Release Date: October 9, 2025 – October 31, 2025
Theme: Halloween / Blood Moon / Crimson Eye cult
Publisher / Developer: Kinetic Games
Introduction
Phasmophobia fans, brace yourselves — the Crimson Eye event is back for 2025! This year’s iteration brings fresh tweaks and familiar horrors under a blood-red sky. From October 9 to 31, Ghost Hunters (players) will face increased threats during Blood Moon weather, push harder on community goals, and unlock spooky rewards.(Kinetic Games)
In this article, you’ll find complete details on maps, mechanics, rewards, and tips for maximizing your gains in the 2025 Crimson Eye event.
What’s New & What’s Returning
🔥 Blood Moon Weather (Guaranteed on Selected Maps)
During the event, certain maps will be under guaranteed Blood Moon weather conditions. Under Blood Moon:
- Ghosts move faster during hunts.
- Sanity drains more rapidly.
- In exchange, rewards are boosted by 10% for investigations done under these conditions.(Kinetic Games)
Seven maps are part of this rotation:
6 Tanglewood Drive, Camp Woodwind, Grafton Farmhouse, Bleasdale Farmhouse, Point Hope, 42 Edgefield Road, 13 Willow Street(Pro Game Guides)
Each day, four of these maps are guaranteed to have Blood Moon weather; the rest may still randomly get it.(Pro Game Guides)
⚙️ Adjustments & Quality of Life Changes
To keep things fresh, Kinetic Games has refined aspects of the event based on prior feedback:
- Slight reward balancing so riskier hunts yield better gains.(Kinetic Games)
- Map rotation ensures more variety across the event period.(Pro Game Guides)
- Community and personal goal systems have been tuned; note if you already earned certain trophies in past years, you may not get duplicates.(Pro Game Guides)
Event Rewards & Goals
To motivate both solo play and community coordination, Crimson Eye features:
- Community Goals: Achieve global milestones to unlock shared rewards (e.g., badges, trophies).(Pro Game Guides)
- Personal Goals: Individual challenges you can complete for personal rewards (e.g., animated ID cards, trophy upgrades).(Pro Game Guides)
- Boosted Reward Yield: All investigations during Blood Moon weather receive a +10% reward boost.(Kinetic Games)
Important caveat: If you already earned the Blood Moon Trophy in 2024, you will not receive another in 2025.(Pro Game Guides)
Tips & Strategies for Ghost Hunters
- Focus on the rotated Blood Moon maps daily — that’s where you’ll get the highest yield versus risk.
- Keep sanity high using sanity pills and proper pacing. Under Blood Moon, sanity drains faster.
- Coordinate with teammates — some personal and community goals are easier with group play.
- Don’t ignore the non-guaranteed maps — random Blood Moon weather can still activate there.
- Play early — community goals depend on total event activity; lagging behind can close rewards early.
Why the Crimson Eye Matters in 2025
- It’s a seasonal anchor for Phasmophobia’s Halloween cycle, continuing from the roadmap’s promise of recurring seasonal events.(PC Gamer)
- The event gives players a reason to revisit maps and mechanics under more intense conditions.
- Community engagement; fans often share spooky screenshots and strategies on social forums.(Reddit)
