Communicating with other players is possible during the game, in the lobby, in a party with friends and in private messages with friends by typing in the chat box. This is a vital importance to the game as this is where players share info and communicate.
During Gameplay
During the day, players can chat with each other. If a player was blackmailed the previous night, they cannot talk, even if the Blackmailer died the same night you were blackmailed unless they are on the stand.
Members of the Mafia, along with any Vampires and Coven in the Coven Expansion update, can talk to each other during the night. A Vampire Hunter can read Vampire chat, but there are no current roles in the Coven expansion that has the ability to read Coven chat. However, no names except "Vampire" are shown. A known glitch is that when a Disguiser disguises as a Vampire, the Disguiser can read the Vampire chat along with the Mafia chat.
If a player is dead, they can talk to other dead players and the Medium, who appears in chat as the Medium.
A Medium seancing a player will also appear as a Medium to the player.
If a player is jailed, they can talk to the Jailor, who will be called "Jailor" in the chat. If the jailed player is a member of the Mafia or a Vampire, they cannot write in the Mafia or Vampire chat, but they can still hear others talking in it.
Whispering
During the day, living players can whisper to each other. Other players will only be able to see who has whispered to whom. Only a Blackmailer can read whispers, even when dead.
To whisper, write in the chat, "/w (player name or number) (your message)".
Example:
/w John Smith I am the Sheriff!
/w 5 I am the Sheriff!
Alternatively, players may use "/whisper" or "/pm" instead of "/w". Be sure to put a space in between the command and the name/number you are whispering to, as well as a space after the name/number.
It is highly recommended to type the player's number instead of their name. Not only is it faster, but there is an issue of whispering to a person with a similar name as another. For example, if you choose to whisper to "John Hathorne", the game will send your whisper to "John", who is a different person.
While other players will not be able to see your message, they will receive a message that you have whispered to the other player, e.g. "Fred is whispering to John Smith." That said, you should be careful about how many times you whisper, as players might get suspicious of you. However, you shouldn't worry too much about getting suspicion, unless the game you are in has a lot of Neutrals.
You will be unable to whisper (and talk) during the day if you are blackmailed. You will also be unable to whisper when dead.
In Coven Gamemodes: In the Coven DLC and during Lovers Mode, players can secretly whisper to their lover without the public knowing, thus making it easier for lovers to know who they are. During VIP Mode, whispers are disabled entirely, otherwise you could just whisper your role to the VIP, a confirmed Townie.
Note: Typing "/help" or "-help" in the chat will pull up a message to remind you how to whisper to another player.
Uses for the Town
- You can whisper your role to any confirmed Townie, forming an alliance of trust against the Mafia and Neutrals. This is most often done with a revived/resurrected Townie, as their role has been confirmed by death. It was also used to give roles to a revealed Mayor, until an update came upon, where the revealed Mayor was not allowed to be whispered to. This tactic is occasinally used by confirmed Townies and most commonly the Jailor.
- If you are a Town Investigative, you could whisper your role to players you have determined to be Town members, gaining their help when trying to lynch someone you have found to be evil. If you investigated someone, you could ask that person to whisper their role to you. This can help you figure out that person's exact role, but beware as it is possible for them to lie.
- You can ask other players to use their ability in a certain way, e.g. role block someone you suspect to be the Godfather.
Initiating a whisper might make the Mafia or Neutral Killings believe you are a Town member sharing information, making you a high priority target.
Uses for non-Town
- As a Blackmailer, you can read all the information in the whispers and provide them to the Mafia and benefit them with it.
- As an Executioner, you could whisper your target, acting like a Town Investigative or trying to make them look suspicious.
- As a Jester, you can use whispers to spread misinformation, making you look suspicious once you are discovered, or use 'failed whispers', e.g. "w9 I am Mafia, join my team" or "w 4 Who are we gonna kill tonight?"
- However, most experienced players will see this as an obvious Jester play and ignore you (not the command)
- An evil role can also use this to look like a Jester and make people not want to lynch you.
- Be warned though, as this tactic will almost guarantee that a Jailor or Vigilante will kill you the next night.
- As a Consigliere or Witch, you might have figured out another non-Town member's role and could ask them to team up with you.
- As a Mafioso or Godfather, you could tell one of your teammates if the target you tried to kill was immune or if nothing happened, meaning they were healed.
Town Investigatives or role blockers may visit you at night because whispering attracts attention. Additionally, you will reveal information to a Blackmailer if you ask someone to team up with you. Thus, it is always important to recognize the fact whether or not Town knows there is a Blackmailer in game, otherwise you are giving your information away to the Mafia.
