Upgrade your Hero Gear in Splatoon 3's Hero Mode with Upgrade Points and Sardinium. Read on to see a list of all Hero Gear upgrades, their unlock conditions, effects, and how to upgrade them, as well as the best hero gear upgrades to get!
List of Contents
Upgrade | Cost | Effect |
---|---|---|
Smallfry HP Up | x1 x1 |
・Increases Smallfry's overall health. |
Ink Resistance Up | x1 x3 |
・Improves mobility when walking through enemy ink. |
Better Hero Shot | x1 x2 |
・Increases the Hero Shot's rate of fire. |
Ink-Tank Capacity Up | x1 x3 |
・Increases your Ink Tank's capacity. |
Smallfry Quick Respawn | x5 |
・Reduces Smallfry's respawn time. |
Get Splat Bombs | x1 x4 |
・Gain access to bombs that explode for a short time after they land. |
Suit Recovery Up | x3 x3 |
・Increases the recovery rate of your suit after it's broken by enemy ink. |
Get Splat Bombs | x3 x3 |
・Gain access to bombs that explode for a short time after they land. |
Smallfry Ink Saver | x3 x3 |
・Gain access to bombs that explode for a short time after they land. |
Ink-Tank Capacity Up | x1 x4 |
・Increases your Ink Tank's capacity. |
Ink Resistance Up | x3 x4 |
・Improves mobility when walking through enemy ink. |
Get Sensor | x3 x4 |
・Automatically marks nearby items and enemies while you're submerged in ink. |
Ninja Squid | x4 x4 |
・Become less visible while swimming through ink. |
Get Burst Bombs | x4 x5 |
・Gain access to bombs that explode as soon as they touch something. |
Better Hero Shot | x4 x8 |
・Increases the Hero Shot's rate of fire. |
Get Curling Bombs | x4 x5 |
・Gain access to bombs that ink the floor in a straight line before they explode. |
Get Sensor | x5 x6 |
・Automatically marks nearby items and enemies while you're submerged in ink. |
Suit Recovery Up | x5 x6 |
・Increases the recovery rate of your suit after it's broken by enemy ink. |
Smallfry Damage Up | x5 x10 |
・Increases the damage dealt by Smallfry. |
Get Burst Bombs | x5 |
・Gain access to bombs that explode as soon as they touch something. |
Hero Upgrades are unlockable traits that upgrade your Hero Suit in Splatoon 3's Hero Mode, boosting its offenses, defense, and even upgrading your Smallfry's skills.
In order to upgrade your Hero Gear, you'll need to collect both Sardinium and Upgrade Points. Both of these can be found around different areas in Hero Mode.
Single Player Story Mode Walkthrough
Upgrade | Explanation |
---|---|
Ink-Tank Capacity Up | Increasing your Ink-Tank Capacity will help you ink and splat through levels longer without needing to refill! |
Suit Recovery Up | Increasing your Suit Recovery Up helps you recover your armor faster after getting splatted! |
Smallfry Damage Up | Increasing your Smallfry's damage helps improve its utility and overall damage when thrown! |
Better Hero Shot | Boost your weapon's fire rate to increase your overall splat damage! |
You should prioritize getting the Ink-Tank Capacity Up upgrades first so that you can ink and splat through levels longer without needing to refill all the time.
In general, you'll want to get the defensive upgrades first such as Suit Recovery Up before grabbing the upgrades that will boost your offenses.
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