40 Fun Facts About Town of Salem

In Town of Salem, how is a player put to death after the Town votes them guilty at trial?

Hanging is the sentence whenever guilty votes outnumber innocent ones, so a tied vote lets the accused walk free.

In Town of Salem, an Executioner whose target is killed at night turns into which other role?

Jester is the fallback role, so the Executioner's goal flips from getting a target voted to death to being voted to death personally.

Which Town of Salem role can reveal itself to everyone so that its vote counts as three?

Mayor is the role, and the power has a price: once revealed, a Mayor can no longer be healed.

Which Mafia role in Town of Salem looks like an innocent Town member when checked by the Sheriff?

Godfather is the Mafia's leader, and besides fooling the Sheriff, the role has a defense that blocks basic attacks at night.

At a Town of Salem trial, players vote guilty, innocent, or pick which third option?

Abstain is the third choice, and it carries no weight: only guilty votes outnumbering innocent ones condemn the accused.

Which Town of Salem role chats anonymously with one chosen player each night and may execute them?

Jailor is the role, and the prisoner is picked during the day, then shielded from most other attacks that night.

Town of Salem adapts the party games Mafia and Werewolf, which belong to which game genre?

Social deduction is the genre: an informed minority hides among an uninformed majority, and each side tries to eliminate the other.

In Town of Salem, what does the Arsonist douse other players in before igniting them all at once?

Gasoline is the fuel, and the fire it feeds is one of the few deaths in the game that healing cannot prevent.

What can every Town of Salem player write during the game, to be shown to the Town after they die?

A last will is the note, revealed each morning for players who died overnight and again for anyone the Town condemns at trial.

Which website ran the 2014 campaign that raised $17,190 to develop Town of Salem?

Kickstarter ran the campaign, where 576 backers pushed the game past its $15,000 goal in thirty days.

Which Town of Salem role learns each night who visits one chosen player?

Lookout is the role that sees arrivals, the mirror image of the Tracker, who follows one player to see where they go.

Which Town of Salem role can go on alert three times, shooting anyone who visits that night?

Veteran is the role, and the alert spares no one: a Doctor or Sheriff who drops by gets shot like any Mafia visitor.

Which Town of Salem role swaps two players at night, so every action aimed at one hits the other?

Transporter is the role, and it can swap itself into the pair, taking whatever was meant for the other player.

In Town of Salem, which role does a Vampire Hunter become once every Vampire is dead?

Vigilante is the new role, so the hunter trades a stake for a gun and can shoot any player it suspects.

In Town of Salem, what does a Mafia Framer become when no kill-capable Mafia member remains?

Mafioso is the promotion, a rule that guarantees the Mafia never runs out of someone able to kill each night.

Which Mafia role in Town of Salem can hide a dying victim's role from the Town up to three times?

Janitor is the role, and only the Janitor gets to see what the cleaned victim really was.

Which Mafia role in Town of Salem stops its chosen target from talking during the following day?

Blackmailer is the role, a Mafia Support pick that still chats with fellow Mafia members at night while its victim stays mute by day.

In Town of Salem, which role does a Guardian Angel become if the player it protects is killed?

Survivor is the fallback, but a harsh one: the fallen Guardian Angel gets none of the usual bulletproof vests.

Which Town of Salem role attacks a Tavern Keeper, formerly called the Escort, who tries to distract it at night?

Serial Killer is the role, which is why blocking a stranger is a gamble for any Tavern Keeper or Bootlegger.

Which Town-aligned Town of Salem role raises dead Town members as zombies to use their powers?

Retributionist is the role, and each zombie can be used only once before it rots, so every dead Town member is a one-shot power.

Which Town of Salem role must wait a full day while its device is built at another player's house?

Trapper is the role, limited to one trap at a time, though it can tear a trap down by selecting itself at night.

Which Town of Salem role takes over the role of a dead player chosen from the graveyard?

Amnesiac is the role, and the choice is announced to the whole Town, so everyone learns that a new Doctor or Framer just appeared.

Which Town of Salem role wins by coming out on top in two night-time duels against other players?

Pirate is the role, and a target who defends correctly against the attack hands over no loot at all.

Which Coven role in Town of Salem makes an attack that takes a day to work and can be healed away?

Poisoner is the role, and the day's delay is the Town's chance: a Doctor who reaches the victim in time can remove the poison.

At the start of a Town of Salem game, when is a Juggernaut first allowed to attack?

Full moon nights are the limit at first, but a single kill lets the Juggernaut attack every night, and later kills make its attacks stronger.

In Town of Salem's Coven, the Potion Master chooses among which three kinds of potion?

Heal, reveal and attack are the three potions, and each needs three days to brew again after it is used.

When Town of Salem's Vampires vote to bite a target, which Vampire makes the visit?

The youngest Vampire does the biting, and the group must then wait a night before converting anyone else.

In Town of Salem, what happens to a Bodyguard whose protected target is attacked at night?

A Bodyguard dies along with the attacker, and the counterattack ignores night immunity, so even a Werewolf can fall.

What can a dead Medium in Town of Salem do once per game at night?

Speak with a living player is the power, a reversal of the Medium's usual job of talking with the dead while alive.

Which indie studio, founded by Josh Brittain and Blake Burns, created Town of Salem?

BlankMediaGames built the game in its founding year, 2014, and saw it reach 800,000 monthly players by 2016.

Town of Salem was rebuilt in Unity because which older browser technology was being retired?

Adobe Flash was the game's original engine, and its 2020 shutdown forced a Unity rebuild that reached Steam in October 2019.

In 2016, fans pledged $389,005 for a Town of Salem spin-off in which format?

A card game was the result, played around a table with eyes closed at night and a human moderator, like the original Mafia.

Which new faction in Town of Salem 2 took in the Plaguebearer from the first game?

The Apocalypse is the faction, and it arrived as the sequel dropped the Mafia entirely, folding most Mafia roles into the Coven.

Which publisher took over ownership of the Town of Salem games in 2024?

Digital Bandidos took over in 2024, ten years after the game's first crowdfunding campaign.

Why did the free web version of Town of Salem become a paid game in November 2018?

To fight bots and spam was the stated reason, and players who already had free accounts were allowed to keep them.

Which Town of Salem game mode links players in pairs, so that one dies if the partner dies?

Lovers is the mode, which arrived with the Coven expansion alongside VIP, where one side guards a marked Town member.

Which Town of Salem reward is earned by unlocking achievements, such as burning five players?

Merit Points are the achievement reward, separate from the Town Points that the Steam edition bundles with a purchase.

Before a custom Town of Salem game begins, who selects which roles are in play?

The lobby host picks the list, and each player is then randomly dealt one role from it.

Which book, summoned early in a Town of Salem Coven game, amplifies the power of whoever holds it?

Necronomicon is the book, and when its holder dies it passes to another surviving member of the Coven.

Which Town of Salem role controls another player's night action and wins by seeing the Town lose?

Witch is the role, and it can even force a victim to target themselves, though the victim is told they were controlled.