All Phasmophobia Cursed Object Locations and How To Use Them

It is critical that when you finish using the Ouija Board, you say or select “Goodbye” to safely deactivate it. If you don’t, and there are no players within five meters of the active board, it burns, then breaks, and a cursed hunt is triggered. This also happens if you ask a question that requires more sanity than you have, and when you ask to play hide-and-seek.

Music Box

If you need to find the ghost’s favorite room or capture media, such as a video or photo of the ghost for your objectives, the Music Box can be a huge help–if you use it right. When you interact with the Music Box, it will play music. If the ghost is within 20 meters of the box, it will start singing, so you can follow the sound to find its location. If the ghost is within five meters of the active Music Box, it triggers a ghost event during which the ghost appears and walks towards the music (and you can grab a video or photo).

However, using the Music Box can be extremely risky. A cursed hunt can be triggered if you have 0% sanity, drop (not place) the box while the music is playing, the ghost is within one meter of the Music Box while music is playing, or the ghost walks for more than five seconds during the five-meter ghost event. Also note players within three meters of an active box will suffer sanity drain of 2.6% per second, so staying within that range for the box’s full 30-second song can result in a maximum drain of 77%.

So, to safely use and discard the Music Box, first have a smudge and lighter ready, pop some sanity medication to ensure you’ve got more than 77% (ideally more), and a hiding spot picked out, to help you survive a potential cursed hunt–at least until you’re more confident using it.

If you want to use the Music Box to pinpoint the ghost’s favorite room, first try to locate the area of the map the ghost is lurking in–a parabolic microphone, or EMF can help with this when playing on larger maps–as this can help you narrow down the room options. Activate the box and wander until you hear the faint singing–indicating the ghost is within 20 meters–listening to the volume (make sure it doesn’t get too loud) and direction it’s coming from to help you identify the room. Place (as you would a ghost writing book) the box carefully on the floor, and quickly move into a hiding spot far away from both it and the ghost. If you’re brave, wander around with the active music box until the ghost visibly appears in front of you, then quickly place down the box and try to escape the almost inevitable cursed hunt.

If you know the ghost room, but want to use the Music Box to capture media, place motion sensors throughout the room so you know exactly where the ghost is and can avoid activating the box right on top of the ghost. Activate the Music Box, place it on the floor, move away from it, and snap a photo or video of the ghost when it manifests within five meters of the box–then try to escape.

Haunted Mirror

The Haunted Mirror serves one purpose: showing you the ghost room. These dark, oval mirrors can sometimes be easy to miss, as they aren’t always on the wall and you may mistake them for a normal, non-spooky mirror. To use this cursed possession, pick it up, interact with it, and the glass will show a somewhat blurry live, panning feed of a room. This is the ghost’s favorite room, and while it can be straightforward to work out which it is from the mirror image on smaller maps with distinct rooms (like Tanglewood), it can be more challenging on larger maps (like Brownstone High School, which has numerous classrooms), so pay attention to the details of the room image, including decor, wall color, and other unique identifying features, as it’ll help you narrow down which room it is. You can also add equipment to suspected rooms and see whether they appear on the live mirror feed.

Like all cursed items in Phasmophobia, using the Haunted Mirror doesn’t come without its drawbacks. Every use of the mirror–each time you view the image–decreases sanity by 7.5% per second, or 20%, whichever is higher. So, make sure you have plenty of sanity before you use it and, if possible, try to use it just once and for a short period.

The Haunted Mirror can also break and trigger a cursed hunt if used by a player with less than 20% sanity, or if a player reaches 0% sanity while using it. Once it’s broken, you can’t use it anymore.

Summoning Circle

The Summoning Circle allows you to temporarily summon the ghost in physical form, making it useful when you need a photo or video of the ghost,  but it’s probably best left to intermediate and professional-level players.

This cursed item takes the form of a red satanic symbol on the floor, surrounded by five candles. To use the Summoning Circle, you need a lighter and a sanity level above 80%, but it’s also worth bringing a photo or video camera with you and a smudge, and identifying a nearby hiding spot, too. Light each of the candles around the Summoning Circle (each drains 16% sanity), and the ghost will appear in its physical form, trapped inside the circle for five seconds–during which time you can capture a picture or video.

Getting the media isn’t the hard part; it’s surviving after. Capture what you need as soon as the ghost appears, then run and hide, as a hunt will trigger as soon as it’s free. If you get found, break out your smudge. A hunt will also be instantly triggered if you light a red candle with less than 16% sanity. Should you dare to light the Summoning Circle when the ghost is hunting, it will teleport straight to you and instantly kill you.

