Gear

For the gear screen^(NA) or equipment screen^(EU/OC), see Equipment.

Gear is the combined form of headgear, clothing, and shoes that Inklings and Octolings can wear. Gear comes with various abilities that provide effects for the player in battle. Gear can be acquired in shops, through SplatNet 3, or through amiibo, ordered through Spyke or Murch, or by other means, depending on the item.

Each piece of gear has a brand and a star power that affects its abilities. Most brands have an increased likelihood of rolling a particular ability when a slot is unlocked, as well as a decreased likelihood of a different ability. Its stars affects how many ability slots a piece of gear has by default and the amount of experience required to unlock those slots.

“	Dress your Inkling in sweet gear, complete with bonus abilities that boost your stats.	”
— Splatoon's official website: Inklings

Lists of gear

Splatoon

The following gear is available in Splatoon:

• List of headgear in Splatoon
• List of clothing in Splatoon
• List of shoes in Splatoon
• Checklist of all gear in Splatoon

Splatoon 2

The following gear is available in Splatoon 2:

• List of headgear in Splatoon 2
• List of clothing in Splatoon 2
• List of shoes in Splatoon 2
• Checklist of all gear in Splatoon 2

Splatoon 3

The following gear is available in Splatoon 3:

• List of headgear in Splatoon 3
• List of clothing in Splatoon 3
• List of shoes in Splatoon 3
• Checklist of all gear in Splatoon 3

Shops

Shopping at Shella Fresh in Splatoon 2.

The primary source for gear is in shops. Shops include Booyah Base in Splatoon and the Galleria in Splatoon 2, both of which contain stores for headgear, clothing and shoes. Items purchased from shops will always have their default main ability and a default number of ability slots, but shops offer the lowest prices on gear items.

Shops sell gear for Cash. On any given calendar day, a shop will have a selection of items for sale. The items available will be selected at random from the pool of items that the player is eligible to buy. The items available in the shop cycle out at midnight according to the system clock (in Splatoon) or at midnight UTC (in Splatoon 2 and 3). The exact items a player is eligible to buy depends on their level.

Gear that is already owned cannot be purchased again from shops, unless they have been purchased from SplatNet 2 or ordered from Murch with a non-default ability. In Splatoon 3, duplicate gear can be bought to increase the currently owned gear's star power.

Splatoon

The following gear shops are found in Inkopolis Plaza:

• Cooler Heads
• Jelly Fresh
• Shrimp Kicks

Splatoon 2

The following gear shops are found in Inkopolis Square:

• Headspace
• Ye Olde Cloth Shoppe
• Shella Fresh

Splatoon 3

The following gear shops are found in Splatsville:

• Naut Couture
• Man-o'-Wardrobe
• Crush Station

The following gear shops are found in Inkopolis in the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass:

• Cooler Heads
• Jelly Fresh
• Shrimp Kicks

Ordering

Spyke and Murch

Ordering gear through Murch.

Gear can be ordered through Spyke and Murch. While interacting with other players in Inkopolis Plaza (Splatoon and Splatoon 3), Inkopolis Square (Splatoon 2), or Splatsville (Splatoon 3), their gear can be ordered. After shop rotation, Spyke or Murch will have the next ordered item available for purchase.

Players can have up to three gear items ordered at a time, but only one order will be fulfilled each calendar day. The first item ordered will be the first order fulfilled. The items offered for purchase by Spyke or Murch may not have the same secondary abilities as the ordered gear item, and the price will be significantly more than the item would cost in its respective shop.

Any gear item(s) not collected from previous Season's catalogs in Splatoon 3 cannot be ordered until they have first been obtained from the Shell-Out Machine.

Most gear items from the following gear brands cannot be ordered:

• amiibo
• Cuttlegear (with exceptions: see below)
• Grizzco

The only exceptions are the four Cuttlegear clothing introduced in Splatoon 2 version 3.0.0, which appear in shops and can be ordered through Murch as standard gear:

• Black Cuttlegear LS
• Octarian Retro
• Octo Tee
• Red Cuttlegear LS

In addition, the following individual gear items are exclusive promotions and cannot be ordered:

• Brown FA-11 Bomber
• Gray FA-11 Bomber
• Green V-Neck Limited Tee
• Red V-Neck Limited Tee
• Eminence Cuff
• Milky Eminence Jacket
• Milky Enperrials
• Studio Octophones
• Octo Layered LS
• Sennyu Goggles
• Sennyu Suit
• Sennyu Bon Bon Beanie
• Sennyu Inksoles
• Sennyu Specs
• Sennyu Headphones
• Mecha Head - HTR
• Mecha Body - AKM
• Mecha Legs - LBS
• Online Jersey
• Online Squidkid V
• Koshien Bandana
• Octo Support Hoodie

SplatNet 2

Ordering gear through SplatNet 2.

