Phasmophobia Cursed Hollow Easter 2026 event update countdown: Exact start time and date

Phasmophobia’s first seasonal event of 2026 is nearly here, with Cursed Hollow set to return for the second year in a row. Events like this one offer some exclusive freebies you won’t want to miss out on, which means you’ll need to know when it’s starting.

Although this is a rerun of a past event, it does have some fresh rewards this time around. You can only get them by participating this year, so you’ll want to get going as soon as possible. Here’s when Phasmophobia’s 2026 installment of the Cursed Hollow event will begin.

Phasmophobia Cursed Hollow event update release date and time

The 2026 run of the Cursed Hollow event is officially slated to arrive on March 31. A precise launch time for the start of the event hasn’t been shared, and exact timings usually aren’t revealed ahead of updates. Luckily, though, most past updates have gone live at the same time, which means we can likely expect to see this one debut at 7am CT/1pm UTC.

Our countdown is set to the expected debut time, so you can check back here leading up to launch to see how much time is left before the spooky spring hauntings begin. If a different launch time is shared or any unexpected delays are announced, we’ll update all key details here. As long as everything goes as expected, though, here’s when you can start hunting.

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• PT: 5am on March 31
• CT: 7am on March 31
• ET: 8am on March 31
• BST: 1pm on March 31
• CEST: 2pm on March 31
• JST: 10pm on March 31
• AEST: 11pm on March 31

When does the Easter 2026 event end in Phasmophobia?

The 2026 installment of Cursed Hollow will run from March 31 to April 21. This means you have exactly three full weeks to work through it. It’s a decent amount of time, but there’s a lot to get done, so you’ll want to ensure you start tackling it sooner rather than later.

Cursed Hollow Easter 2026 event features in Phasmophobia

Phasmophobia’s March 31 Cursed Hollow update focuses on another run of this seasonal event. This one tasks players with finding and interacting with the mysterious Forest Spirit and its elusive Forest Minions. The Forest Spirit is a special, modified ghost model, and the Forest Minions are Jackalope-looking creatures. Both can only be found around the selected event maps, which change on a daily basis. All of the maps that are in rotation for the 2026 run are as follows.

• 6 Tanglewood Drive
• 13 Willow Street
• 42 Edgefield Road
• 10 Ridgeview Court
• Nell’s Diner
• Grafton Farmhouse
• Bleasdale Farmhouse
• Camp Woodwind
• Maple Lodge Campsite
• Point Hope

This year, you can earn the special Pathfinder ID Card & Badge for completing event objectives. You need to work on contributing event points for both the community and personal goals to earn the static and animated forms of this prize. There’s also an upgradable trophy for this event, so you can either earn the base this time around or work on getting it to the next level if you’ve previously participated.

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The Play It Your Way update has dropped in PEAK, and it completely introduces the way we have played the game so far. If you felt that the general gameplay was a hard challenge, it all changes now. This guide will give you a quick overview of all the major changes and what you can expect from the patch.

Complete PEAK Play It Your Way update patch notes

Here’s an overview of all major changes made as part of the new patch.

Custom Runs

You can completely change how runs worked so far in PEAK. You can make them as easy or hard as you want. You can also choose which tools to spawn with and what kind of hazards you can encounter on your run. You can also tweak how the environmental hazards work and how severe/relaxing their effects are.

Mini Runs

If you don’t have time for a full-scale adventure, you can try out Mini Runs. They will allow you to play a single biome of the daily map. These quick runs can be quite intense without being unnecessarily long.

Campfire Autosaves

It’s now easier to pause and resume our adventures without losing much progress. All you need to do is reach a campfire. You’ll be able to save all your progress automatically by accessing a campfire, and you can quit. You can later resume the adventure from the autosave, and this works until you win, lose, or begin a fresh run.

Additionally, you can hang out at a campfire without any hunger or fog progression. It will only extinguish after the scout leaves.

Zombie Phobia mode

If you hated the zombies, you can now disable them completely on Custom Runs. However, you can also use the Zombie Phobia mode to make things less graphic if you want.

Here are some minor changes that are part of this patch.

• Achievements that need to be done in a single run will now maintain their progress if a player disconnects/reconnects (such as Gourmand or Mycology badges)
• Fixed a long-standing issue where interacting with a rope shooter’s rope immediately after it was fired could cause a division by zero, causing chaotic behaviour, including locking the player’s controls or sending them to the void.
• Fixed issue where sometimes scouts would not revive when reconnecting in cases where they should have.
• Made the endgame scout report work properly after disconnecting and reconnecting to a game.
•  Audio sliders and kick button will now show up immediately when a new player joins without needing to re-open the menu.
• Scouts that were skeletons when they disconnected will still be skeletons when they reconnect.
• Fixed a bug where Player 3 and Player 4 would spawn in the same location.
• Rescue Hook now doesn’t put you in a ragdolled state for as long, making it easier to use.

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