
This also applied to the sound effects played when An Impostor used the vent ability as well.In the beta version of Among Us, the kill sound effect was absent in local games to keep the identity of The Impostor hidden.The developers have confirmed that there are some unused kill animation sketches that were never fleshed out.In previous versions, if An Impostor killed a Crewmate, the kill button would show the kill cooldown for a second on other Impostors' screens, as if they had just killed.Pets also react to the Crewmate being killed, each with a unique reaction.


The controlled character cannot be killed in Freeplay. Regardless of which animation shows, their body will show up split in the middle, exposing their bone on any other player's view and turning the Crewmate into a ghost.
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In the Crewmate's point of view, intense violin music starts to play while a short animation flashes on the screen, which consists of one of five ways An Impostor can kill the victim: snapping the victim's neck, stabbing them with a knife or a pointed tongue, punching and shooting them with a gun, or shooting a laser which incinerates their head (only if The Impostor has the Right Hand Man skin equipped, in which case this animation will show and not any of the others). This is the time for The Impostor to flee, hide in a vent, or report the body to try to accuse and eject Crewmates or feign innocence.

When pressing the kill button, the victim's body is split in the middle accompanied by a blood splatter, with the entire upper half disappearing, and the dead body wobbles to the ground, with a single bone sticking out. The distance from which the red line starts depends on the options. When An Impostor comes close to a Crewmate, a red outline marks the victim. Some objects do not count towards this such as doors. Kill cannot bypass through walls or obstructions, as it works for a given distance in a straight line of sight, such that if there is an object between the Crewmate and Impostor, the kill option will be deactivated. Dead bodies will remain on the map until an emergency meeting is called, either by reporting a body or using the emergency button. The now-dead Crewmate will become a dead body, which Impostors or other Crewmates can report. While killing someone, The Impostor will teleport towards the target, slicing their body in half and leaving only a bone sticking out.

However, the kill cooldown pauses when The Impostor is in a vent and will only resume when exiting the vent. The kill distance may be short, medium, or long, depending on the game's options. After an emergency meeting or The Impostor killing a character, the cooldown will change to that of the in-game options. Upon spawning in for the first time in the match, The Impostor's kill cooldown starts at 10 seconds from the beginning of the game. The kill cooldown ranges from 10 to 60 seconds, depending on the game options. Impostors use this ability for killing Crewmates, turning them into ghosts (or ending the game, if the Crewmates no longer have a voting majority as a result).
