Phantom Fear

Summary

When a Survivor within the Killer's Terror Radius looks at the Killer, they scream and have their aura briefly revealed. Has a cooldown.

In-game description

You have always had a reputation for startling unsuspecting guests.

Effect

Whenever a Survivor within your Terror Radius looks at you, they suffer from the following effects:

Phantom Fear has a cool-down of 80/70/60 seconds.

Quote

Excellent. Your screams please me.

— Springtrap

Phantom Fear Mini Guide

Phantom Fear mini guide: info-driven usage with explicit activation, pairing, and correction rules.

Whenever a Survivor within your Terror Radius looks at you, they suffer from the following effects: Causes them to scream and reveal their Aura to you for 2 seconds .
Practical effect: Whenever a Survivor within your Terror Radius looks at you, they suffer from the following effects: Causes them to scream and reveal their Aura to you for 2 seconds .
Tier values shown: 2 / 80 / 70 / 60
Treat activation timing as the core skill check for this perk, then build around reliable follow-up value.

First phase: force one clean trigger before committing to risky tempo lines.
Conversion phase: convert triggers into down/hook pressure.
If two activations are missed: fallback to your safest baseline pattern and re-enter later.
Role: Killer (142 perks in role pool)

Common throw: Playing this perk as passive value and never routing around its trigger.
Fix: Choose one match phase where this perk is your primary decision anchor, then pivot after conversion.
Character: Animatronic
Chapter: 36: Five Nights at Freddy's
Tag profile: Cool-down, Aura, Terror Radius, Scream
Bloodpoint categories: Hunter