Splatoon 3/Version Differences

This is a sub-page of Splatoon 3.

To do: Add all unmentioned stuff from each software update. Stage icons for Spawning Grounds were changed in 3.0.0 because the pre-3.0.0 icon had some decorations in the top-left partly transparent. This also changed all the ink in the icons. Verify that the 2.1.1 Crater/Alterna exit text is correct (in the 3.0.0 unlisted changes section). Unused dummy stage icons were updated in 3.0.0 to be displayed in place of Fresh Season 2023's stage icons in the schedule after updating, but before the season began proper. The new icons are just a "???" in front of a black background. 4.0.0, Sizzle Season 2023 did not use these dummy icons in-game after the update, but before the season began. SplatNet 3 did use the icons though. Jammin' Salmon Junction in-game before 4.0.0 used a unique placeholder image of a "?" in front of a squid and octopus pattern. Wave Breaker effects were changed in version 5.1.0? Add unused content in the game's files that was added/removed in the game's updates. Sky_Test02 was a sky presumed to be for Big Run added in 1.2.0 and removed in 2.0.0. (OatmealDome) The sky for Um'ami Ruins was added in 1.2.0, then removed in 2.0.0, and then readded again when its stage debuted in 3.0.0. The copyright year was removed at some point.

1.1.0 (2 September 2022)

The initial preload release of Splatoon 3, which like in the day 1 patch of the previous game, added a majority of the data outside of single-player and activated online functionality. To see all the changes between 1.0.0 and 1.1.0, check out the version differences page for changes made between 1.0.0 and 1.1.0. Be warned, it's a LOT.

1.1.1 (16 September 2022)

The first post-launch software update, fixing several bugs related to online multiplayer, Salmon Run, and single-player.

Changes to Splatfests

• The rate of Tricolor Battle occurrence has been adjusted. From the defending team’s perspective, they will trigger somewhat less frequently than before.
  • This was done due to a coincidence with old Sturgeon Shipyard Tricolor being unbalanced (as seen below). Therefore, the chance of Tricolor Turf War occuring was lowered from 22% down to 2% for the first post-launch Splatfest (Gear vs. Grub vs. Fun).

Changes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to jump farther than usual with a Squid Roll by performing a certain input while charging a Squid Surge.
• Fixed issues that appeared when playing for a long time without closing the software, such as shots from the player’s main weapon not firing correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the player could move through the surface of the water or stand on water when moving quickly. For example, when performing a Dodge Roll with Splat Dualies.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where connection errors occurred with high frequency at the end of battles due to connection environment.
  • (Added 9/19) Note: As a result of this fix, there may be cases where a player’s Rank Points or rank seem to be unchanged when viewed in the lobby after a match. That information will be updated if the player exits and reenters the lobby.
• Fixed an issue with the Bloblobber where the collision detection of the third and fourth blobs of a single volley became extremely small.
• Fixed an issue where cash and experience were not being awarded in certain circumstances when a battle ended early due to a lack of players.
• Fixed an issue where, in certain modes, a player would be unable to cancel matchmaking when not enough other players were gathered. Matchmaking will now be canceled automatically after a certain amount of time has passed (180 seconds).
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard in which it was possible to enter the back side of certain drawbridges.

Changes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where connection errors occurred with high frequency at the end of jobs due to connection environment.
• Fixed an issue with Mudmouth Eruption events in which Mudmouths moved in unintended ways.
• Fixed an issue that caused some players with identical titles to be considered “rank supporters” and not gain Rank Points.
• Fixed an issue where continuously damaging a submerged Maws with certain special weapons would cause the game to crash.
• Fixed an issue where players were becoming trapped within the stage terrain.
• Fixed an issue where, at the end of battle, the amount of Grizzco Points earned would be shown as smaller than the amount actually added to save data, which caused cases where the player could not collect rewards.
• Fixed an issue where the messages at the beginning of Wave 3 could change based on whether or not a King Salmonid would appear.

Changes to Story Mode

• Fixed an issue where, after clearing the final stage, a communication error would occur in the middle of a certain scene and return the player to the square.
  • The post-clear cutscenes can be viewed by clearing the final stage again.
  • In cases where this error occurred, the final stage is treated as cleared, and the stage can be skipped from the pause menu when reattempting.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue when starting the game for the first time in which the game could get stuck and not advance from the black screen after the screen where yellow and blue ink mix together.
• Fixed an issue when downloading a battle replay that occasionally caused the game to not advance.
• Fixed an issue in which the game would crash when the schedule was updated while attempting to join a friend.
• Fixed a rare issue where the game would crash while the player was visiting a shop.
• Fixed an issue where a communication error could occur while a player traded in gear at a shop.
• Fixed an issue where a connection error could occur when buying a weapon. A player would seem to then have the weapon equipped despite not having been able to buy it, which would cause a connection error if the player attempted to join a battle.

Unlisted Changes

Fixed the issue of the Octoling Boy amiibo's Octobrush having the wrong ink color on it (yellow instead of neon pink).

1.1.2 (30 September 2022)

The second post-launch software update that introduced additional fixes to multiplayer, player controls, and connectivity.

Changes to Connectivity

• Implemented additional measures to reduce the frequency of communication errors following battles and job shifts.

Changes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where players using dualies would stop attacking and enter swim form at the end of a Dodge Roll regardless of whether they were holding the ZR Button.
• Fixed an issue with the Drop Roller gear ability where the player would enter swim form at the end of their Drop Roll if they pressed the ZR Button while holding the ZL Button during the Drop Roll, regardless of whether they continued holding the ZR Button.
• Fixed an issue with splatanas that caused players to perform two sequential horizontal slashes following a charged slash even if they only pressed the ZR Button once.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where players would not take damage for a certain amount of time after their Booyah Bomb armor was broken.
• Implemented measures to prevent issues where players would clip through and get stuck in terrain when turning from swim form into humanoid form near a Tacticooler placed in the corner of certain maps.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where the game would crash when the player finished editing their locker with a photo stand placed in the locker.
• Fixed an issue with receiving a new catalog after reaching catalog level 100, where a communication error happening or the game crashing could result in the catalog-receiving event not triggering.

(In cases where this issue has already occurred, the catalog-receiving event will play again once the player has restarted the software and entered Hotlantis.)

• Fixed an issue relating to Super Sea Snails. If you were unable to receive Super Sea Snails from the first Splatfest (Gear vs. Grub vs. Fun), the final-results news broadcast will replay and you will now be able to collect your Super Sea Snails.

Unlisted changes

This update introduced a bug in which the game may crash and return players to the HOME Menu when receiving a communication error during Salmon Run matchmaking, or when attempting to reconnect to the Internet via Grizzco Industries after a loss of connection to the server during a shift. This was not fixed until version 2.0.0.

1.2.0 (26 October 2022)

This patch introduced balance adjustments, bug fixes, and general improvements. It also added support for the first wave of Splatoon 3 amiibo.

Changes and Feature Improvements

Changes to amiibo

• Added support for the Inkling (Yellow), Octoling (Blue), and Smallfry amiibo.

Changes to Communication

• Made improvements to data transfer between players.
  • On average, data will be transferred about .05 seconds more quickly than before.
  • Users can expect to see a reduction in the time it takes from a player being dealt damage to them being defeated, the time it takes from touching a Golden Egg to actually picking it up, and other similar actions.
  • These improvements cannot fully compensate for a slow or unreliable internet connection.
• Despite these changes, the tick rate remains unchanged.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some of the sub weapons have been changed.

Sub-Weapon	Change Details
Fizzy Bomb	Increased the time it takes for ink to start recovering after using a Fizzy Bomb by about .25 seconds.

• Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Flingza Roller	200	210
Sloshing Machine	200	210
REEF-LUX 450	200	210

Changes to Splatfest

• Made it so that when players from each team appear during Open and Pro Splatfest Battles, each team’s affiliation is also displayed, making it easy to know which Splatfest team they’re on.
• Made it possible to report “Fresh!” hand-drawn pictures that appear in the sky above Splatsville during a Splatfest.

Other Changes

• Information like the name of the current mode and progress through a challenge will now be displayed when opening the lobby menu during matchmaking in the lobby or Grizzco.
• When playing alone, immediately after choosing “Keep Going” or “Change Gear, Then Go!” the player can now use the – Button in the lobby or Grizzco to cancel matchmaking, depending on the game mode selected.
• In the lobby or Grizzco, when the player can select “OK!” or “Yeah” when joining a friend, a sound effect will now play and the controller will vibrate to notify the player.
• Improved the efficiency of matchmaking for Anarchy Battles (Open), Anarchy Battles (Series), Splatfest Battles (Open), and Tricolor Attack.
  • These changes mean that a pair of players joining an Anarchy Battle (Open) or Splatfest Battle (Open) can expect shorter wait times.
• When reading amiibo with a Freshest Fit saved on the equip screen, there will now be an exclamation point where “Freshest Fit” is displayed on the bottom right of the screen.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where, when another player’s movements were unable to be reproduced smoothly due to the terrain, a process to instantaneously move them would not run, causing them to stay in their displaced position for a long time.
• Fixed an issue where Super Jumping to a distant location and attacking just before landing would cause shots to travel farther than intended.
• Fixed an issue where the gear ability Ink Saver (Main) was not being activated when using brushes and holding ZR to ink while moving.
• Fixed an issue that was making it easier to interrupt the player’s attack and turn back into swim form when repeatedly pressing ZR to attack while holding ZL when using brushes or sloshers.
• Changed the player’s pose when they attack right after a Squid Surge or a Squid Roll away from a wall while having a charger or stringer equipped so that the direction they are facing and the direction the shot actually travels are not as different.
• Fixed an issue where, when aiming a charger with a scope attached while pressed up against an obstacle, obstacles would become transparent in some cases when they shouldn’t be.
• Fixed an issue with sloshers where the weapon-use sound effect would not be played correctly when attacking immediately after “Low ink!” is shown.
• Fixed an issue with the Bloblobber where some of the blobs would not be lobbed when used while submerged and aiming upward.
• Fixed an issue with the Ballpoint Splatling when firing at long range where the variation of the speed of the ink fired was greater than intended.
• Fixed an issue when firing the Glooga Dualies and Dodge Rolling repeatedly where low-damage shots would be fired at the moment of the second slide.
• Fixed an issue with the Tenta Brella where its launched umbrella’s hit detection was farther forward than intended, bringing it closer to the position it had in Splatoon 2.
• Fixed an issue with splatanas where the width inked would be larger than intended depending on the number of swings.
• Fixed an issue where certain control inputs with the Splatana Stamper would cause horizontal slashes to be repeated faster than intended.
• Fixed an issue with moving long distances with the Zipcaster where certain inputs could allow the player to use their main weapon even while moving.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where inking certain terrain with a bomb or the Rainmaker explosion would award more points than intended.
• Fixed an issue where inking the walls of some objects in a stage would charge the special gauge.
• Fixed an issue where some objects in a stage would not be applied toward inked area in Turf War battles.
• Fixed an issue where blaster shots would produce the same shock wave as a midair explosion when hitting a Tacticooler or Ultra Stamp.
• Fixed an issue where rollers would ink surfaces they weren’t touching when rolling in a way that clips into certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue where the Sloshing Machine’s spiral would deal damage when hitting an opponent on the other side of thin terrain even though they were hidden by the terrain.
• Fixed an issue where the Sloshing Machine’s spiral would deal damage when hitting an opponent inside an Ink Vac’s vacuum area despite the opponent being entirely inside the area.
• Fixed an issue where a bomb would remain in its location when hitting a brella at the moment it closes, regardless of damage dealt to the umbrella.
• Fixed an issue where using a splatana when in close contact with the Tower Control tower would cause the ink to disappear when it hit the tower.
• Fixed an issue where Burst Bombs would disappear without activating when hitting certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue where a Point Sensor or Toxic Mist would disappear without activating when hitting certain terrain or an Ultra Stamp.
• Fixed an issue where a Splash Wall would immediately disappear if placed in a certain location.
• Fixed an issue on some stages where a Booyah Bomb’s blast would not ink the ground correctly.
• Fixed an issue where the Ultra Stamp would not block enemy bombs’ blast waves.
• Fixed an issue where the Ultra Stamp would not block fully charged shots from a charger.
• Fixed an issue with the Ultra Stamp’s repeated stamping attack where there would be moments in which direct attacks could not deal damage to the opponent.
• Fixed an issue that would prevent the Ultra Stamp’s repeated stamping attack from properly inking the ground.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the Ultra Stamp’s repeated stamping attack to deal damage to enemies on the other side of thin walls.
• Fixed an issue where the Ultra Stamp’s midair spinning attack could not deal damage to opponents on the ground.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the Ultra Stamp’s midair spinning attack to deal damage to enemies on the other side of thin walls.
• Fixed an issue where hitting terrain at the instant the Ultra Stamp is thrown would cause an explosion in a different location than where it hit.
• Fixed an issue where the Ultra Stamp’s throw attack, when aimed at an opponent on iron grating, would deal direct damage even if hitting from the back side.
• Fixed an issue where hitting an enemy on the other side of a thin wall with the Trizooka would deal damage to them even though they were hidden by terrain.
• Fixed an issue with the Killer Wail 5.1 where the megaphone targeting a locked-on opponent who was splatted during its active period would move.
• Fixed an issue with the Wave Breaker where its waves would not be visible if placed in a location with a height difference, even in the area of effect.
• Fixed an issue with the Wave Breaker where it would not activate when placed on terrain at a certain angle, rather than catching and falling.
• Fixed an issue where placing a Wave Breaker overlapping an opponent’s Splash Wall would cause the Wave Breaker to disappear on the opponent’s screen.
• Fixed an issue where a Tacticooler activating at the same moment a previously placed Tacticooler disappears would cause both to disappear.
• Fixed an issue where the appearance of a placed Tacticooler that inclines at an angle due to moving terrain would differ from its collision detection.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player is splatted directly before a Tacticooler’s effect runs out, the special-gauge reduction would remain normal even though the player still has a shortened respawn time.
• Implemented measures to prevent players clipping into terrain when a Tacticooler is placed in certain corners.
• Fixed an issue where the gear ability Comeback was also activating for respawns from the player falling off the stage or into water.
• Fixed an issue in Splat Zones mode where the borderlines of the zones were difficult to see on certain stages.
• Adjusted Rainmaker so that if the player is splatted right at the moment they place the Rainmaker at the goal, the count will be at 1.
• Fixed an issue with overtime in Rainmaker where an announcement about taking the lead that differs from the actual results would be shown when the Rainmaker is dropped at the moment a team takes the lead.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker where the tops of signboards that show areas the Rainmaker is restricted from entering would block ink shots.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker where a player would get the Rainmaker at the instant its barrier is broken if the Rainmaker was returned to the center just as someone was trying to touch it.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where a Tacticooler placed on top of the clam basket would disappear.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where overtime would be entered when the time limit is reached even if the team with the lower score has no existing power clams.
• Fixed an issue in the Scorch Gorge stage in Turf War, Splat Zone and Clam Blitz battles where squeezing into the gap between certain terrain would cause the player to enter into the terrain.
• Removed the box on top of the grating in the Undertow Spillway stage in Splat Zones because of an issue where attacks would pass between the box and the terrain despite looking like it blocked attacks from below.
• Fixed an issue in Mincemeat Metalworks where part of a player’s model would clip into certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Mincemeat Metalworks where players could unintentionally climb on top of certain terrain at the edge of the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Hagglefish Market where the position of the box placed on the metal grate near the starting point was displaced from the grate.
• In the Hagglefish Market stage in Tower Control mode, slightly adjusted the route of the tower and fixed an issue where the player would become unable to move on top of the small gap between the tower and terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy where a Wave Breaker placed along a certain wall would break immediately after being placed.
• In the Inkblot Art Academy stage in Tower Control mode, slightly adjusted the route of the tower and fixed an issue where the player would become unable to move on top of the small gap between the tower and terrain.
• Fixed an issue in the Mahi-Mahi Resort stage in Tower Control mode where an area impassable to players would appear midair when the water level dropped.
• Fixed an issue in the Mahi-Mahi Resort stage in Rainmaker mode where in certain locations the score count would not change as intended.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard where part of the back of the drawbridges was able to be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard where players were able to get on top of a pipe outside the stage boundaries.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard where, when using the Zipcaster from the lower part of the stage, players could pass through certain terrain and come out on the stage’s surface.
• Fixed an issue in the Sturgeon Shipyard stage in Tower Control mode where players could be pushed inside terrain by the tower.
• Fixed an issue in the Sturgeon Shipyard stage in Rainmaker mode where certain off-limits locations were accessible to the Rainmaker.
• Fixed an issue in the Sturgeon Shipyard stage in Rainmaker mode where the score count would not change as intended in certain locations.
• Fixed an issue in the Sturgeon Shipyard stage in Tricolor Battle mode where a box placed on a metal grate had no collision detection at its bottom surface, which allowed things like ink shots to pass through.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where the thin legs of the bronze statues would block ink, contrary to their appearance.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where the top of the revolving doors was treated as outside the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where shots would penetrate some of the terrain outside the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where players would be unable to swim on the walls of the rotating doors despite it looking like they had been inked.
• Fixed an issue in the Museum d’Alfonsino stage in Rainmaker mode where players were not able to ink part of the terrain.
• Fixed an issue in the Museum d’Alfonsino stage in Rainmaker and Clam Blitz modes where players were able to climb on top of the revolving doors.
• Fixed an issue in the Museum d’Alfonsino stage in Clam Blitz mode where some of the clams that spawn in the middle of the stage would not be shown on the turf map despite the ground beneath them being inked.
• Fixed an issue in MakoMart where players could stand on top of the surrounding fence outside the stage.
• In the MakoMart stage in Splat Zones, Tower Control, and Clam Blitz modes, adjusted the Squid Spawn beginning positions and fixed an issue where part of the ceiling would be displayed on-screen.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where trying to Super Jump to certain locations would result in landing in a slightly displaced position.
• Fixed an issue in the Wahoo World stage in Tower Control mode where certain objects would appear inkable on the map even though they are not.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where player hit boxes in life-ring form were smaller than intended.
• Fixed an issue where multiple arrows would appear within the screen if the same player signaled “Help!” or “This way!” repeatedly and made it so that there will only be one arrow from a single player.
• Fixed an issue where a launched umbrella would have a large rebound when making contact near a Salmonid’s head.
• Fixed an issue where game movements would slow down if a player used a jet pack to reach the top of the egg basket.
• Fixed an issue where bombs thrown into a Flyfish’s weak point would then come out.
• Fixed an issue where a player attacked by Maws near the water or certain terrain would be blown far into the air.
• Fixed an issue where a player that touched the side surface of Maws during its attack would be splatted.
• Fixed an issue where the player’s respawn point would be in midair and leave them unable to return to the stage. This could happen when jumping into the water from the top of a Fish Stick just before it disappears.
• Fixed an issue where players could avoid taking damage by jumping when a Flipper-Flopper attacked, regardless of whether they were in the attack area or not.
• Fixed an issue where a Slammin’ Lid may have become unable to move if it touched a Fish Stick.
• Fixed an issue where a player riding on a Slammin’ Lid would rarely be launched far away.
• Fixed an issue where a player would be pushed into stage terrain when attacked by a Cohozuna.
• Fixed an issue where players could avoid taking damage by jumping when a Cohozuna did its jump attack, regardless of whether they were in the attack area or not.

Made it so that Cohozunas will not attempt to do jump attacks against players on top of a Fish Stick.

• Fixed an issue in the Cohock Charge event where players were unable to mount the cannons.
• Fixed an issue in the Goldie Seeking event where a launched umbrella wouldn’t activate a gusher it touched.
• Fixed an issue in the Griller event where the Griller’s red laser sight wouldn’t be shown if a player was resurrected by a bomb at the last second before a crew wipe.
• Fixed an issue in the Mudmouth Eruptions event where players would clip into a Mudmouth right after it spawned and be splatted.
• Fixed an issue in the Giant Tornado event when playing in a bad communications environment where a box containing Golden Eggs wouldn’t appear or be positioned as intended.
• Fixed an issue where players would not be able to get their special badge upon arriving at an Xtrawave at MAX hazard level.
• Fixed an issue where players would not be able to receive Grizzco Points correctly when the shift schedule was updated while playing a job.
• Fixed an issue with reporting a player from the Grizzco terminal where their number of delivery assists was not shown correctly.
• Fixed a problem where simultaneously pressing certain buttons at the reward-pickup window would cause the game to crash.

