Murder Mystery

Murder Mystery is a minigame on The Hive. 14 Innocents and 1 Sheriff try to find out who is the Murderer before they kill everyone.

## Gameplay

### Roles

At the start, you will be randomly assigned to one of the following roles: Innocent, Sheriff, or Murderer. The chances of you being either the Sheriff or Murderer are shown on your HUD at the top right of your screen, with the chances of a player becoming one of them increasing each round by a random percentage from 0.5% to 2%. Note that this may change depending on the amount of players in the lobby.

Percentage chances are shared across all types of servers. If you were to have a greater chance of being the murderer before joining a custom server with 3 people, you will have a greater chance of becoming the Murderer than any other role.

Once a player becomes the Murderer or Sheriff, the chances of them being whichever one they were assigned last round will be reset to a random percentage from 0.1% to 1% the following round.

#### Murderer

The murderer has a simple job: to kill everyone! They must use the tools given to them to eliminate all other players in the game:

Sharpened Sword: An iron sword. Instantly kills a player. No cooldown.

Throwable: A nether star. Instantly kills a player. Left OR right-click to throw an object at a player. 10-second cooldown.

It's important to be subtle.. if they're found out, the sheriff and innocents may team together to eliminate them, before they can eliminate the innocents. The murderer can pick how to kill their victims either by a throwable or a sharpened sword. The murderer's throwable may be customized via their in-game locker. At the final minute, the murderer will be given an Innocent Detector (eye of ender), that will alert them whether an innocent is close or not.

#### Sheriff

The sheriff must keep a close eye on everyone, looking out for suspicious activity. The sheriff always has a zapper, ready to eliminate anyone they feel may be the murderer. But, they must be careful; eliminating an innocent player will also remove them from the game. If this is the case, they will drop a sheriff magnifying glass and when an innocent picks it up, they will become the new sheriff.

Zappers will instantly kill a targeted player. The zapper automatically fires a zapper charge at full power, so there is no need to charge up the zapper as you would with a bow.

The Sheriff also has the ability to investigate gravestones, which will tell them how old the gravestone is. Note that a 30 second cooldown will be in place for each investigated gravestone.

NOTE: Dying as the Sheriff will spawn a magnifying glass, which an innocent can pick up to be the new Sheriff.

#### Innocent

Innocent players must try and survive. With a murderer on the loose, it's important to stay together. Who can be trusted in this game? You must collect coins to utilize interactables and protect yourself with a one-shot zapper, at 1 zapper for every 10 coins. However, if an Innocent accidentally shoots the Sheriff or another Innocent, they will be eliminated.

### Coins and Interactables

Coins spawn randomly during the game. Coins can be used at various interactable items on each map, giving various effects ranging from speed to invisibility. These powerup interactables are usually a vending machine, but can be different on some maps. Some maps have teleporters, teleporting you to other places around the map. Teleporters have a cooldown of 5 seconds.

There are 3 types of coins that can spawn on the map: Common, Epic, and Super.

**Common coin:** These coins are gold, and can be found just about anywhere. Each coin gives 1 in-game coin and 2 XP.

**Epic coin:** These coins are blue, and can be found in some open rooms and hallways, but are considerably rarer than common coins. Each coin gives 3 in-game coins and 6 XP.

**Super coin:** These coins are purple, and are very rare, being the hardest to find. They can only be found in secluded areas, secret rooms, or in closed areas. Each coin gives **6** in-game coins and 12 XP. However, the murderer may use these as traps and kill you if you get close, considering these coins spawn very rarely.

These coins can count towards earning XP from quests, and may appear in some quests that require you to collect coins in Murder Mystery.