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The Monkey Paw is one of the most powerful and dangerous cursed items in Phasmophobia.
With it, players can make supernatural wishes that completely alter the course of the investigation — from changing the weather to reviving a dead teammate.
However, every wish has consequences, and understanding how to use the Monkey Paw correctly is essential for survival.
What Is the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia
The Monkey Paw is a cursed object that allows the player to make a limited number of wishes. Each wish grants a powerful effect but always comes at a cost.
It has between three and five fingers, depending on the game’s difficulty. The harder the mode, the fewer wishes you can make:
Amateur Mode: 5 wishes
Intermediate Mode: 4 wishes
Professional and Insanity Modes: 3 wishes
Every time a wish is made, one finger of the hand curls down, and a side effect is triggered. This mechanic makes the item one of the most intriguing and risky objects in the entire game.
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Where to Find the Monkey Paw
The Monkey Paw spawns randomly on the map, replacing other cursed objects. Only one cursed item appears per match, so if the Monkey Paw is present, no other cursed item will spawn.
The most common places to find it are main rooms, garages, kitchens, and ritual tables. Keep your eyes open — its faint glow under UV light can help you spot it more easily.
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Activating the Monkey Paw
Using the Monkey Paw is simple but requires caution. The player must hold the item and say the correct command out loud using the microphone. The game recognizes the command only if it’s spoken in the language selected in the menu and pronounced correctly.
It’s important to be in local voice chat (proximity chat) and ensure your microphone is properly configured. If the game doesn’t understand the command, the wish won’t be executed.
If you don’t have a microphone or are playing on a console, you can use text mode instead. On PC, you can enable it in the game’s settings; on consoles, text mode is enabled by default.
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List of Some Monkey Paw Wishes and Their Effects
Monkey Paw wishes are divided into three main categories: information, safety, and environment.
Each offers unique benefits but also brings dangerous side effects.
Information Wishes
Commands like “I wish to see the ghost” and “I wish for activity” reveal details about the ghost but may cause sanity loss, limited vision, or locked doors.
Safety Wishes
Saying “I wish to be safe” can stop an ongoing hunt but may trap the player inside a room.
Weather and Movement Wishes
It’s possible to change the map’s weather with commands like “I wish for clear sky” or “I wish for fog”.
There are also riskier wishes such as “I wish to leave”, which unlocks the van but makes the player extremely slow, and “I wish to revive my friend”, which revives a dead teammate but may instantly kill the one who made the wish.
If you'd like to check out other types of functional phrases, you can visit the Phasmophobia Wiki to discover more.
Tips for Using the Monkey Paw Safely
The best time to use the Monkey Paw is at the end of the investigation, when the team has already gathered all the necessary evidence. This way, even if something goes wrong, the mission won’t be completely lost.
Coordinate your wishes with the team before using it, and keep a list of the correct phrases nearby. When using voice mode, your pronunciation must be exact for the game to recognize the wish.
Consequences and Negative Effects
No wish made with the Monkey Paw comes without a price. Each command has a side effect, which may include sanity loss, slowness, reduced vision, or even instant death.
In some cases, the game can lock the player permanently inside a room, leaving no escape.
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The Monkey Paw represents the very essence of Phasmophobia: the balance between power and sacrifice. The more players try to control the supernatural, the closer they come to their own destruction.
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