Fixes to Story Mode

• Fixed a rare issue where ink wheels would not reappear.
• Implemented measures to prevent the game from crashing on stages where Octoling enemies appear.
• Fixed an issue where using a Splashdown on the edge of a cliff would cause player controls to stop working.
• Fixed an issue where collecting a canned special attack while using the Zipcaster could cause player controls to stop working.
• Fixed an issue on stages with time limits where, after the player lost their armor due to an enemy attack and time ran out at the same time as the player’s armor was restored, the player would lose control of their character but the stage wouldn’t be counted as a loss.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the game from progressing when entering a pipeline immediately after throwing Smallfry at a Fuzzball.
• Fixed an issue where touching an upward dash track repeatedly could move the player outside the stage, counting as a loss.
• Fixed an issue where the player being splatted or restarting the stage while Smallfry was thrown onto a Flooder would cause the Flooder to no longer ink the ground.
• Fixed an issue where the player being splatted or restarting the stage just before a balloon fish exploded would cause the bomb fish’s area to shift and, depending on the stage, make clearing the stage difficult.
• Fixed an issue where quickly moving a lift on a stage where Octodiscos appear could cause the game to crash.
• Fixed an issue in Alterna Site 1 Stage 6 where enemies originally meant to appear were not appearing.
• Fixed an issue in Alterna Site 4 Stage 6 where breaking a certain target just before falling out of the stage would prevent the next target from spawning and make the stage impossible to clear.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue where players not pledged to any team could still earn conch shells.
• Adjusted the color of ink when Color Lock is on during Tricolor Battles.
• Fixed an issue when a team had a synergy bonus related to hairstyles where the name displayed would differ from the actual hairstyle.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue where ability changes due to secondary gear abilities would not be immediately reflected when changing gear in the lobby.
• Fixed an issue where, after finishing a battle and choosing “Change Gear, Then Go!” reading amiibo just before the countdown timer ran out would prevent the game from proceeding.
• Fixed a number of issues relating to the player’s species changing when reading amiibo on the Equip screen.
• When buying gear from Murch, the purchased gear will now be marked as New and will appear at the top of the list in the Equip screen.
• Fixed an issue when buying gear from Murch where the price would become 0.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the game from proceeding while talking to Murch. This could happen when repeatedly pressing the B Button while the ability-chunks screen was displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the names of the Squid 3 logo and Octopus 3 logo stickers were switched.
• Fixed an issue with pressing ZL to check an item’s info at Hotlantis where, depending on the item, the example image would be scattered due to how the light hits it.
• Fixed an issue with Photo Mode where the Y Button’s camera reset would not work while taking a photo with the timer.
• Fixed an issue with Photo Mode where the image shown as a preview and the photo actually saved to the album would differ greatly when shooting at certain camera angles.
• Fixed an issue with joining and dropping in on friends where, when everyone has pressed “Ready!” inputting certain controls could cause matchmaking not to proceed even after the timer reaches zero.
• Fixed an issue with joining and dropping in on friends where opening the lobby menu at a certain time would make the controls stop working and ultimately disband everyone.
• Fixed an issue where the ghost of a friend who appeared in the lobby or at Grizzco via notification message would differ in appearance from that player’s actual appearance.
• Fixed an issue with picking up an item obtained via SplatNet 3 at the lobby terminal where a connection error when receiving the item could make you unable to obtain the item until reentering the controls to obtain the item in SplatNet 3.
• Fixed an issue when playing a battle or Salmon Run at the Shoal with a user who is not using network features where a connection error can occur when equipping a Splashtag background or title other than those owned from the start.
• Fixed an issue where other players would see you wearing different gear if you changed your equipment right before a match started in a Private Battle.
• Fixed an issue where the damage shown on test-range targets or the copy machine would be slightly lower than the actual damage.
• Fixed an issue in locker editing where some weapons would not stabilize after being placed.
• Fixed an issue where an error message would not properly display after a connection error occurred while exchanging card bits in the deck editor.
• Fixed an issue where, when the Post Display option is set to off, the player’s hand-drawn post that was saved partway through drawing would be displayed rather than the drawings prepared in advance.

Unlisted Changes

• The Snipewriter 5H's gimmick was accidentally added to the game before the Chill Season 2023 weapon reveal, albeit going under a different type of parameter compared to the final game's parameter. This may have been due to the Snipewriter 5H's very late addition based on internal files.
• Titles for certain Freshness flags were changed in English, Dutch, French (Canada), and Spanish (Latin America).
• Chinese (Simplified):
  • Two signal messages were re-translated.
  • The "Influencer" title, which had been erroneously translated as "influenza" prior, was corrected.
  • Names for the Party Hard Hat and the Airflow & Hustle Jacket were changed.
  • Names for the Squid 3 logo and Octopus 3 logo stickers, which had been switched with each other prior, received their proper names.
• Spanish (Latin America):
  • The wording for the message that appears when a player disconnects within the first minute of a match was adjusted.
• Spanish (Spain):
  • The message for getting a WIPEOUT!, which was previously translated as "Rivals wiped out!" regardless of who got wiped out from the player's point of view, was changed to make more sense in both contexts.
• Dutch:
  • Certain quotes of Mr. Grizz in Salmon Run Next Wave were changed.
• Three new Emotes were added: You're Welcome, Robo Steppin', and Your Move. They were not released until Chill Season 2022, although the Your Move emote was teased by Nintendo in the Pokémon Splatfest trailer.

Sturgeon Shipyard's Tricolor Turf War layout was revised in preparation for the Pokémon Splatfest (Grass vs. Fire vs. Water) in November 2022. This change was done because of the fact that its design seen in the Splatoon 3: Splatfest World Premiere demo was unbalanced for the defending team, especially for the fact that Team Scissors was leading at halftime in all regions and became dead last in Open clout for the final results.

1.1.0 to 1.1.2	1.2.0	Notes
		The attackers’ left paths to mid were partly removed, and mid was extended. To attack from that side, one must now climb a wall or use the grate.
		A platform was added in the defenders' spawn points, and a wall blocking line of sight to the attacker’s base was removed. The height of their spawn points also have been raised.
		The spawn points for the attacking teams were raised. The string that was seen here previously was removed as well.
		The minimaps for the old and new layouts. Notice how that some boxes in mid were widened to be squares instead of rectangles.

(Source: OatmealDome)

1.2.1 (28 October 2022)

Minor bug fixes, especially for one major bug in the previous update: in Rainmaker, the team's score counter would jump to 1 after breaking the opposing team's checkpoint, forcing Nintendo to ban the mode temporarily from Anarchy rotations before then.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker that caused the player who placed the Rainmaker on a checkpoint to appear motionless to other players.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker where the goal distance count would go to 1 even when the Rainmaker had not reached the goal.
• Fixed an issue where, if you got on an inkrail while using the Inkjet or Zipcaster, allies Super Jumping towards you would land at the start point of the inkrail instead of the intended location.

2.0.0 (28 October 2022)

The first major content update to coincide with the arrival of Chill Season 2022.

Added Features, Feature Improvements, and Adjustments

Season and Catalog Changes

Chill Season 2022 began on 1st December 2022 at 00:00 UTC, and thereby added the following:

• A new catalog, and with it the new gear, titles, Splashtags, decorations, stickers, and emotes included therein.
  • 75 pieces of gear (16 new, 59 returning).
  • 9 new titles and 3 new Splashtag banners.
  • 48 new locker customization items (10 decorations and 38 stickers).
  • 6 new emotes were added.
• Two new battle stages: Brinewater Springs and Flounder Heights.
• A new Salmon Run stage: Marooner's Bay.
• Three new main-weapon types: Splattershot Nova, Big Swig Roller, and Snipewriter 5H.
• Ten new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons.
• Thirteen new Tableturf Battle cards.
• Ability to look at the content of the season's catalog. Players can check this by opening the main menu with X, going to the Status tab, and selecting Catalog.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Main Weapon	Change Details
Tri-Stringer	The size of terrain area inked by falling spray has been increased. The number of spray droplets generated when firing a distantly aimed shot has been increased.
Splatana Wiper	The width of the ink launched by horizontal slashes has been increased by about 27%. The size of terrain area inked by falling spray has been increased, and it is easier to connect ink in an uninterrupted straight line.

• Specifications for some sub weapons have changed.

Sub-Weapon	Change Details
Angle Shooter	Initial velocity is about 20% faster, and flight range has been extended.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change Details
Zipcaster	Ink consumption when using a main weapon while the Zipcaster is active has been decreased to about 67% of previous.
Ink Vac	Damage of the return shot has been increased from 120.0 to 220.0. This change is intended to increase the damage done to Big Bubbler and Rainmaker shields and to allow players to defeat opponents armored due to Squid Roll or Squid Surge.
Reefslider	Damage from the rush attack and from being caught up in the explosion at short range has been increased from 180.0 to 220.0. This change is intended to increase the damage done to Big Bubbler and Rainmaker shields and to allow players to defeat opponents armored due to Squid Roll or Squid Surge.
Tenta Missiles	After launch is confirmed, the special gauge will now slowly decrease, and the special gauge will not be able to begin charging again until the gauge has completely drained from the previous use.

• Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

Weapon Name	Before	After
Aerospray MG	200	190
N-ZAP ‘85	200	190
Splattershot Pro	200	190
Jet Squelcher	200	190
H-3 Nozzlenose	200	190
E-liter 4K	200	210
E-liter 4K Scope	200	210

• The terrain of some stages has been changed.

Stage	Change(s)
Undertow Spillway	Changed some parts of the Turf War mode terrain. Deleted part of the terrain on the left-hand side when looking from the player start areas. Added ramps to allow for invading opponent areas.

• The sound effect when hitting an opponent with a charger's nonpiercing shot is now easier to hear.
• The sound effects when the Splat Bomb, Torpedo, or Fizzy Bomb roll on the ground are now easier to hear.
• The direct-hit sound effects for when an Angle Shooter hits an opponent and when it hits another physical object are now different.
• The Angle Shooter's direct-hit sound effect is now easier to hear from a distance.
• The sound effect when wielding the Trizooka is now harder for allies to hear and easier for opponents to hear.
• The sound effect when an opponent is charging a Booyah Bomb is now easier to hear.
• The flight and impact sound effects for a Booyah Bomb thrown by an opponent are now easier to hear.

Changes to X Battles

• X Battle, a new battle mode, has been added.
  • X Battle is a battle mode where players of ranks S+0 and up can compete in battle for X Power.
  • X Power is calculated separately for each battle mode like Splat Zones or Tower Control.
  • Players battle until reaching three wins or three losses, whereupon X Power is gained or lost based on the results.
  • The world is divided into two divisions in which X Battles are held to compete for the highest X Power: Takoroka Division, comprising Japan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Australia, and New Zealand; and Tentatek Division, comprising the Americas and Europe.
  • The division a player is affiliated with is determined the first time they play in an X Battle each season. Once this is determined, the division cannot be changed during that season.
  • X Battles will become available to play on November 30th at the same time as Chill Season 2022 begins.

Changes to Ranked

• Added a feature allowing players to purposely reset their rank.
  • This feature can only be used once per season by players of rank B or higher.
  • What rank a player is reset to is determined automatically by their estimated ability based on their battles up to that point.
  • Players can use this feature by opening up the Lobby menu, moving their cursors to Anarchy Battle, and pressing ZL.
• Some values of the initial cost in Rank Points spent to enter an Anarchy Battle (Series) have increased.

Rank	Cost Before	Cost After
A-	100	110
A	110	120
A+	120	130
S	150	170
S+0 and up	160	180

Changes to Salmon Run

• Data relating to the Big Run event has been added.
  • Big Runs are limited-time events in which the Salmonids invade the stages used by Inklings and Octolings for Turf War and Anarchy Battles, allowing players to partake in Salmon Run on those stages. Whenever a Big Run is happening, the affected stage will be unavailable in other rotations until the Big Run ends, though it's still playable in Private Battles.
  • At the end of each Big Run event, exclusive locker decorations are awarded based on the highest team-wide Golden Egg total the player achieved in any one shift. This score is ranked relative to the high scores of all participating players, with different decorations awarded to players whose high score is in the top 5%, top 20%, or top 50% of scores. Players not in the top 50% still receive a basic version of the decoration.
  • The same bonuses are granted, with additional bonuses and superbonuses added to the bar. Additionally, a 1.2x multiplier is applied to Catalog Points earned from shifts during the event.
• Added a feature to save and replay job scenarios.
  • A job scenario is the collected overall data comprising elements of a single job shift like stage, weapon array, appearing Salmonids, and special events.
  • Players can save job scenarios from the Recent Jobs screen at the Grizzco terminal.
  • Players can reproduce a scenario and attempt it as many times as they like by creating a Private Job room, then pressing the ZL Button to select a scenario.
  • Job scenarios can be shared with other players via the code issued when the scenario is saved.
    Note: By entering a code at the Grizzco terminal, you can also download and save other players’ scenarios.
  • When a new update is released, job scenarios from previous versions may become unable to be used.
• The conditions for using the Reset Rank feature have been changed to being above Go-Getter 40.
• When a player with a rank higher than Eggsecutive VP 100 uses the Reset Rank feature, they are not reset all at once to rank value 40. They will be reset in stages of 100 points at a time.
  • When the stage changes, rank will be reset to Eggsecutive VP 40 as it has been before now.
• Some Boss Salmonid abilities have been changed.

Boss Salmonid	Change(s)
Big Shot	Movement speed is now about 30% slower than before. In addition to lowering the Big Shot's attack frequency, this also lengthens the amount of time it spends walking on land, increasing the players' window of opportunity to attack. The animation played as the Big Shot's shot comes flying in will be shown for longer than before, making it easier to determine where the shot was fired from.

• The performance of some special weapons has been changed.

Special Weapon	Change Details
Killer Wail 5.1	Increased the precision with which it tracks Boss Salmonids. Damage dealt increased by about 25%.
Triple Inkstrike	The guide devices will now trigger when touched by a Salmonid. Damage dealt increased by about 25%.
Inkjet	Player will no longer be a target for most Salmonid attacks when returning to their position after the use period has ended.
Booyah Bomb	Player will no longer be a target for most Salmonid attacks while charging up the Booyah Bomb.

• The number of Boss Salmonids that can appear at once has been capped at 15.
  • When defeating Boss Salmonids at a regular pace, even at high hazard levels, players will not reach this limit. This change was made because, in cases where players are chased down by bosses they cannot splat, the appearance of too many bosses can slow the game down and make it more difficult than necessary to get things back under control.

Changes to Splatfest

• Tricolor Battles have been modified so that all players can play on the attacking or defending team regardless of the halftime results.
  • Players can join by themselves or in a pair with a friend. When playing by themselves, they will be paired with another solo player, same as before.
  • A group of eight will be created from four pairs, and a 2 vs. 4 vs. 2 Tricolor Battle will commence.
  • Players do not know whether they will be on an attacking team or the defending team until the battle begins.
  • Players have a fifty-fifty chance of being on an attacking team or the defending team, regardless of their Splatfest-team affiliation.
  • Depending on population ratios for Splatfest teams, there may be Tricolor Battles where all eight players are on the same Splatfest team. In these cases, Clout will not be calculated.
• Clout earned in Tricolor Battles will now be calculated in the Final Results, and the points awarded for each category have been adjusted as seen in the table below.

Category	Points
Sneak Peek	8p
Votes	10p
Open	12p
Pro	12p
Tricolor Battle	15p

• Part of the way Clout is calculated for Tricolor Battles has changed.
  • Increased the victory bonus for the defending team (3000 → 9000).
  • When the team in first place at halftime is the defending team and the attacking teams are from the second- or third-place teams, 1.5 times more Clout will be awarded for a victory.
• When you win a 10x, 100x, or 333x Battle, it will be shown at your Pledge Box.
• After winning a 100x or 333x Battle, you can board your team's float from your Pledge Box to take commemorative pictures.
  • However, this was quite bugged as it would cause Octolings to incorrectly appear as Inklings with the Octoling hair and eyebrows, which was not fixed until version 3.0.0.

Changes to Lockers

• T-shirt gear items can now be folded for storage by pressing the L Stick while placing the shirt.
• When pressing B to cancel placement, the locker will now return to the immediately previous state before you grabbed anything.

