Phasmophobia: How to Find and Use the Monkey Paw Cursed Item

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Learn what every Monkey Paw wish does in Phasmophobia

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: September 17, 2025 Fact Checked

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What is the Monkey Paw?

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Using Monkey Paw

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Monkey Paw Wishes

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Monkey Paw Locations

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Did you find a Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia? This cursed possession allows users to make wishes that can force ghost hunts, revive dead teammates, drain sanity, and more. With each wish, players will receive a side effect that can impair them for the rest of the investigation. Here's how to use the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia, where to find it, and what wishes to use.

Using the Monkey Paw

To use the Monkey Paw in Phasmophobia, first find it on the map. It has a 1 in 7 chance of spawning. Pick it up, and then speak a wish. If you're using a controller or using text-based UI, use your Primary Use key to select a category and wish. Prepare for the side effects of the wish.

Section 1 of 4:

What is the Monkey Paw?

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The Monkey Paw is a supernatural item that grants players' wishes. In Phasmophobia, there are a total of seven cursed possessions that can interact with the ghost, including the tarot cards. Because of this, players have a 1 in 7 chance to find a Monkey Paw as long as the difficulty is not set on Insanity.^{[1]
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- Players can speak or select a wish that affects the ghost, players, or environment.
- The number of wishes depends on the difficulty.
- Each wish will come with a negative side effect.
- The Monkey Paw can only be used within the investigation area.

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How to Use the Monkey Paw

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Find a Monkey Paw. Players have a 1 in 7 chance for a Monkey Paw to spawn in the map. This will vary depending on the map. For specific locations, see the Locations section.
- Once you have the Monkey Paw, make sure to hold it.
- The number of non-bent fingers tells you the amount of wishes you have to use. This changes depending on the difficulty level.
  - 0x to 1x difficulty: 5 wishes
  - 1.01x to 2x difficulty: 4 wishes
  - 2.01x or higher difficulty: 3 wishes
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Speak your wish. If you're using voice chat, you'll simply speak the wish. If you're using the text-based UI, you'll press your Primary Use key to click a category and then a wish.
- For a full list of wishes, see the next section.
- While you may have more than one wish opportunity, you can't wish for the same thing twice.
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Prepare for the side effects. With each wish, you'll receive a side effect. Some side effects may be minor while others may be severe; it depends on the wish.
- Side effects include obscured vision, locked exit doors, muffled hearing, depleted sanity, and more.
- Setting up a crucifix may help you leave safely.

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Monkey Paw Wishes

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Saying or selecting this phrase will force a ghost event at its current location for 5 seconds. Once this time has passed, the ghost will start a cursed hunt. This will obscure the wisher's vision until the hunt ends.
Saying or selecting this phrase will double all and any ghost activity for the next 2 minutes. In return, the fuse box will break for the rest of the investigation and the exit door will be locked for 2 minutes.
The ghost is teleported to its favorite room and locks it in there for one minute. In this time, the ghost is unable to hunt, move, or use any abilities. However, this will also lock the door of the wisher's current room for one minute.
This wish will set every player's sanity to 50%. However, sanity will drain 1.5x more quickly until the end of the investigation, and the ghost's favorite room will swap to a random room.
This wish will free the nearest blocked hiding spot, such as a closet or room. However, the lights will shatter in the current room, and the ghost will be able to hear the wisher and their active devices (such as the DOTS projector) until the end of the investigation.
This wish unblocks all exit doors regardless of active hunts. However, the wisher's speed will decrease, and their vision will be reduced during this time.
This wish brings back a player from the dead, but it has a 50% chance of causing the wisher to die. If no players are dead, this wish can't be used.
This wish will eliminate one wrong piece of evidence and the associated ghosts in the wisher's journal. The ghost will teleport to the wisher and start a cursed hunt. The wisher will have obscured vision and muffled hearing until death or the end of the investigation.
You can say or select: clear sky, fog, rain, snow, or sunrise. This wish will change the weather, which causes all players to be temporarily blinded. This will also take 25% sanity from the wisher. If the wisher has less than 25% sanity, this wish can't be used.
This wish grants one of the available wishes at random.

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Monkey Paw Locations

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You can find the Monkey Paw in the white cabinet by the kitchen.
You can find the Monkey Paw in the white cabinet by the hallway.
You can find the Monkey Paw upstairs in the nursery on the changing table.
You can find the Monkey Paw upstairs on a desk.
You can find the Monkey Paw on a desk, gripping onto an axe.
You can find the Monkey Paw on top of a brown chest in the bedroom.
You can find the Monkey Paw on the dock in the green camping chair.
You can find the Monkey Paw underneath the wooden tent, above a red and white cooler.
You can find the Monkey Paw past the entrance on a box.
You can find the Monkey Paw near the metal detectors.
You can find the Monkey Paw at the bottom of the cross in the chapel.