In Splatoon 2, players can use SplatNet 2 to order gear with main abilities not otherwise available for any given item. Gear ordered this way can immediately be purchased through Murch in-game.

Six gear items are available for order at a time. Every two hours, a new gear item is made available, and the oldest gear item is removed from the list. Only one gear item can be ordered from SplatNet 2 at a time: ordering a second item will cancel the order for the first one.

SplatNet 3

In Splatoon 3, players can use SplatNet 3 to order gear like with SplatNet 2. Unlike Splatnet 2, nine gear items are available for purchase at once. Six items with alternate abilities are available to purchase, adding a new one every four hours and removing one at the same time, and three gear items of a specific brand being offered each day through a feature known as The Daily Drop, updating at 00:00 UTC.

Promotional gear

7-Eleven

In 2017, 7-Eleven sold exclusive Splatoon 2 merchandise in Japan through their website. Purchased items were also accompanied by a download code for exclusive in-game gear. 7-Eleven exclusive gear items cannot be ordered through Murch. In a press release, it was mentioned that these items could eventually become rewards available through My Nintendo after 2018, which happened shortly after Final Fest.

The following gear items were available for purchasing any eligible item:

• Green V-Neck Limited Tee
• Red V-Neck Limited Tee

The following gear items were only available for purchasing the game:

• Brown FA-11 Bomber
• Gray FA-11 Bomber

In July 2019, the gear was made available in the West. In Europe, codes for all four items were given out to users that pre-ordered a Final Fest shirt. Initially, the codes provided only redeemed the Bomber jackets in-game, but this was fixed. In the Americas, the gear was made available on My Nintendo for 100 Platinum Coins on 22 July 2019. However, they are no longer available as of 1 February 2020.

CoroCoro Comic

CoroCoro Comic is a Japanese comic and video game magazine.

Version 2.8.0 of Splatoon featured CoroCoro-themed promotional gear. This gear became accessible in-game from shops and can be ordered through Spyke.

• CoroCoro Cap
• CoroCoro Hoodie

The January 2018 issue of CoroCoro Comic included unique product codes that could be used in the Nintendo eShop to redeem promotional gear in Splatoon 2. These CoroCoro Comic exclusive gear items can only be used with the Japanese version of the game and cannot be ordered through Murch.

• Eminence Cuff
• Milky Eminence Jacket
• Milky Enperrials

These items resemble the signature outfit of Emperor, an antagonist in the Splatoon manga.

The August 2018 issue of CoroCoro Comic included unique product codes in a Spygear License Card that could be used in the Nintendo eShop to redeem promotional gear in Splatoon 2. These CoroCoro Comic exclusive gear items can only be used with the Japanese version of the game and cannot be ordered through Murch.

• Sennyu Goggles
• Sennyu Suit
• Sennyu Bon Bon Beanie
• Sennyu Inksoles
• Sennyu Specs
• Sennyu Headphones

These items resemble the spy outfits worn by Blue Team during the Octo Expansion arc in the Splatoon manga.

On 15 April 2019, CoroCoro Comic included unique product codes that could be used in the Nintendo eShop to redeem promotional gear in Splatoon 2. These CoroCoro Comic exclusive gear items can only be used with the Japanese version of the game and cannot be ordered through Murch.

• Mecha Head - HTR
• Mecha Body - AKM
• Mecha Legs - LBS

Nintendo Switch Online and news

If anyone applies for a Nintendo Switch Online plan (or a family plan), they will be given a code (eight codes if the plan is a family plan) to redeem the exclusive Online Gear on the eShop, in which a box will appear in the middle of the square containing the items. Emails containing the codes were no longer distributed after August 31, 2022, and the codes were no longer usable as of December 31, 2022. These exclusive gear items cannot be ordered through Murch.

• Online Jersey
• Online Squidkid V

The Nintendo Switch News app also gave away gear to those who started Splatoon 2 via special news articles of certain worldwide Splatfests and the Splatoon World Championship. Unlike the gear above, these gear items can be ordered through Murch and SplatNet 2.

