Zink Mini Splatling

The Zink Mini Splatling is a main weapon in Splatoon and Splatoon 2. It is a Mini Splatling with Zink branding and a different loadout.

It has a very short charge time, only needing approximately 0.33 seconds to reach the first level of charge, and 0.5 seconds to reach the second level of charge, and more maneuverability than the Heavy Splatling. However, its range is significantly shorter than the Heavy Splatling, and it shoots for less time. Only shooting for 0.6 seconds at the first level of charge, and 1.2 seconds at the second level of charge. Each fully charged attack consumes 15% of the ink tank capacity, allowing users to fire six full charges before needing to refill. Each ink bullet deals enough damage to splat opponents in four hits.

Splatoon

Zink Mini Splatling

Category	Main
Class	Splatling
Sub	Disruptor
Special	Bubbler
Level	13
Cost	9,400
Availability
Base Damage	28
Base Duration
Ink Consumption	15% (Full charge)
Special Points
Sp. Depletion	75%
Range	58 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire Rate
Charge Speed	80 / 100
Ink Speed
Mobility	90 / 100
Durability
Handling

The Zink Mini Splatling was released on 12 December 2015 at 02:00 UTC.^[1]^[2] It comes with Disruptors and the Bubbler.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.7.0	▼ Special gauge loss: 50% → up to 60%
2.8.0	▼ Special gauge loss: 60% → up to 75%

Gallery

Promo image.
Holding the Zink Mini Splatling.
Spinning up the Zink Mini Splatling.
Firing the Zink Mini Splatling. (side)
Firing the Zink Mini Splatling. (front)
Official art of an Inkling holding the Zink Mini Splatling.

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Zink Mini Splatling

Category	Main
Class	Splatling
Sub	Curling Bomb
Special	Ink Storm
Level	26
Cost	15,400
Availability
Base Damage	32
Base Duration
Ink Consumption	17.25% (Full charge)
Special Points	180p
Sp. Depletion
Range	62 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire Rate
Charge Speed	80 / 100
Ink Speed
Mobility	90 / 100
Durability
Handling

The Zink Mini Splatling was released on 24 March 2018 at 02:00 UTC.^[3]. It comes with Curling Bombs and the Ink Storm.

Data

The Zink Mini Splatling is a middleweight weapon.
The full charge ink consumption of 17.25% allows players to fully charge 5 times before needing to refill the ink supply.
When charging the weapon on the group, it will take 20 frames in order to charge its first ring and 30 frames in total for a full charge.
With a single ring charged, it will have a firing duration of 36 frames. With a full charge, it will have a firing duration of 72 frames.
When firing, it has a fire rate of 4 frames between bullets.
When firing, the player's movement speed is set to 0.8 units per frame.
- When charging, the player's movement speed is set to 0.7 units per frame.
After firing, there is a 30 frame cooldown before the ink tank starts refilling.
If a bullet is in the air for more than 11 frames after being fired, it loses 2 damage per frame until it reaches 16 damage at frame 19.
Bullets have a radius of 2 units.
The angle its shots can deviate while on the ground is 4 degrees.
The angle its shots can deviate while in the air is 8 degrees.
The outer reticle immediately expands after jumping. After 25 frames, the outer reticle will start shrinking, and will finish shrinking after 70 frames.
The Zink Mini Splatling has a 0.3% chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle.
When jumping, the chance to shoot towards the outer reticle instead of the inner reticle is immediately set to 0.3%.
The bullet's velocity is set to 11.05 units, and decreases further as it falls to the ground.
Paint droplets occur every 100 units.
The frequency at which paint drips from a bullet occurs at a rate of 1.6 droplets per shot.
There are a total of 5 different droplet patterns that can be created while firing this weapon.
Droplets that occur within 10 units of the player have a radius of 19 units.
Droplets that occur when they travel past 200 units of the player have a radius of 18 units.
All other paint droplets have a radius of 12.6 units.
Droplets that are far from the player and all other droplets have their radius multiplied by a value ranging from 1 if they fell from a height above 100 units to 1 if they fell from a height below 30 units.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▼ Charge time increased: 0.45s → 0.5s ▼ Droplet rate: 1.8 → 1.6 ▼ Distance between droplets: 85 units → 100 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets near the player: 22 units → 19 units ▼ Radius of paint droplets far from the player: 21 units → 18 units ▼ Radius of standard paint droplets: 14 units → 12.6 units ▲ Increased damage dealt from 28 to 32.
3.0.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 200 → 190
4.1.0	▲ Ink splatter from fired shots now hits with a wider vertical spread than it did previously.
4.2.0	▲ Special Points: 190 → 180
4.3.0	▲ Increased the effect of the Run Speed Up gear ability.
4.3.1	▲ Increased the effect of the Main Power Up gear ability. ▲ The increase to the duration of rapid fire with the maximum number of Main Power Up gear abilities equipped has been raised from roughly 30% to roughly 35%. ▲ The effect provided by Main Power Up is now more easily triggered, even with fewer instances of the gear ability equipped.
4.5.0	▲ You can now jump higher than previously when the Splatling is fully charged. ▲ Increased movement speed while charging by roughly 3%. ▲ Increased movement speed while firing by roughly 8%.
4.8.0	▼ Ink consumption increased: 15% → 17.25%

