0.8.0

0.8.0, also known as the Tempest update, is a major update released on 14 December 2022.^[1]^{[note 1]} The update includes an upgrade to the Universal Render Pipeline (URP), improvements to weather, changes to several existing ghosts, and others.

Additions and Changes[]

Holiday '22[]

New Phasmophobia 2022 Christmas event
Earn a unique holiday trophy and an exclusive Holiday '22 ID card and badge

Equipment[]

Candle

Improved wax effects when lit

Crucifix

Can now be placed
Effective range is now visible while being placed

Haunted Mirror

Improved effects and visibility

Ouija Board

All players must now be further than 5m from the Ouija Board before it breaks, instead of just the person who activated it
Will now deactivate if the player walks outside the map

Sanity Pills

No longer disappear and now drop on the floor instead

Smudge Sticks

Improved burn effect

Gameplay[]

Custom Difficulty

Reduced rewards from custom difficulties by 80%
- Current and future challenges will still be accessible

Investigation bonuses

New bonuses for completing objectives in contracts
- Investigation bonus: doubled money and experience for secondary objectives if the player identifies the ghost correctly and escapes alive
- Perfect investigation bonus: In addition to the above, collect the bone and fill the journal with 3-star photos, to gain a further bonus on top of the investigation bonus
- Investigation bonuses are affected by the difficulty multiplier
Added new Payments page to journal
Reduced secondary objective rewards to accomodate investigation bonus changes

Objectives

Removed salt objective

Weather

Re-added foggy weather
- Will now only show where it makes sense
Added new Sunrise weather
- Locations will start with temperatures between 10–18°C (50–64.4°F)
Improved weather effects and visuals

Ghosts[]

General

Ghost flickering is now synced across players
Ghosts now affect lights at the same range as equipment on the same floor

Goryo

Will not longer change favourite room or roam long distances

Hantu

Cold breath will now animate in any room during hunts if the breaker is off
Improved cold breath visuals

Obake

Now has 1/15 (~6.67%) chance to appear as a different ghost model per flicker during hunts
- Will happen at least once per hunt

Revenant

Will now gain speed boost simply by detecting a player
Will no longer slow down until it reaches last known player location
Speed will now decrease by 0.75 m/s after losing player instead of instantly

Wraith

Will no longer step in salt piles
Updated journal weakness

Yurei

Ability will no longer work if ghost is in a room without a door

Maps[]

Improved campsites' performance
Moved fingerprints on 13 Willow Street doors to be more consistent
Radios are now interactable with the breaker off
Improved two hiding spots in Sunny Meadows Mental Institution; one by the restricted area door and one in the restricted wing
Small tent cloth is now translucent

General[]

Graphics[]

URP

Upgraded to Universal Render Pipeline
New graphics options:
- Sky light - for enabling sun or moonlight
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
- Fog quality
- FidelityFX 1.0 - AI upscaling for better performance
  - Only compatible with AMD RX 400/Nvidia GTX 10 series GPUs and newer
Anti-aliasing options - FXAA, SMAA or MSAA now selectable
- VR players can only select MSAA
Improved general post-processing effects
Transparent objects and effects will now receive shadows from lights
DirectX 10 is no longer supported

Accessibility[]

Added a text option for voice recognition
- UI will allow for asking questions on Spirit Box/Ouija Board

Other[]

Swapping to a new PC or reinstalling Windows will revert the save to the player's personal cloud backup
Resetting save will now wipe cloud backup

Bug fixes[]

The average sanity objective will now complete at the same time for all players
The bone will no longer spawn inside other objects
Tripods no longer count as electronic equipment after removing a camcorder
Willow windows are now the correct way round
The "Complete daily challenges" weekly challenge will now only trigger when a daily challenge completes, instead of when it progresses
You can no longer scroll to another item while placing something
The ghost's room will now show on the board in the truck in training
The Deogen spirit box reply no longer requires the player to crouch
The morgue door VR grab is now in the correct position
Hitting the crouch button, then physically crouching in VR no longer pushes you enough into the floor that the ghost cannot kill you
Computer monitors in Prison no longer turn on when the power is off
The "ghost repelled" stat will now count if you are not the host
In Sunny Meadows, the female hallway light switch will no longer toggle the utility room's light
Journal on/off buttons are much clearer to understand
The EULA accept button will no longer be clickable until you scroll to the bottom
The objects moved stat will now correctly count poltergeist throws
Your inventory will no longer break if you grab more than one item before joining a game
Room reflections will now be accurate after turning a light and off quickly
Russian and Ukraninian fonts will no longer have grey boxes around most characters
VR death room spawn position is now correct

References[]

↑ Tempest | Major Update v0.8.0.0, 12 December 2022 (on Steam).

