Splatfest Guide and Rewards

Splatfests are occasional events in Splatoon 3 where players pick a team and compete in Turf War Battles. Read on to learn how to join and win Splatfests, what is it, how to play it, previous Splatfest schedules, and the rewards you can get when you participate in it.

How to Join the Splatfest

Pick a Team during the Sneak Peek

Before the main event officially starts, players can start selecting a team to represent in the Splatfest during its Sneak Peek. You can pick your team at the Pledge Box located at a booth down the stairs from the front the lobby in Splatsville.

While waiting for the event, you can promote your team to other players by drawing art and messages in the mailbox.

How to Vote for a Team

Sneak Peak Starts One Weak Before the Event

The Splatfest Sneak Peak starts around one week before the main event. Once the Sneak Peak starts, you will be able to vote for your team and earn Conch Shells.

How to Play the Splatfest

How to Play the Splatfest
Participate in Open or Pro Spatfest Battles Play Tricolor Turf Wars during the second half Wait for the Results of the Splatfest

Participate in Splatfest Battles

Once the main event begins, you can start participating in Splatfest battles at the lobby. You can either join an Open or Pro battle. Either of these battles allow you to earn clout and increase the chances of your team winning.

Splatfest Battles during the first part of the event will have the same rules as a regular Turf War. However, you now earn Clout and Splatfest Points at the end of a battle instead of Conch Shells.

Turf War Guide

Disconnected Players are Assigned a Loss

Players who get disconnected after a match begins will automatically be assigned a loss. However, this does not affect the other players who participated and stayed connected in the battle.

Play Tricolor Turf Wars

During the second half of the Splatfest, Players will be able to play Tricolor Turf Wars, which have similar mechanics to Turf War, but instead of two teams, there will be three teams participating in a single match.

Four members from the leading team will spawn in the middle of the stage, while two members from each opposing team flank them from opposite sides. The leading team must defend the turf from the two opposing sides ganging up on them.

Tricolor Turf War Guide

Wait for the Results of the Splatfest

Splatfest Results usually come out within 12 hours after the event ends. The results of the event are announced by the members of Deep Cut in their Anarchy Splatcast news show. You can also look for an official announcement by Nintendo on their official Twitter account.

The final results will depend on three factors: the amount of Clout each member receives, the team's vote popularity, and how many Conch Shells each member got during the Sneak Peek. The winning team receives a larger share of the Super Sea Snail prize pool.

How to Win in Splatfest

Earn Conch Shells During the Sneak Peek

You can help your team win the Splatfest even before the official event begins by earning Conch Shells during the Sneak Peek.

Conch Shells are earned by leveling up your Catalog during the Sneak Peek. Your first win of the day gives a lot more Catalog points than your succeeding battles so take advantage of this feature by making sure you win at least once a day!

The accumulative total of Conch Shells earned by the entire team during the Sneak Peek make up the score of the team in this criteria.

How to Get and Use Conch Shells from Splatfest

Invite Others to Vote For Your Team

A team's popularity also contributes to the results of the Splatfest. The team that gets the most votes during the Sneak Peek wins in that criteria so make sure to invite your friends and other players to vote for the team that you like for a higher chance of winning!

Earn Clout for Your Team

Earn Clout as you play more Splatfest battles to help your team win the Splatfest. The Clout you earned will be added to the total number of clout your team earned during the Splatfest.

The more Clout you earn, the higher the chances of your team winning the event!

How to Earn Clout in Splatfests

Spaltfest Rewards

Spaltfest Tee

The Splatfest Tee is a free clothing item that you can receive at the Pledge Box after voting for your team. The Splatfest Tee has the unique ability Ability Doubler, and already comes with three open gear slots, which makes a great piece of gear to grab while you can.

How to Get Splatfest Tee

Conch Shells

During the Sneak Peak, you will be able to earn Conch Shells by leveling up your catalog. These rewards are only available while Splatfests are underway, so make sure to level up your catalog now while you can earn these additional rewards!

Conch Shells Guide

Super Sea Snails

Super Sea Snails can be earned after a Spaltfest. The number of Super Sea Snails you receive depends on your rank and whether your team won at the end of the Splatfest.

Super Sea Snails are used to either increase you gear's Star Power or reroll their slots by talking to Murch in Splatsville.

How to Get Super Sea Snails

Previous and Upcoming Splatfest Schedules

Splatoon 3 had hosted two Splatfests since the day of its release last September 9, 2022.

The official Splatoon 3 Twitter account recently announced that the upcoming Splatfest will be a collaboration with Pokemon as we're nearing the game's release on November 18, 2022.

Don't miss out on the Pokemon Splatfest and make sure to vote for your favorite team during the Sneak Peek!

List of All Splatfest Events and Themes

Splatfest Regions and Servers

Other Regions Have Different Splatfest Schedules

Players from other regions will have different Splatfest schedules since they are playing in another server. Make sure to check you current region before voting for a team in Splatfest. You can check and change your current region in the Lobby Terminal.

However, once you have voted in the Splatfest, you will not be able to change your region for up to two months, so be careful when deciding your region.

Players Must Be in the Same Team and Region to Play Together

If you want to play Splatfest Battles with friends, you need to make sure that you are in the same region as them and have picked the same team. Only players who are playing in the same server and team are allowed to play together.

How to Play With Friends

What is Splatfest?

Special Events in Splatoon 3

Splafests are special events in Splatoon where players can pick teams and compete against other players from the opposing teams in special Splatfest Battles. At the end of the event, a winning team is chosen based on different factors determined during the event.

In previous Splatoon games, there was no set duration between Splatfests, but they usually occur around once or twice a month.

Splatoon 3 Related Guides

All Game Modes and Rules