The following gear items were available via the Splatoon 2 World Championship 2018 news article:

• SWC Logo Tee

The following gear items were available via the Splatoween Splatfest news article and its rematch:

• Kyonshi Hat
• Hockey Mask
• Li'l Devil Horns
• Anglerfish Mask

The following gear items were available via the Frosty Fest Splatfest news article:

• New Year's Glasses DX
• Eel-Cake Hat
• Twisty Headband
• Festive Party Cone

The following gear items were available via the Spring Fest Splatfest news article:

• Orange Novelty Visor
• Pink Novelty Visor
• Purple Novelty Visor
• Green Novelty Visor
• Pearl-Scout Lace-Ups
• Pearlescent Squidkid IV
• Pearl Punk Crowns
• New-Day Arrows
• Marination Lace-Ups
• Rina Squidkid IV
• Trooper Power Stripes
• Midnight Slip-Ons

The following gear items were available via the Final Fest: Splatocalypse Splatfest news article:

• Eye of Justice
• Fierce Fishskull
• Hivemind Antenna
• Jetflame Crest

The following gear items were available via the Zombie vs. Skeleton vs. Ghost Splatfest news article:

• Bleak Beak
• Swim Reaper
• The Plankton Walker
• Undead Head

Famitsu

Japanese magazine Famitsu has held contests for reader-submitted designs to be implemented in Splatoon games. Gear added in this way becomes accessible in-game from shops and can be ordered through Spyke and Murch.

The following gear items were added to Splatoon in version 2.0.0:

• Traditional Headband
• Traditional Apron
• Traditional Sandals

The following gear items were added to Splatoon 2 in version 2.0.0:

• Moist Ghillie Helmet
• Moist Ghillie Suit
• Moist Ghillie Boots

Famitsu also gave away codes for promotional gear for those who purchased the Fourth Splatoon Koshien Fan Book. These can only be used with the Japanese version of the game and cannot be ordered through Murch.

• Koshien Bandana
• Octo Support Hoodie

HORI

With the release of Splatoon 2, a promotional collaboration with licensed merchandise producer HORI saw the HORI Splatoon 2 Splat & Chat Headset, for use with the Online Lounge. An in-game gear item with the same design is accessible in-game from shops and can be ordered through Murch.

• Squidfin Hook Cans

The King of Games

The King of Games is a brand of apparel by a Japanese apparel manufacturer Editmode that produces officially licensed Nintendo clothing. From launch, Splatoon has included a KOG gear brand that sells in-game analogs to real-world products. This gear is accessible in-game from shops and can be ordered through Spyke.

• Black Pipe Tee
• White Line Tee

Nike

On 16 March 2018, a Splatfest was announced for Splatoon 2 in Japan with a theme inspired by real-world Nike shoe products. As part of the promotion, two new gear items were added to the game. This gear became accessible in-game from shops, could be ordered through Murch and was immediately listed for order on SplatNet 2.

• Sea Slug Volt 95s
• Sesame Salt 270s

These are the only gear items to ever appear on SplatNet 2 with their regular price and abilities.

Squid Girl

Version 2.0.0 of Splatoon featured gear inspired by Squid Girl, a Japanese manga and television show. This gear became accessible in-game from shops and can be ordered through Spyke.

• SQUID GIRL Hat
• SQUID GIRL Tunic
• SQUID GIRL Shoes

Splatoon Global Testfire

During the initial Splatoon Global Testfire event, players who pre-purchased Splatoon in-game would receive gear to distinguish them from most other players. The upgraded gear was only cosmetic and offered no practical advantage.

• Studio Headphones
• A squid-themed layered shirt
• Red Hi-Horses

Octo Expansion

When the Octo Expansion DLC for Splatoon 2 was announced, promotional gear was immediately available to players who purchased the expansion.

• Studio Octophones
• Octo Layered LS

Wandercrust

In SplatNet 3, players can support Crusty Sean in his Wandercrust Tour with the turf points they aquire in online battles. When every location in a Journey is supported, they will receive an exclusive piece of gear from the Battle Lobby terminal in game.

• Stay Crusty Cap
• Crispy Crustume
• Fry Tops

Adjusting gear

In Splatoon 3, as of Version 5.0.0, certain pieces of gear can slightly change their appearance by selecting the "Adjust Gear" function with the button.

Currently, the two forms of adjustment available involve resizing certain t-shirt-styled clothing items or rotating certain baseball cap-styled headgear items, both denoted by the presence of a circular double-arrow icon on the gear's tag. Adjustment may be performed both from the Equip screen as well as from within shops (thereby allowing the player to demonstrate the adjusted state of gear they do not yet own).

