Color chip

Multiple color chips placed on a Palette.

“	Ok, Pearl. Now check out what happens when you set this color chip into that Palette.	”
— Acht

Color chips are a new feature introduced in Splatoon 3: Side Order. They were first revealed during the Side Order gameplay trailer shown during the Nintendo Direct on 14 September 2023.

Color chips enhance Agent 8 and the Pearl Drone's abilities when placed within a Palette. There are sixty-two Color chips to collect, and an additional six chips which can only be temporarily obtained.

Description

Different color chips apply different abilities to Agent 8 and the Pearl Drone when placed inside a Palette. They can grant gear-like abilities like Run Speed Up, unique abilities like higher Ink Damage and additions to the Pearl Drone's attacks like the use of sub and special weapons. Depending on how many color chips of the same type are placed inside a Palette, abilities get amplified further, allowing players flexibility in strengthening their character.

Each Palette has an increased likelihood of receiving chips of two specific tones. Some color chips are exclusive to certain Palettes, while most of the Drone color chips become available through Marina's hacks.

If the player loses all their lives during an attempt to ascend the Spire of Order, all color chips are forfeited and converted to Prlz.

If the player completely fills their Palette, floors no longer offer color chips as rewards. Instead, the player earns small amounts of Prlz on the floor selected.

Color chips can also provide another way of providing Prlz: collecting and clearing a floor with a chip for the first time nets three Prlz per new chip, which is collected by pressing and going into the Color-Chip Collection tab.

Much like the Jelleton Field Guide, the Color-Chip Collection describes the chips' effects and contains color commentary from Acht, Marina, and Pearl, which are unlocked in that order by collecting multiple copies of any given color chip over the player's attempts up the Spire of Order. No reward is given by getting all the color commentary notes for a chip.

Favored tone rate

Color-Chip Bias	Common tones
	Primary	Secondary
Default	1×	1×
Slight Bias	2×	1.5×
High Bias	3×	2×

Effects on the player's ink color

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The color chips placed in Agent 8's active Palette will affect their ink color. Typically the ink color matches the color of the most common tone within the Palette; the second most common tone's color affect the tips Agent 8's tentacles and hands as well as the design pattern seen on the ink in addition to giving a slight tint of that secondary tone's color to the main ink color. During the first floors of the tower Agent 8 starts with the sepia color they had in the Foyer, where the first couple of color chips will only affect the secondary part of Agent 8's ink with the pattern and slight tint. But as they gather more color chips, they will affect the main ink color as well as providing the secondary effects.

The ink color system generally follows these set of rules:

• The more color chips of one tone, the higher that tone's color is prioritized.
• If two tones have an equal amount of color chips, the tone that was added first is prioritized.
• If all of the tones in the Palette have the same amount (with 4 or more color chips), the game reverts back to the Foyer's ink color and design.
• When having only max one tone of the same color chip, the main ink color will be the Foyer' ink. The color chip will only provide the secondary effects.
• When having two or more of the same color chip tone, the main ink color will match the color of the chip instead of the Foyer's ink given its the most plentiful in the Palette.
• If Agent 8 only has multiple color chips of one tone but only max one tone of any other color chip, the secondary effects will not show, only giving a red tint at the tip of the tentacles but not show any patterns or tint on the ink.
• The secondary effects will only show again once Agent 8 has at least two tones of any other color chip if they already have a tone of their main color.

List of color chips

There are 68 different color chips and each belong to one of six categories: Power, Support, Range, Mobility, Lucky and Drone.

Each category has three groups called a tone. Each tone has a unique pattern and hue associated to it that affects the player's ink. Additionally, there is one chip of each category which forms the "Spectrum" category of chips.

Color chips (barring the Spectrum ones) can be viewed in the Color-Chip Collection. Leveling up each unique chip by setting the same chip in a Palette during a run will unlock additional flavor text for that ability. Completing each chip in a tone unlocks a Badge for that tone.

