Midnight Ghost Hunt – Recommended Hunter Loadouts

New to the game & want some good Hunter loadouts to get you started? Look here.

Guide to Hunter Loadouts

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Overview

This guide is here to help you make a few solid loadout choices for both solo and team gameplay. Note this guide will not go over what each weapon does, nor it’s stats since those are all explained in the in-game tutorial. So if you’re looking for weapon or gadget specific help then use the tutorial for that. This guide is help you pick a combination of loadouts to get you whacking ghosts.

Before we get started there is one important feature you need to know about…

How to Save a Loadout

You can save your current selected loudout on the right hand side of the weapon select screen.

When you load into your game, you can quickly select the loadout by just clicking on it. To change a loadout simply reselect the equipment you want, hover over the loadout name and then click on the refresh button.

I highly recommend you make a loadout for each weapon combo or phase of the game. I usually have a Search, Fight, and Running away loadout.

With that out the way let’s get right into the loadouts, in their respective roles

Search Loadouts

These loadouts are useful for looking for the ghosts before midnight. If you do not destroy all the ghosts before Midnight you must swap into a fighting loadout neat the ~00:30 left mark. Since these loadouts will not help in a fight.

Flamethrower + Radar + Healing Aura

The standard burn everything in a room loadout.

Very useful on maps with narrow corridors or rooms where you can simply unleash your fire on everything. The flamethrower is good for finding ghosts who like to camp and combos well with the Radar since it detects ghosts near you, not in front; so simply walk the Radar out, when you hear a blip then go flame crazy. As for the perk: the flamethrower is unique in the fact it does not really need faster reload or larger clip, so picking the healing aura will help you recover from Corruption props.

Variations:

• Vacuum – Clear up shards as soon the ghosts die, make sure your team only has one vacuum.
• Juggernaut – If the ghosts are very aggressive and you need to tank early Poltergeist/Corrupter traps for your team

Spectral Cannon + Pathfinder + Quick Reload

A n all-rounder loadout that allows you to search for ghosts in a direction. This is my go to loadout when hunting for runner ghosts that are using Spirit or Shatterproof since you can track their movements easily and then swap to Spectral Cannon for continuous fire. Quick Reload is a must have since it turns the Spectral Cannon a better/aoe Project X that doesn’t need a spin up time and won’t slow your movement speed.

Variations:

• Radar / Spectrophone – If your team has too many pathfinders
• Vacuum – if your team needs one
• Trap – block doorways

Frostbite + Trap + Extra Gear

The frostbite is a good supplementary weapon to the rest of your team; what it lacks in damage it makes up for in utility in its ability to slow down running props and remove Poltergeist and/or Corrupter traps from a safe distance.

Since the Frostbite does zero damage to props until they are fully frozen it needs to be combo’d with other weapons or gadgets. One such combo is the Trap since it can be used to extract hiding ghosts from their prop, giving you a free kill with the Frostbite. Combo-ing it with Extra Gear allows you to set up a trap by the door to catch flee-ing ghosts and then having on trap for yourself to pick up and drop near props.

Variations:

• Radar / Patfinder / Spectrophone – if you prefer detection, remember to change perk
• Vacuum – if team needs one, remember to change perk
• Extended Mags – more bullet spam is needed on open area maps with less chokes for traps

Harpoon Bazooka + Vacuum + Lightweight

The Harpoon is amazing if you have a teammate nearby to deal damage to your victim. Similar to the flamethrower, the harpoon doesn’t really need another perk to work efficiently so a utility perk like Lightweight is a good choice since it allows you to keep pace with ghost who like to prop-hop while being chased. While a ghost is harpooned you cannot change to a different weapon or gadget, thus you should only use the harpoon if you have a dedicated teammate to duo with you around the map.

Variations:

• Pathfinder – if vacuum already on team, pathfinder is good for chasing and pinpointing specific props to harpoon
• Trap – block doorways
• Healing Aura / Juggernaut – against aggro ghosts and/or Poltergeists

Fighter Loadouts

So you couldn’t kill the ghosts eh? And now it’s Midnight Ghost Fight? Not to worry, quickly swap to one these and shoot anything glowing red.

Salt Shotgun + Grenades + Extended Mags

A powerful close range option where you can triple tap a ghost in any medium/small prop from 100-0 with three rounds of salty goodness. This is my preferred load out against in chaotic situations since the knockback and damage burst can eliminate most ghost abilities with proper movement and timing. The grenades also provide a little bonus damage before the ghosts jump closer for melee attacks, a good trick is to lob both grenades, quickly open & close the generator for a fresh reload.