Other Changes

• Players can now enter Photo Mode from Recon Mode.
  • Players can use Photo Mode not only by themselves but also when entering Recon Mode with multiple people by way of Private Battles.
• When walking a stage in recon by oneself, a player can call an amiibo to take pictures with.
• Added a feature to temporarily use a different player name than usual when playing Private Battles over the internet.
  • The idea is, for one example, to be able to add a team name into one’s player name, only in Private Battles.
  • When creating or joining a group for a Private Battle, you can temporarily set a different name by pressing the L Button.
• The song title and artist of the background music will now be shown at the beginning of battle on the bottom right corner of the screen. This also revealed the names of three battle songs that were not previously revealed by Nintendo, which included the following:
  • Headhammer - C-Side
  • Triple-Dip - C-Side
  • Sandy Side Up - Front Roe
• In the Equip screen, when a player has a lot of weapons or gear, it will now be clear what page of items is being shown.
• In the Equip screen, when sorting by gear ability, abilities that do not exist on the items being sorted will no longer appear as sorting options.
• Added a feature for listening again to Sheldon’s weapon explanations in Ammo Knights.
  • Players can use this feature by putting their cursor over the weapon they want to hear the explanation for again and pressing the ZR Button.
• Added a badge related to using the Shell-Out Machine.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where standing on the edge of a sponge of the opponents’ color and jumping would let players do a jump of the same height as the regular ground.
• Fixed an issue where a player being moved involuntarily by things like a Splash Wall or a Salmonid’s attack would cause them to not be shown in the proper position on another player’s screen.
• Fixed an issue where players going into swim form on thin floors could allow some attacks to damage them from the opposite side of the terrain.
• Fixed an issue where swimming on a wall and quickly doing a Squid Surge would allow the player to jump higher than intended when wearing gear with a lot of Intensify Action abilities.
• Fixed an issue where doing a Super Jump onto a sponge would cause the player to land in midair.
• Fixed an issue with shooters, blasters, dualies, and the Crab Tank’s ZR Button shots where aiming above or below horizontal while firing would cause the shots’ left-right scatter to be less than intended.
• Fixed an issue where a player with a roller would not be bounced backward when their roller’s ground-rolling attack hit but did not splat an opponent.
• Fixed an issue where the sound effect of a player using a roller, brush, or slosher could be triggered twice on other players’ screens.
• Fixed an issue where the sound effect of a player doing a dualie Dodge Roll could be triggered twice on other players’ screens.
• Fixed an issue with the Bloblobber where lobbing blobs while touching certain terrain or while inputting certain controls could cause some of the blobs not to be lobbed correctly.
• Fixed an issue where performing a dualie Dodge Roll immediately after landing from a Super Jump could result in the roll’s trajectory looking different to other players than that of the actual roll.
• Fixed an issue where using a sub weapon after doing a Squid Roll from a wall or a Squid Surge while having a brella equipped would cause the brella to be shown in an unnatural position.
• Fixed an issue when firing a stringer while in close contact with a metal grate where the stringer’s shots would be obstructed by the grate.
• Fixed an issue with splatanas’ horizontal slashes where there was a difference in the vertical position of the collision detection between the center and the edges, and they did not align with the visual appearance.
• Fixed an issue where pressing the ZL Button while preparing a charged slash with a splatana, then releasing the ZR Button before going into swim form would result in a horizontal slash instead of a charged slash.
• Fixed an issue where a player who activated the Zipcaster while holding the R Button and then immediately releasing R would result in a sub weapon being used despite the Zipcaster being in use, making the time of the Zipcaster’s continuous use shorter.
• Fixed an issue where the Reefslider’s explosion animation would not be triggered on a player’s screen when another player used the Reefslider.
• Fixed an issue where attacking the starting point of an inkrail with the Ultra Stamp would cause the game to slow down.
• Fixed an issue where, when splatted while trying to charge the Rainmaker, the next time the player picks up the Rainmaker, it would fire a shot regardless of whether they were pressing the ZR Button or not.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue when using the directional buttons to pick a teammate to Super Jump to from the map where the target teammate would switch if even just a slight diagonal was input.
• Fixed an issue where hitting the edge of a Splash Wall or brella shield with a blaster shot would deal damage to a player on the opposite side.
• Fixed an issue when holding the ZR Button to roll ink along the ground with a roller where it would deal damage to a player behind a brella shield.
• Fixed an issue when breaking an opponent’s brella shield while inking the ground with the ZR Button with a brush or roller where the player using the brush or roller would not be knocked back.
• Fixed an issue where the Sloshing Machine’s spirals would deal damage to opponents on the opposite side of thin terrain.
• Fixed an issue where an opponent’s bomb touching a brella shield at the same moment the brella closed would cause the brella not to take damage.
• Fixed an issue where splatanas’ melee attacks could deal damage to an opponent on the other side of thin terrain.
• Fixed issues where placing a Splash Wall at certain locations could cause it to move to a slightly different position, float above the terrain, or disappear instantly.
• Fixed an issue where a thrown Splash Wall or Wave Breaker would disappear if it touched an ally’s Crab Tank before being set up.
• Fixed an issue where a Big Bubbler’s drone device being touched by a Wave Breaker’s wave would cause an animation looking like the drone was taking damage, despite not actually taking any damage.
• Adjusted the color of the Reefslider’s attack-area indicator to fix an issue where certain ink-color combinations made it easy to be mistaken for the enemy team’s color.
• Fixed an issue where Tenta Missiles passing within inches of terrain before impact would cause the impact predicter’s position to be shown in a different position than the actual impact.
• Fixed an issue with sending Booyah! to charge a Booyah Bomb where pressing the button quickly could exceed the intended limit and charge the bomb rapidly.
• Fixed an issue when charging a Booyah Bomb where power would charge at the instant an ally pressed Booyah! and made it so that power is charged when the light animation sent from the ally is sucked into the bomb.
• Fixed an issue where a thrown Ultra Stamp would disappear if touched by an opponent’s Booyah Bomb blast wave.
• Fixed an issue where the Ultra Stamp’s collision detection would remain on the spot for a short while after the effect had ended.
• Fixed an issue in the Splat Zones mode where the determination for the award “#1 Splat Zone Inker” was not being done correctly, resulting in the award being shown as though it had been obtained despite the player not actually being number one.
• Fixed an issue in the Rainmaker mode where, when there is an enemy Splash Wall on top of the checkpoint, the Rainmaker wouldn’t be placed on the checkpoint even though the animation was played.
• Fixed an issue in the Rainmaker mode where a player could earn the Record-Score Setter award even in cases where they headed for the opponents’ goal without the checkpoint having been broken through.
• Fixed an issue in the Rainmaker mode when, in overtime, a checkpoint breakthrough and taking the lead happens at the same time, where if the player holding the Rainmaker is splatted by an opponent at the same instant they take the lead, the match would continue instead of end.
• Fixed an issue in the Rainmaker mode where if a teammate picked up the Rainmaker immediately after throwing a Tacticooler, the Rainmaker icon would be shown at the Tacticooler’s position.
• Fixed an issue in the Eeltail Alley stage in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in the Eeltail Alley in Tower Control, Clam Blitz, and Rainmaker modes where the underside of certain terrain could be inked to fill the special gauge.
• Fixed an issue in the Undertow Spillway stage where certain walls, when inked by a bomb’s explosion, would be inked in locations that differed from the explosion.
• Fixed an issue in Undertow Spillway where players standing on the glass floor could be damaged from the other side.
• Fixed an issue in Undertow Spillway in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Mincemeat Metalworks in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Hagglefish Market in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Hagglefish Market in Clam Blitz mode where clam placements at the start of battle were not symmetrical.
• Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge where parts of players could clip into certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where inking on top of the central spinning floor would cause points to increase by double.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino in Rainmaker mode where doing a Squid Surge on certain height differences would cause the count to go up as though you had climbed that distance despite not actually having been able to climb it.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort where Tenta Missiles’ impact-area predictor indicators would disappear when the water level changed.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort where players on top of certain platforms could be damaged from the other side.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort where walls at certain locations had a few parts that could not be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in MakoMart in Rainmaker mode where the DON’T RETREAT! warning would be shown at a shorter distance than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy where players could jump to boards outside the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where a certain location near the starting point would not allow players to swim even if it looked like it had been inked.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where the top of a certain pillar was treated as being outside the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where using a Booyah Bomb in a certain place could cause players to be pushed into certain terrain by a revolving element.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World in Rainmaker mode where jumping toward a certain different-height location could result in progress being counted as though the player had ascended it despite their not actually having done so.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where another player’s Golden Egg was not being displayed when they were in swim form.
• Fixed an issue where it could look to other players as though a player had a different weapon equipped than they actually did.
• Fixed an issue where, immediately before the Xtrawave begins, players could use up their special abilities left over from Wave 3.
• Fixed an issue when making a room with friends where, when the player that joined later pressed “Ready!” the player that made the room would leave it, and the game would be put in a state of being unable to progress.
• Fixed an issue where the number of eggs collected for each wave as shown on the screen for job results was not being properly displayed in certain languages.
• Fixed an issue with wipers where a horizontal slash’s melee attack would not deal damage to an enemy in contact with the player.
• Fixed an issue where wipers could deal damage to Scrappers from the front.
• Fixed an issue where a communications error would occur when hitting a Scrapper or a Gusher with multiple shots at the same time from a Grizzco Stringer.
• Fixed an issue where explosions from the Reefslider or Splat Bombs could not deal damage to a Big Shot or a Cohock.
• Fixed an issue where using the Inkjet right before the water rises would result in returning to a point beneath the water at the end of the jet-pack effect.

Made it so that if a player with a Golden Egg goes into swim form, the egg they have will show while using the Inkjet.

• Implemented measures to prevent Snatchers from entering into terrain after collecting Golden Eggs.
• Fixed an issue when a Steelhead is destroyed at the moment its bomb is thrown where the bomb would still be thrown despite the Steelhead’s defeat.
• Fixed an issue where, when a Steelhead threw its bomb, a player in a location that a bomb was previously thrown to would be pushed out.
• Fixed an issue where a Flyfish would suddenly close its container when the other container was destroyed.
• Fixed an issue when a Flyfish’s container is destroyed immediately after its first missile is fired where the marker around players that shows they’re being targeted would not be shown.
• Fixed an issue where the Steel Eel would target the closest player by measuring in direct lines, ignoring its movement route.
• Fixed an issue when multiple Steel Eels have appeared where they would target the same player even though there were other players that could be targeted.
• Fixed an issue where players could damage a Drizzler while it was covered by its umbrella.
• Fixed an issue where the Golden Eggs that appeared when a Slammin’ Lid was defeated would appear in midair.
• Fixed an issue where the Golden Eggs that appeared when a Slammin’ Lid was defeated would appear on top of the egg basket.
• Fixed an issue where the Lesser Salmonids that appeared from the Slammin’ Lid would attack before landing on the ground.
• Implemented measures to make clipping happen less frequently in response to the issue where Grillers would clip into terrain and deal damage to players standing on top of higher elevations.
• Fixed issues in the Goldie Seeking event where players could get an extreme number of eggs or be unable to obtain eggs when damaging the Goldie.
• Fixed an issue where eggs sucked up by the Mothership were still being counted as collected eggs on the Grizzco terminal and SplatNet 3.
• Fixed an issue in Sockeye Station where the game could slow down when swimming on certain walls.
• Fixed an issue in Sockeye Station where, when throwing a Splat Bomb at a certain location, it would remain there without exploding for a long while.
• Made it so that players cannot stand on top of the switchboards installed in the walls.

Fixes to Story Mode

• Fixed an issue with Alterna Site 4’s boss stage where players would clip through terrain in rare cases and get a loss.
• Fixed an issue with Alterna Site 6 Stage 1 where enemies would not appear if the player took a certain route.
• Fixed an issue with Alterna Site 6’s boss stage where players could clip through the terrain in rare cases and get a loss.
• Implemented measures to prevent the game from crashing when playing on stages with Octoling enemies for a long time.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue in Splatfest Turf War battles when using the Color Lock option where the ink-color combination would not turn to yellow and blue.
• Fixed an issue where the game would crash at the end of a Splatfest Battle during the time period when Tricolor Battles would trigger.
• Fixed an issue where changes to Splatfest Power immediately after starting a Splatfest Battle (Pro) would be too small.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Hotlantis’s product lineup would change when the player’s catalog level went up and the player received their reward.
• Fixed an issue where, after opening your friends list in the lobby or Grizzco and immediately switching to the Shoal, rooms created by nearby players would not be shown correctly.
• Fixed an issue when trying to place a decoration against the inner wall of the locker where it would be judged as being outside the locker and its placement deleted.
• Fixed an issue when placing a decoration in your locker where using the cancel option at a certain moment could result in the item being placed at an unnatural angle or placed in a position without enough space.
• Fixed an issue when ordering gear from other players where “Already Ordered” would show erroneously when ordering gear from the same slot on the same player as a previously ordered item, even if the new item was different.
• Fixed an issue where, when leaving gear ordered through Murch unpurchased and trying to order a different item the next day, the order list would be the same as it was on the previous day.
• Fixed an issue with battling while using the “Primary Gear Abilities Only” option in private matches where it could appear on the results screen as though secondary gear abilities had been active.
• Fixed an issue when viewing a battle replay on Mahi-Mahi Resort where the inking of the ground would not be reproduced correctly.
• Fixed an issue in some languages where title options were not properly being displayed in alphabetical order.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to have more gear ability chunks than the intended maximum of 999.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to have more card bits than the intended maximum of 999.

Unlisted Changes

• Two new Tricolor Turf War stages were added to be used for both of Chill Season 2022's Splatfests: Undertow Spillway and Mincemeat Metalworks.
• New Salmon Run rare weapon: Grizzco Splatana.
  • It's an illegally modified Splatana Stamper that has the least range of any weapon, but does extreme damage with each swing. The uncharged attack deals 200 damage and can be used to repeatedly hit a wide swath in front of the user. The charged swing takes around 2.5 seconds to fully power up, but is devastatingly strong, dealing 1200 damage while piercing armor, making it capable of destroying any Boss Salmonid in one hit whether or not they are in a normally vulnerable state.
• The defending team will no longer earn a Synergy Bonus in Tricolor Turf War battles if they win, likely due to the new change.
• When matchmaking is cancelled due to player(s) disconnecting, the game will display a message saying, "One or more players disconnected."
• Fixed the Salmon Run communication error crash bug that was introduced in version 1.1.2.
• The animation of unlocking a sub ability on a piece of gear was updated.
  • When gear gets enough EXP to level up, the whole part of the UI containing the gear will now pulsate and a sound will play.
  • After the animation of the sub ability cycling through random icons finishes, the sub ability will now pulsate with an arrow pattern breifly appearing in the ability's circle icon.

2.0.1 (9 December 2022)

Minor bug fixes.

Bug Fixes

Changes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that caused ink levels to immediately decrease when using a roller or brush close to the ground.
  • This strangely-worded patch note does not describe what was fixed well. The bug fixed in this note was that using a using a roller or brush with your back against a wall would cause some of the projectiles of the attack to not appear.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused the game to force quit when the Equip menu is opened.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to force quit during Photo Mode in recon if the player tried to close Photo Mode after using an amiibo.
• Fixed an issue that allowed temporary aliases set in Private Battles to be used in other modes.

2.1.0 (18 January 2023)

Balance adjustments, bug fixes, and general improvements.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Aerospray MG Aerospray RG	The size of terrain area inked by falling spray has been increased by about 10%.
Jet Squelcher	Reduced ink scatter when shooting above ground by 17%.
Splattershot Nova	The size of terrain area inked by shots has been increased by about 19%.
Dynamo Roller	The damage-rate reduction caused by distance has been adjusted. You can now cause 50.0 damage / 100.0 damage from farther away than before.
Big Swig Roller	The minimum damage from horizontal slashes has increased from 30.0 to 35.0.
Bamboozler 14 Mk l	Reduced ink consumption by about 17%.
Nautilus 47	Increased firing duration by about 15%.
Sloshing Machine	Increased ink consumption by about 10%.

• Specifications for some sub weapons have changed.

Sub Weapon	Change(s)
Angle Shooter	Damage has been increased from 30.0 to 35.0. The radius of ink coverage when striking terrain or opponents has been roughly doubled.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change(s)
Tacticooler	Tacticooler’s Quick Respawn and Special Saver effects will no longer be totally negated by gear abilities Respawn Punisher and Haunt. The increase in respawn time/special-gauge spawn penalty effects from Respawn Punisher and Haunt will still occur, to a degree.
Reefslider	Adjusted the amount of time for the invulnerability window, which occurs after exploding until you are able to move, to about 28/60 of a second.
Triple Inkstrike	Increased the radius of the area damaged by about 10%. Increased damage inflicted by about 50%.
Crab Tank	Shortened the duration of the Crab Tank when not using the Special Power Up gear ability from about 9 seconds to about 8 seconds. Increased the extension rate of the duration of the Crab Tank when using the Special Power Up gear ability. As a result of these changes, the duration of the Crab Tank when maximizing use of the Special Power Up gear ability remains the same as before.

• Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Splattershot Hero Shot Replica	200	190
.52 Gal	200	190
.96 Gal	200	190
Splattershot Pro	190	180
Splattershot Nova	200	190
Splat Dualies	200	190
Custom Splattershot Jr.	180	190
Sloshing Machine	210	220
Splatana Wiper	180	190

• The performance of some gear abilities has been changed.

Ability	Change(s)
Ninja Squid	The invisibility feature will not go into effect for 0.5 seconds immediately after transforming into swim form. The gear ability Swim Speed Up can now be used at the same time as Ninja Squid without negating part of either ability. The swim speed reduction for Ninja Squid will still occur, to a degree.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that allows players to climb through unclimbable walls when using Squid Surge and Squid Roll at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where if you are submerged in ink on a wall and move to any ground of a certain angle and continue to move while submerged, your movement speed is reduced.
• Fixed an issue where shots fired from a Bloblobber at a tower or other moving terrain features would hit and disappear rather than hit and rebound.
• Fixed an issue where when a player is moving or jumping with an open umbrella, the area being protected from incoming ink is about 1/60 of a second behind where it appears to be.
• Fixed an issue where when a player lands with an open umbrella, they are stunned and the umbrella seems to sink into the ground.
• Fixed an issue where the area being protected from incoming ink by an open umbrella is slightly to the left or right of where it appears to be.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of opening an umbrella to protect from attacks happens slower than the actual defensive effect begins.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of closing an umbrella during the umbrella-opening animation was not displaying smoothly.
• Fixed an issue where attacks to the rear of the Crab Tank, like Ink Storm, bounce off when the tank is in walking mode even when directly striking the player.
• Fixed an issue where after having used the Inkjet or Zipcaster without once touching the ground, the player lands in an unintended location.
• Fixed an issue where the Wave Breaker immediately vanishes from other players’ screens if the elevation of its placement is close to the waterline.
• Fixed an issue where if the Wave Breaker is placed at a specific elevation, its waves do not display in adjacent lower spaces within the area of effect.
• Fixed an issue where if the Wave Breaker is placed at a specific elevation, adjacent lower spaces may or may not come within the area of effect due to slight differences in position by slightly increasing the area of effect in the lower area.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where if you ink certain parts of the terrain in Eeltail Alley with a roller, it causes a slowdown in the game.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in Hagglefish Market that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones/Tower Control/Rainmaker/Clam Blitz modes in Undertow Spillway that prevented you from being able to submerge in ink in certain areas, regardless of whether they were inked or not.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in Museum d'Alfonsino that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to climb unintended walls in Inkblot Art Academy.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones mode in Mahi-Mahi Resort that prevented players from properly placing a Tacticooler in certain areas and prevented the player who tried to place it from being able to properly stand on the stage’s terrain.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in Sturgeon Shipyard that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in MakoMart that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to climb unintended walls in Wahoo World.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that allowed you to jump from an inkrail onto a spotlight.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs that caused trees in front of you to not display as transparent.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones/Tower Control/Rainmaker/Clam Blitz modes in Brinewater Springs that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas and “DON'T RETREAT!” to be displayed even if you weren’t retreating very much.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs and Flounder Heights that caused ink fired from up high to disappear before hitting the ground.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones/Tower Control/Rainmaker/Clam Blitz modes in Flounder Heights that allowed you to jump from an inkrail onto a water tank.

Changes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where if a communication error occurred at a certain time while the Big Run results were being announced, you would be able to get a decoration but not the corresponding badge.
  • Players affected by the issue will be able to receive their Big Run badge(s) after applying this update data and restarting the game.
• Fixed an issue that caused ammo stocked up in the Snipewriter 5H to vanish after depositing Golden Eggs or shooting them from a Big Shot launcher.
• Fixed an issue that prevented bombs launched by a Steelhead to disappear properly when the Steelhead was defeated by dealing damage to its torso.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner's Bay during low tide that made it difficult to ink over a Flipper-Flopper’s area of attack if it tried to dive close to the water’s surface.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner's Bay that caused a slowdown to occur if players or Salmonids came into contact with certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue where if you saved a job scenario with Grizzco weapons and played it again as a Private Job, different Grizzco weapons would be supplied instead.

Changes to Story Mode

• Fixed an issue where when selecting weapons on a stage and switching from a brella to another weapon, the brella will not work properly. It may not launch, or it may not protect from enemy attacks.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue in recon where game controls would not work after trying to start Turf War and Photo Mode at the same time when playing with multiple people.
• Fixed an issue in recon where when playing with a timer and the player was splatted, the photo pose would remain as the player pose if specific procedures were performed.
• Fixed an issue in recon where when playing with a timer and the player was splatted, the countdown number would not display.
• Fixed an issue where after having failed to save job history at the Grizzco terminal, the list of completed jobs would not properly display.
• Fixed an issue in shops where after pressing certain buttons at the same time, some controls would not work.

2.1.1 (9 February 2023)

Bug fixes, and added support for the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass DLC; players who ordered it will receive an in-game battle boosting bonus of 123,000 cash, three double XP tickets, one of each drink ticket, and a banner of the Squid Sisters. These bonuses were added to the game when pre-orders were made available in this, though the banner was not added until Wave 1 released in Version 3.0.0.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that caused communication to be interrupted while performing certain actions with the Splattershot Jr. or Custom Splattershot Jr. weapons, even if those actions can usually be performed.
• Fixed an issue that caused ink to be displayed incorrectly if a Slosher and a Tri-Slosher both attacked at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where there could be a delay in recovering from existing damage if you were within range of an attack from a Wave Breaker or Big Shot and avoided taking damage by jumping or other means.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where players between terrain and a Tacticooler could clip inside the terrain if the Tacticooler was set up in the corner of the terrain.
  • Due to this change, you will now be able to pass through the Tacticooler—even in Inkling or Octoling form—while performing an action that causes you to move quickly, such as a Dodge Roll while using a dualie weapon.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs where players could get onto rocks outside the stage.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue that occurred while replaying Tricolor Turf War battles where the cheers from Deep Cut would sometimes be for teams other than the ones in the battle.
• Fixed an issue that occurred while replaying job scenarios in the Shoal. If the replay contained weapons labeled with a question mark, it could cause the screen to go black and prevent the game from starting.

Unlisted Changes

For some unknown reason, the Tricolor Turf War layout of Mincemeat Metalworks had a bug in version 2.1.0 where the line-of-sight blocking car poles would be invisible, despite the collision still being there. This update fixed this bug in preparation for the upcoming Splatfest (Dark Chocolate vs. Milk Chocolate vs. White Chocolate), even though said Tricolor stage was not yet playable in-game before then.

3.0.0 (28 February 2023)

Released to coincide with Fresh Season 2023 and Wave 1 of the Expansion Pass.

Added Features, Feature Improvements, and Adjustments

Changes to DLC

• Added support for Inkopolis DLC. When this update data is downloaded, Deep Cut will announce that the train station has reopened.
  • Players who have purchased the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass can now travel between Inkopolis and Splatsville using the train station in the square.
  • Inkopolis has the same shops and features as Splatsville, with the same lineup of products. If you buy something in one location, it will be sold out for the day in both locations.

