Tenacity

Tenacity

Applicable gear

  Headgear

For the Splatfest, see Dexterity vs. Tenacity.

Tenacity is a gear primary ability in the Splatoon series.

Tenacity gradually fills the special gauge only when the user's team has fewer active players than the opponent's team.

Mechanics

A player is active when their player icon on the top of the screen is colored in. The rate at which Tenacity fills the special gauge is unaffected by Special Charge Up. Table is for Splatoon 3.

The rate at which the special gauge passively fills:

	[Opponent's] −(minus) [User's] team's number of active players
	≤0	1	2	3
Points / second	0	3.26	5.44	7.59

Splatoon

Gear

Tenacity is the primary ability of:

Headgear with Tenacity in Splatoon

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Armor Helmet Replica	Cuttlegear	Level 25	Tenacity		2.0.0
	Black Arrowbands	Zekko	2800	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Gas Mask	Forge	11000	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Soccer Headband	Tentatek	8000	Tenacity		2.3.0
	Sporty Bobble Hat	Skalop	800	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.0.0	▼ Will no longer fill the special gauge prior to the start of the match in the event of a disconnected teammate.
2.6.0	▲ Increased special gauge refill rate by 20% while Tenacity is active.

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Splatoon 2

Gear

Tenacity is the primary ability of:

Headgear with Tenacity in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Armor Helmet Replica	Cuttlegear	Marie	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Black Arrowbands	Zekko	2800	Tenacity		2.0.0
	Gas Mask	Forge	11000	Tenacity		3.0.0
	MTB Helmet	Zekko	10500	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Octoking Facemask	Enperry	1450	Tenacity		3.0.0
	Pink Novelty Visor	Tentatek	Nintendo Switch News	Tenacity		15 April 2019
	Soccer Headband	Tentatek	3000	Tenacity		Initial Release (1.0.0)
	Sporty Bobble Hat	Skalop	800	Tenacity		2.0.0

Splatoon 3

Gear

Tenacity is the primary of:

Headgear with Tenacity in Splatoon 3

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Star power	Added in
	Air Gills DX	SquidForce	825	Tenacity		Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
	Armor Helmet Replica	Cuttlegear	Marie	Tenacity		Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
	Black Arrowbands	Zekko	2,800	Tenacity		Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
	BlobMob Mask	Emberz	825	Tenacity		Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
	Gas Mask	Forge	11,000	Tenacity		Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
	Golden Gala Masque	SquidForce	Switch News Channel	Tenacity		5 January 2024
	MTB Helmet	Zekko	10,500	Tenacity		Chill Season 2022 (2.0.0)
	Now or Never Horns	SquidForce	Switch News Channel	Tenacity		2 September 2024
	Octoking Facemask	Enperry	1,450	Tenacity		Chill Season 2022 (2.0.0)
	Soccer Headband	Tentatek	3,000	Tenacity		Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
	Sporty Bobble Hat	Skalop	800	Tenacity		Fresh Season 2023 (3.0.0)
	Welding Mask	Grizzco	800	Tenacity		Drizzle Season 2023 (5.0.0)
	Wharfside Cap	Skalop	5,000	Tenacity		Drizzle Season 2022 (1.1.0)
	World Tour Headphones	amiibo	Marina (Side Order)	Tenacity		5 September 2024

Additionally, Murch or Spyke can replace the primary ability on a piece of headgear with Tenacity by using 15 of each of the following ability chunks:

• Special Charge Up
• Special Saver
• Special Power Up

Version history

Version	Adjustments
5.0.0	▲ Increased the speed at which the special gauge fills while the conditions are met.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	逆境強化 gyakkyō kyōka	Strengthening in Adversity
Dutch	Volharding	Persistence
French (NOA)	Ténacité	Tenacity
French (NOE)	Justice	Justice
German	Zähigkeit	Toughness
Italian	Tenacia	Tenacity
Russian	Компенсатор Kompensator	Compensator
Spanish (NOA)	Tenacidad	Tenacity
Spanish (NOE)	Ventaja	Advantage
Chinese (Simplified)	逆境强化 nìjìng qiánghuà (Mandarin)	Adversity Reinforce
Chinese (Traditional)	逆境強化 nìjìng qiánghuà (Mandarin)	Adversity Reinforce
Korean	역경 강화 yeokgyeong ganghwa	Strengthening in Adversity