Variations:

• Trap – alternative to grenades if you’re fighting is a cramped space
• Juggernaut – always a good choice for Midnight fight, but you can no longer instakill a large prop.

Spectral Cannon + Trap + Quick Reload

A variation of the Searching loadout, but with a trap to help snare a ghost for some free damage. The Spectral cannon + Quick reload combo is very good with proper kiting, especially if the ghosts clump together. This loadout is pretty easy to get good with: point at ghost, hold down LMB, jump a few times.

Variations:

• Grenade / C4 – additional explosives to break large props
• Juggernaut – always a good choice for Midnight fight

Project X + Trap + Juggernaut

The Project X has very good damage but the need for a spin up time puts you at a large risk to being rushed; this is where the trap comes in. Put the trap NEAR you, not in a door so that the rushing ghost gets stuck long enough so you can spin up your weapon. Juggernaut is the perfect perk here since Project X slows you down while spinning anyway. Never let the weapon overheat, stop shooting just before the bar maxes out and then kite.

Variations:

• Medkit – on the odd chance your team might need it, since you can throw the medkit on the ground and then swap to Project X.
• Grenade – throw it at approaching props then swap to the Projects X and do not swap back

Reaper + C4 + Extra Gear

The Reaper deals moderate to good damage but gets countered very easily by prop hopping and large props. This, however, allows you to pull a sneaky move by baiting ghosts into a C4 pile. Simply set up before the fight, shoot them with a Reaper round which will cause them to rush you, then swap to your C4 detonator and kaboom! This is also the only build i will recommend to dedicated sniper-meta players since you can at least take down one ghost or more with you.

Variations:

• Trap – if literally no one else is using traps (good luck!).
• Juggernaut – always a good choice for Midnight fight.

Frostbite x 4

A team tactic where everyone, and I do mean every single person, picks the Frostbite so that you can stack the slows onto the nasty ghosties after midnight. The works really well as an ace up your sleeve, but beware of using this method on several games in a row, since it can easily be countered with Untrappable and Heavyweight. That being said, if the ghosts don’t realize your team switched to this strategy it basically is a free win.

Recommended gadgets and perks:

• Trap + Extra Gear – Even more safety, watch out for Untrappable ghosts (counters slow and traps).
• Juggernaut – always a good choice for Midnight fight.
• Extended Mags – longer duration bullet storm.

Runner Loadout

So you’re the last person alive and there’s 4 minutes left on the clock? Welp, time to put on your running shoes!

Salt Shotgun + Trap + Lightweight

Run and gun like hell, keep looking behind you and shoot the props as they’re glowing for a jump attack. Place your trap in doorways to slowdown one ghost, but don’t stop running.

Variations:

• Riot Shield – block jump attacks towards you, then run when they switch to ghost form.
• C4 – maybe you can take 1 out around a corner, but you will need to preemptively place the C4 and then run run run.

Grappling Hook + Medic Kit + Gadgeteer

Bit of a meme build, but can be very good on Theater and Ghost Ship with large elevations and little ladder/climbing spots. This is one of the builds i actually recommend the medkit for yourself

Since you can actually use it safely if you manage to GH onto an elevated platform away from the ghosts.

Variations:

• Lightweight – run faster. Pick a Salt Shotgun or Frostbite as your primary weapon.

Riot Shield + Medic Kit + Coldblooded

The “Ninja” build that allows you to hide from ghosts without Perception. Keep in mind this build ONLY works if your team plays the hapless guinea pigs and 3 vs 4 the ghosts. You cannot switch to the build halfway through and run since the ghosts will see your footprints after midnight. But most of the times I’ve used this strategy it wins games, so it is possible.. albeit a bit boring.

Simple to use: switch to this loadout before midnight, find a hidden corner far away from your team, crouch and then pray; drop the Medkit for your team. It’s useless on you since 70 hp makes you a 2-tap target anyway.

Variations:

• Trap – for your team, not you since it gives away your hiding place. God speed team o7.

Conclusion

You should now be equipped with wide array of weapon loadouts to achieve Hunter victory. These loadouts are of course my own personal opinion, so feel free to change them to your own playstyle. This guide is subject to change as the game develops or new/better strategies emerge.

One final note to absolute beginners…

If want to know a priority sequence of equipment to unlock with your initial crystals, I recommend:

• Juggernaut – makes your first Midnight fight somewhat easier. Can be used in most Search loadouts too since it will make survive experience Poltergeist players.
• Quick Reload – Get maximum value from your Spectral Cannon.
• Trap – Sheer versatility and easy to use.
• Shotgun / Reaper / Frostbite – Try them out in practice and see which one resonates with you.