If you're a ghost hunter extraordinaire in *Phasmophobia*, you'll be thrilled to know that the game offers a plethora of achievements and trophies that put your skills to the test. Here's a comprehensive guide on how to unlock all achievements in *Phasmophobia*.
How To Unlock All Achievements in Phasmophobia
*Phasmophobia* boasts a total of 54 achievements (55 trophies, including the Platinum for PS5), which players can unlock by mastering various aspects of the game, from basic training to the most challenging feats. Achieving them all will earn you the prestigious Achievement Hunter ID Card and Badge for your character.
While some achievements demand specific strategies, the most effective and enjoyable way to unlock the majority of them is by teaming up with friends. They can speed up the setup of equipment, offer second opinions on ghost identities, and help trigger certain ghost behaviors essential for unlocking achievements.
Without further delay, here's a detailed list of all current achievements in the game, along with the best strategies to unlock each one.
| Achievement/Trophy | How to Unlock |
|---|---|
| No More Training Wheels | **Complete training** (Head to the 'Training' tab in the Main Menu and follow each step until you reach the end.) |
| Rookie | **Complete 10 Contracts** (Visit a chosen map, enter the location, select a ghost from the list, and exit by closing the van. Your guess doesn't need to be correct for completion.) |
| Professional | **Complete 50 Contracts** (Visit a chosen map, enter the location, select a ghost from the list, and exit by closing the van. Your guess doesn't need to be correct for completion.) |
| Boss | **Complete 100 Contracts** (Visit a chosen map, enter the location, select a ghost from the list, and exit by closing the van. Your guess doesn't need to be correct for completion.) |
| Extra Mile | **Complete 50 optional objectives** (Optional objectives appear when you start a contract and arrive at the location. You can complete up to three per contract, marked with red checkmarks when fulfilled.) |
| Dedicated | **Complete 30 daily tasks** (Daily tasks are available on the Main Menu after starting the game and refresh every 24 hours. Fulfill the required activities to complete a task.) |
| Devoted | **Complete 10 weekly tasks** (Weekly tasks are listed on the Main Menu after starting the game and refresh every 7 days on Sunday.) |
| Challenger Approaching | **Complete a Weekly Challenge Mode** (Challenge Mode offers a unique contract challenge each week from the Main Menu, with a preset loadout and special ghost behaviors and environments. Complete the challenge 3 times within the same week to unlock the achievement and earn the full $5,000 reward.) |
| Rise to the Challenge | **Complete the Weekly Challenge Mode 5 Times** (Challenge Mode offers a unique contract challenge each week from the Main Menu, with a preset loadout and special ghost behaviors and environments. Complete the challenge 3 times within the same week to unlock the achievement and earn the full $5,000 reward.) |
| Taking All Challenges | **Complete the Weekly Challenge Mode 10 Times** (Challenge Mode offers a unique contract challenge each week from the Main Menu, with a preset loadout and special ghost behaviors and environments. Complete the challenge 3 times within the same week to unlock the achievement and earn the full $5,000 reward.) |
| Chump Change | **Spend $1** (After completing contracts and receiving monetary rewards, spend them on the Equipment Manager screen to the right of the dashboard.) |
| Fat Stack | **Spend $10,000** (After completing contracts and receiving monetary rewards, spend them on the Equipment Manager screen to the right of the dashboard.) |
| Cash Cow | **Spend $50,000** (After completing contracts and receiving monetary rewards, spend them on the Equipment Manager screen to the right of the dashboard.) |
| Break The Bank | **Spend $100,000** (After completing contracts and receiving monetary rewards, spend them on the Equipment Manager screen to the right of the dashboard.) |
| Bare Essentials | **Unlock all tier one equipment** (As you level up by completing contracts and earning money, spend it to unlock new equipment for your van loadout. This achievement unlocks as soon as you reach Level 16 and purchase all optional tier one equipment.) |
| Tools of the Trade | **Unlock all tier two equipment** (As you level up by completing contracts and earning money, spend it to unlock new equipment for your van loadout. This achievement unlocks as soon as you reach Level 49 and upgrade all starter and optional equipment to tier two.) |
| Fully Loaded | **Unlock all tier three equipment** (As you level up by completing contracts and earning money, spend it to unlock new equipment for your van loadout. This achievement unlocks as soon as you reach Level 90 and upgrade all starter and optional equipment to tier three.) |
