Players have many unique tools at their disposal when hunting ghosts in Phasmophobia, but the mysterious Cursed Objects are some of the most important but also come with many risks. One of the seven Cursed Objects players may come across is the Monkey Paw.
The Monkey Paw can be found on every map and has a powerful effect upon use, but be careful, as each use has its consequences. Here’s how to use the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia.
What is the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia?
The Monkey Paw is one of seven Cursed Possessions in Phasmophobia and can be used to help you gain various benefits ranging from helping them discover the correct ghost type to reviving a fallen friend. This item is shaped like a severed hand and will move slightly after you pick it up to indicate that it is ready for players to use.
Generally, you will find this item sitting on some kind of surface throughout all of Phasmophobia’s playable maps. Since it is fairly small and quite dark, it can be tough to spot, so you will want to check its possible spawn locations carefully to determine whether this item is the chosen Cursed Possession that spawned for the match.
How to use the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia
To use the Monkey Paw, players will need to tell it a specific wish. Players can choose to use Phasmophobia’s microphone speech mode, in which case the Monkey Paw will respond to their audible wishes, or instead use the text-based system to select from the available options.
While some equipment like the Ouija Board and Spirit Box comes with no instructions or guidance on what players are able to ask, the Monkey Paw has specific wishes players can discover if they choose to scour the Sunny Meadows Mental Institution map for them.
All Monkey Paw wishes in Phasmophobia
Here are all of the currently known wishes you can make with the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia. Each wish also comes with a massive drawback, so players will want to be aware of each outcome before they wish.
| Wish | Effect | Tag location |
|---|---|---|
| I wish for activity / I wish the ghost would do something | All ghost activity will be doubled for two minutes, but the Fuse Box will break and the front door will be locked for the same two minutes. | Chapel |
| I wish for knowledge | One incorrect piece of evidence and one incorrect ghost type will be marked off in the player’s journal. A hunt will initiate immediately afterwards and the player will have their sight and sound dampened until they leave or until the ghost kills them. | Restricted Wing |
| I wish to revive my friend / I wish for life | A fallen friend will be revived, but the player who made the wish also has a 50 percent chance of dying. | Classroom |
| I wish to be safe | The closest hiding spot will open up for the player. However, all lights in the room will shatter and for the rest of the round, the ghost will be able to hear and detect the player who made this wish no matter how far away they are. | Left Matron’s Office |
| I wish to see the ghost | A ghost event will initiate in front of the player but their vision will also be somewhat obscured by a dark fog. The ghost will be still for about five seconds before activating a cursed hunt, which locks the player in, and the player will continue to have foggy vision until the hunt ends. | Manager’s Office |
| I wish for sanity / I wish to be sane | Every player will have their sanity set to 50 percent. However, players will then lose sanity at 1.5 percent and the ghost may change its favorite room. | Kitchen |
| I wish to leave | All doors are immediately unlocked, even if a hunt is active, and players have their speed reduced and vision slightly obscured for five seconds. | Hospital Wing |
| I wish the ghost was trapped / I wish to trap the ghost | The Monkey Paw teleports the ghost to its favorite room and traps it there for one minute. The ghost cannot hunt, wander off, or use its abilities for this time period. Simultaneously, all doors around where players are will also lock for one minute. After one minute passes, a cursed hunt begins and all doors are unlocked. | Female Dorm Room |
| I wish for clear skies | Players will have their sanity drained by 25 percent, will be blinded briefly, and the weather will then clear up outside. | Morgue |
| I wish for snow | Players will have their sanity drained by 25 percent, will be blinded briefly, and it will then be snowing outside. | Morgue |
| I wish for rain | Players will have their sanity drained by 25 percent, will be blinded briefly, and the weather will then change to rain. This wish has a 50 percent chance of granting either light or heavy rain. | Morgue |
| I wish for sunrise | Players will have their sanity drained by 25 percent, will be blinded briefly, and the weather outside will change to a calm sunrise. | Morgue |
| I wish for fog | Players will have their sanity drained by 25 percent, will be blinded briefly, and the weather will then become foggy. | Morgue |
| I wish for anything | The Monkey Paw will randomly grant one of the other wishes. | Waiting Room |
All of the wishes you can ask the Monkey Paw can be found on tags in specific rooms around the Sunny Meadows Mental Institution map. However, you don’t need to find any of the tags to actually use the wishes.
I recommend skipping the tag-gathering process entirely since the Sunny Meadows Mental Institution map is massive and quite cluttered. Instead, players can jump straight to using any wish they like as soon as they find a Monkey Paw, although all the tag locations are listed here too in case you want to find them yourself.
