Pearl Drone

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This article is about the Drone form taken on by Pearl inSplatoon 3: Side Order. For her originalInkling form, seePearl.

Pearl Drone

Pearl Drone

Species	Drone
Habitat
Height
Hair color
Eye color
Age	Likely 26 (fromSplatoon 3's start)
Gender
Pronouns
Relations	Unknown parents
Location	Order Sector
Shop
HP
Maximum HP
Members
Other forms

ThePearl Drone is a formPearl can change into within theMemverse inSide Order.

Appearance

The Pearl Drone is a small, pale pink flying robot with a round shape and a white crown with pink spikes on top. Her eyes are rendered as a black LCD screen in the shape of anInkling eye mask, with two white cross shapes representing her pupils. Above them are two pale yellowsliders, functioning as eyebrows. The Pearl Drone also has a small hole below her right eye, representing Pearl's beauty mark, and two appendages on the sides that each have a pink gradient and a sucker-like white circle below, resembling tentacles. On the bottom are blades attached to a black opening.

Origin

The eighth entry ofMarina's Dev Diaries depicting the creation of the Pearl Drone.

The Drone form has been created byMarina while finalizing the concept of the Memverse. Pearl was supposed to take on the role of the guide for the users who have to repeat tasks, represented as climbing a tower, in order to regain their memories taken fromKamabo Corporation.

Abilities

Similar toSmallfry inReturn of the Mammalians, Pearl acts as a companion forAgent 8. Unlike Smallfry, she acts independently, by attacking enemies alongside the player. She can also point out enemies with a pink laser, which does no damage. She can be upgraded by placingcolor chips inside aPalette, enhancing her abilities or addingsub orspecial weapons to her arsenal, such asSplat Bombs or individualKiller Wail 5.1 speakers, all of which have to be charged before use. The needed points for charge can be decreased with multiple color chips. A color chip also exists that unlocksdrone batteries, which must appear as drops from enemies. Picking up a drone battery automatically gives all gauges 100 points. She is also able to carry the player like a glider. This happens when they are in the air in Octoling form for some time, or by pressing and holding after jumping. If threedisc pieces are collected, she will perform the Step-Off Song, creating a pink haze around the player's screen, which knocks back nearbyJelletons, stuns bosses, and disablesportals orgushers for a limited time.

The abilities of the Pearl drone can be upgraded with color chips and the drone chip selection can be expanded withMarina's Hacks, which are unlockable by exchangingPrlz withMarina in theOrder Sector. There is aDanger effect, known as "No Drone", in which the player is not allowed to use the Pearl Drone during the level.

Ability	Description	Color chip	Marina's Hacks
More action slots	The Pearl Drone has one action slot by default, which can hold one ability. The number of abilities can be expanded to a total of five.		Drone Action Slots
Splat Bomb	Splat Bombs have to be charged similarly to special weapons and will be thrown at enemies or targets on sight.	Drone Splat Bomb
Killer Wail	AKiller Wail 5.1 speaker has to be charged and will be aimed at enemies or targets on sight. It lasts longer and does more damage than a single speaker of its special variant.	Drone Killer Wail
Ink Mine	Ink Mines have to be charged similarly to special weapons and will be placed under the Drone's current position if the ground is inkable.	Drone Ink Mine	Drone Ink Mine
Sprinkler	ASprinkler-like ability which has to be charged similarly to special weapons at a low cost and will ink around the Drone's position.	Drone Sprinkler	Drone Sprinkler
Burst Bomb	Burst Bombs have to be charged similarly to special weapons and will be thrown at enemies or targets on sight.	Drone Burst Bomb	Drone Burst Bomb
Inkstrike	A single, slightly weaker Inkstrike of theTriple Inkstrike special weapon which has to be charged before use and will be deployed at enemies or targets on sight.	Drone Inkstrike	Drone Inkstrike
Item generation	The creation of items which will appear underneath the Drone's current position.	Drone Items	Drone Items
Gauge charge	Charging the Drone-Gauge over time.	Drone-Gauge Charge
	Charging the Drone-Gauge through splatting Jelletons.	Splat Drone Gauge	Drone-Gauge Splat Charge
	Charging the Drone-Gauge by painting turf.	Turf Drone Gauge	Drone-Gauge Turf Charge
	Charging the Drone-Gauge by moving horizontally.	Mobile Drone Gauge

