Monkey Paw

Monkey Paw
Uses	3-5 (difficulty dependent)

„My wish came true, but at what cost?”

—Objective Board

The Monkey Paw is a cursed possession that can be used to grant the player wishes.

Mechanics

A Monkey Paw has a 1 in 7 chance per contract of being chosen as the cursed possession that will spawn on a default difficulty (except Insanity), with one specific spawn location per map. The Monkey Paw grants up to a certain number of wishes depending on the difficulty reward multiplier:

• 0x – 1x: 5 wishes
• 1.01x – 2x: 4 wishes
• 2.01x or higher: 3 wishes

The Monkey Paw can only be used within the investigation area, and players can choose to either use voice chat or a text-based UI to make wishes.

• If using voice chat, the Monkey Paw will grant any recognized wish made by the player.
• If using the text-based UI, the UI will appear upon pressing the Primary Use button. Players can then click to select one of 3 categories, then select a category-specific wish, or exit the UI by pressing the Primary Use button again.

Every wish will come with a negative side effect, with the severity depending on the wish.

If the Monkey Paw recognizes a valid phrase, regardless if it is a valid wish or not, or when entering/exiting the investigation area, its fingers will twitch. When a wish is being granted, one of its fingers will bend. When all fingers are bent, the Monkey Paw cannot be used anymore.

Most wishes can be found on tags scattered in Sunny Meadows, these tags look the same as the one found on a Monkey Paw. Picking a tag up (except for "I wish for [weather]" and "I wish for anything" tags, as well as the Monkey Paw's own tag) will record the wish in the journal. There is no need to find the wishes to use the Monkey Paw. Each wish can only be used once per contract, regardless of the wisher.

Wishes

Category	Wish	Effects	Sunny Meadows wish tag location
Ghost	I wish to see the ghost	Triggers a summoning ghost event at the ghost's current location, locking all exit doors immediately. After 5 seconds, the ghost will begin a cursed hunt, and the wisher's vision is obscured with a dark fog. Their vision will return to normal once the hunt ends.	Manager Office
	I wish for activity I wish the ghost would do something	Doubles all ghost activity for 2 minutes (roaming, interactions, abilities, ghost events). The fuse box will break permanently, and all exit doors will be locked for 2 minutes.	Chapel
	I wish the ghost was trapped I wish to trap the ghost	Applies the cleansing effect from Incense on the ghost and teleports it to its favorite room and locks all doors connected to it for 1 minute. During this period, the ghost cannot hunt, roam, or use abilities. This will also lock all doors connected to the wisher's current room for 1 minute. After this period, all doors will unlock and the ghost will start a standard hunt. There is a 25% chance for doors to unlock only after the grace period.	Female Dorm Room
Player	I wish for sanity I wish to be sane	Sets every player to 50% sanity. Passive sanity drain will be multiplied by 1.5 for the rest of the contract, and the ghost's favorite room will be set to a new random room (overriding a Goryo's inability to change favorite rooms).	Kitchen
	I wish to be safe	Unblocks the nearest blocked hiding spot. The lights in the wisher's current room will shatter, and for the rest of the contract the ghost will be able to hear the wisher and sense their active electronics at any distance (including from different floors).	Matron Office 1
	I wish to leave	Unlocks all exit doors at any time, including during hunts. The wisher's speed will be reduced before slowly returning over 5 seconds. Their vision will also be reduced for this duration.	Hospital Wing
Other	I wish for life I wish to revive my friend	Revives the first deceased player in the lobby list (established by the order the players joined the lobby), with a 50% chance of causing the wisher's death. This wish cannot be used if no player is dead.	Classroom
	I wish for knowledge	Eliminates one incorrect piece of evidence and its associated ghost types from the wisher's journal. The ghost then teleports near the wisher and initiates a cursed hunt. The wisher's vision will be covered in a dark fog, and their hearing will be muffled until either their death or the end of the contract.	Restricted Area
	I wish for [weather] Clear Sky Fog Rain Snow Sunrise	Changes the weather as desired. All players will be temporary blinded while the weather changes and the wisher will lose 25% sanity. Wishing for rain will grant either light or heavy rain, each having an equal 50% chance. This wish cannot be used if the wisher has less than 25% sanity.	Morgue
	ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ I wish for anything	Randomly grants one of the (unused) wishes above.	Waiting Room

Miscellaneous

Due to the game's voice recognition system, some sentences may be interpreted as valid wishes, including silly wishes.

Examples include "I wish for infinite wishes" which may be misheard as "I wish for sun". Sometimes the wishes "I wish to be sane" and "I wish to be safe" can be misheard as the other wish.

Rewards

Main article: Media

Taking a photo of a Monkey Paw, regardless of the number of uses, will yield a photo labelled as Monkey Paw, and reward up to $7 and 7 XP, depending on the tier of the Photo Camera.

Tips

• The Monkey Paw is one of the most versatile cursed possessions in the game, and can assist players in the completion of most objectives. The various wishes can be called upon on command at any time, meaning that players can control when and where to employ their effects to maximize the benefits and minimize the downsides.
  • In multiplayer, the Monkey Paw becomes even more powerful than it already is in singleplayer, as a lot of wish downsides only affect the wisher.
• One of the safety wish's downsides, allowing the ghost to detect the wisher from any distance, while significant on paper, can actually be used to the wisher's benefit to bait the ghost to wherever the wisher is, whether to save a teammate, or to lead it to a favourable looping spot for hunt identification and/or photos.
• The knowledge wish becomes slightly more useful in reduced-evidence difficulties, as this wish always eliminates an incorrect evidence type and never a hidden evidence type, making it the only method to guarantee that an evidence type is incorrect. Its harsh downsides, however, make this wish a last resort and should only ever be used near the end of a contract.
• The weather wish can be used if the current weather (such as Blood Moon) is not desired, or to change the ambient temperature to aid in getting Freezing Temperatures or slowing a Hantu down, which is especially useful if the fuse box is broken or the map is an outdoors map.
• If not using the text UI, the Monkey Paw is always active when held. Be careful when speaking while holding it as you may accidentally call upon a wish.
  • This is especially notable when using push-to-talk, as there are bugs that make the Monkey Paw listen to the player even if no voice chat button is being pressed.
• The vision loss from certain wishes is very significant, making it near impossible for a player afflicted by it to see more than a meter or so in front of them. While this can be partially circumvented by setting game brightness to a very high value, the affected player will be more or less rendered helpless and will need to be guarded accordingly. Thus, it is recommended for the wisher to use these wishes while in a hiding spot.

Trivia

• The Monkey Paw was available as official merchandise for a limited time, until 3 July 2024 (UK time).
• When wishing for sanity, the ghost doesn't teleport immediately to the new ghost room, but will have to enter the "Favourite room" state to walk to its new room, which usually happens shortly after wishing. Tier III salt can be used to deter this.
• The idea of a "Monkey's Paw" being used to grant wishes is very likely inspired by the short story The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs.

History

Early Access
0.8.1.0	Added Monkey Paw.
0.9.0	“I wish to see the ghost” will no longer teleport the ghost in front of you, instead it will reveal it where the ghost is, in its current position.
0.10.0	"I wish to see the ghost" will now limit the user's vision after the ghost event instead of before.
?	Lowered the number of wishes for difficulties between 1x and 3x.