There are currently 33 roles in Town of Salem, separated into 3 categories: Town, Mafia, and Neutral. These include 7 unique roles.
Users who own Town of Salem - The Coven have 49 roles to play with, 18 which are unique. This expansion includes the new Coven faction.
The official roles list provided by BlankMediaGames can be found here.
The official sub-forum for role suggestion can be found here.
Town Roles
The Town roles each have one goal: "Lynch every criminal and evildoer." Those evildoers include the Mafia, Neutral Killing, Neutral Chaos (except Pirate), Coven, and Witches.
| Alignment | Role Name (abbreviation) |
Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Investigative | Investigator (Invest, Inv) | Investigate one person each night for a clue to their role. | |
| Lookout (LO) |
Watch one person at night to see who visits them. | ||
| Psychic (Psy) |
Receive a vision every night. | DLC only | |
| Sheriff (Sher) |
Check one person each night for suspicious activity. | ||
| Spy | See who the Mafia and Coven visit, and "bug" houses to see all targeted actions against them. | ||
| Tracker (Track) |
Track one person at night to see who they visit. | DLC only | |
| Town Killing | Jailor | You may choose one person during the day to jail for the night. | Unique |
| Vampire Hunter (VH) |
Check for Vampires each night. | ||
| Veteran (Vet) |
Decide if you will go on alert and kill anyone who visits you. | Unique | |
| Vigilante (Vig, Vigi) |
Choose to take justice into your own hands and shoot someone. | ||
| Town Protective | Bodyguard (BG) |
Protect one person from death each night. | |
| Doctor (Doc) |
Heal one person each night, preventing them from dying. | ||
| Crusader (Crus) |
Protect one person during the night. | DLC only | |
| Trapper (Trap) |
You may set up a Trap at another player's house. | DLC only | |
| Town Support | Escort (Esc) |
Distract someone each night. | |
| Mayor | Gain 3 votes when you reveal yourself as Mayor. | Unique | |
| Medium (Med) |
Speak with dead players at night. | ||
| Retributionist (Ret, Retri) |
You may revive a dead Town member once per game. | Unique | |
| Transporter (Trans) |
Choose two people to transport at night. |
Mafia Roles
The Mafia all share a common goal: "Kill all who will not submit to the Mafia." These include any members of the Town, any members of the Coven, any Neutral Killings, and any Neutral Chaos roles.
| Alignment | Role Name (abbreviation) | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mafia Deception | Disguiser (Dis, Disg) |
Choose a target to disguise yourself as. | |
| Forger | Choose a person and rewrite their last will at night. | ||
| Framer | Choose one person to frame each night. | ||
| Hypnotist (Hypno) |
You may sneak into a players house at night and plant a memory. | DLC only | |
| Janitor (Jan, Jani) |
Choose a dying person to clean each night. | ||
| Mafia Killing | Ambusher (Amb) |
You may choose to lie in wait outside your target's house. | DLC only
|
| Godfather (GF) |
Kill someone each night. | Unique | |
| Mafioso (Maf) |
Carry out the Godfather's orders. | Unique | |
| Mafia Support | Blackmailer (BM, BMer) |
Choose one person each night to blackmail. | |
| Consigliere (Consig) |
Check one person for their exact role each night. | ||
| Consort (Cons) |
Distract someone each night. |
Neutral Roles
The Neutral roles each have different goals, and some of those are compatible with the goals of the other teams, meaning that some of these roles are able to win alongside them. It's worth checking the goal descriptions to see who you can potentially ally with as a Neutral.
| Alignment | Role Name (abbreviation) | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral Benign | Amnesiac (Amne,Amnes) | Remember who you were by selecting a graveyard role. | |
| Guardian Angel (GA) |
Keep your target alive. | DLC only | |
| Survivor (Surv) |
Put on a bulletproof vest at night, protecting yourself from attacks. | ||
| Neutral Chaos | Pirate |
Choose a player to plunder each night. | DLC only
|
| Plaguebearer (PB) |
You may choose to infect a player with the Plague each night. | DLC only
| |
| Pestilence (Pest, Pesti) |
You may choose to Rampage at a player's house each night. | DLC only
| |
| Vampire (Vamp) |
Convert others to Vampires at night. | ||
| Neutral Evil | Executioner (Exe,Exec) |
Trick the Town into lynching your target. | |
| Jester (Jest) |
Trick the Town into voting against you. | ||
| Witch | Control someone each night. | Unavailable in Coven expansion | |
| Neutral Killing | Arsonist (Arso,Arson) |
Douse someone in gasoline or ignite all doused targets. | |
| Juggernaut (Jugg) |
You may choose to attack a player on Full Moon nights. You gain new powers with each kill. | DLC only
| |
| Serial Killer (SK) |
Kill someone each night. | ||
| Werewolf (WW) |
Transform into a Werewolf during the Full Moon. | Unique |
Coven Roles
The Coven, similar to the Mafia, share a common goal: "Kill all those who would oppose the Coven." This includes members of the Town, Mafia, all Neutral Killing, Vampires, the Plaguebearer, and Pestilence.
| Alignment | Role Name (abbreviation) | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coven Evil | Coven Leader (CL) |
You may choose to Control someone each night. | DLC only
|
| Hex Master (Hex, HM) |
You may choose to hex a player each night. | DLC only
| |
| Medusa (Medu) |
You may choose to Stone Gaze all visitors at night. | DLC only
| |
| Necromancer (Necro) |
You may reanimate a dead player and use their ability on a player. | DLC only
| |
| Poisoner (Poi) |
You may choose to poison a player each night. | DLC only
| |
| Potion Master (PM, PMer) |
You may choose to use a potion on a player each night. | DLC only
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Upcoming Roles
Release status: Public Test Realm | Confirmed | Mentioned
| Role Alignment/Category | Role Name | Status |
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Notes
- Becoming a certain role is entirely up to chance, depending on the list of your game mode. Scrolls allow you to increase or decrease these chances.
- The ideas for the Forger, Vampire, Werewolf, Hypnotist and Necromancer roles were originally suggested by the community.
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Town Roles
Mafia Roles
Neutral Roles
Coven Roles
Reworking Roles
Joke Roles
Other Roles
Custom Game Modes
