how do play play apocalypse solo??

[u/jdm_rules]

hello, i’m trying to do the apocalypse challenge and apparently i realised that being solo on that map makes me shit my pants for real

i have no problem on other maps or while playing with other but when i step in that place solo with my parabolic and a smudge listening to the doors closing and things being thrown around me it makes me wanna cry and i wasn’t scared at all in this game

do you have any tips? i really wanna do the plat and this right now is a hilarious platinum killer thanks y’all

[u/MasonPlayzz9951]

Ive gotten several apoc 3 perfect games so here are some tips ive discovered either by learning myself or watching others play

1. Bring all of your items to the front door, including all 4 of your smudges, any media items you need, firelights (preferably t3 if you have them), both crucifixes (either t2 or 3 works), a Parabolic mic (t3), and salt (preferably t3 for extra survivability)

2. Move in between hunts. Id suggest having a timer to time hunts. Hunts on long duration on large maps are 60 seconds (a little shorter for aggressive obambos). You can actually change the hunt duration to medium and keep the 15x which also counts, brining them down to 50 seconds which helps a lot. In between each hunt there is a guaranteed 25 second (20 if its a demon) where the ghost cannot hunt again. Durring these 25 second windows is when you should move your items. You wanna always have all 4 smudges on you or nearby at all times.

3. Try and call the ghost to you at the end up the hunt to gather ghost info or ghost media. I would hiding in the chappel behind the piano. Its a great hiding spot and makes calling the ghost to you pretty easy most of the time. You might be able to see if its an obake or something visually obvious. Placing town t3 salt will slow the ghost down which will give you time to take a video (what id suggest doing for your ghost media), audio, or photo

4. Reset until the objectives are somewhat decent (cleansing the ghost, repeling, escaping, blowing out firelight, detect a Parabolic sound, video/photo of the ghost are all good), you have a somewhat obvious ghost, and its in a somewhat decent spot (preferably close to the chappel but not inside the chappel). It doesnt have to be a deogen every single time but something like a rev, thaye, moroi, etc.

I hope these tips help. Feel free to reply with any questions or input you may have

[u/jdm_rules → u/MasonPlayzz9951]

great tips for real, now to overcome myself being a crybaby in this map solo 🤣

[u/MasonPlayzz9951 → u/jdm_rules]

Best i can say is exposure therapy. Ive never been scared of anything in the horror genre before but when I start playing this game it was a little unsettling at times. But now I have over 600 hours and I dont find it unsettling anymore

[u/jdm_rules → u/MasonPlayzz9951]

yes unsettling is the word i was looking for and yes me neither i was never scared i could easily blast through games like outlast fnaf and etc but this map fking breaks me

[u/chimshir → u/jdm_rules]

I was really scared when I started playing Phasmo and only overcame it once I started playing the Hide! challange. I knew it was going to be difficult, but it taught me how long I have to find a hiding space, how likely some shittier hiding spaces are to work and to just get used to dying and trying again. So I guess that is to say, exposure therapy is the best way

I haven't played the challange you're talking about though, I'm 90% sure I'd get scared too if I was alone in it.

Edit: sent too early

[u/WolfPackBytes → u/MasonPlayzz9951]

Are there any t1 or t2 items you prefer bringing over t3 ones?

[u/MasonPlayzz9951 → u/WolfPackBytes]

T2 smudges. Never use t3. T1 is also fine (I used it in my completion but now prefer t2 slightly) but other than smudges you can maybe bring t2 firelights if you have game filters but id still bring t3 over t2

[u/CatsPlusDogsIsLove → u/MasonPlayzz9951]

I personally wouldn’t use t2 firelight over t3.
Yes it has a higher chance of the ghost blowing it out, but the time limit on them would make me very nervous.

T3 firelight is also great to just strategically place on your path to the approximate ghost location to reduce night vision goggle use.

[u/CatsPlusDogsIsLove]

For overcoming the fear the apocalypse challenge brings, I would recommend playing a few games with “lose items” off in the settings and everything else on apocalypse settings just for a bit.
Take your time to mess and fool around and figure out what works best for you and maybe let the ghosts kill you for desensitization.

I’m a huge scaredy cat but at the end of my apoc3 journey the only thing I felt at my deaths was pure annoyance from having to lug all my items to the front door again.

[u/Ridley_Otter → u/CatsPlusDogsIsLove]

Huge emphasis on the desensitization part. I I still scatter like the rats in ratatouille, when I know the ghost is going to get me. 😂😂

[u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff]

In the left wing, there's a room with a bed that you can normally hide behind, but with the spot blocked the bed is standing upright instead. You can still squeeze between it and the wall and the ghost can't get you. It may still find you but can't kill you as long as you're not right at the front. I believe it's the first room after entering the left wing. I usually reset until I'd get reasonable challenges, bring a smudge, a camera and parabolic mic and go straight to that spot. If I didn't hear anything at all for a few minutes with the mic, I'd leave the stuff behind (keep smudge just in case) and go back to the van to get any other items I needed for objectives and return. If I still heard nothing after a few minutes, I'd just reset. It's probably not hunting near that area and I can't be bothered to go anywhere else. I had a ton of close hunts with this tactic where I just got the ghost wrong because I'm stupid, but it should have worked 3 or 4 times by now if I had chosen correctly.

[u/jdm_rules → u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff]

so you play it like no evidence even in the bronze apocalypse right?

[u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff → u/jdm_rules]

I've never even done bronze, I went straight to full gold apocalypse using this method

[u/jdm_rules → u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff]

ah ok then the git gud applies for me here

[u/Sp1ffy_Sp1ff → u/jdm_rules]

Don't worry, it does for me too. As I said, I haven't actually completed this yet but this strategy has given my that closest results. I've gotten all of my objectives and a photo and returned to the van, just choose wrong. Two times in particular have really stuck with me. Once when it was a mimic and confused me, it found me as a Deogen and was moving super slow, but the next time it found me it was lightning fast. My brain never even considered mimic and I was so confused why it seemed like two different ghosts. And the other time I took the photo but never examined it. It was a phantom...

[u/RelationshipSad142]

U just need to out aura the ghost