Phasmophobia – Tanglewood Street House Map Guide

Introduction

The Tanglewood Street House is the first map for most players and is one of the smallest, as of the current patch, comprising only 11 rooms and 2 floors. It is often derided or affectionally known as “Tutorial House” because it is the map currently used on Training mode.

Foyer

The

Foyer, sometimes casually known as the Lobby, Hallway, Front Hallway, or Front Room is the first room you enter on

Tanglewood Street House. The layout can be described as “H-shaped” with two hallways — the left leads to the

Boys Bedroom,

Main Bathroom, and

Nurseryand has a closet. The right leads straight into the

Living Roomand has a

closetas well.

There are two end tables which are across from each other in the middle of the Foyer — the left one has a candle and a number of other assorted items while the right one has a lamp and a number of other assorted items. The candle can be used like any other candle in the event the team hasn’t bought in their own

Candle.

The following screenshots show the two end tables in the

Foyer.

The following screenshots show the two

closetsin the

Foyer.

The

Bonedoesn’t

currentlyspawn in the

Foyernor do any of the

Cursed Posessions. The

Foyercan be

bothone of the easiest and most difficult places for the ghost’s room. The proximity to the

Front Doorallows for

quickdeployment of equipment and monitoring of the status of the

Front Door.

Howeverthe ghost can spawn in two spots in the

Foyerwhich can block quick movement into the

Nurseryor

Living Roomin the case of a hunt.

Boys Bedroom

The

Boys Bedroom,

sometimescasually known as the Blue Bedroom, Small Bedroom, or Front Example is an example of one of the

smallest types of bedroomsin Phasmophobia. It has a number of items — including

uniqueitems like the guitar and computer — affording plenty of activity for any ghost.

The unique items allow for you to readily identify noises that could only be coming from the Boys Bedroom.

It has a single closet

butkeep in mindthat since the closet is part of the Boys Bedroom you can’t hide from the ghost if the

Boys Bedroomis currently its

favorite room. The layout of the room allows for the closet doors to easily break line of sight and you

mightbe able to hide behind it even if the closet is otherwise unavailable.

Currently the

Cursed Possessioncan’t spawn in this room but the

Bonecan spawn both on the bed and on the ground.

Main Bathroom

The

Main Bathroomis a good example of a medium-sized bathroom in Phasmophobia. While it’s not the smallest type of bathroom it still presents a number of challenges. Since it is still a fairly small room it can be

difficultto effectively place the

Video Camerain the room. You

mightget around this by placing the

Video Cameraoutsideof the room in the Foyer but this is

dependenton the state of the bathroom door.

While the

Cursed Possessioncurrentlycan’t spawn in the room the

Bonecan spawn right in the middle of the floor — there have also been reports of it spawning in the sink.

Nursery

The

Nurseryis a relatively small room that is somewhere in size between the

Boys Bedroom and the

Master Bedroom. It has a

numberof objects which afford considerable activity from any ghost. It is especially fun with a

Poltergeistbecause of the number of toys that can be thrown around the room.

It was somewhat

recentlyre-designed so that there is a possible hiding spot behind the crib and can be a good spot to hide when dealing with a nearby Ghost.

The

Bonecan spawn in the room, often right in the middle of the room.

The

Nurseryis the

Tanglewood Street Housespawn for the

Music Boxas of the

current patch.

Living Room

The

Living Roomis one of the larger rooms on

Tanglewood Street Housedominated by a bookcase, sectional sofa, and television. It serves as the most central area of the map and leads into the

Foyer,

Master Bedroom,

Basement,

Utility Room, and

Kitchen. This can make pinpointing the ghost’s room

a bit difficultas it might actually be in one of these adjacent rooms as well as it can interact easily with those rooms as well.

The room has a fairly noisy ceiling fan, a

uniqueitem for the room, which makes determining whatever or not the lights have been turned off in the room fairly easy from anywhere on the map. This also means if the lights are broken by the ghost you’ll be spending a lot of time walking through a dark area given it’s central location.

The television is a fairly

uniqueitem too so if the ghost interacts with it you can probably hear the television static on most of the map.

The

Bonecan spawn in this room and is usually on or around the sofa, smaller bones might blend in with parts of the oriental rug.

The

Living Roomis

currentlythe spawn for the

Tarot Cardson

Tanglewood Street Houseas of the

current patch. It is also the spawn for the

Haunted Mirroron

Tanglewood Street House.

