Membux

Membux are a type of collectible currency in Splatoon 3: Side Order. They are awarded as a reward for completing a floor.

Description

The icon for Membux is coin with a label of a stylized infinity sign with two vertical strokes through it, making it appear as a currency symbol.

Gameplay

Membux are the main currency Agent 8 can obtain and use while traversing the Spire of Order, with more difficult floors yielding a higher amount of Membux when cleared. While their most prominent usage is to purchase various goods at the Vending-Machine Corner floors, they can also be used to escape an uncleared floor, gain another chance when all lives are exhausted, or reroll the available floors or items available in the vending machine as long as the respective hack is active. At the end of every run, Membux are converted to points with a 1:1 ratio, which are then converted to Prlz at a rate of 1:100 (rounded up). If the player progresses past 5F, they will start with 500 Membucks on their next run.

Etymology

Mem likely comes from "memory", with bux coming from "bucks", a colloquial term for money. The English name and names in other languages suggest an association with mem cakes from Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ネリコイン nerikoin	neri ("dough") + coin
Dutch	Neuri	From neur(o)- (prefix relating to nerves, nervous tissue or the nervous system), and euri (hypercorrect and humorous term for "euros")
French (NOE)	Poulpèzes	poulpe ("octopus") + pèze (colloquial term for "money")
German	Memoneten	Memo + Moneten (colloquial term for "money")
Italian	Norilir	From Nori ("Marina") + lire (currency of use in Italy before the euro)
Russian	Вспомбаксы Vspombaksy	Rememberbux
Spanish	Pastimonedas	"Dough-coins". Pasta + Monedas
Chinese (Simplified)	忆界硬币 Yì jiè yìngbì	From 忆界宇宙 (the Chinese name of "Memverse") and 硬币 ("Coin")