The Voodoo Doll cursed item was added to Phasmophobia in Update 0.5.0.1, adding a new way for players to interact with ghosts. The Voodoo Doll can also add a new difficulty to an investigation if players are particularly unlucky with the pins.
There is only a one in five chance that the voodoo doll will appear on a map. One cursed element appears per card, and you can instead encounter one of the others during a Phasmophobia round.
How to Use Voodoo Doll in Phasmophobia
Phasmophobia's voodoo doll has 10 pins stuck inside. Each time you interact with the doll, she drives a pin into the doll at random.
Each pin you push into the voodoo doll will force the ghost to do an interaction, which can be useful in finding its exact location provided you're not too far away. It can also be used to obtain images of interactions, but there is a catch. Two takes, actually.
One of the voodoo doll's pins is stuck in the heart. If this pin is pressed, it will immediately launch a cursed hunt.
A cursed hunt is longer than a normal hunt, and if you trigger one, each hunt for the rest of the round will be just as long. Curse Hunts only have a one-second grace period and can start at any Sanity level.
Since the pin you press on the voodoo doll is random, even the first pin you press can trigger a cursed hunt and make the rest of the round that much harder.
Related Guides:
It's up to you if you use the new voodoo doll in Phasmophobia, because it has its advantages. Is the risk worth the reward? It really depends on you and your team. Be sure to let them know you're using the voodoo doll before you start pressing pins, just in case it triggers a cursed hunt and could kill you or one of them.
