speed if given opportunity to travel and feed along "power grid" of loose devices that have been left active. Unlike the Revenant or Hantu, Raiju will continue to accelerate (or decelerate) if they are not "juiced", which makes them very dangerous in a chase. Electrically empowered Raiju is also more likely to hunt earlier.

If you suspect the ghost to be Raiju, you can turn off equipment when it's not in use or take it away from location altogether, or gather active equipment into clusters which at least won't give the ghost too large areas to stay aggressive along. Raiju's power state is either "on" or "off", and won't scale. When hunting, Raiju are fearsome enough that not only are electric items and lights disturbed at greater distance from them, their footsteps will also boom throughout the location to same effect.

Category: Early Hunter

AKA: Райдзю, 雷獣, 라이주, 雷魂, 雷魂, Ράιτζου, Райджу

Obake

Obake[en.wikipedia.org] are phantasmal shape-shifters who cannot ever be seen in their true form by humans, but that won't stop investigators with eye for detail from discovering them.

Obake are terrifying shape-shifters, capable of taking on many forms. They have been seen taking on humanoid shapes to attract their prey.

Strength: When interacting with the environment, an Obake will rarely leave a trace.

Weakness: Sometimes this ghost will shapeshift, leaving behind unique evidence.

Evidence
EMF Level 5
Fingerprints
Ghost Orb



Although superficially indistinguishable from other ghosts, Obake's transformations are not always perfect; they can leave malformed handprints and fingerprints on surfaces. However, these traces will quickly decay and may sometimes not be found at all. Obake can also be seen briefly transform into a different form during a hunt, but one must remain vigilant to witness it.

Because all other ghosts have guaranteed chance to leave fingerprints behind, witnessing the ghost touching doors or switches and only leaving prints on some of them is a quick way to identify Obake, but the players must remain on the site to search for and confirm presence or lack of fingerprint evidence before they can disappear.

Mimics, which have similar evidence, can leave behind traces similar to those of Obake when copying its behavior, so the players should still investigate the location thoroughly to confirm or deny any inconsistencies.

Category: Ordinary

AKA: Обакэ, 化け狐, 오바케, 幻妖, 幻妖, Ομπάκε, Обаке

Development summary

Obake received the trait of changing forms during hunt for a brief moment

The Mimic

Barring its ability to copy features of other ghost types, the Mimic possesses no unique behavior of its own, easily misleading and preying on the more oblivious investigators.

The Mimic is an elusive, mysterious copycat[en.wikipedia.org] ghost that mirrors traits and behaviors from others, including other ghost types.

Strength: We're unsure what this ghost is capable of. Be careful.

Weakness: Several reports have noted ghost orb sightings near mimics.

Evidence
Spirit Box
Fingerprints
Freezing Temperatures

The Mimic can copy and imitate any other ghost type, usually perfectly, but it cannot conceal its own evidence, or the accompanying ghost orbs which some investigators consider as "pseudo-evidence". Care should be taken to record the evidence as thoroughly as possible, as many ghost types are easy to confuse to Mimic, and vice versa.

Mimics can shift their behavior easily and frequently when being investigated, but they cannot "switch" what they copy while hunting. It is also possible for the Mimic to not copy any known ghost behavior, for a time, seemingly only exhibiting relatively mundane paranormal behavior until it adapts once more.

Category: any

AKA: Mímico, Der Mimik, Le Mimic, Il Mimo, Мимик, ミミック, 미믹, 拟魂, 擬魂, Ο μίμος, Mimeren, Härmare, Мімік, Miimikko

Moroi

Named after a type of Romanian vampire, Moroi[en.wikipedia.org] empower themselves with their victims' sanity.

Moroi have risen from the grave to drain energy from the living. They have been known to place curses on their victims, curable only by antidotes or moving very far away.

Strength: The weaker their victims, the stronger the Moroi becomes.

Weakness: Moroi suffer from hyperosmia, weakening them for longer periods.

Spirit Box
Ghost Writing
Freezing Temperatures


Moroi will curse investigators with their voice when they are heard when using Spirit Box or paranormal microphone to detect their presence. The curse will continuously drain away the victim's sanity so long as they are inside the haunted location. The only way to halt the effect is to step outside, and the only way to remove the curse is to consume sanity pills or leave the contract, but there is no way to detect the curse other than observing one's sanity to fall continuously even when they are staying in light.

Moroi become much faster the more insane the investigators are. Smudge sticks can be invaluable against them, since their sensitivity to smells effectively doubles the duration of the repelling effect which smudge sticks have on ghosts during their hunt. This may make some optional objectives harder or easier to complete depending on how the team is going to use their supply of smudge sticks, so it's best to plan ahead and work together.

A Mimic that copies Moroi can also inflict the curse, but it will end when the ghost changes form to another one.

Category: Sanity Drainer

AKA: Moroï, Морой, モーロイ, 모로이, 魔洛伊, 魔洛伊

Deogen

Deogen (De ogen, "The eyes") is a unique, all-seeing ghost from the forests of Belgium.

