Freshness

For the term as used in Splatoon, see Level.

In Splatoon 2, Freshness refers to a player's skill ranking with a particular main weapon, replacing Vibe from Splatoon.

In Splatoon 3, Freshness was reworked to be a five-star system, however, the Splatoon 2 Freshness flag and its tracking remains.

Splatoon 2

Similar to Vibe, Freshness increases by one point when a player wins a match and decreases by a variable amount when losing based on the player's current Freshness rating. However, unlike with Vibe, Freshness is tracked for each specific main weapon and does not reset. It also changes only from Regular Battles and not from Ranked Battles, League Battles or Splatfests.

As of version 3.0.0, when the player loses while having fewer teammates than the opposing team, the Freshness rating does not change.

Whenever a player reaches a new Freshness rating with a weapon, they earn a large one-time Battle Points bonus. This bonus is not affected by the use of a Crust Bucket Ticket. Losing and regaining a rating does not grant the bonus a second time.

Splatoon 3

Freshness is tracked for each specific main weapon and does not reset. After each match, a player's weapon will gain Freshness points based on Battle Points awarded.

Obtaining a new star level for a weapon grants the player the reward associated with that level:

Stars	Freshness required	Reward
1	10000	Sheldon License
2	25000	Normal Sticker of the weapon
3	60000	Reflective Sticker of the weapon
4	160000	Badge of the weapon
5	1160000	Golden Badge of the weapon

Freshness flag

Each rating has a specific flag color that is displayed beside a weapon's name in the weapon select. The flag's color is representative of that weapon's highest Freshness rating, not its current rating. Therefore, if Fresh is reached with a weapon before dropping back down to Raw, it will still display the Fresh flag on the weapon select. Max freshness is at 99.0. In Splatoon 3, this system no longer awards bonus points and is purely aesthetic.

Title	Score to Reach	Score Penalty on Loss	Bonus on Reaching	Flag Color
Dry	0	-0.5	N/A	Grey
Raw	5	-1	3000p	Green
Fresh­S2 Smokin’S3	10	-1.5	4500p	Orange
SUPERFRESH!	15	-2	6000p	Silver
SUPERFRESH!	20	-2.5	No bonus	Silver
SUPERFRESH!	50	-3	No bonus	Gold

Gallery

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  A player receiving a bonus for reaching a new Freshness rating

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  Appearance of the Freshness meter at 50+

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  Appearance of the Freshness meter at 15+

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  Appearance of the Freshness meter at 10+

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  Appearance of the Freshness meter at 5+ or Raw 8.5

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  Appearance of the Freshness meter at 0+

Names in other languages

Freshness meter	Freshness bonus
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English	Japanese	Dutch	French (NTSC)	French (PAL)
Dry	チョーシあげていこう	Groentje (Rookie)	Ça pourrait être mieux... (Could be better...)	Moyen... (Average)
German	Italian	Russian	Spanish (NTSC)	Spanish (PAL)
Kleiner Fisch (Small Fish)			Apestoso (Stinky)	Pasable (Acceptable)
English	Japanese	Dutch	French (NTSC)	French (PAL)
Raw	チョーシぼちぼち	Middenmoot (Mid range; pun on "moot", 'a piece of fish')	Pas mal! (Not bad!)	Pas mal. (Not Bad)
German	Italian	Russian	Spanish (NTSC)	Spanish (PAL)
Flotte Sprotte (Brisky Sprat)			Verde (Green; as in, "unripe")	Decente... (Decent...)
English	Japanese	Dutch	French (NTSC)	French (PAL)
Fresh	チョーシいいね！	Neusje van de zalm (Nose of the salmon; phrase meaning 'the best of the best')	Superbe! (Superb!)	Classe ! (Cool!)
German	Italian	Russian	Spanish (NTSC)	Spanish (PAL)
Toller Hecht (Nice Pike)			¡Impresionante! (Impressive)	¡Alucinante! (Mind-blowing!)
English	Japanese	Dutch	French (NTSC)	French (PAL)
SUPERFRESH!	チョーシサイコー！！	SUPERVERS! (SUPERFRESH!)	Imbattable! (Unbeatable!)	Trop classe ! (Too cool!)
German	Italian	Russian	Spanish (NTSC)	Spanish (PAL)
Hammerhai (Hammerhead shark)			¡LA ONDA! (THE COOLEST!)	¡Insuperable! (Unbeatable!)