Goose Goose Duck Roles: Full List of Goose, Duck and Neutral

The Goose Goose Duck roles list now spans three teams, Goose, Duck and Neutral, and developer Gaggle Studios says the game has more than 70 roles. Below you'll find every role's team and ability in one place.

This list is based on the official patch notes published up to October 2026 and the game's community wiki. The newest additions are the April 2026 v4.08 roles (Cuckoo, Witch Doctor, Lost Duckling, Carrier, Parasite, Lucid Dreamer), the August 2026 v4.10 roles (Swordsman, Magpie) and the Halloween-only Wereduck from October 2026.

How Goose Goose Duck roles work

Goose Goose Duck is a free-to-play social deduction game for up to 16 players, with cross-play across PC, Mac, iOS and Android. Every match splits players into hidden teams:

• Geese: finish tasks, report bodies and vote out the Ducks.
• Ducks: sabotage and secretly eliminate Geese. Their tasks are fake.
• Neutrals: play for themselves, each with a secret win condition.

In Classic mode the host decides which roles can appear and the game deals them out at random. In Draft mode you pick one of three roles on your turn, or go Random. Since the April 2026 hotpatch, hosts can ban up to 10 roles from the Draft pool.

Some roles only appear on certain maps; we've noted that in brackets where it matters.

New roles added since 2024

These roles are missing from most older lists. Dates come from the official patch notes on Steam:

Role	Team	Added in
Survivalist, Lobbyist	Goose	v3.06 The Carnival (April 2024)
Fortune Teller	Goose	v3.07 (April 2024)
Mime	Duck	v3.08 (May 2024)
Scientist	Goose	v3.10 (July 2024)
Clown	Duck	v3.12 (November 2024)
Looter, Sniper	Duck	v3.15 Godzilla (March 2025)
Sensor, Coroner, Soldier	Goose	v3.15 Godzilla (March 2025)
Hawk	Neutral	v3.15 Godzilla (March 2025)
Raven	Neutral	v4.02 (August 2025)
Dr. Turducken, Turducken's Monster	Monster (Trick or Treat)	v4.03 (October 2025)
Witch Doctor, Lost Duckling, Carrier, Parasite	Duck	v4.08 (April 2026)
Lucid Dreamer	Goose	v4.08 (April 2026)
Cuckoo	Neutral	v4.08 (April 2026)
Swordsman	Duck	v4.10 (August 2026)
Magpie	Neutral	v4.10 (August 2026)
Wereduck	Monster (Trick or Treat)	v4.12 (October 2026)

Since the 4.0 rework in June 2025 you can also read role info in the in-game info panel, and since v4.01 (August 2025) it lists every role that can appear in the match.

Goose Goose Duck Goose roles

Goose roles mostly gather information or grant limited kills. Killers on the Goose side, such as the Sheriff, Vigilante, Avenger, Lobbyist and Soldier, can hurt their own team if they pick the wrong target.

Role	Team	Ability
Goose (default)	Goose	Does tasks, stays alive and votes the Ducks out in meetings.
Gravy	Goose	Tasks grow your bounty. Survive to keep it; if you are killed, your killer takes it. You hide behind nearby birds when attacked.
Medium	Goose	Sees how many ghosts there are, shown against the number of remaining players.
Vigilante	Goose	Can kill one bird per game with no penalty.
Sheriff	Goose	Can kill as often as they like, but dies if they kill a Goose.
Canadian	Goose	If killed, the body reports itself after a moment.
Lover	Goose	Linked to a partner (Goose or Duck). Both win if they reach the final three.
Mimic	Goose	Ducks see the Mimic as one of their own, so a careless Duck can kill a teammate.
Detective	Goose	Investigates players to see whether they killed that round. Unlimited checks per round, one per player.
Birdwatcher	Goose	Toggles an ability to see through walls.
Bodyguard	Goose	Protects the same target the Hitman is after; stepping in front means dying in their place.
Politician	Goose	Wins voting ties and cannot be jailed (maps with a jail).
Locksmith	Goose	Can always open the jail door without a key.
Mortician	Goose	Inspects a body and learns its role at the next meeting.
Celebrity	Goose	Only Geese are alerted when the Celebrity dies.
Adventurer	Goose	Immune to environmental hazards.
Avenger	Goose	Witnessing a murder grants a short window to kill.
Astral	Goose	Projects a spirit through walls to watch others; cannot interact with objects in that form.
Engineer	Goose	Sees where living Ducks call sabotages from, can vent briefly, and can stay in hiding spots on some maps.
Street Urchin	Goose	Opens doors from inside and outside (Ancient Sands).
Tracker	Goose	Sees player movement outdoors during sandstorms (Ancient Sands).
Stalker	Goose	Follows one chosen player with an arrow and can switch targets.
Survivalist	Goose	If Pelican and Falcon are dead and the Survivalist is in the final three, a countdown starts; Ducks must kill them in time or Geese win.
Lobbyist	Goose	Can kill once each time enough votes are collected.
Fortune Teller	Goose	When they report a body, the meeting shows cards for the possible killers.
Scientist	Goose	Scans for bodies with a beep that speeds up as you get closer. Picking it disables the Vulture.
Soldier	Goose	Can kill once each time enough tasks are completed. Never appears alongside the Lobbyist.
Coroner	Goose	Gets an extra vote in the meeting after reporting a body.
Sensor	Goose	Briefly reveals every player's position on the minimap.
Lucid Dreamer	Goose	Roams the map in a black-and-white dream state during meetings and can finish up to two tasks per meeting.

