Pearl Drone
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- This article is about the Drone form taken on by Pearl in Splatoon 3: Side Order. For her original Inkling form, see Pearl.
| Species | Drone |
| Age | Likely 26 (from Splatoon 3's start) |
| Relations | Unknown parents |
| Location | Order Sector |
The Pearl Drone is a form Pearl can change to and from within the Memverse in Side Order.
Appearance
The Pearl Drone is a small, pale pink flying robot with a round shape and a white crown with pink spikes on top. Her eyes are rendered as a black LCD screen in the shape of an Inkling eye mask, with two white cross shapes representing her pupils. Above them are two pale yellow sliding buttons, functioning as eyebrows. The Pearl Drone also has a small hole below her right eye, representing Pearl's beauty mark, and two appendages on the sides that each have a pink gradient and a sucker-like white circle below, resembling tentacles. On the bottom are blades attached to a black opening.
Origin
The Drone form has been created by Marina while finalizing the concept of the Memverse. Pearl was supposed to take on the role of the guide for the users who have to repeat tasks, represented as climbing a tower, in order to regain their memories taken from Kamabo Corporation.
Abilities
Similar to Smallfry in Return of the Mammalians, Pearl acts as a companion for Agent 8. Unlike Smallfry, she acts independently, by attacking enemies alongside the player. She can also point out enemies with a pink laser, which does no damage. She can be upgraded by placing color chips inside a Palette, enhancing her abilities or adding sub or special weapons to her arsenal, such as Splat Bombs or individual Killer Wail 5.1 speakers, all of which have to be charged before use. The needed points for charge can be decreased with multiple color chips. She is also able to carry the player like a glider. This happens when they are in the air in Octoling form for some time, or by pressing and holding after jumping. If 3 Disc Pieces are collected, she will perform the Step-Off song, creating a pink haze around the player's screen, which knocks back nearby Jelletons, stuns bosses, and disables Portals or Gushers.
The abilities of the Pearl drone can be upgraded with color chips and the drone chip selection can expanded with Marina's Hacks, which have to be unlocked in exchange for Prlz.
| Ability | Description | Color chip | Marina's Hacks |
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| More action slots | The Pearl Drone has one action slot by default, which can hold one ability. The number of abilities can be expanded to a total of five. |  Drone Action Slots
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| Splat Bomb | Splat Bombs have to be charged similarly to special weapons and will be thrown at enemies or targets on sight. |  Drone Splat Bomb
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| Killer Wail | A Killer Wail 5.1 speaker has to be charged and will be aimed at enemies or targets on sight. |  Drone Killer Wail
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| Ink Mine | Ink Mines have to be charged similarly to special weapons and will be placed under the Drone's current position if the ground is inkable. |  Drone Ink Mine
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 Drone Ink Mine
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| Sprinkler | A Sprinkler-like ability which has to be charged similarly to special weapons at a low cost and will ink around the Drone's position. |  Drone Sprinkler
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 Drone Sprinkler
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| Burst Bomb | Burst Bombs have to be charged similarly to special weapons and will be thrown at enemies or targets on sight. |  Drone Burst Bomb
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 Drone Burst Bomb
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| Inkstrike | A single Inkstrike of the Triple Inkstrike special weapon which has to be charged before use and will be deployed at enemies or targets on sight. |  Drone Inkstrike
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 Drone Inkstrike
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| Item generation | The creation of items which will appear underneath the Drone's current position. |  Drone Items
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 Drone Items
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| Gauge charge | Charging the Drone-Gauge over time. |  Drone-Gauge Charge
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| Charging the Drone-Gauge through splatting Jelletons. |  Splat Drone Gauge
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 Drone-Gauge Splat Charge
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| Charging the Drone-Gauge by painting turf. |  Turf Drone Gauge
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 Drone-Gauge Turf Charge
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| Charging the Drone-Gauge by moving around |  Mobile Drone Gauge
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Gallery
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Pearl drone icon
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Tableturf card icon
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Agent 8 holding onto the Pearl Drone
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Close-up of the Pearl Drone
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Pearl commanding Agent 8
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3D artwork of the Pearl Drone
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Pearl Drone asleep
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Pearl Drone transforming into Inkling form and back (link to file)
Trivia
- When the player is idle in the Order Sector after saving Marina, Pearl may either sleep in drone form, or switch to Inkling form and sit in one of three locations until the player moves:
- On the large rock to the left of Marina.
- On the right side of the roof of the Spire of Order entrance.
- On top of the telephone pole on the left side of the Order Sector.
- If the player walks in a tight circle repeatedly, the Pearl Drone will twirl around their head and exclaim happily.
- One of the Pearl Drone's blades has a small sticker with a visual warning for rotating machinery.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ヒメドローン himedorōn |
Pearl Drone |
 Dutch |
Lorelei-drone | Pearl drone |
 French |
Drone Perle | Pearl drone |
 German |
Perla-Drohne | Pearl Drone |
 Italian |
Alga drone | Drone Pearl |
 Russian |
Жем-дрон Zhem-dron |
Pearl drone |
 Spanish |
Dron Perla | Pearl Drone |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
小姬无人机 xiǎojī wúrénjī (Mandarin) |
Pearl Drone |
 Chinese (Traditional) |
小姬無人機 xiǎojī wúrénjī (Mandarin) |
Pearl Drone |
 Korean |
히메 드론 hime deuron |
Pearl Drone |
 Internal |
HimeDroneSdodr[1] |
References
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