If you're a ghost hunter extraordinaire in Phasmophobia, you'll be thrilled to know that the game offers a plethora of achievements and trophies to test your skills. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to unlock all achievements in Phasmophobia.
How To Unlock All Achievements in Phasmophobia
Phasmophobia features a total of 54 achievements, with an additional Platinum trophy for PS5 players, totaling 55 trophies. Unlocking all of them will earn you the coveted Achievement Hunter ID Card and Badge for your character.
While some achievements require specific strategies, the most effective way to unlock many of them is by playing with friends. They can help you set up equipment more quickly, provide second opinions on ghost identities, and facilitate the ghost behaviors needed for certain achievements.
Here's a detailed list of all current achievements in the game, along with the best tips for unlocking each one:
| Achievement/Trophy | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| No More Training Wheels | **Complete training** Navigate to the "Training" tab in the Main Menu and follow each step until completion. |
| Rookie | **Complete 10 Contracts** Select a map, enter the location, circle a ghost on the list, and exit by closing the van. Your guess doesn't need to be correct. |
| Professional | **Complete 50 Contracts** Follow the same steps as for Rookie, but complete 50 contracts. |
| Boss | **Complete 100 Contracts** Follow the same steps as for Rookie, but complete 100 contracts. |
| Extra Mile | **Complete 50 optional objectives** These are available when starting a contract. Complete up to three per contract, indicated by red checkmarks when fulfilled. |
| Dedicated | **Complete 30 daily tasks** Find daily tasks in the Main Menu, which refresh every 24 hours. Complete the required activities to fulfill each task. |
| Devoted | **Complete 10 weekly tasks** Weekly tasks are listed in the Main Menu and refresh every Sunday. Complete the required activities within the week. |
| Challenger Approaching | **Complete a Weekly Challenge Mode** Access Challenge Mode from the Main Menu, which offers a different challenge each week with preset loadouts and unique ghost behaviors. Complete the challenge three times within the same week to unlock this achievement and earn the full $5,000 reward. |
| Rise to the Challenge | **Complete the Weekly Challenge Mode 5 Times** Follow the same steps as Challenger Approaching, but complete the challenge five times over different weeks. |
| Taking All Challenges | **Complete the Weekly Challenge Mode 10 Times** Follow the same steps as Challenger Approaching, but complete the challenge ten times over different weeks. |
| Chump Change | **Spend $1** After earning money from contracts, spend it on the Equipment Manager screen to the right of the dashboard. |
| Fat Stack | **Spend $10,000** Follow the same steps as Chump Change, but spend a total of $10,000. |
| Cash Cow | **Spend $50,000** Follow the same steps as Chump Change, but spend a total of $50,000. |
| Break The Bank | **Spend $100,000** Follow the same steps as Chump Change, but spend a total of $100,000. |
| Bare Essentials | **Unlock all tier one equipment** Level up by completing contracts and earning money. Spend that money to unlock all tier one equipment by reaching Level 16. |
| Tools of the Trade | **Unlock all tier two equipment** Continue leveling up and spend money to upgrade all equipment to tier two by reaching Level 49. |
| Fully Loaded | **Unlock all tier three equipment** Reach Level 90 and upgrade all equipment to tier three to unlock this achievement. |
| Director | **Create a custom difficulty** From the Main Menu, go to 'Difficulty' under 'Choose a Contract', select 'Custom', set your features, and click 'Apply' to unlock this achievement. |
| Bronze Hunter | **Obtain the Bronze Apocalypse Trophy** Create a custom difficulty in Singleplayer for Sunny Meadows Institution and complete the following during the contract: complete all 3 optional objectives, obtain a ghost photo (1-3 stars), correctly identify the ghost type, and survive the investigation. You can also use the default 'Insanity' difficulty. |
| Silver Hunter | **Obtain the Silver Apocalypse Trophy** Follow the same steps as Bronze Hunter, but complete the Apocalypse Challenge for the Silver trophy. |
| Gold Hunter | **Obtain the Gold Apocalypse Trophy** Follow the same steps as Bronze Hunter, but complete the Apocalypse Challenge for the Gold trophy. Completing Gold first will automatically unlock Bronze and Silver. |
| Banshee Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Banshee and survive** Banshee evidence includes Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs. They are known for screaming into the Parabolic Microphone, targeting individual players, and singing ghost events. |
| Demon Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Demon and survive** Demon evidence includes Ultraviolet, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They can hunt every 20 seconds instead of 25 and at any sanity level. |
| Deogen Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Deogen and survive** Deogen evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, and DOTs. They are known for heavy breathing in the Parabolic Microphone. |
| Goryo Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Goryo and survive** Goryo evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and DOTs. They do not move far from their favorite room during hunts or change rooms. |
| Hantu Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Hantu and survive** Hantu evidence includes Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, and Freezing Temperatures. They are faster in colder temperatures during hunts and cannot turn on the breaker. |
| Jinn Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Jinn and survive** Jinn evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Freezing Temperatures. They cannot turn off the breaker and are faster during hunts while it's on. |
| Mare Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Mare and survive** Mare evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and Ghost Writing. They wander to rooms with the lights off and quickly turn off and/or blow out lights. |