Season and Catalog Changes

Fresh Season 2023 began on 1st March 2023 at 00:00 UTC, and thereby added the following:

• A new catalog, including new gear, titles, Splashtags, decorations, stickers, and emotes.
• A new gear brand, Z+F.
• About 126 new items added to store product lineups.
• Two new battle stages: Um'ami Ruins and Manta Maria.
• Two new special weapons, one new and one returning from the original Splatoon game:
  • Kraken Royale — transform into a huge squid or octopus and attack by pressing the B Button to jump or by holding and releasing the ZR Button to do a charge attack. The user is vulnerable for a moment before and after transforming but will not take damage from attacks while transformed.
  • Super Chump — aim and launch destructible decoys that Super Jump to a specified area and explode a short time after landing.
• 12 new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons.
• 23 new Tableturf Battle cards.
• Salmon Run gear items that can be obtained by trading fish scales at Grizzco.
• Ability to earn more Catalog Points than usual during the week before the end of the season thanks to a special Closeout Bonus.

Changes to the Notifications Feature

• Added the Pool feature.
  • The Pool feature allows players to send and receive notifications with other players in the same Pool.
  • Players can enter a phrase to join a Pool by opening the Lobby menu, selecting the Notifications tab, and pressing the + Button.
  • For example, if you enter “Turf War Fans,” you’ll be able to send and receive notifications with players who have also entered “Turf War Fans,” and you will be able to join or drop in on each other’s games using notifications.
  • While there isn’t a limit on how many people can join the same Pool, there may be cases in which notifications won’t be sent to all members if a large number of players are connected to the same Pool simultaneously.
• When you receive an invitation to play or a “Fresh!” notification, it will be displayed on the screen.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Big Swig Roller	Roughly doubled the amount of damage dealt to nonplayer objects (Splash Walls, brellas, etc.) when striking them with ink.

• Specifications for some sub weapons have changed.

Sub Weapon	Change(s)
Burst Bomb	Increased the amount of time it takes for ink to begin recovering after being used by about 0.16 seconds.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change(s)
Trizooka	Damage dealt to Crab Tank armor increased by about 20%.
Killer Wail 5.1	Made it easier to activate the effect from the Special Power Up gear ability, even when the player only has a few items with that gear ability equipped. The effect gained from equipping the maximum number of Special Power Up gear abilities will not change.
Inkjet	Damage dealt to Crab Tank armor increased by about 2.5x.
Ultra Stamp	Damage dealt to Crab Tank armor increased by about 3x.

• Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Aerospray MG	190	180
N-ZAP '85	190	180
Tri-Slosher	190	180
Ballpoint Splatling	200	100
Tri-Stringer	200	190

• Changed the terrain in some stages for some modes and reduced the impact of weapons shooting from far away.

Stage	Mode(s)
Eeltail Alley	Turf War Splat Zones Tower Control Rainmaker Clam Blitz
Hagglefish Market	Turf War Splat Zones Clam Blitz
Mincemeat Metalworks	Turf War Splat Zones Rainmaker Clam Blitz
Hammerhead Bridge	Turf War Splat Zones Tower Control Rainmaker Clam Blitz
Museum d'Alfonsino	Turf War Splat Zones Rainmaker Clam Blitz
Mahi-Mahi Resort	Turf War Splat Zones
MakoMart	Turf War Splat Zones Tower Control Clam Blitz
Wahoo World	Turf War Splat Zones Clam Blitz

Changes to Salmon Run

• A new King Salmonid called Horrorboros may appear.
  • Whether a Cohozuna or a Horrorboros appears will depend on the schedule at the time.
• Data relating to the upcoming Big Run event has been added, with Inkblot Art Academy as the Big Run stage.
• Data relating to the limited-time Eggstra Work event has been added.
  • In Eggstra Work, players can assemble a group of two to four friends or members from the same Pool and then compete against other teams—all using the same job scenario—to collect as many Golden Eggs as possible during five waves.
  • Both the initial hazard level and the job scenario for Eggstra Work are fixed, which means that every team will face off against the same Salmonids under the same conditions every time. However, if your team manages to exceed the Golden Eggs quota by enough, your hazard level will go up, making it possible to get a higher score.
• You will now be able to preview items when exchanging fish scales, similar to how you can preview items at Hotlantis, etc.

Changes to Connectivity

• Made it so that players will be notified when their connection is unstable. If the connection continues to be unstable, player controls will temporarily be disabled.

Changes to Splatfests

• Changed the amount of XP required to level up a Splatfest Tee; the XP requirement to level up said gear has been fixed at 7,500 XP, just like in the previous game.
• Winners of 10x Battles, etc., will be announced during the Anarchy Splatcast.
  • This announcement will display automatically when in the lobby. It is not related to the timing of stage changes that happen every two hours.
• Slightly adjusted ink colors during Tricolor Turf War battles when Color Lock is turned ON.
• When you win a 10x Battle, a notification will be sent to your friends and members from the same Pool.

Changes to Lockers

• Added a feature to store all items placed in your locker at once.
  • Press the – (Minus) Button while editing your locker to use this feature.

Changes to Tableturf Battle

• It is now possible to play Tableturf Battle against friends and players in the same Pool.
  • You can create a room for Tableturf Battle in the lobby.
  • Up to 10 players can join a room for Tableturf Battle.
  • If two players in the same room take a seat at the Tableturf Battle tables on the second floor of the lobby, a game between the two will commence.
  • You can watch a game between two players by approaching them and pressing the A Button.
  • You can also play with nearby friends via the same process at the Shoal. Up to eight players can join a room for Tableturf Battle at the Shoal.
• Increased the responsiveness to quick inputs made on the Edit Deck screen.

Changes to the Lobby

• Added a jukebox to the lobby.
  • You can use 100 cash to temporarily change the music playing in the lobby to a song of your choosing.
  • You’ll gain more songs to choose from as you progress in the game.
  • When using the jukebox in a Private Battle room, the music you choose will also play in the lobbies of other players in that room.

Other Changes

• Increased the number of badges that can be obtained based on player level; each at levels 30, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, and 999, respectively.
• Increased the number of items on display in the gear shop at once to nine.
• Any titles, banners, decorations, badges, or emotes from previous catalogs that haven’t been obtained will now be available in the Shell-Out Machine.
• Increased the image quality on some screens in Photo Mode.
• Increased the amount of time before screen burn-in reduction activates in certain modes, such as while playing Story Mode or viewing replays.
• To improve the matchmaking efficiency in Open Anarchy Battles, teams will be disbanded and new players will be added if only a few current players select Keep Going.
  • As before, when playing in a group with friends, the team will stay together regardless of the number of players remaining.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that caused some players who changed direction quickly to look unstable for a short while on other players’ screens.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to do a Squid Roll for a brief time when jumping from an inked floor onto an un-inked floor while touching a wall.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from being able to submerge themselves in ink on the ground if landing on the ground while touching an un-inked wall.
• Fixed an issue where players who held the R button after doing a Squid Roll off a wall could end up in the pose for using a Curling Bomb, Fizzy Bomb, or Smallfry.
• Fixed an issue where players who did a horizontal swing with a roller and made contact with a Torpedo after it changed shape could sometimes be pushed back slightly.
• Fixed an issue where players who attacked an enemy with a roller by rolling into them—but did not splat them—could sometimes be pushed in an unintended direction.
• Fixed an issue where, if certain special weapons were activated while a roller was being lifted up, ink would still fly forward, even if the roller’s movement was cut off by the activation of the special.
• Fixed an issue that made the ink from a Carbon Roller, Carbon Roller Deco, or Flingza Roller look like a different texture than that of the ink from other rollers.
• Fixed an issue that caused the barrel of a charger to move a lot when standing still and firing with low charge, causing the aim and trajectory to greatly differ from what was intended.
• Fixed an issue where, if another player did a Dodge Roll as they slipped through a grate, that player would appear on other players’ screens in a different place than they actually were for a longer time than expected.
• Fixed an issue that caused a delay of up to one second before damage to a brella began to recover if the brella was closed directly after blocking damage from a foe.
• Fixed an issue that caused brellas fired on a slanted surface to tilt up and down more than usual.
• Fixed an issue that caused brellas to be able to climb up steep inclines that they normally wouldn’t be able to climb.
• Fixed an issue where, if your brella was broken the moment you launched it, it would appear broken on your screen but continue moving on other players’ screens.
• Fixed an issue that made other players using a Splatana Wiper appear to have ink in their weapon to everyone else, even if they were out of ink.
• Fixed an issue that enabled players to climb to otherwise unreachable high terrain in rare cases when getting pushed back after touching an enemy’s Splash Wall.
• Fixed an issue that enabled players to climb otherwise unreachable high walls in certain stages while in Crab Tank’s mobile mode.
• Fixed an issue where assists were incorrectly assigned when players who were moving slowly due to being sucked in by an Ink Vac were splatted.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes sent a player’s Wave Breaker far away when they tried placing it on an edge.
• Fixed an issue where players may not be returned to the spot where they activated a Zipcaster or Inkjet special if they activated it right after landing on a grate in swim form after a Super Jump and subsequently fell off the stage.
• Fixed an issue where players would still appear to be taking ink damage if they took damage from an enemy’s Ink Storm while submerged in ink, even if they swam around in ink.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue that caused the point at which a player is considered to have fallen off the stage to be lower than intended.
• Fixed an issue where ink from an enemy’s Sprinkler that hit a wall wouldn’t drip on other players’ screens.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Fizzy Bombs thrown a certain way to damage players within a Big Bubbler when the Big Bubbler was on moving terrain.
• Fixed an issue that allowed certain Zipcaster, Crab Tank, and Reefslider attacks to deal damage to opponents behind thin terrain.
• Fixed an issue that prevented a Crab Tank's armor from taking damage if it touched the Rainmaker shield while in mobile mode.
• Fixed an issue that caused a Tacticooler to sometimes appear in a different location on the screen of the player who placed it than on the screens of other players.
• Fixed an issue that allowed the ZR Button to be used to stop a Reefslider even after a battle ended.
• Fixed an issue where players who tried to use Ink Storm while the rain cloud from their last Ink Storm was still on the stage would have their special gauge freeze for that battle.
• Fixed an issue where, if you splatted a player who had a gear ability enabling them to see through terrain equipped (like Thermal Ink or Haunt, etc.) using a special weapon that has an ink tank (like Inkjet, etc.), sometimes the ink tank would be the only thing the splatted player could see through terrain when they respawned.
• Adjusted the density of the border of Splat Zones when displayed through terrain and addressed an issue with visibility depending on ink color.
• Fixed an issue in Tower Control where using a Crab Tank on terrain around the tower would sometimes cause the Crab Tank to take control of the tower even if it wasn’t on the tower.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker that caused players to sometimes clip into the terrain if they got caught between the terrain and the Rainmaker shield.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker where performing a Super Jump onto checkpoints or the goal at a particular moment as they rose sometimes made players clip into them.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where the splash of ink that displays when throwing a power clam looked different than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where, if an enemy’s power clam was sitting on top of a closed basket, it would automatically count as the power clam going into the basket when the basket reappeared.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where, if you repeatedly throw and pick up clams for a short time, clams you picked up would sometimes not display or follow you.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where breaking an opponent’s barrier as time ran out in a special three-minute overtime after a scoreless regular match would not count.
• Fixed an issue in Turf War and Splat Zones modes that allowed you to climb over certain obstacles and cross terrain in unintended ways on the Scorch Gorge stage.
• Fixed an issue in Eeltail Alley that caused ink to fly up above a bridge if a player splatted an enemy while they were jumping under the bridge.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker that caused the goal distance in Undertow Spillway to change significantly if you jumped on an enemy sponge of a certain size while holding the Rainmaker.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz where clams were not placed symmetrically at the start of a battle on the Mincemeat Metalworks stage.
• Fixed an issue in Tower Control that allowed you to unintentionally climb walls from above certain fences on the Museum d’Alfonsino stage.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort that caused the water level to not change if participants disconnected at certain times.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker where the announcement that your team had broken through the checkpoint wasn’t displayed when you broke through a checkpoint first on the Mahi-Mahi Resort stage.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard where, if another player Super Jumped onto a moving drawbridge, they would appear on other players’ screens as having landed on the ground regardless of whether or not they actually landed on the drawbridge.
• Fixed an issue in MakoMart that sometimes caused players to become stuck in the terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that allowed players to unintentionally climb certain walls.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that sometimes caused players to clip into the terrain when Super Jumping to certain locations.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where clams were placed at the start of battle in such a way that they got stuck inside sponges on the Brinewater Springs stage.
• Fixed an issue in Tower Control, Clam Blitz, Turf War, and Splat Zones modes where you could climb up certain unclimbable walls on the Flounder Heights stage.
• Fixed an issue in Tower Control and Rainmaker modes that allowed you to climb unclimbable walls and terrain on the Flounder Heights stage using methods not intended to be used.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from escaping a Flyfish’s container if they entered while in life-ring form.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from moving while on top of a gusher in life-ring form.
• Addressed an issue that caused the timing of each player’s Super Jump to be off.
• Addressed an issue that caused Salmonids to deviate from their set movement path and become stuck in the terrain under certain conditions.
• Addressed an issue where players could be considered inactive and have communication cut when performing a ground-rolling attack with a roller at a very slow speed, despite this being an action one can usually perform.
• Adjusted the animation of the Grizzco Brella when being launched and reduced its brightness.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to sometimes clip into the terrain if they touched the lower part of a Maws after it attacked.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Triple Inkstrike guide to not follow the movement of a Flyfish when it hit the Flyfish’s cockpit.
• Fixed an issue where the Grizzco Splatana couldn’t damage a Stinger.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused multiple Big Shots to spawn from the same spot.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Golden Eggs to land on top of the egg basket if a player defeated a Snatcher flying over it.
• Addressed an issue that caused slowdown to occur when players are in certain places on the Marooner's Bay stage.
• Fixed an issue during Cohock Charge mode that made a cannon unusable if a player got splatted while in it.
• Fixed an issue during Goldie Seeking mode where, if a gusher was activated just before the wave ended, the gusher would stay active in the next wave as well.
• Made it so that if the Mothership comes to steal Golden Eggs from the egg basket when it has no eggs inside during Mothership waves, Chinooks will not come out of the Mothership.
• Fixed an issue that caused Slammin' Lids to rise unnaturally high in certain areas on the Spawning Grounds stage.
• Fixed an issue on the Marooner's Bay stage that sometimes caused Golden Eggs to fall and stick onto the side of the boat when the Snatcher carrying them got splatted.
• Fixed an issue that caused Stingers and Drizzlers to greatly overlap in certain areas on the Marooner's Bay stage.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s friends that they had just worked a shift with didn’t appear in front of Grizzco afterward.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from getting a Big Run badge if a communication error occurred at a specific time.
• Fixed an issue that affected a player’s lesson progress if they did “Lesson One: On-the-Job Basics” after a special wave occurred in their prior shift.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue that caused some of the floats being set up during the Splatfest Sneak Peek to not display; more specifically, it was Big Man's Splatfest float.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to look different than usual when taking photos on a Splatfest Float.
• Fixed an issue that caused player avatars to not do poses designated by the player when taking photos on a Splatfest Float.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue that prevented stickers from the Splash Mob gear brand from showing up.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the line indicating how many Rank Points were needed until the next rank to be displayed in the wrong position, giving the impression that the player had skipped a level. This occurred when players earned Rank Points equal to the amount needed to rank up.
• Fixed an issue where gear with ★★★★ star power would sometimes earn one fewer XP than it should.
• Fixed an issue with replays that caused the battle action to differ from the original battle while navigating through a video. For example, a player who should be on the stage could appear to have been splatted, etc.
• Fixed an issue where watching certain battle replays would cause the game to crash or cause part of the game display to disappear.
• Fixed an issue where selecting Start Over in the menu to replay a battle sometimes resulted in brellas being in a different state than in the first replay.
• Fixed an issue with Private Battles in the Shoal where only camera options and no player settings would be reset even if Reset Options was turned ON.
• Fixed an issue where, after a player turned Reset Options ON in the Shoal, the setting would remain ON when they started a Private Battle or Private Job in the lobby or at Grizzco.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the sort feature on the Equip menu from working correctly.
• Fixed an issue in Ammo Knights and Hotlantis where, even if players tried to change their equipped gear, the changes would not be applied to some parts.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player was trying something on in a shop and then moved to another shop from the main menu, they would start out in the Trying On state in the other shop.
• Fixed an issue in Ammo Knights where dualie weapons appeared smaller than usual while players tried them out.
• Fixed an issue where performing certain actions after talking to Murch would cause the A Button to stop working on the menu screen, preventing the player from proceeding.
• Fixed an issue where, if the player switched from Listen to Splatcast to Watch Splatcast, the X Battle stages wouldn’t be shown on the Anarchy Splatcast when multiplayer maps and modes were updated.
• Fixed an issue in the match menu where performing certain actions would cause the battle-stats display to be duplicated in Notifications.
• Fixed an issue during recon where players who touched the Rainmaker shield while in swim form on an inkrail would continue to take damage until they got splatted instead of falling.
• Fixed an issue where applying certain filters during a photo shoot would cause the coloring of the stage to change after ending the photo shoot.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player used the timer during a photo shoot and then placed the Rainmaker on a checkpoint before picking it up again, the amount of time that player held the Rainmaker wouldn’t be reset.
• Fixed an issue where sub weapons held in a player’s hands wouldn’t show up correctly in photos if they used the timer during a photo shoot.
• Fixed an issue where the effect that indicates when a charger or stringer is fully charged wouldn’t show up in photos if a player used the timer during a photo shoot.
• Fixed an issue where applying certain filters during a photo shoot on certain stages would make it extremely difficult to see the screen.
• Fixed an issue where the ink color of an amiibo’s weapon would sometimes appear to be a different color than the amiibo if certain weapons (Splat Roller, etc.) were equipped.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player chose Change Gear, Then Go! and then changed their gear, the gear that they changed into would sometimes be applied to the battle result screen for the previous battle.
• Addressed an issue that sometimes caused slowdowns to occur when players regained control of their characters after finishing a battle and returning to the lobby.
• Fixed an issue that caused the shoulder part of certain clothing placed in a locker to stretch out unnaturally.
• Fixed an issue where players would be unable to enter the locker room if a communication error occurred at a certain time after they edited their locker for the first time.

Unlisted Changes

Various changes were made to text in the Italian and Russian languages.

• Italian:
  • Names for the Beachcomber, the Blu-Shift Moto Boots, the Enchanted Robe B and the Moby Knit were changed.
• Russian:
  • Names for the Fashion Splash Shirt and the Zekko Baseball LS were changed.
• Two new Tricolor Turf War stages were added: MakoMart and Eeltail Alley. The latter was not used in Fresh Season 2023 as it was unfinished before then, and would not be updated until version 4.0.0.
• New Inkling and Octoling voice clips were added.
• When getting stickers from the Shell-Out Machine, there is now a white background displayed.
• In the Salmon Run results screen breaking down the number of Golden Eggs gathered in each wave, the size of the font used for the number of Golden Eggs collected out of the quota was reduced. This may not apply to some languages, though.
• In the Salmon Run results screen, gold fish scales earned after a King Salmonid encounter now have animated gold sparkles around the icon.
• A line of text was changed in the menu to quickly travel around Splatsville and now Inkopolis.

Version 2.1.1	Version 3.0.0
Square	City

• Text for exiting The Crater and Alterna was changed. This was done because exiting these areas can now send the player to either Splatsville or Inkopolis.

	Version 2.1.1	Version 3.0.0
Manhole text	Back to Splatsville	Back to Surface
Menu text	Back to Splatsville?	Back to the surface?

Unreleased Salmon Run content; the stage became Jammin' Salmon Junction, with the weapons being S-Blast '92 and Painbrush respectively.

• Starting from this update onwards, any unreleased stages will be hidden from the stage schedule in SplatNet 3 with dummy icons until said season begins. This includes any supplied Salmon Run weapons whose main weapon has not yet been released for multiplayer, although those will be hidden from the schedule in-game until said update containing the new content is released.

