Loot anchor

A loot anchor is a device found in Return of the Mammalians in Splatoon 3. They are hidden in the overworld and resemble a propeller or turbine with a red LED light on the top. In the Crater and Alterna, they can be found either out in the open, buried in the snow, or invisible. All varieties can be shot at with ink to reveal and destroy them.

Loot anchors can be tracked down using Smallfry, who will 'notice' them when he is nearby and produce an exclamation mark, move toward its location, and jump up and down with a golden glow in order to alert the player.

Loot anchors can contain Sunken Scrolls, Sardinium, gold records, Power Eggs, or locker decorations, while only one contains a Tableturf Battle card pack per site (including The Crater). Most loot anchors can only be destroyed once, however there are a select number of them in each area of Alterna that will always re-appear in the same location after leaving, which each give 25 Power Eggs. All of these respawning anchors are invisible.

Gallery

The first loot anchor located in the Crater
The second loot anchor located in the Crater

Trivia

The eight blades of the propeller portion of the loot anchor might be a reference to the eight legs of an octopus.
The locations of 25 egg patches are determined by Smallfry's haircut.^[1]^[2]

Names in other languages

Translation needed

Translate Chinese (Traditional). ^edit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	びっくりネジ bikkuri neji	Surprise screw
Dutch	Schatschroef	Treasure screw
French	Ancre à butin	Loot anchor
German	Beuteanker	Loot Anchor
Italian	Pescatesori	Treasure-fisher. It can also be a pun on "pescatori" (fishermen)
Russian	Выковырякорь Vykovyryakor'	Pick out anchor
Spanish	Anclaje sorpresa	Surprise anchorage
Chinese (Simplified)	惊人螺丝 Jīngrén luósī	Amazing screw
Chinese (Traditional)	驚人螺絲
Korean	깜짝 나사	Same as Japanese
Internal	Msn_WorldObj_05 ^[3]