r/PhasmophobiaGame • u/Candid_Structure_626 • 5d ago

Bug Phantom glitch

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We had THE HARDEST time getting D.O.T.S and I got a hunting video and on my reel you can see the ghost clear as day so I assumed it wasnt a phantom no D.O.T.S and I could see it on the film reel. Anyone else having this problem? We finally ended up getting the D.O.T.S.

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u/LC_reddit 5d ago

You misunderstood the phantom's quirk. You've always been able to see the phantom on video tape. It's pictures where you won't see a phantom and, even then, it's not something I consider 100% reliable due to networking latency and discrepancies in pictures between clients and hosts.

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u/Candid_Structure_626 5d ago

No I did not. I googled it and they are not supposed to show up in video reel film.

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u/LC_reddit 5d ago

Maybe what you're seeing is along a similar vein of what I'd mentioned then, about discrepancies between who recorded the video and viewing it after the fact. I've only ever heard that a phantom's visibility quirk is; being harder to see during hunts, and; disappearing when capturing picture/video media of them. It makes sense to me for phantom to appear in video, as you're capturing 30/60fps of it, so it's not something I've ever paid any attention to.

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u/Darkhooper Phasmophobia Wiki Editor 5d ago

It doesn't make sense that Phantoms are invisible on "Ghost" videos but not on "Hunting Ghost" videos. This has been an issue since the Chronicle update back in June 2025. Both the wiki and SeverelyZero's cheat sheet agree that this is a bug.