How to Get EMF 5 Without the EMF Meter - Phasmophobia 

Anyone else watch Insym even though they know 80% of what he's talking about just because he's comforting?

Insym, my friends and I play everyday and we use your videos as our bible. you've made us cowards into legit ghost hunters and we have so much fun bc of you and your videos

Insym made me the tutor of the new players i meet on public lobbies and i love it, please spread your knowledge to new players, let's make public lobbies better!

Never forgot my first walk into a house. The eerie sound alone had me walk back out and close the game. I could not even walk into the house for 20 seconds. The whole vibe changes. This man alone from the years has not only gave me the courage but the strength to go in alone, identify and make the ghost my friend. Thank you again Insym. I wish i knew your first name. But you got me over my biggest fear and I tackle it like a pro. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU! I work nights and I cant wait to get home and watch the vids daily.

it’s a good day when Insym uploads

0:00 I speak for RU-vid and I say "Hi, Insym!" Nice to have you around everyday.

The difference in roaming ability between Banshee and Phantom. It's just that the Banshee doesn't leave EMF2 when leaving its location and going after the target. Only the Phantom that leaves EMF2 WHERE IT LEFT when using the roaming ability on the person.

Insym’s exasperation with ghost interactions is legendary

Thank you for all the informative videos lately!!! Learning ghost types by their abilities, twin interactions, how the extra utilities in the game work. You’ve saved my group at LEAST 3 times already

Yo Insym, I’ve been watching your videos recently and I’m interested to see a video of finding the ghost room. These guides have helped me understand ghosts and play the game better, but more information is always welcome 🙏

a friend of mine showed me the game, i felt in love.. and after i discovered you.. and man, you are the fucking best, thank you for making my days, and teach me more and more, with really good tips... allways hyped when you upload, thank you man.

Always excited to see new insym uploads. good health to you brother

1:03:54 I said it a couple of times, but the *Banshee DOTS* is painfully obvious, if you are looking for it, because it will almost always go to your direction. Use *DOTS and Motion Sensors for Banshees.* It will walk to its target and sometimes you can see it on DOTS. It even makes ghost events more frequently near its target because of that. We tested it and one of my friends (who was the target) got every single ghost event and only he saw the Motion Sensor activate. Forget that paramic crap.

interesting note about twinteraction. sometimes both interactions will generate the same activity level on the board, for example they'll both give 1s or 2s. since the graph goes up by the same number twice over 2 seconds, you won't see a change in slope, but there won't be a plateau either. so it might look like a normal 2 spike or 4 spike. but you can distinguish them because the slope will be half of what the slope *should* be for a 2 spike or a 4 spike. since you get an increase of 2 or 4 over the span of 2 seconds instead of 1 second

I thought I knew how the activity chart worked but I still learned a bunch - thank you! Also, random sound sensor thing I’ve noticed - it picks up the mirror use sound even if the mirror isn’t being used. I assume it’s a bug but it’s hella spooky.

thank you for stream insym! and thanks for all you do.

Thanks for the video! Really needed this one

Been playing since old phasmo and i didn't even know the emf chart worked differently back then! Also even as a decently experienced player,I still was able to learn something from this video! I usually use the chart due to having ghosts that don't do shit at times,and don't want to give any evidence.

Thanks for the great and informative video Insym Sensei!!

thank you for explaining the activity board again !!! I always wanted to use it to see if i get EMF 5 without bein in the house

Thank you for the new tip! It was actually really helpful, thanks you insym

Short and easy rule that works 100% of the time. If the chart goes up or down by exactly 5 in one go with no breaks between points or slanted graph and it wasn't a ghost event or hunt, it's always EMF5.

I’ve always wondered how this works, tysm! Now I might be brave enough to do insanity mode XP

I think picture/ painting drops are unique in that it is the only interaction that can give different EMF values (outside of EMF 5), being either EMF 2 or 3. Why are those interactions special? Who knows.

48:52 I was going to say sound sensor is perfect for the jinn ability. Especially if you’re playing on a hard difficulty and are between jinn and another ghost or so. You can camp in the van with an EMF on the breaker 😂 sound sensor is also great for ghost writing ✨ which does work and you can def hear EMF through it.

It seems so obvious now that I think about it but I always thought that the emf levels on the chart were a one to one in the sense that emf 1 would be at 1 on the chart. That's probably why I never got confused when using the chart for emf 5 since I only ever said it was 5 when it was actually at 5 on the chart. So that's definitely nice to know and good to learn

Edit: I went looking for the patch notes, but couldn't find them. Either I've misremembered the patch notes or it happened further back than I thought. The Banshee roam ability is meant to give EMF 2 somewhere. In the past it didn't give EMF but around the same time as they added Banshee ability count to the statistics, there was a minor patch that stated in the notes that the ability will now give EMF 2. Considering how often the Banshee uses its ability, I'm not sure I believe that it's working as intended. If it is, it definitely gives EMF at the start of the roam and it doesn't move with the Banshee. Even then, I feel like I would notice way more random EMF 2 readings in the ghost room while investigating Banshees.

