Drop the Bass Station

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Deepsea Metro Line F
F02: Slow Ride Station
E11: Bodacious Rotation Station
Deepsea Metro Line E

"Stomp 'til you dromp."
Drop the Bass Station
Defeat the boss!
OE Deepsea Metro Drop the Bass Station.jpg
Station F01E12
Test Fee CQ Points 3,000
Lives S2 font - octopus glyph.svg × 5
Weapons
and rewards

S2 Weapon Main Dualie Squelchers.pngS2 Weapon Sub Curling Bomb.png
 Kamabo Logo.pngRec 

S2 Weapon Main Bamboozler 14 Mk I.pngS2 Weapon Sub Curling Bomb.png

S2 Weapon Main Squeezer.pngS2 Weapon Sub Curling Bomb.png
CQ Points 3,500 CQ Points 4,000 CQ Points 4,500
Mem cake S2 Mem Cake Pearl.png Pearl
Music Octarmaments
Back like I never left!
Octostomp Redux
— Intro to the Octostomp Redux boss fight.

Drop the Bass Station is a test in Splatoon 2's paid downloadable content, the Octo Expansion. This station is unlocked after clearing Bodacious Rotation Station or Slow Ride Station.

Access

The player must clear either E11 Bodacious Rotation Station or F02 Slow Ride Station to access this test. The shortest way to access this station is to clear F02 Slow Ride Station.

Walkthrough

Overview

Agent 8 must defeat Octostomp Redux, a harder version of Neo Octostomp from Lips for Days.

Phase 1

Octostomp Redux uses the same attacks as Neo Octostomp does in the second phase of Lips for Days, but gets up from its stomping attacks much faster. Additionally, it launches bubbles like the S2 Weapon Special Bubble Blower.png Bubble Blower's from its sides after its armor is destroyed, making it harder to ink.

Phase 2

Octostomp Redux will have two more buckles on its sides, all of which must be destroyed to remove its armor. It can also spit Bubble Blower bubbles and perform two faceplants in succession, trying to fake the player out with the first before following up with the second one.

Phase 3

Octostomp Redux gains two more faces like Neo Octostomp did in its third phase, and the extra buckles are moved to the new faces. All three faces will spit Bubble Blower bubbles followed up by a Splatling volley to burst them, and when it loses its armor, Octostomp Redux will produce even more bubbles when it faceplants.

Tips

Gallery

Quotes

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C.Q. Cumber's Quotes

To pass this test, you must bring down a very tough enemy.
Be sure to make good use of your weapon's range.
If things get dicey, I recommend backing off and catching your breath.

OE Icon Cap'n Cuttlefish.png
Cap'n Cuttlefish's Quotes

That... That's an Octostomp!
I'm pretty sure Agent 3 took down one of those back in the day!
That's some next-level, advanced-cooling, ink-resistant armor!
Whaaa! He can jump that far?!
Get all the weak points!
Dodging to the side is no good! Pull back!
You've got to destroy all the weak points!

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Marina's Quotes

You're...not wrong.
Bubble barrage! Dodge 'em or pop 'em, it's up to you!
Way to go, Agent 8!

OE Icon Pearl.png
Pearl's Quotes

Who cares about "back in the day"?! Eight! Show that thing who's boss!
Yeah - that's it!
Dodge-roll by pressing B while shooting and moving.
— When the player has the S2 Weapon Main Dualie Squelchers.png Dualie Squelchers equipped.
Whoa! More touch panels!
Dodge to the side when he tries to face-stamp you!
Use dodge rolls to avoid sustained attacks!
— When the player has the Dualie Squelchers equipped.
Use a Curling Bomb to make a speedy getaway!
Yes! The armor is off!
Whaaa! What. Is. That?!
Dodge all of the attacks!

Etymology

The subtitle is a reference to the nineties game show Shop 'til You Drop, or the 1979 album that inspired its name, Bop till You Drop by Ry Cooder, and the title comes from a term describing when a song is playing (usually dubstep music) and the music accelerates in rhythm.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese ハイエナどもの夢の跡地
ハジケー・ルバブール駅
ヤツを たおせ!

Haiena-domo no yume no atochi
Hajikē Rubabūru Eki[note 1]
Yatsu o taose!
The site of hyenas' dreams
Hajikē Rubabūru Station
Defeat him!
Netherlands Dutch Het is maar waar je op valt
Vergeten te stempelen?
Versla de vijand!
It is whatever you fall for
Forgot to stamp?
Defeat the enemy!
Canada French (NOA) Il s'en moque pas mal!
Cirque Aterre
Bats le boss!
He doesn't really care!
Ontheground Circus
Defeat the boss!
France French (NOE) Il s'en tamponne grave !
Cirque Raplapla
Bats le boss !
He really doesn't care!
Superflat Circus
Defeat the boss!
Germany German Lass dich (nicht) drücken!
Pressgau
Besiege den Obermotz!
(Don't) Let yourself get pressed![note 2]
Pressgau[note 3]
Defeat the Boss!
Italy Italian Per timbrare la vittoria!
Antica Stamperia
Sconfiggi il ganzo!
To stamp victory!
Ancient Printing House
Defeat the bad dude!
Russia Russian ...Теперь банановый!
Кубищенск
Одолей врага

...Teper' bananovyy!
Kubishchensk
Odoley vraga
...Now it's banana-flavored![note 4]
Large-cube Town Station
Defeat the enemy
Mexico Spanish (NOA) Burbujas de amor[note 5]
La Estampita
¡Acaba con el malo!
Love bubbles
The Little Stamp
¡Finish with the bad guy!
Spain Spanish (NOE) Circulen con precaución
La Estampita
¡Acaba con el malo!
Drive with caution
The Little Stamp
End the bad guy!

Translation notes

  1. It can read hajikeru baburu, "a bubble (economy) that is bursting".
  2. This is a wordplay on "Lass dich drücken" which can be understood as "Give me a hug/let me hug you".
  3. Comes from "press" (to press) and "-gau", a suffix found in certain German city and district names.
  4. Reference to "Dirol Kids" chewing gum commercial from early 2000s
  5. Reference to the song Burbujas De Amor, originally sung by Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra.