Little note about seeing if you’re in a hunt, since I can see the language of this video maybe confusing a completely new player. Even if the power is off, you can still flick the light switch. It won’t turn on the lights because there’s no power. However in a hunt you physically can’t move the switch, so it won’t make the little clicking sound that you would expect a light switch to make when flicking it.
This was SUPER helpful! Thank you so much for making this. I just started playing yesterday and I can finally not die, discover the right ghost, and survive. The one thing that was killing me too is placing items with “F” to set them up. The base tutorial for the game was very vague compared to this lol. Subbed.
If you know that the boys room is the ghost room: DO NOT HIDE IN THERE. There's like a 50% chance it will find you even if it isn't a Deo. Instead, if it's Tanglewood, there's always hiding in the nursery right next to it
Awesome video! Just one other thing that could be helpful - get used to the sounds that ghosts make when touching doors/items/widows light switches. The sounds ghosts make when touching doors or lights is dramatically different to the ones that players make and can be heard from several rooms away if you listen really hard! You can use this to track the ghost and tell if it's going to start hunting from outside the ghost room. Also, that sneaky Obake at 7:12 and 7:26. I had to rewind the video to double check. 🤣
OH MY GOSH! You actually gave me a tip that made me gasp. I had no idea that the smudge was global. I'm definitely from now on having the van attendant hold a lighter. This is such a great idea.
Just got the game and discovered your channel. You're a refreshing change of pace from other Phasmo YTers, whom I largely find obnoxious and douchey. Subbed!
A lot of people in the comments: What a great guide!!! Me: What a sweet obake ( Ghost in tip 6, minute 6:40 ) xD But fr really good guide!! I wish you would have uploaded this a year ago, when I started playing phasmo.
I knew that a tv or screen counts as a light and can be use to rule out mare, but to use it as a portible hunt tester. That's genious. Never tough about that. I'm so leaving the remote in my hiding spot from now on.
I adore your videos and want to attempt doing the apocalypse challenge soon even if I started playing a month ago basically (before the upcoming wipe). I wanted to know if you had a discord group you play with people? I usually join online games but not everyone's the most friendly... so I'd love to learn more from you with direct experience other than only the videos (which are still very instructive)! I understand if you'd rather not, but I thought it wouldn't be bad to ask :)
hey rose! Good luck on the apocalypse challenge, you got this! I do have a discord :) discord.gg/maggstor I'm not always available to play, but there's a whole category dedicated to looking for people to play with if you want to check it out.
How the flat flounder does the shop/loadout/inventory system work? I cannot understand it for the life of me. I buy stuff but it doesn't show up in my van. I try to put stuff in my van and it says I have to buy it. Why could they not make an ordinary inventory system like any other game?
I think everyone had that one item that they are really fond of, whether it be a cursed possession (from what I’ve seen, mainly Tarot Cards and Monkey Paw, which includes me 😔) or something you can get from the van (Probably a smudge stick or Crucifix, but could be anything)
Alright, I just started playing this game and I thought to be able to take the pictures of fingerprints you had to have the UV light pointing at it to make it seen visible WHICH was not the case. And I wasted so much time trying to place the UV light and the fingerprints were already gone. So when you hear a door interaction, check fingerprints with the UV light quickly and if there is, you can take 2 pictures of it for interaction + the fingerprints but you have 20 seconds for interaction picture iirc?
yes you can take 2 pictures of a door for fingerprints and interaction (if the ghost has fingerprints as evidence) and I'm not 100% sure of the duration, the fingerprint duration at least will depend on the "fingerprint duration" modifier in the settings :)
Same, but after some time you get used to it. Its always scary because you can always die if you make a mistake, smudgesticks are great to stop fearing
Some post-0.9 notes: 7 - Reminder that headgear now attracts the ghost while turned on! 8 - I don't know if they're still global, but blinding the ghost lasts 5/6/7 seconds now (7.5/9/10.5 seconds for a moroi), depending on tier 9 - haha... oh, I wish. long story short: most other things are now worth 5x as much, photos aren't; not affected by investigation bonus; not affected by >1x difficulty multiplier. max can get is 110$, what you'll probably get is around 70-80$. don't get me wrong, if you have nothing better to do, photos are still something decent to occupy your time with. and, if the other objectives are easy enough, you can try for a perfect investigation, which actually is affected by the difficulty multiplier.
the way i tell if I'm in a hunt or not is i just click the radio (global chat) on for like a tenth of a second and if there's static then it's still hunting, otherwise if there's nothing I'm clear, but I don't know if the radio attracts the ghost or not
To clarify for you, the ghost can open doors as it roams in a hunt, but won't be able to open the closet door you hold unless it already knows you're there and rips it out of your hands while killing you anyway.
