Overview[1]
John Doe is one of the seven playable Killers in FORSAKEN, available for purchase for 1,000 Player Points (discounted to 318 on March 18th). He specializes in trap and attrition-focused gameplay at both short and long range, gradually wearing down Survivors over time. His abilities allow him to summon massive spike walls, place corrupted ground traps to block paths, and passively leave corrupted trails behind his footsteps. In addition to these abilities, he possesses a heavy slash attack and can corrupt players through direct contact. In FORSAKEN lore, was the husband of and a former Roblox employee.
How to get it
How to get it: $1,000.
Stats
- Cost
- $1,000
- Difficulty
- 5
- Health
- 2,300
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Top speed
- 9
- Sprintingspeed
- 27.25
- Stamina
- 110
- Staminagain
- 21
- Staminaloss
- 9.5
- Terror
- 60 studs
- Hp
- 1,500During the release of Forsaken, John Doe only had 1,000 HP.
Lore
and his wife, Jane Doe, were happily married, though they had notable differences in personality. enjoyed socializing and often encouraged his wife to attend gatherings, while Jane Doe usually kept to herself outside of work. Jane Doe had an intense drive for answers that often clouded her judgment, whereas was the opposite, easygoing and lacking strong personal ambition. Despite these differences, they were a deeply loving couple; if asked, would say that his wife was the best thing that ever happened to him. At work, both were employed at Roblox Headquarters, serving the Roblox admins and assigned to test faulty code, though in different roles. worked a simple desk job, while Jane Doe focused more on field missions. On March 18, 2017, under unknown circumstances, became corrupted by a highly destructive and dangerous parasite composed of faulty, defunct code from Roblox's early days. He was the perfect vessel for a vague yet notable reason: as stated earlier, was easygoing and lacked strong personal ambition. The parasite spread its code throughout his body, severely mutilating him and transforming him into the monstrous state he now inhabits. It is alive and behaves in its own strange way, actively destroying 's identity and memories by siphoning them into its own "mind," ultimately causing him to forget his wife. This progression is visualized in his Milestone Skins: in Milestone I, his human appearance as an office worker remains partially visible despite the corruption, while by Milestone IV he is completely engulfed.
Strategy
is a trapper; unlike most other killers, his abilities (other than his main attack) are intended for trapping instead of killing, with Corrupt Energy sometimes being used to attack survivors. John Doe is dependent on maps because it is more difficult to trap survivors in open maps like Planet Voss. This is because in large maps with low density there are more escape routes, increased line of sight and greater maneuverability which significantly reduces the probability of successful entrapment of survivors. In dense maps, like Horror Hotel and Bloodfell Manor, the spatial configuration give John Doe more environmental control and can efficiently contain survivors within an small / dense enclosed area which makes it easier to properly corner and eliminate the target. The topology and structure of the environment affects the efficiency of his playstyle. While he does have the fastest walkspeed, he has the second slowest sprint speed in the game, traveling only 27.25 studs when sprinting. However, the successful usage of his abilities give him a speed boost for a reasonable amount of time, which allows him to catch up to survivors. Because mainly focuses on trapping and closing in on survivors, he is considered to be the hardest killer in the game, having a difficulty of 5 stars (shared with Noli).
Tier ranking
Patch history
is the first killer to have 2 last man standings. and Noli are generally considered the hardest killers to use in-game, both having a difficulty of 5 stars. However, is considered harder to most people due to him being a trapper. Before the Two Time rework update, the developers claimed that 1x1x1x1 was the hardest killer due to them being 0.25 studs slower than, alongside having to predict survivor movements to land projectiles. However, because rarely kills people with abilities other than his main attack (even though Corrupt Energy can kill survivors), this increased 's difficulty to 5 stars (from 4 stars), while also decreasing 1x1x1x1's difficulty to 4 stars (from 5 stars). has several references to March 18th, the date he was rumored to hack Roblox, His description references that date, either saying not to play it or encouraging the player for doing so anyway (on said date). His cost on said date is 318$, which is meant to reference that day. 's damage past the decimal during March 18th was 3182026, which correlates to March 18th, 2026. 's HP during March 18th is either 10,000 or 3,182,026, with March 18th being the reference for the latter. The terms "John Doe and Jane Doe" are placeholder names that are used mostly in the British and American legal systems when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed. 's moveset and appearance are based on a well-known script often used to scare and troll users in games. This is also the case for his intro quote: "They're all yours, Mr, Doe".