Goose Goose Duck Duck roles

Duck roles twist the basic kill. Some hide bodies, some act during meetings, and some replace killing with a completely different mechanic.

Role	Team	Ability
Duck (default)	Duck	Kills, vents and sabotages. Tasks are fake.
Lover (Duck)	Duck	Linked to a Goose partner; both win if they reach the final three.
Cannibal	Duck	Eats one corpse per game to hide the evidence.
Morphling	Duck	Samples a player and temporarily takes their appearance. Never appears with the Identity Thief.
Silencer	Duck	Mutes a player during meetings; cannot vent.
Professional	Duck	Geese cannot see the Professional's victims, which auto-report when someone gets close; cannot report bodies.
Spy	Duck	Being the only vote on a player reveals that player's role.
Assassin	Duck	Twice per game, kills in a meeting by guessing a role correctly; a wrong guess is fatal.
Hitman	Duck	Hunts the same target the Bodyguard protects, for a bonus.
Snitch	Duck	Being the only vote on a player sends them to jail (maps with a jail).
Party	Duck	Gives chosen players a high-pitched voice in meetings.
Demolitionist	Duck	Plants bombs on players; the bomb now passes on automatically by proximity.
Identity Thief	Duck	Takes the appearance of the latest victim until the next meeting.
Ninja	Duck	Kills two players in range at once, with triple the cooldown; it recharges faster in forbidden passages.
Undertaker	Duck	Drags bodies slowly to hide them.
Invisibility	Duck	Turns invisible briefly but cannot see others while invisible.
Serial Killer	Duck	Killing the assigned target lowers the cooldown; killing anyone else raises it.
Warlock	Duck	Swaps normal sabotages for a deadly locust swarm aimed at a building (Ancient Sands).
Esper	Duck	Enters a player's mind, talks to them privately, and the target dies when the timer ends.
Preacher	Duck	Boosts the voting power of non-Ducks.
Cupid	Duck	Links players' lives; targets can break the link by slapping each other in time.
Drone	Duck	Transforms to hide its identity and is faster in infested areas (Eagleton Springs).
Mime	Duck	Forces a player to mirror its movements for a short time; available on all maps.
Clown	Duck	Gives several players a high-pitched voice; a player hit twice dies during the voting phase. Picking it disables the Party Duck.
Looter	Duck	Drags bodies faster; each disposed body cuts the kill cooldown.
Sniper	Duck	Enters sniper mode to kill from range (disabled on some maps).
Witch Doctor	Duck	One player is always secretly cursed; staring at them long enough kills them, even through walls.
Lost Duckling	Duck	Doesn't know who the other Ducks are, and they don't know it either. Never appears with the Mimic.
Carrier	Duck	Implants the Parasite into a player; shares a life with the Parasite and can always talk to it.
Parasite	Duck	Kills its host from inside and takes the host's appearance; counts as one Duck with the Carrier and always skips votes.
Swordsman	Duck	Replaces the normal kill with a charged dash that kills everyone in its path; bodies stay standing until touched.