I made that mistake at grafton…. I thought it was an event and got killed because i went to get a picture and didn’t check the lights…. Turns out it was a hunt. I was inside the house for like 12 minutes or so and my sanity had magically dropped to 40% 😂 I was like 😐
Question for anyone, but do crucifix not work on certain ghosts? I recently had an oni that killed me even tho I had dropped a crucifix. Normally I'd use smudge stick but objective wanted crucifixes, I even dropped it and turned a corner, and it caught me like 3 seconds later
@@Maggstor ye that was the first thing that came in my mind, but I play solo, and separating salt piles so i don't accidentally take 2 pictures doesn't seem to help either. Guess the camera just has quite a wide angle of view and counts something i already got a 3star for, but anyway, appreciate the answer
I have 2 questions. Is it possible to only have the lighter in you're inventory and if the ghost hunts you light the smudge stick from the ground and then leave it there and run? Also, I thought that in order to smudge the ghost and make it blind you would have to be in the same room as it. Does it work from anywhere? Even if it's very far from you?
Yes you can light a smudge stick on the ground. You can even light a smudge stick that’s in someone else’s hand 😂 And the blinding effect of the smudge stick is global, so you can smudge from the van and save someone about to die in the house.
man my big problem with this game is that it doesn't seem to matter where I hide or how quickly I hide, the ghost just walks up to my hiding spot and kills me anyway.
Tip: If you figure out the ghost room, dont hide in it or close to it, try to go as far from the ghost room as you can. Then after you do just hide in a locker or behind some object. If you hide in a closet, locker hold the door fully closed but dont let go. That will mostly prevent you from dying since the ghost probably wont open the hiding spot door. And also use smudgesticks, they are a lifesaver.
The blindness effect of the smudge stick is global, so if you smudge from the van during the hunt, the ghost will be blinded for 6 seconds giving your teammate a chance to get away
Little note about seeing if you’re in a hunt, since I can see the language of this video maybe confusing a completely new player. Even if the power is off, you can still flick the light switch. It won’t turn on the lights because there’s no power. However in a hunt you physically can’t move the switch, so it won’t make the little clicking sound that you would expect a light switch to make when flicking it.
This explains a few of my deaths🤣
SUPER helpful. I had no idea that smudgesticks worked universally. Always assumed the ghost had to run into the smoke. Gonna give them another try
No longer does that in the new 9.0.0 update
That long kitchen chase scene gave me so much anxiety lmao
xD that was a spicy one
This was SUPER helpful! Thank you so much for making this. I just started playing yesterday and I can finally not die, discover the right ghost, and survive. The one thing that was killing me too is placing items with “F” to set them up. The base tutorial for the game was very vague compared to this lol. Subbed.
thank you! yeah the base game tutorial could definitely use some TLC :)
If you know that the boys room is the ghost room: DO NOT HIDE IN THERE. There's like a 50% chance it will find you even if it isn't a Deo. Instead, if it's Tanglewood, there's always hiding in the nursery right next to it
People on TH-cam: *Hides in closet*
Me: *Hides in closet, ghost finds me EVERY DAMN TIME*
Awesome video!
Just one other thing that could be helpful - get used to the sounds that ghosts make when touching doors/items/widows light switches.
The sounds ghosts make when touching doors or lights is dramatically different to the ones that players make and can be heard from several rooms away if you listen really hard! You can use this to track the ghost and tell if it's going to start hunting from outside the ghost room.
Also, that sneaky Obake at 7:12 and 7:26. I had to rewind the video to double check. 🤣
I love watching you play Phasmo, Maggie. You’re so positive and fun that it makes me have more fun too playing it.
thank you friend :)
I’m quite new to this game and your videos are very helpful with helping me learn all that phasmo has to offer. Thanks!
Listen up y'all. The OG Giga Chad Maggie about to drop some phasmo knowledge on us!
"Giga Chad Maggie" xD oh lordy
Why the n word?
@@theredviperyt It's better
OH MY GOSH! You actually gave me a tip that made me gasp. I had no idea that the smudge was global. I'm definitely from now on having the van attendant hold a lighter. This is such a great idea.
I didn't believe you until I saw 4 digit income at the end of the video, holy shit
love your vids! i always send them to my friends to make them less scared of the game ^- ^
aw thanks
I love notifications from your channel!!
🫶🫶🫶
yes please, more videos like this would be great
sure thing :)
Just got the game and discovered your channel. You're a refreshing change of pace from other Phasmo YTers, whom I largely find obnoxious and douchey. Subbed!
aw thank you so much!
A lot of people in the comments: What a great guide!!!
Me: What a sweet obake ( Ghost in tip 6, minute 6:40 ) xD
But fr really good guide!! I wish you would have uploaded this a year ago, when I started playing phasmo.
I knew that a tv or screen counts as a light and can be use to rule out mare, but to use it as a portible hunt tester. That's genious. Never tough about that. I'm so leaving the remote in my hiding spot from now on.
haha it's a nice little trick right?
