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Phasmophobia Weekly: Fittest Survival Guide

by Eric Dec 30,2025

*Phasmophobia*'s Survival of the Fittest weekly challenge delivers one of the game's most terrifying experiences. Here's your survival guide for this intense trial.

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How To Complete The Survival of the Fittest Challenge in Phasmophobia

Survival of the Fittest challenge description in Phasmophobia

Screenshot via The Escapist

Survival of the Fittest stands as one of *Phasmophobia*'s most demanding challenges, stripping players of standard investigative tools and protection. As the description indicates, you must correctly identify the ghost without traditional evidence while battling permanently low sanity.

This challenge takes place at 42 Edgefield Road, a cramped house map with narrow hallways and poor visibility that amplifies the ghost's threat. The confined spaces make ghost encounters particularly dangerous.

Essential Tips for Surviving the Challenge

Restricted equipment loadout for Survival of the Fittest

Screenshot by The Escapist

The challenge begins with critical limitations: standard evidence-gathering tools like Ghost Writing Books and DOTs Projectors are absent. Without these, you must rely on observational skills to analyze ghost behaviors, movement patterns, and unique characteristics.

  • Use the Parabolic Microphone to detect Banshee screams or Myling activity
  • Salt placements can reveal Wraith activity
  • Three consecutively lit Firelights may expose an Onyro

Critical Challenge Conditions

Zero sanity indicator in Survival of the Fittest

Screenshot by The Escapist

You start with essentially no setup time and permanent zero sanity, making hunts an immediate threat. The provided Sanity Medications are useless decoration. The ghost maintains constant high activity and frequent events, while always favoring the same room.

Doors begin partially open, complicating tracking. However, the functional fuse box and nine available hiding spots offer crucial advantages during emergencies.

Strategic Use of the Monkey Paw

Crucifix burning effect in Phasmophobia

Screenshot by The Escapist

The singular Monkey Paw cursed possession can aid your investigation when used carefully. Wishing for knowledge will eliminate incorrect ghost types from consideration, though this comes at a dangerous cost:

  • Temporary blindness and deafness
  • Triggers a cursed hunt near your location

This high-risk tactic works best in multiplayer, where teammates can counteract the negative effects.

Accessing Challenge Mode

Challenge Mode selection screen

Screenshot by The Escapist

  1. Select Singleplayer or Multiplayer to create a lobby
  2. Navigate to the Difficulty tab above your character ID
  3. Scroll to and select Challenge Mode
  4. Manually choose the required location (42 Edgefield Road for this challenge)

Remember: full rewards require three successful completions. Simply identifying the ghost counts as completion.

Weekly Challenge Reset Schedule

Weekly Challenges refresh every Monday at Midnight UTC. North American players can access new challenges Sunday evening at:

  • 5:00 pm Pacific Time
  • 6:00 pm Mountain Time
  • 7:00 pm Central Time
  • 8:00 pm Eastern Time

Complete challenges before reset to receive credit.

Phasmophobia is available now on PC.