Haunt

Haunt is a gear primary ability in the Splatoon series.

Haunt helps the user track the opponent that splatted them. In Splatoon, Haunt also gives the user Damage Up, Defense Up, and Run Speed Up while certain conditions are met. In Splatoon 2, when the user splats an opponent they are currently tracking, that opponent gets the effects of Respawn Punisher for that splat.

Splatoon

Mechanics

When the user is splatted, the opponent that caused that splat (if any) is marked with a Point Sensor marker which lasts for about 9 seconds by default or about 4.5 seconds with Cold-Blooded.

While the user is marked by a Point Sensor marker through a Point Sensor, an Echolocator, or by splatting another Haunt user, 20 AP^[1] of Damage Up and Defense Up and an unknown amount of Run Speed Up is given to the user.

Tactics

Haunt is useful for players who usually flank; and for back liners, since if they are splatted, their team is more likely to notice that an enemy may be coming up from behind.

Gear

Haunt is the primary ability of:

Clothing with Haunt in Splatoon

Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Added in
Forge Octarian Jacket	Forge	2700	Haunt	2.3.0
Ivory Peaks Tee	Inkline	400	Haunt	1.0.0
Octo Tee	Cuttlegear	Level 45	Haunt	2.0.0
Squidmark LS	SquidForce	600	Haunt	1.0.0
Vintage Check Shirt	Rockenberg	9000	Haunt	1.0.0
Yellow Urban Vest	Firefin	3000	Haunt	1.0.0

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.6.0	▲ Haunt will now also increase attack power, defense, and Inkling movement speed while being marked by the enemy.
2.7.0	▼ Duration reduced: 12s → 9s

Gallery

Splatoon 2

“	Once you've respawned, reveals the position of the player who splatted you.	”
— In-game description

Mechanics

Haunt now tracks opponents who splatted the user with white silhouettes that can be seen through opaque objects only to the user while at least a certain distance from the opponent (Bomb Defense Up DX increases this minimum distance) and while the opponent is not submerged in ink. Unlike the Thermal Ink, the Haunt effect lasts until the opponent is splatted.

If the Haunt user splats an opponent who they are currently tracking, the victim gets the effects of Respawn Punisher for that splat and the user's Haunt icon will be highlighted by a yellow ring on the victim's splat cam. The Respawn Punisher penalty does not apply if the tracked opponent gets splatted by any other means, but the tracking silhouette still disappears.

There is no limit on how many opponents a Haunt user can track. So even if all four opponents on the enemy team splat the Haunt user, the Haunt user will be tracking four players.

Gear

Haunt is the primary ability of:

Clothing with Haunt in Splatoon 2

Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Added in
Annaki Red Cuff	Annaki	4800	Haunt	2.0.0
Forge Octarian Jacket	Forge	2700	Haunt	3.0.0
Ivory Peaks Tee	Inkline	400	Haunt	3.0.0
Negative Longcuff Sweater	Toni Kensa	11800	Haunt	1.0.0
Neo Octoling Armor	Cuttlegear	Octo Expansion	Haunt	3.1.0
Octo Tee	Cuttlegear	8888	Haunt	3.0.0
Squidmark LS	SquidForce	600	Haunt	2.0.0
Varsity Baseball LS	Splash Mob	700	Haunt	2.0.0
Vintage Check Shirt	Rockenberg	9000	Haunt	1.0.0
White King Tank	Enperry	600	Haunt	1.0.0
Yellow Urban Vest	Firefin	4100	Haunt	1.0.0
Zekko Long Radish Tee	Zekko	1450	Haunt	2.0.0
Zekko Redleaf Coat	Zekko	2600	Haunt	1.0.0

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	— Haunt now applies the Thermal Ink effect on the opponent who splatted the user instead of a Point Sensor tagging. ▲ Haunt no longer signals the splatter when it gets activated. ▼ The silhouette can only be seen by the Haunt user who gets splatted by the tracked opponent. ▼ The silhouette is only visible if the tracked opponent is at least a certain distance from the Haunt user and not submerged in ink. ▼ Removed the line connecting the user to the tracked opponent. ▲ Base duration increased to 30 seconds. ▼ No longer increases stats when the user is marked by a Point Sensor or another Haunt user.
1.4.0	▲ Opponents behind stage objects will be revealed when the Haunt's effective range is roughly 23% further away from them than it was previously.
3.0.0	▲ Opposing players marked with Haunt will now incur the penalties of Respawn Punisher when splatted by the player that they splatted. — When an opponent splats the player, that activation will stand out clearly on the screen while waiting to respawn.
4.6.0	▲ The duration has been increased from 30 seconds to infinite. If the target afflicted with Haunt is splatted, the effect will disappear as normal. ▲ Number of targets that can be afflicted with Haunt at once increased to four. This means that if a second, third, or fourth player were to splat someone who has Haunt equipped, the previous players afflicted with Haunt's effects will continue to be affected.

Splatoon 3

Gear

Haunt is the primary ability of:

Clothing with Haunt in Splatoon 3

Name	Brand	Availability	Ability
Annaki Bracelet Tee	Annaki	8,000	Haunt
Barazushi Rice Tee	Barazushi	720	Haunt
Black-Belt Gi	amiibo	Octoling (Blue)	Haunt
Forge Octarian Jacket	Forge	2,700	Haunt
Ivory Peaks Tee	Inkline	400	Haunt
Negative Longcuff Sweater	Toni Kensa	11,800	Haunt
Octo Tee	Cuttlegear	8,888	Haunt
Squidmark LS	SquidForce	600	Haunt
Umibozu Home Jersey	Takoroka	870	Haunt
Varsity Baseball LS	Splash Mob	700	Haunt
Vintage Check Shirt	Rockenberg	9,000	Haunt
White King Tank	Enperry	600	Haunt
Yellow Urban Vest	Firefin	4,100	Haunt

Additionally, Murch or Spyke can replace the primary ability on a piece of clothing with Haunt by using 15 of each of the following ability chunks:

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リベンジ (Splatoon 2) うらみ (Splatoon) Ribenji (Splatoon 2) Urami (Splatoon)	Revenge Rancor
Dutch	Revanche	Revenge
French	Revanche (Splatoon 2) Vengeance (Splatoon)	Revenge Vengence
French (NOA)	Vengeance (Splatoon and (Splatoon 2)	Vengence
German	Vergeltung (Splatoon 2) Rache (Splatoon)	Retaliation Revenge
Italian	Rappresaglia (Splatoon 2) Vendetta (Splatoon)	Retaliation Revenge
Russian	Вендетта Vendetta	Vendetta
Spanish (NOA)	Resentimiento	Resentment
Spanish (NOE)	Represalia (Splatoon 2) Venganza (Splatoon)	Retaliation Revenge
Chinese (Simplified)	复仇 fùchóu (Mandarin)	Revenge
Chinese (Traditional)	復仇 fùchóu (Mandarin)	Revenge
Korean	리벤지 Ribenji	Revenge