Due to the addition of the Neo Sploosh-o-matic and Neo Splash-o-matic in this update, the original Sploosh-o-matic and Splash-o-matic had their designs graphically updated, with the formerly silver parts of the design now being black. The 2D icons of the Rapid Blaster and Rapid Blaster Pro were fixed to better match their in-game counterparts. Interestingly, the existing Tableturf card for the Sploosh-o-matic matches the new coloring, while the cards for the Rapid Blaster and Rapid Blaster Pro don't, suggesting the golden components of the former two comprise the weapons' early designs.

Weapon	Before	After	Notes
Sploosh-o-matic			The weapon's nozzle was originally a lighter grey.
Splash-o-matic			Similar to the Sploosh-o-matic, the nozzle's light grey was darkened.
Rapid Blaster			Two of the weapon's golden components were changed to white.
Rapid Blaster Pro			Similar to the Rapid Blaster, the golden components were whitened.

3.0.1 (9 March 2023)

Minor bug fix related to notifications.

Fixes to Notifications

• Fixed an issue where notifications that a player was online could sometimes be sent to a user's friends regardless of the player's settings.
  • These settings are disregarded when playing with friends in the same Pool.

3.1.0 (30 March 2023)

Balance adjustments and bug fixes; weirdly enough, this one didn't occur mid-season, but was released in advance for the Nessie vs. Aliens vs. Bigfoot Splatfest.

Changes to DLC

• Added some data relating to Inkopolis during Splatfests; more specifically: Tomorrow's Nostalgia Today, the Squid Sisters' second-half performance song which was not present in the files before this update, to prevent it from being spoiled to the public by dataminers before then.

Changes to Splatfests

• New Splatfest battle song: Liquid Sunshine. Performed by the Squid Sisters alongside Ian BGM (anagram of Big Man), it may play in battles even if players don't own the Expansion Pass.
• Adjusted the points awarded for each category during the Splatfest Final Results broadcast, with the total still counting up to 57p.

Category	Before	After
Sneak Peek	8p	7p
Votes	10p	8p
Open	12p	12p
Pro	12p	12p
Tricolor Battle	15p	18p

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Splattershot Nova	Movement speed while firing is now about 10% faster. Ink splatter will now fall around the player’s feet more easily.
Luna Blaster Luna Blaster Neo	Increased the radius of the explosion area that deals 70.0 damage by about 50%. No changes to the radius of the area that deals 50.0 damage.
Big Swig Roller	Adjusted the damage-falloff rate based on vertical-swing distance, making the amount of damage fall off more gradually than before. Due to this change, the distance where 100.0+ damage can be dealt was extended by roughly 15%, and the distance where 50.0+ damage can be dealt was extended by roughly 49%.
Snipewriter 5H	Maximum damage has been increased from 60.0 to 68.0.
Slosher Slosher Deco	Adjusted the damage-falloff rate when a player attacks someone vertically lower than them, making it more difficult for damage to decrease. Due to this change, the minimum amount of damage dealt to an opponent will be 50.0.
Mini Splatling Zink Mini Splatling	Increased firing duration by roughly 17%.
Dapple Dualies Dapple Dualies Nouveau	Shortened the amount of time it takes for a player to be able to act after a Dodge Roll by roughly .06 seconds.
Splat Dualies	Increased the Dodge Roll movement speed, shortening the amount of time it takes to move by roughly .06 seconds.
REEF-LUX 450	Made the angle of diffusion narrower depending on the amount of charge, making it easier to focus on attacking a single area. Movement speed while charging is now about 10% faster.

• Specifications for some sub weapons have changed.

Sub Weapon	Change(s)
Angle Shooter	Roughly doubled the radius of the ink splatter that occurs when it hits terrain.
Burst Bomb	Increased the amount of ink consumed from a standard ink tank from 40% to 45% if the player doesn’t have the “Ink Saver (Sub)” ability equipped. The amount of ink consumed when the maximum number of abilities are equipped will not change.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change(s)
Ink Vac	Increased the radius of the outer perimeter when vacuuming up ink by roughly 10% to cover a larger area than before.
Tacticooler	Increased the initial setup speed when throwing the Tacticooler by roughly 33% to enable it to be set up farther than before. Roughly doubled the horizontal radius of the area where players can drink a beverage.
Reefslider	Increased the amount of damage dealt from 60.0 to 70.0 when getting caught in an explosion at long range, and increased the radius of that area by roughly 17%. Increased the radius of the ink splatter from an explosion by roughly 21%.
Inkjet	Increased the radius of the explosion area that deals 50.0 damage by roughly 43%. No changes to the radius of the area that deals 30.0 damage. Strengthened the jet of ink that comes out when pressing B, enabling players to jump higher than before.
Ultra Stamp	Increased the radius of the area where a player can be damaged from the shock waves of continuous stamp attacks by roughly 43%. Improved the turning performance when doing continuous stamp attacks, making it easier to change direction. When doing continuous stamp attacks, the stamp will now be displayed as translucent on the user's screen, making it easier for them to see where they’re going.
Crab Tank	Introduced an interval where players cannot attack for roughly 0.33 seconds after returning to attack mode from mobile mode. Increased the amount of time it takes for players to act again after the special ends.
Kraken Royale	Made it easier for a player to be pushed back by an enemy attack in Tower Control mode when the player is on the tower. Made it so that a player will drop all their clams and power clams wherever they are when they use this special in Clam Blitz mode.

• Specifications for some gear abilities have changed.

Gear Ability	Change(s)
Sub Resistance Up	Damage from Burst Bombs and Fizzy Bombs will be reduced more than before, even with just a few gear abilities. The damage reduction from equipping the maximum gear abilities will not change.
Opening Gamblit	If a player splats or assists in splatting an enemy while this gear ability is in effect, the effect will now be extended by roughly 15.0 seconds instead of roughly 7.5 seconds. Made it so that the Intensify Action gear ability will also occur when this gear ability is in effect. The effect is equivalent to 3.0 primary gear abilities.

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Carbon Roller Deco	200	190
.96 Gal Deco	200	210

• The sound effects for an opponent's Kraken Royale are now easier to hear from a distance.

Changes to Salmon Run

• Made the interval between touching a Golden Egg and being able to use it roughly the same for all players.
  • By adjusting the animation speed when a Golden Egg goes into a non-host-player’s life ring, the interval between touching a Golden Egg and being able to use it is now roughly the same for the host and non-host players.
  • However, if communication delays exceed a certain level, the timing may not be the same as the host player.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue with collision-detection speed that slightly lowered the accuracy of ink fired by shaking a brush at distant, nonmoving enemies.
• Fixed an issue that caused some bombs of a certain type to not explode when three or more were used at the same time.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused sub weapons thrown on certain terrain to not travel according to the predicted trajectory line shown by pressing the R Button.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Autobombs thrown into gaps on certain terrain to pass through the terrain.
• Fixed an issue that allowed Crab Tank users who held down the ZR Button before changing from mobile mode to attack mode to start rapid firing slightly faster than usual.
• Fixed an issue where if a player using Ink Vac while moving forward was attacked from behind, the attack would sometimes be blocked.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Tacticoolers to rebound more forcefully than intended and fly far away when thrown while the player is in close contact with terrain or other objects.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed players to jump farther than intended when jumping right after a charge attack with the Kraken Royale.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes allowed players to jump farther than intended when doing a Squid Roll off of a wall with the Kraken Royale.
• Fixed an issue that enabled players to do a Squid Surge or Squid Roll during the period when player actions were supposed to be disabled after the effects from the Kraken Royale wore off.
• Fixed an issue where the animation indicating that a player splatted an enemy with a direct hit from the Rainmaker didn’t display.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue that caused a player to not take blast damage from an Inkjet shot if it looked like the shot landed on their screen but not on the screen of the Inkjet user.
• Fixed an issue where it wasn’t defined which player’s screen would be used as the standard if an Ultra Stamp user attacked an opponent and a communication delay caused the shot to land differently between the two players’ screens.
• Fixed an issue in Scorch Gorge in Clam Blitz mode where clams were not placed symmetrically at the start of a battle.
• Fixed an issue in Hagglefish Market where some terrain unintentionally appeared translucent, depending on the position of the player and the camera.
• Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge in Rainmaker mode that allowed players to get into certain unintended narrow spaces.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort in Clam Blitz mode where clams were not placed symmetrically at the start of a battle.
• Fixed an issue in certain areas of Wahoo World that would not allow players to swim even if those areas looked like they had been inked.
• Fixed an issue in certain areas of Wahoo World that would allow players to swim even if those areas couldn’t be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs in Tower Control mode that sometimes caused players at the top of the slope to get caught between the tower and the terrain.
• Adjusted part of the terrain in Flounder Heights to fix an issue that enabled players to use unintended methods to invade the enemy base with the Kraken Royale.
• Fixed an issue when using Super Chump in Flounder Heights that sometimes caused decoys to fall into trees and telephone poles.
• Fixed an issue on Manta Maria that caused sub weapons to get buried within the terrain when used on certain walls.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria in Turf War/Splat Zones/Clam Blitz modes that caused the pillar in the center of the stage to get painted unnaturally.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue in Big Run that prevented players from receiving a badge according to their high score, even if they received the corresponding decoration.
  • Players who are in this situation will be able to receive their badges once they have applied this update data and restarted the game software.
• Fixed an issue that made it look like special-ability activations didn’t get replenished for an Xtrawave if the player had used up their special abilities already and were wearing the “Gloopsuit” series of work suits.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused player controls to stop working if the player was standing in certain areas while the wave was changing.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Flyfish from being splatted when the Flyfish’s cockpit got smashed by a Slammin' Lid.
• Fixed an issue in the Goldie Seeking event where the state of the gushers would differ for each player, preventing them from damaging Goldies.
• Fixed an issue in the Mothership event that prevented boxes being carried by Chinooks from exploding even when they were destroyed.
• Fixed an issue in the Mothership event where if a Chinook was defeated right before letting go of its box, whether or not the box remained would differ on some players’ screens.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue that made certain stickers hard to see against the background when a player got them.
• Fixed an issue on the confirmation screen when joining friends in a group with a password that caused the group’s voice chat to appear to be off even when it was set to on.
• Fixed a rare issue where doing certain actions on the Freshest Fits page of the Equip screen would cause the game to crash.
• Fixed an issue where if the player pressed the ZR Button while in Hotlantis to change the product display, then went to another shop before returning to Hotlantis, the product display would not revert to its original state.
• Fixed an issue in the lobby that prevented players from being able to set an alias after entering the password to join a Private Battle.

3.1.1 (1 May 2023)

Released in preparation for the upcoming Zelda Splatfest (Power vs. Wisdom vs. Courage), with some minor bug fixes.

Changes to Splatfests

• New Tricolor Turf War stage: Scorch Gorge. Since it's used in said Splatfest, it is designed in the shape of the Triforce, making it the only Tricolor stage by far to have a unique layout compared to previous ones, which resembled already existing layouts instead.
• Adjusted things like screen brightness and ink coloring on stages during Splatfests.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where players who Super Jumped to a player who was using a Zipcaster would sometimes land in an unintended location.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to crash at the start of a special wave in rare cases.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue where the music and performances in Splatsville and Inkopolis during a Splatfest would become out of sync if the main menu was open for a long time.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where edits to a player’s locker would be canceled if the player was editing during a schedule transition.

Unlisted Changes

• Removed the Large Golden Egg seen in the unused Underground mode for Salmon Run, causing the mode to become entirely unplayable.

4.0.0 (1 June 2023)

Released to coincide with the arrival of Sizzle Season 2023.

Season and Catalog Changes

Sizzle Season 2023 began on 1st June 2023 at 00:00 UTC, and thereby added the following:

• A new catalog, including new gear, titles, Splashtags, decorations, stickers, and emotes.
• Two new battle stages: Barnacle & Dime and Humpback Pump Track.
• Two new main weapons: S-BLAST '92 and Painbrush.
• Nine new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons.
• A new Salmon Run stage: Jammin' Salmon Junction.
• 11 new Tableturf Battle cards.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Three new songs were added to play during multiplayer battles: Ska-BLAM, Three-Horn Circus, and Rockagilly Blues, all performed by Yoko & the Gold Bazookas.
• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Carbon Roller Carbon Roller Deco	When the player holds ZR to ink while moving forward, they will now reach top speed approximately 1/6 of a second faster than before.
Octobrush	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by swinging the brush by approximately 6%. Reduced the amount of ink consumed when holding the ZR Button to ink while moving forward by approximately 7%.
Snipewriter 5H	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by approximately 13%. Increased movement speed while charging and while fully charged by approximately 13%.
Splash-o-matic Neo Splash-o-matic	Shortened forward ink spread from the point of impact by approximately 10%.
Sloshing Machine	Lengthened the interval between continuous swings by approximately 5/60 of a second.
Splatana Stamper	Narrowed the width of ink launched by horizontal slashes by approximately 14%. Increased the amount of ink consumed by approximately 30%.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change(s)
Big Bubbler	Increased the barrier’s maximum radius. Reduced the damage taken from some special weapons to approximately 50-75% of what it was before.
Tacticooler	Extended the drink’s effect duration by approximately 2 seconds when not equipped with the Special Power Up gear ability. The effect duration gained from equipping the maximum number of Special Power Up gear abilities will not change. Made it easier to activate the effect from the Special Power Up gear ability, even when the player only has a few items with that gear ability equipped.
Super Chump	Increased the radius of ground inked when decoys drop by approximately 40%. Increased the minimum damage dealt by decoy explosions from 25.0 to 35.0. Made it possible to aim for nearer positions than before.
Ultra Stamp	Shortened the effect duration by approximately 1.5 seconds when not equipped with the Special Power Up gear ability. The effect duration gained from equipping the maximum number of Special Power Up gear abilities will not change. Made it easier to activate the effect from the Special Power Up gear ability, even when the player only has a few items with that gear ability equipped.

• Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Neo Splash-o-matic	200	210
Rapid Blaster Deco	200	210
Ballpoint Splatling	190	200

• Made it so that players cannot Super Jump to a teammate’s position in Tower Control mode when that teammate jumped from a tower to a wall and their current position is separated from the position of the tower that would be the Super Jump destination.
• Made it so that when certain conditions are met, two players on the winning team who made great efforts will celebrate each other’s brave fighting after performing their victory emotes.
  • In order for this to work, both players must be positioned beside each other on the results screen, have compatible emotes equipped, and have each been awarded three gold medals. It can only be seen on the winning players' screens.
• Made it possible to select from two different ink-color combinations when Color Lock is enabled.
  • Color Lock combination number 1 is close to the previous setting.
    • When battling with two teams, the colors will remain the same as when Color Lock was enabled up until Ver. 3.1.1.
    • During Tricolor Turf War, the colors will remain the same as when Color Lock was enabled in Ver. 1.2.1 or earlier.
  • Color Lock combination number 2 is a greater adjustment that provides support for cases where it was still difficult to play with Color Lock enabled previously.
    • The color combination will be different from when Color Lock was enabled previously, both when battling with two teams and during Tricolor Turf War battles.
• Adjusted the animation when a Reppin' Inkopolis emote was performed with a splatling equipped.

Changes to Challenges

• Data relating to a new multiplayer mode called Challenges has been added.
  • Challenges are limited-time battles with special rules. They can also serve as online-tournament qualifiers.
  • Players can participate solo or form a group with friends and join together.
  • Challenges can be broken up into as many as 3 time slots so that players from various regions can join. Each time slot will be two hours long.
  • As players battle, their Challenge Power will be calculated, which changes based on the player’s wins and losses during the time slot.
  • Challenge Power will be calculated individually for players who participate solo and as a group for players joining as a group.
  • If a group’s members change, the group will be considered new and Challenge Power will be recalculated.
  • Once a certain amount of time has passed since the end of the Challenge, players will be able to check the lobby terminal to see how high their Challenge Power power was overall.
  • Challenge Power distribution is measured in three divisions: solo, duos, and teams.
    • 3-player groups are considered part of the teams division.
• Made it possible to use the Shell-Out Machine with Shell-Out Tokens.
  • Players who win 5 battles within a Challenge will receive a Shell-Out Token.
  • Players can only earn 1 Shell-Out Token per Challenge.

Changes to Anarchy Battles

• Made it so that Anarchy Power will be calculated for your team as a whole when participating in Anarchy Battle (Open) with friends.
  • Anarchy Power changes based on wins and losses and is reset when modes or stages switch.
  • If a group’s members change, the group will considered new and Anarchy Power will be recalculated.
  • Once a certain amount of time has passed since the mode or stage switched, players will be able to check the lobby terminal to see how high their Anarchy Power was overall.
  • Anarchy Power distribution is measured in two divisions: duos and teams.
    • 3-player groups are considered part of the teams division.
• Greatly changed the matchmaking mechanism in Anarchy Battle (Open) to improve matchmaking efficiency for groups of 2 players.
• Made it possible to select Change Gear, Then Go! after the battle ends in Anarchy Battle (Open).
  • This allows players in a group to change gear while maintaining the group.
• Made it so that selecting Stop after a battle ends will return players to the awaiting Ready! state instead of forcing them to leave the room when participating in Anarchy Battle (Open) with a group with friends.

Changes to Salmon Run

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Supplied Weapon	Change(s)
Dynamo Roller	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by horizontal swings and vertical swings by approximately 25%. Reduced the amount of ink consumed when holding the ZR Button to paint while moving forward by approximately 33%.
Octobrush	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by swinging the brush by approximately 6%.
Big Swig Roller	Increased the damage dealt when holding the ZR Button to ink while moving forward by approximately 42%.
Snipewriter 5H	Increased damage dealt when fully charged by approximately 33%. Reduced the amount of ink consumed when fired without charging by approximately 13%.
Slosher	Increased damage dealt by approximately 40%.
Tenta Brella	Increased the damage per burst shot by approximately 28%. Increased the maximum damage dealt with a single shot to a single target by approximately 47%. Increased damage dealt by the brella by approximately 50%.
Undercover Brella	Increased the maximum damage dealt with a single shot to a single target by approximately 25%. Increased damage dealt by the brella by approximately 25%.
Tri-Stringer	Increased damage dealt at the first charge level by approximately 33%. There is no change to the damage dealt at the second charge level.
REEF-LUX 450	Increased damage dealt when fired without charging by approximately 6%. Increased damage dealt at the first charge level by approximately 40%. There is no change to the damage dealt at the second charge level.

• Doubled the number of fish scales normally obtained after fighting a King Salmonid in a Big Run.
• Made it possible to join Eggstra Work solo.
  • When players join solo, a weapon that does not overlap with the other players will automatically be selected from the weapons available in that round of Eggstra Work.
• When joining Eggstra Work with a group of fewer than 4, other players will be gathered so that it becomes a 4-player attempt.
• Players with similar high scores during that round of Eggstra Work or similar regular job ratings will be gathered.
• Made it so that when a player joins an Eggstra Work group, a weapon that does not overlap with players who are already participating is initially selected.
• Made it clearer when it is not possible to select Ready! because a player has joined an Eggstra Work group and selected a weapon that overlaps with another player.
• Made it so that friends and members from the same Pool will be notified when you set a new high score in a Big Run or Eggstra Work.
  • Players who do not wish to be notified about new high scores can disable it by selecting Options on the main menu and then selecting Other > Lobby Notifications > OFF.
• Adjusted the position where normal Power Eggs appear when a Salmonid is hit with an attack so that they appear from the position where the attack hit.
  • This does not apply to all attacks.
• Made it so that the total number of Golden Eggs deposited and the total number of normal Power Eggs obtained both display when viewing Recent Jobs at Grizzco Industries.
• Made it so that newly added items available for trade using fish scales are clearly marked.

Changes to Tableturf Battle

• Increased the Tableturf Rank limit to 999.
• Adjusted the results announcement screen’s animation to make the winner clearer.
• Made it possible for players to check their own deck or give up after placing a card and waiting for their opponent to make a decision.
• Made it easier to distinguish between cards in the deck and cards not in the deck while on the deck-editing screen.
• Made it so that the player’s win streak in a particular room displays in online matches.
  • When a player leaves the room, their win streak returns to 0.
• Made it possible for the player who created the room to leave even when other players are in an online match.
• Made it possible for other players to continue online matches in a room even after the player who created the room leaves.
• Made it so that when a player is spectating another player’s online match and a different player in the same room begins playing, that information displays on-screen.
• Made it so that when a player is editing their deck in an online match, a speech bubble indicating that they are doing so will appear above their head.
• Changed the control to stop accepting online matches to the B Button.
• Made it so that players will automatically give up if they do not take any actions for a certain amount of time in online matches.

