Spawner

File:S3 first twitter preview - spawner drones.jpg

Spawner drones, as seen in the Splatoon 3 announcement trailer

The spawner drone is a mechanic introduced in Splatoon 3. It functions as an entrance into battles.

The spawner drone was first shown in the Splatoon 3 announcement trailer.

Description

The spawner drone bears a strong resemblance to a cappuccino machine, continuing the theme of the spawn points in Splatoon 2. The symbol on the bottom resembles the spawn point from Splatoon and Splatoon 2. Each Inkling and Octoling spawns on the drone with a different animation depending on which weapon they are using.

Mechanics

The player is able to aim for a landing spot before being launched into battle by the drone. A squidlike arrow symbol is placed on the ground to show where the player will land, and where teammates will land if they launch at the same time. The player is able to aim upwards to a limited degree, as well. The position can be locked using . The drones also serve as spawn points when players are splatted. Although players can super jump from it, it is not possible to Super Jump back to the drone. Instead, they are super jumped to somewhere close to their spawn. Players are given temporary armor, indicated by a white glow, after landing at the start of a match and after the player respawns.

Gallery

• File:S3 first twitter preview - spawner drone.jpg

  The back of the spawner drone from the Splatoon 3 trailer.

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  Aiming where to launch into battle via spawner drone. The large, team spawn point on the ground can be seen covered with a tarp.

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  Inklings and Octolings being ejected from spawner drones.

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  The purple team standing atop spawner drones, as seen in the Splatoon 3 trailer.

• File:Splatoon 3 Spawner Drone Respawn.png

  An Octoling respawning with a spawner drone.