Steel Eel
Steel Eels are Boss Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run in Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3.
Description
The Steel Eel consists of a Salmonid piloting the machine at the tail and a giant steel fish head and jerrycans shooting down ink, similarly to a Splash Wall. Steel Eels are very long, making it easy to get cornered. The jerrycans on its body can instantly kill players with direct hits and block attacks. The only way to destroy this machine is to splat the Salmonid piloting it at the rear.
Quotes
The following text is quoted from the Salmonid Field Guide.
- Basic Information
- It's a weapon made of connected ink-spraying devices for the suppression of large areas.
- It locks on to and relentlessly pursues a single target.
- Attack Behavior
- Its extensive length is used to block routes as it rains down ink.
- Elimination
- It can be neutralized by shooting the driver in the very rear of the Steel Eel.
- Supporting Information
- The driver of the Steel Eel wears a mask to protect itself from the spray generated by the machine.
- The great length of the Steel Eel is attributable to the large number of interconnected ink sprayers used to create it.
Statistics
- See also: Salmon Run data
| HP | Damage | Attack/Defeat/Total  |
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| 500 | 50 | 13 / 3 / 16 | 3 |
- See also: Salmon Run Next Wave data
Tips
- A Steel Eel only targets one player.
- The player being targeted should coordinate their movement with the work crew's location, keeping crewmates safe and exposing the Steel Eel's weak point to them.
- If the targeted player travels behind the Steel Eel, the Steel Eel will do a U-turn and potentially trap the player or a crewmate.
- The Steel Eel's pilot looks directly at the player it is targeting.
- If a player is being chased and gets on a propeller platform, or the chased player is splatted, the Steel Eel will immediately start chasing another crewmate.
- Steel Eels are tall enough that they are still capable of splatting Inkjet users. However, players are capable of getting over a Steel Eel if they boost.
- Steel Eels are tall enough that they are still capable of splatting someone using a Booyah Bomb. The Steel Eel can completely shred through the armor, so players should be careful when activating a Booyah Bomb when close to a Steel Eel.
- On certain stages, Steel Eels can spawn in the water with the pilot's head partially above water as the body extends out. Players can splat them far quicker this way, which can help during High Tides in neutralizing their threat before they start taking up space.
- Splat Bombs explode instantly on contact with the Steel Eel's ink spray. Players can use this to their advantage if they want to quickly dispatch weaker or weakened Salmonids.
- Steel Eels drop their eggs where the pilot is located.
- When luring a Steel Eel towards the basket, players should make sure the Steel Eel is destroyed when the pilot is closest to the basket.
Badges
- Main article: Badge#Salmon Run Next Wave
Splatting Steel Eels a specific number of times in Salmon Run: Next Wave will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.
| Steel Eel badges | ||
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Steel Eel Splats x 100 | |
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Steel Eel Splats x 1,000 | |
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Steel Eel Splats x 10,000 | |
Gallery
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3D artwork
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A Steel Eel slinking away from the shoreline.
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Close-up of the pilot of the Steel Eel.
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A Steel Eel in the tutorial.
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A Steel Eel after moving closer to its target.
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A Steel Eel surrounded by Chums.
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The Salmonid Field Guide entry for the Steel Eel in Splatoon 2.
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The Salmonid Field Guide entry for the Steel Eel in Splatoon 3.
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The Salmonid Field Guide entry for the Steel Eel in Splatoon 3.
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The illustration in the field guide.
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The mem cake of a Steel Eel.
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Unofficial render of the Steel Eel's game model from Splatoon 2.
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Concept art of the Steel Eel from The Art of Splatoon 2.
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The icon for the Steel Eel used in SplatNet 2 and in the Splatoon 2 relationship chart.
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The Steel Eel's icon in Splatoon 3.
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The Steel Eel locker decoration.
Trivia
- The mask worn by the Salmonid driver of a Steel Eel is a typical mask worn in Japan when a person is ill.
- The pilot of the Steel Eel has a reflective marking on its fin that resembles a stylized Golden Egg.
- Its design could be a reference to the real-life Eurypharynx pelecanoides, also known as the pelican or gulper eel.
- Steel Eels will go out of their way to avoid Flipper-Flopper rings that are filled in with the players' ink.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
ヘビ Hebi |
From 蛇 hebi ("snake") |
 Dutch |
Staal | From staal ("steel") and aal ("eel") |
 French |
Carnacier | Pun on carnassier ("carnivorous predator") and acier ("steel") |
 German |
Staal | From Stahl ("steel") and Aal ("eel") |
 Italian |
Anguilmone | From anguilla ("eel") and salmone ("salmon") |
 Russian |
Громыхариус Gromykharius |
From громыхать gromykhat' ("to rumble", "to make loud noises") and хариус kharius ("grayling") |
 Spanish (NOA) |
Anguiladera | From anguila ("eel") |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Raspoide | From raspa ("fishbone", "spine") |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
蛇鱼 shé yú (Mandarin) |
Snake Fish |
 Chinese (Traditional) |
蛇魚 shé yú (Mandarin) |
Snake Fish |
 Korean |
뱀 baem |
Snake |
 Internal |
SakelienSnake [1] |
