Cold-Blooded

Retired.

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Cold-Blooded is an ability in Splatoon, and a retired ability in Splatoon 2.

Cold-Blooded shortens the duration of position-tracking effects inflicted on the wearer.

Splatoon

Cold Blooded

Shortens the effect of attacks that let enemies track your position, such as Point Sensors.

Applicable gear

  Clothing

Mechanics

Cold Blooded shortens the duration of position tracking by 50% of the normal tracking time.

Weapon	Cold Blooded
	Before 2.2.0		2.2.0 to 2.6.0		2.7.0
	Inactive	Active	Inactive	Active	Inactive	Active
Point Sensor	10	2.5	8	2	8	4
Echolocator*	12	3	12	3	9	4.5
Haunt	12	3	12	3	9	4.5

Times are in seconds and are approximate.
*Can change because of Special Duration Up

Gear

Clothing with Cold Blooded in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Anchor Sweat	SquidForce	3000	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	CoroCoro Hoodie	Zekko	10800	Cold Blooded		2.8.0
	Cycling Shirt	Zink	2900	Cold Blooded		2.0.0
	Dark Urban Vest	Firefin	10000	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Sage Polo	Splash Mob	400	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Sky-Blue Squideye	Tentatek	500	Cold Blooded		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Squidstar Waistcoat	Krak-On	650	Cold Blooded		2.3.0

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.7.0	▼ Tracking time reduction decreased by 33%: up to 75% → up to 50%

Gallery

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  In-game description of Cold-Blooded

Splatoon 2

Cold-Blooded

Decreases active time of opponent Point Sensors and other items that reveal location.

Applicable gear

Any

Favored by

Annaki
Toni Kensa

Unfavored by

Inkline

In Splatoon 2, Cold-Blooded is a stackable ability that was available on any gear type. It could shorten the tracking effects of Point Sensors, Ink Mines, Thermal Ink, Haunt, and the Sting Ray.

In version 4.3.0, Cold-Blooded was retired, and its effects were combined with Bomb Defense Up to make a new ability: Bomb Defense Up DX. The default ability of all gear with Cold-Blooded (except the Gray FA-11 Bomber, Pearlescent Crown, and Fringed Loafers, which are not available in SplatNet 2 to have alternate main abilities) was changed to Main Power Up, while existing gear with the Cold-Blooded ability was overwritten with Bomb Defense Up DX.

Stacking

Abilities				Decrease in tracking time (approx.)
None				0%
Main: 0, Sub: 1				8.7%
Main: 0, Sub: 2				16.9%
Main: 0, Sub: 3				24.8%
Main: 1, Sub: 0				27.3%
Main: 0, Sub: 4				32.1%
Main: 1, Sub: 1				34.5%
Main: 0, Sub: 5				39.1%
Main: 1, Sub: 2				41.3%
Main: 0, Sub: 6				45.6%
Main: 1, Sub: 3				47.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 0				49.7%
Main: 0, Sub: 7				51.7%
Main: 1, Sub: 4				53.6%
Main: 2, Sub: 1				55.5%
Main: 0, Sub: 8				57.3%
Main: 1, Sub: 5				59.1%
Main: 2, Sub: 2				60.8%
Main: 0, Sub: 9				62.5%
Main: 1, Sub: 6				64.1%
Main: 2, Sub: 3				65.7%
Main: 3, Sub: 0				67.2%
Main: 1, Sub: 7				68.7%
Main: 2, Sub: 4				70.2%
Main: 3, Sub: 1				71.5%
Main: 1, Sub: 8				72.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 5				74.2%
Main: 3, Sub: 2				75.4%
Main: 1, Sub: 9				76.6%
Main: 2, Sub: 6				77.8%
Main: 3, Sub: 3				78.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 7				80.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 4				81.9%
Main: 2, Sub: 8				83.6%
Main: 3, Sub: 5				84.4%
Main: 2, Sub: 9				85.9%
Main: 3, Sub: 6				86.6%
Main: 3, Sub: 7				88.3%
Main: 3, Sub: 8				89.5%
Main: 3, Sub: 9				90.3%

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  A graph showing the effect of Cold-Blooded on Point Sensors and Ink Mines.

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  A graph showing the effect of Cold-Blooded on Thermal Ink.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Tracking time reduction increased by 50%: up to 50% → up to 75%
1.4.0	▲ Tracking time reduction increased by 20%: up to 75% → up to 90% ▲ Cold-Blooded now also increases the area in which the player is immune to the revealing effects of Thermal Ink, Haunt, and the Sting Ray.
4.3.0	— Removed. Effects integrated with Bomb Defense Up into Bomb Defense Up DX. ▲ Preexisting mains changed to Bomb Defense Up DX. — Items originally with Cold-Blooded as a main can be repurchased with Main Power Up (aside from gear unobtainable from SplatNet 2, which have Bomb Defense Up DX). ▲ Preexisting subs, ability chunks, and drink tickets changed to Bomb Defense Up DX.

Tactics

Cold-Blooded is rather versatile, as any weapon or play style can benefit from not being tracked. However, it reaches its full potential when used with a stealthy and mobile weapon, such as the Carbon Roller or Octobrush as it can enhance the sneakiness of a weapon, facilitating ambushes. A loud or otherwise conspicuous weapon may give itself away to surrounding enemies with no tracking needed.

Trivia

• In Splatoon 2, Cold-Blooded was the only ability that was favored by two brands.
  • Additionally, after being retired in version 4.3.0, Main Power Up replaced Cold-Blooded as well as its favored brands.
• In real life, all squids are ectothermic, or "cold-blooded", which the Cold-Blooded ability could be a reference to.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マーキング時間短縮 (Splatoon 2) Mākingu Jikan Tanshuku マーキングガード (Splatoon) Mākingu Gādo	Marking Time Shortening Marking Guard
Dutch	Stoorzender	Jammer
French	Furtivité	Furtivity
German	Phantom	Phantom
Italian	Batteria difettosa (Splatoon 2) Nascondino (Splatoon)	Defect battery Hide-And-Seek
Russian	Кальмар 004 Kal'mar 004	Squid 004 (could be a reference to Agent 007 and Agent 4)
Spanish (NOA)	Sangre fría	Cold blood
Spanish (NOE)	Invisibilidad	Invisibility