Mortal Kombat Fatalities

How to read MK1 fatality inputs - the final symbol is the attack button, which differs by platform

MK1 in-game move list uses these platform buttons (not 1/2/3/4 numbers). Distances: Close = one step, Mid = one jump, Far = full screen.

Ashrah - Fatality 1 'Heavenly Light' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Threads of Ill Fate' (Mid)

Baraka - Fatality 1 'Split Decision' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Four Piece Kombo' (Close)

General Shao - Fatality 1 'Spin Cycle' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Axe-ident' (Mid)

Geras - Fatality 1 'Sand Storm' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Temporal Execution' (Close)

Havik - Fatality 1 'Atomic Heart' (Close) / Fatality 2 'RAD-ius Incision' (Close)

Johnny Cage - Fatality 1 'Hollywood Walk of Pain' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Krash and Burn' (Mid to Far)

Kenshi - Fatality 1 'Blended' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Gyro-Nope' (Mid)

Kitana - Fatality 1 'Royal Blender' (Mid/Far) / Fatality 2 'Last Kiss' (Close)

Second fatality also seen named 'Minty Fresh'.

Kung Lao - Fatality 1 'Lao'd and Clear' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Slapped Together' (Close)

Li Mei - Fatality 1 'Roman Candle' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Grand Finale' (Close)

Second fatality also seen named 'Happy New Year'.

Liu Kang - Fatality 1 'Double Dragon' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Spaghettification' (Close)

Mileena - Fatality 1 'Appetizer' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Killopractic Adjustment' (Close)

Second fatality also seen named 'A Little to the Left'.

Nitara - Fatality 1 'Vaeternus KomBAT' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Brake Check' (Mid to Far)

Raiden - Fatality 1 'The Storm's Arrival' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Ride the Lightning' (Mid)

Rain - Fatality 1 'The Red Sea' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Under Pressure' (Mid)

Reiko - Fatality 1 'The Impaler' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Pinned Down' (Close)

Second fatality also seen named 'For the General'.

Reptile - Fatality 1 'Indigestion' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Acid Reflux' (Close)

Scorpion - Fatality 1 'Eye-Palling Victory' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Killer Klones from Netherrealm' (Anywhere)

Second fatality also seen named 'Gang War'.

Shang Tsung - Fatality 1 'Side Effects' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Feeding Time' (Mid)

Sindel - Fatality 1 'Hair Comes Trouble' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Livin' the Scream' (Mid to Far)

Smoke - Fatality 1 'Hazed and Infused' (Anywhere) / Fatality 2 'Up in Smoke' (Anywhere)

Sub-Zero - Fatality 1 'Hairline Fracture' (Anywhere) / Fatality 2 'Brain Freeze' (Close)

Tanya - Fatality 1 'Helping Hands' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Show of Hands' (Mid)

Omni-Man - Fatality 1 'Trained Killer' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Like Putty' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Quan Chi - Fatality 1 'Pentamagic Trick' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Final Offering' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Peacemaker - Fatality 1 'Pest Exterminator' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Flight Delayed to Rest' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Ermac - Fatality 1 'Vitruvian Maim' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Swallowed Soul' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1. Inputs overlap with other KP1 fighters; verify in Practice.

Homelander - Fatality 1 'Winging It' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'This Is Your Fault' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Takeda - Fatality 1 'Millipede's Bite' (Mid) / Fatality 2 'Rip-Kord' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Cyrax (DLC playable) - Fatality 1 'Burst Your Bubble' (Far) / Fatality 2 'Bend It Like Bi-Han' (Far)

Kombat Pack 2.

Sektor (DLC playable) - Fatality 1 'Cyber Crematorium' (Close) / Fatality 2 'The Right Stuff' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2.

Noob Saibot (DLC playable) - Fatality 1 'Shadow Play' (Far) / Fatality 2 'Evil Chiropracty' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 2.

Ghostface - Fatality 1 'Slashing the Fourth Wall' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Planning the Sequel' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2.

T-1000 - Fatality 1 'Judgment Day' (Close) / Fatality 2 'To Oppose and Harm' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2.

Conan - Fatality 1 'Secret Ingredient' (Close) / Fatality 2 'Cleave of Doom' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2. Several KP2 fighters share the generic D,F,D / B,F,B pattern - confirm exact final button in Practice.

Kameo fatalities are performed with the KAMEO button at the end of a match (one fatality each)

Roster also includes Ferra, Janet Cage, Khameleon, Mavado, Madam Bo, Tremor and others added via Kameo packs; their Kameo fatalities follow the same '3 directions + Kameo button' pattern. See MKWarehouse for the full per-Kameo input.

Animality (returning classic finisher) - every main-roster fighter has one mid-range Animality

Animalities were added/expanded post-launch and were not all present at release.

Unlocking the second (secret) fatality in the move list

You can perform the secret fatality at any time if you already know the input - reaching Rank 14 only reveals it in the menu.

