Cursed Possession Drop

Lore & Background

Each cursed item has a 1 in 7 chance to spawn on each map, with different spawn locations for each item. Only one cursed possession will spawn on the map unless set otherwise via custom difficulty. The only exception being insanity difficulty in which no cursed possessions spawn. Having any Cursed Possession reduces the multiplier of custom games, while specifically choosing once lowers it further. The Monkey Paw is the most extreme, with a 5x multiplier reduction. The Music Box, Haunted Mirror, Tarot Cards, Summoning Circle, and Voodoo Doll were all released in version 0.5.0, known as the Cursed Possessions update. The Monkey Paw item was added at a later time, in update 0.8.1.0.

In Their Own Story

The Ouija Board was the first Cursed Possession in Phasmophobia, being present in early alpha and the initial release. Similar to a Spirit Box, the Ouija Board allows players to ask the ghost questions, such as "Where are you?" or "How old are you?". The Ouija Board can give players more helpful answers than a Spirit Box. The ghost will respond by moving the dial to one letter at a time, spelling out an answer. Asking questions on the Ouija Board will lower the player's sanity more or less depending on the question. Asking the question "Hide and Seek" will count down and trigger a cursed hunt, and asking a question without enough sanity will break the Ouija Board and trigger a cursed hunt. The Music Box is an item that allows the player to locate the ghost. Once the Music Box is obtained, a player can trigger it, and the ghost will begin to creepily hum along with the music. Any players nearby will start losing sanity. Once a player drops the Music Box or runs out of sanity while the song is playing, the Music Box gets too close to the ghost, or the ghost touches the player during the song, the Music Box will break and trigger a cursed hunt.

Reader's Guide

To use a Cursed Possession, players must first locate it on the map — each item has a 1 in 7 chance to spawn, with different spawn locations for each item. Only one cursed possession will spawn per map unless set otherwise via custom difficulty. On insanity difficulty, no cursed possessions spawn. The Ouija Board requires players to ask questions aloud; asking "Hide and Seek" will count down and trigger a cursed hunt. Asking a question without enough sanity will break the Ouija Board and trigger a cursed hunt. The Music Box, once triggered, makes the ghost hum along; players nearby lose sanity. Dropping the Music Box, running out of sanity while the song plays, getting too close to the ghost, or having the ghost touch the player during the song will break the Music Box and trigger a cursed hunt. Having any Cursed Possession reduces the multiplier of custom games, with the Monkey Paw causing the most extreme reduction at 5x.

Did You Know?

• As of May 2024, there are a total of seven cursed possessions in Phasmophobia: Ouija Board, Music Box, Haunted Mirror, Tarot Cards, Summoning Circle, Voodoo Doll, and Monkey Paw.
• The Ouija Board was the first Cursed Possession, present in early alpha and the initial release.
• The Music Box, Haunted Mirror, Tarot Cards, Summoning Circle, and Voodoo Doll were all released in version 0.5.0, known as the Cursed Possessions update.
• The Monkey Paw was added later, in update 0.8.1.0, and causes a 5x multiplier reduction — the most extreme of any cursed possession.
• On insanity difficulty, no cursed possessions spawn at all.