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Useful Information

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LoS – Line of sight
 
Breaker – Circuit breaker or fuse box
 
(m)etres
 
(s)econds
 
(min)utes
 
 
Crucifix : 3m
 
Fingerprints : 2min
 
Hunts : 50% sanity
 
Hunts Cooldown : 25s
 
Hunts Ghost Electronic Interference : 10m
 
Hunts Ghost Flicker Rate : 0.3s – 1s
 
Hunts Ghost Speed : 1.5m/s
 
Smudge Stick : 90s, 6m
 
Total Activty : Jumps of 5, means EMF 5
 
 
 

Banshee (Tunnel Vision)

Crucifix : 5m
 
Events : Prefers singing
 
Hunts : Chases main target only or everyone else if target not in investigation area
 
Hunts : Only checks the sanity of target when attempting hunts
 
Parabolic Microphone : Scream
 
 
 

Demon (Always Hunting)

Ability : Hunt at any sanity
 
Crucifix : 5m
 
Hunts : 70% sanity
 
Hunts : Cooldown 20s
 
Smudge Stick : 60s
 
 
 

Deogen (Slow Chaser)

*Hunts : Look at ghost to slow it down
 
Hunts : 0.5x speed LoS (loopable), 2x speed no LoS
 
 
 

Goryo (Missing Evidence)

Characteristics : Less likely to roam around
 
Evidence : DOTS guaranteed in nightmare
 
Video Camera : Hold camera outside of ghost room and look for DOTS in person
 
 
 

Hantu (Cold)

Breaker : Twice more likely to turn off
 
Breaker : Never turns on
 
Evidence : Freezing temperatures guaranteed in nightmare
 
Hunts : Moves faster when cold, slower when warm (loopable)
 
 
 

Jinn (Power)

*Ability : Teleport to player when hunting (only once)
 
Ability : Chance of -25% sanity within 3m (breaker on)
 
Breaker : Never turns off
 
Hunts : 2x speed >2m LoS (breaker on), 1x speed no LoS
 
 
 

Mare (Dark)

Characteristics : Decreased interaction when lights on
 
Events : Prefers exploding lights
 
Hunts : 60% sanity, ghost room lights off
 
Hunts : 40% sanity, ghost room lights on
 
Lights : Chance of turning lights off immediately
 
Lights : Never turns on light
 
 
 

Moroi (Accelerating)

*Hunts : Speeds up over time
 
 
 

Myling (Silent Steps)

Hunts : Quieter footsteps (hear footsteps same time as electronics begin to flicker, same floor)
 
Parabolic Microphone : Murmuring or growling
 
 
 

Obake (Special Fingerprints)

Ability : Fingerprints disappear in less than 2 minutes
 
Evidence : Fingerprints guaranteed in nightmare
 
Fingerprints : 75% chance to leave fingerprints
 
Fingerprints : 6/5 finger handprints
 
Fingerprints : 2/1 fingerprints on light switches
 
Fingerprints : 5/4 fingerprints on keyboards and prison cell block gates
 
 
 

Oni (Active)

Ability : Throw items fast and far
 
Characteristics : Very active
 
Events : Prefers physical form
 
Events : Will never cause ghost events where it appears as a smoke and hisses at player
 
 
 

Onryo (Candle)

Ability : 50% chance of hunting after extinguishing flames, increased after every kill (~100% after 2 kills)
 
Characteristics : Prioritize blowing out a flame instead of using a crucifix (use multiple candles)
 
Flames : Blows out flames more often
 
Hunts : 60% sanity, no flames
 
 
 

Phantom (Camera-Shy)

Ability : Walks to players
 
Photo : Taking a photo makes it instantly and temporarily disappear (‘ghost’ photo but not visible)
 
Hunts : Flash visible every 1 to 2 seconds, invisible for longer periods of time
 
 
 

Poltergeist (Item Explosion)

Ability : Throw multiple items
 
Ability : Throw items fast and far
 
Characteristics : Interact with objects much more frequently
 
Total Activty : 0 – 10 short spike
 
 
 

Raiju (Electronics)

Hunts : 65% sanity
 
Hunts : Active electronics gives speed boost
 
Hunts : Interfere with electronics at a longer range (same floor)
 
 
 

Revenant (Fast Chaser)

Hunts : 2x speed LoS, 0.5x speed no LoS
 
 
 

Shade (No Evidence)

Characteristics : Low activity if player in room
 
Events : Prefers mist-type ‘hissing’
 
Events : Prefers shadow form
 
Hunts : 35% sanity
 
Hunts : Will not hunt if player in room
 
Summoning Circle : Chance of shadow form
 
 
 

Spirit (420)

Smudge Stick : 180s
 
 
 

Thaye (Tired)

Characteristics : Activity decreases over time
 
*Hunts : 20% sanity
 
Hunts : Slows down over time (loopable)
 
 
 

The Mimic (Ghost Orbs)

Ability : Copy other ghosts (multiple times, not during hunts)
 
Evidence : Ghost Orbs guaranteed in nightmare
 
Evidence : 3+ evidence in nightmare and 4+ evidence in others
 
 
 

The Twins (Multiple Locations)

Characteristics : Interactions occuring in very quick succession
 
Crucifix : Only works on main twin
 
Decoy Twin : Cannot be detected by motion sensors
 
Decoy Twin : Only gives EMF 5 as evidence
 
Hunts : Decoy twin less chance of hunts
 
Hunts : Main twin 0.9x speed, decoy twin 1.1x speed
 
Hunts : Start in either twin location
 
Total Activty : Slope gradient change (not flat)
 
 
 

Wraith (Salt)

Ability : Teleports to players, EMF 2/5 at teleport location
 
Salt : Footsteps, no footprint (don’t put salt on carpet)
 
Salt : Increased interactions after stepping on salt
 
 
 

Yokai (Deaf)

Characteristics : Talking nearby will increase the chance of interactions
 
Hunts : 80% sanity within 2m of ghost when talking
 
Traits : 2m hearing range
 
 
 

Yurei (Door)

Ability : Closes a door sharply (7.5m , -13% sanity)
 
Events : Prefers hisses
 
 

 
 
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