In Mortal Kombat 1, the T-1000 Has a Skeleton, Intestines, a Heart, and A… Soul?

Mortal Kombat 1’s T-1000 update has added the iconic Terminator 2 villain to the fighting game, and with it revealed how the developers at NetherRealm have handled its liquid metal form in the face of the series’ trademark Fatalities.

The gory fighting game franchise is famous for slicing and dicing characters in all sorts of gruesome ways, ripping out organs and even complete skeletons. Some characters tear the very soul from their hapless foe’s body, or break bones every which way possible.

But none of this should work on the T-1000, right? The T-1000 is made entirely out of a liquid metal called mimetic polyalloy, meaning it can reform into any shape it touches of the approximate size. And that’s exactly how the T-1000 works in Mortal Kombat 1, with his moveset, Fatalities, and Brutalities all in keeping with the character’s movie rules.

Of course, when it comes to damage being done to T-1000 in the game, some of those rules had to be broken. But as players have discovered, the developers at NetherRealm have done a fantastic job creating a custom look for the T-1000 when it’s on the receiving end of Fatalities and other devastating attacks.

X / Twitter user @daehnny published a series of videos showing how the T-1000 reacts to being torn to pieces. We see that in Mortal Kombat 1, the T-1000 melts as it does in the movies.

Mileena will eat anything! pic.twitter.com/FNkvtKFRut

— dähn 🇧🇷 (@daehnny) March 18, 2025

But we also see that in Mortal Kombat 1, the T-1000 has a skeleton of sorts and even an intestine. And, not to get too philosophical, but in the world of Mortal Kombat 1, the T-1000 has a soul.

But he does have a soul! pic.twitter.com/nDexvb6RVN

— dähn 🇧🇷 (@daehnny) March 18, 2025

There are some cool visuals at play here, with a dissolve effect for the T-1000 that makes the character look a little more unique than it would otherwise.

I like how the skeleton dissolves in the end pic.twitter.com/w53f00DGlu

— dähn 🇧🇷 (@daehnny) March 18, 2025

Apparently Quan Chi spells work on any kind of machine pic.twitter.com/DdJxYmB2BQ

— dähn 🇧🇷 (@daehnny) March 18, 2025

And yes, it turns out even the relentless T-1000 has a heart.

Turns out even he is capable of loving. T-1000 has a heart #confirmed pic.twitter.com/KilRsllwam

— dähn 🇧🇷 (@daehnny) March 18, 2025

There are also unique effects for when the T-1000 is on the receiving end of a Fatal Blow, and we see the character turn to liquid form when it’s “dead,” which is a cool detail.

and this is how the Fatalities look:

he turns completely silver when he’s supposed to be dead, such a neat detail pic.twitter.com/Z3KTMhbTD8

— dähn 🇧🇷 (@daehnny) March 14, 2025

Of course, none of these Fatalities and Fatal Blows would actually kill the T-1000 were Mortal Kombat 1 playing by the rules established by the films. But then, Mortal Kombat 1 has never really made much sense. It’s about over-the-top, laugh-out-loud violence, and there’s no reason the T-1000 shouldn’t get in on the fun.

Meanwhile, Mortal Kombat 1 players have been working out the T-1000’s Brutalities, and there are some cool Easter eggs in there, as well as references to Terminator 2 itself.

Spamming some input will turn T-1000 into liquid form after brutality, I’m unsure of the input but i managed to trigger it a few times.@thethiny @iScreamFGC @interloko pic.twitter.com/BJEueaOKLN

— SHAAR (@ShaarYtube) March 18, 2025

T-1000 is the final DLC character in the Khaos Reigns expansion, and follows playable fighters Cyrax, Sektor, Noob Saibot, Ghostface, and Conan the Barbarian. Fans have wondered for some time now whether NetherRealm plans a third set of DLC characters, or a Kombat Pack 3, amid questions about the 5 million-selling Mortal Kombat 1’s success.

Parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has indicated, however, that it still believes in the Mortal Kombat franchise. In November, CEO David Zaslav said that on the games side of things, the company plans to double down on just four titles, one of which is Mortal Kombat.

And just this week, NetherRealm offered a first look at skins based on the Mortal Kombat 2 movie that are coming to Mortal Kombat 1 at some point in the future.

Here’s is a sneak peek at the MK2 movie skins in Mortal Kombat 1 🐉

Koming later this year. pic.twitter.com/51Bkq6wGbX

— Ed Boon (@noobde) March 17, 2025

In September, Mortal Kombat development chief Ed Boon said NetherRealm had decided on its next game three years prior, but promised to support Mortal Kombat 1 “for a long time to come.”

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].