Goose Goose Duck Neutral roles

Neutrals only win by completing their own goal. The Pelican, Falcon and Vulture exclude each other: a Pelican rules out the Falcon and Vulture, and a Falcon rules out the Pelican.

Role	Team	Ability
Dodo	Neutral	Wins by getting voted out.
Dueling Dodos	Neutral	Two Dodos compete. Finishing fake tasks unlocks a kill on the rival; once the rival is dead, the one voted out wins.
Vulture	Neutral	Wins by eating enough corpses; the number depends on the starting player count.
Pigeon	Neutral	Wins by infecting every living player within a single round.
Falcon	Neutral	Wins as the last survivor; can kill and can only skip in meetings.
Pelican	Neutral	Wins as the last survivor. Swallows players, who only die once a meeting is called.
Hawk	Neutral	Wins as the last survivor. Standing in Godzilla's Heat Ray boosts vision and unlocks killing.
Raven	Neutral	Wins as the last survivor. Leaves meetings briefly to hunt a set target and can kill normally once all Ducks are dead. Reaching the final three triggers a Raven Hunt.
Cuckoo	Neutral	Hides eggs around the map. Unsmashed eggs hatch and start a Cuckoo Hunt; if everyone dies, the Cuckoo wins.
Magpie	Neutral	Guesses roles during a meeting and wins instantly after enough correct guesses in one meeting. The first wrong guess ends that meeting's attempt.

Roles from special game modes

These roles never show up in Classic or Draft, only in their own modes:

• Corruption (Bloodhaven): Geese get the Inquisitor (detects corruption), Saint (immune to corruption), Demon Hunter (kills once per corruption) and Seamstress (compares corruption once per round). Ducks get the High Priest (kills in meetings by guessing roles), Initiate (performs rituals on bodies to create corruption) and Sin Eater (an area kill that can cost its life). The neutral Crow tries to corrupt every living player.
• Trick or Treat (Halloween): Villagers try to vote out the monster. Monsters include the Vampire, the Mummy, the Dr. Turducken and Turducken's Monster pair, and the October 2026 Wereduck. Dead Villagers come back as Thralls on the monster's side. Since v4.12, the player chosen as monster can pick which monster to play.
• Hoot & Seek: the Owl blends in with NPCs to finish tasks while Snipers and Spotters hunt it.
• Tastes Like Chicken: teams are a Chicken plus Ducks, and the Camo Duck is unique to this mode.

Removed and merged roles

Some names you'll still see in old guides no longer exist as separate roles:

• Technician, Mechanic and Snoop were merged into the Engineer in update 2.12 (November 2022).
• Esper Goose was replaced by today's Esper Duck in January 2023.
• Bounty Goose was reworked into the Gravy Goose in 2021.

Role exclusions and recent balance changes

• Picking the Scientist disables the Vulture; picking the Clown disables the Party Duck.
• Soldier and Lobbyist, Morphling and Identity Thief, and Lost Duckling and Mimic never share a match.
• Draft allows only one paired set: with Lovers in play there is no Hitman/Bodyguard.
• Since April 2026, Classic hosts can tick several exclusionary roles at once; they still aren't guaranteed and still exclude each other.
• v4.09 (May 2026) made the Raven faster during the Raven Hunt and made Witch Doctor stare progress decay gradually instead of resetting.
• Since January 2026 the Assassin can shoot the Raven in meetings.

Looking for another game for your group chat? Our Gartic Phone prompts list has plenty of ideas. For the full change history, the most reliable sources are Gaggle Studios' v4.10 announcement on Steam and the v4.08 new roles notes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many roles are in Goose Goose Duck?

Gaggle Studios said the game had more than 70 roles in its 4.0 announcement in June 2025. Since then it has added the Raven, Cuckoo, Witch Doctor, Lost Duckling, Carrier, Parasite, Lucid Dreamer, Swordsman and Magpie, plus two Halloween monsters.

What is the newest role in Goose Goose Duck?

For Classic and Draft, the newest roles are the Swordsman (Duck) and Magpie (Neutral) from August 2026. The October 2026 v4.12 update added the Wereduck to Trick or Treat.

Can you choose your role in Goose Goose Duck?

Not in Classic, where roles are random. In Draft mode you pick one of three offered roles on your turn, or take a random one.

How many players can play Goose Goose Duck?

Up to 16 players per lobby. The game is free and supports cross-play between PC, Mac, iOS and Android.