Blu-Shift Moto Boots

The Blu-Shift Moto Boots are a pair of shoes in Splatoon 3.
They are a 2-star item produced by Rockenberg and come with the primary ability Swim Speed Up. They must first be unlocked through leveling up the Chill Season 2022 Catalog to level 55, then they can be purchased from Crush Station for 12,000. They can only be ordered from another player after being unlocked.

Appearance

The Blu-Shift Moto Boots are a pair of professional motocross boots. Mostly pitch black, the shoes consist of numerous parts of various texture and material. The first layer seems to be dark blue, covered by black armour. Then two metallic blue straps, the smaller on the vamp and the larger around the wearer's calf, finish the whole construction. A few bare metal elements can be seen, such as screws on the upper strap, a small triangle on the outer side and the chunky outsole.

Splatoon 3

Abilities

The Blu-Shift Moto Boots comes with Swim Speed 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 Shoes. As a 2-star item, the Blu-Shift Moto Boots comes with three additional slots 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 Crush Station for 10,000 (first), 30,000 (second), 50,000 (third), 100,000 (fourth), or 200,000 (fifth) Cash per star. 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 Rockenberg gear brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Run Speed Up and a lower chance of rolling Swim Speed Up to fill its secondary ability slots.

Gallery

Front view of the Blu-Shift Moto Boots.
Side view.
Back view.
Worn by an Octoling on the Snipewriter 5H Tableturf Battle card.

Trivia

In the Italian translation of the game, prior to Version 3.0.0 the Blu-Shift Moto Boots shared their name with the Blue Moto Boots from Splatoon and Splatoon 2 ("Stivali da moto blu").
- The name was then changed into "Stivali da moto cobalto" (Cobalt moto boots) because Blue Moto Boots were added back to the game with the release of Version 3.0.0.

Etymology

"Blueshift" is a scientific phenomenon where sources of light moving toward a viewer at near-relativistic speeds appear bluer in hue due to the decrease in wavelength and increase in frequency of electromagnetic waves.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	モトクロスM-DCB Motokurosu M-DCB	Motocross M-DCB
Dutch	Motorlaarzen M-DCB	Motorbike boots M-DCB
French	Bottes de moto cobalt	Cobalt motorbike boots
German	Biker-Stiefel M-DCB	Biker boots M-DCB
Italian	Stivali da moto cobalto (Version 3.0.0 and later) Stivali da moto blu^[a] (Version 2.1.1 and before)	Cobalt moto boots Blue moto boots
Russian	Мотоботинки «Адора-Блю» Motobotinki «Adora-Blyu»	«Adora Blue» moto boots
Spanish (NOA)	Botas motopulpera azules	Motorcycle boots blue
Spanish (NOE)	Bota motopulpera azul	Motorcycle boot blue
Chinese (Simplified)	越野摩托车靴M-DCB yuèyěmótuōchēxuēM-DCB (Mandarin)	Motocross Boots M-DCB
Chinese (Traditional)	越野摩托車靴M-DCB yuèyěmótuōchēxuēM-DCB (Mandarin)	Motocross Boots M-DCB
Korean	U-MB 모터크로스 부츠 U-MB moteokeuroseu bucheu	U-MB Motocross Boots