Changes to the Lobby

• Added 3 songs to play in the Battle Lobby: Pop 'n' Schlock, Clashing Colors, and Dorsal Slicer.
• Supported the Room Creation feature of SplatNet 3.
  • Room Creation is a feature in SplatNet 3 for creating Private Battle rooms in advance.
  • When players create a room, they can generate an invitation URL and share it via social media, etc. to invite other players.
  • After creating a room with Room Creation or receiving an invitation to a room that another player created using Room Creation, players can join the room created with Room Creation by selecting Private Battle from the in-game lobby.
• Made it possible to send notifications inviting players to join the group as many times as desired.
  • Once a certain amount of time has passed after sending a notification once, players will be able to send another.
• Made it possible to select Put Away when grabbing a shelf or locker organizer while editing your locker, as long as they aren’t touching any other objects.
• Made it so that food or drink effects that are currently active will display when ordering new food or drinks at Crab-N-Go.
• Made it so that when another player is operating the jukebox in a Private Battle, a speech bubble indicating that they are doing so will appear above their head.
• Made it possible to use some features even during matchmaking, including:
  • Displaying notifications
  • Displaying your Friends menu
  • Displaying ghost details
  • Viewing lockers
  • Rating a player or a locker as Fresh!

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that caused the distance a player could move after spawning onto a stage but before landing on the ground to change if they adjusted the direction of the camera.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused an ink-spray animation to play when a player changed into swim form midair.
• Fixed an issue where it was sometimes difficult to get on top of a wall when swimming up a wall with a grate above it.
• Fixed an issue that made it possible to use throwing-type special weapons slightly faster than intended by activating the special weapon in the interval between pressing the ZR Button and when the ink actually fired.
• Fixed an issue that made it difficult to ink the ground when a blaster was fired while directly adjacent to a wall.
• Fixed an issue where the ink consumed by a horizontal swing of a roller while moving was slightly more than when a horizontal swing was performed while standing still.
• Fixed an issue where the animation appeared to show ink flying on the player’s screen even if another player was using a roller that was out of ink.
• Fixed an issue where the intended sound effect would not play on the player’s screen when another player was swinging a brush while out of ink.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player Super Jumped and opened a brella just before landing, foes who touched that brella and were pushed by it sometimes clipped inside the terrain.
• Fixed an issue where, when brellas with different durabilities clashed and one of them broke, the one that remained sometimes was not damaged.
• Fixed an issue where the area for Splat Brellas and Undercover Brellas blocking enemy shots was smaller than it appeared.
• Fixed an issue where players who fired a Tenta Brella and followed behind it could appear slightly in front of the brella on other players’ screens and be attacked. The issue has been mitigated by increasing the thickness of the area of a fired brella that protects against enemy fire.
• Fixed an issue where Undercover Brellas did not recharge after defeating an enemy or assisting in defeating an enemy if the player used a special weapon.
• Fixed an issue where the animation appeared to show ink flying on the player’s screen even if another player was using a splatana that was out of ink.
• Fixed an issue where there was a roughly 1/60 second delay before the explosion when a Fizzy Bomb hit an enemy’s Splash Wall or similar barrier.
• Fixed an issue where an enemy player inside a Big Bubbler sometimes took damage when a sub weapon hit the Big Bubbler and destroyed it.
• Fixed an issue where Angle Shooters sometimes rebounded in unintended ways when used on a surface with a slight elevation difference.
• Fixed an issue where the Zipcaster arm didn’t pass through the perimeter fence on certain stages.
• Fixed an issue where players who used the Zipcaster to attach to the wall while their feet were in enemy ink would continue to take damage even though their feet were not on the ground.
• Fixed an issue where some animations wouldn’t display when looking inside a Tacticooler through the glass.
• Fixed an issue where the projectiles from some throwing-type sub weapons would not land in the correct spot when thrown to the space between a Tacticooler and terrain.
• Fixed an issue where players were unable to set up Tacticoolers on certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue where Tacticoolers set up on moving towers sometimes disappeared immediately after being set up.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of ink spraying from another player’s Inkjet occasionally didn’t show on the player’s screen.
• Fixed an issue where the controller didn’t rumble when an enemy’s Tenta Missiles locked onto the player or a nearby ally.
• Fixed an issue where the sound of the player taking damage played consecutively when they used the Ultra Stamp within the area of effect of an enemy’s Ink Storm.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player sent a Booyah! in certain situations (like when they were splatted) and an ally’s special gauge didn’t increase, the ally’s special gauge would appear to have increased when they sent a Booyah!
• Fixed an issue where another player’s position occasionally appeared to move unnaturally on the player’s screen when that player touched terrain while using a Booyah Bomb and was pushed away.
• Fixed an issue where a player who used a Booyah Bomb under a tower’s grate would sometimes be pushed away by the tower and clip inside terrain. This was fixed by making it so that the player can pass through the grate.
• Fixed an issue where walls were sometimes not inked properly when players activated a Kraken Royale near the wall and then immediately climbed it.
• Fixed an issue where players occasionally landed in an unintended spot after Super Jumping to an ally who was submerged in ink on the side of a tower.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where multiple sound effects played when the player got in between the Rainmaker shield and terrain with a Kraken Royale.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where a minimum charge Rainmaker shot was automatically fired when players obtained the Rainmaker immediately before firing certain main weapons.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where the unevenness of ink did not display as intended on certain terrain.
• Fixed a rare issue where an inkrail would sometimes vanish if the player hit the inkrail start point with an attack right before the inkrail stopped working.
• Adjusted the color of Tri-Stringer shots lodged in the terrain during Splatfests so that it’s easier to tell which team fired them.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of marking an enemy with weapons like the Point Sensor displayed darker than intended on certain stages during Splatfests.
• Fixed an issue where Sprinklers placed on the side or bottom of a tower would unnaturally ink the top of the tower.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where fully charged Rainmaker shots did not explode immediately when they touched a brella after coming in contact with terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where the special usage was not counted when the Rainmaker was obtained after throwing a Tacticooler but before it was set up.
• Fixed a rare issue in Clam Blitz mode that caused terrain not to be inked in certain spots when hit with a power clam.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode that caused the animation indicating a clam’s location to not display in certain spots even when the clam’s location was inked.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where it sometimes became impossible to obtain clams or power clams despite repeatedly picking up and throwing them while on an unstable connection.
• Fixed an issue in Undertow Spillway in Rainmaker mode where a “DON’T RETREAT!” warning would be triggered in some spots even if the team was advancing with the Rainmaker.
• Fixed an issue in Mincemeat Metalworks that allowed players to stay on top of grates in certain areas while in swim form.
• Fixed an issue in Hagglefish Market where it was possible to set up Ink Mines in certain spots that cannot be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Hagglefish Market in Clam Blitz mode where players could infiltrate the enemy base in an unintended way by using inkrails.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where players who used a Zipcaster to land on top of rotating terrain couldn’t stop at that location.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino where players who used Inkjet to land on top of rotating terrain could float up higher than intended.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d'Alfonsino that sometimes caused Tacticoolers thrown near the rotating terrain to disappear as soon as they were set up.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino in Tower Control mode that sometimes caused players to clip into the terrain when Super Jumping near the rotating terrain at certain times.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy that prevented players from submerging in ink on the edges of some terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy that sometimes caused sub weapons thrown on certain spots to stop on those spots.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard in Turf War mode that allowed players to ink the bottom of certain boxes that were not intended to be inked, which increased players’ special gauges and earned them points.
• Fixed an issue in MakoMart that made some of the terrain look like it could be inked even though it couldn’t.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that caused some animations to not display when looking through glass.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that allowed players to submerge in terrain that was not intended to be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs that allowed players to choose to spawn in a spot outside of the stage, causing them to immediately fall.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs in Rainmaker mode that sometimes caused the animation above checkpoints and goals to not display correctly.
• Fixed an issue in Flounder Heights in Rainmaker mode where the tops of certain boxes weren’t treated as areas the Rainmaker couldn’t enter.
• Adjusted the placement of a box on the high ground in Um'ami Ruins in Tower Control mode to fix an issue that allowed players to use Kraken Royale and unforeseen methods to get to the high ground near the spawn point.
• Adjusted the placement of the goal in Um'ami Ruins in Clam Blitz mode to fix an issue where players could throw clams into the goal from unintended locations.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria where players could stand on the narrow ledge above the mast.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria that sometimes caused sub weapons thrown on certain spots to stop on those spots.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria that caused some terrain that was not intended to be inked to appear inkable in certain spots on the Turf Map.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria that caused players to be treated as if they had fallen off the stage and splatted if they were submerged in ink before moving to the floor in certain areas.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented players from being able to throw or deposit eggs in the egg basket if they were carrying a Golden Egg and approached the egg basket while pressing the A Button.
• Fixed an issue where a Golden Egg would appear to stay in place if a player who was carrying it while using the Inkjet entered swim form and then was splatted by a Salmonid.
• Fixed an issue where the explosion from a Steelhead or Horrorboros bomb would launch a Drizzler’s projectile back at it.
• Fixed an issue where the player would be splatted if a Flyfish’s container was broken and the player got close to the broken part.
• Fixed an issue that caused the number of Power Eggs a player earned from breaking a Flyfish’s container to differ depending on the order in which they were broken.
• Fixed an issue where the controller did not rumble when a Flyfish’s Tenta Missiles locked onto the player or a nearby ally.
• Fixed an issue that prevented a Flyfish from exploding even if it was hit with its own missiles.
• Fixed an issue that caused Flyfish to spawn at a lower height than intended.
• Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, the inside of a Flipper-Flopper’s ring would quickly appear to have been inked, even if it mostly hadn’t.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a Flipper-Flopper to land on top of the egg basket.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented a player who was being targeted by a Flipper-Flopper from earning Power Eggs even after they stopped it from diving.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the game to slow down when a player got on top of a Slammin' Lid.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a Slammin' Lid that was splatted above a grate to fall beneath the grate and Golden Eggs to appear under the grate.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented rollers from dealing damage to Slammin' Lids with a rolling attack.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Slammin' Lids to pass through the terrain when they attacked in certain spots.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players to clip under the terrain if they attacked a Big Shot while touching it.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused multiple Big Shots to spawn from the same spot.
• When playing a job scenario with a special Fog wave, we made it so that the order in which Goldies appear and the corresponding number of Golden Eggs it leaves when defeated will be as close to the same as possible.
• Fixed an issue in special Fog waves where the number of Goldies that spawned was lower than intended in rare cases.
• Fixed an issue in special Mothership waves where the position of the Mothership was sometimes different for each player.
• Fixed an issue in special Cohock Charge waves that made a cannon unusable if a player was splatted as soon as they entered it.
• Fixed an issue in special Giant Tornado waves that sometimes caused the second box to be damaged as soon as it appeared.
• Fixed an issue in Spawning Grounds that sometimes caused Golden Eggs to fall in places that made it hard for players to collect them.
• Fixed an issue in Spawning Grounds that sometimes allowed Grillers to pass over higher elevations than they should normally be able to.
• Fixed an issue in Spawning Grounds that sometimes caused Maws to sink into the terrain and not be able to come out.
• Fixed an issue in Gone Fission Hydroplant that sometimes caused a Flyfish to overlap with a Fish Stick and prevent players from breaking its container.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner's Bay that sometimes caused Maws to sink into the terrain and not be able to come out.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner's Bay that sometimes caused Golden Eggs to fall in places that made it hard for players to collect them.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to only be able to collect 5 bonuses from a single job when they earned enough Grizzco Points to collect 6 or more bonuses.

Fixes to Tableturf Battle

• Fixed an issue that caused rotated cards to go back to their initial position if the player selected “Cancel” on the “Giving up?” screen to go back to the game.
• Mitigated an issue that caused a communication error to occur for players doing online battles in the same room for about 2 hours by extending the time it takes for an error to occur to 4 hours.
  • We will consider adding a fix in a future update that prevents a communication error from occurring even if players stay in the same room for an even longer period of time.
• Fixed an issue that caused the spectators and players to see different things for an extended period of time when the connection was unstable in online battles.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue in the “Splatfest Top 100” part of “Splatfest Stats” in SplatNet 3 where, if 2 or more players were tied to the nearest decimal point, the player who recorded their score first would be displayed beneath any players who recorded their scores later.
  • This fix will also be applied to the ranking order of Splatfests that were held in the past.
• Fixed a rare issue that caused the conversation about Splatfest results to not display when tuning into the Anarchy Splatcast at the exact time that the Splatfest result announcement began.
• Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash if the player selected “Watch Splatcast” while a Splatfest news flash was playing somewhere other than the lobby.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the number of Times Splatted to differ between battle replays and battle stats if a player was splatted right before the end of a battle.
• Fixed an issue where, if a communication error occurred while fast-forwarding in a battle replay, the subsequent audio would remain fast.
• Fixed an issue that caused certain hairstyles to appear differently than intended when the Special-Forces Beret was equipped.
• Fixed an issue that caused some shoes to not display correctly when placed in a locker.
• Fixed some emote icons that made it difficult to determine what the emote was.

Emote	Before	After	Notes
Who's Next?			The icon was resized to fit to scale better.
Rootin' Tootin'			One of the Inkling's hair tentacles was slightly straightened out. The change is miniscule.
Wave 'Em Off			The icon's pose was drastically changed to fit its equivalent animation better for clarity's sake.

• Fixed an issue where, if a friend created a room for a Private Job, it would display as Salmon Run on the Friends menu, making it hard to tell that it was actually a Private Job room.

Unlisted Changes

• Deep Cut will now give out stage-specific dialogue during the Anarchy Splatcast, just like how the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook did in the previous games.
• Certain Salmon Run rotations can have a King Salmonid chosen randomly whenever an Xtrawave occurs.
• The texturing for the ZedFry Slip-Ons has been corrected so that they don't appear to be completely inked while standing in ink, a bug of which was present since their introduction in Fresh Season 2023.

Version 3.0.0 to 3.1.1	Version 4.0.0

• Text for exiting The Crater and Alterna was changed again. This change was likely done because "Back to Surface" was unusual to say in The Crater, which is already the surface.

	Version 3.1.1	Version 4.0.0
Manhole text	Back to Surface	Back to City
Menu text	Back to the surface?	Back to the city?

• The name of the Tower Control Tableturf Battle card was changed.

Version 3.1.1	Version 4.0.0
Tower Control	Tower Control Tower

(Source: Tableturf Battle Server on Twitter)

4.0.1 (2 June 2023)

Minor bug fixes for certain weapons.

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where jumping with the B Button and holding down the ZR Button while landing would cause rapid-fire shots to have a greater range than intended when using a Squeezer.
• Fixed an issue when opening or closing brellas where the targeting reticle did not always reflect the change.

4.0.2 (14 June 2023)

Minor bug fixes, as well as adressing issues introduced in version 4.0.0 that made the game run slower than usual.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where the game would run slower than expected during battles compared to Ver. 3.1.1 or earlier.
• Took measures to fix an issue in Clam Blitz mode where, if a player passed a clam or power clam to an ally standing in front of the goal, that clam or power clam would remain in the ally’s possession even if it was counted as going into the goal.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode that sometimes caused a clam to not travel according to the predicted trajectory line shown by pressing the button to throw it.
• Fixed an issue in Anarchy Battle (Open) that always caused a communication error to occur when joining a group with friends, depending on the status of the group’s members.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where the game would run slower than expected during shifts compared to Ver. 3.1.1 or earlier.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the game would run slower than expected in Splatsville compared to Ver. 3.1.1 or earlier.

4.1.0 (27 July 2023)

Balance adjustments, bug fixes, and general improvements.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Aerospray MG Aerospray RG	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by approximately 9%.
Splattershot Tentatek Splattershot Hero Shot Replica	Reduced the scatter of shots while on land by approximately 17%. This also includes midair shot-scatter reduction from the Intensify Action gear ability. The midair ink scatter will now be closer to the effect while shooting on land.
N-ZAP '85 N-ZAP '89	Reduced the scatter of shots while on land by approximately 17%. This also includes midair shot-scatter reduction from the Intensify Action gear ability. The midair ink scatter will now be closer to the effect while shooting on land.
Splattershot Pro Forge Splattershot Pro	Increased the radius of the ink splatter at the point of impact by approximately 8%.
Luna Blaster Luna Blaster Neo	Reduced the scatter of shots midair by approximately 25%. Also made midair shot-scatter reduction from the Intensify Action gear ability easier to activate even with a smaller number of gear abilities. The midair ink scatter will now be closer to the effect while shooting on land. The effect gained from equipping the maximum number of Intensify Action gear abilities will not change.
Dynamo Roller	Reduced the amount of time it takes for ink to begin recovering after a horizontal or vertical swing by about 1/6 of a second.
Painbrush	Reduced the amount of ink consumed when swinging the brush by approximately 25%. Reduced the amount of ink consumed when holding the ZR Button to paint while moving ahead by approximately 25%.
Goo Tuber	Adjusted the display indicating the charge amount to make it easier to tell when it will exceed 100.0 damage dealt.
Bloblobber	Increased the radius of ink splatter at the point of impact and from ink spray by approximately 10%.
Tri-Stringer	Increased the damage dealt to opponents by the explosions of shots lodged in the terrain from 28.0 to 30.0. Increased movement speed while charging and while fully charged by approximately 13%.

• Specifications for some sub weapons have changed.

Sub Weapon	Change(s)
Sprinkler	Extended the duration of the state where the ink is strongest immediately after placement by approximately 3 seconds.
Angle Shooter	Increased the damage dealt to opponents by direct hits from 35.0 to 40.0.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change(s)
Trizooka	Increased the damage dealt by explosions from 40.0 to 60.0.
Ink Vac	Increased the radius of the ink-shot explosion by approximately 50% when the amount of the opponent’s ink that was sucked up is at the minimum. Increased the radius of the ink-shot explosion by approximately 25% when the amount of the opponent’s ink that was sucked up is at the maximum.
Super Chump	Increased the amount of damage dealt to players caught in an explosion near a decoy from 60.0 to 70.0 and increased the radius of that area by approximately 38%. Increased the radius of the decoy explosion area that deals 35.0 damage by approximately 20%.
Inkjet	Decreased the radius of the explosion area that deals 50.0 damage by approximately 15%. No changes to the radius of the area that deals 30.0 damage.

