Phasmophobia's Quality of Life Part 2 update lands August 25 with restricted map variants

Phasmophobia's Quality of Life Part 2 update is scheduled for release on August 25, developer Kinetic Games' second patch aimed at community feedback following the game's player character overhaul. Destructoid reported that no official launch time has been given, but the studio's release schedule points to roughly 7am CT, with occasional delays of a few hours.

The headline addition is a set of restricted maps: smaller versions of Prison, Brownstone High School and Point Hope that work like the existing Sunny Meadows Restricted location, walling off much of the layout so investigations can be finished faster. Point Hope Restricted will be a single variant reaching as far as the dining room, covering the map's first three floors. Prison Restricted and Brownstone High School Restricted will each have multiple variants — some counting as small maps, others as medium — with players loaded into a random one per contract.

What else is in the patch

The update also adds visual signals for duplicate media, so players no longer have to open the journal to check whether a photo or recording has already been captured. The indicator differs by equipment:

• Tier I Photo Cameras show a yellow LED light.
• Tier II and Tier III Photo Cameras and all tiers of Video Camera show a faded overlay in place of the usual bold white text.
• Tier I Sound Recorders dim the brightness of the volume indicators.
• Tier II and Tier III Sound Recorders display faded sound waves.

Custom matches gain ghost type selection, letting players pick the exact entity they want to face — a way to learn the subtle, unofficial behaviours and clues attached to each one. Journal data is now shared as well: every player can see the evidence and ghost type their teammates have logged, removing the need to ask what has already been recorded.

The journal's keys section has been renamed “Items we've found” and broadened to list assets collected around the map, including keys, bones and seasonal event items.

Destructoid noted that its breakdown of the patch was still receiving live updates as further details were confirmed.