Phasmophobia just dropped Point Hope Restricted today, a trimmed-down lighthouse variant that cuts the full ten-floor tower down to three accessible levels — and yeah, that means every cursed item got shuffled around to keep the horror fresh. Kinetic Games confirmed the small map variant in their August QoL preview, part of a bigger push for quicker sessions on popular big maps like the original lighthouse that launched back in the 2024 Eventide update. The full Point Hope is a vertical nightmare with spiral stairs and dead-end floors; this restricted cut keeps the vibe but drops the climb so squads aren't burning sanity just getting to the ghost room.

Monkey Paw and Tarot Cards both spawn on the same end table between two green couches in the first-floor living room, while the Voodoo Doll sits on a brown basket by the stairs nearby. Up on the second floor, the Summoning Circle is drawn on the kitchen floor near the sink and fridge. The third-floor dining room hosts the Ouija Board under a blue seat, the Haunted Mirror leaning against a cabinet, and the Music Box on the table right by the stairs — classic cursed possessions with fixed spawns that players need to hunt down fast before a hunt kicks off.

Community chatter on X has been light so far, mostly streamers queueing the new variant for Nightmare runs alongside the other restricted maps like Prison and Brownstone. The Destructoid guide already has the full seven-item breakdown with screenshots, because nobody wants to waste a contract guessing where the Monkey Paw landed this time. This is the kind of QoL win that keeps the player base grinding contracts without the full-map slog.