Tarot Cards

Using Phasmophobia’s Tarot Cards deck is essentially like playing a game of russian roulette. When you interact with this cursed possession, you pull a random card from the deck that has an effect on the ghost and players, which can either be positive or negative. There are 10 unique Tarot Cards in Phasmophobia, each with a distinct burning color and its own effects, with the latter ranging from instantly triggering a cursed hunt to reviving a dead player.

Each deck you find has 10 randomly generated cards in it, but this doesn’t mean you will get all of the unique cards available, and you may often pull the same card more than once from a deck.

There is a very useful Phasmophobia trick https://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-phasmophobia-cursed-object-locations-and-how-to-use-them/ that negates the negative effects of The Devil and Death cards, allowing you to avoid triggering a cursed hunt or ghost event, but it doesn’t stop The Hanged Man from instantly killing you.

All cursed object locations in Phasmophobia

All cursed object spawn locations in 6 Tanglewood Drive

• Monkey Paw – In the garage, on top of the bag of fertilizer inside the green wheelbarrow on the left side of the room, next to a set of gloves.
• Voodoo Doll – Sitting in front of the large teddy bear in the corner of the child’s bedroom (to the right of the bed).
• Ouija Board – In the basement, sitting on the shelf below the model train controls.
• Music Box – On the dresser beside the safe door in the master bedroom (the room with the ensuite) closet.
• Haunted Mirror – On the wall of the hallway, between the door to the master bedroom and the book case.
• Tarot Cards – On a small set of drawers between the couch and armchair to the right of the living room, next to the house phone.
• Summoning Circle – On the floor in the basement, near the model train controls.

All cursed object spawn locations in 42 Edgefield Road

• Monkey Paw – Upstairs, the second room on the right (the orange one) sitting on the baby changing table.
• Voodoo Doll – Upstairs, on the bed of the bedroom that has blue walls and a picture of a car on the wall. The doll is next to the pillows on the blue polkadot blanket. 
• Ouija Board – In the utility room off the kitchen (the room with the washing machine), under the metal shelving on the right. 
• Music Box – In the lounge, inside a green bowl on the small table with a lamp on it. 
• Haunted Mirror – To the right as you walk into the house, on the wall between the front door and the main house stairs. 
• Tarot Cards – On the table beside the front door, next to the photo frames and green bowl that has the car keys in it.
• Summoning Circle – In the basement room, behind the metal shelving and near where the breaker can spawn. 

All cursed object spawn locations in 10 Ridgeview Court

• Monkey Paw – Upstairs, on the white desk beside the sneaker in the green bedroom with the red car picture.
• Voodoo Doll – On the long blue and white stool next to the piano in the hallway room that leads to the garage.
• Ouija Board – In a closet to the left of the hallway that leads to the garage, across from the bathroom. It’s sitting on the middle shelf of the metal and wood shelving. 
• Music Box – Upstairs, sitting beside a plant on the dresser next to the door in the purple bedroom.
• Haunted Mirror – Above the lamp sitting on a table across from the stairs leading to the basement. 
• Tarot Cards – On the table next to the front door, sitting beside the green bowl with the car keys in them. 
• Summoning Circle – In the basement, it’ll be right in front of you when you open the door at the bottom of the basement stairs. 

All cursed object spawn locations in Nell’s Diner

• Monkey Paw – In the kitchen, on a chopping board next to a meat cleaver on the middle kitchen island. The Monkey Paw and chopping board is on the side of the island that’s closest to the door leading to the staff area/side exit door. 
• Voodoo Doll – Enter the diner through the front door and navigate to the booths on the far left. The Voodoo Doll is sitting on a seat in the fifth booth across–the one with the pancakes, milkshake, and handbag. 
• Ouija Board – In the janitor’s closest, sitting on top of an empty cardboard box next to the metal shelving.
• Music Box – In the manager’s office, on the table behind the door, next to pots of cacti and a coffee maker, under the fried egg poster.
• Haunted Mirror – In the staff room, on the stack of chairs next to the Mr. Sprinkle vending machine.
• Tarot Cards – Behind the counter in the main diner area, sitting next to the cash register. 
• Summoning Circle – On the floor inside the men’s bathroom.

Make sure to also solve the Nell’s Diner easter egg if you haven’t already.

