Phasmophobia Winter’s Jest 2025: Exact Dates, All Maps, and Every Reward Revealed
Phasmophobia kicks off its Winter Jest event Dec 16, 2025–Jan 6, 2026, sending ghost hunters after icy seasonal objectives across multiple maps while Krampus crashes the hunt. Expect limited-time mechanics, community-wide milestones, and fresh twists to keep the scares frosty.
Phasmophobia is throwing a holiday party, and by party I mean 'Krampus is hunting you while you try to do chores.' Winter Jest 2025 is live now, and it mixes the usual ghost-hunting loop with some festive chaos, community goals, and a stack of limited-time rewards.
When it runs (and why you should care)
The event is up from Dec 16, 2025 through Jan 6, 2026. From Dec 16 to Dec 23, the game showers you with double XP and cash for every completed investigation. If you need levels or money, that first week is the time to grind.
How Winter Jest works this year
This one is a community-forward event. You jump in at any level (no gatekeeping), collect event points, and fill two progress bars: your personal track and a community-wide goal. Points come from chasing down Krampus Jack-in-the-Boxes and knocking out tasks on Krampus’s Naughty and Nice list. Yes, Krampus is literally part of the hunt this year, because why not make December scarier.
What’s new and where you’ll be playing
Kinetic added three new ghosts for the season: Obambo, Dayan, and Gallu. There are also event-only mechanics and unique contracts that rotate daily across a set pool of maps. Not every location shows up every day, but the rotation pulls from these:
- 42 Edgefield Road
- 6 Tanglewood Drive
- 10 Ridgeview Court
- 13 Willow Street
- Camp Woodwind
- Bleasdale Farmhouse
- Grafton Farmhouse
- Maple Lodge Campsite
- Point Hope
- Nell's Diner
Rewards and how to unlock them
Once both your personal bar and the community bar hit 100%, the goodies drop. On the community side: a Toy Soldier ID Card and Badge set plus a Winter's Jest Trophy. Personally, you can nab an animated Toy Soldier ID Card and up to three upgrades for the Winter's Jest Trophy. If you took part last year, you will not get a second copy of the trophy from the community rewards, but you can upgrade the one you already have.
Bonus news: Phasmophobia is heading to Switch 2
Kinetic Games says Phasmophobia is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. From what they are promising, this is a proper port, not a cut-down version, and it will support multiplayer with crossplay. Translation: you can ghost-hunt with friends on Xbox, Switch, PlayStation, and PC. No exact date yet, but at least the platform plan is finally out in the open.
If you’re diving into Winter Jest, I’m curious how the Krampus hunts are treating you. Efficient farm or glorious disaster?