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Phasmophobia Achievements and Trophies Guide

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Phasmophobia has 54 achievements on Steam. Twenty-four of them are one-per-ghost identification unlocks, and the rest cover contract milestones, money spent, equipment tiers, daily and weekly tasks, prestige, and the Apocalypse Challenge. Most arrive naturally as you play. The three Apocalypse achievements are the hard ones, requiring solo runs on Sunny Meadows Mental Institution at 6.00x, 10.00x, and 15.00x reward multipliers, and Custom Difficulty does not unlock until Account Level 50.

Phasmophobia has 54 Steam achievements, mirrored as trophies on console. They track contract milestones, money spent, equipment tiers, daily and weekly tasks, prestige, ghost identification, and the Apocalypse Challenge.

This guide lists every achievement along with unlock requirements and completion tactics.

Progression and Contract Achievements​

AchievementRequirementUnlock Tip
No More Training WheelsComplete TrainingRun the tutorial once. Recording the Ghost Orbs is now a required step.
Work ExperienceComplete your first contractComplete any Amateur contract on Tanglewood. Hidden until unlocked.
RookieComplete 10 contractsPlay small house maps on Intermediate for quick clears.
ProfessionalComplete 50 contractsGrind speedruns on Tanglewood or Camp Woodwind.
BossComplete 100 contractsUnlocks naturally while earning money for equipment tiers.
Extra MileComplete 50 optional objectivesTake the easy board tasks every contract and this accumulates on its own.
Flawless ExecutionComplete a perfect investigationCorrect ghost, all 3 optional objectives, the bone, and a journal filled with unique media only. Hidden until unlocked.
IReach Prestige IReset your level after reaching Level 100.
IIReach Prestige IIA second full climb to Level 100.
IIIReach Prestige IIIThe last prestige achievement. Prestige itself runs far higher, but nothing beyond this is tracked.

Money and Equipment Achievements​

AchievementRequirementUnlock Tip
Chump ChangeSpend $1Buy anything in the shop.
Fat StackSpend $10,000Cumulative lifetime spending, not a balance.
Cash CowSpend $50,000Equipment upgrades count toward the total.
Break The BankSpend $100,000Arrives around the time you finish your Tier III upgrades.
Bare EssentialsUnlock all tier one equipmentBuy one of each starting item.
Tools of the TradeUnlock all tier two equipmentNote this is Tier two, not Tier one.
Fully LoadedUnlock all tier three equipmentThe last Tier III unlock sits at Level 80, and buying one of every item across all tiers runs well past $100,000.

Task, Challenge, and Ghost Encounter Achievements​

AchievementRequirementUnlock Tip
DedicatedComplete 30 daily tasksCheck the daily board every session.
DevotedComplete 10 weekly tasksTen weeks of play at minimum.
DirectorCreate a custom difficultyRequires Account Level 50. Making one is enough, you do not need to play it.
Challenger ApproachingComplete a weekly challenge modeThe challenge rotates weekly.
Rise to the ChallengeComplete the weekly challenge mode 5 timesFive separate weeks.
Taking All ChallengesComplete the weekly challenge mode 10 timesTen separate weeks.
They're hereWitness a Poltergeist abilityPile items in the ghost room and wait for the multi-throw. Hidden until unlocked.
The BaitGet killed by a Banshee in multiplayerYou have to be the Banshee's chosen target. Hidden until unlocked.
Escape ArtistEscape a RevenantSurvive a Revenant hunt. Hidden until unlocked.
Doom SlayedGet killed by a Demon ability within the first minuteThe Demon's any-sanity hunt has to catch you inside the opening minute. Hidden until unlocked.

Ghost Identification Achievements​

Twenty-four achievements follow the pattern "<Ghost> Discovered", awarded for successfully identifying that ghost for the first time and surviving the contract. They cover the Spirit, Wraith, Phantom, Poltergeist, Banshee, Jinn, Mare, Revenant, Shade, Demon, Yurei, Oni, Yokai, Hantu, Goryo, Myling, Onryo, The Twins, Raiju, Obake, The Mimic, Moroi, Deogen, and Thaye.

The Twins and The Mimic are worded slightly differently, asking only that you identify them for the first time.

note

There are 30 ghosts in the game but only 24 identification achievements. The six added since December 2025, namely the Obambo, Gallu, Dayan, Kormos, Aswang, and Deildegast, have no achievement attached. Do not treat the achievement list as a ghost roster.

warning

Do not lock in a ghost by picking its Ghost Type on Custom Difficulty to farm one of these achievements. That setting forces the reward multiplier to 0x, and since v0.19.0.0 a 0x Custom Difficulty contract no longer counts toward achievement or leaflet progress at all.

tip

The Deogen is the one ghost with a spawn requirement. The host needs to be at Prestige 0, Level 30 or beyond before it can appear at all. Every other ghost has equal spawn weight, except that a newly added ghost gets a temporarily boosted rate for its first few weeks.

