Cold-Blooded

Cold-Blooded is an ability in Splatoon, and a retired ability in Splatoon 2.

Cold-Blooded shortens the duration of position-tracking effects inflicted on the wearer.

Tactics

Cold-Blooded is rather versatile, as any weapon or play style can benefit from not being tracked. However, it reaches its full potential when used with a stealthy and mobile weapon, such as the Carbon Roller or Octobrush as it can enhance the sneakiness of a weapon, facilitating ambushes. A loud or otherwise conspicuous weapon may give itself away to surrounding enemies, no tracking needed.

Splatoon

Mechanics

Cold Blooded shortens the duration of position-tracking by 50% of the normal tracking time.

Weapon	Cold Blooded
	Before 2.2.0		2.2.0 to 2.6.0		2.7.0
	Inactive	Active	Inactive	Active	Inactive	Active
Point Sensor	10	2.5	8	2	8	4
Echolocator*	12	3	12	3	9	4.5
Haunt	12	3	12	3	9	4.5

Times are in seconds and are approximate.
*Can change because of Special Duration Up

Gear

Clothing with Cold Blooded in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Anchor Sweat	SquidForce	3000	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	CoroCoro Hoodie	Zekko	10800	Cold Blooded		2.8.0
	Cycling Shirt	Zink	2900	Cold Blooded		2.0.0
	Dark Urban Vest	Firefin	10000	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Sage Polo	Splash Mob	400	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Sky-Blue Squideye	Tentatek	500	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Squidstar Waistcoat	Krak-On	650	Cold Blooded		2.3.0

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.7.0	▼ Tracking time reduction decreased by 33%: up to 75% → up to 50%

Gallery

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  In-game description of Cold-Blooded

Splatoon 2

Template:InfoboxAbility In Splatoon 2, Cold-Blooded was a stackable ability that was available on any gear type. It could stop the tracking effects of Point Sensors, Ink Mines, Thermal Ink, Haunt, and the Sting Ray.

In version 4.3.0, Cold-Blooded was retired, and its effects got combined with Bomb Defense Up to make a new ability: Bomb Defense Up DX. The default ability of all gear with Cold-Blooded (except the Gray FA-11 Bomber, Pearlescent Crown and Fringed Loafers) was changed to Main Power Up, while existing gear with the Cold-Blooded ability was overwritten with Bomb Defense Up DX.

Stacking

Abilities				Decrease in tracking time (approx.)
None				0%
Main: 0, Sub: 1				8.7%
Main: 0, Sub: 2				16.9%
Main: 0, Sub: 3				24.8%
Main: 1, Sub: 0				27.3%
Main: 0, Sub: 4				32.1%
Main: 1, Sub: 1				34.5%
Main: 0, Sub: 5				39.1%
Main: 1, Sub: 2				41.3%
Main: 0, Sub: 6				45.6%
Main: 1, Sub: 3				47.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 0				49.7%
Main: 0, Sub: 7				51.7%
Main: 1, Sub: 4				53.6%
Main: 2, Sub: 1				55.5%
Main: 0, Sub: 8				57.3%
Main: 1, Sub: 5				59.1%
Main: 2, Sub: 2				60.8%
Main: 0, Sub: 9				62.5%
Main: 1, Sub: 6				64.1%
Main: 2, Sub: 3				65.7%
Main: 3, Sub: 0				67.2%
Main: 1, Sub: 7				68.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 4				70.2%
Main: 3, Sub: 1				71.5%
Main: 1, Sub: 8				72.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 5				74.2%
Main: 3, Sub: 2				75.4%
Main: 1, Sub: 9				76.6%
Main: 2, Sub: 6				77.8%
Main: 3, Sub: 3				78.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 7				80.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 4				81.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 8				83.6%
Main: 3, Sub: 5				84.4%
Main: 2, Sub: 9				85.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 6				86.6%
Main: 3, Sub: 7				88.3%
Main: 3, Sub: 8				89.5%
Main: 3, Sub: 9				90.3%

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  A graph showing the effect of Cold-Blooded on Point Sensors and Ink Mines.

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  A graph showing the effect of Cold-Blooded on Thermal Ink.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Tracking time reduction increased by 50%: up to 50% → up to 75%
1.4.0	▲ Tracking time reduction increased by 20%: up to 75% → up to 90% ▲ Cold-Blooded now also increases the area in which the player is immune to the revealing effects of Thermal Ink, Haunt, and the Sting Ray.
4.3.0	— Removed. Effects integrated with Bomb Defense Up into Bomb Defense Up DX. ▲ Preexisting mains changed to Bomb Defense Up DX. — Items originally with Cold-Blooded as a main can be repurchased with Main Power Up (aside from gear unobtainable from SplatNet 2, which have Bomb Defense Up DX). ▲ Preexisting subs, ability chunks, and drink tickets changed to Bomb Defense Up DX.

Trivia

• In Splatoon 2, Cold-Blooded was the only ability that was favored by two brands.
  • Additionally after being retired in Version 4.3.0 (Splatoon 2), Main Power Up replaced Cold-Blooded as well as its favored brands.
• In real life, all squids are ectothermic, or "cold-blooded", which the Cold-Blooded ability could be a reference to.