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Every week, there’s a new Challenge Mode in Phasmophobia. Each Challenge Mode presents you with a new and custom difficulty that can either be simple or devastatingly difficult. Sometimes, you might have to go into a map without any electronics whatsoever and still determine the ghost type correctly, or other times, you might just have to complete certain maps with correct evidence. It all depends on the week and what type of challenge Kinetic Games feels like throwing at us. Let’s take a look at what this week’s Challenge Mode is in Phasmophobia.
This Week’s Phasmophobia Challenge Mode
This week, Phasmophobia has a pretty difficult task for us to complete:
- The hardest possible challenge, but with normal investigator speed. Good luck.
- The Apocalypse Draws Near
- Correctly find the ghost type in Sunny Meadows Restricted three times.
- $5,000 & 5,000 XP reward
Compared to other weeks, this challenge will be pretty difficult to complete. Even though there will be a full loadout of Tier 3 items available, you’ll need to make use of each item’s full abilities.
In The Apocalypse Draws Near, you will have access to every type of equipment, but none of them will actually give you evidence, making it wildly difficult to actually figure out the ghost type. You’ll need to rely on the ghost’s behavior. Additionally, you’ll have no Sanity, and you won’t be able to check the ghost’s activity from monitors in the van. Your Sanity drain speed, even with Sanity Pills will be doubled, and you won’t be able to use Flashlights or sprint at all.
The best course of action in this instance, is to search for the most obvious audible evidence first. Banshees are often screaming or singing, while others might breathe heavily. Any of these noises, as well as the speed of the ghost’s footsteps, can be determined through hearing alone. You can find out which ghosts are more audible than others, as well as the speed of each ghost type in our cheat sheet here. Additionally, you can pay attention to the various things they do that don’t particularly count as evidence. Maybe it’s a ghost that doesn’t typically attack until your Sanity levels are much higher than they normally would be, making it a Demon. Or maybe, you will see Ghost Orbs, which will make it a Mimic. Pay attention to the clues that aren’t solid evidence.
Where to Find the Difficulty Settings
Finding the Challenge Mode for this week is as simple as opening up your game. By default, you start out in your safe house, which is exactly where you need to be. Head up to the main board to the right of the map board and interact with it. From there, select the difficulty of the hunt as if you are going to change it and scroll through the list until you find “Challenge Mode.” Selecting Challenge Mode will tell you everything you need to know about how to complete the challenge, as well as the terms of difficulty and what type of loadout and conditions you’ll be under.
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