| Moroi Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Moroi and survive** Moroi evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They can place a curse on a player when heard through a Spirit Box or Parabolic Microphone, depleting sanity quicker. |
| Myling Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Myling and survive** Myling evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Writing. They are difficult to detect by sound from further away. |
| Obake Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Obake and survive** Obake evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Orbs. They have abnormal ultraviolet prints and change ghost models during hunts. |
| Oni Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Oni and survive** Oni evidence includes EMF5, Freezing Temperatures, and DOTs. They drain extra sanity during ghost events and their model is more visible during hunts. |
| Onryo Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Onryo and survive** Onryo evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and Freezing Temperatures. They can be tested by lighting three Firelights in their favorite room/area, which they will extinguish in succession and trigger a hunt. |
| Phantom Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Phantom and survive** Phantom evidence includes Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and DOTs. They are not visible in photos taken by the player. |
| Poltergeist Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Poltergeist and survive** Poltergeist evidence includes Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Writing. They excessively throw debris further than other ghosts. |
| Raiju Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Raiju and survive** Raiju evidence includes EMF5, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs. They hunt at higher sanity levels and move faster during hunts when near electronic equipment. |
| Revenant Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Revenant and survive** Revenant evidence includes Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They move slowly during hunts until detecting a player by sound/movement/equipment. |
| Shade Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Shade and survive** Shade evidence includes EMF5, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They do not hunt or event if the player is in their favorite room. |
| Spirit Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Spirit and survive** Spirit evidence includes EMF5, Spirit Box, and Ghost Writing. They have a longer cooldown when Incensed. |
| Thaye Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Thaye and survive** Thaye evidence includes Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, and DOTs. Their ghost model "ages" as the player's sanity drops. |
| The Mimic Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Mimic and survive** Mimic evidence includes Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, Freezing Temperatures, and Ghost Orbs. They have four pieces of evidence and change ghost behavior. |
| The Twins Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Twins and survive** Twins evidence includes EMF5, Spirit Box, and Freezing Temperatures. They exhibit double ghost activities and hunt at two different speeds. |
| Wraith Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Wraith and survive** Wraith evidence includes EMF5, Spirit Box, and DOTs. They do not interact with any tier of salt placed by the player. |
| Yokai Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Yokai and survive** Yokai evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs. They have stronger player audio detection and can hunt at up to 80% sanity when the player is in their room. |
| Yurei Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Yurei and survive** Yurei evidence includes Ghost Orbs, Freezing Temperatures, and DOTs. They frequently interact with doors and can close the entrance door outside of hunts and events. |
| I | **Reach Prestige I** Upon reaching Level 100, you'll be offered the chance to 'Prestige' via the Main Menu. Accept to unlock the achievement, but note that your level and equipment will reset. |
| II | **Reach Prestige II** Follow the same steps as Prestige I, but reach Prestige II. |
| III | **Reach Prestige III** Follow the same steps as Prestige I, but reach Prestige III. |
| Work Experience (Hidden) | **Complete your first contract** In either Singleplayer or Multiplayer, select a ghost from the list in your Journal, and exit the map by closing the van. Do not select 'Leave Game' in the Journal. |
| Flawless Execution (Hidden) | **Complete a perfect investigation** To achieve the 'Perfect Investigation' bonus, complete all three optional objectives, take nine 3-star photos, collect the bone from the map, and correctly guess the ghost's identity. |
| They're Here (Hidden) | **Witness a Poltergeist ability** Poltergeists can throw multiple objects at once if grouped together. Gather various items and place them in a pile in the ghost's location to trigger this ability. |
| Escape Artist (Hidden) | **Escape a Revenant** Successfully escape a Revenant during a hunt, ideally using tier 2 or 3 Incense to stall the ghost while you escape. |
| The Bait (Hidden) | **Get killed by a Banshee in multiplayer** In a group, correctly identify a Banshee, lower your sanity, and wait in the ghost's location for a hunt to be targeted. |
| Doom Slayed (Hidden) | **Get killed by a Demon ability within the first minute** Demons can hunt at any sanity level, so this achievement relies on luck. Enter the map and get killed by a Demon's hunt within the first minute. |
| Paranormal Perfectionist (PS5 Platinum Trophy) | Obtain all trophies |
That concludes the guide on unlocking all achievements in Phasmophobia. For more detailed guides and the latest news on the game, including the Phasmophobia No Evidence Cheat Sheet, be sure to visit The Escapist.
Phasmophobia is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
