Squid Beakon

The Squid Beakon is a Sub Weapon in Splatoon.

Description

After being placed by an Inkling, other Inklings on the same team will be able to Super Jump to the placed Beakon. When an Inkling from an opposing team shoots the other team's Beakon, or when the Beakon has been used once, it will be destroyed and no longer available for use. Up to three Beakons can be placed down by one person at any one time. If the user attempts to place another Beakon after three have already been placed, the new Beakon will be placed but the earliest active Beakon will be destroyed.

Notes

“	This radar-like device can be dropped to give your team a jump point on the Stage. Squid Beakons appear on the GamePad’s map as radar icons. Simply select one of these icons to initiate a Super Jump toward the selected Beakon. Once a player lands on a Squid Beakon, it explodes—so don’t be stingy with these things. Keep deploying more Squid Beakons to give your team an advantage. For best results, place Squid Beakons in safe areas near the center of a stage. This gives your team quick access to hotly contested areas like Splat Zones. The GamePad’s map also shows enemy Squid Beakons. Use this intel to hunt down the enemy’s Squid Beakons—they can be destroyed by shooting them. Or simply camp an enemy Squid Beakon and ambush an opponent as they jump into view. Each player can place up to three Squid Beakons on a stage at a time. If all eight players have Squid Beakons, that means there can be up to twenty-four Squid Beakons on a stage at any given time.	”
— Splatoon Prima Guide

Judd's Advice

Meow! (Squid Beakons let you or an ally Super Jump to that position! They'll be displayed on all your maps once placed, so just tap to jump! Place up to 3 of them in strategic locations, then mount an offensive!)

Tips

• Try to place the Beakons in advantageous place where the other team is less likely to destroy it. This includes a high area, or a spot behind an obstacle or wall where it is less likely to be discovered.
• If done correctly, Beakons can be used as bait, which is especially effective in the more competitive atmosphere of Ranked Battles. When an enemy comes to destroy it, the player can ambush them.
• Spray some Ink around the Beakon so an arriving ally can hide immediately after landing.
• If a good spot for a Beakon is found, place a new one as soon as it is used.
• Like Sprinklers, Beakons can be used as light shields in a pinch, taking some damage in place of the user.
  • Even when not used as shields, the attention drawn by an unguarded Beakon can be used to one's advantage for an ambush or escape.
• Beakons can be used with the Krak-On Roller to surprise an enemy up high. To do this, place a beacon right next to the wall they are on, super jump to the Beakon, then flick the roller on the way down, splatting the opponent.

Countering

• Squid Beakons can be seen on the by either team, so it can be used to find and destroy hidden Beakons or to predict where enemies will be.
• A Beakon may be bait - it would be wise to keep an eye on one's surroundings when destroying it.
• Wait in a pool of ink nearby a Beakon and splat opponents when they jump to it.

Sets

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Beakon Destruction In-depth

Beakons behave strangely, as an Inkbrush can steamroll it with 20 damage but a Splattershot Pro can't destroy it in less than 126 damage.

All Shooter and Splatling class weapons require the same amount of hits to destroy a Beakon as they do to splat a squid. Blasters only take 1 direct shot to destroy a Beakon, including the Rapid Blaster and Rapid Blaster Pro despite only doing 80 damage per direct shot. Blasters need to do 50 damage worth of indirect shots to destroy the Beakon. That's 1 indirect shots for the regular Blaster, Range Blaster, and Luna Blaster, and 2 indirect shots for the Rapid Blasters. Rollers and Brushes take approximately the same number of direct or indirect hits to destroy a Beakon as to splat a squid. All Rollers and Brushes can run over a Beakon to destroy it with 1 hit. Chargers, including the Bamboozler, can break a Beakon with one full charge, or 2 uncharged shots. The Squiffer and Splat Charger can destroy it with 1 half charge, and the E-liter 3K can can destroy it with 1 quarter charge. Sloshers can destroy a Beakon with 1 direct slosh, or 2 indirect sloshes.

Additional information:

• 2 indirect Burst Bomb hits will destroy a Beakon.
• A Splash Wall placed on or very near the Beakon will destroy it.
• A Sprinkler will destroy the Beakon after 4 drops hit it.
• Getting enemy ink under the Beakon before damaging it changes nothing.

Trivia

• The Squid Beakon used to only be available with one weapon, the Krak-On Splat Roller, which made it the rarest Sub Weapon at the launch of Splatoon.
• There are no Splatlings or Sloshers with the Squid Beakon as their Sub Weapon.
• The name is a play on words between a beacon and a squid's beak.
• The Squid Beakon resembles an airport surveillance radar in appearance.
• At Ancho-V Games, there is a platform with a propeller near the Spawn Point. When the propeller is sprayed with ink, it moves forward and a platform underneath the computers opens up. By putting a Squid Beakon on the part, when the propeller lift goes backwards to where it started, the Squid Beakon gets crushed by the side of the platform which the bit underneath it goes under, as if it had been splatted.
• The color of a Squid Beakon changes to match the color of the team's ink.
• Beakons are used in many out of bounds glitches. By putting a Beakon next to certain moving objects before they move, then jumping to the Beakon after they move, it is possible to glitch into walls.

Gallery

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  The Squid Beakon in action at Blackbelly Skatepark.

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  The Squid Beakon icon that indicates that a beakon has been deployed by the player or a teammate.

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  Promo art with a Squid Beakon at the far right.

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  Concept art of various Sub Weapons, with the Squid Beakon at the lower left.