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Splatoon 2 updated to Version 5.0.0, full patch notes released
The final update?
Splatoon 2 has officially been updated to Version 5.0.0. Check out the full patch notes for this sizable update below.
Version 5.0.0
- Changes to Private Battle
- “Turf War (Splatfest)” has been added to the modes available in Private Battle.
- Selecting “Turf War (Splatfest)” will result in the following changes:
- Stage music and animations will be those used during a Splatfest.
- The 24 Shifty Station stages used in previous Splatfests will be available to select as multiplayer stages.
- Team ink colors can be selected from among the color combinations used in all previous Splatfests.
- Changes to Gear
- “Splatfest Tee Replica” has been added as new gear.
- After applying the update you can acquire this gear by pressing A in front of the cardboard box that appears in Inkopolis Square.
- The Splatfest Tee Replica differs from standard gear in the following ways:
- As with the Splatfest Tee, the Splatfest Tee Replica’s primary gear ability is “Ability Doubler”.
- Its appearance changes to match the ink color of the player’s team.
- While playing in “Turf War (Splatfest)” in Private Battle, if any player has this gear equipped, it will cause their team’s Splatfest Team Name to appear as the match is beginning.
- “Splatfest Tee Replica” has been added as new gear.
- Changes to Multiplayer
- Adjusted the position of clams that appear during a match of Clam Blitz for all stages.
- Stage terrain and object placement for the following stages has been changed.
Stage Change - Shellendorf Institute
- Stage terrain has been modified for all game modes.
- Lowered the height of the central roof.
- Expanded the area of the open spaces on the left and right, depending on the game mode.
- Adjusted overall object placement.
- New Albacore Hotel
- Stage terrain has been modified for all game modes.
- Increased the number of inkable walls and made access to higher areas easier from within a team’s base.
- Adjusted overall object placement.
- Adjusted specific object placement in Splat Zones and Tower Control game modes.
- Changed the form factor of crates used to gain access to the center of the stage.
- Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.
Weapon Change - Sploosh-o-matic
- Neo Sploosh-o-matic
- Sploosh-o-matic 7
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- Splattershot Jr.
- Custom Splattershot Jr.
- Kensa Splattershot Jr.
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- Aerospray MG
- Aerospray RG
- Aerospray PG
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- Splash-o-matic
- Neo Splash-o-matic
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- Splattershot
- Tentatek Splattershot
- Kensa Splattershot
- Hero Shot Replica
- Octo Shot Replica
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- .52 Gal
- .52 Gal Deco
- Kensa .52 Gal
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- N-ZAP ‘85
- N-ZAP ‘89
- N-ZAP ‘83
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 17%.
- Luna Blaster
- Luna Blaster Neo
- Kensa Luna Blaster
- Expanded the radius within which a shot’s explosion will deal 50.0 damage by roughly 2%.
- Squeezer
- Foil Squeezer
- Decreased ink consumption of first shot fired when pressing ZR by roughly 8%.
- Carbon Roller
- Carbon Roller Deco
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 2%.
- Splat Roller
- Krak-On Splat Roller
- Kensa Splat Roller
- Hero Roller Replica
- Increased damage dealt to the armor surrounding a player using a Booyah Bomb by roughly 2%.
- Flingza Roller
- Foil Flingza Roller
- Increased the radius of the area ink droplets can fall in when making a vertical swing by roughly 12%.
- Classic Squiffer
- New Squiffer
- Fresh Squiffer
- Increased the damage dealt by a shot just prior to being fully charged from 70.0 to 80.0.
- Goo Tuber
- Custom Goo Tuber
- Increased the shot range of a fully charged shot by roughly 1%.
- Due to the above change, shot range of all shots that aren’t fully charged has been increased by a proportionate amount.
- Tri-Slosher
- Tri-Slosher Nouveau
- Decreased gaps around the hit box of the central shot (of the ink blasts fired with a shot from these weapons) to make targets easier to hit, even when angling a shot up or down.
- Nautilus 47
- Nautilus 79
- Decreased shot variance when firing while on the ground by roughly 8%.
- Dapple Dualies
- Dapple Dualies Nouveau
- Clear Dapple Dualies
- Increased area of ink coverage when shots land by roughly 3%.
