Town of Salem roles
Explore all 49 roles in the original Town of Salem and Coven expansion, plus Pestilence, the transformed Plaguebearer. Compare alignments, abilities, restrictions and the evidence each role can create.
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Town roles
Information, protection, support and controlled killing power. Town wins by turning separate night actions into a public evidence chain.
Bodyguard
Guard a player and punish an attacker who chooses that target.
Read Bodyguard guide →
Doctor
Heal a player and prevent a lethal attack when your read is correct.
Read Doctor guide →
Tavern Keeper
Roleblock a player to stop an action or create a testable contradiction.
Read Tavern Keeper guide →
Investigator
Receive role-group clues and use them to narrow claim space.
Read Investigator guide →
Jailor
Detain a player for private questioning and execute when evidence is strong.
Read Jailor guide →
Lookout
Watch a target at night and map who visited them.
Read Lookout guide →
Mayor
Reveal for major voting power and turn a close day into Town control.
Read Mayor guide →
Medium
Recover information from the dead that the living can no longer access.
Read Medium guide →
Retributionist
Reuse the abilities of dead Town roles to extend the information economy.
Read Retributionist guide →
Sheriff
Check a player for suspicious activity and publish results in context.
Read Sheriff guide →
Spy
Track faction visits and bug targets to create interaction evidence.
Read Spy guide →
Transporter
Swap two targets and reshape how night actions resolve.
Read Transporter guide →
Vampire Hunter
Hunt Vampires, listen to their night chat and change jobs when the last Vampire dies.
Read Vampire Hunter guide →
Veteran
Go on alert to punish visitors while avoiding friendly casualties.
Read Veteran guide →
Vigilante
Use limited shots to remove evil roles once the evidence is strong enough.
Read Vigilante guide →
Crusader
Protect a player with Powerful defense while risking an attack on another visitor.
Read Crusader guide →
Tracker
Follow one player and learn where that player went during the night.
Read Tracker guide →
Trapper
Build a trap, place it on a player and use its protection and visitor information.
Read Trapper guide →
Psychic
Use alternating evil and good visions to narrow groups of possible alignments.
Read Psychic guide →Mafia roles
A coordinated minority with private information, night kills and deception tools designed to corrupt Town’s evidence.
Blackmailer
Silence a target and distort the information available to Town.
Read Blackmailer guide →
Consigliere
Learn roles for the Mafia and turn private knowledge into better kills and claims.
Read Consigliere guide →
Bootlegger
Roleblock a target and disrupt Town night actions.
Read Bootlegger guide →
Disguiser
Alter investigative appearances and the identity shown for a Mafia member’s visit.
Read Disguiser guide →
Forger
Alter post-death information to poison Town deductions.
Read Forger guide →
Framer
Create misleading investigative information around a chosen player.
Read Framer guide →
Godfather
Lead the Mafia kill plan while presenting a safer public profile.
Read Godfather guide →
Janitor
Hide information from deaths so Mafia claims have more room to breathe.
Read Janitor guide →
Mafioso
Carry out Mafia kills and preserve the faction’s killing tempo.
Read Mafioso guide →
Hypnotist
Send false night feedback that can make a player misread what happened.
Read Hypnotist guide →
Ambusher
Wait at a target’s house and attack one visitor, at the risk of being identified.
Read Ambusher guide →Neutral roles
Independent win conditions that reward survival, specific eliminations, conversions or solo killing paths.
Amnesiac
Remember a role from the graveyard and inherit its path to victory.
Read Amnesiac guide →
Arsonist
Douse players over time and ignite when the board is ready to collapse.
Read Arsonist guide →
Executioner
Manipulate the vote so your assigned target is eliminated by Town.
Read Executioner guide →
Guardian Angel
Keep an assigned target alive, with two protections that can also be used after death.
Read Guardian Angel guide →
Jester
Get yourself eliminated by Town without making the plan too obvious.
Read Jester guide →
Juggernaut
Grow stronger through kills, gaining more frequent attacks and later combat upgrades.
Read Juggernaut guide →
Pirate
Challenge players in duels and pursue an independent win condition.
Read Pirate guide →
Plaguebearer
Spread infection while staying alive long enough to transform.
Read Plaguebearer guide →
Serial Killer
Kill independently while avoiding both Town and Mafia control.
Read Serial Killer guide →
Survivor
Stay alive through the end of the match while managing claim pressure.
Read Survivor guide →
Vampire
Convert players and build a hidden faction over multiple nights.
Read Vampire guide →
Werewolf
Use powerful moon-cycle attacks while surviving public suspicion.
Read Werewolf guide →
Witch
Control another player at night and redirect their action.
Read Witch guide →
Pestilence
Transform from Plaguebearer once every other living player is infected.
Read Pestilence guide →The Coven faction
Learn how the six Coven teammates combine control, poison, hexes and corpse abilities. Expansion Town and Neutral roles have their own goals.
Coven Leader
Control another player’s action and learn their role; the book adds direct killing power.
Read Coven Leader guide →
Potion Master
Choose between healing, revealing a role and attacking; manage each potion’s cooldown.
Read Potion Master guide →
Hex Master
Spread hexes and threaten the surviving opposition with a faction-wide finish.
Read Hex Master guide →
Necromancer
Use eligible corpses as night abilities and build a plan around the graveyard.
Read Necromancer guide →
Poisoner
Apply delayed poison and track whether treatment is still possible.
Read Poisoner guide →
Medusa
Stone visitors with limited gazes and hide information from their deaths.
Read Medusa guide →