The defunct code of the early days of Roblox courses through their body, consuming his mind as he now focuses on one thing: to kill everyone in his path. John Doe is one of the seven playable Killers in FORSAKEN, available for purchase at 1,000 Player Points (discounted to 318 on March 18th).
John Doe in FORSAKEN is based on the second account to join Roblox, created in 2005 as a test account by Roblox CEO David Baszucki. Despite the simple origin, the account became the center of a well-known Roblox urban legend claiming he and Jane Doe would return to destroy Roblox on March 18, 2017.
Lore and Transformation
In FORSAKEN lore, John Doe was the husband of Jane Doe and a former Roblox employee. He became corrupted after being fused with fragments of Roblox’s old, defunct code. The mutation drastically altered his body, forming claws, spreading black corrupted code across his torso, and causing his right eye to glow red and glitch with binary patterns. Sustained by this corruption, he is programmed to exterminate all Survivors, including his wife.
Pre-Corruption Appearance
Pre-Forsakened John Doe wears clothes and glasses. John Doe's left and right arm alongside his eye changes to have less corruption. He wears blue pants and a white button-up shirt with black buttons as well as two pens in his shirt pocket. He bears what looks like a smile combined with a traumatized face. This is right after getting corrupted by the unstable code.
Corrupted Appearance
John Doe appears as a light-skinned Robloxian with a yellow torso to represent a shirt and blue legs to represent pants with a deformed right arm shaped in a spike. Red binary code seeps off the deformed limb, and he has a glowing red right eye with a black substance around it, as well as having his spine protruding from his back, leaving it visible. His left arm also has the same black substance on it, forming three claws with red binary code seeping off of it. John Doe's legs are also marginally covered in corruption.
Gameplay Mechanics and Playstyle
John Doe is a Setup/Trapper Killer and generally considered to be the most technical killer with the highest skill ceiling in the game. His playstyle centers on trapping and cornering Survivors to eliminate them efficiently. Unlike most killers, his abilities are rarely used to kill directly. Instead, they restrict Survivors' movement and force them into vulnerable positions where he can finish them off with his primary attack, which has the highest base damage in game. Mastering his kit requires patience, prediction, and a strong understanding of map layouts and escape routes. Because of this, he is challenging to play effectively for inexperienced players, but those with strong game sense and strategic awareness find him extremely rewarding.
Abilities
- Passive Ability (Unnamed): While John Doe moves around the map, a trail of corruption follows him and closes in as he moves. If John Doe is Stunned while activating Corrupt Energy or 404 ERROR, the stun duration is capped at 2 seconds. When the stun ends, John Doe lets out a loud roar and gains Speed I for 3 seconds. This duration increases by 1 second for every Sentinel currently alive.
- Primary Attack (Slash): John Doe raises his arm and slashes down in front of him with his claws.
- Corrupt Energy: John Doe punches his corrupted arm into the ground and, when he pulls it out, a wall of spikes emerge in front of him.
- Digital Footprint: John Doe stomps on the ground three times, with the third summoning a large shadow beneath him, functioning as a trap. On March 18th, the maximum number of footprints that can be active at one time is increased to 5. John Doe is heavily slowed down while using 404 Error.
Map Dependency
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 results in John Doe has 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.
Speed and Damage
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. John Doe can 3 shot survivors with 84 HP (such as Two Time and Elliot) with his Slash.
Relationships and Lore Connections
John Doe and his wife, Jane Doe, were happily married, though they had notable differences in personality. John Doe 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 John Doe was the opposite, easygoing and lacking strong personal ambition.
At work, both were employed at Roblox Headquarters, serving the Roblox admins and assigned to test faulty code, though in different roles. In Milestone I, John Doe's office worker appearance remains mostly visible beneath the growing corruption. By Milestone IV, John Doe is completely engulfed by the corruption, and his office worker appearance is essentially obscured.
On March 18, 2017, under unknown circumstances, John Doe became corrupted by a highly destructive and dangerous parasite composed of faulty, defunct code from Roblox's early days. 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 John Doe's identity and memories by siphoning them into its own "mind," ultimately causing him to forget his wife. The corruption is permanent, as removing it would result in his death.
