Abilities

Abilities are game mechanics in Among Us that allows players to interact with the map and view information about other players. Some abilities are limited to certain roles, while others can be used by all players.

Overview

Abilities appear as large buttons in the bottom-right corner of players' screens, each with different purposes. By default, all players have access to the Use and Report buttons. Standing near security systems such as Admin replaces the Use ability with the security system's appropriate ability. Similar to assigned tasks which have yellow outlines, certain abilities such as Admin, Security, Doorlog, Vitals and Customize have white outlines to them, while Vent and Kill (which only appear when getting close to the interactive object or player) have red outlines (except Engineer and Hide n Seek Crewmate's Vent ability, which will have a light blue outline.)

Use is positioned to the bottom right of the screen, and it becomes available whenever the player stands near an object they can interact with. Report is positioned to the left of Use, and it becomes available near a dead body. Extra roles (Scientist, Engineer, Guardian Angel, Shapeshifter, Tracker, Noisemaker and Phantom) gain access to an extra ability that is unique to them, and it is positioned to the left of Report. Impostors gain access to three extra abilities (Kill, Sabotage, and Vent) which are positioned above Use, Report, and the extra role ability.

List of Abilities

Ability	Used by	Maps	Description
Admin	All players	All maps	Opens up the Admin map which gives the user access to where everyone is.
Customize	Hosts (Lobby) All players (Practice)	Lobby All maps (Practice)	Lobby: Lets hosts customize the game settings. Practice: Lets players change their task list as well as allowing them to change their role.
Doorlog	All players	MIRA HQ	Lets players check which players went through which sensors.
Haunt	Ghosts	All maps	Lets dead players follow any other player. Not available to Guardian Angels.
Kill	Impostors (alive)	All maps	Lets Impostors kill Crewmates. Only available when cooldown is not active.
Report	All players (alive) (except in Hide n Seek)	All maps	Lets players report dead bodies.
Sabotage	Impostors (except in Hide n Seek)	All maps	Lets Impostors create fatal and non-fatal problems that the Crewmates can either fix or leave alone.
Protect	Guardian Angels	All maps	Lets Guardian Angels temporarily protect players from being killed.
Shift	Shapeshifters (alive)	All maps	Lets Shapeshifters temporarily transform into other players.
Security	All players	The Skeld Polus The Airship	Lets players watch through the Security cameras scattered around the map.
Start	Hosts	Lobby	Lets the host start the game.
	Trackers (alive)	All maps	Lets the Tracker track a player in their personal map.
Use	Crewmates Impostors (alive)	All maps	Lets players interact with tasks and other interactive objects.
Pet	Any living player with a pet equipped	All maps	Lets players interact with their equipped pets.
Vent	Impostors (alive) (except in Hide n Seek) Engineers Crewmates (Hide n Seek)	All maps	Lets Impostors and Engineers enter nearby vents.
Vitals	All players Scientists (portable version)	Polus The Airship All maps (Scientists)	Lets players check who is dead and who is not. Scientists can open vitals anytime as long as they have battery left.
Seek	Seeker (Hide n Seek)	All maps	Lets the Seeker pinpoint where each living Crewmate is located.

Trivia

• Since version 2021.6.30, all buttons as in the game assets didn't have text on it.
  • There was also an game asset called OldButtons when the buttons got redesigned without the text (version 2021.6.30)

Abilities
All players	Admin Doorlog Report Security Use Pet Vitals Haunt
Impostors	Kill Sabotage Seek Vent
Optional roles	Protect Track Vent Vitals Shift Vanish
Lobby/Practice	Customize Wardrobe Start