Seashell Bamboo Hat

The Seashell Bamboo Hat is headgear in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon 2, it is a 2-star item produced by Inkline and comes with the primary ability Quick Respawn. It can be purchased from Headspace for 3,200 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for 6,400.

In Splatoon 3, it is a 1-star item produced by Inkline and comes with the primary ability Quick Respawn. It can be obtained through leveling up the Sizzle Season 2023 catalog to level 29, or it can be purchased from Naut Couture for 3,200 from SplatNet 3 Shop for 6,400.

Appearance

The Seashell Bamboo Hat is a simple conical hat that changes color to match that of the wearer's ink. The hat is covered in a pattern that resembles large, black and white mussel and oyster shells. On the front is the Inkline logo. Around the chin is a black rope with a gray fastener in the shape of a stylized squid.

When displayed in a locker in Splatoon 3, this gear is placed on a black mannequin head.

Splatoon 2

The Seashell Bamboo Hat debuted in Splatoon 2 in version 3.0.0.

Abilities

The Seashell Bamboo Hat comes with Quick Respawn as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 2, it comes with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 2-star item, the Seashell Bamboo Hat comes 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 it is made by the Inkline gear brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Bomb Defense Up DX and a lower chance of rolling Main Power Up to fill its secondary ability slots.

Splatoon 3

The Seashell Bamboo Hat returns in Splatoon 3 in Sizzle Season 2023.

Abilities

The Seashell Bamboo Hat comes with Quick Respawn as the primary ability when purchased from a shop or ordered from Murch. When purchased from SplatNet 3, it comes with any other primary ability normally available to Headgear. As a 1-star item, the Seashell Bamboo Hat comes with two additional slots for secondary abilities. The star level may be increased with Super Sea Snails for 1 (first), 1 (second), 5 (third), 10 (fourth), or 20 (fifth) Super Sea Snails per star, or by purchasing additional copies of it from Naut Couture for 10,000 (first), 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 it is made by the Inkline gear brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Sub Resistance Up and a lower chance of rolling Intensify Action to fill its secondary ability slot.

Gallery

Judd wearing the Seashell Bamboo Hat in a promotional image for Splatoon 2's version 3.0.0, second from the right
Two Inklings wearing the Seashell Bamboo Hat in a preview for version 3.0.0, from the Nintendo Direct on 8 March 2018
An Inkling (far left) wearing the Seashell Bamboo Hat, holding Custom Dualie Squelchers
Front view
Back view
The Inkling holding the Painbrush is wearing the Seashell Bamboo Hat.
Worn by an Inkling on the Rapid Blaster Pro Deco Tableturf Battle card

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カイガラスゲ Kaigara Suge	Seashell Sedge/Sugegasa^[a]
Dutch	Schelpenbamboehoed	Shell bamboo hat
French	Chapeau zen coquilles	Shell zen hat
German	Muschel-Bambushut	Mussel Bamboo Hat
Italian	Cappello a cono	Cone hat
Russian	Устричная вьетнамка Ustrichnaya v'yetnamka	Oyster Vietnamese
Spanish	Sombrero cónico ostras	Oyster conical hat
Chinese (Simplified)	贝纹斗笠
Chinese (Traditional)	貝紋斗笠
Korean	조개껍데기 삿갓	Clamshell Bamboo Hat
Internal	HAT012^[1]