Vault

File:Vault Render.jpeg

A vault.

“	Gotta have a key to open that vault!	”
— Cap'n Cuttlefish

Vaults, also known as locks, lockboxes, and doors, are a mechanic in Octo Valley, Octo Canyon, the Octo Expansion, and Return of the Mammalians. Vaults typically conceal the path forward or a launchpad to allow the player to progress. Each vault has a key that unlocks it nearby, sometimes hidden in a crate or Octarian.

Description

Vaults are large, cylindrical, stationary objects found in many missions. They are slightly larger than an Inkling or Octoling and have a silver, metallic appearance. A golden lock in the center of each vault prevents the player from accessing a vault's contents and can only be opened with a key. Once a vault has been unlocked, it separates along three vertical, toothed seams and begins dissolving from its base to its top. This animation is accented by a shower of glowing bubbles that match the player's current ink color.

Appearances

Octo Valley

• Octotrooper Hideout (Mission #01)
• Flooder Junkyard (Mission #12)
• Splat-Switch Revolution (Mission #22)
• Far-Flung Flooders (Mission #25)
• Unavoidable Flying Object (Mission #27)

Octo Canyon

• Return of the Octarians (Mission #01)
• Octozeppelin Invasion (Mission #06)
• Back-Alley Cleanup (Mission #07)
• Octoling Strike (Mission #09)
• Octoseeker Shakedown (Mission #10)
• The Floating Garden (Mission #11)
• Octo-Resort Spring (Mission #12)
• Dancing Floors (Mission #13)
• Parking Garage (Mission #14)
• Octoling Assault (Mission #15)
• Octocommander Fortress (Mission #17)
• The Experimentorium (Mission #19)
• Propellerland (Mission #20)
• Octolings Ahoy! (Mission #21)
• Underground Expressway (Mission #22)
• Transfer Junction (Mission #24)
• Platform Madhouse (Mission #25)
• Octoling Workout (Mission #27)

Octo Expansion

• A00 Abandoned Station
• A06 Bounce with Me Station
• B01A03 Wassup 8-Ball Station
• D01B15 Ink from Above Station
• G09B05 Wack 8-Ball Station
• I02 Dinky Ink Station
• I04 Can't Touch This Station
• I08 Radio Station
• J02 Matchmaster Station
• Escape 02 Villi Phase
• Escape 03 Belly Phase

Gallery

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  Agent 3 facing a locked vault.

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  Agent 3 approaching a locked vault.

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  The vault being unlocked with a key.

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  The same vault immediately after it has been unlocked.

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  The unlocked vault a few seconds after being unlocked, revealing a launchpad.

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  Agent 3 next to a vault in Far-Flung Flooders.

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  A see-through vault in Splatoon 2.