Gallery

Pearl drone icon
Tableturf card icon
Agent 8 holding onto the Pearl Drone
Close-up of the Pearl Drone
Pearl commanding Agent 8
3D artwork of the Pearl Drone
Pearl Drone asleep
Pearl Drone with Agent 8

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Pearl Drone transforming into Inkling form and back(link to file)

Trivia

When the player is idle in the Order Sector after saving Marina, Pearl may either sleep in drone form, or switch to Inkling form and sit in one of three locations until the player moves:
- On the large rock to the left of Marina.
- On the right side of the roof of the Spire of Order entrance.
- On top of the telephone pole on the left side of the Order Sector.
If the player walks in a tight circle repeatedly, the Pearl Drone will twirl around their head and exclaim happily.
One of the Pearl Drone's blades has a small sticker with a visual warning for rotating machinery.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒメドローン himedorōn	Pearl Drone
Dutch	Lorelei-drone	Pearl drone
French	Drone Perle	Pearl drone
German	Perla-Drohne	Pearl Drone
Italian	Alga drone	Drone Pearl
Russian	Жем-дрон Zhem-dron	Pearl drone
Spanish	Dron Perla	Pearl Drone
Chinese (Simplified)	小姬无人机 xiǎojī wúrénjī (Mandarin)	Pearl Drone
Chinese (Traditional)	小姬無人機 xiǎojī wúrénjī (Mandarin)	Pearl Drone
Korean	히메 드론 hime deuron	Pearl Drone
Internal	HimeDroneSdodr^[1]

References

↑Leanny on Github

Characters inSplatoon 3

Main	Major	Agent 3 •Agent 8 •Smallfry •Cuttlefish •Squid Sisters^{(Callie •Marie)} •Captain •Deep Cut^{(Shiver •Frye •Big Man)} •DJ Octavio •Off the Hook^{(Pearl (Drone) •Marina)} •Acht
	Minor	Judd •Li'l Judd •Great Zapfish •Master Mega •O.R.C.A.

Enemies	Octarians^{(Fuzzy Octarians)} •Mr. Grizz •Jelletons •Overlorder •Salmonids

Vendors	Sheldon •Gnarly Eddy and Nails •Jel La Fleur •Mr. Coco •Harmony •Murch •Shelly and Donny •Annie and Moe •Jelonzo •Fred Crumbs •Spyke •Flow and Craymond •Jelfonzo •Bisk •Staff •Cipher

Musicians

C-Side^(Kiki) •Front Roe^{(Ichiya •Nami •Murasaki)} •Damp Socks feat. Off the Hook •Yoko & the Gold Bazookas^{(Yoko •Oonie •Kitamura)} •H2Whoa •Chirpy Chips •Riot Act •SashiMori •Grizzco •ω-3 •Ancho-V Games •Turquoise October •Octoplush •Stars in the Deep •Mimicry •Wash Out •Firefly •On the Clock •Anxiety Society •Free Association •Seven Seas Crew •Backwash •Turf Love •Wading Room •New Shores •Bonfire •All Swell •Coral Kiss •Crevasse •Aquariyum •Pianissimo •Missing Ink •Chroma Chaos •Medusa •Nothing in My Wave •Anglerfish •Bloody Hook •Decksterity •Saplings •Reel Deel

Other	Crusty Sean •Octostomp •Agent 4 •Iso Padre •Fresh Fish •Barry C. •Shy-Ho-Shy •You★Me

Species	Inkling •Octoling •Jellyfish •Zapfish •Super Sea Snail •Animals •Human

Side Order

Characters	Agent 8 • Pearl (Drone) • Marina • Acht • Overlorder • Cipher

Locations	Order Sector •Spire of Order (Foyer •Elevator •Floors •Control Room) •Memverse

Enemies	Jelletons (Jelleton Field Guide)

Mechanics	Color chips (Power •Support •Range •Mobility •Lucky •Drone •Color-Chip Collection) •Palettes •Marina's Hacks

Currencies	Membux •Prlz

Objectives	Destroy the portal! (Portal) •Protect the zone! (Zone) •Sink the ∞-ball! (∞-ball) •Escort the turbine tower! (Turbine tower) •Defeat the fleeing foe! (Panicking Alla Mambo)