Squidvader Cap

The Squidvader Cap is headgear in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon, it is a 2-star item produced by Skalop and comes with the primary ability Special Charge Up. It can be purchased from Cooler Heads for  2,300.

In Splatoon 2, it is a 1-star item produced by Skalop and comes with the primary ability Special Charge Up. It can be purchased from Headspace for  1,300 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for  3,250.

In Splatoon 3, it is a 0-star item produced by Skalop and comes with the primary ability Special Charge Up. It can be purchased from Naut Couture for  1,300 or from SplatNet 3 Shop for  3,250.

Appearance

The Squidvader Cap is a dark-colored cap with a flat brim and a brightly colored, pixelated squid on the front similar to those from Space Invaders, hence the name. On the brim is a sticker with the Skalop logo in black and white. The whole hat changes color to match that of the wearer's Ink and is worn at a slight angle. In Splatoon 3, the cap can be rotated to instead face backwards using the 'Adjust Gear' feature.

Splatoon

Squidvader Cap

Category

  Headgear

Brand

Skalop

Ability

Special Charge Up

Cost

 2,300

Star count

Added in

Initial Release (1.0.0)

Abilities

The Squidvader Cap comes with Special Charge Up as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Squidvader Cap comes 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 it is made by the Skalop gear brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn and a lower chance of rolling Special Saver to fill its secondary ability slots.

Splatoon 2

Squidvader Cap

Category

  Headgear

Brand

Skalop

Ability

Special Charge Up

Cost

 1,300

SplatNet 2

 3,250

Star count

Added in

Initial Release (1.0.0)

Abilities

The Squidvader Cap comes with Special Charge Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 2, it comes with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 1-star item, the Squidvader Cap comes with one additional slot for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail for each slot. Since it is made by the Skalop gear brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn and a lower chance of rolling Special Saver to fill its secondary ability slot.

Splatoon 3

Squidvader Cap

Category

  Headgear

Brand

Skalop

Ability

Special Charge Up

Cost

 1,300

SplatNet 3

 3,250

Adjustable

Yes

Star power

Added in

Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)

The Squidvader Cap appeared in a Twitter post showcasing various shooter-class weapons on 2 May 2022.

Abilities

The Squidvader Cap comes with Special Charge Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 3, it comes with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 0-star item, the Squidvader Cap comes with one additional slot 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 it 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 1 or 2 stars will add a secondary ability slot per level, up to a maximum 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 it is made by the Skalop gear brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn and a lower chance of rolling Special Saver to fill its secondary ability slots.

Gallery

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  A male Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  Another male Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  A female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap, posing with a Splat Roller.

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap, running with a Splat Charger.

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  Closeup of a female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  Promo of a female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap, posing with an N-ZAP '85.

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  Promo for Skalop, with a female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  Official art of an Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap, also with an N-ZAP '85

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  Art of several Inklings - the far right one is wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  Promo for abilities in Splatoon 2, with a female Inkling wearing the Squidvader Cap.

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  Front view in Splatoon 2.

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  Back view

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  The Inkling wielding the .52 Gal wears the Squidvader Cap.

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  Worn by an Inkling on the N-ZAP '85 Tableturf Battle card.

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  Worn by an Octoling on the Dread Wringer Tableturf Battle card.

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  Real-life versions of the Squidvader Cap, sold by KOG.

Trivia

• The Squidvader Cap is the only cap by Skalop to have a white sticker instead of gold. It reflects light like the other stickers, but not quite as strongly.
• The Squidvader Cap exists in real life, sold by KOG.

Etymology

Squidvader is a portmanteau of "squid" and "invader", likely named due to the similarity of the pixelated squid pattern to the sprites from the game Space Invaders.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イカベーダーキャップ Ika-Bēdā Kyappu	Squid-Vader Cap
Dutch	Pixelpet (Splatoon 2 & 3) Squidvader-pet (Splatoon)	Pixel cap Squidvader cap
French	Casquette Sea Invader	Sea Invader cap
German	Inkvader-Kappe	Inkvader cap
Italian	Berretto Inkvaders	Inkvaders cap
Russian	Кепка захватчика (Splatoon 2 & 3) Kepka zakhvatchika Бейсболка с кальмаром (Splatoon) Beysbolka s kal'marom	Inkvader cap Baseball cap with squid
Spanish (NOA)	Gorra calalienígena	Alien squid cap
Spanish (NOE)	Gorra calamarciano	Squid martian cap
Chinese	墨行帽 mòxíng mào (Mandarin)	Ink cap
Korean	오징어 베이더 캡 ojing-eo beideo kaeb	Squid-Vader Cap
Portuguese	Chapéu Squidvader	Squidvader Hat