How to complete the Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge in Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia’s Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge is one of the many weekly trial modes you might come across in the ghost-hunting game. Luckily, this one is mostly skewed in your favor, making it a lot easier to complete.

Even though much of this trial is designed to help you out, it can still be fairly tough to finish, depending on what ghost you get. Here’s how to successfully finish the Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge in Phasmophobia and everything you need to know.

What is the Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge in Phasmophobia?

The Tortoise and Hare: Hare challenge is one of Phasmophobia’s weekly rotating special trials you can tackle for a lot of experience and cash. This challenge type has two different themes, which are Hare and Tortoise.

When the challenge mode is Hare, you’re super fast, while the ghost is slow. When it’s Tortoise, the ghost is much faster, while you’re a lot slower. These two trials are vastly different, so make sure you know which one you’re supposed to be working on, and don’t get the rules confused.

Tortoise and the Hare: Hare Phasmophobia challenge rules

The Tortoise and the Hare: Hare trial in Phasmophobia has a couple of special rules and modifiers you need to know before you attempt to tackle this challenge.

• This trial has to be completed on the Bleasdale Farmhouse map.
• Your speed is increased to 150 percent.
• The ghost’s speed is decreased to 50 percent.
• A random Cursed Possession is selected in each contract.
• No equipment is missing.
• Your sanity starts at 100 percent.
• There is no grace setup period.
• The fuse box starts off, but it’s marked on the map and can be turned on.
• You have all Tier I equipment.
  • Tier I: Igniter, Firelight, Incense, Head Gear, Motion Sensor, Parabolic Microphone, Salt, Tripod, Sound Sensor, Ultraviolet, Photo Camera, Crucifix, EMF Reader, Ghost Writing Book, Spirit Box, DOTS Projector, Video Camera, Flashlight, Sanity Medication and Thermometer.

How to complete the Tortoise and the Hare: Hare Phasmophobia weekly challenge

To complete Phasmophobia’s Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge mode, the correct ghost type must be identified at Bleasdale Farmhouse a total of three times. You can attempt this challenge as many times as you want while it’s active for a full week each time it returns.

After catching the ghost three times, you obtain 5,000 experience and $5,000 cash. You also earn a lot more of both in the contracts you complete as you work toward finishing this trial, so this is by far one of the best ways to level up fast in Phasmophobia.

Phasmophobia Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge tips

Since the modifiers in the Tortoise and the Hare: Hare trial mostly work in your favor, this is a much easier weekly challenge to tackle than others, but here are some tips to help you through it if you’re struggling.

Turn on the fuse box immediately

You want to get the power on and working as quickly as possible, so you should prioritize turning on the fuse box as soon as possible. This will help keep you safer since you can stay in the light and allow for a more accurate temperature reading, which is crucial. The location of the fuse box is marked on the map in the truck, so be sure to find it before you start investigating.

Track down the ghost room using the temperature

My favorite way to find the ghost room is by using a Thermometer to check the temperature. Even if the ghost doesn’t have freezing temps as evidence, the ghost room is always noticeably colder than all other areas which makes this the overall most reliable way to pinpoint the ghost’s location.

If the temperature isn’t really working out for you, try placing some Sound Sensors and Motion Sensors all around the map. You can then alternate between checking for temperature and monitoring these sensors in the truck so you have multiple ways of tracking down the ghost.

Place Crucifixes as soon as possible

You can use Crucifixes to stop a couple of ghost hunts, and although they can work when you’re holding them or when they’re placed down, placing Crucifixes in the ghost room is the most reliable method of preventing ghost hunts. The Tier I versions of this tool can only stop one hunt each, so be sure to place both of them around the room to deter as many hunts as possible.

Learn the map

Finishing this challenge is a lot easier if you learn the map before you start attempting it. The easiest way to do this is to create a custom mode with the friendly ghost option turned on so you can freely explore the entire house without worrying about the ghost trying to kill you.

Rally a ghost-hunting squad

One of the best tips overall for both this challenge and general Phasmophobia gameplay is simply to try the game with other players at your side. The ghost-hunting game becomes so much easier when you have even just one other player alongside you, so if you just can’t succeed at the Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge, try asking a friend to join you or use the matchmaking feature to join someone else’s lobby.

Be wary of early hunters

Some ghosts are early hunters, so they might try to hunt you way earlier than expected. The good news is that you’ll be a lot faster than them in this challenge, which means you can easily escape the ghost during a hunt if you get an early one. You can also analyze the conditions that led to the early hunt to possibly determine the ghost type with no evidence at all.

Don’t use Cursed Objects

As tempting as it might be, it’s best to avoid using Cursed Possessions in this challenge. Most of the modifiers in this trial work in your favor, so this isn’t the best time to play it risky.

If you’re determined to use one anyway, try to use the safer objects and be strategic with what you do with them. For example, using the Ouija Board to ask the ghost which room it’s in is fine and not too risky as long as you don’t push it for additional information afterward and quickly return to the truck to use sanity medication. A different item is chosen each time, so if you do want to look for it, you may want to know all Bleasdale Farmhouse Cursed Possession locations.

Use your general game knowledge

The Tortoise and the Hare: Hare challenge is one of the more doable weekly trials you’ll face, so one of the best tips for this one is to use your general game knowledge to your advantage. All of the best Phasmophobia tips and tricks are useful since most of the rules within this challenge keep it fairly standard.