Super Sea Snail

Icon of a Super Sea Snail from Splatoon

“	Super Sea Snails are powerful creatures that can upgrade your gear. But you'll need to find a specialist... Someone who knows how to unlock the power of Super Sea Snails. I hate to say it, but maybe you should check that sketchy back alley. Super Sea Snails are mega valuable. Don't let 'em go to waste!	”
— Receiving Super Sea Snails for the first time in Splatoon.

Super Sea Snails are a species and type of currency in the Splatoon series. Their sole use is to be given to Spyke or Murch, who can increase secondary gear ability slots or reroll all three secondary gear abilities.

Splatoon

In this game only, if the player is at level 20 or higher and has no remaining Super Sea Snails, they can instead pay Spyke 30,000 cash for these services.

Earning

Judd awards Super Sea Snails to players that talk to him after winning thirty Regular Battles or Ranked Battles. The wins do not need to be part of a consecutive win streak. Judd stocks up multiple snails indefinitely as the player racks up wins, even if the stage rotation changes. If more than nine snails are stockpiled, Judd gives the player nine for every instance he is spoken to and continues to do so until the amount of snails that were stockpiled is reached. After the last Splatfest in the game, this is now the only way to acquire Super Sea Snails.

While Splatfests were occurring, Super Sea Snails were awarded to participants based on their Splatfest title and on whether or not their team won. Users who participated could win at least two Super Sea Snails and up to 24 if the player's team was the winner while the player was at the highest tier.

Title	Total EXP required	Super Sea Snails
		Winning team	Losing team
[Team] Fanboy/Fangirl	–	4	2
[Team] Fiend	10	6	3
[Team] Defender	35	10	5
[Team] Champion	85	16	10
[Team] King/Queen	184	24	18

Splatoon 2

Earning

Judd awards Super Sea Snails to players that talk to him after reaching level 30, where one snail is stockpiled indefinitely for each level past 30 (inclusive). Unlike in Splatoon, Judd gives all stockpiled snails at once. Players who reach level 99 or level ★99 may reset to level ★1 again, so an unlimited amount of Super Sea Snails can be gained this way. After the last Splatfest in the game, this is the only way to obtain the Super Sea Snails.

Level	Points (Minimum)	Points (To next)	Super Sea Snails
30	903,900	62,000	+001
31	965,900	65,500	+001
32	1,031,400	69,000	+001
33	1,110,400	72,500	+001
34	1,172,900	76,000	+001
35	1,248,900	79,000	+001
36	1,327,900	82,000	+001
37	1,409,900	85,000	+001
38	1,494,900	88,000	+001
39	1,582,900	90,000	+001
40	1,672,900	92,000	+001
41	1,764,900	94,000	+001
42	1,858,900	95,000	+001
43	1,953,900	96,000	+001
44	2,049,900	97,000	+001
45	2,146,900	98,000	+001
46	2,244,900	98,500	+001
47	2,343,400	99,000	+001
48	2,442,400	99,500	+001
49+	2,541,900	100,000	+001

While Splatfests were occurring, at the end of each Splatfest, Super Sea Snails were awarded to participants based on their Splatfest title and on whether or not their team won.

Title	Total EXP required	Super Sea Snails
		Winning team	Losing team
[Team] Fanboy/Fangirl	–	3	2
[Team] Fiend	100	5	3
[Team] Defender	350	9	7
[Team] Champion	850	16	13
[Team] King/Queen	1849	24	21

Splatoon 3

Earning

Unlike in Splatoon 2, Super Sea Snails aren't given to the player after leveling up after level 30.

At the end of each Splatfest, Super Sea Snails were awarded to participants based on their Splatfest title and on whether or not their team won.

Title	Total EXP required	Super Sea Snails
		Winning team	Losing team
[Team] Fan	–	3	2
[Team] Fiend	100	5	3
[Team] Defender	350	9	7
[Team] Champion	850	16	13
[Team] Ruler and above	1849	24	21

Gallery

Splatoon

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  2D artwork for Splatoon

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  A version of the previous artwork with a white and gray background, posted for the Splatoon x Sagaken crossover event at Hado Cape

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  Receiving Super Sea Snails after a Splatfest

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  A large statue or specimen of a Super Sea Snail at Museum d'Alfonsino

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  An empty Super Sea Snail shell on a barbecue grill at Piranha Pit

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  A LINE sticker featuring Spyke with a Super Sea Snail

Splatoon 2

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  Splatoon 2 icon

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  LINE sticker of a Super Sea Snail

Splatoon 3

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  Murch's briefcase from Splatoon 3 showing unshelled Super Sea Snails

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  Splatoon 3 icon

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  A Super Sea Snail as a locker room decoration

Trivia

• The Super Sea Snails appear to slightly resemble Maiamai from A Link Between Worlds and Mushrooms from the Mario series.
• The gear slot properties of Super Sea Snails seem to lie more in their lids than the snails themselves, in which it is implied that Spyke consumes their livers and/or innards.
• Super Sea Snails seem to be capable of fear: when looking at the ones owned by Spyke and Murch, it is possible to see them shake as if certain of their fate of being consumed.
• Super Sea Snails are based on the Turbo sazae snail, a gastropod mollusk enjoyed as a seafood delicacy in Japan.
• A realistic looking Turbo Sazae shell can be found skewered in the background of Salmonid Smokeyard. Whether these snails are related or not to Super Sea Snails is unknown.
• In Splatoon, a total of  322 are needed to fill every gear slot, if the player does not use cash. As of Version 2.10.0, if one wanted to gain at least that many snails - excluding any that Judd awards for winning matches - they need to have won at least six out of sixteen total Splatfests (assuming they reach King/Queen rank every time).
• In Splatoon 2, a total of  559 are needed to fill every gear slot. If one wanted to gain at least that many snails - excluding any that Judd awards for leveling up - they need to have won at least twenty-four of the twenty-six Splatfests from Mayo vs. Ketchup (2017) to Chaos vs. Order (assuming they reach King/Queen rank every time).
• Super Sea Snails are available in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo by ordering it from Inkwell's RV.
• During Splatoon's official collaboration event with Saga Prefecture, titled "Sagakeen", a grill stall was held in Hado Cape where they roasted fresh turbo sazae infront of guests. Served with the meal would come a Super Sea Snail sticker.
• Super Sea Snails get smaller in size with every game.
  • However, in the Splatoon 3: Expansion Pass, the Super Sea Snails surrounding Spyke are the same size as in the first game.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スーパーサザエ sūpā sazae	Super turban shell
Dutch	Superzeeslak	Super sea snail
French	Super coquillage	Super shell
German	Supermuschel	Super Seashell
Italian	Super mollusco	Super mollusk
Russian	Круть-улитка Krut'-ulitka	Cool snail
Spanish	Supermolusco	Supermollusk
Chinese (Simplified)	超级蝾螺 chāojí róngluó	Super turban shell
Chinese (Traditional)	超級蠑螺 chao jí róng luó	Super turban shell
Korean	슈퍼 소라
Internal	TurbanShell