One of the first and love the vids keep up the good work dude!!!

So if I'm understanding this correctly, an EMF 5 interaction, which would normally be a 4 spike, could be either a 3 or a 5 spike as well. And a ghost event always gives EMF 4, which is normally a 3 spike but can also be a 2 or 4 spike. Then if you see a 5 spike on the activity board it has to be EMF 5 right? Since a ghost event could only show up to a 4 spike? (Assuming its not multiple smaller spikes at the same time)

my first starting items every run are EMF to catch that potential 5 early and locate the ghost(I do the same with the finding the breaker/bone/cursed possession till i hear a noise) Photo camera just incase of an early ghost event to get the ghost photo out of the way, and a video camera, to check for orbs when i DO find the ghost as well as to just get a camera set up for when i get DOTS going.

4 questions. 1) about the reach of a ghosts interaction with items, does that also go upwards and downwards? Can they end up interacting with items on another floor just because of reach? 2) does ghost activity start from the moment of opening the door, wouldn't it make sense to move all items out of the van to the door before opening? 3) If the ghost does leave UV prints, will it always leave prints on the things or is there only a chance? Does stepping on salt always leave foot prints in case it can leave UV prints? 4) In case a ghost room is big and doors are far away, what can I do in case I need UV prints?

Paramic can be turned on and thrown down. It will give the achievement of Para sound on its own. As long as it's on its listening...so turn it on ,throw it so it points some where and it can get the accident without you holding it

I still remember the old beginner days and how exciting was looking at the activity chart to see how dangeros is the ghost. Someone in the track warning the others in the house the ghost activity is 8 and he will hunt soon!!!

the sound sensor test is weird because me and my friends could hear the DOTS and spirit box in the truck through the sound sensor as well as anything else that made noise. as for the turning things off when not in your inventory, maybe they removed that ability because people were able to turn stuff on on VR players belts to get them killed?

EMF reader, photo camera, flashlight. That's how I've gone into houses since 2020. After a year of not playing and a year of not playing before that small time of playing in between. Only thing that changed is now I used the dinky little lvl 1 stuff since the reset...for now. Ears and then checking which object of the correct sound type is the best way to find where the ghost is if you ask me.

Your guides are phasmo gold. You could literally make a guide on tripods and I'd watch it at least 3 times

Additional context with regards to EM5 using the activity chart for me is that it is safer to assume an EM5 evidence when it is frequently spiking (4 or 5) and there's no player in the room. Ghost events always gives an EM4 (which would look like an EM5 in the chart) but would require a player to be there so if you are playing in coop, you should keep it in mind. (Edit) oh he did mention it. mb i commented while still watching lol

1:20 Fun fact: during some ghost events I got the T3 EMF to show an EMF 1 reading. Never had that before and pretty sure it's not supposed to be there, but I've had that several times in the last week.... For those who don't get it: If there's no activity, the T3 EMF won't show ANY signal whatsoever. EMF 1 doesn't exist like that normally.

Hi! Quick question not exactly related to the topic, but I'll ask anyway ;-) I don't know who was the author of the video I have watched a while ago (I assume it was Insym, but it might be Psycho as well), but I remember I have heard on that video there is one ghost that can be identified by it's steps because it's the only ghost that stops from time to time when hunting and it basically sounds like there's a little pauses in footsteps. Unfortunately I can't remember which ghost was it - can you help me out what ghost it's related to? Many thanks for an answer and keep up the good work! PS. If anyone else knows the answer please reply ;-)

Hey bud, first of all , thank you for videos, i ve just start playing this game, and I find your content very helpful. I have just one question, in the beggining of this video, you have explained how the activity chart works, related with the real EMF inside. You said that the EMF 5, instead of showing a 4 (as in the past) it shows a 4, a 5 or a 3. Meaning that an EMF can be a 5,4 or 3 (yet 3 is no reliable). Another example, a ghost hunt, being an EMF 4. Instead of showing us an activity 3, it will show a 3 a 4 or a 2. So my question is, why do you say in 38:18 that a spike of 5 (in the activity chart) can be a ghost event? You even said that a spike of 5 is the higher range for a ghost event, which got me confused. Can you be so kind to explain? Thank you bud have a great day

Totally unrelated: I remember starting a tanglewood with my bud one day, we walk in together, go right for power, by the time we reach the doors to the basement and utility room we saw 2 things laying on the ground in the dining room. We said yup, didnt hear it so it had to be a polter who threw 2 items immediately when we opened the door. And it really was. This game is great

Today I learned the activity graph shows cumulative/stacking activity, which now I think about it is ridiculous to think otherwise when EMF 7 doesn't even exist 😅

bro has an emf meter irl :O

Thank god they will change de photo system. I was trying the Gold Apocalypse challenge and got everything, except the ghost photo because it became a 3 star interaction when the ghost was clearly there (not a phantom, by the way). I had no smudge sticks left to try to get the photo again and died.

I would like a video on the best ways and different ways to find the ghost room!

Insym, pretty please with sugar on top make a video explaining more in-depth about the smudge sticks please!!!

