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'''The Skeld''', often shortened to '''Skeld''', is the first [[map]] in ''[[Among Us]]'' set on a spaceship in outer space. It is automatically selected upon opening the game for the first time. The map was the only one included in the first version of the game's launch in 2018, with [[MIRA HQ]], [[Polus]], [[The Airship]], and [[Map 5]] being added subsequently. 

== Locations ==
=== Cafeteria ===
[[Cafeteria]] is the spawn point on The Skeld. The location contains five lunch tables, with the [[emergency button]] on the center table. It is connected to three hallways and contains a [[vent (object)|vent]].

* [[Tasks]]:
** [[Download Data]] (top-right)
** [[Empty Garbage]] (top-right)
** [[Fix Wiring]] (top-left)

=== Weapons ===
[[Weapons]] is connected to two hallways and has a vent. It is located east of Cafeteria.

* Tasks:
** [[Accept Diverted Power]] (right) 
** [[Clear Asteroids]] (center)
** Download Data (top-left)

=== Navigation ===
[[Navigation]] contains two vents at the top and bottom of the room.

* Tasks:
** Accept Diverted Power (top-left)
** [[Chart Course]] (top-right)
** Download Data (top-right)
** Fix Wiring (left)
** [[Stabilize Steering]] (right)

=== O2 ===
[[O2]] houses a number pad for resolving [[Oxygen Depleted]]. This room is connected to a single hallway.

* Tasks:
** [[Clean O2 Filter]] (top-left)
** [[Empty Chute]] (bottom-left)
** Accept Diverted Power

=== Shields ===
[[Shields]] is connected to two hallways and contains a vent.

* Tasks:
** Accept Diverted Power (top-right)
** [[Prime Shields]] (bottom-left)

=== Communications ===
[[Communications]] contains the computer used to fix [[Comms Sabotaged]]. It is connected to a single hallway.
* Tasks:
** Accept Diverted Power (top-right)
** Download Data (top)

=== Storage ===
[[Storage]] contains containers in the middle of the room, which obstruct [[vision]] to the other side. It is connected to three hallways.

* Tasks:
** Empty Garbage (bottom-right)
** Empty Chute (bottom-right)
** Fix Wiring (top-left)
** [[Fuel Engines#Stage 1|Fuel Engines]] (center)

=== Admin ===
[[Admin (location)|Admin]] contains the [[Admin (ability)|Admin map]] and a number pad for resolving Oxygen Depleted. It is connected to one hallway and contains a vent.

* Tasks:
** Fix Wiring (top-left)
** [[Swipe Card]] (right)
** [[Upload Data#Stage 2:Upload Data|Upload Data]] (top-left)

=== Electrical ===
[[Electrical]] contains the electrical panel used to resolve [[Fix Lights]]. It is connected to a single hallway and contains a vent.

* Tasks:
** [[Calibrate Distributor]] (top-right)
** [[Divert Power#Stage 1: Divert Power|Divert Power]] (top-left)
** Download Data (top-left)
** Fix Wiring (top)

=== Lower Engine ===
[[Lower Engine]] is connected to two hallways and contains a vent.

* Tasks:
** Accept Diverted Power (top-left)
** [[Align Engine Output]] (bottom-left)
** [[Fuel Engines#Stage 2|Fuel Engines]] (bottom-left)

=== Security ===
[[Security (location)|Security]] contains [[Security (ability)|Security]] for monitoring players, is connected to one hallway, and contains a vent.

* Tasks:
** Accept Diverted Power (top-right)
** Fix Wiring (left)

=== Reactor ===
[[Reactor]] contains two hand readers to resolve [[Reactor Meltdown]]. It is connected to one hallway and contains two vents.

* Tasks:
** [[Start Reactor]] (center)
** [[Unlock Manifolds]] (top-left)

=== Upper Engine ===
[[Upper Engine]] is connected to two hallways and contains a [[vent (object)|vent]].

* Tasks:
** Accept Diverted Power (top)
** Align Engine Output (bottom-right)
** Fuel Engines (bottom-right)

=== MedBay ===
[[MedBay]] is connected to one hallway and contains a vent.

* Tasks:
** [[Inspect Sample]] (bottom-right)
** [[Submit Scan]] (bottom-right)

== Full map ==
{{Map:The Skeld}}

== Trivia ==
* There are four [[visual tasks]] in total on The Skeld. [[Crewmate]]s are able to prove their innocence by completing these in front of other Crewmates if visual task effects are enabled in the game's [[options]] by the host before the game starts.
** The Skeld is the [[map]] in ''[[Among Us]]'' with the most visual tasks, while the map with the least visual tasks is [[The Airship]].
* Various [[vent (object)|vent]] systems are littered throughout The Skeld, similar to [[Polus]] and [[The Airship]].
** The vents in [[Admin (location)|Admin]], [[Cafeteria]], and the hallway north of [[Shields]] are connected.
** The vents in [[Electrical]], [[MedBay]], and [[Security (location)|Security]] are connected.
** The vents in [[Navigation]], Shields, and [[Weapons]] are connected.
** The vents in [[Lower Engine]], [[Reactor]], and [[Upper Engine]] are connected.
* During [[April Fools]], the textures and layout of The Skeld are reversed, causing the map to appear as if it is flying backward. The Skeld's name is also changed to "ehT dlekS".
** Players can also set their device clock to April 1 to do this at any time.
* Due to the many visual tasks in The Skeld, it is considered the easiest map when visual task effects are enabled.
* [[Ghost]]s can fly out of The Skeld, although there is an invisible barrier that eventually stops them before they go too far out.
* [[Halloween|From October 19 to October 31]], The Skeld, along with MIRA HQ, receive some visual changes, giving it Halloween decorations such as webs, spiders, bats, pumpkins, candles, etc. Players' devices can have their date set to any time during that period to play the game with these maps, even in online play.
* The Skeld is the third-largest map in the game, the smallest being MIRA HQ, the second largest being Polus, and the largest being [[The Airship]].
* There are 14 vents and also 14 locations, but they are not evenly distributed. The three rooms without vents ([[O2]], [[Communications]], and [[Storage]]) are matched by the second vent in Reactor, the second vent in Navigation, and a vent in an unnamed corridor north of Shields.
* The Skeld's shape is shown beneath the hexagons in [[Prime Shields]].
* In an earlier version of ''Among Us'', there were [[Security (ability)|Security]] cameras in Electrical and Reactor.
* The Skeld is the only currently released map to contain [[tasks]] in each location.
** Also, note that each location contains at least 2 tasks.
* The Skeld's name was based on the Swedish word for 'Shield', possibly due to the ship's shape.
* In the [[Quick Chat]] interface, The Skeld is shortened to "Skeld".
* The vent layout of The Skeld is vertically symmetrical.
* The Skeld is the only map in ''[[Among Us]]'' not to have a promotional banner.
* The Skeld is the only map which shares a spawn point and meeting point.

== Audio ==
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|The main ambience sound of The Skeld.
|The Skeld hallways ambience.ogg
|The ambience sound of the hallways on The Skeld.
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== Videos ==
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Among Us beta launch trailer
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