Gallery

Promo image.
An Inkling wielding the Zink Mini Splatling.
An Inkling firing the Zink Mini Splatling.

Demonstration

Details

While Main Power Up will increase the number of shots fired, it will not increase the ink consumption relative to the amount charged, making the weapon comparatively more ink efficient.

Quotes

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Trivia

In the North American version of Splatoon, when the player is splatted by a Zink Mini Splatling there is a space between the weapon name and the exclamation mark, reading "Splatted by Zink Mini Splatling !" instead of "Splatted by Zink Mini Splatling!" This is the only weapon for which this happens and is not present in other localizations. A space is also present after the name on SplatNet.
- This issue is carried over to Splatoon 2, where it appears in the North American and European versions - and even affects SplatNet 2 and Callie's statistics.

Etymology

Zink Mini Splatling is derived from Mini, a shortening of miniature, and a portmanteau of Splat and Gatling. It has the Zink brand name as a prefix to differentiate it from the Mini Splatling. It also denotes that the weapon is a collaboration with Zink.

スプラスピナーコラボ Supura Supinā Korabo is a combination of either Splat or Splash, and Spinner. Spinner is due to the fact that the barrels of the Mini Splatling rotate while charging and firing. It also has the abbreviated prefix Collab to separate it from Splaspinner and to denote that it is a collaboration. However, unlike the English name, it doesn't specify the brand Zink.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	スプラスピナーコラボ Supura Supinā Korabo	Spla-spinner Collab
Dutch	Zink Mini-Spletling	Zink Mini Splatling
French (NOA)	Badigeonneur XP Leviathus
French (NOE)	Badigeonneur XS griffé	XS Designed Painter
German	Sagitron-Klecks-Splatling
Italian	Mini splatling logo	Mini Splatling Logo
Russian	Брызгомет-М «Шпротус» Bryzgomyot-M «Shprotus»
Spanish (NOA)	Garabateador Tintaz
Spanish (NOE)	Tintralladora ligera B	Light Ink-machine gun B