TL:DW Your EMF meter will give you these readings: 1 - Baseline, no interaction 2 - interacts with object 3 - Throws object 4 - Manifestation 5 - Evidence The board shows one less than the EMF reader would pick up, with a +/- 1 modifier. That means the board displays these readings: 0 - Baseline, no interaction 0-2 - Interacts with objects 1-3- Throws object 2-4 - Manifestation 3-5 - Evidence

the sounds on sound sensor on your gear will when you click expand button in the truck i tested it before this post

All the things, basically, come down to 2: "You have to learn all those edge-cases, spaghetti code!" Or "Those are the little nice things you will know" One does not discredit the other. I just found it funny :D

This will involve a lot of work, but you could create a RU-vid short focusing solely on the graph. One of the issues, when I recommend your videos to new players, is that they find them too lengthy. You could utilize the short format to provide a brief guide on the topic and pique their curiosity about the remaining content you elaborate on in the long format. Keep up the good work! 📹🎮🤩👍

Oh damn this is a fun treat

love how he goes to give an EMF tutorial and the ghost just decides to be nice about it by having it

What about nightmare or custom difficulty that dont give all evidence, can we read emf5 on chart or with emf reader, for example a door touched and give emf4 (on emf reader) bcs it cant give emf5 or not show emf4 at all (except ghost event) ?

Wait, what was the Pneumonic you use for EMF again?

How about a video like this on all/nearly all items in the game? they all have a lot of unique interactions and uses. some more, some less, but still!

Hilarious how your chat was freaking out about your emf reader, not knowing it's an actual thing lol

ty Insym

FINALLY, i found someone who also owns an EMF, it's so rare

could you show an example of twinteraction on the screen

You can identify twins through the activity meter as well.

"What happens when you take the M away from EMF 5?, the entire house explodes and flies away""

Could emf5 be found on the activity screen on no evidence challenge mode? Or be useful in general fo no evidence challenge?

I remember times when Activity Chart was showing random values fluctuating up and down :D

I know this is a bit early to ask but I wonder if Adam(Reflect Studios) is going to send you a Steam key for his new upcoming game, Dead Signal?

great tutorial

It's pretty normal. Let's say you put the EMF in your pocket while it's on, IRL. It's still gonna be on if you get it out of your pocket. So the EMF ingame should be on too once you get it out of your inventory

Dude I’ve watched this man playing phas tripping off acid and the way he just dangles his nuts around the ghost while being so chill is crazy definitely got me more into phas thanks bro

Hi, you maybe said it but I can’t hear it, so if I play 2 evidences and I already have 2 evidences and I see a big spike, does it can mean a emf 5 as a 3 evidence or not?

Those suitcases in the very beginning look like such happy pandas

not one, not two, but a whole three red arrows. that's how you know the video will be good

Play DayZ with psycho and cj that would be such a good video idea

does the activity chart work on lower difficulty levels?

Me: *Moves an object the ghost touched out into a hall way because it has 'EMF' on it, throws it on the floor in another hallway, and takes a picture* "Look the ghost moved this wow." My contractor: Amazing, how does he do it.

I legit just got screwed over by a Polty while using the activity tab without watching this guide first lmaaaao so many 10s and 9s cuz of the throws but since I was playing the professional+ and I was too scared to try escaping an hunt ahaha

NOW you guys can stop hounding Insym that he's wrong cus hes not.

what if the emf 5 is the hidden evidence? Would it still show any sign in the chart?

Glasses missing but day is 100% better since i can watch insym blurry but i can still see some details

I thought they had changed this some time ago to no longer be as reliable? Did they change it back?

Increased ghost activity / lower sanity should make the values on the activity chart less reliable and fluctuate more. We need more things influenced by our sanity / ghost activity.

I think at this point the true edge cases are when a mechanic or piece of knowledge applies in more than one situation

How was it an Oni and he still got an airball ghost event?

"Door touches, EMF 2. Light Switch, EMF 2..." Me: 🕺💃💃

Surprised we're not having someone sit in the truck and stream their screen to you. So you can be in the house and still watch the chart.

sometimes, when poltergeist use the ability, Activity go straight to 10

Is it normal for an emf 5 to last a long time because I had one last more than like 35 seconds

10:51 sneaky dots!

When I hear INSYM in the spirit box I get butterflies 😂😂🦋🦋🤪🤪im like o ok daddy ghost hunt me I dare you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sorry i died when he pulled out the REAL emf reader

I like how he starts to explain one single thing and then switches to 50 diffrent topics and 5 min. later he finishes the explaination of the thing he wanted to tell you earlier. When I explain the game to new ppl I have to be careful to not derail to much just like he does... can be very confusing

Hi Insym!!!!

i know its a yurei when i see a door in the ghost room slam shut twice

This ONE WEIRD trick that GHOSTS hate will help you get EMF 5

Did these change with the new update?

Ahh tis a good day

So the activity meter never went above 4?

does this work on no evidence

i think he should do "the how to siries" knowledge is power

earballs are the real mvp

i have gotten emf on hunts and events and they were emf5.

Imagine just having a random emf thingi on your desk