Sardinium

“ | When I get my hands on these fish I might exchange them on the range, Except that they look so delish... |
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Sardinium is an item in Splatoon 2's Octo Canyon used to upgrade weapons at the Ammo Knights Enhancifier.
One Sardinium can be found in each Octo Canyon mission. Standard missions have a hidden Sardinium that the player must find, while each boss mission's Sardinium appears in front of the Zapfish after the boss is defeated. There is also one hidden Sardinium in each sector of Octo Canyon.
A Sardinium that has already been obtained once before will appear in the same location but with a muted appearance, and picking it up gives the player five Power Eggs instead.
In Splatoon 3's Return of the Mammalians, Sardinium reappears and is used to upgrade the Hero Suit and gain new abilities. They can be obtained by clearing certain patches of Fuzzy Ooze with Smallfry, breaking open Crates and Loot Anchors in Alterna, and defeating each member of Deep Cut. Unlike in Splatoon 2, Sardinium is no longer found hidden within missions.
Gallery
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In-game icon
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Sardinium.
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Sardinium from another angle, reflecting light.
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Agent 4 picking up Sardinium.
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A transparent Sardinium after it has already been collected.
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A mem cake of a Sardinium from the Octo Expansion.
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A Sardinium locker decoration.
Trivia
- Sardinium pieces resemble niboshi, dried sardines used in cooking, but with a metallic texture and an eye resembling the head of a Phillips screw, hence the name combining "sardine" and "-ium", a suffix used for metals.
- The Art of Splatoon 2 mentions that Sardinium is used as the material attaching the Ink Tank to its harness and that the heels of the Neo Octoling Boots are also made of Sardinium, describing them as "hard and heavy."
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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イリコニウム Irikoniumu |
From Iriko (Japanese dried infant sardine, also known as "niboshi") | |
Sardinium | - | |
Sardinium | - | |
Anchovium | From Anchovis ("anchovy") | |
Sardinium | - | |
Сплатва Splatva |
From сплат splat ("splat") and плотва plotva ("roach fish") | |
Anchovio | From anchoa ("anchovy") | |
小鱼干 Xiǎo yúgān |
Dried little fish | |
小魚乾 Xiǎo yú qián |
Dried little fish | |
멸치늄 Myeolchinyum |
Anchovy | |
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