Notes[]

↑ Content Creators on the official Phasmophobia Discord were given early access keys on 13 December 2022.

[1] Tempest | Major Update v0.8.0.0, 12 December 2022 (on Steam).

[2] Content Creators on the official Phasmophobia Discord were given early access keys on 13 December 2022.

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0.1	0.1 • 0.165 • 0.174 • 0.1765 • 0.1767 • 0.176.16 • 0.176.23 • 0.176.28 • 0.176.36 • 0.176.39
0.2	0.2 • 0.21.1 • 0.21.2 • 0.22 • 0.24.1 • 0.25.3 • 0.26.4.5 • 0.26.8.1 • 0.27 • 0.27.1 • 0.27.4.2 • 0.28.0 • 0.28.1 • 0.28.2 • 0.28.2.1 • 0.28.3 • 0.29.3.1 • 0.28.4 • 0.28.5 • 0.28.5.1 • 0.28.5.2 • 0.28.6 • 0.28.6.1 • 0.28.6.2 • 0.28.6.3 • 0.28.6.4 • 0.28.6.5 • 0.29.0 • 0.29.1 • 0.29.2 • 0.29.2.1 • 0.29.3 • 0.29.4 • 0.29.5 • 0.29.6 • 0.29.6.1 • 0.29.6.2 • 0.2.10.1 • 0.2.11.0
0.3.0 Exposition	0.3.0 • 0.3.0.1 • 0.3.0.2 • 0.3.0.3 • 0.3.0.4 • 0.3.0.5 • 0.3.1.0 • 0.3.1.1 • 0.3.1.2
0.4 Nightmare	0.4.0 • 0.4.1.0 • 0.4.1.1 • 0.4.1.2
0.5 Cursed Possessions	0.5.0 • 0.5.0.1 • 0.5.0.2 • 0.5.1.0 • 0.5.1.1 • 0.5.1.2 • 0.5.2.0 • 0.5.2.1
0.6 VR Overhaul	0.6.0 • 0.6.0.1 • 0.6.1.0 • 0.6.1.1 • 0.6.1.2 • 0.6.1.3 • 0.6.1.4 • 0.6.1.5 • 0.6.1.6 • 0.6.1.7 • 0.6.2.0 • 0.6.2.1 • 0.6.2.2 • 0.6.2.3 • 0.6.3.0 • 0.6.3.1
0.7 Apocalypse	0.7.0 • 0.7.0.1 • 0.7.0.2 • 0.7.0.3 • 0.7.1.0 • 0.7.1.1 • 0.7.1.2 • 0.7.1.3 • 0.7.1.4 • 0.7.1.5 • 0.7.2.0 • 0.7.3.0
0.8 Tempest	0.8.0 • 0.8.0.1 • 0.8.0.2 • 0.8.0.3 • 0.8.0.4 • 0.8.0.5 • 0.8.0.6 • 0.8.0.7 • 0.8.0.8 • 0.8.1.0 • 0.8.1.1 • 0.8.1.2 • 0.8.1.3 • 0.8.1.4 • 0.8.1.5 • 0.8.1.6 • 0.8.1.7
0.9 Ascension	0.9.0 • 0.9.0.1 • 0.9.0.2 • 0.9.0.3 • 0.9.0.4 • 0.9.0.5 • 0.9.0.6 • 0.9.0.7 • 0.9.0.8 • 0.9.0.9 • 0.9.0.10 • 0.9.1.0 • 0.9.2.0 • 0.9.3.0 • 0.9.3.1 • 0.9.4.0 • 0.9.4.1 • 0.9.4.2 • 0.9.4.3 • 0.9.5.0 • 0.9.6.0 • 0.9.6.1
0.10 Eventide	0.10.0 • 0.10.0.1 • 0.10.1.0 • 0.10.1.1 • 0.10.1.2
0.11 Crimson Eye	0.11.0 • 0.11.0.1 • 0.11.0.2 • 0.11.0.3 • 0.11.1.0 • 0.11.1.1 • 0.11.1.2
0.12 Bleasdale Rework	0.12.0.1 • 0.12.0.2 • 0.12.1.0 • 0.12.1.1 • 0.12.1.2
0.13 Chronicle	0.13.0 • 0.13.0.1 • 0.13.1.0 • 0.13.1.1
Bold indicates titled or notable releases. Italics indicates a Beta branch-only release. ~~Strikethrough~~ means that the version has not yet released. Version history prior to 0.28 is incomplete.