Halloween: The Game Loadout Lab: compare all 12 civilians
The character-select screen gives every civilian four numbers out of ten and then shows them to you one at a time. The Lab puts all 12 civilians in one sortable table with their three signature traits, then lets you fill the four civilian slots of a 1v4 match and see which stats your squad actually covers.
Your four civilians
A multiplayer match is one Michael against four civilians, so pick four. The panel underneath shows which of the four stats your squad actually covers and where it is leaving a gap.
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Compare every civilian
Sort by any column. Use the Add or Remove button on the right of a row to change the squad above.
| Signature traits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlexisDigital Deluxe Edition | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | Popular, Panic Contagion, Smooth Talker | |
| Annie BrackettPlayer level 55 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | Speed Kills, Exit Strategy, Convincing Plea | |
| Bob SimmsPlayer level 40 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Heavyweight, Lethal Pitch, Runner's High | |
| Eric DunnAvailable from the start | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | Hunter's Sense, Fast Fingers, Brimstone Fuse | |
| Jennifer AaronsPlayer level 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | Dreamer, Ghost, Survival Rage | |
| Laurie StrodeAvailable from the start | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | Spatial Awareness, Knockout, Revenge | |
| Lynda van der KlokPlayer level 25 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | Totally Amazing, Blinding Light, Fade to Black | |
| Marcus NavarroAvailable from the start | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | Lone Wolf, Repair Expert, Trespasser | |
| Rachel CallahanAvailable from the start | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | Full Moon, Aura of Awareness, Sixth Sense | |
| Richard HawthorneDigital Deluxe Edition | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | Affluent Partier, Witness State, Illusory | |
| Tanya HarrisonAvailable from the start | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | Hi-Fi, Survival Skills, Guardian Shadow | |
| Thomas ArmitagePlayer level 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | Running Back, Inspiring, Barricade |
What the tool is comparing
Two things are fixed to a civilian and two are not, and the difference decides what is worth comparing at all.
Fixed to the character: the four stats and the three signature traits. These are the same for every player who picks that civilian, which is what makes them comparable and what the table holds.
Not fixed: the perk deck and the starting item. Civilians build a perk deck from cards unlocked in the graveyard using points earned in matches, and the perks come into play as a match progresses. Michael has no cards. He picks a starting weapon and unlocks special abilities with level instead. That means two people playing the same civilian can have meaningfully different loadouts, and it means a “best build” page for a civilian is really a page about someone’s unlock progress.
None of this tells you how much a point is worth. The stats guide covers what each stat governs, and the balance patches made high Capability and Athleticism worth less per point than low values, so a 9 is not three times a 3. That is why the squad panel shows the gap between your squad’s best value and the roster ceiling rather than scoring your squad out of anything.
Frequently asked
- Who is the best civilian in Halloween: The Game?
- There is no single best one; it depends on what your group needs. Laurie Strode is the safest all-rounder because she is the only civilian with no stat below six. Marcus Navarro is the only one with a maxed 10 in Resourcefulness, and Alexis, Tanya Harrison and Thomas Armitage all cap Personality at 10. Pick the specialist for the column your group keeps losing to, and Laurie while you are still working out which column that is.
- What do the four stats actually do?
- Capability covers melee weapons and thrown items, Athleticism how fast you move on foot or by bike, Personality convincing residents, alerting the police, commanding followers and resisting Fear and Stalk, and Resourcefulness repairs, awareness, vehicles and firearms. The game doesn't say how much a point of each is worth, and high Capability and Athleticism give less per point than low values do, so the Lab compares the numbers rather than scoring them.
- Are the level-locked civilians in the comparison?
- Yes. Jennifer Aarons (level 5), Thomas Armitage (10), Lynda van der Klok (25), Bob Simms (40) and Annie Brackett (55) are locked behind player level, but all 12 civilians can be compared here, so you can see what you are working toward.
- Is this a perk deck builder?
- No, and that distinction matters. Perks are unlocked in the graveyard with points earned from matches and assembled into a deck, so your perk options depend on your own unlock state rather than on which civilian you picked. This tool compares the part that is fixed to the character: the four stats and the three signature traits.
- How do I share a squad?
- The squad is written into the URL as you pick, so copying the address bar shares it; the button is just a shortcut. Anyone opening the link gets the same four civilians selected.
- Does the slot order matter?
- No. The four slots represent the four civilian players in a 1v4 match, not an ordering the game enforces. They are numbered so a shared link is readable, nothing more.
After choosing a Civilian, build their cards in the Perk deck builder. It checks 15 slots and the two-copy rule using the levels you own.
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