Reefslider

The Reefslider is a special weapon in Splatoon 3. It summons a ridden inflatable pool toy that quickly travels forward, splatting opponents on impact, and explodes, either when the user stops it or when its maximum distance is reached.

Appearance

The Reefslider is similar in appearance to an inflatable pool toy, with the overall design of a shark. The shark has several scratches on its body and a muzzle on its face, while soda bottles are attached to the base of the tail.

When activated, a straight path that appears resembles a pair of jetski buoy barriers.

Splatoon 3

Splatoon 3

Reefslider

Category	Special
Class
Sub
Special
Special points
Special depletion
Range
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Level
Cost
Requirement
Added in		Specifications
Weight
Base damage	220 (On Impact) 220 (Direct Hit) 60 (Splash)
Base duration
Ink consumption
Base range
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Base accuracy
MPU effect
SPU effect
SPU effect
Other variant

It appears in only 1 Return of the Mammalians mission:

• Rocket 02 Alterna Space Center Hangar

When activated, the user pulls out an inflatable toy shark and a straight path appears in the same direction as the camera is facing. The user then rides the toy shark, rushing across the straight path, splatting opponents upon contact. At the end of the path, the toy shark stops in place and lets out a blast of ink, splatting opponents in its radius. The explosion can also be triggered prematurely by colliding with the terrain or pressing .

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.0.0	▲ Damage from the rush attack and from being caught up in the explosion at short range has been increased from 180.0 to 220.0. This change is intended to increase the damage done to Big Bubbler and Rainmaker shields and to allow players to defeat opponents armored due to Squid Roll or Squid Surge. — Fixed an issue where the explosion animation would not be triggered on a player's screen when another player used the Reefslider. — Adjusted the color of the attack-area indicator to fix an issue where certain ink-color combinations made it easy to be mistaken for the enemy team's color. — Fixed an issue where explosions from the Reefslider or Splat Bombs could not deal damage to a Big Shot or a Cohock.
2.1.0	Adjusted the amount of time for the invulnerability window, which occurs after exploding until you are able to move, to about 28/60 of a second.

Quotes

“

Hop onto a shark-shaped, ink-propelled float, and charge forward. When you reach the end of the path, or if you press , the float will explode and deal damage.

”

— In-game description

“

SRL here on Weapon Wednesday with new info about the Reefslider special. To call it an "exploding shark motorcycle" would be reductive, but... annoyingly accurate. Hop on, aim in the direction of what you want to splat, and let it rip. Press at any time for early detonation! Linguistics just informed us that "Weapon Wednesday" isn't a thing. To make up for this misstep, here's footage of the Reefslider in action! Notice the brief moment of vulnerability at activation, followed by invulnerability until detonation. And no steering! Aim carefully...

”

— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Sets

Weapons with Reefslider in Splatoon 3

	Main	#ID	Sub	Special	Special Points	Level	Price	Class	Introduced​​​​
	Aerospray MG	30	Fizzy Bomb	Reefslider	180p	5	1	Shooter	Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
	Dapple Dualies Nouveau	5001	Torpedo	Reefslider	190p	26	1	Dualie	Version 2.0.0 (Chill Season 2022)
	Dark Tetra Dualies	5040	Autobomb	Reefslider	200p	17	1	Dualie	Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)​
	Dread Wringer	3050	Suction Bomb	Reefslider	190p	15	1	Slosher	Version 5.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2023)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
	REEF-LUX 450 Deco	7021	Splash Wall	Reefslider	200p	12	1	Stringer	Version 6.0.0 (Chill Season 2023)​
	S-BLAST '92	260	Sprinkler	Reefslider	180p	20	1	Blaster	Version 4.0.0 (Sizzle Season 2023)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
	Undercover Brella	6020	Ink Mine	Reefslider	180p	18	1	Brella	Version 1.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2022)​​​​

Badges

Main article: Badge#Special Weapon Wins

Wining a certain number of battles with the Reefslider will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Reefslider Badges
	30 wins with Reefslider
	180 wins with Reefslider
	1,200 wins with Reefslider

Gallery

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  Promotional render

• File:Reefslider Promo Image.jpg

  An Octoling riding the Reefslider

• 

  An earlier version of the Reefslider icon. It's similar to the icon for Splashdown.

• Reefslider model rotating (link to file)

• Using the Reefslider (link to file)

Trivia

• The ending animation of the special may reference the iconic motorcycle slide in the 1988 anime film Akira.
• Unlike most weapons with a visible path of travel, the Reefslider cannot be aimed before firing; it is immediately fired in the direction of the camera upon pressing . Additionally, both the path and the explosion radius can be seen by other players.