Haunt

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Haunt is a gear primary ability in the Splatoon series.

Haunt helps the user track the opponent that splatted them. In Splatoon, Haunt also gives the user Damage Up, Defense Up, and Run Speed Up while certain conditions are met. In Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3, when the user splats an opponent they are currently tracking, that opponent gets the effects of Respawn Punisher for that splat.

Splatoon

Mechanics

The opponent who splats the user will be marked by a circling black squid for about 9 seconds by default or about 4.5 seconds with Cold-Blooded.

While the user is marked by an opposing Point Sensor, Echolocator, or by splatting another Haunt user, 20 AP^[1] of Damage Up and Defense Up and an unknown amount of Run Speed Up is given to the user.

Tactics

Haunt is useful for players who usually flank; and for back liners, since if they are splatted, their team is more likely to notice that an enemy may be coming up from behind.

Gear

Haunt is the primary ability of:

Clothing with Haunt in Splatoon

Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Added in
Forge Octarian Jacket	Forge	2700	Haunt	2.3.0
Ivory Peaks Tee	Inkline	400	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
Octo Tee	Cuttlegear	Level 45	Haunt	2.0.0
Squidmark LS	SquidForce	600	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
Vintage Check Shirt	Rockenberg	9000	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
Yellow Urban Vest	Firefin	3000	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.6.0	▲ Haunt will now also increase attack power, defense, and Inkling movement speed while being marked by the enemy.
2.7.0	▼ Duration reduced: 12s → 9s

Gallery

Splatoon 2

“	Once you've respawned, reveals the position of the player who splatted you.	”
— In-game description

Mechanics

Haunt now tracks opponents who splatted the user with white silhouettes (like Thermal Ink and Sting Ray) that can be seen through opaque objects only to the user while at least a certain distance from the opponent (Bomb Defense Up DX increases this minimum distance) and while the opponent is not submerged in ink. Unlike the Thermal Ink, the Haunt effect lasts until the opponent is splatted.

If the Haunt user splats an opponent who they are currently tracking, the victim gets the effects of Respawn Punisher for that splat and the user's Haunt icon will be highlighted by a yellow ring on the victim's splat cam. The Respawn Punisher penalty does not apply if the tracked opponent gets splatted by any other means, but the tracking silhouette still disappears.

There is no limit on how many opponents a Haunt user can track. So even if all four opponents on the enemy team splat the Haunt user, the Haunt user will be tracking four players.

Gear

Haunt is the primary ability of:

Clothing with Haunt in Splatoon 2

Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Added in
Annaki Red Cuff	Annaki	4800	Haunt	2.0.0
Forge Octarian Jacket	Forge	2700	Haunt	3.0.0
Ivory Peaks Tee	Inkline	400	Haunt	3.0.0
Negative Longcuff Sweater	Toni Kensa	11800	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
Neo Octoling Armor	Cuttlegear	Octo Expansion	Haunt	3.1.0
Octo Tee	Cuttlegear	8888	Haunt	3.0.0
Squidmark LS	SquidForce	600	Haunt	2.0.0
Varsity Baseball LS	Splash Mob	700	Haunt	2.0.0
Vintage Check Shirt	Rockenberg	9000	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
White King Tank	Enperry	600	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
Yellow Urban Vest	Firefin	4100	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)
Zekko Long Radish Tee	Zekko	1450	Haunt	2.0.0
Zekko Redleaf Coat	Zekko	2600	Haunt	Initial Release (1.0.0)

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	— Haunt now applies a white silhouette on the opponent who splatted the user instead of marking them with a circling black squid. ▲ Haunt no longer signals the splatter when it gets activated. ▼ The silhouette can only be seen by the Haunt user who gets splatted by the tracked opponent. ▼ The silhouette is only visible if the tracked opponent is at least a certain distance from the Haunt user and not submerged in ink. ▼ Removed the line connecting the user to the tracked opponent. ▲ Base duration increased to 30 seconds. ▼ No longer gives abilities when the user is marked by a Point Sensor or another Haunt user.
1.4.0	▲ Opponents behind stage objects will be revealed when the Haunt's effective range is roughly 23% further away from them than it was previously.
3.0.0	▲ Opposing players marked with Haunt will now incur the penalties of Respawn Punisher when splatted by the player that they splatted. — When an opponent splats the player, that activation will stand out clearly on the screen while waiting to respawn.
4.6.0	▲ The duration has been increased from 30 seconds to infinite. If the target afflicted with Haunt is splatted, the effect will disappear as normal. ▲ Number of targets that can be afflicted with Haunt at once increased to four. This means that if a second, third, or fourth player were to splat someone who has Haunt equipped, the previous players afflicted with Haunt's effects will continue to be affected.

Splatoon 3

Gear

Haunt is the primary ability of:

Clothing with Haunt in Splatoon 3

Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Added in
Annaki Bracelet Tee	Annaki	8,000	Haunt	Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
Annaki Red Cuff	Annaki	4,800	Haunt	Fresh Season 2024 (7.0.0)
Barazushi Rice Tee	Barazushi	720	Haunt	Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
Black-Belt Gi	amiibo	Octoling (Splatoon 3)	Haunt	11 November 2023
Forge Octarian Jacket	Forge	2,700	Haunt	Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
Ivory Peaks Tee	Inkline	400	Haunt	Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
Negative Longcuff Sweater	Toni Kensa	11,800	Haunt	Chill Season 2022 (2.0.0)
Octo Tee	Cuttlegear	8,888	Haunt	Chill Season 2022 (2.0.0)
Squidmark LS	SquidForce	600	Haunt	Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
Umibozu Home Jersey	Takoroka	870	Haunt	Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
Varsity Baseball LS	Splash Mob	700	Haunt	Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
Vintage Check Shirt	Rockenberg	9,000	Haunt	Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
White King Tank	Enperry	600	Haunt	Fresh Season 2024 (7.0.0)
Yellow Urban Vest	Firefin	4,100	Haunt	Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
Zekko Long Radish Tee	Zekko	1,450	Haunt	Fresh Season 2024 (7.0.0)
Zekko Redleaf Coat	Zekko	2,600	Haunt	Fresh Season 2024 (7.0.0)

Additionally, Murch or Spyke can replace the primary ability on a piece of clothing with Haunt by using 15 of each of the following ability chunks:

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リベンジ (Splatoon 2) うらみ (Splatoon) Ribenji (Splatoon 2) Urami (Splatoon)	Revenge Rancor
Dutch	Revanche	Revenge
French	Revanche (Splatoon 2) Vengeance (Splatoon)	Revenge Vengence
French (NOA)	Vengeance (Splatoon and (Splatoon 2)	Vengence
German	Vergeltung (Splatoon 2) Rache (Splatoon)	Retaliation Revenge
Italian	Rappresaglia (Splatoon 2) Vendetta (Splatoon)	Retaliation Revenge
Russian	Вендетта Vendetta	Vendetta
Spanish (NOA)	Resentimiento	Resentment
Spanish (NOE)	Represalia (Splatoon 2) Venganza (Splatoon)	Retaliation Revenge
Chinese (Simplified)	复仇 fùchóu (Mandarin)	Revenge
Chinese (Traditional)	復仇 fùchóu (Mandarin)	Revenge
Korean	리벤지 Ribenji	Revenge