I'm not going to sugarcoat it - there are Salmonids everywhere. Just stay focused on the task at hand, and you'll get through. I hope you had your coffee…
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— Mr. Grizz at the start of a standard Big Run wave
Big Run shifts follow the same pattern as in regular Salmon Run. Four players team up to battle oncoming Salmonids over the course of three waves, splatting Boss Salmonids to acquire Golden Eggs and deposit them in the egg basket. In addition to appearing from the water of the flooded sections of the battle stage, Salmonids can now also spawn from large Gushers that burst open at the start of each normal and low tide wave. After the third wave, a King Salmonid may appear during an Xtrawave. The same rank system is used, with freelance and friend teams both available. The same bonuses are granted, with additional bonuses and superbonuses added to the bar. Additionally, a 1.2x multiplier is applied to Catalog Points earned from shifts during the event.
Three different tide levels can occur on each wave. Unlike in normal Salmon Run, where normal tide and high tide always take place in the same location and low tide takes place elsewhere, the play area of Big Run changes differently on each map. On some maps, all three tide levels can have separate egg baskets. Big Run features the Known Occurrences of Rush, Fog, The Griller, and The Mothership (except on Undertow Spillway, where The Griller cannot occur). Cohock Charge, Goldie Seeking, Mudmouth Eruptions, and Giant Tornado are not available. The possibility of Rush and The Griller is still constrained by the wave's tide level, but each can appear in more than one of the playable locations on the map, unlike in normal Salmon Run, where they cannot appear in the low tide location.
The Golden Egg total from a shift will count for the player's high score even if the team fails to complete all three waves, with Mr. Grizz indicating that he cares about the Golden Eggs more than he cares whether Splatsville is successfully defended from the Salmonid invasion.
During the event period, Big Run replaces access to regular Salmon Run shifts[1] through the Grizzco lobby, similar to how Splatfest Battles restrict access to non-Splatfest Turf War battles and Anarchy Battles. Normal battles are still available, but the current Big Run stage is unavailable in any rotation until Big Run is over.
At the announcement and starting times of Big Run, a warning and recruitment message is delivered by Deep Cut during the Anarchy Splatcast. During the event, Splatsville, Inkopolis Plaza, and Inkopolis Square become foggy. The skies overhead turn dark pink and filled with storm clouds, with Grizzco helicopters flying overhead, and the background music is changed to an eerier tune played on violin (for Splatsville) or a synthesizer (for Inkopolis Plaza and Inkopolis Square, with separate ambient themes for both), and various noises coming from Salmonids can be heard. Inside Grizzco Industries, a warning light flashes, and the usual Grizzco lobby music is replaced by Bait & Click (Mutation), performed by ω-3. When playing a shift, the battle stage's sky takes on the same appearance, and Bait & Click plays instead of Deluge Dirge or Frantic Aspic (other songs play as normal). Additionally, the Anarchy Splatcast theme is replaced during the event with a Grizzco Industries version.
Players do not have to reach Level 4 to participate in Big Run, unlike normal Salmon Run. This is seen in the stage schedule in SplatNet 3, where it shows a banner reading, "Big Run happening now! Grizzco hiring ANYONE!"
Rewards
Big Run results announcement showing the high score breakdown for that event.
At the end of each Big Run event, exclusive locker decorations are awarded based on the highest team-wide Golden Egg total the player achieved in any one shift. Each Big Run has three fixed tiers of scores to aim for, which are announced at the start of a Big Run during the Anarchy Splatcast. Players who do not meet score thresholds still receive a basic version of the decoration for participating in at least one shift.
Before version 6.0.0, scores were instead ranked relative to the high scores of all participating players, with the different decorations awarded to players whose high score was in the top 5%, top 20%, top 50%, or bottom 50% (participation) of scores.
Additionally, starting from version 4.0.0, Big Run participants receive double fish scales after an Xtrawave.
* Due to a bug, the scores for select players were still ranked relative to the high scores of all participating players. Version 6.0.1 remedied this for some players, but not others, and it was fully fixed in version 6.0.2.[2]
Badges
Badges are available for reaching each tier of high score in any Big Run event.
