Boss Salmonid

Boss Salmonid

An Inkling fighting multiple Boss Salmonids in Salmon Run Next Wave.

For type of Salmonid that are called Boss Salmonids in Japanese, see King Salmonid.

Boss Salmonids are powerful Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run in Splatoon 2 and Salmon Run Next Wave in Splatoon 3. There are multiple varieties of Boss Salmonid, each with a different behavior and method to be splatted. They drop Golden Eggs when splatted.

The Boss Salmonid Field Guide that User:Nate Strickland made should help with both Salmon Run and Salmon Run Next Wave. (If the link isn't working, please respond).

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Almost all Boss Salmonids will drop three Golden Eggs when splatted. The exceptions to this are after Version 3.2.0, Goldies in Fog waves have a chance to drop either one, five, or ten Golden Eggs instead of three, after Version 4.0.0 Grillers will additionally drop five eggs instead of three, and Golden Mudmouths will also drop five eggs once defeated.
The Griller, Goldie, Mudmouths, and Mothership are the only Boss Salmonids that are exclusive to Known Occurrences.
The only Boss Salmonid that cannot be splatted directly is the Mothership.
Seven Boss Salmonids have attack methods very similar to special weapons, with the Stinger's attacks resembling the Sting Ray, the Flyfish's resembling the Tenta Missiles (and the Inkjet's exhaust), the Drizzler's resembling the Ink Storm, the Flipper-Flopper resembling the Splashdown, the Big Shot resembling the Wave Breaker, and the Slammin' Lid resembling the Big Bubbler.
The Flipper-Flopper's attack method also resembles the Splat Zones Ranked Mode, and the Fish Stick's attack method resembles the Sprinkler of Doom found in Tricolor Turf Wars. Additionally, the Fish Stick's pillar is similar to the Tower Control Ranked Mode.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	オオモノシャケ Ōmono Shake	Big-Game Salmon
Dutch	Salmonietenbaas	Salmonoid boss
French	Salmonoboss	Salmonid boss
German	Boss-Salmonide	Boss Salmonid
Italian	Gran Salmonoide	Grand Salmonid
Russian	Самонид-босс Самонидский босс (SplatNet 3) Samonid-boss Samonidskiy boss	Salmonid boss
Spanish	Gran Salmónido	Big Salmonid
Norwegian	Salmonid-boss^{[Citation needed]}	Salmonid boss