Splatoon 3 Update 2.1.0 Patch Notes, Update, Bugs, Fixes, And More

Splatoon 3 

Splatoon 3 video game is the elderly squid Craig Cuttlefish into a creator covered with lethal Fuzzy One while the player and their pet Salmonid Smallfry, known as Little Buddy, are recruited by Cuttlefish into the New Squidbreak Splatoon as Agent 3. Little Buddy can eat and destroy some of the oozes, which allows passage further into the creator. They can fight Octarian enemies mutated with fur, which Cuttlefish believes is responsible for once again stealing the Great Zapfish that powers Splitsville. At the crater’s base, Octavian leader DJ Octavio accuses Cuttlefish of taking his Octavian warriors and denies taking the Zapfish. 

Splatoon 3 Update 2.1.0 Patch Notes

The Splatoon 3 Update 2.1.0 Patch Notes released on 18th January, 2024.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Specifications for some primary weapons have changed.

  Main Weapon	Change Details
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  Aerospray MG Aerospray RG	The size of the terrain area inked by falling spray has been increased by about 10%.
  Jet Squelcher	Reduced blur when firing on land by 17%.
  Splattershot Nova	The size of the terrain area inked by shots has increased by about 19%.
  Dynamo Roller	The damage-rate reduction caused by distance has been adjusted. You can now cause 50.0 damage / 100.0 damage from farther away than before.
  Big Swig Roller	The minimum damage from horizontal slashes has increased from 30.0 to 35.0.
  Bamboozler 14 Mk l	Reduced ink consumption by about 17%.
  Nautilus 47	Increased firing duration by about 15%.
  Sloshing Machine	Increased ink consumption by about 10%.

• Specifications for some sub-weapons have changed.

  Sub-Weapon	Change Details
  Angle Shooter	Damage has been increased from 30.0 to 35.0. The radius of ink coverage when striking terrain or opponents has been roughly doubled.
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• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.

  Special Weapon	Change Details
  Tacticooler	Tacticooler’s Quick Respawn and Special Saver will no longer be negated by gear abilities Respawn Punisher and Haunt. Respawn Punisher and Haunt effects (increase in respawn time and increase in the amount of unique gauge lost) will still occur.
  Reefslider	Adjusted the time for the invulnerability window, which occurs after exploding until you can move, to about 28/60  a second.
  Triple Inkstrike	Increased the radius of the area damaged by about 10%. Increased damage inflicted by about 50%.
  Crab Tank	Shortened the duration of the Crab Tank when not using the Special Power Up gear ability from about 9 seconds to about 8 seconds. Increased the extension rate of the duration of the Crab Tank when using the Special Power Up gear ability. As a result of these changes, the duration of the Crab Tank when maximizing the use of the Special Power Up gear ability remains the same as before.

• Points required for some weapon specials have been changed.

  Weapon	Before	After
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  Splattershot Hero Shot Replica	200	190
  .52 Gal	200	190
  .96 Gal	200	190
  Splattershot Pro	190	180
  Splattershot Nova	200	190
  Splat Dualies	200	190
  Custom Splattershot Jr.	180	190
  Sloshing Machine	210	220
  Splatana Wiper	180	190

• The performance of some gear abilities has been changed.

  Gear Ability	Change Details
  Ninja Squid	Ink splash will no longer be invisible for 30/60 of a second immediately after transforming into kid form. Using the gear ability Swim Speed Up simultaneously will no longer result in one of these abilities being canceled. While using Ninja Squid, swim speed will continue to be reduced by a fixed amount.

