The Butcher has always had a tendency to continue to make noises after death for a very long time, but most people just write this off as random or a bug. But if you pay close attention, you will realize that there are some consistencies with these screams and they can actually be used to your advantage if you can recognize the cause. As a disclaimer these screams do not happen literally every time these actions occur, but they happen enough in my personal experience to warrant paying attention to them.

The butcher will sometimes scream when a player is revived in the area of the boss lair.


This can be used figure out when opponents are being picked so that you can wall bang previously downed opponents without the need for dark sight boost to know that the opponent is being revived. This is especially helpful for when the teammates have necromancer and the revive will make no noise.

The butcher will also scream when an enemy hunter enters the compound. This range seems to be mostly consistent with the 50m range of the boss whispers, but can sometimes trigger a little outside of this range.

This can be helpful to identify enemy teams without the unnecessary use of dark sight.

The butcher will sometimes scream when a dynamite explodes in or around the boss room, though this is the least useful scenario as it is already too late to warn you of anything and can even mask the noise of other dynamites being cooked.

Breaking the windows of the boss lair building can also set off this scream, but this is far less useful than the other cases of this mechanic.

There certainly may be even more triggers yet to be discovered for this hidden mechanic, but as of now there are only four that are confirmed. I will update this guide if any are discovered.