Pilot Goggles
The Pilot Goggles are headgear in the Splatoon series.
In Splatoon, they are a 3-star item produced by Forge and come with the primary ability Bomb Range Up.
They can be purchased from Cooler Heads for 
5,500.
In Splatoon 2, they are a 2-star item produced by Forge and come with the primary ability Sub Power Up.
They can be purchased from Headspace for 
5,500 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for 11,000.
In Splatoon 3, they are a 1-star item produced by Forge and come with the primary ability Sub Power Up.
They can be obtained through leveling up the Drizzle Season 2022 catalog to level 29, or they can be purchased from Naut Couture for 
5,500 from SplatNet 3 Shop for 11,000.
They can also be obtained through leveling up the Drizzle Season 2023 Catalog to level 66 as part of the Zink Layered LS Outfit.
Appearance
The Pilot Goggles are a large pair of shiny metal goggles with a dark brown strap. They have clear lenses and a ring of small holes around each lens. They are worn on the forehead, rather than over the eyes.
Splatoon
The Pilot Goggles were available at the release of Splatoon.
Abilities
The Pilot Goggles come with Bomb Range Up as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Pilot Goggles come with two additional slots for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail or 30,000 cash for each slot. Since they are made by the Forge gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Special Duration Up and a lower chance of rolling Ink Saver (Sub) to fill their secondary ability slots.
Splatoon 2
The Pilot Goggles return in Splatoon 2, available at release.
Abilities
The Pilot Goggles come with Sub Power Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 2, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 2-star item, the Pilot Goggles come with two additional slots for secondary abilities, which may be increased to a maximum of three slots with a Super Sea Snail for each slot. Since they are made by the Forge gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Special Power Up and a lower chance of rolling Ink Saver (Sub) to fill their secondary ability slots.
Splatoon 3
5,500 11,000
The Pilot Goggles return in Splatoon 3 in Drizzle Season 2022, in the 1.1.0 update.
Abilities
The Pilot Goggles come with Sub Power Up as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 3, they come with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 1-star item, the Pilot Goggles come with two additional slots for secondary abilities. The star level may be increased with Super Sea Snails for 1 (second), 5 (third), 10 (fourth), or 20 (fifth) Super Sea Snails per star, or by purchasing additional copies of them from Naut Couture for 30,000 (second), 50,000 (third), 100,000 (fourth), or 200,000 (fifth) Cash per star. Increasing the star level to 2 stars will add another secondary ability slot for a total of three slots. Increasing the star level beyond 2 stars will increase the gear experience gained by a cumulative 3.333…% up to 10% additional experience at 5-star level. Since they are made by the Forge gear brand, they have a higher chance of rolling Special Power Up and a lower chance of rolling Ink Saver (Sub) to fill their secondary ability slot.
Gallery
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An Inkling girl wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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Another Inkling girl wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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Another Inkling girl wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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An Inkling girl wearing the Pilot Goggles, holding a Custom Hydra Splatling.
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Close-up of an Inkling girl wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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Side view on an Inkling boy wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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Another Inkling boy wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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The Inkling boy on Team Airhead wears the Pilot Goggles.
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The Inkling boy on Team Challenger wears the Pilot Goggles.
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Promotional image for Forge, with an Inkling boy (left) wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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The main character in the Splatoon manga wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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Official art of an Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles, holding a Krak-On Splat Roller.
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Another with a Tentatek Splattershot.
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Art of an Inkling boy wearing the Pilot Goggles, wielding a Splattershot.
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Art of a team of Inklings - the closest is wearing the Pilot Goggles
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The Inkling boy in the bottom middle is wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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The Pilot Goggles with Damage Up in an early version of Cooler Heads.
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Splatoon Sunken Scroll 18, with the Pilot Goggles at the upper left.
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A promotional image for Forge, with an Inkling girl wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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The Octoling girl with the Nautilus 47 is wearing the Pilot Goggles.
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Front view.
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Back view.
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Front view in Splatoon 3.
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Adjusted view
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Trivia
- A UI icon for an older version of the item was discovered in the data files for Super Mario Maker. In this version, all visual elements are black.
- The Pilot Goggles had Damage Up as a main ability instead of Bomb Range Up in a pre-release build of Splatoon.
- They are worn by Goggles from the Splatoon manga
- They are also worn by Inkling Boy in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
パイロットゴーグル Pairotto Gōguru |
Pilot Goggle |
 Dutch |
Pilotenbril | Pilot goggles |
 French |
Lunettes d'aviateur | Aviator glasses |
 German |
Fliegerbrille (Splatoon 3) Pilotenbrille (Splatoon & 2) |
Aviator goggles Pilot goggles |
 Italian |
Occhiali da pilota | Pilot goggles |
 Russian |
Очки пилота Ochki pilota |
Pilot glasses |
 Spanish (NOA) |
Gafas de aviador | Aviator glasses |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Gafas de piloto | Pilot glasses |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
飞行员护目镜 fēixíngyuán hù mùjìng (Mandarin) |
Pilot Goggle |
 Chinese (Traditional) |
飛行員護目鏡 fēixíngyuán hù mùjìng (Mandarin) |
Pilot Goggle |
 Korean |
파일럿 고글 pailleos gogeul |
Pilot Goggle |
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