Cosmetics are items in Among Us used to customize characters. There are five types of cosmetics: hats, skins, nameplates, visor cosmetics, and pets. Hats are worn on players' heads, skins are worn on their bodies, nameplates appear on the player's voting box in meetings, visors are worn on the face, and pets follow the player around until the player is killed by An Impostor or ejected.
Some cosmetics are free and automatically owned by the player, while a variety of other cosmetics can be unlocked by paying in-game currency. Cosmetics can be bought in the shop or inside Cosmicubes, and owned cosmetics can be equipped in the wardrobe.
Cosmetics grant little gameplay advantage and mostly serve the purpose of supporting the developers.[1] However, if someone is An Impostor and is running away or using a vent, people can identify them by a hat or pet because they make the space of their character larger. On the other hand, if someone is a Crewmate, then cosmetics could be used to verify that a player was in a location. Some cosmetics slightly hide the color of the player, which can further confuse other players. Players with different cosmetics also assist colorblind players in telling characters apart.
Hats
Main article: Hats
Hats accessorize or cover the top of a character's body.
Skins
Main article: Skins
Skins cover the lower half of a character's body, with the exception of the Right Hand Man Reborn skin (which covers the left half instead).
Pets
Main article: Pets
Pets follow their owner around until they die or if the game ends.
Visor cosmetics
Main article: Visor cosmetics
Visor cosmetics accessorize a character's visor. Many of them were previously hats.
Nameplates
Main article: Nameplates
Nameplates add a stylized background to the player's voting box.
Bundles
Holiday '18 hats bundle
Main article: Christmas
A bundle of eight different hats was added as the limited-time "holiday '18 hats bundle"[2] made purchasable during the holidays of 2018 on the mobile version of Among Us for $2.99, and every subsequent year. This bundle will be unlocked every Holiday period.
Halloween hat bundle
Main article: Halloween
A free bundle of twelve hats was released during October 2019, around Halloween. This bundle will be unlocked every October.
1M downloads hat bundle
Main article: 1M downloads hat bundle
A bundle of eight different hats could be purchased on mobile for $2.99 (all hats are included in that purchase). This bundle was created to celebrate Among Us receiving 1 million downloads. In version 2021.11.9, these hats are given to the player for free on all platforms.
MIRA Bundle
Main article: MIRA Bundle
A bundle of three skins, two hats, and two visor cosmetics can be purchased for 20 Stars. Originally the bundle also included the MIRA HQ map, until it was removed when it was released for free.
Polus Bundle
Main article: Polus Bundle
A bundle of three skins and hats can be purchased for 20 Stars. Originally, the bundle included the Polus map, until the map was removed when it was released for free.
Airship Bundle
Main article: Airship Bundle
A bundle of three skins, twelve hats, and two visor cosmetics can be purchased for 20 Stars. The bundle was made available for purchase along with the release of The Airship. Unlike the previous two skin bundles, The Airship has always been free, and as such never came with the bundle.
Cosmicubes
Main article: Cosmicubes
Cosmicubes are bundles that contain various themed cosmetics which must be unlocked using Pods.
Trivia
- There used to be sprites for unused hats in the game files, including a traffic cone, a drinking cap, a headcrab, and a pot. These hats were either removed or repurposed into officially released hats.
- Many skins and hats reference Marcus Bromander's Henry Stickmin series.
- As of version 2020.10.22, cosmetics are visible on the voting screen, and as of version 2021.6.30, they are also visible in the chat screen.
- The Halloween hats can be unlocked before or after Halloween by setting the device's time to October.
- The same applies to the Christmas hats.
- Any player playing as Fortegreen is unable to select cosmetics, and will appear wearing the military suit.
- When the kill animation is displayed, a few hats have changes, such as the We All Float Here popping.
- The cosmetics worn on the players are mirrored if the player is facing the opposite direction. There are some exceptions to this, such as the Right Hand Man: Reborn.
References
- ↑ "Pets in Among Us 2019.6.7!". itch.io, Innersloth. June 8, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ↑ File:Holiday 18 Hats Bundle Shop.png — The shop during the holidays. Players can change their time settings to see this as well. Retrieved August 2020.
