Crewmate Death

Lore & Background

The mechanics of death are strictly defined by the roles present during a round. When an Impostor kills a Crewmate or sabotages a system like oxygen without resolution, the victim becomes a ghost. According to the source, these ghosts can only perform tasks if the 'Ghosts Do Tasks' setting is enabled; by default they cannot. Dead Impostors are unable to sabotage or perform actions affecting living players after death. Ghosts cannot report bodies or communicate with living players outside of meetings. Ghost vision allows seeing player outlines through walls but does not provide omniscient knowledge of events occurring elsewhere on the map. The ghost player does not possess a body that remains on the map—the corpse is a separate entity. This creates a unique social layer where dead players can still influence the outcome through voting in emergency meetings. The text notes that ghosts can see and pass through walls, follow other players, and chat exclusively with other ghosts. While living Crewmates must rely on visual tasks or surveillance systems like security cameras to identify Impostors, ghosts have limited vision and cannot witness everything. However, this power comes with a limitation: they cannot physically interact with the environment to stop sabotage or kill Impostors, leaving the resolution of the round entirely in the hands of the surviving crew.

In Their Own Story

The Skeld's corridors hummed with tension as Blue moved toward Electrical to fix wires. Suddenly, a red figure emerged from the shadows near the reactor. Before Blue could initiate an emergency meeting or run for safety, the Impostor struck. The world turned gray, and Blue's body crumpled onto the metal floor, marked by a skull icon hovering above where their head used to be. Floating upward through the ceiling, Blue became a ghost. They watched Red slip away into the shadows, unable to warn anyone. Drifting silently toward the cafeteria, Blue saw Yellow walking past the dead body but missed it entirely. Later, during an emergency meeting called by Green who found the corpse, Blue joined the text chat as a ghost. While living players debated and lied, Blue could see exactly where Red had been moments before the kill. Blue voted to eject Red based on this visual evidence, proving that even in death, a Crewmate's voice remains crucial to identifying the impostor.

Reader's Guide

When a Crewmate dies, they immediately become a ghost and can no longer perform tasks or be killed again, though the source clarifies ghosts of Crewmates can still perform tasks. Their primary role shifts to observation; they can float through walls to watch Impostors move and gather evidence for the next meeting. Dead players retain their voting rights during emergency meetings and can cast votes just like living crew members. Additionally, they can assist living Crewmates by hovering over incomplete tasks to show a progress bar, helping teammates finish work faster without revealing their own location. The game ends when all Crewmates are dead or if the Impostor kills enough players to equal the number of remaining Crewmates. Conversely, if the Crewmates vote out all Impostors or complete all tasks before that happens, they win. The mechanic forces living players to trust reports from ghosts while fearing that a ghost's testimony might be manipulated by an Impostor pretending to be dead.

Did You Know?

• Ghosts can only perform tasks if the 'Ghosts Do Tasks' setting is enabled; by default they cannot.
• Dead Impostors are unable to sabotage or perform actions affecting living players after death.
• Ghosts cannot report bodies or communicate with living players outside of meetings.
• Ghost vision allows seeing player outlines through walls but does not provide omniscient knowledge of events elsewhere on the map.
• The ghost player does not possess a body that remains on the map; the corpse is a separate entity.