Shade

The Shade is a type of ghost in Phasmophobia. Noted as being shy ghosts, a Shade will lower its activity in the presence of multiple players.
== Behaviour ==
=== Activity ===
On average, the Shade is less likely to perform interactions than other ghosts.
The Shade is less likely to perform ghost events at high sanity. At 100% average sanity, it has a 0% chance of successfully performing an event. This success rate increases by 2% per percentage of average sanity lost; at an average sanity of 50%, an attempted ghost event will always succeed.
When it performs a ghost event, the Shade has a higher chance of appearing as a shadow. If the ghost is made to appear using a Summoning Circle, a Music Box, or a Monkey Paw, it has a chance of appearing as a black shadow rather than in its full form while in the ghost event stage. It will return to a fully visible form when the hunt begins.
=== (In)abilities ===
If at least one"Does not need to be multiple people." Shuee, Community Helper (on Discord). 10 January 2022. person is in the same room as a Shade, it will be unable to perform any interactions, or initiate a ghost event or a hunt, regardless of average sanity.Information from the #ghost-huntin-resources channel on Discord."Shade wont event if you're in it's room" Shuee, Moderator (on Discord). 9 December 2023. It may still perform these actions if it happens to wander into a room without players. Since interactions occur in a range, the Shade can still "reach" into the player's room from another room to interact with objects.
=== Hunt ===
The Shade can only hunt below an average sanity of 35%, lower than most other ghosts.
== Evidence ==
== Strengths and weaknesses ==
These are the strengths and weaknesses as listed in the journal:
Strength: Shades are much harder to find.
Weakness: The ghost will not enter a hunt if there are people nearby.
==Strategies==
Due to the Shade's aforementioned shyness, the lack of interactions may give it away, or players may become frustrated at the ghost not producing evidence. Try keeping everyone out of the ghost room, as well as using Incense or specific cursed possessions that will increase the chance of the ghost interacting with the environment. Turning off the lights in the ghost's room may also help.
Given the Shade's inability to hunt in a room with players, one can be tested for in Nightmare/Insanity difficulty simply by lowering the average sanity close to zero, and having players stand in the ghost's current room and rooms directly adjacent. If it refuses to hunt or hunts only from a room without players, then it may be a Shade.
In singleplayer on Nightmare or Insanity difficulty, one way to identify a Shade is to drop the average sanity to zero, before using two Sanity Medications to restore the player's sanity to 50%, then allowing a small drop of sanity for a few seconds within the investigation area before stopping it via room lights (ideally hiding far away or on a different floor to prevent witnessing ghost events that may drain sanity). A ghost that refuses to hunt at this sanity may indicate that the ghost is a Shade.
The Shade appearing as a shadow when manifested by cursed possessions is not guaranteed, so seeing a full-body manifestation with them does not rule out a Shade.
==Trivia==
*Shade (lat. umbra, gr. σκιά) - in the mythology of many peoples, the ghost or spirit of the dead human, who is in the afterlife.
==History==
Early Access Alpha	Early Access Alpha
24 March 2020 	Added Shade.
Early Access 	Early Access
0.3.0 	Prior to 0.3.0, the evidence was EMF Level 5, Ghost Orb, and Ghost Writing.
0.5.0 	Reduced the number of players required in the Shade's current room to prevent hunts from 2 to 1.
0.5.0 	Being in the same room as the Shade will now prevent EMF 3 interactions.
0.5.0 	The Shade now prefers ghost mist ghost events, or shadow events if manifesting.
0.5.0 	Reduced the Shade's hunt sanity threshold from 50% to 35%.
0.5.2.0 	Shades now have a chance to fail ghost events at higher sanities.
? 	Shades can no longer perform interactions when a player is in its current room.
0.10.0 	Shades can no longer blow out fire sources and write in Ghost Writing Books if there are any players in the same room.
==References==
ru:Тень
fr:Ombre
Category:Ghosts