Dirty water is murky brown water that appears in sinks, triggered by a ghost. This can be useful as an indicator for the ghost's general location.
Mechanics[]
Multiple sinks filled with dirty water in Brownstone High School
If a ghost interacts with a nearby sink, it will cause the sink to start filling with brown-coloured water, or turn the water brown if a player had already activated the sink prior. An EMF level 2 emission will spawn on the sink's location, with a 25% chance for this to be EMF Level 5 instead if it is one of the ghost's evidences.
Whether the sink has been activated before does not affect the ghost's ability to form dirty water. The sink cannot be emptied or cleaned once it has started filling with water, whether plain or dirty.
Photo rewards[]
- Main article: Photo Rewards
Taking a photo of dirty water will yield a photo labelled as Dirty Water, and reward up to $10 and 10XP, depending on the distance it was taken from. A second photo can also be taken within 20 seconds of the sink being interacted with to obtain a photo labelled Interaction, reward up to $5 and 5XP. A dirty water photo can only be obtained once per sink, but interaction photos can be obtained for multiple interactions on the same sink.
Tips[]
Reliability[]
As dirty water requires the ghost to be physically near a sink and interact with it, obtaining dirty water tends to be unreliable; in most maps, only a few rooms or small parts of the map have sinks. Clearing the room of interactable items will increase the chance of the ghost interacting with the sink.
Depending on where the ghost is and the difficulty settings, it may not be worth it to wait for dirty water to appear.
Interacting with the faucet[]
It is advised to turn off the sink after the player is done filling it, in order to hear it turn on again should the ghost interact with it.
Trivia[]
- Capturing a photo of dirty water was once a possible optional objective. This was later removed because of the unreliability in completing this objective.
- In the promotional video on Steam for the game, the investigator turns on a sink and dirty water comes out. He tells his friend on the walkie, and his friend responds "That means we're dealing with a Spirit or a Wraith." This was changed before the game was made available on Steam and dirty water currently does not serve as evidence for any particular ghost type.