Shell-Out Machine

The Shell-Out Machine is a capsule vending machine that dispenses various items in exchange for Cash. The dispensed items include tickets, ability chunks, Splashtag banners and titles, locker room accessories, and packs of Tableturf Battle cards.

It can be found in the Battle Lobby in Splatoon 3. Normally it costs  30000 per use, but the first use per day costs  5000. This first use resets at 12:00 AM UTC, regardless if the player has purchased something before 24 hours have passed. During the Sneak Peek period immediately before a Splatfest, conch shells can additionally be used as an alternative manner of operating the machine, at one conch shell per use. Whilst this period is ongoing, the machine's design is slightly modified, with a neon conch shell sign on the machine and a folded sign, banner, and basket surrounding the machine. In this state, the capsules dispensed have a conch shell image on their front.

Item chances

What players get out of the Shell-Out Machine relies on a component of luck. Each possible item is separated into one of six grades, with 0 being the rarest and 5 being the most common. Each grade has a different capsule color. There is a 47% chance of a grade 5 capsule, a 39% chance of a grade 4 capsule, a 13% chance of a grade 3 capsule, etc.

Description	Chance	Grade
The Seasonal Banner	0.1%	0
1 Seasonal Pair of Titles	0.3%	1
10 of every Ability Chunk	0.6%	2
1 Pack of Tableturf Cards	4%	3
1 Party Food Ticket	3%	3
1 Banner	6%	3
3 Ability Chunks	10%	4
1 2x Food Ticket	7%	4
1 Pair of Titles	22%	4
2 Locker Stickers	10%	5
2 Locker Figures	10%	5
1 1.5x Food Ticket	13%	5
1 Drink Ticket	14%	5

Seasonal rewards

It appears that each season will bring with it a seasonal banner and a pair of titles to be obtained from the Shell-Out Machine.

Seasonal banners

Banner	Season Available
File:Splashtag banner 94 s3.png	Drizzle Season 2022

Seasonal titles

Adjective	Noun	Season Available
Super-Duper Lucky	Lucky Duck	Drizzle Season 2022

Capsule colors

There are six different rarities (grades) of items available from the Shell-Out Machine, each getting a capsule color. Additionally, when it is a Splatfest, a conch shell icon is added on top.

Grade	Description	Regular Capsule	Splatfest Capsule
0	Gold with lots of sparkles
1	Silver with a few sparkles
2	Bronze with a few sparkles
3	Red
4	Purple
5	Light Blue

Quotes

“	Now you're full of fancy sandwiches and worn-out from going on recon, so you're thinking about a nap, right? WRONG! There's still more to do! Check out the Shell-Out Machine right next to the Crab-N-Go. You could win tickets, ability chunks, cool stuff for your Splashtag, & more!	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Gallery

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  The Shell-Out Machine in the days before a Splatfest, showing that it now takes conch shells.

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  A capsule obtained by feeding a conch shell to the machine.

Etymology

Shell-out is a wordplay on "shelling out" which is to pay winnings to someone, and the conch shells that the machine accepts. It could also be a play on the word 'sellout', meaning 'to betray one's cause or associates especially for personal or monetary gain'.