- The Skeld
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.
- 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 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 (center)
Admin
Admin contains the 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 (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 (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 (bottom-left)
Security
Security contains 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.
- 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)
Map
Trivia
- There are four visual tasks in total on The Skeld. Crewmates 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 systems are littered throughout The Skeld, similar to Polus and The Airship.
- The vents in Admin, Cafeteria, and the hallway north of Shields are connected.
- The vents in Electrical, MedBay, and 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.
- Ghosts can fly out of The Skeld, although there is an invisible barrier that eventually stops them before they go too far out.
- 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 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
| Audio | Description |
|---|---|
| The main ambience sound of The Skeld. | |
| The ambience sound of the hallways on The Skeld. |
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