Wahoo World was the first multiplayer stage to be played on during Big Run. It was revealed during the Splatoon 3 Direct, and was shown again during the Chill Season 2022 announcement trailer.
Inkblot Art Academy was the second multiplayer stage to be played on during Big Run. It was revealed in a Fresh Season 2023 promotion on 20 February 2023.
Undertow Spillway was the third multiplayer stage to be played on during Big Run. It is the first stage from the Splatlands to be a part of Big Run. It was revealed in a Sizzle Season 2023 promotion on 19 May 2023.
SRL Fashion Desk here! With the Big Run tomorrow, we wanted to let you know that you can earn a special Big Run badge for your Splashtag! You just need a top high score on a single shift—no fancy job title required. And if you don't get it this time, you can try again next time.
"Big Run" is a phenomenon where salmon rush to the area where the squid live. It is rumored that it occurs once every few months. During the Big Run, the stage you usually use in battle will be the stage of your part-time job.
Welcome to Grizzco Industries. And congrats on making the kind of sound business decision that future you will no doubt appreciate. I take it my advertisements for help with the Big Run have been effective. We are... somewhat short-staffed at the moment. You've come at just the right time!
You... are aware of the Big Run phenomenon, yes? Where Salmonids stray far from their own turf and invade our city? It is business critical that we prevent the Salmonids from damaging the city. Stopping them is no small task, but Grizzco employees are willing to risk it all. The primary objective of stopping the Salmonids just so happens to dovetail nicely with our core business model -- collecting Golden Eggs. It's all about synergy!
Now, we at Grizzco recognize the risk associated with this challenging task. That's why we're increasing our payout for all surviv-- Um... for all top producers. We've even prepared a special decoration for everyone, regardless of job performance. For more details, just press when you're talking to me before a job.
This has been productive. I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do with this opportunity. Good luck!
An in-game advertisement that plays during Big Run (link to file)
Trivia
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The seven rings island in-game. Note the lack of the seven rings themselves, but the presence of the lights they cast.
During the initial Big Run reveal, the sky in the footage was a dark red, matching the appearance of the sky during an Xtrawave. This was most likely a placeholder, as the sky was changed to pink in the second trailer.
In the background of a promotional image for Wahoo World, the "seven rings" mentioned in Splatoon 2's Sunken Scroll 17 can be seen in the sky, above an island. The rings themselves are not present in-game, though the lights coming from the seven rings are still visible. The rings are much closer to the stage and more visible at Um'ami Ruins.
The Sunken Scroll's illustration also appears briefly in the Chill Season 2022 announcement trailer for a few frames at the beginning of the Big Run segment.
Every instance of a Big Run introduces a new gameplay mechanic:
Eeltail Alley is the only Big Run where the water level never changes, and Salmonids spawn exclusively from Gushers.
During the Undertow Spillway Big Run, the lighting on the inside of the helicopter was incorrectly applied, causing a small strip at the bottom of the screen to always appear fully lit. The same error was visible during the Barnacle & Dime Big Run, although less conspicuously.
The numbers of accounts that participated in the first three Big Runs are present in the game's data.[5]
For the first Big Run at Wahoo World, there were 2,869,022 registered accounts.
For the second Big Run at Inkblot Art Academy, there were 2,766,896 registered accounts.
For the third Big Run at Undertow Spillway, there were 1,853,657 registered accounts.
Anarchy Splatcast glitch after the Barnacle & Dime Big RunFor certain players, the initial Anarchy Splatcast results after the Barnacle & Dime Big Run had ended were skipped. These players also received prizes that were not consistent with their high scores, indicating that the older percentage-based system utilized prior to the 6.0.0 update was still in use, despite the prize qualifications previously being shown to be different. The glitch was quickly acknowledged by Nintendo.[2] The Version 6.0.1 update remedied this for some players, but not others; those affected were able to collect the correct rewards by entering the lobby after the 6.0.2 update, though they were allowed to keep the initial incorrect figures.
During this time, each figure threshold was listed in the in-game help menu as "0" Golden Eggs.
The Eeltail Alley Big Run was the first to be held after Inkopolis Square was added. Several details were missing from the square during this time, including the origami crane statue, the sign over the entrance to the Shoal, the smartphone border on one of Deca Tower's screens, and the tortoise statue's neckband.
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