update · July 2, 2026
Phasmophobia Quality of Life Preview Details July Update Fixes
This preview details the first half of Phasmophobia's massive quality-of-life update arriving on July 21, 2026. It highlights immediate adjustments to character animations, inventory interactions, VR bug fixes, and ghost behavior corrections.
Ahead of its full deployment alongside the 13 Willow Street rework, Kinetic Games outlined the first wave of changes arriving in Phasmophobia's split quality-of-life update. This initial batch tackles inventory speed, persistent animation bottlenecks, and a substantial catalog of bug fixes across equipment, ghosts, and VR architecture.
Gameplay and Animation Streamlining
To keep contracts moving swiftly, hand animations for grabbing, dropping, and interacting with doors have been stripped out. Item drop animations are now hidden from the local player. Furthermore, players can interrupt active item use animations by pressing the use button again, allowing for rapid equipment toggling.
VR Fixes and Adjustments
VR users receive immediate fixes for common snags, including visual jitters on Tier 2 and 3 tripod-mounted video cameras, broken stamina recovery while crouching, and equipment disappearing when walking into waist-high objects. Character height inconsistencies in multiplayer and unintended head detachment during sideways walking have also been resolved.
Ghost and Map Corrections
Ghost logic adjustments stop all ghost types from mimicking the Yurei door ability incorrectly. Specific fixes address the Kormos ignoring incense and hearing players through walls during hunts. Location bugs, such as un-turnable washing machines in Sunny Meadows and broken gate interaction prompts on Camp Woodwind, have been patched.
Equipment and General Stability
A broad spectrum of equipment bugs are addressed, preventing flashlights from turning invisible when picking up other items and stopping firelights from placing unlit during lighting animations. Network stability improvements also target connection drops.
Why this patch matters
This preview sets expectations for a mechanics-heavy patch that prioritizes responsiveness over new content, smoothing out the rough edges that disrupt investigations.