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Thermal Ink is a Gear Ability available in Splatoon 3. Read on to find out Thermal Ink's effects, best weapons to use, brand rarity, and all the Gear that come equipped with Thermal Ink!

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Thermal Ink Effects

Splatoon 3 Thermal InkThermal Ink Allows you to track distant players hit with shots from you main weapon.

Additional Effects

  • Effect will not work on indirect hits from weapons such as Blasters.
  • Effect lasts for 12 seconds, regardless of the amount of damage dealt.
  • You don't have to fully charge your Charger to apply the effect.
  • The effect will not be applied unless you're a certain distance away from the target. ( 3 lines in the training area ).

Best Weapons for Thermal Ink

Best Used on Long Ranged Weapons

Splatoon 3 Tri-StringerTri-Stringer Splatoon 3 BloblobberBloblobber

Thermal Ink works well with mid to long-ranged weapons that usually don't splat opponents very quickly since Thermal Ink requires you to be quite a distance away from your enemies to work.

List of All Weapons

Thermal Ink Brand Rarity

Common and Uncommon Brands

Common Brand(s)
None
Uncommon Brand(s)
None

Certain Gear Abilities are more likely to appear in specific brands while others are less likely to appear. Take this into consideration when deciding what gear you want to purchase.

All Gear Brands and Compatible Abilities

Gear With Thermal Ink

Clothing

Vaporwave TeeVaporwave Tee Takoroka Nylon VintageTakoroka Nylon Vintage Enchanted Robe BEnchanted Robe B
Apex SweaterApex Sweater

The following Gear have this ability by default. However, other Gear can gain this ability through leveling up or talking to Murch.

All Gear and Equipment

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Splatoon 3 Gear Abilities

All Gear Abilities and Effects

List of All Gear Abilities

Ability DoublerAbility Doubler ComebackComeback Drop RollerDrop Roller
HauntHaunt Ink Recovery UpInk Recovery Up Ink Resistance UpInk Resistance Up
Ink Saver (Main)Ink Saver (Main) Ink Saver(Sub)Ink Saver (Sub) Intensify ActionIntensify Action
Last-Ditch EffortLast-Ditch Effort Ninja SquidNinja Squid Object ShredderObject Shredder
Opening GambitOpening Gambit Quick RespawnQuick Respawn Quick Super JumpQuick Super Jump
Respawn PunisherRespawn Punisher Run Speed UpRun Speed Up Special Charge UpSpecial Charge Up
Special Power UpSpecial Power Up Special SaverSpecial Saver Stealth JumpStealth Jump
Sub Power UpSub Power Up Sub Resistance UpSub Resistance Up Swim Speed UpSwim Speed Up
TenacityTenacity Thermal InkThermal Ink -

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