Stringer

A promotional image for Splatoon 3 featuring an Octoling wielding the Tri-Stringer, a weapon included in the Stringer class.

For a similarly-named Boss Salmonid introduced in Splatoon 2, see Stinger.

Stringers are one of the main weapon types in the Splatoon series. They were introduced in Splatoon 3. Stringers can fire three strings of ink horizontally or vertically depending on whether they are fired while standing or jumping.

List of stringers

Note: The series are arranged by the order of their respective Tableturf Battle cards.

Series	Description	Variants	Games
Tri-Stringer	A stringer that has two levels of charge to unleash charged shots that briefly freeze before exploding, but cannot store its charge.	Tri-Stringer	✓
REEF-LUX 450	A lightweight stringer that can store its charge, but cannot fire explosive shots. With tap shots it deals about the same damage as the Tri-Stringer but fully charged it deals more damage.	REEF-LUX 450	✓

Sets

Stringers in Splatoon 3

	Main	#ID	Sub	Special	Special Points	Level	Price	Class
	REEF-LUX 450	7020	Curling Bomb	Tenta Missiles	210p	10	1	Stringer
	Tri-Stringer	7010	Toxic Mist	Killer Wail 5.1	180p	4	1	Stringer

Animations

Spawner Drone Tri-Stringer pose as shown in the Splatoon 3 announcement video.

Splatoon 3

Spawner Drone pose:

• All styles: Stands in a crouched pose with their weapon angled down and their right hand readied.

Victory:

• Flip Out and Reppin' Inkopolis: Jumping into the air while shooting the weapon downwards twice, then lands kneeling and pulls its string back while aiming into the distance.

Quotes

“

We've obtained imagery of a new class of weapon known as the stringer. It seems stringers can fire ink horizontally or vertically depending on whether they are fired while standing or jumping. Either way, a simple press of is all it takes to start splatting.

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— @SplatoonNA

Gallery

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  A promo image for Splatoon 3 featuring the Tri-Stringer

Weapon Promos

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  Tri-Stringer

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  REEF-LUX 450

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ストリンガー sutoringā	Stringer
Dutch	Spanner	Drawer
French	Transperceur	Penetrator
German	Stringer	Stringer
Italian	Calamarco	From calamaro ("squid") + arco ("bow")
Russian	Тетиватор Tetivator	Stringator
Spanish	Arcromatizador	Bow-chromatizer, from arco ("bow") + cromatizador (*chromatizer")
Chinese (Simplified)	猎鱼弓 lièyúgōng (Mandarin)	Fishing bow
Chinese (Traditional)	獵魚弓 lièyúgōng (Mandarin)	Fishing bow
Korean	스트링거 seuteuringgeo	Stringer
Portuguese	Stringer	Same as English

Firing ink horizontally	Firing ink vertically
Language Name Meaning  Japanese ヨコ射ち yoko uchi Firing horizontally  Dutch Horizontaal schot Horizontal shot  Russian Выстрел по горизонтали Vystrel po gorizontali Horizontal shot  Chinese (Traditional) 橫射 héngshè (Mandarin) -	Language Name Meaning  Japanese タテ射ち tate uchi Firing vertically  Dutch Verticaal schot Vertical shot  Russian Выстрел по вертикали Vystrel po vertikali Vertical shot  Chinese (Traditional) 縱射 zòngshè (Mandarin) -