The following headgear items may be adjusted:

• Backward Cap
• Bream-Brim Cap
• Camo Mesh
• Dustcloud Cap
• Jellyvader Cap
• Seafoam Cap
• Squid-Stitch Cap
• Squidvader Cap
• Streetstyle Cap
• Takoroka Mesh
• Two-Stripe Mesh
• Urchins Cap
• Woolly Urchins Classic
• Zekko Mesh

The following clothing items may be adjusted:

• Barazushi Black Tee
• Barazushi Rice Tee
• Barazushi Sakura Tee
• Basic Tee
• Berry BlobMob Tee
• Black 8-Bit FishFry
• Black Anchor Tee
• Black Squideye
• Black Tee
• Blue Retro Tee
• Carnivore Tee
• Duskwave Tee
• Eelzebub Tee
• Firewave Tee
• Fugu Tee
• Grape Tee
• Gray Vector Tee
• Herbivore Tee
• Icewave Tee
• Ivory Peaks Tee
• Lime BlobMob Tee
• Mint Tee
• Navy Z+F Tee
• Octo Tee
• Octosquid Tandem Tee
• Pearl Tee
• Pirate-Stripe Tee
• Rainy-Day Tee
• Red Vector Tee
• Reggae Tee
• Rockenberg Black
• Rockenberg White
• Sailor-Stripe Tee
• Sky-Blue Squideye
• Squid-Stitch Tee
• Sunny-Day Tee
• Takoroka \m/ Alien
• Takoroka \m/ Crab
• Takoroka Galactic Tie Dye
• Takoroka Rainbow Tie Dye
• Takoroka Tandem
• Tan Retro Tee
• Tentatek Tandem
• Tri-Octo Tee
• Tri-Squid Tee
• Vaporwave Tee
• White 8-Bit FishFry
• White Anchor Tee
• White Retro Tee
• White Tee
• White V-Neck Tee
• White Z+F Tee

Statistics

Main article: Gear statistics

• Both in Splatoon and Splatoon 2, over half the 1-star gear is clothing.
• In Splatoon, exactly half the clothing is 1-star.
• In Splatoon 2, there is only one fewer 2-star item than there are 1-star items (140 versus 141).
• In Splatoon 2, the most common primary ability on headgear is Special Saver (seven items), the most common primary ability on clothing is tied with Quick Super Jump and Thermal Ink (fifteen items each), and the most common primary ability on shoes is Bomb Defense Up DX (nine items).
• For all the categories in Splatoon, there are at least three different abilities which are the most common for that category.
• In Splatoon, the gear brand that produces the most headgear is Forge (fourteen items), the brand that produces the most clothing are tied with Splash Mob and SquidForce (sixteen items each) and the brand that produces the most shoes is Krak-On (thirteen items).
• In Splatoon 2, the gear brand that produces the most headgear is Forge (eighteen items), the brand that produces the most clothing is Splash Mob (nineteen items) and the brand that produces the most shoes is Tentatek (nineteen items).
• In Splatoon, five brands do not produce all three types of gear: Firefin, Forge, Skalop, SquidForce, and the real-world tie-in brand KOG. They all produce headgear and clothing but not shoes, with the exception of KOG, which only produces clothing.
  • In Splatoon 2, only one brand still has this distinction: Skalop.
• In Splatoon, every piece of special promotional gear, except for the CoroCoro gear, is produced by a special brand (for instance, the SQUID GIRL Gear is produced by The SQUID GIRL).
  • In Splatoon 2, this is not the case. Every piece of special promotional gear is produced by an existing brand that is not associated with special promotions, most commonly Forge, which produces eight pieces of promotional gear in-game.
• Of the 205 items appearing in both games, 26 had their stars changed (eight headgear, twelve clothing, six shoes), all by one star. The Noise Cancelers, LE Soccer Cleats, Round-Collar Shirt, Purple Sea Slugs, Gold Hi-Horses, Trail Boots, Mawcasins, Skull Bandana, White Shirt and Octoling Goggles had their stars increased, whilst the White Anchor Tee, Crazy Arrows, Soccer Headband, Navy Striped LS, Bike Helmet, Armor Helmet Replica, Armor Jacket Replica, Armor Boot Replicas, Layered Anchor LS, Striped Beanie, Choco Layered LS, Pilot Goggles, Baby-Jelly Shirt, Green Tee, Camo Mesh, and Layered Vector LS had their stars decreased.
• All gear that appears in both games that had Bomb Range Up in Splatoon has Sub Power Up in Splatoon 2. The same is true for Defense Up and Bomb Defense Up DX, Cold Blooded and Main Power Up, and for Special Duration Up and Special Power Up.
• The Splatfest Tee is the only piece of gear that had an ability in Splatoon (Special Saver) that still exists in Splatoon 2, yet had its ability changed (to Ability Doubler, which is unique to it).
• Of the other four new primary abilities, Thermal Ink appears only on gear that is new to Splatoon 2, while the other three (Drop Roller, Object Shredder and Respawn Punisher (except Black Anchor Tee) appear only on new gear or gear that had Damage Up as its primary ability in Splatoon.

