Phasmophobia Ghost Types: All 27 Ghosts, Evidence Chart, and How to Identify Every Type

Every Phasmophobia match comes down to one question: which of the ghost types is haunting the building? You gather three pieces of evidence, cross names off in your journal, and confirm the ghost before it hunts you down. This guide is the full evidence chart for all 27 ghosts, plus the behavior tells that let you name a ghost even when the evidence is missing or a Mimic is lying to you. It is current as of July 2026 and includes the three ghosts added in the Winter’s Jest update: the Obambo, the Gallu, and the Dayan.

Read it once to understand how identification actually works, then keep the evidence table open on a second screen while you play. That is how you go from guessing to confirming.

How Ghost Identification Works

Ghost identification in Phasmophobia is a process of elimination built on evidence. There are 27 ghost types in the game, and each one leaves a fixed set of three evidence types out of a possible seven. Your job is to find those three, mark them in the journal, and let the game narrow the list down to a single name.

The journal does the math for you. Tick two evidence types and it grays out every ghost that cannot produce both. Tick the third and usually one name is left. On higher difficulties you get fewer evidence types to work with, which is where the behavior tells in this guide become the difference between a correct guess and a wrong one.

Two ghosts break the clean three-evidence rule on purpose. The Obake can skip its Ultraviolet evidence, and the Mimic fakes a fourth evidence type, Ghost Orbs, on top of the three it copies. Both are covered in the chart and the mistakes section below.

The 7 Evidence Types Explained

Before the chart makes sense, you need to know what each evidence type looks like in the field and which tool finds it. These seven are the entire language of ghost hunting.

Evidence	Tool	What You See
EMF Level 5	EMF Reader	The reader spikes all the way to 5 (red) when the ghost interacts with something.
Spirit Box	Spirit Box	The ghost answers out loud when you ask questions in a dark room close to it.
Ultraviolet	UV Flashlight / Glowstick	Handprints, fingerprints, or footprints glow on doors, switches, and windows.
Ghost Writing	Ghost Writing Book	Text scrawls into a book you leave near the ghost’s room.
Freezing Temperatures	Thermometer	The room drops below 0°C and your character’s breath becomes visible.
D.O.T.S Projector	D.O.T.S Projector	A ghost silhouette walks through the projector’s laser grid, seen on camera or through the video screen.
Ghost Orbs	Video Camera (night vision)	Floating orbs drift through the room, visible only on a camera feed, never with your own eyes.

A quick note on two of them. Ghost Orbs and D.O.T.S both require a video camera to spot, so set cameras early. And Freezing Temperatures needs the room genuinely below freezing, not just cold, so give the thermometer time to settle before you rule it out.

Full Evidence Chart: All 27 Ghost Types

This is the reference you keep open while playing. Every ghost, its three evidence types, and the one behavior that separates it from ghosts with the same evidence. As of July 2026 this covers the complete 27-ghost roster.

Ghost	Evidence	Key Tell
Spirit	EMF 5, Spirit Box, Ghost Writing	Smudging its room blocks hunts for 180 seconds, double the normal time.
Wraith	EMF 5, Spirit Box, D.O.T.S	Never steps in salt and leaves no salt footprints.
Phantom	Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, D.O.T.S	Taking its photo makes it vanish for a moment; looking at it drains less sanity than other ghosts.
Poltergeist	Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, Ghost Writing	Throws multiple objects at once with force.
Banshee	Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, D.O.T.S	Targets one player at a time; its scream shows on the Parabolic Microphone.
Jinn	EMF 5, Ultraviolet, Freezing	Speeds up at a distance if it has power; cannot turn the breaker off.
Mare	Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing	Turns lights off and hunts earlier in the dark.
Revenant	Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, Freezing	Very fast while it can see you, crawls slowly when it cannot.
Shade	EMF 5, Ghost Writing, Freezing	Shy; will not act or hunt while a player is in its room.
Demon	Ultraviolet, Ghost Writing, Freezing	Hunts early and often, and can hunt at any sanity level.
Yurei	Ghost Orbs, Freezing, D.O.T.S	Drains sanity hard; smudging its room traps it there for a short time.
Oni	EMF 5, Freezing, D.O.T.S	More active when players are near; does not do airball or mist events.
Yokai	Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, D.O.T.S	Talking near it can trigger a hunt; during hunts it only hears voices close by.
Hantu	Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, Freezing	Moves faster in cold rooms and slower in warm ones; breath is visible while hunting.
Goryo	EMF 5, Ultraviolet, D.O.T.S	Only shows on a D.O.T.S camera when no one is in the room with it.
Myling	EMF 5, Ultraviolet, Ghost Writing	Quieter footsteps during hunts, but makes frequent paranormal sounds otherwise.
Onryo	Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, Freezing	Can start a hunt whenever a flame near it is blown out; fears fire.
The Twins	EMF 5, Spirit Box, Freezing	Two interactions fire close together; one twin hunts slower, the other faster.
Raiju	EMF 5, Ghost Orbs, D.O.T.S	Faster near active electronics and disrupts equipment from farther away.
Obake	EMF 5, Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs	Sometimes skips its UV evidence; can leave a six-fingered handprint, and prints fade fast.
The Mimic	Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, Freezing	Copies another ghost’s abilities and always shows Ghost Orbs as a fake fourth evidence.
Moroi	Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, Freezing	Curses you through the Spirit Box; the lower your sanity, the faster it moves.
Deogen	Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, D.O.T.S	Always senses where you are; sprints from far away but crawls when close.
Thaye	Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, D.O.T.S	Starts fast and aggressive, then weakens the longer the team stays in the building.
Obambo (new)	Ghost Writing, Ultraviolet, D.O.T.S	Flips between calm and aggressive states; hunts about 20% shorter while aggressive.
Gallu (new)	EMF 5, Ultraviolet, Spirit Box	Protective gear enrages it and weakens that gear, until it tires and the gear works again.
Dayan (new)	EMF 5, Ghost Orbs, Spirit Box	Grows stronger when people move nearby and weaker when they stand still.