References

Weapons in Splatoon

Main	Shooters	Sploosh-o-matic ^{(Neo, 7)} • Splattershot Jr. ^(Custom) • Splash-o-matic ^(Neo) • Aerospray MG ^{(RG, PG)} • Splattershot ^{(Hero, Tentatek, Octo, Wasabi)} • .52 Gal ^(Deco) • N-ZAP '85 ^{('89, '83)} • Splattershot Pro ^{(Forge, Berry)} • .96 Gal ^(Deco) • Dual Squelcher ^(Custom) • Jet Squelcher ^(Custom) • Luna Blaster ^(Neo) • Blaster ^(Custom) • Range Blaster ^{(Custom, Grim)} • Rapid Blaster ^(Deco) • Rapid Blaster Pro ^(Deco) L-3 Nozzlenose ^(D) • H-3 Nozzlenose ^{(D, Cherry)}
	Rollers	Carbon Roller ^(Deco) • Splat Roller ^{(Hero, Krak-On, CoroCoro)} • Dynamo Roller ^{(Gold, Tempered)} Inkbrush ^{(Nouveau, Permanent)} • Octobrush ^(Nouveau)
	Chargers	Classic Squiffer ^{(New, Fresh)} • Splat Charger ^{(Hero, Kelp, Bento)} • Splatterscope ^{(Kelp, Bento)} • E-liter 3K ^(Custom) • E-liter 3K Scope ^(Custom) • Bamboozler 14 Mk I ^{(II, III)}
	Sloshers	Slosher ^{(Deco, Soda)} • Tri-Slosher ^(Nouveau) • Sloshing Machine ^(Neo)
	Splatlings	Mini Splatling ^{(Zink, Refurbished)} • Heavy Splatling ^{(Deco, Remix)} • Hydra Splatling ^(Custom)

Sub	Splat Bomb • Burst Bomb • Suction Bomb • Seeker • Ink Mine • Disruptor • Point Sensor • Splash Wall • Sprinkler • Squid Beakon

Special

Weapons in Splatoon 2

Main	Shooters	Sploosh-o-matic ^{(Neo, 7)} • Splash-o-matic ^(Neo) • Splattershot Jr. ^{(Custom, Kensa)} • Aerospray MG ^{(RG, PG)} • Splattershot ^{(Hero, Tentatek, Octo, Kensa)} • .52 Gal ^{(Deco, Kensa)} • N-ZAP '85 ^{('89, '83)} • Splattershot Pro ^{(Forge, Kensa)} • .96 Gal ^(Deco) • Jet Squelcher ^(Custom) Luna Blaster ^{(Neo, Kensa)} • Blaster ^{(Hero, Custom)} • Range Blaster ^{(Custom, Grim)} • Rapid Blaster ^{(Deco, Kensa)} • Rapid Blaster Pro ^(Deco) • Clash Blaster ^(Neo) L-3 Nozzlenose ^{(D, Kensa)} • H-3 Nozzlenose ^{(D, Cherry)} • Squeezer ^(Foil)
	Rollers	Carbon Roller ^(Deco) • Splat Roller ^{(Hero, Krak-On, Kensa)} • Dynamo Roller ^{(Gold, Kensa)} • Flingza Roller ^(Foil) Inkbrush ^{(Nouveau, Permanent)} • Octobrush ^{(Hero, Nouveau, Kensa)}
	Chargers	Classic Squiffer ^{(New, Fresh)} • Splat Charger ^{(Hero, Firefin, Kensa)} • Splatterscope ^{(Firefin, Kensa)} • E-liter 4K ^(Custom) • E-liter 4K Scope ^(Custom) • Bamboozler 14 Mk I ^{(II, III)} • Goo Tuber ^(Custom)
	Sloshers	Slosher ^{(Hero, Deco, Soda)} • Tri-Slosher ^(Nouveau) • Sloshing Machine ^{(Neo, Kensa)} • Bloblobber ^(Deco) • Explosher ^(Custom)
	Splatlings	Mini Splatling ^{(Zink, Kensa)} • Heavy Splatling ^{(Hero, Deco, Remix)} • Hydra Splatling ^(Custom) • Ballpoint Splatling ^(Nouveau) • Nautilus 47 ⁽⁷⁹⁾
	Dualies	Dapple Dualies ^{(Nouveau, Clear)} • Splat Dualies ^{(Hero, Enperry, Kensa)} • Glooga Dualies ^{(Deco, Kensa)} • Dualie Squelchers ^(Custom) • Dark Tetra Dualies ^(Light)
	Brellas	Splat Brella ^{(Hero, Sorella)} • Tenta Brella ^{(Sorella, Camo)} • Undercover Brella ^{(Sorella, Kensa)}

Sub	Splat Bomb • Suction Bomb • Burst Bomb • Curling Bomb • Autobomb • Ink Mine • Sprinkler • Toxic Mist • Point Sensor • Splash Wall • Squid Beakon • Fizzy Bomb • Torpedo