Pilot Goggles

The Pilot Goggles are headgear in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon, they are a 3-star item produced by Forge and come with the primary ability Bomb Range Up. They can be purchased from Cooler Heads for  5,500.

In Splatoon 2, they are a 2-star item produced by Forge and come with the primary ability Sub Power Up. They can be purchased from Headspace for  5,500 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for  11,000.

In Splatoon 3, they are a 1-star item produced by Forge and come with the primary ability Sub Power Up. They can be purchased from Naut Couture for  5,500 or from SplatNet 3 Shop for  11,000.

Appearance

The Pilot Goggles are a large pair of shiny metal goggles with a dark brown strap. They have clear lenses and a ring of small holes around each lens. They are worn on the forehead, rather than over the eyes.

Splatoon

Abilities

The Pilot Goggles come with Bomb Range Up as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Pilot Goggles come with two additional slots for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail or 30,000 cash for each slot. Since they are made by the Forge gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Special Duration Up and a lower chance of rolling Ink Saver (Sub) to fill their secondary ability slots.

Splatoon 2

Abilities

The Pilot Goggles come with Sub 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 Pilot Goggles 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 Forge gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Special Power Up and a lower chance of rolling Ink Saver (Sub) to fill their secondary ability slots.

Splatoon 3

Abilities

The Pilot Goggles come with Sub 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 Pilot Goggles 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 Forge gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Special Power Up and a lower chance of rolling Ink Saver (Sub) to fill their secondary ability slot.

Trivia

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Image discovered in Super Mario Maker

• A UI icon for an older version of the item was discovered in the data files for Super Mario Maker. In this version, all visual elements are black.
• The Pilot Goggles had Damage Up as a main ability instead of Bomb Range Up in a pre-release build of Splatoon.
• They are worn by Goggles from the Splatoon manga. They are also worn by Inkling Boy in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

Gallery

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  A female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  A female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles, holding a Custom Hydra Splatling

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  Closeup of a female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  Side view on a male Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  Another male Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  Promo for Forge, with a male Inkling (left) wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  Official art of an Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles, holding a Krak-On Splat Roller

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  Another with a Tentatek Splattershot.

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  Art of a male Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles, wielding a Splattershot

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  Art of a team of Inklings - the closest is wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  The Pilot Goggles with Damage Up in an early version of Cooler Heads

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  Sunken Scroll 18, with the Pilot Goggles at the upper left

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  A promo image for Forge, with a female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles

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  The Octoling Girl with the Nautilus 47 is wearing the Pilot Goggles.

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  Front view.

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  Back view.