Sometimes surrounded by an endless fog, Deogen have been eluding ghost hunters for years.

These ghosts have been reported to find even the most hidden prey, before stalking them into exhaustion.

Strength: Deogen constantly sense the living. You can run but you can't hide.

Weakness: Deogen require a lot of energy to form and will move very slowly when approaching its victim.

Spirit Box
Ghost Writing
D.O.T.S. Projector

The Deogen sees everything and everyone. It's impossible to hide from them, and they will quickly catch up with their prey, but in presence of their prey they are rather weak and cannot catch an aware investigator or hunt as easily as most ghosts. If you are investigating a Deogen, be aware of your surroundings and don't run into a dead end. You can run, but you can't hide. Identifying the ghost quickly is always the best way to survive any encounters with them.

Staying very close to a Deogen when trying to gain Spirit Box evidence sometimes allows the ghost's breathing to be heard over the Spirit Box instead of speech. No other ghosts are known to be capable of this, so it's possible to identify the Deogen early.

Category: No acceleration

AKA: Деоген, デオヘン, 데오겐, 雾影, 霧影

Thaye

Thaye[en.wikipedia.org] are fiendishly powerful but susceptible ghosts named after malicious spirits from Burma.

Thaye have been known to rapidly age over time, even in the afterlife. From what we’ve learned, they seem to deteriorate faster while within the presence of the living.

Strength: Upon entering the location, Thaye will become active, defensive and agile.

Weakness: Thaye will weaken over time, making them weaker, slower and less aggressive.

Ghost Orb
Ghost Writing
D.O.T.S. Projector

At the beginning of investigation, Thaye are extremely powerful and dangerous. They can hunt earlier than almost all ghosts, and are very likely to produce evidence. In large, complex locations, they are probably the most dangerous known ghosts. However, as soon as they are in presence of mortals, they will begin aging, gradually becoming weak and inactive as time goes on, but only if they are in same room with an investigator.

Thaye are not able to accelerate during a hunt, so their speed is dependent entirely on their current age. Splitting up into different rooms, prioritizing evidence collection, and preventing the ghost from hunting early are good strategies against the Thaye. Because the ghost's age can change, you can also discover the ghost to be Thaye if you receive conflicting answers on its age when using Ouija Board.

A Mimic copying Thaye will choose a random age and cannot change their age until they copy another ghost type. A Mimic that is copying Thaye can also give conflicting answers when using Spirit Box as well as on the Ouija Board.

Category: Early Hunter, no acceleration

AKA: Thayé, Тайэ, セーイ, 타예, 刹耶, 剎耶, Тхає

Nightmare evidence

The following ghosts is guaranteed to appear during Nightmare difficulty (or reduced evidence settings) for certain ghost types.

• Fingerprints: Obake
  
• D.O.T.S. Projector: Goryo
  
• Freezing temperatures: Hantu
  
• Spirit Box: Moroi and Deogen

The Mimic will also always be accompanied by Ghost Orb, but it is not considered to be conventional ghost type evidence.

Closing words

If you felt like something is missing from the guide or something was said wrong or strangely, feel free to comment below and I'll see what can be done. :) But spoiler-heavy details (usually anything that official patch notes hide behind spoiler curtains) will not be included. There are other guides for that kind of information.

Thanks to Kinetic Games team and the entire official Phasmophobia Discord server and the community at large for making this all possible.

[Rayalot72]

The Shade info from Shuee seems to be incorrect. EMF 2 interactions and ghost events are also prevented, not just throws. If I had to guess, DK might just not remember the Shade's characteristics, or he's talking about a planned change that he forgot was scrapped.

You can test yourself w/ 0 sanity and a motion sensor (probably multiple to get directionality) if the Shade is in a room where it doesn't tend to leave very often. There's a stark contrast to when it's chilling with you as opposed to when you leave it alone in terms of activity (and it's especially obvious if it changes its favorite room on you and starts spamming actions). Even easier to test in a duo, since most ghost rooms will only see the ghost going back and forth between 2 different rooms.

Haven't tested if this applies to ghost writing very thoroughly.

[Rhapsody]

Added some missing meta information (categories, Mimic tips) and tips pertaining to 0.6.2.2 patch for Thaye.

[stormyyy]

only 9 comments :(

[Rhapsody]

Investigation period is over and information on new ghost types is fully available. :) You can check the official patch notes for spoiler data if you need to see that.

[Raft]

CUTE ART!

[Rhapsody]

Guide contents have been updated for version 0.6.2. Further details on the new ghost types and hopefully artwork will be revealed when the two-week Investigation Period is concluded.

[Ybneth]

Dude that's a perfect guide. Also extremely cute ghost arts 3

[RTEyzi]

thanks

[Rapha the ghost]

Thanks for this guide, learned some things I didnt know

[Rhapsody]

@Leo Only the text in italics is.
The reason it's included is so you can compare what is said in journal with further information and review essential information such as main strength and weakness list of evidence for each ghost without hassle.