Locker room



The locker room is a feature located in the Battle Lobby to the right of the battle kettle and under the second story. This area contains three walls of lockers, with the player's own locker standing in the middle row, to the left of other lockers belonging to the players they've recently played with. Lockers belonging to the player's friends are located on the right side of the room, and lockers that have been deemed very 'fresh' are located on the left side.

The locker room doors are blacked out from a distance as well as before they are unlocked by the player to reduce the amount of items being rendered. After reaching level 4, the player can enter the locker room and interact with their locker by pressing.

Following the update, players are able to interact with lockers while waiting for a match.

Customization
While customizing a locker, an item can be grabbed with and rotated freely with, , , , and. Items within lockers have physics and may fall over if dropped inside. Multiple items can be grabbed by holding. Grabbing shoes or shirts and then promptly pressing can put the shoes in a box or fold the shirt respectively. Up and down on the are used to zoom. There are 8 tabs available to the player when opening the owned items menu with. These tabs respectively contain decoration items, stickers, weapons (main and sub), headgear, clothing, shoes, locker parts, and locker styles.

Decoration items, stickers, weapons, gear, and locker parts can be placed inside the player's locker. Stickers can be placed on the back wall as well as on the inside and outside panels of the door. Lockers are gray by default, but their color can be changed by purchasing new styles from Hotlantis. Their size can also be increased in accordance with the player's level. Players start with a small-sized locker at level 4; it increases to a medium size upon reaching Level 15 and to its maximum large size upon reaching Level 30.

Asides from shopping at Hotlantis, there are several ways to unlock new decorations of any kind. Raising a weapon's Freshness can unlock special stickers. Earning fish scales in Salmon Run Next Wave and spending cash or conch shells at the Shell-Out Machine can unlock decoration items and stickers for the locker. Playing through the Splatoon 3 story mode and finding loot anchors may reward players with special decorations while uncovering Sunken Scrolls will unlock special stickers. The player may own multiples of many decorations and stickers as well as all sub weapons, allowing them to place many of the same item in their locker; the owned quantity of each item, limited to 10 units, is shown in the menu.

Locker parts
There are 5 types of locker parts in total, all of which were introduced in Drizzle Season 2022 (Version 1.1.0). Additional parts are unlocked with locker upgrades and are limited to 10 hooks, 10 wide hooks, 3 shelves, and 3 locker organizers. The photo stand is the only unique item thus far, and the player can customize it with any screenshot taken in Photo Mode.  

Locker styles
There are 15 alternate locker styles total, as well as one default style, all of which were introduced in Drizzle Season 2022 (Version 1.1.0).  

Trivia

 * Some locker styles sound different when opened and closed.
 * The shabby locker makes creakier, harsher noises.
 * Wood lockers make softer, quieter noises.

Quotes
"Speaking of sports, let's check out the new locker room! Given the focus on fashion in the Splatlands, these lockers aren't just for storage. Folks trick them out with gear, stickers, and other decor. Is the Fashion Desk jealous? We did see them shopping for stickers online..."

- @SplatoonNA on Twitter