@@Maggstor yea it will be used.
this video ngl came in clutch
some of the best tips people could get, very good video keep them going
thank you! and will do :)
Bruh I’m a little late to this game but I’m glad I found this video lol mags your a real G I dropped a follow and a like for you 😎
I start my day with mag calling me Friendo
:D
super helpful video, thanks!
Great tips! Thanks!
6:40 obake ability
I adore your videos and want to attempt doing the apocalypse challenge soon even if I started playing a month ago basically (before the upcoming wipe).
I wanted to know if you had a discord group you play with people? I usually join online games but not everyone's the most friendly... so I'd love to learn more from you with direct experience other than only the videos (which are still very instructive)!
I understand if you'd rather not, but I thought it wouldn't be bad to ask :)
hey rose! Good luck on the apocalypse challenge, you got this! I do have a discord :) discord.gg/maggstor I'm not always available to play, but there's a whole category dedicated to looking for people to play with if you want to check it out.
@@Maggstor I joined as Blackrose! Thank you for letting me be in the discord group ^^
@@selenienightshade4239 anytime! Welcome! :)
I'm just getting into this game. Thanks for the tips!
How the flat flounder does the shop/loadout/inventory system work? I cannot understand it for the life of me. I buy stuff but it doesn't show up in my van. I try to put stuff in my van and it says I have to buy it. Why could they not make an ordinary inventory system like any other game?
Yeah the shop system is awful :( I did make a video on it if that would help :) th-cam.com/video/acVREvc0wKQ/w-d-xo.html
I didn't know the smudge stick being global one ahahahha my wife and I have died so much while ones in the van and that could've been avoided ahaha
Further research, I've seen that it really only applies the initial attempt to smudge the ghost to all players, so right as you light it.
You said that smudge sticks are global. Is that still the case? Does this apply to all tiers?
no they patched this recently, sorry :(
I think everyone had that one item that they are really fond of, whether it be a cursed possession (from what I’ve seen, mainly Tarot Cards and Monkey Paw, which includes me 😔) or something you can get from the van (Probably a smudge stick or Crucifix, but could be anything)
I have 50+ hours in this game and had no idea smudge sticks can blind globally.
Yeah :D but I imagine they'll patch it eventually xD
Alright, I just started playing this game and I thought to be able to take the pictures of fingerprints you had to have the UV light pointing at it to make it seen visible WHICH was not the case. And I wasted so much time trying to place the UV light and the fingerprints were already gone. So when you hear a door interaction, check fingerprints with the UV light quickly and if there is, you can take 2 pictures of it for interaction + the fingerprints but you have 20 seconds for interaction picture iirc?
yes you can take 2 pictures of a door for fingerprints and interaction (if the ghost has fingerprints as evidence) and I'm not 100% sure of the duration, the fingerprint duration at least will depend on the "fingerprint duration" modifier in the settings :)
Quick question, can you use a lighter instead of a candle to prevent sanity drain? Or have I just been using the wrong thing the whole time lol.
I've tried testing the lighter for sanity drain and it's a little inconclusive :( I'd definitely trust a candle over a lighter :)
@@Maggstor Ok thank you! Just watched your video on looping so I wont need it as often anymore but thanks for the help :D
Did not know about smudge working from the van, i thought they have a range
the range effect applies to the 90 seconds of hunt prevention once the hunt is over, but to just blind the ghost you can do it from anywhere :)
thanks for the helpful tips. my biggest obstacle is that i am a wuss and the ghosts kind of terrify me.
Same, but after some time you get used to it. Its always scary because you can always die if you make a mistake, smudgesticks are great to stop fearing
@@naglisdargis4038 yeah. I played all day yesterday. Actually managed to guess 5 ghosts right Withoit ever starting a hunt or ghost event
When in looking at sanity to I look at everyone’s sanity or the average sanity? (If I’m playing multiplayer)
Pay attention to average sanity in multiplayer :)
1:19 so is there any way to cirmcumvent around this for deaf players if they cant hear the front door slamming or anything like that?
what is the best custom settings to level up in Phasmophobia?
my personal favorite way to farm is on my custom zero sanity zero evidence settings, here are the settings: imgur.com/a/xdUWIZb
@@Maggstor Thank you very much :)
wait wait wait you can use smudge sticks in the van and save people in the house???
Not anymore ☹️
the problem with a smudge stick is having the lighter also take up another spot in my inventory when i could have something better
U can drop smudges on the ground and light them.
Some post-0.9 notes:
7 - Reminder that headgear now attracts the ghost while turned on!
