{"id":43425,"date":"2023-02-28T18:20:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/insanity-difficulty"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:57:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:57:38","slug":"insanity-difficulty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/phasmophobia\/insanity-difficulty","title":{"rendered":"Phasmophobia Insanity Difficulty, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of changes came to Phasmophobia in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/phasmophobia\/next-update\">v.0.1.8.0 update<\/a>, including a new Challenge mode, a Cursed Possession called the Monkey Paw, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/phasmophobia\/difficulty-levels-differences-explained\">changes to the game&#8217;s difficulties<\/a>. The update also introduced a new <strong>Insanity Difficulty mode<\/strong>, which is, as its name implies, insane! Phasmophobia&#8217;s Insanity Difficulty is by far the hardest challenge in the game yet, and there are a whole lot of things that differ from the Nightmare mode.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll take a deeper look at Phasmophobia&#8217;s new Insanity Difficulty and what you can expect when playing it.<\/p>\n<h2>Phasmophobia Insanity Difficulty<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"img-figure\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" contenteditable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/gcE36QJJCDoi5GLYvrPmPqkSvGBX9WC_GhPRzdlnNVs\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzMi9hYi5qcGc\" alt=\"phasmophobia insanity difficulty\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption contenteditable=\"false\">Phasmophobia&#8217;s new Insanity Difficulty includes a variety of match parameters that will make ghost-hunting adventures significantly more challenging even for the most experienced players. (Picture: Kinetic Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Phasmophobia&#8217;s Insanity difficulty is the game&#8217;s hardest mode and was introduced in the v.0.1.8.0 update. In the Insanity difficulty, it will not only be extremely challenging to identify the ghost&#8217;s identity, but hunts will also be intense and hard to escape.<\/p>\n<p>When you open up the difficulty mode in-game, the description reads: &#8220;Feeling brave? These ghosts don&#8217;t mess around&#8230;&#8221; This little note from developers encourages players to think twice before selecting Insanity Difficulty since it&#8217;s definitely not for those who are still new to their ghost-hunting careers.<\/p>\n<h2>Phasmophobia Insanity Difficulty Parameters And Rewards<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what the parameters are in a Phasmophobia Insanity Difficulty match:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghosts will hide two types of evidence (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/phasmophobia\/ghost-writing\">Ghost Writing,<\/a> Ghost Orbs, etc)<\/li>\n<li>No Cursed Possessions<\/li>\n<li>The ghost&#8217;s room will change more often<\/li>\n<li>No setup time<\/li>\n<li>Short hunt grace period<\/li>\n<li>Long hunt duration and kills increase duration<\/li>\n<li>Sanity pills restore much less sanity<\/li>\n<li>Fuse box starts off<\/li>\n<li>Almost no hiding places<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Players will receive a 6x reward multiplier when playing on Insanity Difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>Considering Insanity Difficulty is designed for veteran players who know what they&#8217;re doing, we recommend only trying out this mode if you have a lot of experience playing Phasmophobia, as it&#8217;s pretty risky otherwise. If you&#8217;re interested in trying out some of the parameters included in the Insanity Difficulty &#8211; like the lack of Cursed Possessions &#8211; without committing to the challenge and risks of the difficulty mode, you can always set up a Custom Match with any parameters you like.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all you need to know about Phasmophobia&#8217;s new Insanity difficulty, including what you can expect when you load into your first Insanity Difficulty match. Good luck out there, ghost hunters!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of changes came to Phasmophobia in the v.0.1.8.0 update, including a new Challenge mode, a Cursed Possession called the Monkey Paw, and changes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12834,"featured_media":43426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phasmophobia","genre-horror","content_type-guide-tutorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Phasmophobia Insanity Difficulty, Explained - GINX TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Phasmophobia added a new mode called Insanity Difficulty. 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