Phasmophobia Nell’s Diner Map Guide

Plenty to uncover in this cozy diner.

nell's diner neon sign in rain in phasmophobia
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Nell’s Diner is perhaps the most unique location you can visit in all of Phasmophobia. There’s no other map that’s even slightly similar to it, making it a great location to explore with plenty to discover during ghost investigations.

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Exploring a location you’re not familiar with can be daunting, so you may want to learn more about this iconic location before you jump in. This map may be on the smaller side, but there’s still a lot to it, so here’s a guide to everything you need to know about the Nell’s Diner map in Phasmophobia.

Nell’s Diner guide in Phasmophobia

Nell's Diner entrance in phasmophobia
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Nell’s Diner is a small map, similar in size to locations like 13 Willow Street and 6 Tanglewood Drive. This location really takes Phasmophobia’s storytelling to the next level, with a diner that feels like it’s just been abandoned seconds before you arrive.

Nell’s Diner map in Phasmophobia

There are 13 rooms you can explore around Nell’s Diner, with 11 possible rooms the ghost can select as its favorite room. Here’s a breakdown of the map and all key areas you can explore around it.

  • The dining area is the largest room, with a vast open space you can traverse around. Here, you’ll find lots of booths with freshly cooked food that’s been left behind, and a slightly blocked off counter area you can get behind by lifting up the counter door on either side.
  • Right behind the dining area is the kitchen, which has a freezer and some cluttered storage rooms attached to it.
  • Off the left side of the dining area is the main hallway, a dingy red room that connects you to many other key locations.
  • Down the left end of the hallway, you’ll find the bathrooms. There’s a women’s restroom and a men’s restroom, with plenty of stalls to hide in around both.
  • Through the door on the right side of the hall is the staff hallway, which grants access to many staff-exclusive areas.
  • The first door on your right in the staff hallway leads into the janitor’s closet.
  • The first door on your left is the staff bathroom.
  • The second door on your left grants access to the break room, a fairly large space with some great lockers you can hide in.
  • The third door on your left is the manager’s office.
  • At the very end of the staff hallway is the back exit, which you can use to leave the main map space and return to the parking lot where your truck is waiting.
Nell's diner map with locations marked in phasmophobia
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Nell’s Diner Cursed Object locations in Phasmophobia

Each of the seven Cursed Possessions you can find while investigating has a specific spawn location on this map. They’re decently tricky to track down, so you’ll want to know all Nell’s Diner Cursed Possession locations.

  • Monkey Paw – On the cutting board in the kitchen.
  • Tarot Cards – On the counter near the cash register.
  • Voodoo Doll – On a booth in the main dining area.
  • Summoning Circle – On the ground in the men’s bathroom.
  • Haunted Mirror – On a chair in the break room.
  • Music Box – On a table in the manager’s office.
  • Ouija Board – On a box in the janitor’s closet.
All cursed possesion locations at nell's diner in phasmophobia
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Nell’s Diner fuse box location in Phasmophobia

There are three spots where the fuse box can spawn around Nell’s Diner. The spawn location is randomized in each contract, so you’ll either need to check the board in the truck or search around the possible spawn spots to find it. The locations where the fuse box can appear are as follows.

  • On the left wall in the janitor’s closet.
  • On the wall behind the right end of the counter in the dining area.
  • At the very end of the staff hallway, close to the back exit of the building.
fuse box spawn spots at nell's diner marked in phasmophobia
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Nell’s Diner hiding spots in Phasmophobia

During a ghost hunt, you need to know where to hide away if you can’t run. Here are some of the best hiding spots you can find around Nell’s Diner.

  • Behind the vending machine in the main hallway.
  • Behind the counter in the dining area.
  • Behind the shelves in the freezer rooms.
  • Inside the lockers in the break room.
  • Inside any of the bathroom stalls.

Nell’s Diner Easter eggs and secrets in Phasmophobia

Green skull over nell's diner in phasmophobia
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Nell’s Diner might be the most interactive map in all of Phasmophobia, with plenty of Easter eggs and secrets to uncover. The main one is the Nell’s Diner Ghost in the Machine Badge Easter egg, which is a massive puzzle you have to work through.

Outside of the main big secret on this map, there are lots of smaller ones, too. Here are all of the Easter eggs and secrets we’ve uncovered, which will be updated as we continue to play and likely find more.

  • There’s a brochure for the Maple Lodge Campsite on the table as soon as you walk inside.
  • The tune that the Music Box plays, which is called “Adrift,” is framed and hung up on the wall in the dining room.
  • You can interact with the jukebox to play music.
  • You can honk the horn in the police car parked outside the diner.
  • The bathrooms have some fun graffiti messages and drawings.
  • You can pull the fire alarm to set it off.
  • You can interact with toilets to flush them.
  • There are two arcade machines you can turn on.

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Kacee Fay

Staff Writer at Prima Games & Destructoid covering a wide array of topics including Disney Dreamlight Valley, Fortnite, Marvel Rivals, Minecraft, Phasmophobia, general gaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022, transitioned to a Staff Writer in 2023, moved to Destructoid in March 2025, and joined Prima Games in September 2025. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.