Phasmophobia Ghost Types

5. Banshee

Evidence

• Ultraviolet

• Ghost Orb

• D.O.T.S Projector

The Banshee is a type of ghost in Phasmophobia. Banshees are noted for the distinctive screech that they produce on the Parabolic Microphone, as well as their targeting of only one specific player during hunts. The singing siren, known for attracting its victims through song. It has been known to single out its prey before making a killing blow.

These are the strengths and weaknesses as listed in the journal:

Strength: Banshees will weaken their target before striking.

Weakness: Banshees can sometimes be heard screaming with a parabolic microphone.

Activity

The Banshee has a higher chance of performing singing ghost events over other types.

If all of the following conditions are met:

• The ghost event is a singing event,

• The ghost event is targeted towards the hunt target, and

• The hunt target causes the Banshee to disappear prematurely (by going near it);

Then the hunt target's sanity will decrease by 15%, instead of the usual 10%.

Like other ghosts, who the Banshee targets for a ghost event is random and based on distance; being the hunt target by itself does not increase their chance of being the ghost event target.

There is another singing vocalisation that is not considered a true singing event, hence the Banshee's sanity deduction from this is the standard 10%.

When in a D.O.T.S. state, the Banshee will try to move towards its hunt target instead of the nearest player.

Abilities

When the Banshee performs a roam, if the target is inside the investigation area, it has a 2/3 (67%) chance of roaming to the target. This does not occur during hunts.

• This can result in a very high ability count on the post-game statistics.

• The roam cannot be completed if the player is on a different floor.

When a Parabolic Microphone is used, the Banshee has a 33% chance of making a unique shriek-like paranormal sound instead of a whisper or footstep.

Hunt

At the start of the game a player is randomly selected as the hunt target. If the hunt target leaves the game or dies, a new hunt target will be selected.

The Banshee's hunt threshold is 50%, but it only checks the target's sanity when trying to hunt, rather than the average sanity like other ghost types, meaning that only the target needs to be at or below 50% sanity for it to attempt to hunt. This means that the Banshee can appear to hunt from as early as 87.5% average sanity, or as low as 12.5% average sanity, on the Sanity Monitor, depending on the target's current sanity and number of other players.

When a Banshee hunts, it will mostly follow standard hunt rules, but it will ignore all players other than its hunt target. It will not attempt to chase other players nor will it kill them, even if it comes into direct contact with a non-target player, instead passing through them. The Banshee will react to Incense lit by other players within range, but this will not allow for completion of the "Repel a ghost while it is chasing someone" optional objective unless the Banshee is also chasing its target when this occurs.