Skate Helmet
The Skate Helmet is headgear in the Splatoon series.
In Splatoon, it is a 2-star item produced by Skalop and comes with the primary ability Special Saver.
It can be purchased from Cooler Heads for 
2,500.
In Splatoon 2, it is a 2-star item produced by Skalop and comes with the primary ability Special Saver.
It can be purchased from Headspace for 
2,500 or from SplatNet 2 Gear Shop for 5,000.
In Splatoon 3, it is a 1-star item produced by Skalop and comes with the primary ability Special Saver.
It can be purchased from Naut Couture for 
2,500 or from SplatNet 3 Shop for 5,000.
Appearance
The Skate Helmet is a round helmet with several square holes in the top. Its main color changes to match that of the wearer's ink, and the edge is black. The helmet has many adornments, including a large Skalop logo sticker, a black signature, a tiny white bumper sticker of octopus oil Corp., a white Inkling word inside a white rectangle, two parallel white stripes and a school of squids printed in. Buckled under the chin is a black strap securing it to the wearer's head.
Splatoon
Abilities
The Skate Helmet comes with Special Saver as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Skate Helmet comes 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 it is made by the Skalop brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn and a lower chance of rolling Special Saver to fill its secondary ability slots.
Splatoon 2
Abilities
The Skate Helmet comes with Special Saver as the primary ability when purchased from 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 Skate Helmet 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 Skalop brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn and a lower chance of rolling Special Saver to fill its secondary ability slots.
Splatoon 3
Abilities
The Skate Helmet comes with Special Saver as the primary ability when purchased from 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 Skate Helmet 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 Skalop brand, it has a higher chance of rolling Quick Respawn and a lower chance of rolling Special Saver to fill its secondary ability slot.
Gallery
A male Inkling wearing the Skate Helmet
Another male Inkling wearing the Skate Helmet, firing a .52 Gal
Another male Inkling wearing the Skate Helmet, also with a .52 Gal
A female Inkling (center) wearing the Skate Helmet, holding a Classic Squiffer
The far right Inkling in this Sheldon's Picks promo wears the Skate Helmet
Sunken Scroll 18, with the Skate Helmet at the lower right
Promo for Camp Triggerfish with the Inkling boy in the far left wearing the Skate Helmet.
The Inkling boy firing the Killer Wail is wearing the Skate Helmet. The Skalop logo can be seen.
Inkling's Player 8 Costume from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate wears the Skate Helmet.
Front view.
Back view.
Trivia
- Skate from the Splatoon manga wears the Skate Helmet, hence his name.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
スケボーメット Sukebō Metto |
Skateboard Helmet. Sukebō is an abbreviation for Skateboard and Metto is for helmet. |
 Dutch |
Skateboardhelm | Skateboard helmet |
 French (NOA) |
Casque de planchiste | |
 French (NOE) |
Casque de skate | |
 German |
Skateboardhelm | Skateboard helmet |
 Italian |
Casco da skate | Skate Helmet |
 Russian |
Шлем скейтера Shlem skeitera |
Skater's helmet |
 Spanish (NOA) |
Casco de patinador | |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Casco skate | |
 Chinese |
滑板安全帽 huábǎn ānquán mào (Mandarin) |
Skateboard Helmet |
 Korean |
스케이트보드 헬멧 seukeiteubodeu helmet |
Skateboard Helmet |
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