If you're a ghost hunter extraordinaire in Phasmophobia, you'll be thrilled to know that the game offers a wide range of achievements and trophies that challenge your paranormal investigation skills. Unlocking all of these can not only enhance your gaming experience but also earn you the prestigious Achievement Hunter ID Card and Badge for your character. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to unlock all achievements in Phasmophobia.
How To Unlock All Achievements in Phasmophobia
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Phasmophobia boasts 54 achievements (and 55 trophies, including the Platinum trophy on PS5), each requiring you to complete various tasks ranging from basic training to advanced ghost hunting feats. While some achievements demand specific strategies, teaming up with friends can significantly ease the process. They can assist in setting up equipment, providing second opinions on ghost identities, and triggering certain ghost behaviors needed for achievements.
Below is a detailed list of all current achievements in the game, along with the best tips on how to unlock each of them.
| 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, identify a ghost from the list, and leave by closing the van. Accuracy is not required for completion. |
| Professional | **Complete 50 Contracts** Follow the same process as for 'Rookie,' but complete 50 times. |
| Boss | **Complete 100 Contracts** Follow the same process as for 'Rookie,' but complete 100 times. |
| Extra Mile | **Complete 50 optional objectives** Fulfill the optional objectives listed when starting a contract. Up to three can be completed per contract, marked with red checkmarks when done. |
| Dedicated | **Complete 30 daily tasks** Find daily tasks in the Main Menu, which refresh every 24 hours. Complete the required activities to fulfill the tasks. |
| Devoted | **Complete 10 weekly tasks** Access weekly tasks in the Main Menu, which refresh every Sunday. Complete the required activities to fulfill the tasks. |
| Challenger Approaching | **Complete a Weekly Challenge Mode** Engage in the weekly challenge from the Main Menu, using the preset loadout and navigating unique ghost behaviors and environments. Complete it three times within the same week to unlock the achievement and earn the full $5,000 reward. |
| Rise to the Challenge | **Complete the Weekly Challenge Mode 5 Times** Repeat the Weekly Challenge Mode process five times to unlock this achievement. |
| Taking All Challenges | **Complete the Weekly Challenge Mode 10 Times** Repeat the Weekly Challenge Mode process ten times to unlock this achievement. |
| 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** Continue spending money earned from contracts on the Equipment Manager screen until you reach $10,000. |
| Cash Cow | **Spend $50,000** Keep spending money earned from contracts on the Equipment Manager screen until you reach $50,000. |
| Break The Bank | **Spend $100,000** Continue spending money earned from contracts on the Equipment Manager screen until you reach $100,000. |
| Bare Essentials | **Unlock all tier one equipment** Level up by completing contracts and earning money. Spend it to unlock all tier one equipment for your van loadout by reaching Level 16. |
| Tools of the Trade | **Unlock all tier two equipment** Continue leveling up and spend money to upgrade all starter and optional equipment to tier two by reaching Level 49. |
| Fully Loaded | **Unlock all tier three equipment** Reach Level 90 and upgrade all starter and optional equipment to tier three. |
| Director | **Create a custom difficulty** Go to the 'Difficulty' setting under 'Choose a Contract' in the Main Menu, 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 all tasks during the contract, including optional objectives, taking a ghost photo, identifying the ghost type, and surviving. Alternatively, use the default 'Insanity' difficulty. |
| Silver Hunter | **Obtain the Silver Apocalypse Trophy** Follow the same process as for 'Bronze Hunter' but complete the tasks on a higher difficulty setting. |
| Gold Hunter | **Obtain the Gold Apocalypse Trophy** Follow the same process as for 'Bronze Hunter' but complete the tasks on the highest difficulty setting. Completing Gold Apocalypse first will automatically unlock Bronze and Silver achievements. |
| Banshee Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Banshee and survive** Identify the Banshee using Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Demon Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Demon and survive** Identify the Demon using Ultraviolet, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Deogen Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Deogen and survive** Identify the Deogen using Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Goryo Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Goryo and survive** Identify the Goryo using EMF5, Ultraviolet, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Hantu Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Hantu and survive** Identify the Hantu using Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Jinn Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Jinn and survive** Identify the Jinn using EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Mare Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Mare and survive** Identify the Mare using Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and Ghost Writing evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Moroi Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Moroi and survive** Identify the Moroi using Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Myling Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Myling and survive** Identify the Myling using EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Writing evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Obake Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Obake and survive** Identify the Obake using EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Orbs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Oni Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Oni and survive** Identify the Oni using EMF5, Freezing Temperatures, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Onryo Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Onryo and survive** Identify the Onryo using Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. Test for Onryo by lighting three Firelights in its favorite room; it will extinguish them and trigger a hunt. |
| Phantom Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Phantom and survive** Identify the Phantom using Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Poltergeist Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Poltergeist and survive** Identify the Poltergeist using Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Writing evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Raiju Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Raiju and survive** Identify the Raiju using EMF5, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Revenant Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Revenant and survive** Identify the Revenant using Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Shade Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Shade and survive** Identify the Shade using EMF5, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Spirit Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Spirit and survive** Identify the Spirit using EMF5, Spirit Box, and Ghost Writing evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Thaye Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Thaye and survive** Identify the Thaye using Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| The Mimic Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Mimic and survive** Identify the Mimic using Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, Freezing Temperatures, and Ghost Orbs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| The Twins Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Twins and survive** Identify the Twins using EMF5, Spirit Box, and Freezing Temperatures evidence, and survive their hunt. |
| Wraith Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Wraith and survive** Identify the Wraith using EMF5, Spirit Box, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Yokai Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Yokai and survive** Identify the Yokai using Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| Yurei Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Yurei and survive** Identify the Yurei using Ghost Orbs, Freezing Temperatures, and DOTs evidence, and survive its hunt. |
| I | **Reach Prestige I** Reach Level 100 and choose to 'Prestige' from the Main Menu. Note that this will reset your level and equipment. |
| II | **Reach Prestige II** Reach Level 100 again after Prestige I and choose to 'Prestige' from the Main Menu. Note that this will reset your level and equipment. |
| III | **Reach Prestige III** Reach Level 100 again after Prestige II and choose to 'Prestige' from the Main Menu. Note that this will reset your level and equipment. |
| Work Experience (Hidden) | **Complete your first contract** In either Singleplayer or Multiplayer, complete a contract by selecting a ghost from the list in your Journal and leaving the map by closing the van. Do not select 'Leave Game' in the Journal. |
| Flawless Execution (Hidden) | **Complete a perfect investigation** During a contract, 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** Trigger a Poltergeist to throw multiple objects by grouping items in the ghost’s location. |
| Escape Artist (Hidden) | **Escape a Revenant** Successfully escape a Revenant during a hunt, 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, identify a Banshee, lower your sanity, and wait in the ghost’s location for a hunt. |
| Doom Slayed (Hidden) | **Get killed by a Demon ability within the first minute** Enter a map with a Demon and get hunted immediately due to its ability to hunt at any sanity level. |
| Paranormal Perfectionist (PS5 Platinum Trophy) | Obtain all trophies |
That concludes the guide on how to unlock all achievements in Phasmophobia. For the latest guides and news on the game, including the Phasmophobia No Evidence Cheat Sheet, be sure to check out The Escapist.
Phasmophobia is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
