Pilot Goggles

The Pilot Goggles are headgear in Splatoon and Splatoon 2.
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  9,800.
In Splatoon 2, they are a 3-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 Gear Shop for  11,000.

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

Splatoon

Pilot Goggles

Category	Headgear
Brand	Forge
Ability	Bomb Range Up
Cost	9,800
SplatNet 2
Availability
amiibo
Rarity

Abilities

The Pilot Goggles come with Bomb Range Up as a main ability. As a 3-star item, the Pilot Goggles have three additional slots for secondary abilities. Since they are made by the Forge 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

Splatoon 2

Pilot Goggles

Category	Headgear
Brand	Forge
Ability	Sub Power Up
Cost	5,500
SplatNet 2	11,000
Availability
amiibo
Rarity

Abilities

The Pilot Goggles come with Sub Power Up as a main ability when purchased from shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 2, they can have any other ability normally available to Headgear. As a 3-star item, the Pilot Goggles have three additional slots for secondary abilities. Since they are made by the Forge 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.

Trivia

Image discovered in Super Mario Maker

• 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.

Gallery

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  A female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles.

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles.

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  Another female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles.

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  A female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles, holding a Custom Hydra Splatling.

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  Closeup of a female Inkling wearing the Pilot Goggles.

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  Side view on a male Inkling.

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  Promo for Forge, with a male Inkling (left) 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 a male Inkling 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 Pilot Goggles with Damage Up in an early version of Cooler Heads.

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  Sunken Scroll 18, with the Pilot Goggles at the upper left.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
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	Pilotenbrille	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