Most of the Drone chips are only available via Marina's hacks, which is available for purchase after enough attempts or reaching a certain point up the Spire of Order, while the Spectrum chips are only obtainable during the Epic Battle against Overlorder.

The chips below are sorted from left to right as they appear in the Color-Chip Collection album book, which can be accessed along with the Jelleton Field Guide and Marina's Dev Diary by pressing , with the Spectrum chips being sorted by the category they repersent.

Power
Power-tone color chips help you go on the offensive by increasing damage dealt, firing rate, and more. Get them before they get you!
Tone	Ability	Description	Base stat	Stat increase or decrease per color chips
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ink Damage	Increases damage from all weapons and the Pearl Drone.	100%	105%	110%	115%	120%	150%	155%	160%	N/A	N/A
	Splash Damage	Increases damage dealt by explosives.	100%	130%	160%	190%	210%	300%	330%	360%	390%	N/A
	Sound-Wave Damage	Increases damage dealt by sound waves from the Killer Wail 5.1, Wave Breaker, or Pearl Drone.	100%	150%	200%	250%	300%	500%
	Main Firing Speed	Increases your main weapon's firing rate.	100%	114%(); 117%(, ); 121%()	126%(); 131%(); 133%(); 144%()	136%(); 148%(); 177%()	148%(); 170%(); 209%(); 375%	200%(); 227%(); 1000%
	Horizontal-Slash Speed	Increases your Splatana's horizontal-slash rate. Exclusive to runs with Frye's Palette.	100%	118%	137%	162%	200%	260%
	Splatling Barrage	Increases the number of shots fired from a single charge with a splatling. Exclusive to runs with DJ Octavio's Palette.	100%	121%	133%	145%	154%	200%
	Main Damage (Close)	Increases damage dealt with your main weapon's shots to close targets.	100%	115%	130%	145%	160%	200%
	Main Damage (Distant)	Increases damage dealt with your main weapon's shots to far-off targets.	100%	115%	130%	145%	160%	200%
	Poison Ink	Increases the damage enemies take when they're on your ink.	100%	300%	400%	500%	600%	800%

Support
Support-tone color chips do things like increase ink efficiency, help with targeting, and more. They're great for shoring up your weak points!
Tone	Ability	Description	Base stat	Stat increase or decrease per color chips
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ink-Recovery Rate	Increases Ink-tank refill rate.	100%	125%	150%	175%	200%	N/A
	Ink Saver (Main)	Decreases amount of ink consumed by your main weapon.	100%	80%	70%	60%	50%	25%
	Ink Saver (Sub)	Decreases amount of ink consumed by your sub weapon.	100%	80%	70%	60%	50%	25%
	Splat Ink Recovery	Refill ink by defeating enemies.	None	2%	4%	6%	10%	20%
	Sticky Ink	Decreases the movement speed of enemies on your ink.	70%	45%	30%	20%	10%	1%
	Knockback	Attacks from your main weapon push enemies away. Does not affect certain heavy enemies.	None	100%	200%	600%	1000%	2000%
	Explosion Knockback	Increases the distance enemies are blown back by explosions.	100%	117%	133%	167%	200%	300%
	Shot-Spread Reduction	Reduces the shot spread on your main weapon.	100%	80%	60%	40%	20%	None
	Homing Shots	Causes your main weapon to track targets. Having two or more improves the tracking.	None	12%	25%	33%	50%	100%
	Quick Charge	Increases your main weapon's charge speed. Exclusive to runs with Marie, DJ Octavio, Shiver, and Frye's Palette.	100%	80%(); 90%	60%; 67%()	60%()	53%()	5%
	No-Launch Brella	Prevents the brella shield from launching, allowing you to keep shooting with it open. Exclusive to runs with Marina's Palette.	Off	On
	Brella Cooldown	Speeds up brella canopy regeneration after the brella shield is launched or broken. Exclusive to runs with Marina's Palette.	5.0s	3.5s	3s	2.5s	2s	0.5s
	Midfire Charge	Allows you to begin a new splatling charge before the previous charge is depleted. Exclusive to runs with DJ Octavio's Palette.	Off	On