- Glooga Dualies
- Glooga Dualies Deco
- Kensa Glooga Dualies
- Decreased ink consumption from shots fired by roughly 6%.
- Splattershot Pro
- Forge Splattershot Pro
- Kensa Splattershot Pro
- Decreased the effect of the “Main Power Up” gear ability.
- Changed the amount of gear ability required to deal up to 49.9 damage from 3.9 times to 4.2 times the amount of the primary gear ability.
- Each secondary gear ability is worth 0.3 of the primary gear ability.
- Specifications for the following special weapons have been changed.
Special Weapon Change - Inkjet
- Increased the speed of shots fired by roughly 5%.
- Ultra Stamp
- When swinging the hammer to smash the ground, decreased the amount of time required to complete the first swing, and the time required to raise the hammer overhead for the second swing by roughly 2/60 of a second each.
- Points required for using specials have been changed for certain main weapons.
Weapon Before After - Splattershot
- Hero Shot Replica
180 170 - Blaster
- Hero Blaster Replica
180 170 - H-3 Nozzlenose
180 170 - Splat Roller
- Hero Roller Replica
180 170 - Splat Dualies
- Hero Dualie Replicas
190 180 - Fixed an issue occurring when the Sub Power Up gear ability is equipped causing Torpedoes or Fizzy Bombs launched toward a concave corner of stage terrain to clip into that terrain.
- Fixed an issue causing a Torpedo’s explosion to damage an opponent standing on a thin floor or platform if the torpedo hits the underside of the floor while tracking a target.
- Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy allowing players to clip inside a specific piece of stage terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Inkblot Art Academy making a specific wall impossible to climb smoothly depending on the way it had been inked.
- Fixed an issue in Walleye Warehouse where removing the cardboard from within a portion of one of the glass walls made visibility through the wall different for each team.
- Fixed an issue in Walleye Warehouse allowing players who moved beneath a certain platform and then used a Splashdown special to pass through the platform and end up on top of it.
- Fixed an issue in Arowana Mall occurring during Tower Control and Rainmaker modes allowing players to gain access to the opponent’s base via a specific Ink Rail.
- Fixed an issue in Goby Arena allowing a player who super jumped to an ally pressed up against a specific piece of stage terrain to clip inside it and remain there.
- Fixed an issue in Piranha Pit causing player movement to be held up slightly when walking off a specific conveyor belt.
- Fixed an issue in Piranha Pit occurring in Rainmaker mode allowing players to gain access to the opponent’s base via a specific Ink Rail.
- Fixed an issue in Wahoo World allowing players to clip inside a specific piece of stage terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Wahoo World making a specific wall impossible to climb smoothly depending on the way it had been inked.
- Fixed an issue in the Shifty Station stage, The Maze Dasher, where a portion of stage terrain differed from the version of the stage originally released previously as part of a Splatfest.
- Changes to Salmon Run
- Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.
Weapon Change - Worker’s Range Blaster
- Reduced ink consumption by roughly 8%.
- Worker’s Carbon Roller
- Increased the maximum damage dealt by a horizontal swing by roughly 33%.
- Increased the maximum damage dealt by a vertical swing by roughly 14%.
- Worker’s Octobrush
- Increased the maximum damage done by flinging ink while swining the brush by roughly 50%.
- Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.
Version 4.9.1
- The data for the Final Splatfest has been updated.
- Fixed an issue causing the player to appear in an unintended location after falling into water while performing a dodge roll with a Dualie weapon equipped.
- Downloading the latest update will prevent matching with players at the Shoal that are using previous update data.
Version 4.9.0
- Changes to Multiplayer
- Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.
Weapon Change - Sploosh-o-matic
- Neo Sploosh-o-matic
- Sploosh-o-matic 7
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Splattershot Jr.
- Custom Splattershot Jr.
- Kensa Splattershot Jr.
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Splash-o-matic
- Neo Splash-o-matic
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Aerospray MG
- Aerospray RG
- Aerospray PG
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- .52 Gal
- .52 Gal Deco
- Kensa .52 Gal
- Increased radius of ink coverage around feet when firing by roughly 4%.
- .96 Gal
- .96 Gal Deco
- Decreased variance of shot spread when firing while on the ground by roughly 8%.
