Flooder

“	Flooders... These things can't be destroyed.	”
— Cap'n Cuttlefish

Flooders are invincible Octarian machines that appear in Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, Octo Expansion, and Return of the Mammalians.

Appearance

Flooders are large, cylindrical machines held up by four legs with wheels. They have a flat top and two purple "eyes" with a nose-like knob between them. Encircling the top of each Flooder is a ring of light purple lights.

Description

Flooders shower Octarian ink from their undersides, coating all surfaces underneath them and instantly splatting the player if caught in the torrent. In this way, they are like circular Splash Walls, except their ink is unlimited and they cannot be destroyed.

They are restricted to move along perpendicular pathways and will rush towards the player with lasers coming out of their eyes upon seeing them. However, the lasers do not splat the player. This can be avoided by hiding in ink, moving out of view, or leaving the Flooder's designated pathway.

Flooders may have an Octarian, a Crate, or a Vault on top, serving as a mobile platform. The player can also use this to their advantage, as their tops are fully inkable and Flooders cannot look up. Throwing Smallfry on top of a Flooder will disable it, preventing it from spreading ink.

Appearances

Octo Valley

• Flooder Junkyard (Mission #12)
• Splat-Switch Revolution (Mission #22)
• Far-Flung Flooders (Mission #25)

Octo Canyon

• Octo-Resort Spring (Mission #12)
• Dancing Floors (Mission #13)
• The Experimentorium (Mission #19)
• Propellerland (Mission #20)

Octo Expansion

• E05 Hypercolor Station
• H05 Ink It Station

Shifty Station

• Layout 18: Flooders in the Attic

Pro tips

• Players are able to pass by through Flooders. To do this, if there is Flooder moving closer, it can be side-hopped with momentum. Without momentum, it is not possible to successfully get past Flooders. A result is falling out of bounds or instantly dying by standing under an active Flooder.
  • Using this strategy, it can also be used as a shortcut.

Trivia

• When playing Flooder Junkyard as a Kraken via the Template:A, Flooders cannot harm Agent 3 and can simply be passed under.
• Armor allows the player to move under a Flooder once, breaking in the process.
• The Flooder can be compared to Splash Walls, as it instantly splats the player, but Flooders move and cannot be broken, while Splash Walls can be broken and have a limited supply of ink.
• The chat sessions in the Octo Expansion reveal that Marina took a part in designing the Flooder when she was a former combat engineer for the Octarians.
• There is a Boss Salmonid that resembles the Flooder, namely the Griller, where it also functions similarly. Octarians are known to trade their technology with the Salmonids in exchange for Power Eggs.
• The Octowasher, an enemy from the Octo Expansion, has similar eyes.
• The Big Flooder was named in H05 Ink It Station.

Gallery

Splatoon

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  A Flooder chasing Agent 3

• File:Flooder concept art.PNG

  Concept art of the Flooder, from The Art of Splatoon

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  Artwork of a Octotrooper riding a Flooder in the credits

• File:Octo Valley mission 12 Flooder Junkyard icon.png

  Flooder Junkyard icon

• File:Octo Valley mission 25 Far-Flung Flooders icon.png

  Far-Flung Flooders icon

Splatoon 2

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  A render of a Flooder

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  Render of a Big Flooder

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  A Big Flooder is taller than usual Flooder

• File:Sanitized Flooder.jpeg

  A Sanitized Flooder in E05 Hypercolor Station

• File:Sanitized Tall Flooder.jpeg

  A Sanitized Big Flooder with a Launchpad on top in E05 Hypercolor Station

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  A Flooder from Flooders in the Attic

• File:S2 Octo Canyon Missionicon 20.png

  Propellerland icon

• File:Tableturf Flooder.png

  An image of a Flooder, used for Tableturf Battle cards.

• File:Splatoon 2 Flooder Model.png

  Unofficial render of the Flooder's game models from Splatoon 2 on The Models Resource.

Names in other languages

Flooder	Big Flooder
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