Thermal Ink

Thermal Ink

Applicable Gear	Clothing
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Thermal Ink is an ability in Splatoon 2. The ability is exclusive to clothing, and cannot be rolled as a sub ability.

Thermal Ink shows the location of opponents to the player for 16 seconds after directly damaging them with their primary weapon, but only while the opponent and the player are not closer to each other than a certain distance. The location of these enemies is only shown to the player who damaged them. Enemies are located with a white silhouette, similar to how the Sting Ray shows opponents. Tagged enemies are not visible while swimming, but are visible in squid form outside their ink. The further away the enemy is, the brighter the silhouette will be.

Mutual exclusivity

This ability is found as the main ability only on clothing, so other abilities found only on clothing are mutually exclusive with it; in other words players cannot have them together. These abilities are Ability Doubler, Haunt, Ninja Squid, and Respawn Punisher. In addition, since wearing the Splatfest Tee is mandatory during a Splatfest, these abilities cannot be used for the duration of those events.

Use

Damage must be dealt directly, so indirect Blaster blasts or indirect hits with the Sloshing Machine or Explosher will not trigger the ability. A direct hit from a Rapid Blaster will trigger it, however, as will damage reduced by falloff.

The minimum range at which a Thermal Ink-marked enemy is highlighted is roughly the same range as the Dapple Dualies painting range. Damaging an enemy at close range and then moving further away will cause the enemy to be highlighted as long as the 16-second duration of Thermal Ink has not already expired.

Gear

Clothing with Thermal Ink in Splatoon 2

	Name	Brand	Availability	Ability	Rarity
	Annaki Drive Tee	Annaki	5,500	Thermal Ink
	Black V-Neck Tee	SquidForce	3,800	Thermal Ink
	Dakro Golden Tee	Zink	1,010	Thermal Ink
	Enchanted Robe	amiibo	Octoling Girl	Thermal Ink
	Friend Tee	SquidForce	1,200	Thermal Ink
	Hightide Era Band Tee	Rockenberg	900	Thermal Ink
	N-Pacer Sweat	Enperry	7,800	Thermal Ink
	Old-Timey Clothes	Cuttlegear	Octo Expansion	Thermal Ink
	Pullover Coat	Toni Kensa	13,200	Thermal Ink
	Silver Tentatek Vest	Tentatek	6,200	Thermal Ink
	Slash King Tank	Enperry	450	Thermal Ink
	Takoroka Galactic Tie Dye	Takoroka	850	Thermal Ink
	Takoroka Nylon Vintage	Takoroka	9,500	Thermal Ink
	Tumeric Zekko Coat	Zekko	4,600	Thermal Ink

Gallery

• Thermal Ink in Shooting range. (link to file)

Version history

Version	Adjustments
1.4.0	▲ Opponents behind stage objects will be revealed when the Thermal Ink’s effective range is roughly 23% further away from them than it was previously.
3.0.0	▲ Duration extended from 6 to 12 seconds.
4.3.0	▲ Duration extended from 12 to 16 seconds.

Trivia

• Thermal Ink is the only ability with no pieces of gear that were also in "Splatoon".
  • However, prior to 2.0.0, there were no Drop Roller shoes that were also in Splatoon, but the Bubble Rain Boots fixed this.
• There are no Skalop or Inkline gear that has Thermal Ink as its main ability.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	サーマルインク Sāmaru Inku	Thermal Ink
Dutch	Markeerstift	Highlighter
French	Encre thermique	Thermal ink
German	Markierfarbe	Marker paint
Italian	Inchiostro termico	Thermal Ink
Russian	Клеймо Kleymo	Brand
Spanish (NOA)	Tinta rastreadora	Tracker ink
Spanish (NOE)	Señuelo	Decoy

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