Phasmophobia’s Nightmare update delivers four new ghosts and a haunted campground

For serious players, there’s also a new Nightmare difficulty level.

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Phasmophobia’sbig Nightmare update has arrived, bringing us the game’s first outdoor map, a bunch of new ghost types, and a rework of the difficulty levels that includes the new Nightmare mode, “a challenge mode for those seeking the most intense gameplay Phasmophobia has to offer.”

The new map, called Maple Lodge Campsite, features picnic areas, tents, a log cabin, and a lake, which of course is haunted. It’s a medium-sized map but has more unique objects, object density, and visual detail than other maps in the game, which could impact performance. Developer Kinetic Games said minimum-requirement PCs should be able to handle it without any issues, but if you’re trying to get away with a system that’s not quite up to that spec you might see FPS drops. The minimap in the truck has also been updated for Maple Lodge Campsite; other locations will be given a similar minimap update in the future.

Four new ghost types are on the way—Onryo, The Twins, Obake, and Raiju—all of whom will have an increased chance to spawn during Phasmophobia’s Halloween event. There will also be some new ghost behaviors that should make life more interesting for supernatural super-sleuths:

👻 - The ghost can now interact with several showers in certain locations👻 - Ghosts will now disrupt electronic equipment whenever they are visible👻 - Ghosts can now blow out lighters similar to candles👻 - Using the walkie-talkie will now attract the ghost during hunts👻 - The walkie-talkie will now only play static sounds when near the ghost

In gameplay terms, the difficulty rework is also a big attraction in this update, as Kinetic said it’s aiming to “provide more options for players of every skill level.”

Here’s how the new levels break down:

Amateur: Recommended for new Ghost Hunters!

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Intermediate: The standard Ghost Huntin’ experience

Professional: For experienced Ghost hunters

Serious ghost-facers can opt for the new Nightmare difficulty level, which is basically the same as the Professional level except that ghosts will change their preferred rooms more often, your sanity pills are basically Tic-Tacs, there are almost no hiding places, and some of your stuff is busted because of “paranormal interference.” Sounds like a good time!

On top of all that, randomized weather effects will mix things up further—changes in temperature will make finding ghosts more difficult, fog will reduce visibility, that sort of thing—and the Ouija board has been revamped: You won’t suffer too much if your entreaties go unanswered, but if you do get an answer from the other side, look out: When the ghosts respond, your sanity will be lowered “greatly.”

Phasmophobia’s Nightmare update, which also features an array of changes and fixes that you can dive into below, islive now.

Changes:

Fixes

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