SCP-113 “The Gender Switcher”: What It Does and Is It Real?
SCP-113, “The Gender Switcher”, is a fictional object: a piece of red-veined jasper that changes the biological sex of anyone who touches it with bare skin. It is not real – it comes from the SCP Foundation collaborative fiction wiki, where it is classed as Safe.
What SCP-113 does (in the story)
| Item | SCP-113 |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Gender Switcher |
| Object class | Safe |
| Appearance | A piece of red-veined jasper (a stone) |
| Trigger | Contact with bare skin |
| Effect | A painful transformation that switches the subject's biological sex |
| Repeated use | Described as increasingly harmful to the subject |
Like every SCP article, SCP-113 is written as a clinical report: special containment procedures, a description of the anomaly and test logs. The horror comes from the matter-of-fact tone in which a life-changing effect is documented. Read the full original on the SCP Wiki.
Is SCP-113 real?
No. The SCP Foundation is a fictional secret organisation invented by an online writing community. The concept began in 2007 with a post about SCP-173 on 4chan's /x/ board, and since 2008 the stories have been collected on the SCP Wiki, where thousands of authors write and vote on entries. Every “SCP” – including SCP-113 – is a short story, not a real object, and no stone or device can change a person's sex.
Real-world gender transition is a medical and personal process involving healthcare professionals. If you are looking for information or support, please talk to a qualified doctor or a recognised support organisation in your country.
SCP-113 in games
We could not confirm that SCP-113 appears in SCP – Containment Breach (2012), the free horror game built around SCP-173 and SCP-106. Because many fan games and mods add extra SCPs, check the fan wiki of the specific game or mod for its item list.
How SCP numbers work
- SCP stands for the Foundation's motto, “Secure. Contain. Protect.”, and is also read as “Special Containment Procedures”.
- Numbers are just catalogue numbers: 113 says nothing about how dangerous an object is.
- Object classes describe how hard containment is: Safe, Euclid and Keter are the main ones.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is SCP-113 real?
No. SCP-113 is fiction. It comes from the SCP Foundation, a collaborative online horror and science-fiction writing project in which authors write fake containment reports about anomalous objects. No stone can change a person's sex by touch.
What does SCP-113 do?
In the story, SCP-113 is a piece of red-veined jasper. When it touches someone's bare skin, it triggers a painful transformation that changes that person's biological sex to the opposite one. Repeated contact is described as increasingly dangerous for the subject.
What is the gender-changing stone SCP?
The gender-changing stone is SCP-113, nicknamed “The Gender Switcher”. It is the SCP that people usually mean when they ask for an object or item that changes someone's gender.
What object class is SCP-113?
SCP-113 is classed as Safe: in the fiction it is easy to contain, as long as nobody touches it with bare skin.
Is SCP-113 in SCP – Containment Breach?
We could not confirm that SCP-113 appears in SCP – Containment Breach, the free 2012 horror game best known for SCP-173 and SCP-106. The game's fan wiki lists every SCP and item included in each version.
Where can I read the original SCP-113 article?
The original article is on the SCP Wiki at scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-113. Content on the SCP Wiki is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Credits and licence
SCP-113 and the SCP Foundation universe are the work of the SCP Wiki community. The original article is at scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-113; authorship is listed in its page history. SCP Wiki content is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. This page is an independent summary written in our own words and is not affiliated with the SCP Wiki.