All cursed object spawn locations in Grafton Farmhouse

• Monkey Paw – Go through the front door and go straight until you reach the dining room, the Monkey Paw sits on the console table to the left, next to the stack of plates.
• Tarot Cards – Turn around from where the Monkey Paw sits and go down the small corridor near the grandfather clock. You’ll be presented with three doors, go through the one on the left and into the study/library. The Tarot Cards are sitting on the desk to the left, next to the typewriter.
• Voodoo Doll – Go out of the study and through the door straight ahead of you to enter the creepy dressmaker workroom. The Voodoo Doll is sitting on the large table to the right of the room, next to a pair of scissors.
• Music Box – Go up the main stairs, turn right, then turn left at foot of the stairs to enter a small bedroom. On the bedside table, next to the lamp, is the Music Box.
• Ouija Board – Leave the small bedroom, turn left, and take the stairs up to the attic. Turn left when you’re in the attic and slight left to find the Ouija Board leaning against a cardboard box underneath a tall standing lamp. 
• Summoning Circle – From the top of the main house stairs, turn right, then right again, following the staircase railings a short distance–passing a boarded up door and console table–to reach an opening in the wall to your left. The opening leads to a room full of creepy dolls; walk straight into the room, toward the window at the far end, to find the Summoning Circle on the floor.
• Haunted Mirror – From the top of the main stairs, turn left and enter the door straight in front of you: the master bedroom. From the door, go straight towards the table in front of you. The Haunted Mirror can be found on the table, next to a basket of canes.

All cursed object spawn locations in 13 Willow Street

• Monkey Paw – On the bottom shelf of the white book cabinet, next to the bathroom, in the main hallway.
• Voodoo Doll – Inside the wardrobe in the blue bedroom. Open the white wardrobe with the glass windows (through which you can see a bear) in the far left-hand side of the room. The Voodoo Doll spawns inside the bottom of the wardrobe. 
• Ouija Board – In the garage utility room, on top of the washing machine.
• Music Box – On the table to the left of the front door, next to the framed photograph of a cat.
• Haunted Mirror – In the garage utility room, behind the metal shelving near the washing machine and dryer.
• Tarot Cards – In the lounge, on the circular side table beside the couch, next to the TV remote.
• Summoning Circle – Downstairs, on the corridor floor in the basement, outside the first door.

All cursed object spawn locations in Camp Woodwind

• Monkey Paw – On the far side of the camp is a wooden structure next to the small orange tent. The Monkey Paw can be found next to the marshmallows on sticks on the raised wooden surface,
• Voodoo Doll – Leaning against the front of the small cyan tent, on the side closest to the wood piles.
• Ouija Board – On a white table in the games/recreation tent, next to some bowling pins.
• Music Box – On a camping table located inside the entrance of the yellow tent, on the right. 
• Haunted Mirror – Leaning against the bottom large tree in the middle of the camp. Turn on the generator and the tree lights on the tree will light up, making it easier to find.
• Tarot Cards – On a picnic table to the left of the main exit gate, on the one closest to the white tent.
• Summoning Circle – On the floor of the food tent, the one with coolers, pots, pans, and cans of baked beans in it, next to the toilets.

All cursed object spawn locations in Point Hope

• Tarot Cards – Ground floor main room, on a table between the two green couches, next to the TV remote.
• Haunted Mirror – Floor two (the dining room with the wine racks), leaning against the bottom of the blue/gray cabinet with the broken shelf in it. 
• Ouija Board – Floor three (the one with the pool table). On the top shelf of the circular shelving in the center of the room, next to the ottoman with an open book on it.
• Summoning Circle – Floor four, go through the door and the Summoning Circle is on the floor of the bathroom.
• Music Box – Floor five, go through the door to the red bedroom. The Music Box is sitting on the vanity table to the right of the door.
• Voodoo Doll – Floor six, go through the door to the child’s bedroom. The Voodoo Doll is sitting on a crate at the far end of the room, next to a pirate hat and telescope. 
• Monkey Paw – Floor seven, on the worktable with a wooden rocking horse on it, to the right of the stairs.

Make sure to also solve the Point Hope easter egg if you haven’t already.

All cursed object spawn locations in Bleasdale Farmhouse

• Ouija Board – Ground floor, in the living room, leaning the couch nearest the piano.
• Summoning Circle – Ground floor, in the utility room, on the floor between the shelving.
• Music Box – Ground floor tea room (next to the utility room), sitting on a doily the bottom shelf of the large cabinet. 
• Haunted Mirror – First floor, in the corner of the trophy room, leaning against the empty cabinet with the blue rubber gloves hanging on it.
• Monkey Paw – First floor, in the study, on the bottom shelf of the ‘L’-shaped bookshelf next to the grandfather clock.
• Voodoo Doll – First floor, master bedroom, sitting on the leather ottoman at the foot of the four poster bed. 
• Tarot Cards – In the attic bedroom. Get to the attic via the door between the bathroom and study on the first floor and then navigate through it until you reach a beaded purple and white door–go through it and into the attic bedroom. The Tarot Cards can be found in the far right of the room, in the bit with all the plants, on the table with the crystal ball. Next to it are some individual Tarot Cards.