Master Bedroom

The

Master Bedroomis a medium-sized room and the only room on

Tanglewood Street Housethat is

actuallya combination of three rooms, as of the current patch. It also includes the

Master Bathroomwhich is the larger of the two bathrooms on the map as well as the often overlooked

Closet. Since

allthree physical rooms are regarded as one room they will

allgive evidence if the Master Bedroom is the ghost’s room.

The room has a number of objects including a

candlewhich can be utilized by the team — while there is a laptop on the table in the room it can’t be turned on or interacted with like the computer in the Boys Bedroom.

While, as of the current patch, no

Cursed Possessionsspawn in this room the

Bonecan spawn in any of the three physical rooms that comprise the

Master Bedroom.

Basement

The Basement is one of the largest rooms on Tanglewood Street House and until the addition of two portable coolers was one of the most difficult rooms on the map for the ghost’s room. There are a number of objects but getting interaction evidence, especially for Poltergeist or Oni, can still be difficult. The addition of the two coolers provided two more objects where ghosts can leave Fingerprints — and a rather loud sound when they are interacted with by the ghost.

It is also one of two locations where the Fuse Box, also known as the Power Box or Breaker, can spawn on the map.

The rocking chair is a unique item on the map and the rocking sound can be often from much of the map — allowing the team to pinpoint the ghost’s location.

The

Basementis the spawn for both the

Summoning Circleand

Ouija Board, as of the current patch, on

Tanglewood Street House. The

Bonecan also spawn in the

Basementprimarily in front of the broken refrigerator and around the storage racks.

Kitchen

The Kitchen is towards the back of the map and makes for a fun room for the ghost — especially if it’s a Poltergeist — because of the large number of varied objects in the room. The room is important when a team decides to loop the ghost around the kitchen counter island. This is also the location of the famous potato hidden in a cabinet in the island as an easter egg for PsychoHypnotic, one of the well-known Phasmophobia streamers.

While none of the Cursed Possessions currently spawn in this room the Bone can spawn at many points in the room including on the island counter and on the floor around the island counter which can make it difficult to see given the natural shadows in the room.

Dining Room

The

Dining Roomis towards the back of

Tanglewood Street Mapand is adjacent to the

Kitchenbut can be frequently interacted with by a ghost in the

Living Room,

Utility Room, or even the

Basementin some cases.

It has plenty of objects like the Kitchen so can be a fun ghost room especially if you have an Oni or Poltergeist and in some cases can even be used for looping a ghost. The division between this room and the Kitchen is merely a change of floor so people can easily get confused to which room is actually the ghost room — a thermometer often will clear up this confusion.

While there are no

Cursed Possessionsin this room, as of the current patch, the

Bonecan spawn on, around or even under the

Dining Roomtable. It’s

recommendedthat crouch down and carefully look under the table if you can’t otherwise find the

Bone.

Utility Room

The Utility Room is one of the smaller rooms on Tanglewood Street House and as such suffers from the same problem as the Main Bathroom in terms of video camera placement. You can employ the same strategy by positioning the video camera outside of the Utility Room and have it look into the room but that also can be affected by the state of the door.

The Cursed Possession can’t currently spawn in this room but the Bone can and is frequently obscured by tangled up cloth in the middle of the room. It can also spawn on top of the washer or dryer which is usually easier to notice and photograph.

Garage

The

Garageis one of the largest rooms on

Tanglewood Street Housewhich is dominated by a mini-van, storage racks, a utility sink, and a pair of lockers. It is also one of two locations where the

Fuse Box, also known as the Power Box or Breaker, can spawn on the map.

The room has a number of objects for interactions as well as the lockers and vehicle being unique objects in the room which have loud and distinctive sounds that can be heard throughout the map. The vehicle key is also located in a

key basketin the

Foyer; otherwise you can’t turn off the car alarm if the ghost activates it.

The vehicle affords you the ability to

loopthe ghost much like the

kitchen counter islandor even the

dining room table.

Howevergiven the vehicle’s height it can be

difficultto determine which direction the ghost is going with flickering lights and other distractions.

The

Garageis the

currentspawning point for the

Voodoo Dollwhich spawns on top of the large garbage can, or garbage bin, as well as several spawning points for the

Boneincluding behind the vehicle.

Conclusion

The Tanglewood Street House is a personal favorite of mine and many other players — while it is the starting map I believe it is one of the best maps to hone your skills as an investigator and to test out many of the game’s mechanics. However the map’s small size makes it difficult to gauge footsteps — such as in the case of Mylings — and doesn’t allow for prolonged chases like on longer maps.

The map has overgone several changes such as the Utility Room’s layout, the location of Cursed Possessions and Bones, and even has vestiges of discarded planned features such as having to learn the ghost’s name instead of simply getting it from the whiteboard.