.96 Gal

The .96 Gal is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.

As a member of the shooter class, this weapon distinguishes itself by sacrificing fire rate, ink efficiency, and mobility for powerful shots and long range. The .96 Gal outputs enough ink in each shot to splat opponents in two hits. Consequently, the weapon has a high ink consumption rate of 2.5% per shot, making it the ink-thirstiest of all weapons in the shooter class (excluding blasters) and only allowing for 40 shots to be fired per ink tank. The weapon's fire rate is slower than all other shooter-class weapons (also excluding blasters), measuring at slightly slower than the Octobrush's flick rate. A major drawback of the .96 Gal is its poor accuracy for a long-ranged weapon; many shots can deviate far enough to the left or right that they may miss the target. The .96 Gal and its close relative the .52 Gal share their visual design and high-damage, low-accuracy performance.

The weapon is designed with a water cooler bottle as a base. A grip, sight, and high-caliber gun barrel are clamped to the bottle. The parts surrounding the bottle are black plastic with pink accents, while the bottle matches the player's ink color.

Splatoon

Splatoon

.96 Gal

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Sprinkler
Special	Echolocator
Level	12
Cost	7,600
Availability
Base damage	52
Base duration
Ink consumption	2.5%
Special points
Special depletion	40%
Range	68 / 100
Damage	70 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	15 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variant	.96 Gal Deco

The .96 Gal comes in a set with Sprinklers and the Echolocator.

Data

• The .96 Gal is a middleweight weapon.
• Each shot consumes 2.5% of the ink tank capacity.
  • This allows players to fire 40 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 12 frames between shots (5 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.4 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 52.
• Shots travel straight for 6 frames. After that, they may lose damage. A shot will lose damage until it reaches 26 damage at frame 18.
• Shots have a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 4 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 12 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. The outer reticle will finish shrinking after 60 frames.
• The chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle increases by 20% per shot, and maximizes at a 25% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle.
  • This means that it takes 2 shots to reach minimum accuracy.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
• Accuracy starts recovering 12 frames after the player stops shooting.
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 22 units per frame for 6 frames.
  • This gives the weapon an effective range of 132 units.
• Ink droplets occur every 50 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 4 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 21 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18.5 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 14.5 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.7.0	▼ Damage per shot: 62 → 52 ▲ Spread reduced by about 11%. ▲ Special gauge loss: 50% → as low as 40%

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The .96 Gal's main weapon has an extra-large ink tank, allowing for powerful shots with a lot of range! And the Sprinkler and Echolocator can be used to keep foes riiiiiiight where you want them. So it's an excellent weapon for fighters who want to control the pace of battle!(NA)

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Similar to the .52 Gal, but with an improved mechanism and a more stable shot. Range and power have been increased...at the cost of being even more ink hungry.

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— In-Game Description(NA)

“

Similar to the .52 Gal, but with an improved mechanism and a more stable shot. Range and power have been increased - at the cost of being even more ink hungry.

”

— In-Game Description(EU/OC)

Notes

Gallery

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  Promo image.

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  Artwork of an Inkling holding the .96 Gal.

Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2

.96 Gal

Category	Main
Class	Shooter
Sub	Sprinkler
Special	Ink Armor
Level	21
Cost	12,600
Availability
Base damage	62
Base duration
Ink consumption	2.5%
Special points	190p
Special depletion
Range	74 / 100
Damage	80 / 100
Impact
Fire rate	10 / 100
Charge speed
Ink speed
Mobility
Durability
Handling
Other variant	.96 Gal Deco

The .96 Gal returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It comes with Sprinklers and the Ink Armor.

