Half-Rim Glasses

The Half-Rim Glasses are headgear in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon 2, they are a 2-star item produced by Splash Mob and come with the primary ability Special Power Up. They can be purchased from Headspace for  4,100 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for  8,200.

In Splatoon 3, they are a 1-star item produced by Splash Mob and come with the primary ability Special Power Up. They can be purchased from Naut Couture for  4,100 or from SplatNet 3 Shop for  8,200.

Appearance

The Half-Rim Glasses are a pair of eyeglasses with thick frames. Its color changes to a darker shade of the wearer's ink. On the inside of the temples, the Splash Mob logo can be seen in white text.

Splatoon 2

Half-Rim Glasses

Category

  Headgear

Brand

Splash Mob

Ability

Special Power Up

Cost

 4,100

SplatNet 2

 8,200

Star count

Added in

Initial Release (1.0.0)

Abilities

The Half-Rim Glasses come with Special Power Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 2, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 2-star item, the Half-Rim Glasses come with two additional slots for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail for each slot. Since they are made by the Splash Mob gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Saver (Main) and a lower chance of rolling Run Speed Up to fill their secondary ability slots.

Splatoon 3

Half-Rim Glasses

Category

  Headgear

Brand

Splash Mob

Ability

Special Power Up

Cost

 4,100

SplatNet 3

 8,200

Star power

Added in

Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)

The Half-Rim Glasses could be seen in the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere.

Abilities

The Half-Rim Glasses come with Special Power Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 3, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 1-star item, the Half-Rim Glasses come with two additional slots for secondary abilities. The star level may be increased with Super Sea Snails for 1 (first), 1 (second), 5 (third), 10 (fourth), or 20 (fifth) Super Sea Snails per star, or by purchasing additional copies of them from Naut Couture for 10,000 (first), 30,000 (second), 50,000 (third), 100,000 (fourth), or 200,000 (fifth) Cash per star. Increasing the star level to 2 stars will add another secondary ability slot for a total of three slots. Increasing the star level beyond 2 stars will increase the gear experience gained by a cumulative 3.333…% up to 10% additional experience at 5-star level. Since they are made by the Splash Mob gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Ink Saver (Main) and a lower chance of rolling Run Speed Up to fill their secondary ability slot.

Gallery

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  Render of an Inkling wearing the Half-Rim Glasses, holding a Heavy Splatling

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  Expanded box art of Splatoon 2, with an Inkling (far left) wearing the Half-Rim Glasses

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  Art of a male Inkling wearing the Half-Rim Glasses, holding a Heavy Splatling

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  Front view in Splatoon 2.

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  Side view.

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  An Inkling (second from right) wearing the Half-Rim Glasses, holding an Undercover Sorella Brella

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  The female Inkling wears the Half-Rim Glasses.

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  Worn by the Octoling on the left.

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  Front view in Splatoon 3.

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  Adjusted view.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	セルブロウ Seru Burō	Celluloid Brow (Glasses)
Dutch	Bril met halve rand	Glasses with half rim
French	Lunettes demi-cerclées	Half-rimmed glasses
German	Halbrand-Brille	Half-rim glasses
Italian	Occhiali a mezza montatura	Half-rimmed glasses
Russian	Очки в полуоправе Ochki v poluoprave	Glasses with half rim
Spanish (NOA)	Gafas montura gruesa	Thick frame glasses
Spanish (NOE)	Gafas gruesas	Thick glasses
Chinese (Simplified)	半框眼镜 bàn kuāng yǎnjìng (Mandarin)	Half-Rim Glasses
Chinese (Traditional)	半框眼鏡 bàn kuāng yǎnjìng (Mandarin)	Half-Rim Glasses
Korean	하프 림 글라스 hapeu lim geullaseu	Half-Rim Glasses