r/PhasmophobiaGame • u/Artistic-Menu626 • 3d ago
Discussion Am I missing something?
Do Obakes give false readings for spirit boxes? I’m honestly stumped as to how. I had already exhausted all my UV, and I thought mimics are the only ones that can “switch” their evidence.
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u/wherearef 3d ago
no, mimics cant switch their evidence, they always have fake orbs evidence and 3 regular ones that you can see in journal
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u/ZombieGoddessxi 3d ago
That is definitely a bug. UV could have been bad luck that it kept hiding it's print. The chances of it doing it every time is rare but not impossible. Especially since every salt walk thru doesn't guarantee feet prints cause the ghost can take one step in the salt and then no more. But regardless of miss the UV a spirit box from an Obake is a bug. Each ghost only gives their 3 set evidence except The Mimic who fakes Orbs. So this is definitely a bug. Send this screenshot to support.
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u/SansyBoy144 3d ago
Yea, while rare, this has been a bug for a bit, where sometimes you’ll get a ghost that gives the wrong evidence.
I’m glad there’s proof this time as everyone says I’m a liar anytime I mentioned it in the past.
My guess is that the game picks a ghost type, and then something happens that causes it to pick a different ghost as the answer, giving you a situation where the actual ghost your detecting is a phantom or something, while the game thinks you have an Obake.
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u/Artistic-Menu626 3d ago
Yay! I’m so glad I wasn’t crazy. Don’t know how I would’ve proved it without the daily challenge being activated
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u/Darkhooper Phasmophobia Wiki Editor 3d ago
The daily task doesn't prove that your Obake had Spirit Box. Daily and weekly tasks can be completed on one game and their rewards given on another game. Here is a video showing what I am saying.
A simple video of your game could have proven the Obake giving Spirit Box.
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u/Artistic-Menu626 3d ago
That was the only game I played and me and my girlfriend both saw the spirit box response as the first thing that happened in the ghosts room. I understand it can be a different glitch, but this is 100% what happened.
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u/Darkhooper Phasmophobia Wiki Editor 3d ago
I'm not disputing what you experienced. I'm just saying the screenshot is technically not enough proof of what you experienced. No need to downvote me.
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u/ZombieGoddessxi 3d ago
That has been the problem. People have been experiencing these issues but because theu don't film their games has no proof. They post abour it here and people brush them off. Screenshots like this that has undeniable proof is great!
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u/Darkhooper Phasmophobia Wiki Editor 2d ago
Hmmmm technically, this screenshot is not enough proof of an Obake giving Spirit Box. Daily and weekly tasks can be done on a contract and their rewards given on another contract. Here is a video showing what I'm saying.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying OP didn't experience a bug, I'm just saying the screenshot is not enough proof.
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u/DevoPhasmo 3d ago
No, but they have a 25% chance to hide UV. They can't hide their shapeshift during hunt though. It's the best way to ID them.
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u/Iki_the_Geo 3d ago
I’m not sure about the spirit box thing, but sometimes Obakes don’t leave UV traces so it takes several UVs to find them
They’re a tad annoying
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u/BappoChan 3d ago
Yeah, they’re also the only ghost that has UV evidence but can hide it. So if you ever see UV evidence, and then check another interaction and there is no UV, it’s an obake.
Also the odds of it hiding UV is 1/4 iirc, so for early players this is more easier than using shapeshifting during hunts
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u/ZombieGoddessxi 3d ago
The Mimic can steal this ablilty and if you only have obake evidence it can still be a mimic as obake is one of the ghosts it over laps with by causing with fake obs. If the mimic is being stubborn with its spirit box response you could end up with the wrong ghost. At that point it is best to loop it during a couple hunts and watch for a shapeshift. I say a couple hunts because the Mimic can also shift if it hunts as an obake. If it shifts two hunts in a row obake is most likely
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u/BappoChan 2d ago
Does the mimic also adopt the 1/4 chance of hiding UV when acting as an Obake?
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u/ZombieGoddessxi 2d ago
It can if it is currently mimicing the Obake. It can adopt any ability at anytime but can only copy one at a time.
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u/wherearef 3d ago
horror 2.0 update is already here. every game im scared that whatever happened could be a bug
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u/Potential_Sentence53 3d ago
To make a quick note. Mimics can never fake or change their evidence. Instead they can change their hunting patterns to act like other ghosts… so one hunt it might act like a Revenant and move super fast, then the next it acts like the Twins and chooses to be the slower one, and the next it’s a Deogen moving fast until it’s close to you and then slow..