Ever since that day, rumors have spread about what truly happened. Some believe his wife was responsible for his disappearance, while others think John Doe is plotting a return to take over Robloxia.
Skins and Cosmetics
John Doe Skins
- Butcher: Appears to be based on The Hillbilly from Dead By Daylight. His right arm, legs, torso, head & and some of the left arm are covered with flesh on them. There is a knife embedded in the tip of the right arm. Strange and mysterious symbols cover his face underneath the mask and the back of his shirt. There are no visual changes to his spikes, trail, or traps.
- Pedro.EXE: Turns John Doe into pedropaulo25471 from the Pedro.EXE meme. It also gives John Doe the Crazy Happy face.
- 2017: Turns John Doe into a stereotypical male 2017 roleplay avatar, with black jeans with sneakers, a water and fire Adidas hoodie, the Beautiful Hair for Beautiful People hair accessory, the Know-It-All Grin face, the Holiday Crown accessory, the Paper Hat accessory, and the Classic Swordpack Throwback back accessory.
- Script Builder: Gives John Doe a more blocky-like appearance with his red eye being a red sphere/circle. The words "John Doe" are displayed above the head in a fancy font. His binary code aura has been changed to use a more pixelated font. Additionally, his trail is made of a part(?) which follows John instead of his original particle trail. This trail can be highlighted via aura reveals. This skin also changes John Doe's spikes to more "blocky" ones. This is a reference to an infamous John Doe script used by exploiters in Roblox games during 2017.
- All-Star: Turns John Doe into a football player. He wears a football helmet, a white football uniform, and a metallic vest with visible abs. He also has a pauldron on his right shoulder made from a football, with some kind of black and red liquid on one side, and stylized number four particles appearing around it.
- Demon King: Gives voicelines to John Doe, similar to 1x1x1x1's Betrayed skin. He also gets the unique kill animation shared with his Milestone III and IV skins, and a chase theme which is shared with 1x1x1x1's Betrayed skin, although with a more intense electric guitar. John Doe now sports a crown and some hair, while also getting horns on his head and multiple chains around his body. He wears a cape that seems similar to Santa John Doe's, and has 6 spider legs sprouting from the back of his torso.
- Geometry: Based off the DeivyDoesTutorials33 horror webseries. Geometry appears as a tan/white-skinned Robloxian with a slightly off smile, that looks straight out of Ms-paint, a pinkish torso to resemble a shirt, and black legs to resemble pants. They have a blocky large gray tree arm on his left arm and a large tree-like growth covering their entire arm. They also have a blocky tree hand with tree claws, their left eye is covered with grey wood and a white flower, with a black center on the same eye.
- Gasharpoon: Turns John Doe into the Effloresced GasHarpoon (E.G.O.), a reference to Ahab from Limbus Company. This skin changes John Doe's Digital Footprint and Corrupt Energy's binary colours to pallid, red and blue veined membranes, and changing his Corrupt Energy's spikes to a pallid white, also being covered in those same membranes. John Doe now wears stereotypical pirate wear, along with even more pallid membranes making up his claw-hands and his giant harpoon E.G.O..
Jane Doe Skins
Jane Doe also has a variety of skins, many of which are inspired by different themes and characters.
- Casual: Gives Jane Doe her casual clothing. On her head, she dons a red plaid ushanka with white fur, and her hair is now down. She wears a red plaid shirt with 3/4 sleeves with black cuffs and a low black neckline, as well as a black belt and black shorts with white stripes at the bottom.
- Contrast: Jane Doe wears pink sunglasses whilst also wearing a black and pink striped bobble hat.
- Masquerade: Jane Doe wears a black bowler hat with a gray band and a Black and White Mystery Mask, featuring a split design-one half black with subtle patterns, the other half white with matching detailing.
- Heavy Sleeper: Jane Doe wears a pajama-like outfit, switching her mysterious outfit with a white t-shirt with a graphic that has the text "EAT", "SLEEP" and "ROBLOX" side by side on that order, below them there are corresponding images of roblox faces. She also wears blue pants with a yellow star pattern, a matching nightcap and white slippers.