Data

• The .96 Gal is a middleweight weapon.
• The ink consumption of 2.5% and ink tank capacity of 100% allows players to fire 40 shots before needing to refill the ink supply.
  • This stat can be changed with Ink Saver (Main).
• When initially firing the weapon in humanoid form, the first shot takes 3 frames to come out.
• When firing from squid or octopus form, the first shot takes 11 frames to come out.
• The interval between firing and when the player is able to become a squid or use a sub weapon is 4 frames.
• When firing continuously, it has a fire rate of 12 frames between shots (5 shots per second).
• When firing while moving, the player's movement speed is set to 0.4 units per frame.
• After firing, there is a 20 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
• Each shot has a base damage of 62.
• If a shot is in the air for more than 9 frames after being fired, it loses 1.6875 damage per frame until it reaches 35 damage at frame 25.
• The bullet hitbox has a radius of 2 units.
• The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 4 degrees.
• The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 11.3511 degrees.
• The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 25 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 70 frames.
• The .96 Gal starts off having a 4% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
  • This chance increases by 3% per shot, and maximizes at a 30% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle, meaning that it takes 9 shots to reach minimum accuracy.
• When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 40%.
• Accuracy starts recovering 12 frames after the player stops shooting. The chance to shoot towards the outer reticle decreases by 2% per frame, if the chance is not already at the minimum, meaning that it takes 25 frames to reach maximum accuracy. (30 after shooting while jumping.)
• Shots initially travel at a rate of 24.5 units per frame for 5 frames, having an effective range of 122.5 units.
  • After that, the shot's velocity is set to 23.77 units per frame if it is not already lower than the listed value, and decreases further as it travels.
• Ink droplets occur every 60 units.
• The frequency at which ink drips from a shot occurs at a rate of 3.4 droplets per shot.
• There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
• Droplets that occur within 11 units of the player have a radius of 24 units, and a width of 13 units.
  • These droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1.2 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.4 if they fell from a height below 30 units.
• Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 21 units.
• All other ink droplets have a radius of 13.5 units.
• Droplets that are far from the player and all other droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1.2 if they fell from a height below 30 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 20% → 5% ▼ Range decreased by about 10%. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 22 → 23 ▼ Frames bullet flies straight through the air: 6 → 5 ▼ Effective range: 132 units → 115 units ▼ Total range: 177.396 units → 160.396 units ▼ Droplet rate: 4 → 3 ▼ Distance between droplets: 50 units → 60 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 21 units → 20 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets far from the player: 18.5 units → 17.5 units ▼ Radius of standard paint droplets: 14.5 units → 13.5 units ▼ Angle of shot deviation while on the ground: 4 degrees → 5 degrees ▼ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 12 degrees → 14 degrees ▼ Maximum frequency at which bullets shoot towards the outer reticle: 25% → 40%
1.1.2	▼ Points to fill special gauge: 180 → 210
1.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 210 → 200
1.4.0	▲ Damage: 52 → 62. ▼ Damage lost per frame: 1.625 → 1.9375 ▲ Decreased weapon sway when shooting on the ground by roughly 8%.: 5 degrees → 4.6 degrees ▲ Decreased weapon sway when shooting right after a jump by roughly 14%.: 14 degrees → 12 degrees
2.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 200 → 190
3.0.0	▲ Decreased trajectory variance of first shot while also increasing time required to reach maximum shot variance when firing continuously. ▲ Minimum frequency at which bullets shoot towards the outer reticle: 15% → 4% ▲ Maximum frequency at which bullets shoot towards the outer reticle: 40% → 30% ▲ Increase in chance to shoot towards the outer reticle per shot: 5% → 3% ▲ Shots required to reach maximum frequency: 5 → 9
4.0.0	▲ Increased the radius of area inked where a shot lands by roughly 20%. ▲ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 20 units → 24 units ▲ Radius of paint droplets far from the player: 17.5 units → 21 units
4.1.0	▲ Extended firing range by roughly 6%. ▲ Initial bullet velocity: 23 units → 24.5 units ▲ Effective range: 115 units → 122.5 units ▲ Total range: 160.396 units → 170.04 units ▲ Angle of shot deviation while on the ground: 4.6 degrees → 4.34545 degrees ▲ Angle of shot deviation while jumping: 12 degrees → 11.3511 degrees ▲ Droplet rate: 3 → 3.4
4.2.0	▲ Reduce the interval between firing and when you're able to become a squid or use sub weapon by 2/60 of a second.
4.4.0	▲ Reduced the time to shoot from squid form by 1/60 of a second.
4.5.0	▲ Increased damage dealt to opponent Splat Brellas increased by 57%. ▲ Increased damage dealt to opponent Splash Walls by roughly 10%.
4.6.0	▲ Minimum damage: 31 → 35
4.9.0	▲ Decreased variance of shot spread when firing while on the ground by roughly 8%: 4.34545 degrees → 4 degrees

Quotes

Sheldon's Introduction The .96 Gal is a shooter that hits hard and has long range, courtesy of its large chamber and extended barrel! Of course, with that, you can't expect much from the fire rate, so make each shot count as you use the Sprinkler to spread ink! Also be sure to support your teammates with the Ink Armor! I recommend this for tactical players who want to squash their opponents in an all-out war!

Gallery

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  Promo image.

Strategy

For competitive tips about the .96 Gal

View the strategy page.

Trivia

• This weapon is used in the following Octo Expansion level:
  • Dinky Ink Station

Etymology

.96 Gal is short for .96 Gallon. "Gal" is also a play on Cal, the short form of Caliber, a term commonly used when describing the diameter of bullets for firearms.

.96ガロン .96 Garon has the same origin as the English name, but without Gallon shortened to Gal.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	.96ガロン .96 garon	.96 Gallon
Dutch	.96 Kaliter	From kaliber (caliber), liter and .96
French	Calibre 3000	Caliber 3000
German	.96 Gallon	.96 Gallon
Italian	Calibro 3000	Caliber 3000
Russian	Струевик .96 Struyevik .96	From строевой stroyevoy (drill), струя struya (jet, stream), -ик -ik (suffix usually denoting a profession, object, tool or a feature), and .96
Spanish	Salpicadora 3000	Splasher 3000