Changes: Admin (ability)

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Admin (ability)
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This article is for the ability.

Admin is an ability in Among Us, which any player, including ghosts, can use to get information about other players' locations.

Usage

The Admin map on The Skeld.
The Admin map on MIRA HQ.
The Admin map on Polus.
The Admin map on The Airship.

When in Admin (The Skeld, MIRA HQ, and Polus), Cockpit, or Records (The Airship), clicking the button next to the map will show what room everyone is in, anonymizing the players in yellow. The map updates when someone changes rooms but does not show exact positions. It also does not reveal location info for the corridors or Outside on Polus. Impostors that are in a vent and dead bodies are also shown on the map. It is mainly used to verify the location of a Crewmate or Impostor.

Trivia

When a Crewmate is killed, their icon will blink off momentarily. This can be effective against Impostors instantly reporting bodies that they just killed.
- However, this will also happen if someone leaves a room and almost immediately they or someone else enters.
Admin is the only monitoring ability (Security cameras, Doorlog, Vitals) that appears on all four currently available maps.
Admin is the only ability where the icon changes with the map.
Before version 2022.6.21, players in Boiler Room, Ventilation, and Hall of Portraits were not visible on Admin.
On The Airship, there is no Admin room, but the Admin feature exists in both Cockpit and Records.
Version 2021.6.30 introduced two bugs that were fixed in version 2021.11.9:
- The Admin button on The Skeld would show the button for MIRA HQ and vice versa on MIRA HQ.
- The Admin button on The Airship no longer appeared when approaching the panel. The hitbox on where the button should be was still active, however, which allowed the player to view the Admin map as normal.

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 The Airship Admin button.png|The Airship
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+|location =
-|location = [[Admin (location)|Admin]] (The Skeld, MIRA HQ, Polus)
+* [[Admin (location)|Admin]] (The Skeld, MIRA HQ, Polus)
-[[Cockpit]] (The Airship)
+* [[Cockpit]] (The Airship)
+* [[Records]] (The Airship)
 |used_by = All players
-|maps = [[The Skeld]]
+|maps =
-[[MIRA HQ]]
+* [[The Skeld]]
+* [[MIRA HQ]]
-[[Polus]]
+* [[Polus]]
+* [[The Airship]]
-[[The Airship]]
 |description = Views the locations for all players.
 }}
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 </gallery>
-When in [[Admin (location)|Admin]] (The Skeld, MIRA HQ and Polus) or [[Cockpit]] (The Airship), clicking the button next to the map will show what room everyone is in, anonymizing the players in yellow. The map updates when someone changes rooms but does not show exact positions. It also does not reveal location info for the corridors or Outside on [[Polus]]. [[Impostor]]s that are in a vent and dead bodies are also shown on the map. It is mainly used to verify the location of a [[Crewmate]] or Impostor.
+When in [[Admin (location)|Admin]] (The Skeld, MIRA HQ, and Polus), [[Cockpit]], or [[Records]] (The Airship), clicking the button next to the map will show what room everyone is in, anonymizing the players in yellow. The map updates when someone changes rooms but does not show exact positions. It also does not reveal location info for the corridors or Outside on [[Polus]]. [[Impostor]]s that are in a vent and dead bodies are also shown on the map. It is mainly used to verify the location of a [[Crewmate]] or Impostor.
 == Trivia ==
-* Lore-wise, it is implied that players' positions are known from their ID cards. The reason why their positions can't be traced out of specific areas is still unclear. Yet, it is hypothesized that the Admin ability uses some sensors hidden in specific areas to detect the number of players in rooms.
-** It is also unknown as to why exact identities cannot be traced.
 * When a [[Crewmate]] is [[kill]]ed, their icon will blink off momentarily. This can be effective against Impostors instantly reporting bodies that they just killed.
+** However, this will also happen if someone leaves a room and almost immediately they or someone else enters.
 * Admin is the only {{C|Monitoring abilities|monitoring ability}} ([[Security (ability)|Security cameras]], [[Doorlog]], [[Vitals]]) that appears on all four currently available maps.
 * Admin is the only ability where the icon changes with the map.
-* On [[Polus]], players in [[Boiler Room]] are not counted on Admin.
+* Before {{Version|2022.6.21}}, players in [[Boiler Room]], [[Ventilation]], and [[Hall of Portraits]] were not visible on Admin.
-* On [[The Airship]], there is no Admin room, but the Admin feature exists in [[Cockpit]].
+* On [[The Airship]], there is no Admin room, but the Admin feature exists in both [[Cockpit]] and [[Records]].
-* [[Among Us/Version history#2021.6.30|Version 2021.6.30]] introduced a bug where the Admin button on [[The Skeld]] will show the button for [[MIRA HQ]] and vice versa on MIRA HQ.
+* {{Version|2021.6.30|cap}} introduced two bugs that were fixed in {{Version|2021.11.9}}:
+** The Admin button on [[The Skeld]] would show the button for [[MIRA HQ]] and vice versa on MIRA HQ.
+** The Admin button on The Airship no longer appeared when approaching the panel. The hitbox on where the button should be was still active, however, which allowed the player to view the Admin map as normal.
 == Gallery ==
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 MIRA HQ Admin panel.png|The panel used to watch Admin on MIRA HQ.
 Polus Admin panel.png|The panel used to watch Admin on Polus.
-The Airship Admin panel.png|The panel used to watch Admin on The Airship.
+The Airship Cockpit Admin panel.png|The panel used to watch Admin in Cockpit on The Airship.
+The Airship Records Admin panel.png|The panel used to watch Admin in Records on The Airship.
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 {{Interlanguage
-|es = Admin (habilidad)
+|es = Administración (habilidad)
 |hi = एडमिन (क्षमता)
 |ja = Admin (ability)