All cursed object spawn locations in Sunny Meadows and Sunny Meadows Restricted

In Sunny Meadows and Sunny Meadows Restricted, all cursed possessions spawn in the same location: the Chapel. On the platform below the large crucifix in the Chapel is a large red symbol on the floor that looks similar to the Summoning Circle. This symbol has five smaller circles around its rim, in which five of the game’s cursed possessions can spawn (each occupying one circle): the Ouija Board, the Tarot Cards, the Voodoo Doll, and the Music Box. The Monkey Paw can then be found at the foot of the large, bloody crucifix, and the Summoning Circle (distinct from the larger symbol due to its candles) can be found inside the larger symbol. Keep in mind that, unless you’re on custom difficulty, it’s likely only one of these cursed items will spawn.

All cursed object spawn locations in Prison

Like Sunny Meadows’ cursed objects, the Prison’s cursed objects all spawn in the same location: the entrance hallway (the room with the metal detectors). However, unlike Sunny Meadows, the items aren’t all found in one spot.

• Music Box – On the table to the left of the entrance door, before the metal detectors. Inside the black tray.
• Voodoo Doll – On the table to the left of the entrance door, before the metal detectors. Between the black and gray trays.
• Tarot Cards – On the table to the left of the entrance door, before the metal detectors. Inside the gray tray.
• Monkey Paw – On the table to the left of the entrance door, before the metal detectors. Between the gray tray and the metal detector. 
• Ouija Board – On the floor behind the table to the left of the entrance door. 
• Haunted Mirror – Follow the row of seats on the right-hand side of the entrance, the Haunted Mirror is under the seats on the third row, across from the water cooler.
• Summoning Circle –  On the floor at the end of the entrance hallway, just before the double doors. 

All cursed object spawn locations in Brownstone High School

As in Phasmophobia’s other large maps, all the cursed possessions in Brownstone High School spawn in the same area: the lobby.

• Monkey Paw – Straight ahead of the entrance, sitting on a box against a pillar that says “Smoki” on it. 
• Haunted Mirror – On the opposite side of the pillar the same pillar the Monkey Paw spawns in front of. Sitting on the floor, leaning against the pillar.
• Ouija Board – On the floor behind the other pillar in the lobby, on the side of the pillar furthest from the entrance. 
• Music Box – On the right-hand side of the lobby, sitting on the second bench.
• Tarot Cards – On the left-hand side of the lobby, sitting on the second bench.
• Summoning Circle – Walk to the far end of the lobby, it spawns on the floor, shortly after the two pillars.
• Voodoo Doll – At the far end of the lobby, sitting on the bench.

All cursed object spawn locations in Maple Lodge Campsite

• Voodoo Doll – From the main entrance gate, turn left before the reception building to enter campsite A. The Voodoo Doll is leaning against a log near the campfire, beside the acoustic guitar.
• Ouija Board – Find the games tent in campsite A and follow go down the right of it to reach a small wooden building, turn left before the yellow barrel and walk a short distance until you spot a wooden ladder. Go through the open doorway next to the ladder to enter a cleaning closet and find the Ouija Board on the middle shelf of the shelving in front of you.
• Haunted Mirror – In the reception building, straight ahead of the entrance gate, on the wall above the couch in the main reception room.
• Music Box – Go through the reception building and out the back; this is campsite B. The Music Box is sitting on a log next to the blue camping chairs near the campfire (there’s a red thermos next to it).
• Monkey Paw – From the main entrance gate, turn right before the reception building and go through the “Staff Only” door. Turn left after the crates and walk straight, past the chopped wood on your right and tent on your left until you reach a barrow. The Monkey Paw will spawn here, near the blue portapotty. 
• Tarot Cards – Head towards the pier in the north-easter portion of the map and look for the nearby picnic tables. The Tarot Cards will spawn on the picnic table that has scattered playing cards on it.
• Summoning Circle – Go to the cabin near the pier and use the blue key beside the welcome mat to open the front door. The Summoning Circle will be on the floor in front of the fridge/large chest, next to the stairs.