The Apocalypse Challenge Trophies​

The Apocalypse Challenge requires completing a solo contract on Sunny Meadows Mental Institution at a high enough reward multiplier. Custom Difficulty, which those multipliers require, unlocks at Account Level 50.

TrophyRequirement
Bronze ApocalypseComplete Sunny Meadows solo at 6.00x or above
Silver ApocalypseComplete Sunny Meadows solo at 10.00x or above
Gold ApocalypseComplete Sunny Meadows solo at 15.00x

"Complete" means all four objectives done, ghost media captured, and you leave alive. A 15x run that ends in death, or with an empty journal, pays nothing toward the trophy.

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Zero evidence is not itself a requirement. Only the multiplier is. The built-in Apocalypse I preset ships with 2 evidence and Apocalypse II with 1. Zero evidence only becomes unavoidable at Gold, because with one evidence still enabled the multiplier ceiling is about 13.10x.

Gold Apocalypse Challenge Settings (15.00x Multiplier)​

The simplest route is the built-in Apocalypse III preset, which is exactly 15.00x. If you build it by hand:

  • Player: Starting sanity 0%, sanity pill restoration 0%, player speed 50%, sprinting off, flashlights disabled, sanity drain 200%.
  • Ghost: Ghost speed 150%, grace period 0 seconds, hunt duration High, evidence given 0, ghost roaming High, changing favorite room High, activity Low, kills extend hunts High.
  • Contract Parameters: Sunny Meadows, setup time 0 seconds, fuse box broken, 0 hiding spots, doors starting open High, truck sanity and activity monitors disabled.
warning

Two settings decide whether this works. Player speed must be 50%, not 75%. 75% is the Apocalypse II value and lands you at 14.60x, which is Silver. And setup time must be set to 0. If you leave it at the 300 second default while changing everything else, rewards hard-clamp to 1.00x and the run counts for nothing at all.

Winning Strategy for Gold Apocalypse​

  1. Reroll Side Objectives: Restart until your whiteboard objectives are low risk, such as "Detect EMF," "Smudge ghost," or "Prevent a hunt with a Crucifix." Every objective has to be completed, so a bad draw is worth restarting for instead of working around.
  2. Identify Ghost by Speed and Footsteps: Listen to footstep cadence from the chapel during the zero-grace-period hunt. Fast ghosts (Revenant, Deogen, Thaye, a fresh Deildegast) or distinct behavior ghosts (Hantu cold breath, Raiju electronic speed) are easiest to confirm.
  3. The Deogen Looping Meta: Reroll contracts until you get a Deogen. A Deogen scales down to 0.4 m/s within 2.5 meters, so you can loop it around chapel pews indefinitely even at 50% player speed against a 150% ghost. The Deogen only spawns if the host has reached Prestige 0, Level 30, so this route is not available to a fresh account.
  4. Capture and Escape: Light Incense to blind the ghost at close range, capture your ghost media during the window, log your guess in the journal, and leave in the truck to claim the trophy and badge.
tip

Since v0.18.0.0 (July 2026) any ghost media counts for the Apocalypse challenge, not only a photo. A video or a sound recording works just as well, which gives you more ways to satisfy the requirement under pressure.

Frequently Asked Questions​

How do you get the Gold Apocalypse trophy in Phasmophobia?

Complete a solo contract on Sunny Meadows Mental Institution at a 15.00x multiplier, finishing all four objectives, capturing ghost media, and leaving alive. The simplest route is the built-in Apocalypse III preset. Building it by hand, the two settings people get wrong are player speed, which must be 50 percent and not 75, and setup time, which must be 0 or rewards clamp to 1.00x.

What level do you need for the Apocalypse Challenge?

Account Level 50 or higher. That is the level that unlocks Custom Difficulty, which the challenge multipliers require.

Which ghost is easiest for a Gold Apocalypse run?

The Deogen. It scales down to 0.4 m/s within 2.5 meters, so you can loop it around chapel pews indefinitely even at 50 percent player speed against a 150 percent ghost. It only spawns once the host has reached Prestige 0, Level 30.

How do you unlock the Fully Loaded achievement?

Unlock all tier three equipment. The last tier three unlocks sit at Level 80, and buying one of every item across all three tiers runs past $100,000, so this is a long-term goal.

What is the Doom Slayed achievement?

Get killed by a Demon ability within the first minute of a contract. It is hidden until you unlock it, and it has nothing to do with Tarot Cards.