Inkfurler

Inkfurlers are a mechanic in Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3. They appear in the single-player modes Octo Canyon, Octo Expansion, and Return of the Mammalians, as well as in the Shifty Station Furler in the Ashes.

Description

Inkfurlers are large plastic wraps that unroll when shot at by the player, creating a platform or climbable wall automatically covered in their ink. They re-furl after a brief moment, which can trip up the player. The player can reopen an Inkfurler by shooting its tip or by pushing a ball into it. Enemy attacks automatically retract an Inkfurler. If the player is hit by an Inkfurler pushed back by enemy ink, they will take chip damage; and vice versa, although Inkfurlers will usually instantly splat enemies that they run over when under the effect of the player's ink. Inkfurlers are prominently featured in Sector 4 of Octo Canyon and are required to progress in other levels. Just before an Inkfurler rolls back up, it gives the player a warning by wiggling at the tip.

In multiplayer modes, Inkfurlers are significantly sturdier, taking more hits to unfurl than normal (especially when re-furling) and unfurl much slower. Unlike in other modes, Inkfurlers are always coated in the ink of the player of unfurled it, even when on the opponent's side of the stage, and it can be inked over by an opponent. They appear as gray on the outside instead of their more colorful appearances elsewhere.

Appearances

Octo Canyon

Spinning Campground (Mission #08)
Octoling Assault (Mission #15)
Slimeskin Garrison (Sector 4)
Cephalon HQ (Sector 5)
The Octogalaxy (Mission #23)
Octoling Workout (Mission #27)

Octo Expansion

Shifty Station

Layout 23: Furler in the Ashes

Return of the Mammalians

0101 Get to Know Alterna, Your Only Choice
Landfill Dreamland
0501 Trouble Round Every Corner
0610 Mission: Fly-Fishin'

Gallery

A rolled-up Inkfurler.
Another rolled-up Inkfurler.
Agent 4 standing next to an unrolled Inkfurler.
Three Inkfurlers that form a climbable wall.
Multiple Inkfurlers in The Octogalaxy.
Splat-cam icon for Inkfurlers in Shifty Station.
The message when splatted by an Inkfurler.

Trivia

Inkfurlers closely resemble slap bracelets, springy bracelets popular in the late eighties and early nineties, that roll up similarly. This is represented in the name of H01D03 Slap Bracelet Station, which predominantly uses Inkfurlers.
In the level that introduces inkfurlers, Marie states that if she ever gets her hands on some inkfurlers of her own, she's going to use them to open an amusement park.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ピロピロ Piropiro	Party horn
Dutch	Inkttoeter	Ink horn ^[a]
French	sans-gêne
German	Schnalzbänder
Italian	Srotolone	From srotolare ("unroll") and the suffix -one, used to refer on something large
Russian	Дорожка Dorozhka	Track
Spanish (NOA)	Pasarrollo	From pasar ("to go through") and rollo ("roll")
Spanish (NOE)	Serpentintas	From serpentín ("coil") and tinta ("ink")
Chinese (Simplified)	吹吹卷
Chinese (Traditional)	吹吹捲
Korean	롤 매트	Roll Mat
Internal	Msn_CourseObj_11 ^[1]