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Clash Blaster Neo	180	170
Carbon Roller	180	170
Rapid Blaster Pro Deco	180	190
Tri-Slosher Nouveau	180	190
Mini Splatling	180	190
Ballpoint Splatling	200	210

Changes to the Lobby

• Made it possible to join a room even when a Private Battle is in progress if there is a spot available.
  • In this case, the new player will be able to participate starting with the next battle.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where the player could jump higher than normal by performing certain inputs to do a Squid Roll while swimming on a wall holding the B Button.
• Fixed an issue where the back side of the terrain occasionally displayed when the player jumped in front of certain terrain, making it hard to see the screen.
• Fixed an issue where players could appear in an unintended state to other players and not correctly take damage when using an unstable wireless connection.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where players with the Rainmaker could appear to not have the Rainmaker in their possession to other players when using an unstable wireless connection.
• Fixed an issue where certain sloshers were occasionally not inking walls correctly.
• Fixed an issue where a player behind a brella would sometimes take damage and explode when the tip of the brella touched a fully charged Rainmaker shot after impact or a stationary bomb.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where communication errors occurred easily when hitting a Big Bubbler or the Rainmaker shield repeatedly with Killer Wail 5.1 when using an unstable wireless connection.
• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where sponges and inkrails did not respond when hit directly by a fully charged Rainmaker shot.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where overtime occasionally did not occur even though the leading team’s power clam remained on the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where clams or power clams occasionally increased when multiple players with unstable wireless connections attempted to acquire them.
• Fixed an issue in Eeltail Alley where it was possible to ink under certain obstacles and have it count as turf inked.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort where it was possible to ink under certain obstacles and have it count as turf inked.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy in Rainmaker mode where there were points where the goal distance did not change as intended.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard in Tower Control mode where players could be pushed by the tower and become stuck inside terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria in Tower Control mode that caused players to occasionally clip into terrain when doing a Super Jump to the top of the tower in certain positions.
• Fixed an issue in Barnacle & Dime where it was possible to ink under certain obstacles and have it count as turf inked.
• Fixed an issue in Barnacle & Dime in Tower Control mode where players could be pushed by the tower and become stuck inside terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Humpback Pump Track where it was possible to ink under certain obstacles and have it count as turf inked.
• Fixed an issue in Humpback Pump Track where Wave Breakers disappeared when set in certain areas.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where it was difficult to deal damage to Drizzlers with the horizontal slash of the Grizzco Splatana.
• Fixed an issue where inking the majority of the Flipper-Flopper ring’s interior occasionally didn’t register.
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused a Flipper-Flopper to land on top of the egg basket.
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused Salmonids that appeared in the wave after a special Rush wave to have the same health as Rush-wave Salmonids.
• Fixed an issue in Jammin’ Salmon Junction that caused grates to obstruct the player’s vision by making it possible to see through them when they appear in front of the player.
• Fixed an issue in Jammin' Salmon Junction where Salmonids occasionally became stuck on Big Shot cannons and Fish Sticks. This was done by adjusting the position of the Big Shot cannons and Fish Sticks on the map.
• Fixed an issue in Jammin' Salmon Junction where the Golden Egg that appears after defeating a Snatcher in certain positions occasionally clipped into the terrain or a Fish Stick.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue in Tricolor Turf War where players occasionally appeared to hold the Ultra Signal in a position away from where it was placed when using an unstable wireless connection.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the lobby jukebox would occasionally play the wrong song immediately before matchmaking ends.
• Fixed an issue that halted matchmaking if a player in the lobby had the “Save to amiibo” confirmation screen open in the Equip menu.
• Fixed an issue that caused notifications to be resent after a player in the lobby did recon in a Private Battle.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s alias setting was occasionally ignored and their regular player name was displayed when they were in a Private Battle room performing certain actions within the lobby menu or the Equip screen.
• Fixed an issue in the Sheldon Sampler Challenge where the amount of turf inked and number of wins were added to the weapon equipped in the lobby before the start of the match.

5.0.0 (31 August 2023)

Released to coincide with Drizzle Season 2023.

Season and Catalog Changes

Added data for Drizzle Season 2023, which started on 1 September 2023. This includes:

• A new catalog, including new gear, titles, banners, decorations, stickers, and emotes.
• Two new battle stages: Crableg Capital and Shipshape Cargo Co.
• Two new main weapons: Dread Wringer and Heavy Edit Splatling.
• Eight new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons, including the Gold Dynamo Roller, which was shown in promotional material.
• A returning Salmon Run stage: Salmonid Smokeyard.
• Twelve new Tableturf Battle cards.

Changes to Gear

• Introduced the "Adjust Gear" feature to wear selected headgear and T-shirts in new ways by pressing the Y button on any supported gear.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Two songs performed by H2Whoa were added to play in battles: Ripstop & Go and Aquasonic.
• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Splat Brella Sorella Brella	Reduced the recovery time for brellas lost as a result of being launched or broken from 6.5 seconds to 5.5 seconds.
Undercover Brella	Reduced the recovery time for broken brellas from 4.5 seconds to 4.0 seconds.
REEF-LUX 450	Narrowed the spread angle when fired without charging by approximately 30%. Narrowed the spread angle when fired while charged one level by approximately 29%.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change(s)
Killer Wail 5.1	If there is no target it can lock onto in the area of effect, it will now lock onto the target last in the area of effect. Added a display indicator and sound effect to clarify the locked-on target when the lasers are fired.
Zipcaster	Now possible to attach closer to the ground than before. Increased the damage dealt by the explosion from colliding with the ground. The radius of that explosion has increased by approximately 50%.
Tacticooler	Extended the cooldown time for the special gauge after placing a Tacticooler from 7.5 seconds to 10 seconds.

• Specifications for some gear abilities have changed.

Gear Ability	Change(s)
Tenacity	Increased the speed at which the special gauge fills while the conditions are met.
Last-Ditch Effort	Reduced the maximum amount of effect for the ability increase while the conditions are met from the equivalent of 2.4 primary abilities to 1.8 primary abilities. /Secondary abilities are the equivalent effect of 0.3 primary abilities.

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
N-ZAP '85	180	190
Annaki Splattershot Nova	200	210

• When X Power, Challenge Power, Anarchy Power, or Splatfest Power calculations are complete, if the results exceed the maximum value for the initial calculated results value, a small amount of the excess value will be added to the calculated results.
• Made it so that in Challenges where rankings are sometimes announced, such as Monthly Challenges or New Season Challenges, battles will not end as no contest when a player disconnects immediately after the start of the battle when either team is comprised of a group of four members.
  • This change is to prevent wasting Challenge time with no-contest battles due to the other team disconnecting.

Changes to Salmon Run

• Added a new weapon, Grizzco Dualies.
• Made it so that different Grizzco weapons appear, even within the same shift, when a green ? mark is shown on the weapon.
• Added items that can be exchanged for fish scales.

Changes to Splatfests

• Made it possible to select different stages, even during the same time period, with Splatfest Battle (Open) and Splatfest Battle (Pro).
• New Splatfest battle song: Big Betrayal, performed by Deep Cut; interestingly, it has another part of the song led by Shiver that can’t be heard in battle since only two minutes play before Now or Never! starts.
• Made it so that the song playing in the lobby will change to Maritime Memory or the new song Daybreaker Anthem a certain amount of time after the Splatfest ends, depending on the city the player is visiting.
  • That song will play in the Splatsville and Inkopolis common areas as well as the lobby from the end of the Splatfest until the Splatfest results are announced.
• Added badges players can get based on the number of 10x Battles they participate in or win during Splatfests; they all share the same unlock requirements, regardless of the team of their choosing.

Changes to Tableturf Battle

• Made it possible to sort cards by “Rarity.”
• Changed the default sorting for Edit Deck and Test Placement to “Sort by Spaces.”

Changes to the Lobby

• Made it so that players will receive a notification when a friend uploads a battle replay.
  • By opening the notification, players can download the battle replay without entering a code.
  • These notifications will only be sent to friends.
• Made it so that friends and players in the same Pool will be notified when one gets a rare prize from the Shell-Out Machine.
• Made it possible to use the Shell-Out Machine while in a Private Battle room, as long as the teams have not yet been decided.
• Made it so that when one player begins matchmaking and members have gathered but there is a communication error, matchmaking is automatically reattempted once instead of being suspended as a result of the error.

Other Changes

• Added approximately 160 decorations and 140 stickers to Hotlantis.
• Added approximately 80 Splashtag banners and 400 titles that you can get from the Shell-Out Machine, etc.
• Made it possible to start recon directly from the Stages screen on the main menu.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to climb unclimbable walls in rare cases when performing certain actions right after doing a Squid Roll off a wall.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player entered an inkrail while storing a charge shot, the light indicating the stored shot sometimes persisted on other players’ screens at the location where the player entered the inkrail.
• Fixed an issue where repeated, fully charged Snipewriter 5H shots at walls did not ink the walls as intended.
• Fixed an issue where player movement from a dualie Dodge Roll sometimes halted at the point where a grate meets the ground.
• Fixed an issue where brellas faced further downward than normal when opened while walking diagonally forward.
• Fixed an issue where, when defeating an enemy or assisting an ally in defeating an enemy while attempting to open the Undercover Brella, the brella’s durability sometimes did not recover.
• Fixed an issue where the position-indicator icon ceased displaying for the first Ink Mine placed after entering a stage.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player sent a Booyah! or This way! signal immediately after another player threw a clam or Golden Egg, the other player did not appear to take the Booyah! or This way! pose on the thrower’s screen.
• Made changes to lessen the frequency of an issue where if a player presses the ZR Button to fire a Trizooka shot, it sometimes seems that the next Trizooka shot won’t be fired if the player quickly presses the ZR Button.
• Fixed an issue where if a player continuously pressed the ZR Button to fire a Trizooka shot after firing a Trizooka shot, in rare cases, the shot would not be fired.
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to respawn with their special gauge slightly filled if they were splatted right after firing their third Trizooka shot, despite having used the entire special weapon.
• Fixed an issue that caused the player to respawn with their special gauge slightly filled if they were splatted right after throwing their third Triple Inkstrike shot, despite having used the entire special weapon.
• Fixed an issue that caused the lock-on cursor to be displayed for longer than usual if the player performed a Super Jump right after activating the Killer Wail 5.1 and locking onto a target.
• Fixed an issue where if a player aimed the Zipcaster down at the ground nearby, they wouldn’t be able to zip to that location, despite the sight making it appear to be a viable zip target.
• Fixed an issue that caused players who activated the Inkjet or Zipcaster near certain fences to be pushed off the stage when they returned to their original spot after the effect ended.
• Fixed an issue that caused the weapon and gear an enemy had equipped to be displayed in unintended locations when they got splatted while using the Zipcaster or trying for the Ultra Signal.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players to get raised up if another player activated a Booyah Bomb nearby, allowing players to pass over higher obstacles than they should normally be able to.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue that caused ink rain to continue falling for a certain amount of time after the end of a battle in rare cases if the Ink Storm was made at the same time that the battle ended.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode that caused clams and power clams to disappear before they hit the floor when dropped from a certain height.
• Fixed an issue in Scorch Gorge that unintentionally allowed players to climb certain obstacles. (Stage name was corrected on August 31, 2023.)
• Fixed an issue in Eeltail Alley that allowed ink to pass through certain walls when fired from the outer perimeter of the stage while using things like the Inkjet.
• Fixed an issue in Mincemeat Metalworks that sometimes allowed shots to pass through the terrain when fired at where it met certain walls.
• Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge where it was sometimes possible to set Ink Mines on certain un-inkable floors.
• Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino in Tower Control and Rainmaker mode where it was possible to ink the floor under certain boxes, increasing the special gauge and adding points.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy in Rainmaker mode where foes behind certain thin walls sometimes took damage when a Rainmaker shot was fired at those walls.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard where it was sometimes possible to set Ink Mines on certain un-inkable floors.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard where it was not possible to swim on certain walls even when inked.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where, while moving around the perimeter of the central high ground in swim form, it was possible to get on top of areas without places to stand.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where players sometimes became unable to move when attempting to Super Jump while on top of the orange cones.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs where it was possible to see players on certain floors through the glass of display cases below the floor.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria where it was possible to get into unintended areas.
• Fixed an issue in Barnacle & Dime where some boxes placed on the stage were not displaying on the Turf Map.
• Fixed an issue in Humpback Pump Track where the appearance of certain walls did not change even when inked.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where players sometimes clipped into terrain when the position of a Reefslider’s explosion overlapped with a Scrapper.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player defeated a Scrapper in a single attack, the Scrapper sometimes appeared to other players to move as if sliding before being defeated.
• Fixed an issue where Flipper-Flopper rings sometimes overlapped with the sea, making them difficult to ink back.
• Fixed an issue in Sockeye Station where Maws sometimes got stuck at certain positions in the water and would not come out.
• Fixed an issue in Sockeye Station and Jammin' Salmon Junction that sometimes caused players to clip into terrain when pushed by a Flyfish that appeared from certain positions.
• Fixed an issue in Gone Fission Hydroplant where Tenta Brellas’ launched brellas sometimes disappeared.
• Fixed an issue in Jammin' Salmon Junction where Salmonids sometimes got stuck on walls during special Rush waves.
• Fixed an issue in Jammin' Salmon Junction where Golden Eggs that appeared at certain positions sometimes got buried in walls.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue where, when Keep Going was selected after winning a 100x Battle or 333x Battle, sometimes the stages did not change even when the scheduled update time arrived.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where selecting certain titles in certain languages caused the game to crash.
• Fixed an issue with title selection where shuffling and selecting a title at the same time, then selecting a new title would sometimes cause a different title to be displayed.
• Fixed an issue where, when a friend dropped in while players were playing Regular Battle, the screen for selecting whether to continue did not indicate that a player was waiting to join.
• Fixed an issue where pressing the L Button to open the menu at certain times while using a weapon in the lobby, Grizzco, or the Shoal sometimes caused the player’s controls and weapon-related animations to cease working properly.
• Fixed an issue in multiplayer Tableturf Battle where players were sometimes determined to be inactive and disconnected when they opened their own deck’s Card List after finalizing a card’s position, then waited for their opponent to finalize for a long time without input.
• Fixed an issue in Private Battles via the Shoal where players’ nicknames did not change, even if Use amiibo Username was enabled, if the player’s current equipment matched the weapons and gear recorded on the scanned amiibo.

Unlisted Changes

• The animations associated with the "Try" feature in shops now loop indefinitely until the player presses down on the R stick again. Whether this is a deliberate change or not is currently unknown.
• The "SQDNOV character" sticker's name was changed to "SONOV-YR character".
• Reactions from drinking at the Tacticooler from other players on the team are now audible.
• Two new Tricolor Turf War stages: Brinewater Springs and Manta Maria, to be used for later.
• Victory and Defeat themes for the first-anniversary Splatfest (Shiver vs. Frye vs. Big Man) were added, being based on the team the players had chosen.
• Special Splatfest codenames were added in this update:
  • ODEN (Shiver vs. Frye vs. Big Man)
  • MAPLE (Zombie vs. Skeleton vs. Ghost, has special ink effect)
  • STOVE (Friends vs. Family vs. Solo, has special ink effect)
  • DUMPLING
  • SWEET
• The resource size table was changed to use the final filesystem instead of the development filesystem. It's unknown how this was figured out and happened, but it could have been due to an upgrade seen in Splatoon 3's engine, ModuleSystem.
• Text for the game running out of memory has been changed.

Version 4.1.0 and before	Version 5.0.0
Not enough memory available.	Whoa! There's a bit too much going on at the moment. Let's go back to where you were before and take care of it...

5.0.1 (15 September 2023)

Released to coincide with the new trailer for Side Order, with some bug fixes.

Changes to DLC

• Players who own the Expansion Pass will now be able to collect an exclusive Off the Hook banner from the lobby terminal, once the update is applied and while connected to the Internet.

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that allowed players to climb unclimbable walls in rare cases when performing certain actions right after doing a Squid Roll from a wall.
• Slightly adjusted the sounds the Heavy Edit Splatling makes while fully charged and while firing after being fully charged.
• Fixed an issue that caused Trizooka wielders to appear as if they were overlapping with the Trizooka itself after doing a Squid Roll from a wall.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that prevented Zipcaster users from sticking to parts of the terrain in the center of the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. that sometimes caused players to be submerged in water when landing on certain spots on the stage.

5.1.0 (18 October 2023)

Balance adjustments and bug fixes; also released in preparation for the Splatoween Splatfest (Zombie vs. Skeleton vs. Ghost).

Changes to Splatfests

Data relating to the Splatoween Splatfest was added, which included:

• Four themed headgear items: Undead Head, The Plankton Walker, Swim Reaper, and Bleak Beak.
• Layouts of Inkopolis and Splatsville during the event, plus the Squid Sisters' and Deep Cut's outfits.
• Exclusive music for use in the city and during battles.

Changes to Multiplayer

• The terrain of Mahi-Mahi Resort was heavily revised in all modes, being the first stage in the game to be reworked. The old version of this stage remained in the game files, however.

Mode	3.0.0 to 5.0.1	5.1.0
Turf War
Splat Zones
Tower Control
Rainmaker
Clam Blitz

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change Details
Splattershot Jr. Custom Splattershot Jr.	Movement speed while firing is now about 6% faster.
L-3 Nozzlenose L-3 Nozzlenose D	The reduction in damage based on how long a shot takes to reach its target is now more gradual.
H-3 Nozzlenose H-3 Nozzlenose D	The reduction in damage based on how long a shot takes to reach its target is now more gradual.
S-BLAST '92	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by approximately 15% Made midjump shot-scatter reduction (which brings it closer to scatter levels while shooting on land) from the Intensify Action gear ability easier to activate even with a smaller number of gear abilities. The effect gained from equipping the maximum number of Intensify Action gear abilities will not change.
Carbon Roller Carbon Roller Deco	Widened the angle at which horizontal swings deal maximum damage.
Splat Roller Krak-On Splat Roller	Widened the angle at which horizontal swings deal maximum damage.
Painbrush	Reduced the amount of time it takes for ink to begin recovering after swinging the brush by about 1/6 of a second. The reduction in damage based on how far a shot travels before hitting an enemy has been adjusted, allowing the weapon to deal 50.0 damage/33.4 damage farther than it did before.
Mini Splatling Zink Mini Splatling	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by approximately 13%.
Hydra Splatling	Movement speed while charging is now about 10% faster. Increased firing duration by roughly 8%.
Glooga Dualies	The reduction in damage based on how long a shot takes to reach its target is now more gradual.

• Specifications for some sub weapons have changed.

Sub Weapon	Change Details
Curling Bomb	Reduced the amount of ink consumed when using a standard ink tank from 70% to 65%.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Special Weapon	Change Details
Killer Wail 5.1	Increased damage dealt by approximately 17%.
Kraken Royale	Movement speed while not charged is now roughly 11% faster.
Trizooka	Reduced the damage dealt by explosions from 60.0 to 53.0.
Tenta Missiles	Decreased the radius of the explosion area that deals 30.0 damage by approximately 15%.

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Aerospray RG	200	190
Rapid Blaster	200	190
Big Swig Roller	200	190
Squeezer	200	210
Tri-Slosher Nouveau	190	200
Custom Dualie Squelchers	200	210
Splatana Stamper	200	210

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where the sound effect that indicates that the special gauge is full wouldn’t play when the player closed the Turf Map at the same time as the special gauge filled.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s brella sometimes wouldn’t recover if they activated a special weapon immediately before the brella was destroyed.
• Fixed an issue where the Angle Shooter occasionally ricocheted incorrectly when fired at terrain that isn’t perfectly level.
• Fixed an issue where it was sometimes impossible to destroy an enemy’s Sprinkler with a bomb when the bomb and Sprinkler overlapped.
• Fixed issues that could occur when the Crab Tank effect ends, such as the player being at a slightly raised position and able to climb terrain at an unintended height or being unable to smoothly use Squid Surge immediately after the end of the effect.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s jump height was lower than normal when they extended a Zipcaster arm to attach to a wall while their feet were in enemy ink and then jumped immediately afterward.
• Fixed an issue where an enemy’s Wave Breaker would sometimes still appear on their own screen even if another player used an Ink Vac to suck up and extinguish it.
• Fixed an issue where, when a player used a Booyah Bomb at the same time as they blocked an enemy’s attack using the armor from a Squid Roll, Squid Surge, or Squid Spawn, the armor from the Booyah Bomb sometimes would not apply properly.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode where “They have the Rainmaker!” and “They lost the Rainmaker!” announcements sometimes didn’t display when a player was defeated immediately after another player acquired the Rainmaker.
• Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where, when a clam or power clam that rebounded off terrain entered the other team’s basket at the same time as it touched a teammate, the teammate would acquire the clam or power clam that should have gone in the basket, despite the fact that it counted as a score.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where a player could clip into certain terrain and become stuck when they used a Reefslider while facing the terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Flounder Heights in Tower Control mode where players sometimes clipped into terrain and became stuck.
• Fixed an issue in Humpback Pump Track in Rainmaker mode where there were places where the countdown would not get faster when a player returned the Rainmaker to their own base.
• Fixed an issue in Manta Maria where performing a Dodge Roll toward the mast immediately after entering swim form while on top of the grate in the center of the stage sometimes caused the player to clip into the mast and get stuck.
• Fixed an issue in Crableg Capital that prevented players from inking certain walls.
• Fixed an issue in Crableg Capital where certain bombs would sometimes become stuck and not explode when thrown at certain locations on top of the railing.
• Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. where a player’s Tenta Brella would sometimes vanish immediately when launched.
• Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. in Rainmaker mode where there were places where the countdown would not get faster, even inside areas that the Rainmaker is not allowed to enter.
• Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. in Rainmaker mode where there were places where the countdown would not get faster when a player returned the Rainmaker to their own base.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where a player would occasionally not be able to pick up a new Golden Egg until the end of the wave when they delivered a Golden Egg without throwing it and then immediately picked up another Golden Egg and threw that egg to deliver it.
• Fixed an issue where the Wave Breaker would sometimes remain without vanishing when a player threw it at a Flyfish’s cockpit.
• Implemented measures to address an issue in special Rush waves where players sometimes took damage from Salmonids if they were moving forward at high speed while splatting the Salmonid with a roller.
• Fixed an issue in special Griller waves where attacking the exposed weak point with a charger sometimes did not deal any damage when the Griller was turning in place.
• Fixed an issue in Salmonid Smokeyard where the game would slow down when a player swam on certain walls while being targeted by Salmonids.
• Fixed an issue in Salmonid Smokeyard where Maws sometimes passed through the interior of the terrain to appear suddenly at the player’s feet.
• Fixed an issue in Salmonid Smokeyard where Scrappers were sometimes unable to exit the lift after boarding.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue where certain animations did not match the tempo of the music during Splatfests in Inkopolis.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where a player’s locker might not display properly and they would not be able to return to the edit screen if they started editing their locker at the same time as the Splatcast ended.
• Fixed an issue in the lobby and Grizzco where the Fresh! count for a player’s notifications sometimes didn’t display properly when their own notifications displayed consecutively.
• Fixed an issue with the locker where stickers stuck to the locker would sometimes display in a disarrayed manner when selecting certain decorations.

