The Hauntening 101: Clearing Ghosts & Poltergeist

There’s something ghostly going on down at Rocky Point and I’m here to help you get to the bottom of it. Why? Cause I ain’t afraid of no ghost!

The spiritual world has sprung a leak and all sorts of supernatural s…, stuff is going on, not only that but we’ve been given the power to summon ghosts and poltergeist. It’s like all my macabre childhood dreams come true.

With so much going on in this our first case, and it needing our urgent attention I thought I’d trick or treat you to a post outlining this new element in our gameplay.

Let’s take a look at Case 1 and see exactly what it takes to summon these supernatural spirits to our hotels in order we can clear them out, as believe me a lingering soul is never a good thing.

For more information on the Event, go HERE

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HOW DO I START GHOST HUNTING? 

In order to be able to start seeing ghosts in Rocky Point you will need to progress a bit in the Main Questline to Return to Rocky Point Pt 4. At that point you will be instructed to Learn About Ghost Hunting. Clicking Go will bring up instructions on finding ghosts and subsequently clearing ghosts. It will also trigger an additional Questline Give Up the Ghosts. 

For full breakdowns of these Questlines, go HERE

At this point you have will have triggered the ability to collect the rock salt needed to free ghosts in some of the haunted rooms in your hotel.

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HAUNTED ROOMS

When you first visit Rocky Point the only room unlocked to investigate is the Billiards Room.

The additional rooms I’m going to talk about in the post are the Piano Lounge and The Gallery, these will unlock as you progress through the main Questline Return to Rocky Point, the Piano Lounge at Pt. 4 and The Gallery at Pt. 7.

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WHAT DO I NEED TO RELEASE GHOSTS?

You will need the one thing that ghosts & ghouls fear, rock salt. Not sure why they fear it so much, maybe they need to keep an eye on their blood pressure, lol.

Rock Salt (Uncommon): Peter Look for Clues OR Bonnie Shop for Halloween Costumes OR Jerome Throw a Halloween Party OR Condom Chris Go Through the Motions OR Clam Purchase in Shopping Cart

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HOW DO I RELEASE GHOSTS? 

This is pretty simple once you’re armed with one rock salt, click on the exclamation mark in either the Billiards Room, Piano Lounge or the Gallery to start an investigation. This will bring up the investigation where you can see what kind of supernatural spirit is available, ghosts can be investigated in any of these rooms. You can see this in the box in the bottom left which shows ghosts, the cost to investigate them.

To release ghosts you just tap on the magnifying glass and this will start the investigation of the room. It takes 10secs to investigate and once complete you will see a check mark.

By tapping the check mark you will find out if your investigation was successful. Now be aware you DO NOT always release ghosts, sometimes your investigation fails, when this happens you will only get a reward of a magnifying glass.

However when you’re investigation is successful you will see a similar screen but this will show how many ghosts you have released into Rocky Point.

You can keep repeating the investigations action as long as you have enough rock salt available. In my first few attempts this was my results:

Investigation 1: 6 Ghosts
Investigation 2: 6 Ghosts
Investigation 3: 6 Ghosts
Investigation 4: 2 Ghosts
Investigation 5: 2 Ghosts
Investigation 6: 0 Ghosts
Investigation 7: 0 Ghosts

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HOW DO I CLEAR GHOSTS?

If your investigation was successful clearing the released ghosts is simplicity at its best, just look around Rocky Point for any ghost and tap on it to clear it.

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WHAT REWARDS DO I GET? 

The rewards you will get will vary. Ghosts drop the following:

Per Ghost Cleared:
2 Ectoplasm
1 Evidence (Common Drop)

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HOW DO I START POLTERGEIST HUNTING?

The basics of investigating poltergeist and clearing them is in some way similar to ghosts, however there are differences which I’m going to  highlight below.

Firstly poltergeists won’t appear in your game until you have reached Pt. 7 of the main Questline Return to Rocky Point. Pt. 7 will direct you to unlock The Gallery and start clearing poltergeists.

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HAUNTED ROOMS

You will now find poltergeists in all 3 of your unlocked rooms, The Billiards Room, The Piano Room and The Gallery. Clicking on the exclamation point in these rooms will bring up the investigation screen which will now show poltergeists.

At this point you have will have triggered the ability to collect the Iron Chains needed to investigate rooms to release poltergeist in the above mentioned haunted rooms in your mansion.

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WHAT DO I NEED TO RELEASE POLTERGEISTS?

You will need iron chains to rattle and shake to get those poltergeist to come out to play.

Iron Chains (Uncommon): Peter Tell Ghost Stories OR Mort Clean Up the Candy Aisle OR Lois Decorate for Halloween Or Clam Purchase in Shopping Cart

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HOW DO I RELEASE POLTERGEISTS? 

This is pretty simple like the ghosts, once you’re armed with one iron chain, click on the exclamation mark in either the Billiards Room, th Piano Room or the Gallery to start an investigation. This will bring up the investigation where you can see what kind of supernatural spirit is available, poltergeists can be investigated in any of these two rooms. You can see this in the box in the bottom left which shows poltergeists and cost to investigate them.

To release poltergeists you just tap on the magnifying glass and this will start the investigation of the room. It takes 10secs to investigate and once complete you will see a check mark, the exact same process as happened with the ghosts.

By tapping the check mark you will find out if your investigation was successful. Now be aware again you DO NOT always release poltergeists, sometimes your investigation fails, when this happens you will once again only get a reward of a magnifying glass.

However when you’re investigation is successful you will see a similar screen but this will show how many poltergeists you have released into Rocky Point. At moment I’m only seeing 1 or 2 when successful.

You can keep repeating the investigation action as long as you have enough iron chains available. In my first few attempts this was my results:

Investigation 1: 0 poltergeist
Investigation 2: 0 poltergeist
Investigation 3: 1 poltergeist

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HOW DO I CLEAR POLTERGEISTS?

If your investigation was successful clearing the released poltergeist is quite a bit different from the process for ghosts. To clear poltergeists you will require either Sheriff Peter or Condom Chris. Both have a task to clear poltergeists. It takes 3 hours and 30 minutes to clear a poltergeist.

 

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WHAT REWARDS DO I GET? 

The rewards you will get will vary. Poltergeist drop the following:

Per Poltergeist Cleared:
50 Ectoplasm
1 Crate (Uncommon Drop) ~ will only drop if you’ve repaired James Woods

 Varies

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There you have it, the frightful facts about ghosts and poltergeist. What are your thoughts? Have you started to clear ghosts and poltergeist yet? If so, are you enjoying this spooky addition to our games? Any other tips for fellow Players? Let us know.

Russian Tigger