Splatoon 3/Internal Oddities

This is a sub-page of Splatoon 3.

A lot of Splatoon 3's ID tables have odd gaps indicative of quite the bumpy development over the years.

ID Oddities

Stringer Class IDs

The Stringer class of weapons oddly has a missing ID before the Tri-Stringer, which may imply that there was another Stringer being developed before the Tri-Stringer before being scrapped, instead of (likely) the Wellstring V, which was added in Sizzle Season 2024. This could possibly connect to the fact that during development, the Tri-Stringer was shown with a charge hold, something that would be given to the REEF-LUX 450 in the final game.

Alongside this, the REEF-LUX 450 was a late addition to the game, being one of only two weapons to never be used in the game's Story Mode, with the other being the Splatana Wiper.

Weapon ID	Weapon Name
700X	Unknown Stringer-class weapon.
701X	Tri-Stringer Inkline Tri-Stringer Order Stringer Replica
702X	REEF-LUX 450 REEF-LUX 450 Deco
703X	Wellstring V Custom Wellstring V

Grizzco Weapon IDs

Each Grizzco weapon has an internal ID of 2X900 in Splatoon 3, with X representing the class of the weapon, all in the game's internal class order. However, a space is left for the Grizzco Splatling which, while possibly placeholder, imply that there may have been more Grizzco weapons cut during the game's development.

Weapon ID	Weapon Name
20900	Grizzco Blaster
21900	Grizzco Roller
22900	Grizzco Charger
23900	Grizzco Slosher
24900	Possibly a Grizzco Splatling.
25900	Grizzco Dualies
26900	Grizzco Brella
27900	Grizzco Stringer
28900	Grizzco Splatana

Big Run IDs

Big Run stages all have IDs that usually follow the order in which they were implemented, starting from 100. Interestingly, Stage ID 101 is mysteriously missing, implying there once was a Big Run stage that was implemented but later scrapped during the game's development. This is almost surely Sturgeon Shipyard, due to the fact that various files for Sturgeon Shipyard exist with the suffix NoBR (likely intended to be removed during the Big Run) alongside the developer resource size table showing that the stage once had a model for a Big Run stage.

Stage ID	Stage Name
100	Wahoo World
101	Sturgeon Shipyard
102	Inkblot Art Academy
103	Undertow Spillway
104	Um'ami Ruins
105	Barnacle & Dime
106	Eeltail Alley

Emote IDs

Most of the emotes in game use an internally ordered number for a codename, with a few exceptions. This might be in order to mirror the Japanese naming scheme, also being based on a numbering system (albeit those numbers being significantly different from the internal ones). A gap exists between Win04 and Win07, implying that at one point during development there was an emote that existed there. Interestingly, listing out these emotes shows that all the emotes were likely created together and then separated out into seasons during development, as there's very little correlation between season added and emote codename.

Emote Codename	Emote Name	Season Implemented
Win01	Possibly Reppin' Inkopolis.
Win02	Possibly The Square Show-Off.
Win03	Possibly Flip Out.
Win04	Stuntin'	Drizzle Season 2022
Win05	Missing emote.
Win06	Missing emote.
Win07	Robo Steppin'	Drizzle Season 2022

Miscellaneous Oddities

Frye Dance IDs

Every Anarchy Poisons dance is split up into a few separate dances that loop until the next one is played. Interestingly, Frye's Anarchy Poisons dance skips a number, skipping from Dance 1 to Dance 3 randomly. This may be connected to the fact Anarchy Poisons was possibly finished very late into development, based on the completion date left in the music's metadata.

Nails' Eye Textures

Nails has a (quite silly) eye texture that is never seen in-game, as he is never seen in-game without his sunglasses.

Heavy Edit Splatling Parameters

The Heavy Edit Splatling is the only weapon to directly set its weight class to 'Mid' and the only splatling to directly toggle EnableRecharge to 'False', despite these being the default values.

Triumvirate Confetti

There was supposed to be a special confetti effect for the Triumvirate's appearance as the King Salmonids roar prior to the start of the Xtrawave. As of now, it is only used on Marooner's Bay, suggesting that it was meant to appear on every other Salmon Run/Big Run stage at one point before likely being scrapped.

Naming Oddities

• Salmonid codenames are interchangably prefixed with Sake or Sakelien, with there being no real correlation between each naming scheme.
• An animation for the NPC players in Splatsville directly references Harley Quinn in the animation name.
• Internally, the game refers to the Respawn Punisher ability as Exorcist.
• Models of various weapons refer to the weapon under a different codename from the rest of the internals.

Weapon	Internal Name	Model File
Splatana Wiper	Saber_Lite	Saber_Light
L-3 Nozzlenose	Shooter_TripleQuick	Shooter_Triple
All Grizzco Weapons	Blaster_Bear	Blaster_Coop
	Roller_Bear	Roller_Coop
	Charger_Bear	Charger_Coop
	Slosher_Bear	Slosher_Coop
	Maneuver_Bear	Maneuver_Coop
	Shelter_Bear	Shelter_Coop
	Stringer_Bear	Stringer_Coop
	Saber_Bear	Saber_Coop

• The Heavy Edit Splatling's codename is HyperShort, which implies that it is related to the Hydra Splatling (codenamed Hyper), despite the weapons not sharing any concrete similarities besides weapon class.
• The Splatana Stamper is internally referred to as the "normal" Splatana, despite being considered a more advanced Splatana in-universe.