Mortal Kombat 11 Fatality List: every finishing move and all fatality inputs

It wouldn’t be Mortal Kombat without fatalities, and these finishing moves are more brutal and gross in Mortal Kombat 11 than in any game before it – there’s also a whole lot of them, with each character having access to two unique fatality moves for humiliating your opponent.

As is tradition for the Mortal Kombat series, when you beat an opponent in battle and deplete their health bar you’re offered the chance to ‘Finish Them’ – and this is where you can deploy a fatality as a finishing move, show mercy or even indifference. Fatalities are part of Mortal Kombat 11’s random chance krypt progression, but as a way of being true to the arcades grinding out in-game currency and opening loot boxes isn’t the only way to perform them.

In battle, once the ‘Finish Him’ prompt appears you’ll have around 5 seconds to perform a fatality (or Mercy) before the match times out and your opponent passes out in a more tame manner. You can also knock an opponent down with a regular move in that time period instead of performing a finisher. Fatalities can be performed in one of two ways – with simple inputs, which cost an in-game currency, or with the traditional move inputs as established in arcades in the nineties.

As previously mentioned, each character in MK11 has two fatalities you can use. One of these fatality moves will be unlocked from the start, meaning instructions on how to perform it will be found within the move list. A second fatality is listed for each character but doesn’t initially have its command revealed; you have to unlock the command for the second, alternative fatality through the MK11 Krypt mode. However, you don’t actually need to unlock the second fatality to use it – if you know the input command to perform it, you can do so right away.

That’s where this page comes in – this is a full Mortal Kombat 11 Fatality List, including fatality inputs for PS4, Xbox, Switch and PC. That means you can pull up this page and perform every fatality in the game from pretty much the first moment you boot it – handy. It also means not having to pull up the move list to double-check, which is never a good look. One thing first, however…

Mortal Kombat 11 Mercies: how to perform a Mercy

Before we get into fatalities, let’s quickly talk about Mercies, too. A Mercy is like an alternative fatality – except instead of triggering a cinematic sequence of your opponent’s brutal death, you let your opponent live.

This actually restores a small amount of health back to the character and then gives you both back control for one final bout. You can only perform one mercy per match, so you can’t use it to troll and keep a match going forever. In real practice, a Mercy is arguably most useful for having a second attempt at pulling off a Brutality, another type of mid-match finishing move. It’s also used for some finisher challenges that give items that can be helpful for progressing in the Krypt.

To perform a mercy, simply press the left trigger (LT on Xbox, L on Switch, L2 on PS4) and then while still holding that trigger in press down 3 times – then release the trigger. All this is done during that ‘finish him’ period, just like a fatality.

That’s Press and Hold Left Trigger, Down, Down, Down, Release Left Trigger. It doesn’t have to be too quick, but having a rhythm to it will help. Mercy!

Mortal Kombat 11 Fatality Inputs: Command Explanation For Xbox One, PS4 and Switch

Just before we get started, we’re using arcade-style notation here: meaning that you’ll see commands listed with the numbers 1-4 rather than console buttons. All fatalities are performed by pressing a number of directions followed by a button. This makes sense for ease of use – MK11 is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch – all of which have different button configurations. Then there’s the PC, which will vary based on your controller of choice. For the avoidance of doubt, here’s how these commands break down per console when using the game’s default control scheme:

#1: Front Punch [Square PS4, X Xbox One, Y Switch]
#2: Back Punch [Triangle PS4, Y Xbox One, X Switch]
#3: Front Kick [Cross PS4, A Xbox One, B Switch]
#4: Back Kick [Circle PS4, B Xbox One, A Switch]

Obviously the directions are just directions – and commands like front and back reverse – front is always facing your opponent, and so on. Unlocking these takes a long time, so cheers to Push Square, who had three of the second fatalities we were missing.

Mortal Kombat 11 Fatalities List & Fatality Inputs

Character	Fatality 1	Input	Fatality 2	Input
Baraka	Food For Thought [Close]	Back, Down, Back, 2	Rock, Paper, Baraka [Close]	Back, Forward, Back, 3
Cassie Cage	I <3 U [Mid]	Down, Down, Forward, 4	#GirlPower [Mid]	Back, Down, Down, Back, 2
Cetrion	Maintaining Balance [Mid]	Back, Down, Forward, Down, 4	Good & Evil [Mid]	Back, Down, Back, 3
D'vorah	New Species [Close]	Back, Forward, Back, 3	Can't Die [Mid]	Back, Down, Down, 4
Erron Black	Melted [Close]	Down, Down, Down, 1	Death Trap [Mid]	Down, Forward, Down, 2
Frost	Ice Sculpture [Close]	Forward, Back, Down, 1	The Cyber Initiative [Mid]	Back, Forward, Down, Forward, 4
Geras	Phasing Through Time [Mid]	Back, Down, Down, 3	Peeling Back [Close]	Down, Forward, Back, 1
Jade	Bow Before Me [Mid]	Down, Down, Forward, Down, 4	Pole Dance [Close]	Down, Down, Down, 1
Jacqui Briggs	Spider Mines [Close]	Forward, Back, Forward, 3	Nothin’ But Neck [Mid]	Back, Forward, Back, 4
Jax Briggs	Coming In Hot [Close]	Forward, Down, Forward, 3	Still Got It [Mid]	Back, Forward, Back, Down, 1
Johnny Cage	Mr. Cage’s Neighborhood [Close]	Forward, Back, Down, Down, 4	Who Hired This Guy [Close]	Forward, Down, Forward, 1
Kabal	Hooked [Close]	Down, Down, Down, 4	Road Rage [Mid]	Forward, Back, Down, Forward, 3
Kano	Last Dance [Close]	Forward, Down, Down, 1	Face Like A Dropped Pie [Close]	Back, Down, Forward, 2
Kollector	For The Kollection [Close]	Down, Down, Down, Down, 4	Head Lantern [Close]	Down, Forward, Back, 1
Kotal Kahn	Totem Sacrifice [Close]	Back, Down, Back, 3	Kat Food [Close]	TBC
Kitana	Gore-Nado [Mid]	Down, Down, Down, Down, 2	Royal Execution [Mid]	Down, Back, Forward, 1
Kung Lao	Headed Nowhere [Close]	Down, Forward, Back, Down, 2	Meat Slicer [Close]	Down, Forward, Down, 3
Liu Kang	Burn Out [Close]	Down, Back, Down, Forward, 1	Belly of the Beast [Mid]	Back, Down, Back, Forward, 2
Noob Saibot	Double Trouble [Mid]	Back, Forward, Back, Forward, 4	Split Decision [Close]	Down, Down, 1
Raiden	Alternating Kurrent [Mid]	Back, Down, Back, 1	Direct Current [Close]	Down, Forward, Back, 3
Scorpion	You’re Next [Far]	Back, Down, Down, 1	Chain Reaction [Mid]	Down, Forward, Back, 2
Skarlet	Bloody Mess [Mid]	Forward, Back, Down, 3	Heart Kondition [Mid]	Down, Down, Forward, 4
Shao Kahn	Back Blown Out [Close]	Back, Forward, Down, Down, 2	Kahn-Sequences [Close]	Back, Forward, Back, 1
Sonya Blade	To The Choppa [Mid]	Down, Forward, Back, 2	Supply Drop [Close]	Back, Forward, Back, 3
Sub-Zero	Ice-Cutioner [Mid]	Forward, Back, Forward, 2	Frozen In Time [Mid]	Back, Down, Back, 4