Range
Range-tone color chips can ink more turf, shoot further, pierce enemies, and more. Keep your foes where you like them — at arm's length!
Tone	Ability	Description	Base stat	Stat increase or decrease per color chips
				1	2	3	4	5
	Main Range	Increases your main weapon's range.	100%	115%(); 125%(); 130%(); 135%(); 140%(, , )	120%(); 140%(); 145%(); 150%(); 165%(); 170%()	150%(); 160%(); 165%(); 175%(); 195%()	170%(); 185%(); 190%(); 230%()	200%(); 230%(); 250%(); 280%()
	Splash Radius	Increases the radius of damage and turf inked by explosions.	100%	130%	145%	160%	170%	200%
	Main Piercing	Your main weapon's shots pierce enemies, with damage decreasing per enemy. More chips mean more enemies pierced.	None	1	2	3	4	8
	Ink Attack Size	Increases the size of your main weapon's shots, making it easier to hit enemies.	100%	190%	235%	280%	310%	400%
	Main Ink Coverage	Allows you to ink more turf with your main weapon's shots.	100%	125%(); 140%(, ); 145%; 150%(, , )	140%(); 160%(, ); 170%(); 180%(, )	155%(); 180%(); 190%(, ); 210%(); 220%()	195%(); 210%(, ); 235%()	240%(); 260%(); 270%(); 310%()
	Rush Ink Coverage	Allows you to ink more turf with your main weapon while moving, such as with a roller, a brush, or a launched brella canopy. Exclusive to runs with Callie, Sheldon, and Marina's Palettes.	100%	115%(); 130%	145%	160%	170%	200%
	Special Charge Up	Increases special-gauge fill rate from inking surfaces.	100%	125%	150%	175%	200%	300%
	Turf Drone Gauge	Fills the drone gauge by inking surfaces.	None	1p	1.5p	2p	2.5p	3p
	Turf Lucky Chain	Inking the ground adds to the Lucky Chain.	None	40p	30p	20p	10p	5p
	Hindrance Damage	Increases damage dealt to enemies when they're slowed by your ink or Toxic Mist.	100%	130%	145%	160%	170%	200%

Mobility
Mobility-tone color chips are all about moving. Move faster, recover gauge on the go, and so on. Stay nimble and never get cornered!
Tone	Ability	Description	Base stat	Stat increase or decrease per color chips
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	File:SO Ability Swin Speed Up.png Swin Speed Up	Increases movement speed in swim form.	100%	122%	131%	140%	148%	166%
	Run Speed Up	Increases movement speed in Octoling form.	100%	122%	131%	140%	148%	166%
	Moving Ink Speed	Increases movement speed when moving while inking with a roller or brush. Exclusive to runs with Callie and Sheldon's Palettes.	100%	130%	145%	N/A	N/A	200%
	Extra Dodge Roll	Increases the number of times you can Dodge Roll with dualies. Exclusive to runs with Pearl's Palette.	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Charge Storage	Allows the main weapon to hold a charge like a Splat Charger, Nautilus 47, or REEF-LUX 450. Having two or more of this color chip increases how long the charge can be held. Exclusive to runs with Marie, DJ Octavio, and Shiver's Palette.	None	1.25s(); 1.5s	2.5s()	3.75s()	5s()	7.5s
	Rush Attack	Increases the damage dealt by rushing attacks, like Reefslider and inking while moving with a roller or brush.	100%	130%	160%	190%	210%	300%	330%	360%	390%	500%
	Rush Knockback	Push enemies further with rushing attacks, like Reefslider, inking while moving with a roller or brush, etc.	100%	117%	133%	167%	200%	N/A
	Squid Attack	Causes Squid Rolls and Squid Surges to deal damage. This damage is increased by having the Rush Attack color chip.	Off	On
	Dodge Roll Attack	Causes a dodge roll with dualies to deal damage. This damage is increased by having the Rush Attack color chip. Exclusive to runs with Pearl's Palette.	Off	On
	Lunge Attack	Causes a lunge with a charged splatana swipe to deal damage. This damage is increased by having the Rush Attack color chip. Exclusive to runs with Frye's Palette.	Off	On
	Mobile Special Charge	Fills the special gauge by moving.	None	1p	2p	3p	4p	N/A
	Mobile Drone Gauge	Fills the drone gauge by moving.	None	1p	1.5p	2p	3p	5p
	Mobile Ink Recovery	Refills ink by moving.	None	0.5%	1%	1.5%	3%	8%

