The ghost of you.

Use 3 Sacred Ground locations to reduce your Fear Meter is one of the challenges in Warzone as part of Ghosts of Verdansk, a Halloween-themed variation of the battle royale mode.

Featured during The Haunting, Ghosts of Verdasnk features a total of nine challenges to complete. As well as a reward for each, you will obtain the new LAPA SMG for completing them all.

This guide explains where to find Sacred Ground locations and how to reduce your Fear Meter in the Ghosts of Verdansk to complete the challenge.

If you're looking for more help with the event, see our phone locations explainer.

Note with the arrival of Warzone Pacific in December 2021, you can no longer complete this activity. If you're looking for more help, check out our best Warzone weapons page and the Vanguard Royale meta.

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Sacred Grounds are guarded places across the map that are surrounded by a light blue circle. If you don't notice this right away, these are easy to spot due to a peculiar 'totem' in the centre.

The purpose of the aura around the totem is to 'protect' the people that are inside. Staying here will prevent ghosts from attacking you directly, but they will be able to attack the aura from afar, which is destroyed after a continuous effort.

Most importantly, staying inside a Sacred Ground will reduce your Fear, which can otherwise cause hallucinations. This goes up or down depending on some key situations, listed below from Activision's announcement:

Fear increases with the following actions:

Fear decreases with the following actions:

Now, let's look into the Sacred Ground locations and what to keep in mind for this challenge in particular.

Here are all Sacred Ground locations in Warzone which are active as part of The Haunting event with Ghosts of Verdansk:

The locations are always displayed on the map, so it's easy to follow them. Plus, the aura is quite noticeable even at a distance, and considering there are plenty of them, the times where you'll be left stranded outside the circles are rare.

That being said, Sacred Grounds won't prevent you from the usual circle that slowly closes in the battle royale map. At some point you will have to get out, so it's best to plan accordingly, as it's likely that enemy ghosts will be expecting you nearby.

For this challenge in particular, you only need to let some time pass until your Fear meter goes up and then head towards a Sacred Ground. That being said, it also counted to just land in one of them from the helicopter at the start of the match. If anything, head outside the aura for a bit and return to reduce it. Doing this three times will complete the challenge.

Best of luck with the challenge!

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Diego Nicolás Argüello

Diego is a freelance writer from Argentina who has learned English thanks to video games. He missed most of the classics, but can gush about Doom, Persona, The Darkness and pinballs for hours. Probably on Twitter right now.

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