- Lampshade: Jane Doe wears a distinctive red and white checkered conical lampshade on her head. Her top is a sleeveless red and white checkered shirt with a clean neckline, cinched with a matching patterned belt.
- Investigator: Jane Doe wears a dark magenta wide-brimmed fedora with a black band. She is clad in a matching dark magenta trench coat that reaches her wrists, worn with black gloves. The coat has a black collar buckle with a Roblox logo. A black satchel hangs across her torso, also featuring Roblox logo on its strap.
- Apocalypse: Jane Doe wears a gray tank top, a red and black striped beanie with the classic ROBLOX icon, a necklace, torn jeans, and a satchel. On her arms, she has grey wraps, with a protective pad on her left.
- Business: Jane Doe wears a grey fedora with white pinstripes. She is clad in a black double-breasted coat with an asymmetrical zipper on the right side. Underneath, she wears a white fur-like collared top.
- Investigative Iris: Jane Doe turns into the Investigative Iris NPC.
- Blossom: Jane Doe wears a long, layered deep blue dress with a cut-out pattern around her navel, where the blue fabric forms an X-shape. On her head is a blue Fancy Socialite Hat, featuring a band with an interrupted white square pattern and decorated with pink flowers and green foliage on the right side. Attached to the hat is a Crown of Roses, which adds pink roses as a crown-like accent. Small pink flowers rest on her cheeks. Her arms are covered from the elbows down with black fabric.
- Elegant: Jane Doe wears a white dress instead of a coat, with a strap(?) laid across her left shoulder and going down to a (TBA). On her head, she wears a golden Roman leaf headpiece.
- Musicist: Jane Doe wears an orange baker boy cap. The fabric features a pattern of orange and black diamonds, inside each black diamond is a large orange heart. Thin, brighter orange lines cross the fabric in an X-shape.
- Noir: Jane Doe wears black clothes whilst also wearing a white fur coat around her shoulders. Jane Doe also wears a black hat with a veil. This skin also has a matching skin with John Doe, of the same name. Some of her hair is dyed white and she is also wearing her axe which is present in her normal design.
- Divine Flame: Jane Doe has red hair and gray skin. It also makes her hat slightly crooked and it has demon horns coming out of it.
- Musketeer: Turns Jane Doe into a Musketeer, a soldier that typically wielded a musket. She has a different hat with the side flipped up and a feather, as well as a white scarf.
- Retro: Makes Jane Doe resemble her original Roblox avatar, just with the addition of the eyes being hidden and having a frown.
- Victorian: Jane Doe wears a dark, gothic-inspired outfit. On her head, she wears a wide-brimmed black hat adorned with a small cluster of dark pink roses. Her hair is styled in loose, slightly messy layers, dyed a vivid purple that contrasts with the rest of her attire. She wears a long, structured black dress or coat with layered fabric that gives it a heavy, elegant look, along with a high collar and subtle texture throughout.
- Milestone I: Jane Doe wears a pale orange unbuttoned suit with a white undershirt and a tie. She is also wearing deep blue jeans and has a pencil on her hair.
- Milestone II: Jane Doe gets her hat back and it now has folded edges. She also gains a unique cage for the Crystal Pitch ability. Her clothes are seemingly dirty, and one of her eyes is covered. This skin depicts Jane after her life was turned upside down.
- Milestone III: Similar to Jane Doe's Milestone II skin, except her clothes have a lavender hue and a jabot instead of a tie. Her face has a purple crack running across it, with a flower covering half of it, including more flowers growing from her sleeves. Jane begins uncovering more about Roblox HQ, the Spectre, cults, wars, facilities, and friendships gone sour.
- Milestone IV: Turns Jane Doe into a bride. Milestone IV makes Jane the perfect opposite of John Doe’s corruption. Jane is not the type to ever stop moving; she doesn’t let tragedy or hopelessness keep her down.
- Yourself: Makes Jane Doe have the appearance of your avatar.