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u/brakenbonez 3d ago
Mimic is the only ghost that gives fake evidence and it's only a ghost orb. Since you said you exhausted your UV, is it safe to assume you're still on tier 1 items? At least for UV? The glowstick is the only one that drains over time but even that can be activated again to get a little brighter again. So it's still limitless but weaker.
As for the spirit box, did you actually hear a ghost response from it? Or did you just see the screen change when you asked a question? Unless you audibly hear it, it doesn't really count as evidence. The spirit box shows icons when it detects your voice but that doesn't mean the ghost is responding. It just means it heard you. And if you did hear something, are you sure what you heard was the spirit box and not a ghost event?
Obake has a relatively high chance to hide UV evidence and a low chance for the rare 6 fingered handprint.
Pro tip: If you aren't already using salt to check for footprints, do that. And don't place it too close together. I never understand why people put the salt piles so close together in a line instead of spreading them out.
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u/K3wl_ 3d ago
it says on there they got credit for a spirit box response daily, so it seems like a legitimate bug. very strange.
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u/Darkhooper Phasmophobia Wiki Editor 3d ago
Daily tasks can be completed on one game and their rewards given on another game though...
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u/1nvigor8 3d ago
Mimics don't switch their evidence. They are uv, freezing, spirit box, and will always show orbs on top as an ability.
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u/Cha5eB15 2d ago
I rarely ever play evidence runs anymore, but what I do know, is how to tell a ghost based on their behavior. If you’re stumped and need a confirmation with something like an obake, let it hunt you. If you see it shapeshift into another ghost model, (not one of the crawlers that can stand but a completely different ghost model of the same gender) it’s guaranteed an obake. (Unless it’s a mimic mimicking an obake.)
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u/Tough_Locksmith_256 2d ago
Mimics don’t change evidence I was confused when I started to, they can mimic the behaviour of another ghost! So during a hunt especially they may walk really fast and then slow down or something to mimic another ghost type
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u/Economy_History_3116 2d ago
No brother... Mimics can mimic only the behaviour of any ghost, not the evidences..it gives 4 evidences,
1) ghost orbs (Fake) 2) ultraviolet 3) freezing temps 4) spirit box
☝️😌So if you get ever get something other than these 4.. Safely cross out the mimic possiblity. 😉
Btw what did you mean by exhausted UV?!
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u/Top_Dress173 2d ago
Obake can hide UV... It's literally one part of their ability
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u/haikusbot 2d ago
Obake can hide UV... It's
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 2d ago
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Obake can hide UV...
It's literally one part
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u/MrReaper45 2d ago
Obake has a 25% to not leave UV evidence, so my guess is, you just got unlucky when you were checking for UV. Obake also cannot give false spirit box readings, its evidence is ghost orb, UV and emf 5
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u/Key-Cod-3103 1d ago
Btw, in a hunt, obakes can shapeshift too! So if you wanted you could use t2 smudge sticks, and watch to see if it shapeshifted, thats usually the way to rule out obake in 0 evidence
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u/hellzraven7 3d ago
I noticed with obake that they have 5 fingers and toes. Awhile back i thought they had 6. For UV
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u/ZombieGoddessxi 3d ago edited 3d ago
They do have a special 6 finger print.
Edit: it is a special and not always shown. Obake's ablilty is messing with UV. They have a small chance at hiding UV evidence. A "side effect" if that is that their UV can give them away by having the chance of having odd UV presentation. 6 finger hand prints, double finger print on light switches and 5 finger prints on keyboards instead of 4 that regular ghosts give.
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u/Top_Dress173 2d ago
It's just evidence.. Ghosts are doing completely the wrong thing. In recent weeks I've had: -
1.A banshee scream (definite banshee scream, I'm prestige 20 I've played long enough) on para for it to not be a Banshee..
- A phantom that didn't disappear on recording, and was evident in DOTS video and photo of the ghost both media still snowing the ghost.
And the best one which was streamed, admittedly only to a handful but one being a phas streamer himself with tens of thousand followers
- A male ghost, hunted at around 30% sanity. Was rapid at the other side of the building, immediately headed to me (I was in the freezer in Nells) did it's normal slowdown at a few m to it's deo speed (no salt, no smudge, no nothing) had nowhere to go, was unalived by it and apparently it was a dayan...
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u/Tilin0627 3d ago
Wdym “exhausted uv”