Splatoon Raiders Guide Hub
Everything you need to conquer the Spirhalite Islands
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Beginner Guide
Controls, first missions, tank types, and tips for new players
Controls & Techniques
Every button, plus the moves the game never teaches you: Squid Roll, Squid Surge, Raijin Step, and the per-weapon actions
Early Game Build Guide
Best starting tank, weapons, gadgets, and Bot Buddy picks.
Mistakes to Avoid
The resource traps that waste your materials, and how to pick the 5-star weapon you commit to
Positioning
Which 24 of the 61 stages are built to surround you, and seven habits that fix it
Official Tips
Nintendo's own five post-launch tips, unpacked, including the two official loadout combos
Weapons & Builds
S-Tier Weapons
All 60 weapons ranked one by one: two Japanese databases cross-checked, disagreements printed
Tier List
Every weapon type ranked SS to C, with the best pick in each, sourced and dated
Weapons
All 120 weapons: 60 base plus Primo variants, rarity, upgrade costs and drops
Weapon Farming
Why weapon type decides what drops, the equipping method one Japanese tester measured over 200 laps, and the argument about whether it works
Weapon Powers
All 15 weapon powers with exact proc rates, ranked, plus how to re-roll them
Builds & Loadouts
Nintendo's official recommended loadouts, plus the endgame freeze builds three databases agree on, for all three tanks
Scorch Builds
The floor-900 archetype: stage damage, proc rates for all 11 weapon types, and every published build.
Slosher Builds
Four published Clay-Pot Pow Slosher and Camo Slosher loadouts for deep floors, every part roll as printed, and how deep a slosher has actually been shown to go
Weapon Investment
Where your Spirhalite Shards should go: the weapons worth raising, the measured Primo gap, and the traps
Gadgets
All 15 gadgets by tank with cooldowns, unlock costs, and the parts slot system
Gadget Part Builds
What to roll on each gadget, itemised against the cost cap that decides whether you can equip it
Gadget Combos
The Ultra cross-tank slot, three cross-checked combos, and Game8 Japan's gadget ranking
Walkthrough & World
Walkthrough
How progression really works: quest lines, region unlocks, and boss encounters
Bosses
All boss encounters with strategies, weaknesses, and rewards
All Dungeons
Every stage in the game: all 61 dungeons and 25 islands with levels and matched EN and JP names
Sampler Dungeons
All 24 hidden dungeons and Old Compass locations, a guaranteed skill point per clear
Maps
Island-by-island breakdown of the Spirhalite Islands
Collectibles
Salmonid Relics, Gadget Parts, unlockables, and completion checklist
Relics & Titles
All 88 relics, relic fusion, best relic powers, and every title rank up to +100% shard income
Items & Materials
All 17 materials with the Salmonid that drops each, where to farm it, and what all nine ship facilities cost.
Endgame & Records
Endgame & Post-Game
All 4 endings, the Bottomless Buffet, and the best farming routes.
Bottomless Buffet
Unlock steps, the Survivalist-locked rules, the floor-100 Lord Saltimatum fight, and what drops on the way down
Does the Buffet End?
Floor 1000 has been cleared and it pays nothing: what those runs prove, what they only suggest, the loadout that got there, and which guide sites have adopted the ending
Deep Floor Records
Every documented Bottomless Buffet depth record across four language communities, who set it and on what evidence, plus the builds that go deep
Ring-Outs & Drowning
Six of the nine Seasoned Salmonids can be pushed into the water instead of killed, two cannot, and a drowned boss pays no Power Eggs
Speedrun Records
World records, categories and rules from speedrun.com, with the record progression and the co-op and NG+ boards
Super Spicy
Unlock condition, which dungeons have it, the level-50 readiness checklist, and the all-clear gear.
Farming Rates
Published clear times turned into runs per hour, what each run drops, and the two multipliers that beat route choice
Status Effects
Freeze, Scorch and Ferment explained: triggers, builds, and partner synergies
Community & Info
Co-op
How to play with friends: online, local, and NSO setup
Partners & Showstoppers
One member of Deep Cut rides with you on every hunt: the Exploration Bot's five functions, all three Showstoppers with Nintendo's official names, and the bond system
FAQ
Quick answers: couch co-op, GameShare, Switch 1 support, endings, saves, and more.
Updates & Patch Notes
Every software update and patch note, plus version requirements for online play.
Developer Interview
What Nintendo’s developers said: the scrapped tower-defence prototype, the art U-turn, and why Salmonids crave salt.
30 Facts
Thirty checkable things about the game, each linking to the guide that sources it.
Amiibo
All compatible amiibo and their in-game rewards
Release Time
Launch date, global release times by timezone, preload info, and editions
Pricing & Cheapest Region
Digital price in all 49 eShop regions converted to USD: where the game is cheapest and how cross-region buying works