Lucky
Lucky-tone color chips litter the field with armor, ink refills, helpful bombs, and more. With enough luck, you'll believe in miracles!
Tone	Ability	Description	Base stat	Stat increase or decrease per color chips
				1	2	3	4	5
	Armor Drop	Increases the chances of enemies dropping armor. Armor will absorb damage and break so you don't lose a life.	0.5%	1%	1.5%	2%	2.5%	3%
	Ink-Bottle Drop	Increases the chances of enemies dropping ink bottles. An ink bottle fills half of your ink tank.	1%	4%	7%	10%	13%	20%
	Canned-Special Drop	Increases the chances of enemies dropping Canned Specials. A canned special fills half of the special gauge.	1%	4%	7%	10%	13%	20%
	Drone-Battery Drop	Increases the chance of enemies dropping drone batteries. A drone battery fills the drone gauge by 100 points.	None	4%	7%	10%	13%	20%
	Lucky Bomb Drop	Increases the chances of enemies dropping Lucky Bombs. Lucky Bombs explode from the closest enemy to the farthest.	None	15%	30%	45%	60%	90%
	Disc-Piece Drop	Increases the chances of enemies dropping disc pieces. Get three, and the Pearl Drone's Step-Off Song will temporarily close portals.	1%	2%	3%	4%	5%	6%
	Lucky Chain Window	Increases the duration of a Lucky Chain. The larger the chain, the more likely enemies are to drop items.	3s	5s	7s	9s	11s	20s
	Max Lucky Chain	Increases the Lucky Chain maximum. The longer the chain, the more likely enemies are to drop items.	10	20	30	40	50	99

Drone
Drone-tone color chips boost the Pearl Drone's abilities by granting special actions and helping them charge easier. You've got a friend in Pearl!
Tone	Ability	Description	Base stat	Stat increase or decrease per color chips
				1	2	3	4	5
	Drone Splat Bomb	Allows the Pearl Drone to use Splat Bombs. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	200p	160p	130p	100p	70p
	Drone Burst Bomb	Allows the Pearl Drone to use Burst Bombs. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	180p	150p	120p	90p	60p
	Drone Killer Wail	Allows the Pearl Drone to use a Killer Wail. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	500p	460p	420p	360p	280p
	Drone Inkstrike	Allows the Pearl Drone to use a Inkstrike. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	550p	440p	360p	280p	180p
	Drone Ink Mine	Allows the Pearl Drone to use Ink Mines. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	190p	160p	130p	100p	70p
	Drone Sprinkler	Allows the Pearl Drone to spray ink. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	10p	8p	6p	4p	2p
	Drone Items	Allows the Pearl Drone to generate items. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly.	None	600p	500p	400p	300p	200p
	Drone-Gauge Charge	Increases drone-gauge fill rate.	6p	7p	8p	9p	10p	12p
	Splat Drone Gauge	Fills the drone gauge by defeating enemies.	None	30p	40p	50p	60p	70p

Spectrum
Spectrum color chips are highly saturated chips that combine the effects of all other chips of the same color at their strongest potential.
Color	Ability	Description
	Power Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like you're brimming with strength!
	Support Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like the world has your back!
	Range Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like nothing is out of reach!
	Mobility Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like you're everywhere at once!
	Lucky Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like luck is on your side this time!
	Drone Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. With Pearl by your side, anything is possible!