Renamed Gear

Certain pieces of gear have been renamed between games. These pieces of gear are:

• The Legendary Cap from Splatoon was renamed to "Cap of Legend" from Splatoon 2 and onwards.
• The Non-slip Senseis from Splatoon 2 were renamed to "Nonslip Senseis" in Splatoon 3.
• The Punk Blacks from Splatoon 2 were renamed to "Punk Nights" in Splatoon 3.
• The Soccer Cleats from Splatoon were renamed to "Soccer Shoes" from Splatoon 2 and onwards.
• The Strapping Reds from Splatoon were renamed to "Red 3-Straps" in Splatoon 3.
• The Strapping Whites from Splatoon were renamed to "White 3-Straps" in Splatoon 3.

Similary, certain pieces of gear which drastically differed in appearance depending on the player's selected gender in Splatoon 2 had their gender-exclusive variations split into two separate unisex gear pieces in Splatoon 3. This resulted in slight naming adjustments for the affected gear:

• The Enchanted Robe was split into Enchanted Robe A and Enchanted Robe B.
• The Fringed Loafers were split into Base Fringed Loafers and Baggy-Sock Fringe Loafs.
• The Pearlescent Crown was split into Pearlescent Crown L and Pearlescent Crown S.
• The School Cardigan was split into School Cardigan A and School Cardigan B.
• The School Shoes were split into Base School Shoes and School Shoes + Hi Socks.
• The School Uniform was split into School Uniform A and School Uniform B.
• The Squinja Mask was split into Squinja Mask Mk I and Squinja Mask Mk II.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ギア Gia	Gear
Dutch	Uitrusting	Equipment
French (NOE)	Équipement	Equipment
German	Ausrüstung	Gear
Italian	Equipaggiamento	Equipment
Russian	Снаряжение Snar'ajenie	Equipment
Chinese	装备 zhuāng bèi	Gear
Internal	Gear

Headgear Language Name Meaning  Japanese アタマ Atama Head  Dutch Accessoires (Splatoon 2 & 3) Hoofddeksels (Splatoon) Accessories Headgear  French Accessoires Accessories  German Kopf Head  Italian Accessori Accessories  Russian Аксессуары (Splatoon 2 & 3) Aksessuari Головной убор (Splatoon) Golovnoy ubor Accessories Headdress  Spanish Accesorios Accessories  Chinese (Simplified) 头部装备 tóubù zhuāngbèi (Mandarin) Headgear  Chinese (Traditional) 頭部裝備 tóubù zhuāngbèi (Mandarin) Headgear  Korean 액세서리 aegseseoli Accessories  Portuguese Acessórios Accessories  Internal L_BtnMap_06-T_Text_00 Headgear is a button label.

Clothing Language Name Meaning  Japanese フク Fuku Clothing  Dutch Kleding Clothing  French Vêtements Clothes  German Kleidung Clothes  Italian Vestiti Clothes  Russian Одежда Odejda Clothes  Spanish Ropa Clothing  Chinese (Simplified) 服装 fúzhuāng (Mandarin) Clothing  Chinese (Traditional) 服裝 fúzhuāng (Mandarin) Clothing  Korean 옷 os Clothes  Portuguese Roupa Clothing  Internal L_BtnMap_07-T_Text_00 Clothing is a button label.

Shoes Language Name Meaning  Japanese クツ Kutsu Shoes  Dutch Schoenen Shoes  French Chaussures Shoes  German Schuhe Shoes  Italian Scarpe Shoes  Russian Обувь Obuv' Shoes  Spanish Calzado Footwear  Chinese 鞋子 xiézi (Mandarin) Shoes  Korean 신발 sinbal Shoes  Portuguese Calçado Shoes  Internal L_BtnMap_08-T_Text_00 Shoes is a button label.

See also

• Booyah Base
• Galleria
• Murch
• SplatNet 2
• SplatNet 3
• Spyke
• Weapons