The Monkey Paw is a randomly spawning cursed possession inPhasmophobiathat you can use to literally wish your problems away, at a price. Here’s a full breakdown of how to use the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia.
Monkey Paw cursed possession explained- Phasmophobia
Assuming the Monkey Paw spawns within its one-in-seven chance during any given game of Phasmophobia and you find it, you must first pick it up to use it.Only pick it up if you intend to use it. The Monkey Paw listens to your voice chat and could misinterpret what you say as a wish.
When holding the Monkey Paw, you can ask it to grant you wishes. You get five wishes on normal difficulties, four if the multiplier is 2x, and only three if it’s set to 3x or more. If voice chat is connected, you have to speak out your wishes while holding the Monkey Paw. Otherwise, if you’re using text UI, right-click to activate and select the categories and wishes desired. Each wish has a risk of also generating a negative effect.
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All possible wishes
Each of the specific wishes can only be used once per contract. Most of these are best if you have no other option but to risk a player or the contract itself, but wishing to leave and wishing for life (if the coin toss is won) seem the most valuable of the lot to me when weighed by their costs. But what’s a game of Phasmophobia among friends without a little chaos and risk of total annihilation? So why not risk the literal Monkey’s Paw?
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Alexa BeMent
Alexa BeMent is an aspiring media creator and writer who may also secretly be a manatee masquerading as a human. A Virginia Tech graduate with Creative Writing and Cinema degrees, she has been a Freelance Writer for PC Invasion since February 2023, and enjoys writing stories and consuming video essays when she’s not planning the Manatee Uprising. Having played video games since before she could read, she is a lover of all things Legend of Zelda, FFXIV, horror games, and can play competitive Pokémon, especially as a Ghost type Gym Leader. We don’t discuss how big her Pokémon plush collection is.