Bug Fixes

Fixes to Player Controls

• Fixed an issue that allows players to climb through unclimbable walls when using Squid Surge and Squid Roll simultaneously.
• Fixed an issue where if you are submerged in ink on a wall and move to any ground of a certain angle and continue to move while submerged, your movement speed is reduced.
• Fixed an issue where shots fired from a Bloblobber at a tower or other moving terrain features would hit and disappear rather than hit and rebound.
• Fixed an issue where when a player is moving or jumping with an open umbrella, the area being protected from incoming ink is about 1/60 of a second behind where it appears to be.
• Fixed an issue where players are stunned when they land with an open umbrella, and the umbrella seems to sink into the ground.
• Fixed an issue where the area being protected from incoming ink by an open umbrella is slight to the left or right of where it appears.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of opening an umbrella to protect from attacks happens slower than the actual defensive effect begins.
• Fixed an issue where the animation of closing an umbrella during the umbrella-opening animation was not displaying smoothly.
• Fixed an issue where attacks to the rear of the Crab Tank, like Ink Storm, bounce off when the tank is in walking mode, even when directly striking the player.
• Fixed an issue where the player lands in an unintended location after having used the Inkjet or Zipcaster without touching the ground.
• Fixed an issue where the Wave Breaker immediately vanishes from other players’ screens if the elevation of its placement is close to the waterline.
• Fixed an issue where if the Wave Breaker is placed at a specific elevation, its waves do not display in adjacent lower spaces within the area of effect.
• Fixed an issue where if the Wave Breaker is placed at a specific elevation, adjacent lower spaces may or may not come within the area of effect due to slight differences in position by slightly increasing the area of effect in the lower area.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where if you ink certain parts of the terrain in Eeltail Alley with a roller, it causes a slowdown in the game.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in Hagglefish Market that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones/Tower Control/Rainmaker/Clam Blitz modes in Undertow Spillway that prevented you from submerging in ink in certain areas, regardless of whether they were inked or not.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in Museum d’Alfonsino that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to climb unintended walls in Inkblot Art Academy.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones mode in Mahi-Mahi Resort that prevented players from adequately placing a Tacticooler in certain areas and prevented the player who tried to place it from being able to stand on the stage’s terrain properly.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in Sturgeon Shipyard that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue when playing Rainmaker mode in MakoMart that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas.
• Fixed an issue that allowed you to climb unintended walls in Wahoo World.
• Fixed an issue in Wahoo World that allowed you to jump from an ink rail onto a spotlight.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs that caused trees in front of you not to display as transparent.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones/Tower Control/Rainmaker/Clam Blitz modes in Brinewater Springs that caused the score to not change smoothly in certain areas and “DON’T RETREAT!” to be displayed even if you weren’t retreating very much.
• Fixed an issue in Brinewater Springs and Flounder Heights that caused ink fired from up high to disappear before hitting the ground.
• Fixed an issue when playing Splat Zones/Tower Control/Rainmaker/Clam Blitz modes in Flounder Heights that allowed you to jump from an ink rail onto a water tank.

Changes to Salmon Run

• Fixed an issue where if a communication error occurred at a certain time while the Big Run results were being announced, you would be able to get a decoration but not the corresponding badge.
  • If you were affected by this issue, you could obtain your badge after applying this update data and restarting the game.

• Fixed an issue that caused ammo stocked up in the Snipewriter 5H to vanish after depositing Golden Eggs or shooting them from a Big Shot launcher.
• Fixed an issue that prevented bombs launched by a Steelhead from disappearing properly when the Steelhead was defeated by dealing damage to its torso.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner’s Bay during low tide that made it challenging to ink over a Flipper-Flopper’s area of attack if it tried to dive close to the water’s surface.
• Fixed an issue in Marooner’s Bay that caused a slowdown if players or Salmonids came into contact with certain terrain.
• Fixed an issue where if you saved a job scenario with Grizzco weapons and played it again as a Private Job, different Grizzco weapons would be supplied instead.

Changes to Story Mode

• Fixed an issue where when selecting weapons on a stage and switching from a brella to another weapon, the brella would not work correctly. It may not launch, or it may not protect from enemy attacks.

Other Changes

• Fixed an issue in recon where game controls would not work after trying to start Turf War and Photo Mode simultaneously when playing with multiple people.
• Fixed an issue in recon where when playing with a timer and the player was splatted, the photo pose would remain as the player pose if specific procedures were performed.
• Fixed an issue in recon where when playing with a timer and the player was splatted, the countdown number would not display.
• Fixed an issue where after having failed to save job history at the Grizzco terminal, the list of completed jobs would not correctly display.
• Fixed an issue in shops where after pressing certain buttons at the same time, some controls would not work.

How To Update Splatoon 3?

There is a new software update for Splatoon 3, which will become available for download. Users can take a moment to download and install this update while the Nintendo Switch console is connected to the internet. Users can follow some steps that are 

1. User can connect the Nintendo Switch console to the internet. 

2. From the Home Menu. Users can select the icon for the software to update without starting the game and application. 

3. First, press the + or – button on the controller and then select the Software update that the internet will follow. 

4. Once the update is installed, the newest version number will be displayed on the title screen.