| Director | **Create a custom difficulty** (Create your own custom difficulty via the Main Menu by navigating to the 'Difficulty' setting under 'Choose a Contract' and selecting 'Custom'. Choose your desired features and click 'Apply' at the bottom. The achievement should unlock afterward.) |
| Bronze Hunter | **Obtain the Bronze Apocalypse Trophy** (To complete the Apocalypse Challenge, create a custom difficulty in Singleplayer for Sunny Meadows Institution and complete the following tasks during the contract: Complete all 3 optional objectives, obtain a ghost photo (1-3 stars), correctly identify the ghost type, and survive the investigation. The default 'Insanity' difficulty can also be used to unlock the bronze trophy.) |
| Silver Hunter | **Obtain the Silver Apocalypse Trophy** (To complete the Apocalypse Challenge, create a custom difficulty in Singleplayer for Sunny Meadows Institution and complete the following tasks during the contract: Complete all 3 optional objectives, obtain a ghost photo (1-3 stars), correctly identify the ghost type, and survive the investigation.) |
| Gold Hunter | **Obtain the Gold Apocalypse Trophy** (To complete the Apocalypse Challenge, create a custom difficulty in Singleplayer for Sunny Meadows Institution and complete the following tasks during the contract: Complete all 3 optional objectives, obtain a ghost photo (1-3 stars), correctly identify the ghost type, and survive the investigation. Completing Gold Apocalypse first will automatically grant you the trophies and achievements for Bronze and Silver as well.) |
| Banshee Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Banshee and survive** (Banshee evidence includes Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs. They're known for screaming into the Parabolic Microphone, targeting individual players, and singing ghost events.) |
| Demon Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Demon and survive** (Demon evidence includes Ultraviolet, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for hunting every 20 seconds instead of 25 and at any sanity level.) |
| Deogen Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Deogen and survive** (Deogen evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, and DOTs. They're known for heavy breathing in the Parabolic Microphone.) |
| Goryo Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Goryo and survive** (Goryo evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and DOTs. They're known for not moving far from their favorite room during hunts or changing rooms.) |
| Hantu Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Hantu and survive** (Hantu evidence includes Ultraviolet, Ghost Orbs, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for being faster in colder temperatures during hunts and cannot turn on the breaker.) |
| Jinn Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Jinn and survive** (Jinn evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for not being able to turn off the breaker and being faster during hunts while it's on.) |
| Mare Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Mare and survive** (Mare evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and Ghost Writing. They're known for wandering to rooms with the lights off and quickly turning off and/or blowing out lights.) |
| Moroi Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Moroi and survive** (Moroi evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for placing a curse on a player when heard through a Spirit Box or Parabolic Microphone that depletes sanity quicker.) |
| Myling Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Myling and survive** (Myling evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Writing. They're known for being difficult to detect by sound from further away.) |
| Obake Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Obake and survive** (Obake evidence includes EMF5, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Orbs. They're known for abnormal ultraviolet prints and changing ghost models during hunts.) |
| Oni Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Oni and survive** (Oni evidence includes EMF5, Freezing Temperatures, and DOTs. They're known for draining extra sanity during ghost events and their model being more visible during hunts.) |
| Onryo Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Onryo and survive** (Onryo evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and Freezing Temperatures. They can be "tested" for by lighting three Firelights in their favorite room/area. They will extinguish all three lights in succession and trigger a hunt.) |
| Phantom Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Phantom and survive** (Phantom evidence includes Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and DOTs. They're known for not being visible in photos taken by the player.) |
| Poltergeist Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Poltergeist and survive** (Poltergeist evidence includes Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, and Ghost Writing. They're known for excessively throwing debris further than other ghosts.) |