Two rows deserve extra caution. The Obake only produces its Ultraviolet evidence about 75% of the time, so a missing fingerprint does not rule it out. The Mimic will always show Ghost Orbs even though orbs are not one of its three real evidence types, which is the single most reliable way to catch it.

How to Identify a Ghost Step by Step

The fastest investigations follow the same order every time. Work the room methodically instead of chasing every noise.

1. Find the ghost room. Drop the EMF Reader and Thermometer as you move; the ghost room is usually the coldest room with the most activity.
2. Set up cameras and passive tools. Place a video camera for Ghost Orbs, a D.O.T.S Projector, a Ghost Writing Book, and a motion or sound sensor in the room.
3. Gather your first two evidence types. Sweep with the UV light, ask the Spirit Box questions in the dark, and watch the EMF Reader for a level 5 spike.
4. Check the camera feed from the truck. Ghost Orbs and the D.O.T.S silhouette only appear on the video screen, so review the feed rather than looking with your own eyes.
5. Confirm the third evidence, then verify with behavior. Once the journal narrows to one name, watch for that ghost’s unique tell to be sure before you write your final answer.

On Nightmare and Insanity difficulty you get one or two fewer evidence types, so the final step is not optional. That is when hunt speed, sanity thresholds, and the tells in the chart carry the identification. Playing with friends speeds all of this up, and if you enjoy the co-op format, our roundup of the best prop hunt and hide-and-seek games has more picks for a full lobby.

Sanity, Hunts, and the Non-Evidence Tells

Most ghosts can only start a hunt once the team’s average sanity drops to 50%. A handful break that rule, and the sanity a hunt begins at tells you which ghost you are dealing with even before you have all three evidence types.

Ghost	Hunts At	Why It Matters
Most ghosts	50% average sanity	The baseline; a hunt near 50% tells you nothing special.
Demon	Any sanity	A hunt above 70% sanity strongly points to a Demon.
Mare	60% dark / 40% lit	Early hunts in a dark room suggest a Mare; keeping lights on delays it.
Yokai	Up to 80% if you talk	Talking near a Yokai can trigger an early hunt; staying silent drops it to 50%.
Shade	Only below 35%	No hunts despite low sanity points to a shy Shade.

Hunt speed is the other non-evidence tell. A normal ghost moves at a steady pace, but several ghosts break from it in ways you can read mid-hunt:

• Revenant: sprints when it has line of sight, slows to a crawl when it loses you.
• Deogen: rushes from across the map, then crawls once it reaches you, so it is easy to loop.
• Moroi: gets faster the lower the team’s sanity, so keep sanity high against it.
• Hantu: faster in cold rooms; turn the heating on to slow it down.
• Raiju: faster near active electronics, so drop your gear if it is chasing you.
• Thaye: fast early, then slows the longer you stay in the building.

The Three New Ghosts: Obambo, Gallu, and Dayan

The Winter’s Jest update in December 2025 added three ghosts drawn from global folklore. Each one swings between a weak and a strong state, so identifying the trigger is how you stay alive against them.

Obambo

Evidence: Ghost Writing, Ultraviolet, D.O.T.S. The Obambo flickers between calm and aggressive states on a fairly steady cycle, roughly two minutes apart, regardless of what you do to it. In its aggressive state it starts hunts sooner, but those hunts run about 20% shorter than normal. Time its state changes with a stopwatch, and if the phases stay even at around two minutes even after you cross salt, you are looking at an Obambo.

Gallu

Evidence: EMF Level 5, Ultraviolet, Spirit Box. The Gallu is a second demon-type ghost, and protective equipment provokes it. Using items like crucifixes or incense pushes it into an enraged state that weakens their effect, until the rage tires it out and the gear works normally again. Salt lines help confirm it: the Gallu deliberately disturbs salt as it enters an enraged state, which separates it from a Wraith that avoids salt entirely.

Dayan

Evidence: EMF Level 5, Ghost Orb, Spirit Box. The Dayan is hyper-aware of movement. It gains strength when people move near it and loses strength when everyone stands still. A useful tell is comparing EMF readings inside its favorite room versus outside; the Dayan tends to spike higher while a player is present. Against it, hold position during a hunt rather than sprinting circles, because constant movement is exactly what powers it up.

Common Identification Mistakes

Frequently Asked Questions

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Summary

Identifying Phasmophobia’s ghost types comes down to two layers: match three of the seven evidence types in your journal, then confirm with the behavior tell that separates ghosts sharing the same evidence. Keep the 27-ghost chart open while you play, watch the sanity level each hunt starts at, and remember the two liars, the Obake that hides its fingerprints and the Mimic that fakes Ghost Orbs.

The Winter’s Jest trio, the Obambo, Gallu, and Dayan, add state-swapping ghosts that reward learning their triggers over rushing the call. Get a clear mic like the Shure MV6 so the Spirit Box hears you, grab a friend or two, and you will name the ghost before it names you. For more co-op nights, our list of the best couch co-op games is worth a look, and horror fans should check our Resident Evil Requiem beginner guide.