# Among Us New roles are on the scene of 17.0.0 | Emergency Meeting #41

- Product: Among Us (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/among-us)
- Vendor: Innersloth
- Date: 2025-09-09
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/945360/view/497205194887529404
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/among-us/releases/2025-09-09-new-roles-are-on-the-scene-of-17.0.0-emergency-me

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- **added** — New Detective Crewmate role with Notes ability to track dead Crewmate locations and suspects, and Interrogate ability to question fellow Crewmates
- **added** — New Viper Impostor role with Acid ability that causes Crewmate corpses to decay in three stages before disappearing completely
- **added** — Ability to adjust how many Interrogations a Detective can perform via advanced role settings
- **added** — Ability to adjust corpse dissolution speed for Viper via advanced role settings
- **changed** — How to Play guide reorganized to support nine roles with easier role selection
- **changed** — Role Settings selection changed to a scrollable list ordered by age, with older roles on the left and newer roles on the right
- **changed** — Practice mode now displays blue Crewmate folder and red Impostor folder for easier role selection
- **fixed** — Enter ID Code task on MIRA HQ, The Airship, and The Fungle now requires entering the whole code
- **fixed** — When another player has your preferred Crewmate color, you now see your currently assigned color in your inventory
- **fixed** — Up All Night Raving hats are now sorted correctly in the wardrobe
- **fixed** — Dead Crewmates can no longer be identified by viewing them in the Crewmates window during a match

It's new content time, Crewmates!!

Can you believe it?! Our new roles are finally here, and they're sure to shake up your next Emergency Meeting! Update your game to **17.0.0** so you can enjoy these new flavors of chaos and all the fixes.

##### New Crewmate Role: Detective

Some of you are proper gumshoes, and now you can live up to the name by playing as the new Detective role! This is our first role with two separate abilities. Here's how to use them:

- **Notes:** Keep track of a dead Crewmate's location, your list of suspects, and what kind of Impostor you're looking for.

- **Interrogate: **Start questioning your fellow Crewmates, and find out where they were during the crime!

- You can only use the ability on one active case at a time! You'll need to switch the file if you're [researching multiple murders](https://youtu.be/RMFjx8k2woY?si=O_asXqYhEHKGr3Q4&t=140).

- You can change how many Interrogations a Detective can do via the advanced role settings when you're in the Dropship.

When we made this role, we really wanted to make Emergency Meeting discussions even more fun!

Be careful, though! As you start putting the pieces together, you might be the Impostor's next target. Make sure to grab a fresh notebook and your magnifying glass — you're gonna need 'em!

##### New Impostor Role: Viper

This new Impostor role is perfect for destroying, or in this case, dissolving their victims. Use a well-timed Sabotage to keep the rest of the crew busy while you use your **Acid** ability and watch the Crewmate's body slowly melt away. Here's how it works:

- After a kill, the Crewmate corpse will decay in 3 stages: slightly dissolved, very dissolved, and then just a bone before it's completely gone.

- You can adjust how quickly the corpse dissolves in the advanced role settings in the Dropship.

Before long, the body is gone, and all you have to worry about is your alibi. Time it right and you might achieve the ultimate Impostor dream: killing without leaving any trace of it behind. No one's going to call an Emergency Meeting when there's nothing, right?

If you find yourself on the unfortunate end of the Viper's acidic spit, sadly... this is your end. But at least you'll be treated to a brand new kill animation before you watch your body start to sizzle.

We had a great time testing these roles and are excited to see how y'all handle these new abilities — whether you become The Skeld's greatest detective or you just want to go around spitting at other Crewmates (a lil gross, ngl), it's sure to be a ton of fun.

Alongside the new roles, we have some quality of life updates!

First up is our "How to Play" guide. The guide was getting a little cramped with our last additions. Now that we've got 9 roles, the guide has been updated so you can more easily select which one you'd like to learn to play.

The Role Settings have also been updated! We couldn't squeeze all the new roles into the same space, so we changed the selection into a scrollable list. The roles will be ordered left to right, starting with the older roles on the left and the newer roles to the right.

Practice mode got a little lift as well! Now, when you're looking to change your role during Practice, you can choose either the new blue Crewmate folder or the red Impostor folder to find and select the role you'd like to try.

Keep reading for a few fixes we have with this update too.

##### Patch Notes

- [MIRA HQ] [The Airship] [The Fungle] - You now have to enter the whole code for the Enter ID Code task. No more easy codes.

- When another player has your preferred Crewmate color, you will see your currently assigned color when looking in your inventory.

- The "Up All Night Raving" hats are now sorted correctly in the wardrobe.

- You can no longer identify dead Crewmates by viewing them in the "Crewmates" window during a match.

If you happen to spy any strange bugs or glitches in your pursuit of the Impostors, remember to send us a ticket at [our helpdesk](ht

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