Squid Hairclip

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The Squid Hairclip is headgear in the Splatoon series.

In Splatoon, it is a 2-star item produced by amiibo and comes with the primary ability Swim Speed Up. It is only available from the Inkling Girl or the Splatoon 2 series Inkling Girl 2 amiibo. It cannot be ordered from another player.

In Splatoon 2, it is a 2-star item produced by amiibo and comes with the primary ability Swim Speed Up. It is only available from the Inkling Girl amiibo. It cannot be ordered from another player.

In Splatoon 3, it is a 1-star item produced by amiibo and comes with the primary ability Swim Speed Up. It is only available from the Inkling Girl amiibo. It cannot be ordered from another player.

Appearance

The Squid Hairclip is a hairclip of the "S" from the Splatoon logo on it with a pair of cartoon eyes from the same logo at the top. How it is worn depends on the wearer's hairstyle.

  • Topknot, Hipster, and Cornrows (Inkling): The Squid Hairclip lacks the metal clip and is worn on the hairstyle's knot, including in the original Splatoon where only the Topknot hairstyle is available for Inkling boys.
  • Other hairstyles: The Squid Hairclip is worn on the side of the hair above the wearer's left ear, although its exact placement varies between hairstyles. In Splatoon 2, it lacks the metal clip when worn on masculine hairstyles.

Splatoon

The School Hairclip is available through use of any generation of the Inkling Girl amiibo.

Abilities

The Squid Hairclip comes with Swim Speed Up as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Squid Hairclip 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 amiibo gear brand, it has equal chances to roll any secondary ability.

Unlock

To unlock the Squid Hairclip, the player must play the first set of missions from the Inkling Girl amiibo:

The Squid Hairclip is received after completing the boss challenge.

Splatoon 2

Squid Hairclip
Squid Hairclip
Category
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amiibo
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Added in
Initial Release (1.0.0)

Abilities

The Squid Hairclip comes with Swim Speed Up as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Squid Hairclip 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 amiibo gear brand, it has equal chances to roll any secondary ability.

Splatoon 3

Abilities

The Squid Hairclip comes with Swim Speed Up as the primary ability. As a 1-star item, the Squid Hairclip 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. 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 amiibo gear brand, it has equal chances to roll any secondary ability.

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Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese イカパッチン
ika pacchin
Squid Triangular Hairpin
Netherlands Dutch Inktvishaarspeld Squid hairclip
Canada French (NOA) Barrette calmar Squid hairclip
France French (NOE) Barrette seiche Cuttlefish barrette
Germany German Tintenfisch-Spange Squid barette
Italy Italian Fermaglio calamaro Squid hairclip
Russia Russian Заколка «Кальмарчик»
Zakolka "Kal'marchik"
Hairclip "A Little Squid"
Mexico Spanish (NOA) Pasador de calamar Squid pin
Spain Spanish (NOE) Horquilla calamar Squid hairpin
China Chinese (Simplified) 鱿鱼发夹
yóuyú fǎjiā (Mandarin)
Squid Hairpin
Hong Kong Chinese (Traditional) 魷魚髮夾
yóuyú fǎjiā (Mandarin)
Squid Hairpin
South Korea Korean 오징어 머리핀
ojing-eo meolipin
Squid Hairpin

See also