Ignoring a player
Players may choose to "ignore" a player. If you ignore a player, you will not see any words that they say in the chat (You can't ignore someone while in the lobby, however. If someone is spamming or being rude in the lobby, take a screenshot and report them). However, you will still hear the noise when they say something. If they attempt to whisper to you, you will see that they have sent a whisper, but you will not see the whispered message itself.
Ignoring is usually reserved for spammers, and it is a bad idea to ignore someone who isn't spamming or being rude - they may uncover important information later on and you won't be able to see it.
Sometimes, this might be a Jester taking it too far, and even if not, try not to vote them up. Instead, simply report them at the top of the screen.
To ignore a player, type "/ignore (player name or number)". Example:
/ignore John Smith
/ignore 5
To be able to see a player's messages again, type "/unignore (player name or number)". Example:
/unignore John Smith
/unignore 5
Note: Ignoring a player only lasts for that particular game. The moment you exit a game, any ignored players will go back to not being ignored.
Another Note: The ignored player will still be able to talk to you if they are a Medium seancing you, a Jailor that jailed you, and the Vampire chat (for Vampire Hunters).
In the Lobby
In the Custom Mode lobby, you can type /repick to vote for replacing an inactive host or one that is not preparing a role list that you want to play. You can do this in any lobby, though it's only helpful use is in Custom Mode and Rapid Mode, if you and other lobby members are not satisfied with the custom list for an apparent reason (ex; too specific, too boring, too one-sided).
Chat Filter
The chat filter can be enabled or disabled in the "Chat" settings in the main menu. It replaces many offensive words with different words. The table below contains some examples.
| Swear Word | Replacement |
|---|---|
| Allah Akbar | Lord Almighty |
| A**/Anal | Pillion |
| Autistic/Retarded | Savant |
| Bastard | Child born out of wedlock |
| B*tch | Snap Crackle Pop |
| Blowjob | Premarital relations |
| Boner | Curmudgeon |
| Boobs | Bosom |
| B*kkake | Rigmarole |
| Bulls**t | Son of a Gun |
| Clitoris | Bindlestiff |
| Cr**mpie | Pumpkin Pie |
| Da*n | Gee Golly |
| D*ck/P*n*s/C*ck | Doodle |
| Dildo | Petticoat |
| Douche(bag) | Codswallop |
| Dumb*ss | Bumfuzzle |
| Fisted | Mumblecrusted |
| F*ck | Tarnation |
| Fuk/Phuck | Balderdash |
| Go to hell | prithee transport thyself to tarnation |
| Handjob | Premarital relations |
| Herpes | Plague |
| Hitler | Fopdoodle |
| Homo | Non-Binary |
| Jizz | Fusty |
| KKK | Raggabrash |
| KYS (kill yourself) | Kick the bucket |
| Nazi | Townie |
| Nympho | Harlot |
| Or*asm | Gardyloo |
| Penis | Doodle |
| Porn | Malarky |
| Prick | Fellmonger |
| P*ssy | Kitty |
| Queef | Malarky |
| Retard | Zounderkite |
| Scrotum | Breeches |
| Sh*t | Flummery |
| Slave | Hard worker |
| Sl*t | Harlot |
| Stalin | Fopdoodle |
| STD | Plague |
| S*ck it | Plant a flower |
| T*ts | Bosom |
| Transsexual | Non-Binary |
| Vagina | Rose |
| Wh*re | Harlot |
| You are garbage/trash or You s*ck | You are a great player |
| You are/Are you gay | You are/Are you an upstanding citizen |
Message Rejected for Vulgarity
There are several words which are deemed too offensive and as a result are completely censored. Attempts to use these words will result in the entire message being removed and a warning message being displayed to the player. Repeated use of these words can result in an automatic suspension on the player.
If the player receives a warning from closing their Last Will, they should immediately open their will and find the text with which the filter has issue. The system may pick up some words or names as trying to bypass the filter. This also applies to a Death Note. If it is a name that the game is refusing to accept, use the player's number instead.
Trivia
- Previously, dead chat names were gray instead of red, but this was changed to avoid confusion.
- Previously, dead chat names were not italisized.
- If you whisper to yourself, you'll be given the system message "You cannot whisper yourself, that would be weird." This works even while dead.
- You can be temporarily muted for attempting to spam the chat by repeatedly voting a person during the voting phase, which produces no message.
- The Mayor recieves a message saying 'You cannot whisper to another player once you have revealed!' when attempting to whisper. Any other player will recieve 'You cannot whisper to a revealed Mayor!' if they try to do so.
- Prior to Version 2.0.0.6537, the Spy was able to read whispers. Now only the Blackmailer can read whispers.