Sunken Scroll



"A mystery rolled up and bound— Oh, what's the use? It's too obtuse. I'll dump it in the lost and found."

- Agent 8 on the Sunken Scroll mem cake

Sunken Scrolls are items found in the single-player modes of the Splatoon series.

Each scroll has information about the world of the game and its history, such as the Great Turf War. In Splatoon and Splatoon 2, there is one Sunken Scroll in each main stage. In Splatoon, there are 27 normal scrolls, five from boss missions, and three from amiibo challenges. In Splatoon 2, there are 27 normal scrolls and five obtained in the Octo Canyon overworld. In Splatoon 3, there are 24 scrolls, all of which are found in the overworld of Alterna. Sunken Scrolls are usually hidden out of the player's way, except for Boss Scrolls, which are directly in front of the Zapfish after the battle ends. Scrolls are automatically collected in a book, which can be viewed from the overworld of Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, or Alterna.

Boss Scrolls award the player with blueprints for new multiplayer weapons, which are unlocked the next time the player goes to Ammo Knights. They must still be bought with cash and all level requirements apply.

In Splatoon 3, each Sunken Scroll also unlocks a locker decoration based on that scroll.

List of Sunken Scrolls
For a list of scrolls, including images, descriptions, and locations, see:
 * List of Sunken Scrolls in Splatoon
 * List of Sunken Scrolls in Splatoon 2
 * List of Sunken Scrolls in Splatoon 3

Appearance
The icon for a Sunken Scroll is a green tentacle in shape of a question-mark, upon a parchment scroll. In Splatoon 3, Sunken Scrolls can be tilted, showing reflections and other images.

Quotes
"SRL historian here. Behold these Story Mode morsels of history and mystery - the Sunken Scrolls! Work with your Smallfry to find the hidden ones. Then study to your heart's content! One moment... I'm being told "no one likes homework." This isn't homework! And... I like homework."

- @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Trivia

 * In Splatoon and Splatoon 2, if the player collects a mission's Sunken Scroll but gets splatted before they reach the next checkpoint, they will lose it and have to pick it up again.
 * During Splatoon's amiibo challenges, the crates that would contain the Sunken Scroll in Octo Valley have ten Power Eggs in them instead.
 * Two Sunken Scrolls in Splatoon 3 take advantage of the Nintendo Switch's gyroscope to replicate lenticular images on business cards — when the console is tilted, the cards will shift to different images.

Etymology
Sunken may refer to the fact that the scrolls are hidden across the missions and Alterna.