Super Sea Snails are a species and type of currency in theSplatoon series. Their sole use is to be given toSpyke orMurch, who can increase secondary gearability slots or reroll all three secondary gear abilities.

Splatoon

InSplatoon, if the player is at level 20 or higher and has no remaining Super Sea Snails, they can instead paySpyke 30,000cash for these services.

Earning

Judd awards Super Sea Snails to players that talk to him after winning thirtyRegular Battles orRanked 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 thelast 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 twenty-four if the player's team was the winner while the player was at the highest tier.

Splatoon 2

Earning

InSplatoon 2, Judd awards Super Sea Snails to players that talk to him after reachinglevel 30, where one snail is stockpiled indefinitely for each level past 30 (inclusive). Unlike inSplatoon, 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 thelast Splatfest in the game, this is the only way to obtain the Super Sea Snails.

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.

Splatoon 3

Super Sea Snails return again inSplatoon 3. In addition, Super Sea Snaillocker decorations can be purchased atHotlantis for 333,333 or obtained from theShell-Out Machine.

Earning

Unlike inSplatoon 2, Super Sea Snails are not given to the player after leveling up after level 30. InSplatoon 3, they are only available from Splatfests. However, Nintendo has officially announced that the Seasonal Splatfests will be repeated regularly, so obtaining Super Sea Snails has not dried up after the Grand Festival.

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

Gallery

Splatoon

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  2D artwork forSplatoon.

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  A version of the previous artwork with a white and gray background, posted to promote the Sagakeen grill stall held at Hado Cape.

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  Receiving Super Sea Snails after aSplatfest.

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  A large statue or specimen of a Super Sea Snail atMuseum d'Alfonsino.

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  An empty Super Sea Snail shell on a barbecue grill atPiranha Pit.

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  ALINE sticker featuringSpyke 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.

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  A post-it note on an article showing a schematic with a Super Sea Snail, a laptop, a tree and coins, as well as a blurry photograph ofSpyke. Doodles of a Super Sea Snail and Spyke can be seen.

Splatoon 3

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  Murch's briefcase fromSplatoon 3 showing unshelled Super Sea Snails.

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  Splatoon 3 icon

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  A Super Sea Snail as alocker room decoration.

Trivia

• The Super Sea Snails appear to slightly resembleMaiamai fromA Link Between Worlds andMushrooms from theMario 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 thatSpyke consumes their livers and/or innards.
• Super Sea Snails seem to be capable of fear: when looking at the ones owned bySpyke andMurch, it is possible to see them shake as if certain of their fate of being consumed.
• Super Sea Snails are based on theturban shell snail, a gastropod mollusk enjoyed as seafood in Japan.
• A less cartoonish turban shell can be found skewered in the background ofSalmonid Smokeyard. Whether these snails are related or not to Super Sea Snails is unknown.
• InSplatoon, a total of 322 are needed to fill everygear slot, if the player does not usecash. As of version2.10.0, 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).
• InSplatoon 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 fromMayo vs. Ketchup (2017) toChaos vs. Order (assuming they reach King/Queen rank every time).
• Super Sea Snails are available inAnimal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo by ordering it fromInkwell's RV.
• DuringSplatoon's official collaboration event withSaga Prefecture, titled "Sagakeen", a grill stall was held in Hado Cape where they cooked fresh turban shells for attendees. A Super Sea Snail sticker came with the whole cooked turban shell.^[1]
• Super Sea Snails get smaller in size with every game.
  • However, inSplatoon 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	Superturban 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	Superturban shell
Chinese (Traditional)	超級蠑螺 chao jí róng luó	Superturban shell
Korean	슈퍼 소라	Super shell
Internal	TurbanShell[2]

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