All Mortal Kombat 1 Fatalities and How to do Them

Fighting Games

September 15, 2023

Jordan Ashley

The Mortal Kombat series is well known for its ultra-violence. Matches routinely end in completely over-the-top violence. The Fatalities are what makes the series what it is. How to do fatalities in Mortal Kombat 1 is a bit complicated though. You’ll have to learn some specific inputs if you want to get them in every game!

Pulling off Mortal Kombat 1 fatalities is important to learning the game. They might not actually help you get better at fighting games, but they have a unique appeal. Nothing beats finishing off a win online with a violent fatality. Online and in person it’s the best way to show off when you’ve finished off a match. If you want to start busting out fatalities after every win, this is how they work and how you can do fatalities in Mortal Kombat 1.

Compared to past games in the series, it’s a bit more complicated this time around. You’ll need to unlock Mortal Kombat 1 fatalites first too. This is how everything works.

Source: Neverrealm Studios

Mortal Kombat 1 Fatalities

There are three different types of fatalities in MK 1. There’s close, which is up close to your enemy. Then there’s mid which is from around 3 steps back to six steps. Then, the last is far, that’s anything beyond the mid-range.

Unlocking Fatalities

In terms of unlocking fatalities in Mortal Kombat 1, you’ll only get one fatality for each of the MK characters by default. You get the rest of them for going through all of the modes in the game. You’ll need to play through the story and other content to get it all fully unlocked. Once you do though, you’ll get tons of moves which might eventually be the best Mortal Kombat fatalities too.

Unlocking them all is going to take some time. However, it’s a great excuse to try out more of what the game offers. That includes the story mode and getting to know more characters. By the time you’ve really clicked with all of the characters, you’ll likely have most fatalities unlocked.

How to do Fatalities in Mortal Kombat 1

Mortal Kombat has different inputs for characters depending on which fighter you’re using. This is how to do fatalities in Mortal Kombat 1 for each character.

As the MK 1 release date is still pretty recent, we don’t have all of them yet. we’ll have this updated with more fatalities as we discover them in game.

Character	Fatality	Input
Kitana	Default * Unlockable	Down, Forward, Down, Back Kick * Down, Down, Back, Back Kick
Mileena	Default * Unlockable	Back, Forward, Back, Front Punch * Down Forward, Back, Front Kick
Tanya	Default	Down, Back, Down, Front Kick
Rain	Default	Down, Down, Back, Back Kick
Smoke	Default	Back, Forward, Down, Front Punch
Scorpion	Default * Unlockable	Down, Forward, Back, Block * Back, Forward, Back, Back Punch
Sub-Zero	Default	Forward, Down, Down, Back Punch
Reptile	Default	Forward, Back, Down, Back Kick
Li Mei	Default * Unlockable	Forward, Back, Forward, Back Punch * Back, Forward, Down, Back Kick
Kenshi	Default	Forward, Back, Down, Front Kick
Baraka	Default * Unlockable	Back, Forward, Down, Front Punch (Close) * Forward, Back, Down, Back Kick
Geras	Default	Forward, Down, Down, Back Kick
Shang Tsung	Default	Back, Down, Down, Back Kick (Close)
General Shao	Default	Back, Forward, Down, Front Punch
Sindel	Default	Down, Back, Down, Front Punch
Reiko	Default * Unlockable	Down, Down, Back, Back, Front Kick * Back, Down, Down, Back Kick
Raiden	Default	Down, Down, Back, Back Punch (Close)
Liu Kang	Default	Down, Forward, Back, Back Kick (Close)
Johnny Cage	Default	Forward, Back, Down, Front Kick (Close)
Kung Lao	Default	Back, Forward, Back, Back Kick (Mid)
Ashrah	Default * Unlockable	Down, Forward, Down, Kick (Mid) * Down, Down, Left, Back Kick
Nitara	Default	Down, Down, Back, Front Punch (Mid)
Havik	Default	Down, Forward, Down, Back Kick (Close)

Thanks to DarkPlayer GamingTV on YouTube for uncovering some of the further hidden fatalities the game has to offer.

Source: Neverrealm Studios

Fatalities are some of the most fun parts of the game. It’s going to be tricky to learn all of these at once. There’s still more to come for quite a few characters too, so there are more fatalities for a lot of characters. Some even make use of MK kameo fighters. However, if you focus on your main and memorize them as you unlock them, you’ll be able to pull out MK 1 Fatalities whenever you need them!