Published March 2026 · By CFM Team
Survivor is the one mode in Transformice where the shaman is actively trying to kill you. No cheese to collect, no hole to reach — just stay alive while the shaman drops anvils, launches cannons, and builds death traps. Last mouse standing wins. The survivor rankings track your kills and survival rounds, and some of those numbers are absurd.
The shaman has all the tools. You have movement. That's it — and honestly, it's enough if you know what you're doing.
Keep moving. A stationary mouse is a dead mouse. The shaman's objects take a moment to place and another moment to fall. If you're constantly changing direction, the shaman has to predict where you'll be, not where you are. Random movement beats patterned movement — don't just run left and right on a rhythm because good shamans will time their drops to your pattern.
Use the edges. Most shamans aim for the center of the map because that's where most mice cluster. The edges give you escape routes — you can walljump off walls, duck into corners, and use terrain features as shields. On maps with elevated platforms, getting high is almost always safer than staying low.
Watch the cursor. The shaman's cursor position gives away where they're about to place an object. You can see where other mice are pointing — if a mouse icon starts hovering above your head, move immediately. It's like reading a pitcher's wind-up in baseball.
When you're the shaman in survivor, your job is simple: eliminate everyone. But experienced mice are hard to hit, so you need strategy.
Anvil drops are the bread and butter. Place them slightly ahead of where a mouse is running — lead your target. Heavy anvils fall fast and have a decent hitbox. The classic move: wait for a mouse to walljump, then drop an anvil on their landing spot.
Map control matters. Instead of chasing individual mice, destroy their safe zones. Remove platforms they're hiding on. Block escape routes with boxes. Force everyone into a small area and then carpet-bomb it. The best survivor shamans play like chess, not whack-a-mole.
Cannons are underrated. A well-placed cannon can sweep mice off a platform or into the void. Aim cannons horizontally across flat surfaces — the cannonball will roll and hit anything in its path. Stack two cannons pointing the same direction for extra force.
Survivor has its own title track. As you accumulate kills and survival rounds, you unlock titles that show up next to your name. The final survivor title requires thousands of rounds — check the leaderboard to see how the top players stack up. Some of these mice have been grinding survivor since 2010. The Hall of Cheese also has a seasonal survivor category if you want to compete on a shorter timeframe.