Ink Saver (Main)

Ink Saver (Main) is an Ability in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. gear has a 5× chance of rolling this ability, while gear has a 1/2× chance. In Splatoon 2, the chance of rolling this ability can be increased by purchasing Main-Saver Lemon from the Crust Bucket.

Ink Saver (Main) reduces the ink consumption of main weapons.

The ability allows the player to ink with fewer interruptions, and to fight another player without running out of ink. For example, the can fire continuously for 30 seconds with maximum Ink Saver (Main), up from 17 seconds.

Splatoon
This ability decreases ink usage of the main weapon by up to 45%.

Gear
Ink Saver (Main) is the main ability of:

Stacking
The following table shows the percent decrease in ink consumed by main weapons when using Ink Saver (Main).

Splatoon 2
Ink Saver (Main) was tweaked in Splatoon 2 to have a stronger effect for certain weapons. The ability's two strength tiers are detailed in the following table.

Gear
Ink Saver (Main) is the main ability of:

Stacking
The following table shows the percent decrease in ink consumed by main weapons in the standard Ink Saver tier.

Names in other languages
Encrémenteur (pr.)