Huge Phasmophobia update Ascension is the one you’ve been waiting for

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The Phasmophobia Ascension update is the one you’ve been waiting for. Phasmophobia update 0.9 is a comprehensive overhaul to the co-op horror game. With the genre dramatically bulking out in recent years and the likes of Demonologist, Devour, Pacify, Labyrinthine, The Outlast Trials, The Blackout Club, and more all making waves in the space, the sudden appearance of this huge set of Phasmophobia patch changes is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

Phasmophobia patch notes 0.9.0.0 give the game its biggest overhaul in a long while. Officially called Phasmophobia Ascension, this massive update includes an all new progression system, introduces equipment upgrades for every item in the game, overhauls the game’s tutorial, and moves the whole experience to a new branch of the Unity engine for improved overall performance in game.

The reworked progression system includes plenty of new unlocks to obtain, and there’s a prestige system to reset your level for additional, well, prestige. If you’ve already played previously you’ll be reset to prestige 1, level 1, while incoming new players will start at prestige 0, level 1. Rewards have also been “drastically” increased across the board for all objectives, tasks, and the weekly challenge.

Equipment can now be upgraded across three tiers. These improvements are expensive to unlock, but once you have them each subsequent tier costs the same to bring into a contract. Certain equipment types have been renamed to account for the broader tiers that this will result in – the Matchbox and Lighters now fall under ‘Igniter’ while Smudge Sticks and the Censer are part of the ‘Incense’ category.

Several pieces of equipment and evidence have been rebalanced or reworked. DOTS has had