- Luna Blaster
- Luna Blaster Neo
- Kensa Luna Blaster
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 25%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Clash Blaster
- Clash Blaster Neo
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Rapid Blaster
- Rapid Blaster Deco
- Kensa Rapid Blaster
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Rapid Blaster Pro
- Rapid Blaster Pro Deco
- Increased damage dealt to the Rainmaker barrier by roughly 11%.
- Carbon Roller
- Carbon Roller Deco
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 20%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Splat Roller
- Krak-on Splat Roller
- Kensa Splat Roller
- Hero Roller Replica
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 19%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Dapple Dualies
- Dapple Dualies Nouveau
- Clear Dapple Dualies
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Explosher
- Custom Explosher
- Decreased the maximum radius of ink coverage for shots fired from beyond a certain distance by roughly 9% with the amount depending on the distance.
- This change won’t apply to shots fired from flat ground that travel the maximum distance but will apply to long-range shots fired to an area of higher or lower elevation.
- Ballpoint Splatling
- Ballpoint Splatling Nouveau
- Roughly doubled the amount of shot spread when firing in long-range mode immediately after jumping.
- Specifications for the following sub weapon have changed.
Sub Weapon Change - Curling Bomb
- Increased maximum damage dealt by an exploding bomb from 150.0 to 180.0.
- Autobomb
- Increased maximum damage dealt by an exploding bomb from 150.0 to 180.0.
Weapon Change - Sploosh-o-matic
- Neo Sploosh-o-matic
- Sploosh-o-matic 7
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
Weapon Change - Sploosh-o-matic
- Neo Sploosh-o-matic
- Sploosh-o-matic 7
- Increased damage dealt to the umbrella portion of the following weapons by roughly 57%.
- Tenta Brella
- Tenta Sorella Brella
- Tenta Camo Brella
- Specifications for the following special weapons have been changed.
Special Weapon Change - Sting Ray
- Decreased damage dealt to opponents when the Sting Ray’s beam passes through at least one stage object before hitting them by roughly 17%.
- The Sting Ray’s beam is considered to be passing through a stage object if the central part of the ink beam is touching the object in question.
- Decreased the additional damage dealt to opponent ink armor when the Object Shredder gear ability is equipped from roughly 3.0 times normal to roughly 1.25 times normal damage.
- Baller
- Baller will no longer deal 180.0 damage to anything past a certain height above its explosion.
- As a result of this change, and when it explodes on flat ground, the baller will no longer deal 180.0 damage to opponents in mid-air performing a Splashdown, or those who’ve pressed B while using an Inkjet to gain extra height.
- There is no change to the range in which an exploding Baller will deal 55.0 damage.
- Points required for using specials have been changed for certain main weapons.
Weapon Before After - Kensa Splattershot Pro
200 210 - L-3 Nozzlenose
170 190 - Explosher Custom
210 220 - Fixed an issue causing the umbrella portions of Brella weapons to launch in unintended directions when launched after first touching an opponent’s Splash Wall.
- Fixed an issue in Rainmaker mode causing the counter to advance further than intended when landing from a super jump and picking up the Rainmaker at the same time.
- Fixed an issue occurring in certain stages in Clam Blitz mode, where certain platforms near the goal baskets used for tossing the Power Clam were not properly inked by a Splashdown used near them.
- Fixed an issue in Port Mackerel causing a player to fall off the stage and get splatted when pushed into a specific outer wall in the stage as the result of an opponent’s attack.
- Fixed an issue occurring in Kelp Dome during certain modes, allowing players to cross over certain barriers to gain access to the area around the opponent’s Spawn Point.
- Fixed an issue occurring in Blackbelly Skatepark during certain modes, allowing players to cross over certain barriers to gain access to the area around the opponent’s Spawn Point.
- Fixed an issue occurring when using an Inkjet at a specific time near the rotating central platform in Wahoo World. This issue caused players returning to their starting position after the Inkjet’s effect ended to enter into the stage terrain.
- Changes to Salmon Run
- Fixed an issue causing a player sinking in the water with a Scrapper nearby to appear in an unnatural position.
- Fixed an issue causing a player trapped in a corner and surrounded by Salmonids to rarely become trapped inside stage terrain when using a super jump in the above circumstances.
- Fixed an issue occurring in Ruins of Ark Polaris making ride rails difficult to ride when approaching the rail’s starting point from certain angles while in squid form.
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- Specifications for some of the main weapons have been changed.