Phasmophobia Spirit Box: How to Get a Response

The Spirit Box is the evidence players give up on first, and almost always for the same reason: the room was not dark. A ghost will not answer through the box while the room lights are on, so silence on a lit room tells you nothing.

What counts

You get the evidence when a recognised question produces a reply — the device indicator lights up and you hear a voice. Random sounds are not a response.

Which ghosts answer

Fourteen ghosts have Spirit Box: Dayan, Deogen, Gallu, Kormos, Mare, Moroi, Onryo, Phantom, Poltergeist, Spirit, The Mimic, The Twins, Wraith, and Yokai. The full chart is on the evidence cheat sheet.

How to test it properly

• Turn the room lights off first. Break the fuse box only if the room switch does not stay off.
• Ask recognised questions: “Are you here?”, “Where are you?”, “How old are you?”, “Do you want to hurt us?” Repeating a question the ghost already ignored rarely helps — vary it.
• Mind the range, which depends on the box tier: roughly 3 meters at Tier I, 4 at Tier II, 5 at Tier III. Move through the room rather than shouting from the doorway.
• Some contracts require the asking player to be alone in the room. Have teammates step out.
• Use the on-screen question indicator to confirm your input registered; if you are on text mode, pick from the selectable list.

Reading the reply

A real answer is short and clear — a whispered word or a clipped phrase. Deogen is the exception worth memorising: it answers with heavy breathing rather than speech, and that breathing is itself the tell. Moroi can curse you through the box, draining sanity even in light after a response, so keep an eye on your meter after a hit.

Common mistakes

Testing in a lit room. Testing once and moving on. Testing from too far away. And testing while another player talks over you — voice recognition can drop a doubled question. If two pieces are already in and you only need to confirm a Spirit Box ghost, stand still in the dark center of the favorite room and cycle recognised questions for a full minute before giving up. For which candidates overlap, the identification order guide and the sound evidence notes cover the rest.