Baron Samedi is a deadly villain who appears only in the Egyptian bonus mission, but can also be used in multiplayer after the mission Cradle has been completed. He is at the temple to lure Bond into a trap, with unknown motives (possibly revenge). He has stolen Francisco Scaramanga's legendary Golden Gun. The weapon itself is in a booby-trapped room, with four bulletproof Drone Turrets and an indestructible glass shield safeguarding it, and if the required pattern in the room to obtain the weapon is incorrect, the auto-guns' alcoves will open and start firing at Bond.
Due to his voodoo magic, he seemingly cannot die, as he will reappear in a different area in the level with a menacing laugh after being taken down. He is encountered a total of three times in the El-Saghira Temple; each encounter has him taking on more armor, which, depending on the difficulty chosen by the player, may take more than one shot from the notoriously powerful Golden Gun. In the final cutscene, he is seen wickedly laughing behind Bond's back. Samedi dual wields DD44 Dostovei pistols, which after each encounter with him in the temple, seem to change properties from his magic. They start out as normal DD44s, then cycle to ZMGs, and finally Moonraker Lasers.
In the El-Saghira Temple, he is found with the Russian Infantry with dual ZMGs by his side as bodyguards.
Multiplayer[]
- Baron Samedi is the 12th character in the roster.
- He is one of three characters, that have a dark tone of skin, including Mayday and Oddjob. However, Oddjob has slightly lighter tone of skin then Mayday and Samedi.
- His in-game character model appears to be modeled after Geoffrey Holder, the late actor and choreographer who played him in Live And Let Die. His portrait does not.
- He is the final character with a portrait.
- He presents a disadvantage to the player as his headshot range includes both his head and top hat.
- He does not wear shoes.
- He becomes permanently available for play after the Antenna Cradle stage has been completed.
| Color | Black |
| Height | 2/7 |
| Sight | 4/8 |
Notes[]
- Baron Samedi's only appearance was in the 1973 Bond film Live and Let Die, where his black magic was put to use for Dr. Kananga, the main antagonist who is a heroin trafficker in San Monique.
- Although Baron Samedi can be taken down with traditional weapons, his powerful armor requires many shots to kill him even in his first phrase, which is why the Golden Gun (or Gold PP7) is recommended in the mission.
- If set to 1000% health setting in 007 mode, Samedi's armor will reach such extreme levels that he will appear invulnerable, as even with the Golden Gun, specifically during his third phrase, it will take a LONG time to kill him, including headshots.
- The version of Samedi featured in GoldenEye and is based on late actor Geoffrey Holder, who played the character in Live and Let Die.
- Baron Samedi's evil laugh is actually an edited version of a stock sound effect from Cartoon Trax Volume 1, slightly slowed down. Rareware would later reuse this laugh sound effect for King K. Rool in Donkey Kong 64, in two different variants - one further slowed down (his regular laugh), and the other heavily distorted and low-pitched to give a demonic feel.
- Interestingly, Samedi wasn't originally planned to have an audible laugh, as unused subtitle text in Egyptain says the words "Ha ha ha ha ha...", which means he was going to speak the same way as other characters but was added late in development.
- When Baron Samedi revives himself after being killed, along with his infamous laugh, he also makes an explosion at the location where he stands.
- Baron Samedi can be killed a fourth time during the ending cutscene. However, a second controller is required; You must set the setting to 2.3 Domino or 2.4 Goodhead to enable the function to shoot with the second controller. When Samedi is laughing, press the fire button in the 2nd controller to make Bond fire the Golden Gun at him once more and he'll fall to the floor.
- After killing Samedi in the odd manner explained above, the cutscene is paused to an indefinite hold until the player forcibly ends it by pressing a button on the 1st controller. It is still possible to fire your weapon off and even control your weapon selection to unload all of your weapons afterward using the 2nd controller.
- In Haitian Voodoo lore, Baron Samedi is one of the Loa of Voodoo. He is Loa of the Dead, and has other incarnations, such as Baron Cimitère, Baron La Croix, and Baron Kriminel.
- Despite Baron Samedi's actor Geoffery Holder being a tall individual, standing 6'6", his model height in-game is the same as most other characters in GoldenEye 007.
- It is unknown how Baron Samedi stole and hid Scaramanga's Golden Gun in Egyptian. But because Bond had killed the villain in the 1974 film, it is possible Samedi had found the weapon and took it for himself before luring Bond to his trap.
Glitches[]
- Baron Samedi can be killed for a fourth time in the ending credits of the stage, via dual controller setting (you MUST use 2.3 Domino or 2.4 Goodhead as those control setups have you fire using the second controller). The 2nd controller's Z-trigger can be used to shoot Baron Samedi again and he will fall to the floor.
- A very rare glitch may occur, when Baron Samedi is in his 3rd phrase; like with dual-wielding guards with Moonraker Lasers, he occasionally might freeze in place when he side rolls and the animation gets stuck on where he is aiming at, making him unable to fire or react to Bond, until he gets damaged or killed.