The latest update for Phasmophobia included new ghost types. Among the new ghosts, one stood out: Deogen. Its frightening nature is enough to give players a heart attack in Phasmophobia. Read on to learn more about Phasmophobia’s new ghost and other patch details.
Deogen may move slow, but it shouldn’t be underestimated
After the June update dropped, Phasmophobia players didn’t know what to expect from the new ghost types being added to the game. However, their vague description of Deogen is enough to make players curious. According to Kinetic Games, players can “run, but you can’t hide” from Deogen. Moreover, it’s “always catching”. Talk about creepy.
Additionally, a Reddit user shared their scary encounter with the new ghost type. According to u/Crickettt_, seeing Deogen sprint after them almost gave them a heart attack. And to make matters worse, the new Deogen type had a broken back the whole time it chased after the player.
Watch the video below to see how creepy Deogen is in action.
Didn’t know what to expect from the new Deogen, seeing it sprint straight for me with a broken back almost gave me a heart attack.
byu/Crickettt_ inPhasmophobiaGame
From that gameplay footage alone, one can already tell that Deogen is definitely cranking up the fear factor in Phasmophobia. Moreover, the fact that it constantly stalks the player while remaining in full view is terrifying enough. But the Deogen u/Crickettt_ encountered in their game was something straight out of a movie.
The broken back and its persistence in chasing after the player? We definitely understand why it almost gave the player a heart attack.
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The newest Phasmophobia update includes new ghosts and features
In the patch notes from developer Kinetic Games, they revealed the new ghosts as well as improved features for the June update. Here are the official patch notes for the latest version of the hit horror game.
Ghost Types
We’ve had reports of three new entities haunting several locations, more information is available in the Journal:
- Deogen
- Always watching
- Moroi
- Risen from the grave to curse their victims
- Thaye
- The ever-aging ghost
- These three ghosts will have an increased chance to spawn for 2 weeks
We’re introducing “The Investigation Period” along with these new ghost types!
This gives players around two weeks to try and work out the ghosts’ abilities, traits and secrets before we update these patch notes with the specifics (spoilered of course). We’re hoping this will bring back the original investigator feeling and allow players to work together, as a team, to uncover the truth!
Voice Recognition
Our Voice recognition system has been completely replaced!
We are no longer relying on Windows’ speech systems, meaning it supports many more languages and platforms, such as ‘GeForce Now’ and Steam Deck, with no setup required (and fixes that pesky tab-out bug).
- You now only need to set your microphone in-game, instead of your ‘Windows Default Microphone’
- You can now see the input volume of your microphone in the Audio Settings
- Additional microphone input options have been added: Voice Detector Sensitivity Noise Suppression
Due to the new system only working if you are on a server, the voice recognition test has been removed.
Note: The above additional Audio options are only available while in-game, through the Journal’s Options menu
Currently supported languages:
- English
- German
- French
- Russian
- Spanish
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Czech
- Greek
- More languages will be added in a future update
New
- The Truck has received new models, a new layout, and materials
- Equipment is now placed on the wall in the Truck Placing any equipment back on the wall, similarly to head cameras, will be added with the ‘Custom Difficulty’ update
- When lit, the campfire in Maple Lodge Campsite will now increase the temperature of the area around it
- The Maple Lodge Campfire will now show a hot temperature reading on a Thermometer
- You can now buy four lighters and three salt shakers
- Added new footstep sounds for the metal floor in the Truck and on the ramp
Changes
- The number of free hiding spots will now be increased when playing multi-player games Three players: +1 hiding spot Four players: +2 hiding spots
- The voice recognition splash-screen has been removed, as it is no longer needed
- The map screen in the truck now has up and down arrows for changing floors, instead of a single button
- When using their ability, Jinn will now leave EMF at the Fuse Box rather than where they are currently stood
- You will now never see ‘ghost mist’ when the ghost type is an Oni
- The cursor will no longer lock when playing in VR
- All locations have had their lighting re-baked, to a higher quality, to help reduce any light leaks and artifacts
- The chance for the Mare light ability has been slightly increased
- Replaced the Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Greek, and Japanese fonts to be more readable
Fixes
- Sanity Pills can no longer be duplicated for extra uses
- Sanity Pills will now give the correct insurance amount
- You can now use the main menu boom-box in VR
- The delay when taking a photo has been removed
- Yurei can no longer drain your sanity when you are outside the location
- Yurei will no longer stop interacting if they use their ability in the Willow garage
- You can now interact with all interactable objects in VR
- The photo camera sound will now muffle correctly between floors
- You can no longer light Lighters with lit Candles
- Candles can now be lit with other lit Candles
- Candle and Lighter flames will now cast the correct shadows
- The shoulder flashlight will no longer break when closing and opening the truck door
- Fixed missing Korean and Traditional Chinese text
- The controls text in the training will no longer overlap the keybind text
- Potential fix for the VR runtime launching when playing without VR
Phasmophobia is available for download on PC.
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