Neutral Roles
The Neutral Roles are held by players who, either permanently or temporarily, are not aligned with any other faction of players having the same win condition.
Neutral
The Neutral Roles are held by players who, either permanently or temporarily, are not aligned with any other faction of players having the same win condition.
- Bloody Holly You are Bloody Holly. You can leave wreaths infused with blood on the doors of player's houses.
- Displaced You are Displaced. Something has stolen your Essence, you must recover it before the game ends
- Drunk You are Drunk. If you ever sober up you might remember what power you had.
- Essence Thief You are an Essence Thief. You must steal the essence of a player and hold onto it until the game ends.
- Graverobber You are a Graverobber. You must steal a role by the end of the game or lose. You count as a neutral party until you do.
- Jackal Frost You are a Jackal Frost. The world is too hot for your liking, you're here to cool it.
- King Taker You are a King Taker. You can steal the victory away from other teams if you are one of the final three left alive
- Merchant You are a Merchant. You are here to exploit the chaos and make your fortune
- Rude Dolph Lundgren You are Rude Dolph Lundgren. You are annoyed that you didn't get the part of Santa Claws and want them dead.
- Skinchanger You are a Skinchanger. A malevolent, hungry spirit that feeds on the living. Every time you kill, you will take the form of your victim.
- Tanner You are a Tanner. You hate your job and the village for forcing you to do it. Your goal is to get yourself executed
- Vassal You are a Vassal. You must pledge to another player and win the game with them.
- Will Feral You are Will Feral. You live alone and hunt in the forest nearby this village. You would prefer to live in peace, but those bloody elves like to get drunk and sing songs all the time.
Strategy & advice
Strategy · subjectiveThe pages above are the factual reference. This section is subjective advice on how to play better, not part of the rules.
- When Not to Execute in a Wolf vs Village game - 4 or 6 Players: If you are a villager and there are 4 players left, you know there can only be 1 wolf. Voting for no execution can give you an extra day of discussion and narrow your focus down to 2 players to decide between instead of 3. If you miss the execution with 4 players left, it's almost always game over, so if you're not 100% sure, be careful. In similar logic to the 4 player position, if you are down to 6 players then you know there is at most 2 werewolves remaining. Consider whether or not skipping an execution here may buy you an extra day and night.
- Executing an Unknown when your Seer finds a Wolf: There may come a point where you have a wolf check with a Seer. A Seer that you trust entirely. And yet the best play isn't to execute the wolf immediately. If when the wolves kill the seer you will be left with many unconfirmed villagers, you might be better off thinning out the number of unconfirmed players There are several conditions needed to be met to make executing an unknown a better play - 1. You have some form of protection (Protector, Huntsman) for the Seer that can get them at least one extra check 2. The wolf cannot be a Shapeshifter 3. There are a lot of unconfirmed villagers 4. You have enough numbers to afford a wrong execution If all these are true, then the best play might be to reduce the number of unconfirmed players in the game and to instead execute one of them. You can immediately execute the wolf after the Seer is killed at night.
This guide covers most standard roles, items and auras that exist in werewolv.es. Rumours persist of powerful factions and relics that do not appear in this guide. Yet they do not exist. External community guides such as the Unofficial How To Play Werewolves may contain delerious rants about such entities. Modin may change or introduce things that don't exist in this guide for special or one off games. If you meet something this guide does not describe, the game is right and the guide is incomplete.