Floating Sponge Garden
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~ Soak It Up! ~ (NA)
- Dare to Dream Bigger - (EU/OC)
| Number | 5 |
| Area | 2 |
| Items | 1 scroll |
| Music | Eight-Legged Advance |
| amiibo challenges |       900
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Floating Sponge Garden is the fifth mission in Splatoon's single-player mode, Octo Valley. It is named as such because of its heavy use of sponges.
Octo Valley
After the player clears The Mighty Octostomp!, they gain access to Area 2 via an Inkrail. To access this level, walk up into a large crater on the ground and shoot the invisible kettle to enter.
Stage summary
| Enemies | |||
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| Enemy name | Image | Locations and total found | |
| Octopod |  |
Beginning Area Checkpoint 4 |
2 2 |
| Twintacle Octotrooper |  |
Beginning Area Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 5 |
2 1 1 |
| Octoball |  |
Checkpoint 2 Checkpoint 3 |
2 3 |
| Octotrooper |  |
Checkpoint 4 Final Checkpoint |
2 4 |
| Octocopter |  |
Checkpoint 5 Final Checkpoint |
3 2 |
| Items | |||
| Item name | Image | Locations and total found | |
| Sunken Scroll |  |
Checkpoint 4 | 1 |
| Features | |||
| Feature name | Image | Locations and total found | |
| Ink Cannon |  |
Final Checkpoint | 1 |
| Sponge |  |
All areas | 21 |
Floating Sponge Garden introduces sponges. Most of the stage's mechanics and difficulty is avoiding enemy ink to keep sponges fully expanded, to avoid falling into pits. The end of the stage features an Ink Cannon to fire at Octocopters and Octotroopers.
Collectibles
Sunken Scroll
| “ | The Terrifying Biology of the Inkling! Strength: Can leap up to 5 feet. Brain: Simple and predatory. Bones: None! Eyes: Can spot prey from 100 yd. away. Defense: High-pressure, high-capacity ink sack. | ” |
| “ | The Terrifying Biology of the Inkling! Limbs: Can leap up to 1.5m. Brain: Simple and hedonistic. Bones: None. Eyes: Can spot prey from 100m away. Defense: High-pressure, high-capacity ink sac. | ” |
Location: At the fourth checkpoint, under the already inflated sponge. Let the two Octopods hit it, or alternatively, let the Octotroopers ahead shoot it. After it deflates, drop through the net and get the Scroll.
Quotes
English
Zapfish.Gallery
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Level icon
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In-game map
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Arriving at the third Checkpoint
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A sign
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Final Checkpoint upon arrival
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Final Checkpoint while in Ink Cannon
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Mission end!
Development
In one of the trailers showing off Splatoon's single-player mode, a slightly different version of this level was shown to audiences.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
スポンジの空中庭園 ～ふくらませ！夢と希望～ Suponji no Kūchū Teien Fukuramase! Yume to Kibō |
Floating Garden of Sponges: Inflate! Hopes and Dreams |
 French |
- Parc suspendu - Ne jetez pas l'éponge ! |
- Suspension park - Don't throw in the sponge ![a] |
 German |
Schwamm drüber | Sponge over it[b] |
 Italian |
Colpi di spugna nei giardini volanti! |
Dab of the Sponge in the flying gardens! ("Colpi di Spugna" is used similarly to "clean slate" in English) |
 Spanish (NOA) |
Esponjas en flora ~ ¡Absorbe todo! ~ |
Sponges In bloom ~ Absorb everything! ~ |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Esponjas en su tinta | Sponges in their ink |
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