Spectral Frequency

Beta 12.0 — "Field Guide"

February 3, 2026

✅ Added

• Investigator's Guidebook — 25-page in-game guide covering all tools, evidence, ghosts, and survival tips. Craft with Book + Amethyst Shard.
• 8 new advancements:
  • Field Guide — Craft the guidebook
  • Motion Detected — Detect a ghost with Motion Sensor
  • Blink — Witness a Specter teleport
  • Thrown Around — Have items thrown by a Poltergeist
  • Empty Inside — Encounter a Hollow in complete darkness
  • Wail — Hear a Banshee's scream
  • Stare Into the Abyss — Survive The Dread (hidden)
  • Afraid of the Dark — Encounter a Mare in darkness

🐛 Fixed

• CRITICAL: The Dread now gives correct evidence (EMF, Spirit Box, Freezing) — was incorrectly giving Ghost Writing + UV since Beta 10
• Mare ghost: Fixed missing Marker tag causing visible hitbox, added CustomName, removed erroneous UV evidence tag
• Help menu evidence table completely rebuilt with correct evidence for all 12 ghosts
• Help menu now correctly shows "12 Ghosts · 12 Tools"
• Guidebook recipe corrected in help text
• All help page numbers fixed

🔄 Changed

• Version strings updated throughout