8 - I don't know if they're still global, but blinding the ghost lasts 5/6/7 seconds now (7.5/9/10.5 seconds for a moroi), depending on tier
9 - haha... oh, I wish. long story short: most other things are now worth 5x as much, photos aren't; not affected by investigation bonus; not affected by >1x difficulty multiplier. max can get is 110$, what you'll probably get is around 70-80$. don't get me wrong, if you have nothing better to do, photos are still something decent to occupy your time with. and, if the other objectives are easy enough, you can try for a perfect investigation, which actually is affected by the difficulty multiplier.
Incredible
the way i tell if I'm in a hunt or not is i just click the radio (global chat) on for like a tenth of a second and if there's static then it's still hunting, otherwise if there's nothing I'm clear, but I don't know if the radio attracts the ghost or not
best tips video out there ty
It’s the global smudge thing still a thing or did it get nerfed
Would you mind to revisit this video I case of outdated tips from the new update
Yeah for sure :D
when you're hiding in a closet does holding the door matter also great video i learned a lot
Yes you always want to hold the door you’re hiding behind :)
To clarify for you, the ghost can open doors as it roams in a hunt, but won't be able to open the closet door you hold unless it already knows you're there and rips it out of your hands while killing you anyway.
I am thinking of getting the game and I will probably never have the same nerve you do to get hunted by the ghost 💀
haha nah you got this!
Wait... what?! So you're telling me that I can smudge from the truck to save my team in the house from being hunted??? 😳😳
yup!! :)
@@Maggstor really? I thought it only within 6 meters radius no?
@@rubikvip2 the 6 meter radius is to apply the 90 seconds of hunting protection, but the 6 seconds of blindness is global :)
@@Maggstor holy, now I fully understand how does the smudge stick work, thank you so much
@@rubikvip2 anytime! :)
Omaga almost 1k hours, nice
I made that mistake at grafton…. I thought it was an event and got killed because i went to get a picture and didn’t check the lights…. Turns out it was a hunt. I was inside the house for like 12 minutes or so and my sanity had magically dropped to 40% 😂 I was like 😐
oh no haha sometimes it be like that
Smudge sticks are no longer universal, please do not burn them in the truck I will cry.
Question for anyone, but do crucifix not work on certain ghosts? I recently had an oni that killed me even tho I had dropped a crucifix. Normally I'd use smudge stick but objective wanted crucifixes, I even dropped it and turned a corner, and it caught me like 3 seconds later
It has to be on the ground before a hunt
@@Raynnnnnn ah
Any ideas why the game doesn't always count photo of the saltstep as a 3-star, or even any star photo?
hmm did someone maybe already take a picture of it? You should be able to get a 3 start footstep picture from the salt :/
@@Maggstor ye that was the first thing that came in my mind, but I play solo, and separating salt piles so i don't accidentally take 2 pictures doesn't seem to help either. Guess the camera just has quite a wide angle of view and counts something i already got a 3star for, but anyway, appreciate the answer
@@IstyManame ah ok, sorry that happened to you :(
I have 2 questions. Is it possible to only have the lighter in you're inventory and if the ghost hunts you light the smudge stick from the ground and then leave it there and run? Also, I thought that in order to smudge the ghost and make it blind you would have to be in the same room as it. Does it work from anywhere? Even if it's very far from you?
Yes you can light a smudge stick on the ground. You can even light a smudge stick that’s in someone else’s hand 😂
And the blinding effect of the smudge stick is global, so you can smudge from the van and save someone about to die in the house.
@@Maggstor Tysm! You're vids are amazing and they really help me with my gameplay. I'm subscribed :)
man my big problem with this game is that it doesn't seem to matter where I hide or how quickly I hide, the ghost just walks up to my hiding spot and kills me anyway.
Tip: If you figure out the ghost room, dont hide in it or close to it, try to go as far from the ghost room as you can. Then after you do just hide in a locker or behind some object. If you hide in a closet, locker hold the door fully closed but dont let go. That will mostly prevent you from dying since the ghost probably wont open the hiding spot door. And also use smudgesticks, they are a lifesaver.
How can we save our teammates if we use smudge sticks in van?
The blindness effect of the smudge stick is global, so if you smudge from the van during the hunt, the ghost will be blinded for 6 seconds giving your teammate a chance to get away
Its common sense prolly but i wish I knew not to hide in the ghost room when a hunt started 😂
You can use the fucking smudge from the van?????????? Are you kidding me? I’m level 1K and never knew this what the fuck
i love pugs🐶🐕
Paramic is the best in the game....smudge is fine
SMUDGE STICKS ARE GLOBAL?!
0:10 I have a *"few"* Hours in this game
this comment is a joke but its probably not funny lol :)
I thought most ghosts start their hunt in the ghost room?
Sometimes they'll roam out of the room and hunt :)
Smudge easily worst item in the game, lighter OP
GLOBAL SMUDGE STICKS???
yup :D (I have a feeling this might get patched with the 2.0 update tho)