| Raiju Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Raiju and survive** (Raiju evidence includes EMF5, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs. They're known for hunting at higher sanity levels and moving faster during hunts when near electronic equipment.) |
| Revenant Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Revenant and survive** (Revenant evidence includes Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for moving slowly during hunts until they detect a player by sound/movement/equipment.) |
| Shade Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Shade and survive** (Shade evidence includes EMF5, Ghost Writing, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for not hunting or eventing if the player is in their favorite room.) |
| Spirit Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Spirit and survive** (Spirit evidence includes EMF5, Spirit Box, and Ghost Writing. They're known for having a longer cooldown when Incensed.) |
| Thaye Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Thaye and survive** (Thaye evidence includes Ghost Orbs, Ghost Writing, and DOTs. They're known for their ghost model "aging" the lower the player's sanity drops.) |
| The Mimic Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Mimic and survive** (Mimic evidence includes Spirit Box, Ultraviolet, Freezing Temperatures, and Ghost Orbs. The only ghost to have four pieces of evidence, and they change ghost behavior.) |
| The Twins Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Twins and survive** (Twins evidence includes EMF5, Spirit Box, and Freezing Temperatures. They're known for double ghost activities and hunting at two different speeds.) |
| Wraith Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Wraith and survive** (Wraith evidence includes EMF5, Spirit Box, and DOTs. They're known for not interacting with any tier of salt placed by the player.) |
| Yokai Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Yokai and survive** (Yokai evidence includes Spirit Box, Ghost Orbs, and DOTs. They're known for stronger player audio detection and hunting at up to 80% sanity when the player is in their room.) |
| Yurei Discovered | **Successfully identify your first Yurei and survive** (Yurei evidence includes Ghost Orbs, Freezing Temperatures, and DOTs. They're known for frequently interacting with doors and are able to close the entrance door outside of hunts and events.) |
| I | **Reach Prestige I** (Upon reaching Level 100, you'll be offered the chance to 'Prestige' via the Main Menu. Accept the offer to unlock the achievement, but note that your level and equipment will reset.) |
| II | **Reach Prestige II** (Upon reaching Level 100, you'll be offered the chance to 'Prestige' via the Main Menu. Accept the offer to unlock the achievement, but note that your level and equipment will reset.) |
| III | **Reach Prestige III** (Upon reaching Level 100, you'll be offered the chance to 'Prestige' via the Main Menu. Accept the offer to unlock the achievement, but note that your level and equipment will reset.) |
| Work Experience (Hidden) | **Complete your first contract** (In either Singleplayer or Multiplayer, complete a contract for the first time by selecting a ghost from the list in your Journal and leaving the map by closing the van. Do not select 'Leave Game' in the Journal.) |
| Flawless Execution (Hidden) | **Complete a perfect investigation** (To achieve the 'Perfect Investigation' bonus, complete the following during a contract: Complete all three optional objectives, take nine 3-star photos, collect the bone from the map, and correctly guess the ghost's identity.) |
| They’re Here (Hidden) | **Witness a Poltergeist ability** (Poltergeists can throw multiple objects at once if grouped together. The best way to achieve this is by gathering various items around the map and piling them in the ghost's location.) |
| Escape Artist (Hidden) | **Escape a Revenant** (Successfully escape a Revenant during a hunt, which is best done with tier 2 or 3 Incense to stall the ghost while you escape.) |
| The Bait (Hidden) | **Get killed by a Banshee in multiplayer** (Complete a contract in a group. Once you've identified a Banshee, lower your sanity and wait in the ghost's location for a hunt.) |
| Doom Slayed (Hidden) | **Get killed by a Demon ability within the first minute** (Demons can hunt at any sanity level, which means they can start hunting as soon as you enter the map. This achievement is challenging and largely depends on luck.) |
| Paranormal Perfectionist (PS5 Platinum Trophy) | Obtain all trophies |
That wraps up how to unlock all achievements in *Phasmophobia*. For more guides and the latest news on the game, including the *Phasmophobia* No Evidence Cheat Sheet, be sure to check out The Escapist.
*Phasmophobia is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.*