Unlisted Changes

• The collosion of Manta Maria's Tricolor Turf War stage somehow broke in this update, rendering the Ultra Signal inaccessible to the attacking teams. This was fixed in the next update.

5.2.0 (16 November 2023)

Bug fixes and general improvements, with added support for the Deep Cut amiibo.

Changes to amiibo

• Added support for the Shiver, Frye, and Big Man amiibo.

Season and Catalog Changes

• The number of Catalog Points earned during the Closeout Bonus period has increased from 1.2x to 1.5x.
  The Closeout Bonus period runs from one week before the end of the season until the end of the season.

Changes to Notifications

• When you receive a notification that a room created with the SplatNet 3 Room Creation feature is joinable, it will be displayed on the screen.

Changes to Tournament Manager

• Added support for Splatoon 3 Tournament Manager.
  This service works with the Splatoon 3 game and SplatNet 3 to aid users in holding and running tournaments using Private Battles.

• Tournament Manager can be accessed from SplatNet 3.
• Features related to organizing tournaments can be found by accessing the following URL from a browser on your laptop or personal device: https://c.nintendo.com/splatoon3-tournament
  • For basic guidance on using this feature, please read How to Use Tournament Manager (Splatoon 3).

Unlisted Changes

• Fixed collision bug on Manta Maria's Tricolor layout, enabling access to the Ultra Signal.

6.0.0 (30 November 2023)

Released to coincide with the arrival of Chill Season 2023.

Season and Catalog Changes

Added data for Chill Season 2023, which included the following:

• A new catalog, including new gear, titles, banners, decorations, stickers, and emotes.
• Two new battle stages: Robo ROM-en and Bluefin Depot.
• Two new special weapons: Triple Splashdown and Splattercolor Screen.
• Nine new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons.
• A new King Salmonid: Megalodontia.
• 11 new Tableturf Battle cards.

Players will now be able to obtain 1 Sheldon License at the end of each season.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Two new song were added to play during battles: Slopping Spree and No Quarters, both performed by Chirpy Chirps.
• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
.96 Gal .96 Gal Deco	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by approximately 8%.
Range Blaster	Increased the radius of ink splatter at the point of impact with a floor or wall or when detonated midair by approximately 15%.
Dread Wringer	Reduced the amount of ink consumed by approximately 10%.
Heavy Edit Splatling	Increased the number of spray droplets created by shots.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Reefslider	After activation, players become invulnerable to damage approximately 13/60 of a second faster than before.

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Jet Squelcher	190	180
L-3 Nozzlenose	200	190

Changes to Anarchy Battles

• At the end of a series in Anarchy Battle (Series), the player’s total number of five-win streaks will be displayed as “5 Wins in a Row” alongside a count.
  • A player’s five-win streak will increase each time they finish a series with five consecutive wins.
  • The number will reset to 0 when players reset their rank, finish a series with three losses, attempt a Rank-Up Battle, or when the season changes.
• On the screen where players from both teams appear at the start of an Anarchy Battle (Series) battle, a symbol corresponding to the number of five-win streaks that a player has achieved will be displayed.
• Added badges that players can unlock based on the total number of five-win streaks in Anarchy Battle (Series).

Changes to X Battles

• The matchmaking system has changed, making it possible to form battles with additional weapon combinations.
  • This change will be applied immediately after the update to Ver. 6.0.0.
• Players with X Power of less than 2000.0 and players with X Power of 2000.0 or higher will no longer be matched together.
  • This change will be applied immediately after the update to Ver. 6.0.0.
• Increased the minimum range that X Power can change when battles are finished. Additionally, the change in a player’s X Power will now be based on both what their X Power was before the battles and their win/loss ratio during them.
  • This change will be applied to battles after the start of Chill Season 2023. It will not apply to battles during Drizzle Season 2023.

X Power (Before)	Minimum Range of X Power Changes
	0 wins, 3 losses	1 win, 3 losses	2 wins, 3 losses	3 wins, 2 losses	3 wins, 1 loss	3 wins, 0 losses
Less than 2500.0	-75.0	-50.0	-25.0	+25.0	+50.0	+75.0
2500.0 to 3000.0	-45.0	-30.00	-15.0	+15.0	+30.0	+45.0
3000.0 or higher	-20.0	-15.0	-10.0	+10.0	+15.0	+20.0

• Added badges that players can unlock by reaching X Power 2000.0 or higher.
  • Players can obtain them by meeting the conditions after the start of Chill Season 2023.
• Added badges that players can unlock based on win streaks while at X Power 2000.0 or higher.
  • Players can obtain them by meeting the conditions after the start of Chill Season 2023.
• Added badges that players can get based on their X Rankings at the end of the season.
  • These can be obtained by ranking in the top 50,000 / 30,000 / 10,000 / 5,000 / 3,000 / 1,000 / 500 / 10 and higher.
  • Players can obtain them based on their rank at the end of a season, starting with Chill Season 2023.
• The first time that a player meets the conditions to obtain one of the X-Battle badges added in this update, the design will change depending on whether the player was part of either the Takoroka Division or the Tentatek Division.

Changes to Salmon Run

• A new King Salmonid called Megalodontia may appear.
• Kraken Royale and Triple Splashdown have been newly added to the provided special weapons.
• The conditions for the provision of special weapons have been adjusted such that at least two of the following special weapons, which can attack Salmonids at a distance, will always be provided.
  • Inkjet
  • Crab Tank
  • Killer Wail 5.1
  • Booyah Bomb
  • Triple Inkstrike
• In Big Runs, the score required for obtaining a gold, silver, or bronze decoration will be predetermined for each occurrence and will be announced via the Anarchy Splatcast at the start of the Big Run.
• In Normal Jobs when stages and supplied weapons change, if a player has a badge that corresponds to a stage after the switch, they will now start with a higher job title than before.

Type of Badge	Job Title at the Start
Gold Badge	Eggsecutive VP 400
Silver Badge	Eggsecutive VP 300
Bronze Badge	Eggsecutive VP 200
Other	As before, the title corresponding to the previous job title (Apprentice 40 - Eggsecutive VP 40)

• The type of King Salmonid appearing will now display in the stage information on the main menu.
• In Grizzco, the shape of the Salmometer will now change based on the type of King Salmonid appearing.
• When replaying job scenarios from Private Jobs or Eggstra Work, the players targeted during Rush or the Griller special waves, as well as the landing spots of Chinooks during Mothership special waves, will now be replicated.

Changes to Splatfests

• The matchmaking system for Splatfest Battle (Pro) has changed, making it possible to form battles with new weapon combinations.

Changes to Tableturf Battle

• Deck names and the total number of spaces will now display on the screen where players select a deck to use in battle.

Changes to the Lobby

• Players who have already obtained all of the weapons currently available at Ammo Knights will now be able to exchange extra Sheldon Licenses for Shell-Out Tokens.
  • They can be exchanged by pressing the Y Button on the Shell-Out Machine screen.
• Added a feature that displays information such as changes in the tides of battle in graph form when watching a battle replay.
  • This can be displayed by pressing the R Button while watching a battle replay.

Changes to SplatNet 3

• Players can now get Turf Inked points from Salmon Run to support Crusty Sean’s Wandercrust Tour.
  • Turf Inked points can be used in this way after the start of Chill Season 2023.
• Added a new journey to the Wandercrust Tour.
  • Players will be able to support Journey 4 after completing the first three journeys.
  • Journey 4 can only be supported with points earned by inking turf from Chill Season 2023 onward.
• The type of King Salmonid that will appear will now be displayed on the Salmon Run schedule.
• The shape of the Salmometer displayed in Job Logs will now change based on the type of King Salmonid appearing.
• When a player’s score in Big Run is in the top 20%, it is now possible to confirm in Salmon Run Stats what percentile that score corresponds to.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue where the height of a player’s jumps would be reduced if they jumped from box to box on terrain where two or more boxes were stacked on top of each other.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to display incorrectly on other players' screens if their connections were unstable and they Super Jumped repeatedly.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s special weapon would fire after performing a Dodge Roll if they tried to perform a Dodge Roll and fire their special weapon at the same time. We have changed this so that in this case, the special weapon will be fired without the Dodge Roll taking place at all.
• Fixed an issue where, if two brellas with different durability hit one another, the brella with the higher durability wouldn't take any damage.
• Fixed an issue where walls wouldn’t be inked as intended when a player was on recon or in the lobby and hit a wall with a charged slash from a splatana.
• Fixed an issue where players would not bounce as intended when they moved to get on top of an opponent's Splash Wall.
• Fixed an issue where the player’s controller would vibrate as though they had taken damage from a direct hit when they had not actually taken damage from an opponent firing an Angle Shooter at them.
• Fixed an issue where damage done to targets by the explosion from a Crab Tank's cannon would count as double in the lobby for a special Splatfest.
• Fixed an issue that caused Tacticoolers placed next to sponges to be destroyed unintentionally.
• Fixed an issue where the sound that plays to indicate a hit would be played when the ink shot from an Ink Vac exploded, even though if no opponents were actually hit by it.
• Fixed an issue where a player’s jump in the air would be shorter than expected if they triggered a Kraken Royale attack close to a precipice.
• Fixed an issue that made the effect that displays around players' heads when their special is active disappear when a Super Chump was deployed.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue in Splat Zones mode where the fireworks that display when the counter reaches 0 would be displayed in unintended locations in some stages.
• Adjusted some of the terrain in Scorch Gorge to fix an issue in Turf War and Splat Zones modes that allowed players to Dodge Roll and enter the enemy base in an unintended way.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to submerge at certain locations in Eeltail Alley even though those locations couldn't be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Mincemeat Metalworks in Tower Control mode that allowed players to enter the tower from above in an unintended location.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort that allowed players to access unintended locations via inkrails.
• Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort that caused players to clip into terrain by using the Zipcaster from certain locations when the water level changed.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard that allowed players to access high ground in an unintended way when doing a Squid Roll from a moving bridge.
• Fixed an issue in Sturgeon Shipyard in Rainmaker mode that caused the Rainmaker to return to the top of a railing at the edge of the stage if the player fell off the railing and went outside the bounds of the stage.
• Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy in Rainmaker mode where the countdown would not speed up if a player carried the Rainmaker back to the top of certain walls in their own base.
• Fixed an issue in Flounder Heights in Splat Zones mode that allowed players to access unintended locations by doing Squid Rolls from certain walls.
• Fixed an issue in Humpback Pump Track in Clam Blitz mode that would cause the player to become unable to move if they tried to Super Jump from the top of certain railings.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to submerge at certain locations in Manta Maria even though those locations couldn't be inked.
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to submerge at certain locations in Crableg Capital even though those locations couldn't be inked.
• Fixed an issue in Crableg Capital that allowed players to fill their special gauge and increase their points by inking under some obstacles.
• Fixed an issue in Crableg Capital where, if the player threw an Autobomb at certain locations, the Autobomb would not be able to move and would disappear without exploding.
• Fixed an issue in Crableg Capital that made it so that the Zipcaster could only be used to cling to the steel beams around the outer edge of the stage on one team's side.
• Adjusted some of the terrain in Crableg Capital to fix an issue in Tower Control mode that allowed players to get on top of grates in unintended ways from certain boxes.
• Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. where dropping down while Dodge Rolling at certain locations would cause players to sink into the floor.
• Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. where the Zipcaster could be used to get inside terrain from beneath certain obstacles.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where Golden Eggs could become stuck bouncing in a perpetual loop if thrown from certain locations.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player was using the Crab Tank and changed to mobile mode at a specific moment just before a wave ended, the Crab Tank would be treated as though it was still in mobile mode even when the next wave started, leaving an ink trail behind it and causing damage by running over opponents.
• Fixed an issue that caused players to not be able to pass through some Scrappers while in a life ring.
• Fixed an issue that caused Flyfish to not be brought down when hit by an attack from a Slammin' Lid.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner's Bay that caused Golden Eggs to enter the terrain when a Boss Salmonid was defeated at certain locations.

Fixes to Splatfests

• Fixed an issue where a player’s name would be displayed in an ink color that didn't match the team they'd selected when taking a photo on a Splatfest Float after winning a 100x Battle or 333x Battle.
• Fixed an issue where, if a battle occurred between members of the same team during a special Splatfest, the special ink color would glow more than intended.
  • In other words, special ink colors will be disabled during mirror matches.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where, if the player was in a gear shop and tried on gear with the same appearance as their equipped gear, then moved to the weapon shop, their equipped weapon would temporarily not be displayed.
• Fixed an issue where the edges of some stickers would appear distorted when placed on a locker.
• Fixed an issue where players could use amiibo to call a character that they shouldn’t be able to call when there was a special Splatfest going on in Inkopolis.
• Fixed an issue that caused the trying-on animation to repeat unintentionally when trying on weapons or gear at a shop.
• Fixed an issue where, if a player entered a Salmon Run room at the Shoal and changed their work suit, once Salmon Run started, they would revert to the work suit they were wearing before they changed.
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect Splashtag could display if a player used the Grizzco terminal to report another player.

Unlisted Changes

• In accordance with the change to Big Run scoring, the badges associated with Big Run were given new unlock requirements (the purple 'top 50%' badge is now instead obtained when rewarded with a bronze decoration, the silver 'top 20%' badge is now instead obtained when rewarded with a silver decoration, and the gold 'top 5%' badge is now instead obtained when rewarded with a gold decoration). The descriptions of the badges have been changed accordingly.
• Two new Tricolor Turf War stages: Crableg Capital and Bluefin Depot.
• Disconnect ban timers can now only start upon receiving the pop-up message when attempting to join a match.
• Two new videos were added to the hub and lobby jumbotrons, with one serving an in-universe advertisement for Brinewater Springs and the other for Mahi-Mahi Resort.

6.0.1 (8 December 2023)

Bug fixes, especially with a major bug in Big Run that was remedied for some players, but not others.

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the screen to freeze for a short while during battles or work shifts.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused players who activated their Triple Splashdown special after performing certain actions to appear in a different location on the screens of other players.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue in Big Run that caused the news to not appear correctly when the event ended and prevented players from receiving a badge or decoration according to their high score.
  • Players who have already been affected by this issue can see the news play properly and also receive the badge or decorations they were supposed to receive by applying this update.
• Fixed an issue that caused shots from the Crab Tank’s cannon to do less damage than before when hitting the body of a Steelhead while it’s growing a bomb from its head.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue where, if a player’s system went into sleep mode and disconnected from the internet, then came out of sleep mode and the player restarted the game, the player would return to the square instead of where they were before.

6.0.2 (22 December 2023)

Bug fixes, with a further complete fix for Big Run results.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Adjusted the change in color when affected by the Splattercolor Screen to make it more natural. The screen brightness of the effect itself has also been dimmed.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Made it possible for those who participated in the Big Run held from 12/2 to 12/4 and did not properly receive the decorations or badges for their scores to acquire the decorations and badges they should have received.
  • You can acquire them by entering the lobby after applying this update.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a communication error to occur when players who have seen the news about the start of a new season and players who have not seen it communicate in the Shoal.

6.1.0 (25 January 2024)

Balance adjustments, bug fixes, and general improvements, with the new Mincemeat Metalworks redesign.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Mincemeat Metalworks was heavily revised for all modes besides Tricolor Turf War.
• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
N-ZAP '85 N-ZAP '89	Maximum damage has been increased from 28.0 to 30.0.
Dynamo Roller Gold Dynamo Roller	Widened the angle at which horizontal swings deal maximum damage.
Flingza Roller	Widened the angle at which horizontal swings deal maximum damage. Reduced the amount of time it takes for ink to begin recovering after a vertical swing by about 5/60 seconds.
Inkbrush Inkbrush Nouveau	Increased movement speed when holding the ZR Button to paint while moving forward by approximately 3%. Reduced the amount of ink consumed when holding the ZR Button to paint while moving forward by approximately 7%.
Splat Brella Sorella Brella	Reduced the amount of ink consumed when firing a shot by approximately 13%.
Undercover Brella Undercover Sorella Brella	When the player holds the ZR Button to fire, they will now be able to jump higher than before.
Squeezer Foil Squeezer	Increased the amount of ink consumed by the first shot fired after pressing the ZR Button by approximately 9%. Slightly decreased the number of spray droplets created by shots fired when holding the ZR Button.
Ballpoint Splatling Ballpoint Splatling Nouveau	Slightly increased the scatter of shots fired on land at the longer flight range.
Splatana Stamper Neo Splatana Stamper	Reduced the width of spray droplets created by charged slashes by approximately 10%.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

Weapon	Change(s)
Wave Breaker	When placed, enemies around it will be marked for a short period of time.
Ink Storm	Damage taken while within the area of effect of your own team’s Ink Storm will recover more quickly, even when not submerged in ink.

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.

Weapon	Before	After
Neo Sploosh-o-matic	180	170
Forge Splattershot Pro	210	200
Luna Blaster	180	170
Bamboozler 14 Mk I	200	190
Zink Mini Splatling	200	190
Splattershot Hero Shot Replica	190	200
N-ZAP '85	190	200
Tri-Slosher Nouveau	200	210
Heavy Edit Splatling	190	200

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue while charging a Fizzy Bomb that sometimes indicated the number of charged explosions had increased approximately 1/60 seconds faster than when they had actually increased.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the jumping animation to be omitted when the player activated the Kraken Royale while swimming in ink on a wall.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Rainmaker to become embedded in the wall if a player carrying the Rainmaker was splatted while submerged in ink on a wall.

Fixes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot that caused players who activated the Zipcaster near certain areas on the elevators to clip into the terrain when they returned to their original spot after the effect ended.
• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot that caused Tenta Missiles and Ink Storm to get cut off by things like the elevators or the metal bridge.
• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot in Turf War and Tower Control modes that allowed players to unintentionally reach higher terrain by using Triple Splashdown in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot in all modes except Tower Control that allowed players to unintentionally land on certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot in Tower Control mode that allowed players to get inside certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot in Tower Control mode that prevented certain walls near the center of the stage from being inked correctly.
• Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot in Rainmaker mode where certain areas would not allow players to swim, even if those areas appeared to be inked.

Fixes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue when replaying job scenarios recorded in past versions where a different King Salmonid would sometimes appear than the King Salmonid that appeared originally.
• Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented players from being able to splat Boss Salmonids with a charged swipe using a Grizzco Splatana if another player on their work crew had a Splatana Stamper or Splatana Wiper.
• Fixed an issue in Spawning Grounds that caused slowdown when players were on top of certain terrain.

Other Fixes

• Fixed an issue on the locker editing screen that sometimes caused the name of a selected weapon to not display correctly when the weapon icons were arranged in a certain order.

Unlisted Changes

The new corrupted version of the blue metal barrel locker preview modded to display in-game

• The "blue metal barrel" locker decoration item's unused preview image was corrupted in this update. Hacking the game to display it now results in a broken, garbled image.

(Source: Ashbinary on Twitter)