# Phasmophobia Phasmophobia v0.19.0.0 - Quality of Life Part 2 - Product: Phasmophobia (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/phasmophobia) - Vendor: Kinetic Games - Date: 2026-08-25 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/739630/view/699899521489962767 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/phasmophobia/releases/2026-08-25-phasmophobia-v0.19.0.0-quality-of-life-part-2 - Labels: Platforms: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Add new Restricted variants of Prison, Brownstone High School, and Point Hope maps - **added** — Video Cameras, Photo Cameras and Sound Recorders now indicate Duplicate evidence - **added** — Tier 1 Photo Cameras display a yellow LED light to indicate duplicates - **added** — Tier 2 & 3 Photo Cameras and all Tiers of Video Cameras display faded text to indicate duplicates - **added** — Tier 1 Sound Recorder lowers brightness of Volume indicators to show duplicates - **added** — Tier 2 & 3 Sound Recorders display faded sound waves to indicate duplicates - **added** — Journal now displays other player selections of Evidence and Ghost Type - **added** — Replace Keys section in Journal with Items We've Found section showing keys, bone, and seasonal event collectables - **added** — Add ability to select Ghost Type in Custom Difficulty which sets the multiplier to 0 - **added** — Add new Legacy Badge section to Customisation shop to edit badge at any time - **added** — Add Hold Use sticky note on Training whiteboards - **added** — Dead players and dead player bodies now appear dead - **added** — Add unique video evidence text for shower and fuse box interactions - **added** — Add icon to show whether a ghost name is male or female - **added** — Evidence page now highlights required Ghost evidence when player selects a Ghost type - **changed** — Photo and Video Camera screens now disable when clipping through a wall - **changed** — Speaker icon on ID cards now functions for all players when speaking - **changed** — Improve VR character rig for more accurate and responsive movement - **changed** — Allow interaction with Spirit Box when not grabbed using Text Voice Recognition Mode - **changed** — Custom Difficulties with 0 multiplier no longer contribute towards progress such as achievements and leaflets - **changed** — Pressing use while holding a lit Tier 1 firelight now uses another without waiting for animation to finish - **changed** — When a player dies, their voice chat is cut out as soon as they die in animation rather than at the end - **changed** — Move Truck closer to main entrance on Brownstone High School and Prison - **fixed** — Improve network stability to reduce disconnects - **fixed** — Fix issue that caused Ghosts Misidentified stat counter to increase each time Debriefing screen is opened even if Ghost was guessed correctly - **fixed** — Fix issue that prevented players from starting a game if host left the lobby - **fixed** — Fix issue that caused player photos to be missing from ID Card after completing investigation - **fixed** — Fix issue that gave players Test Level as a map for challenges - **fixed** — Fix issue that caused Oni's singing event to drain 10% instead of intended 20% - **fixed** — Fix issue that caused Hiding Spots to be open despite No Hiding Spots setting active - **fixed** — Fix issue that caused door closing sound to play long time after closing animation finished - **fixed** — Fix issue that caused wallpaper in Bleasdale Farmhouse to be replaced with Phasmophobia by Alan Wake event patterns - **fixed** — Fix hiding spot in Female Day Room on Sunny Meadows Welcome back, Ghost Hunters. Today we have released Phasmophobia v0.19.0.0, our latest update that brings with it the second part of our Quality of Life update. Full patch notes can be found below, and in-depth details on what’s new can be found [in this blog](https://www.kineticgames.co.uk/news/phasmophobia-quality-of-life-part-2-preview). **New** - Added new Restricted variants of the below maps. - Prison - Brownstone High School - Point Hope - Video Cameras, Photo Cameras and Sound Recorders will now indicate Duplicate evidence. - Tier 1 Photo Cameras will display a yellow LED light. - Tier 2 & 3 Photo Cameras and all Tiers of Video Cameras will display faded text rather than the usual bold white text. - Tier 1 Sound Recorder will lower the brightness of the Volume indicators. - Tier 2 & 3 Sound Recorders will display faded sound waves. - The Journal will now display other player selections of Evidence and Ghost Type. - The Keys section in the Journal has been replaced with Items We’ve Found, this new section will show keys, the bone and seasonal event collectables. - Added the ability to select the Ghost Type in a Custom Difficulty which will set the multiplier to 0. - Added a new Legacy Badge section to the Customisation shop to allow you to edit your badge at any time. - _Players without a Legacy Badge will not see this option._ - Added a ‘Hold Use’ sticky note on the Training whiteboards. - Dead players and dead player bodies will now look dead. - Added unique video evidence text for shower and fuse box interactions. - Added an icon to show whether a ghost name is male or female. - The Evidence page will now highlight the required Ghost evidence when the player selects a Ghost type. **Changes** - Photo and Video Camera screens will now disable when clipping through a wall - When speaking, the speaker icon on ID cards will now function for all players, including local player - Improvements have been made to the VR character rig, allowing for more accurate and responsive movement. - Players can now interact with a Spirit Box when not grabbed using Text Voice Recognition Mode - Custom Difficulties with a 0 multiplier will no longer contribute towards any progress, such as achievements and leaflets. - Pressing use while holding a lit T1 firelight will now use another, without having to wait for the animation to finish. - When a player dies, their voice chat will now be cut out as soon as they die in the animation, rather than at the end. - The Truck has been moved closer to the main entrance on Brownstone High School and Prison **General Fixes** - Improvements made to network stability to reduce disconnects. - Fixed an issue that caused the ‘’Ghosts Misidentified’’ stat counter to increase each time the Debriefing screen is opened, even if the Ghost was guessed correctly. - Fixed an issue that prevented players from starting a game if the host left the lobby. The host’s ID Card would also still be visible. - Fixed an issue that caused player photos to be missing from their ID Card after completing an investigation. - Fixed an issue that gave players the ‘’Test Level’’ as a map for challenges. **Ghost Fixes** - Fixed an issue that caused an Oni’s singing event to drain 10% instead of the intended 20%. **Environment Fixes** - Fixed an issue that caused Hiding Spots to be open despite the No Hiding Spots setting active. - Fixed an issue that caused the sound of a door closing to play a long time after the closing animation had finished. - _This issue led players to believe this was evidence of a Yurei._ - Fixed an issue that caused the wallpaper in Bleasdale Farmhouse to be replaced with the patterns from the Phasmophobia by Alan Wake event. - Fixed the hiding spot in the Female Day Room on Sunny Meadows. - Fixed an issue on Point Hope that caused the frame holding the bell to disappear (PS5 only) - Fixed an issue that caused lights to remain red after a red light Ghost Event if th _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/739630/view/699899521489962767]_