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Navigating the treacherous world of ghost hunting requires caution, especially when utilizing the Monkey Paw—a cursed artifact offering deceptive benefits at great risk. Understanding its mechanics is crucial for survival.

Complete Guide to Monkey Paw Mechanics

This artifact, introduced in update v0.8.1.0, grants ten distinct requests that inevitably backfire. Players may call upon:

• Restore mental stability
• Seek protection
• Escape location
• Reveal spectral presence
• Stimulate paranormal events
• Contain apparition
• Revive companion
• Gain insights
• Alter meteorological conditions
• Random unpredictable effect

Usage limitations depend on difficulty settings, with higher challenges permitting fewer attempts.

Usage Limitations Based on Difficulty

Reward scaling inversely affects available requests:

Reward Multiplier	Available Requests
3x or higher	3
2x-2.99x	4
0x-1.99x	5

Activation Protocol

Verbal or textual commands trigger the relic’s power, with finger movements indicating recognition and activation. Photographic documentation of the artifact yields additional investigative points.

Consequences of Each Request

Below details the repercussions paired with every possible invocation:

Request	Benefit	Drawback
Random effect	Activates unforeseen outcome	Suffers associated penalty
Weather alteration	Changes environmental conditions	25% sanity reduction
Insight acquisition	Eliminates false evidence	Impaired senses + hunt initiation
Resurrection	Revives teammate	50% chance of death
Containment	Immobilizes entity	Lockdown + delayed hunt
Paranormal stimulation	Enhances ghostly interactions	Power failure + exit blockade
Entity manifestation	Temporary visibility	Vision impairment + hunt activation
Egress facilitation	Unlocks exits	Movement/visual impairment
Protection request	Reveals safe zone	Darkness + heightened vulnerability
Sanity restoration	Adjusts mental state	Heightened drain + ghost relocation

Spatial Coordinates Across Maps

Artifact placement remains consistent per location scale:

Large/Scaled Locations	Position
Sunny Meadows	Candle-lit chamber beyond main corridor
Prison	Entryway table’s far right
Camp Woodwind	Colored tent’s wooden platform
Maple Lodge Campsite	Pier’s end on blue seat
Brownstone High School	Lobby cardboard box

Compact Dwellings	Position
13 Willow Street	Dining room display case
Bleasdale Farmhouse	Second-floor nursery chest
Grafton Farmhouse	First-floor bedroom desk
10 Ridgeview Court	Upper-level turquoise study desk
42 Edgefield Road	Child’s room changing station
6 Tanglewood Drive	Dining area cabinet

Common Inquiries

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