MK11 uses numbered notation 1/2/3/4 - map them to your controller

Range tags: Close, Mid, Far, Anywhere.

Liu Kang - 'Burn Out' (Close) / 'Belly of the Beast' (Mid)

1=FP, 2=BP per platform legend.

Kung Lao - 'Headed Nowhere' (Close) / 'Meat Slicer' (Close)

Johnny Cage - 'Mr. Cage's Neighborhood' (Close) / 'Who Hired This Guy?' (Close)

Cassie Cage - 'I Heart U' (Mid) / '#GirlPower' (Far)

Jacqui Briggs - 'Spider Mines' (Mid) / 'Nothin' But Neck' (Mid)

Jax Briggs - 'Coming In Hot' (Close) / 'Still Got It' (Close)

Cetrion - 'Maintaining Balance' (Mid) / 'Good and Evil' (Mid)

Frost - 'Ice Sculpture' (Close) / 'The Cyber Initiative' (Mid)

Kollector - 'For the Kollection' (Close) / 'Head Lantern' (Close)

Noob Saibot - 'Split Decision' (Mid) / 'Double Trouble' (Close)

Kano - 'Last Dance' (Mid) / 'Face Like a Dropped Pie' (Close)

Kitana - 'Gore-nado' (Mid) / 'Royale Execution' (Mid)

Erron Black - 'Melted' (Mid) / 'Death Trap' (Mid)

D'Vorah - 'New Species' (Close) / 'Can't Die' (Mid)

Kotal Kahn - 'Totem Sacrifice' (Close) / 'Kat Food' (Close)

Kabal - 'Road Rage' (Mid) / 'Hooked' (Close)

Jade - 'Pole Dance' (Anywhere) / 'Bow Before Me' (Close)

Baraka - 'Food for Thought' (Close) / 'Rock, Paper, Baraka' (Close)

Scorpion - 'You're Next' (Far) / 'Chain Reaction' (Far)

Geras - 'Phasing Through Time' (Anywhere) / 'Peeling Back' (Close)

Raiden - 'Alternating Kurrent' (Mid) / 'Direct Kurrent' (Close)

Sonya Blade - 'To the Choppa' (Mid) / 'Supply Drop' (Close)

Sub-Zero - 'Ice-Cutioner' (Mid) / 'Frozen in Time' (Mid)

Skarlet - 'Bloody Mess' (Mid) / 'Heart Kondition' (Mid)

Shang Tsung - 'Condemned the Damned' (Mid) / 'Shokan Reborn' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Nightwolf - 'War Ritual' (Close) / 'Komo-tose' (Close)

Kombat Pack 1. Guides disagree on Komo-tose: some list three Down presses before 4, others four. If one fails, try the other.

Sindel - 'Scream Queen' (Close) / 'Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Spawn - 'Rest in Pieces' (Mid) / 'Unchained' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

The Joker - 'Party Pooper' (Mid) / 'Pop Goes the Mortal' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Terminator T-800 - 'I'm Back' (Close) / 'Target Terminated' (Mid)

Kombat Pack 1.

Fujin - 'Wind Blade' (Far) / 'Twisted Twister' (Close)

Aftermath.

Sheeva - 'Stomp the Yard' (Close) / 'Spinal Tap' (Close)

Aftermath.

RoboCop - 'Dead or Alive' (Close) / 'Thank You for Your Cooperation' (Mid)

Aftermath.

Rambo - 'Straight to Valhalla' (Far) / 'Parrilla Thrilla' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2 / Ultimate.

Mileena - 'Spinning Out of Control' (Mid) / 'Violent Delights' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2 / Ultimate.

Rain - 'Eye-solated' / 'Power Washer' (Close)

Kombat Pack 2 / Ultimate.

Shao Kahn (pre-order/DLC) - 'Back Blown Out' (Close) / 'Kahn-Sequences' (Close)

Pre-order / DLC fighter.

Mercy - spare the opponent so they recover a little health (sets up a comeback; can earn a bonus Heart)

Some Brutalities (e.g., Cetrion's 'Falling Sky') require a Mercy first.

Stage Fatality - environment kill (supported on certain interactive stages, e.g., Dead Pool, Tournament, Shaolin Trap Dungeon)

Only works at specific spots on stages that have a Stage Fatality.

Friendship - non-violent comedic finisher (added in the Aftermath update)

Inputs differ per character; not a single universal code.

Brutality - finisher that ends the match on the final hit if conditions are met

Dozens per character; see MKWarehouse Brutalities list for exact requirements.

Quitality - automatic 'finisher' when an online opponent rage-quits

Cannot be performed manually.

Enable blood and arcade fatalities in the original Mortal Kombat (1993 Sega Genesis port)

Iconic 16-bit cheat code. It does NOT work in MK1 (2023) or MK11 - included only as franchise trivia. The SNES port had blood enabled differently and did not use this code.