Quotes

“	Here (wherever "here" is in Side Order) you can see a color chip being placed into a Palette device to give Agent 8 an edge in combat. Color chips can do all kinds of things for you, like boosting your damage, widening your area of effect, quickening your steps, and more. The SRL Color Guard recommends factoring in which color chip is on offer before selecting a floor layout. It's up to each player to decide the best way to develop your Palette over time. The Color Guard likes green, but you do you.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Gallery

Renders

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  Render of color chips

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  Render of color chips in a Palette

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  Agent 8 using a Palette, holding a color chip.

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  Color chips next to the Palette.

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  Color chips next to Pearl's Palette

Promotional screenshots

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  Acht holding a color chip.

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  Floor selection screen showing the description of a Run Speed Up color chip

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  Pearl's Palette UI screen detailing which Color chips have been inserted

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  Incomplete Color chip collection

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  Completed Color chip collection screen as seen in the overview trailer

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  Incomplete color chip collection screen

Icons

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  Power type icon

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  Support type icon

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  Range type icon

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  Mobility type icon

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  Lucky type icon

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  Drone type icon

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  Power color chip

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  Support color chip icon

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  Range color chip icon

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  Mobility color chip icon

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  Lucky color chip icon

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  Drone color chip icon

Demonstration videos

• Power color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Power color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Support color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Support color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Mobility color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Mobility color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Lucky color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Lucky color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Drone color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Drone color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

Names in other languages

Translation needed

Add missing names and translations for tones. ^edit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カラーチップ Karāchippu	Color Chip
Dutch	Kleurenchip	Color Chip
French	Puce chromatique	Chromatic chip
German	Farbchip	Color chip
Italian	Scheda colore	Color card
Russian	Тон-жетон Ton-zheton	Tone token
Spanish	Cromochip	Chrome chip
Chinese	色彩晶片 sècǎi jīngpiàn (Mandarin) sik1 coi2 zing1 pin2 (Cantonese)	Color Chip
Korean	커러 칩 keol-luh chibp	Color Chip

Tones

Power

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Kracht	Strength
French	Puissance	Power
German	Kraft	Power
Italian	Potenza	Power
Russian	Сила Sila	Power, strength
Spanish	Potencia	Power
Chinese (Simplified)	力量 Lì liàng	Power
Korean	파워 pawuh	Power

Support

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Ondersteuning	Support
French	Soutien	Support
German	Unterstützung	Support
Italian	Supporto	Support
Russian	Поддержка Podderzhka	Support
Spanish (NOA)	Apoyo	Support
Spanish (NOE)	Ayuda	Support, help
Chinese (Simplified)	支援 Zhī yuán	Support
Korean	서포트 seopoteu	Support

Range

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Bereik	Reach
French	Portée	Range
German	Reichweite	Range
Italian	Gittata	Range
Russian	Дальнобойность Dal'noboynos'	Long range
Spanish	Alcance	Range
Chinese (Simplified)	范围 Fàn wéi	Range
Korean	레인지 laein-ji	Range

Mobility

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Beweeglijkheid	Mobility
French	Mobilité	Mobility
German	Beweglichkeit	Mobility
Italian	Praticità	Praticality
Russian	Мобильность Mobil'nost'	Mobility
Spanish	Movilidad	Mobility
Chinese (Simplified)	移动 Yí dòng	Movement
Korean	무브 mubeu	Move

Lucky

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Geluk	Good luck
French	Chance	Luck
German	Glück	Luck
Italian	Fortuna	Luck
Russian	Удачливость Udachlovist'	Luckiness
Spanish	Fortuna	Fortune
Chinese (Simplified)	幸运 Xìng yùn	Luck
Korean	럭키 leogki	Lucky

Drone

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Drone	-
French	Drone	-
German	Drohne	Drone
Italian	Drone	-
Russian	Дрон Dron	Drone
Spanish	Dron	Drone
Chinese (Simplified)	无人机 Wú rén jī	Drone
Korean	드론 deu-lon	Drone