Catalog

"Earn Catalog Points in battle or on the job to get your hands on inkredible items!"

The catalog is an item in that can be obtained from Harmony at Hotlantis. It allows the player to unlock various seasonal rewards, primarily for customization.

Description
The catalog is a free in-game seasonal collection of rewards the player can unlock through accumulating points in-game. It can be received from Hotlantis upon reaching level 4. Catalog rewards include exclusive emotes, gear, locker room items, and Splashtag banners, titles, and badges, as well as food tickets and ability chunks. Its structure can be compared to the battle pass system of similar games.

Catalog Points
With a catalog, the player can accumulate Catalog Points to increase its level. Each level requires 9,500 Catalog Points. When the player earns experience from online battles and job shifts in Salmon Run Next Wave, they receive the same amount in Catalog Points too. (Note that any food ticket multiplier does not count toward catalog points, however.) They can also earn Catalog Points through achievements.

Some actions can lead to earning bonus Catalog Points. Winning a battle such as a Turf War or completing a shift in Salmon Run Next Wave for the first time in a day will award 7,500 Catalog Points. For Anarchy Battles, there is a knockout bonus that awards 2,500 Catalog Points.

If the player raises their catalog level during a Splatfest Sneak Peek, they receive a conch shell to spend on the Shell-Out Machine. Catalog Points received after Splatfest Battles or Big Run, and during the last week of a season, are multiplied by 1.2×.

Seasonal catalogs
Following Splatoon 3 launch, a new catalog is distributed every three months for two years. In the Splatoon 3 Nintendo Direct, each planned catalog is labeled after a season and year. New weapons plan to be added to the game in updates around the same time as catalogs.

All catalog gear items introduced in Splatoon 3 must first be obtained through leveling up the appropriate catalog, which then allows them to be purchased from shops or ordered via Murch or Spyke. The other gear items (which consist of returning items from previous games) are not exclusive to the catalog, in which case owning them beforehand will make their respective catalog level reward their cost in cash instead.

Drizzle Season 2022


This is the first released catalog upon Splatoon 3 launch, available from launch until 2022-12-01 at July 27, 2024. Titles, Tableturf Battle cards, food and drink tickets, and banners given are random unless specifically shown in the catalog. 
 * * Returning gear items from previous games not exclusive to the Catalog.



Chill Season 2022
This season began on 2022-12-01 and lasted until 2023-03-01 at July 27, 2024. 
 * * Returning gear items from previous games not exclusive to the Catalog.



Fresh Season 2023
This season began on 2023-03-01 and lasted until 2023-06-01 at July 27, 2024. Its catalog is themed around Z+F, which has been introduced in this season.  

Sizzle Season 2023


This season began on 2023-06-01. 
 * * Returning gear items from previous games not exclusive to the Catalog.



Drizzle Season 2023


This season will begin on 2023-09-01. Its catalog is themed around Deep Cut and Splatoon 3 first anniversary, featuring Deep Cut themed decorations and the same gear which has been optainable in the Drizzle Season 2022 catalog. 
 * * Returning gear items from previous games not exclusive to the Catalog.
 * ** Returning gear items, which where previously locked to the Drizzle Season 2022 Catalog.
 * *** Name likely incorrect, as gear with the same name already exists.



Catalog 2 and onward
Maxing out a catalog replaces the seasonal catalog with a new one giving a Mystery Box for every ten levels gained. Maxing out this catalog repeats the process until the end of a season where the total amount of levels will be revealed to the player before getting the new seasonal catalog.

Badges
Leveling up the catalog will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Trivia

 * As of Version 3.0.0, it is now possible to obtain any unobtained titles, banners, locker decorations, or emotes from previous seasons' catalogs in the Shell-Out Machine.
 * Despite being introduced in the 3.0.0 update a day before the end of Chill Season 2022, the Catalog Closeout Bonus wasn't active during this time.