The most popular Among Us mods introduce new roles and abilities, not only for crewmates, but also for the already powerful Impostors. Many content creators have added mods that turn the Impostors into powerful creatures and famous monsters, from King Kong to a T-Rex to the legendary Among Us creepypasta character No Visor. Given the core concept of Among Us would fit right in with other horror games, it makes sense that modders are making changes that shift the game into the realm of survival horror. The new Five Nights at Freddy's mod brings beloved horror game icon Freddy Fazbear into Among Us as the Impostor, ready to terrorize and devour unsuspecting crewmates in the dark.
When a player becomes the Impostor with the Five Nights at Freddy's mod installed, they will have the ability to enter any of the multiple Freddy Fazbear animatronic suits found around the map. They will have access to four new abilities that make them nearly unstoppable, and, when they use one of these abilities to kill, it will eliminate the possibility that crewmates can report the body, giving crewmates an even greater challenge to overcome. The goal for crewmates when using Impostor mods in Among Us becomes less about completing tasks and voting out suspected Impostors and more about surviving as long as possible. Here's how to play the Five Nights at Freddy's Impostor Role Mod in Among Us.
How to Play as Freddy Fazbear in Among Us
The Five Nights at Freddy's Role Mod for Among Us was programmed by @LooKuM / MRE for streamer and YouTuber SSundee and his friends. There is not currently a public download link available. Players may have luck getting into a game that uses this mod by joining a server that has it installed, or program their own version. It is also possible that, given the mod's popularity, other programmers will eventually create a version of this mod and make it available for wider use.
When a player becomes the Impostor with the Five Nights at Freddy's Mod installed, they will receive six new buttons on the left side of their screen:
- Impostor: The Impostor leaves the Freddy Fazbear animatronic and resume their crewmate appearance.
- Transform: When the Impostor is near a Freddy Fazbear animatronic, they can inhabit one of the animatronic suits found in nearly every room on the map.
- Teleport: The Impostor as Freddy Fazbear can select a map location or a crewmate on the map and immediately appear there.
- Devour: The Impostor as Freddy can launch themselves at a crewmate, eat them, and turn them into a little pile of mechanical poop, preventing crewmates from reporting a body and stopping the hunt.
- Freddy Army: The Impostor as Freddy can command various Freddy animatronics to chase certain crewmates, based on color. These are harmless, but impossible to tell apart from the real thing
- Jumpscare: The Impostor can launch the classic Five Nights at Freddy's jumpscare, which stuns all crewmates in place for several seconds.
Each ability, apart from Impostor and Transform, has a brief cooldown period once it has been used. Like many other Impostor role mods, Impostors will only have access to the special abilities Teleport, Devour, and Jumpscare while transformed into Freddy. They will always have access to the typical Kill and Sabotage buttons.
A prominent feature of this mod is the darkness across the entire map. Each Impostor receives a flashlight that casts a narrow beam around them in any chosen direction, making it even more difficult for them to see Freddy Fazbear coming. Flashlights can be cut if the Impostor sabotages the lights, drowning the entire map in darkness. The Impostor will see the map with full lights.
Crewmates can try to complete tasks, but it is nearly impossible to win with tasks. Instead, to defeat Freddy, they should try to stay in a group with other crewmates and figure out who is missing, then get to the Emergency Button without being devoured and vote them out. This is easier said than done, however, especially if the Impostor as Freddy continues to cut lights, Jumpscare and stun, and use the close door sabotage to cut crewmates off from one another.
To win, Freddy must devour the entire crew and avoid suspicion. To give themselves an alibi, Impostors can use the Freddy Army ability to set the animatronics on their character, making it look like the Impostor is chasing them. They should be sure to pretend to flee the bear near other crewmates for this to work. They can also wait until a crewmate is working on a task, stand completely still nearby while in the Freddy Fazbear costume, and cause the crewmate a bit of paranoia as they try to remember if that specific costume was there when they came in. This can increase the atmosphere of terror and provide a golden opportunity to attack.
To see the Among Us Five Nights at Freddy's Role mod demonstrated in a match, check out SSundee's video below.
Among Us is available for Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and Android.