Challenge
Test yourself with limited-time battles!
| Type | Online multiplayer mode |
| Players | 1-4 |
| Ranked | No |
| Controllers |  Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
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| Release Date | 3 June 2023 (playable only during event) |
Challenge mode is an event mode which was added in Sizzle Season 2023. Officially a replacement for Splatoon 2's League Battle,[1] Challenges are limited-time competitions of standard modes with unique in-match conditions. They can be played solo or with a team, and feature a two-hour ranked play window similar to League Battle, but unlike League Battle's constant rotations, the windows only occur at a few specific times during a season. Winning five games in a Challenge awards the player with a Shell-Out Token.
Description
Challenges are limited-time competitions of standard modes with unique in-match conditions. They can be played solo or with a team, and feature a two-hour ranked play window similar to League Battle, but unlike League Battle's constant rotations, the windows only occur at a few specific times during a season. The monthly event battles that appeared in Splatoon 2's League Battle mode were confirmed to return as Challenges.[1] Winning 5 games in a Challenge awards the player with a Shell-Out Token. Just like Anarchy Battles, Challenges unlock when a player reaches Level 10.
List of Challenges
- Main article: List of Challenges in Splatoon 3
List of Challenge modes
As of version 8.0.0, there are 28 known challenge modes. Challenges usually occur once per week, with the Monthly Challenge occurring once per month, and the New Season Challenge occurring at the start of each season.
| Challenge mode | Description | Game modes[a] | ||||
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| New Season Challenge | The first Challenge to occur after the launch of a new season. Players play a game of Turf War on the new stages released for the season. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Too Many Trizookas! | Players are only able to use weapons with Trizooka as its special weapon. Their special charges significantly faster in this mode and fills even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| The Sheldon Sampler Challenge | Players are given a random weapon at the start of battle, regardless if they own the weapon or not. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Monthly Challenge | No additional modifiers are added to this mode. Players are encouraged to achieve the highest power possible. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Foggy Notion | The stage is covered with fog that varies in strength throughout the match. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Duel of Dynamic Duos | Players queue up as a team of two. Respawn time is shortened. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Art Battle for the Ages | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the roller or brush weapon classes. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Extreme Jump Battle | Players' jump height is significantly increased. Spawn armor is also increased. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Zip-to-It Zipcaster Challenge | Players are only able to use weapons with Zipcaster as its special weapon. Their special charges significantly faster in this mode and fills even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Work the Angles | Players are only able to use weapons with Angle Shooter as its sub weapon. The Angle Shooter's damage is greatly increased in this mode as well as its ink consumption. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tournament Test Run (Japan) | A practice run for future tournaments in the Japan region. Players can participate, regardless of whether they want to participate in future tournaments or not. | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Swim It to Win It | Players' swim speed is significantly increased. Swim Speed Up gear abilities have no effect. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tournament Qualifiers (Japan) | A Challenge to qualify for a tournament in the Japan region. Players can participate, regardless of whether they want to participate in tournaments or not. | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Inkjets for Everyone! | Players are only able to use weapons with Inkjet as its special weapon. Their special charges significantly faster in this mode and fills even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Modded Rainmaker Test-Fire | The Rainmaker is modified to shoot three balls of ink instead of the usual one. Additionally, the holder receives the Tacticooler buff while they hold it. The Rainmaker's explosion timer lasts 30 seconds instead of 60. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sheldon's Dress-Up Showdown | Players are given a random weapon and set of amiibo gear at the start of battle, regardless if they own any of them or not. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Barrel of Splats | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the splatling class. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Reefslider Rally | Players are only able to use weapons with Reefslider as its special weapon. Their special charges significantly faster in this mode and fills even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Oh My Gush | Gushers are spread around the stage. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Fastest Blasters | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the blaster class. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Towering Tower Control | The Tower Control tower appears in a different form with more space for players. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Making It Rain...Here? | The Rainmaker weapon appears in other modes than Rainmaker. | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Fully Charged | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the charger class. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dualies at Ten Paces | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the dualie class. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Curling Hurl | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Curling Bomb sub weapon. The size, contact damage and explosion size are greatly increased. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Full Stream Ahead | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the roller or brush weapon classes. The rollers' and brushes' movement speed when inking are greatly increased in this mode as well as their ink consumption. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Brella Good | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the brella class. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Ultra Stamp Rally | Players are only able to use weapons with Ultra Stamp as its special weapon. Their special charges significantly faster in this mode and fills even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Splat Bomb Rush | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Splat Bomb sub weapon. The ink consumption for Splat Bombs is cut in half. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Super Jump-a-thon | Players are only able to equip weapons with the Squid Beakon sub weapon, and the players will be able to Super Jump faster. | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Bucket of Crab Tanks | Players are only able to use weapons with Crab Tank as its special weapon. Sideways movement in crab form is increased. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Supreme Sloshers | Players are only allowed to use weapons within the slosher class. | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sheldon's Gear-Ability Shuffle | Players are given a random weapon and gear abilities at the start of battle. | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Rankings
All timeframes per Challenge feature a list of the Top 100 Teams, Duos, and Solo players respectively.
List of rankings:
- Challenge/Top 100 (Sizzle Season 2023)
- Challenge/Top 100 (Drizzle Season 2023)
- Challenge/Top 100 (Chill Season 2023)
- Challenge/Top 100 (Fresh Season 2024)
- Challenge/Top 100 (Sizzle Season 2024)
- Challenge/Top 100 (Drizzle Season 2024)
Social media announcements
After a special Challenge has concluded, social media channels of three regions will generally announce the teams that placed first, second, and third with the highest Challenge Power for a certain timeslot. They will also announce the team with the middle-ranking among all teams as the Average Roe award. The announcement is accompanied by in-game screenshots of the teams posing on the stages that were available for the Challenge.
The special Challenges that have gotten these announcements are New Season Challenge and Monthly Challenge. To be eligible for announcements on social media, participants have to join and play as a group of 3 to 4 players where half or more have set their Splatfest region to one that matches one of the social media channels.
SplatoonNA (The Americas)
"3 Challenges in a row" Monthly Challenge
English translations of these names are unofficial.
A "3 Challenges in a row" Monthly Challenge[2] is a rerun of past Challenges with largely the same stages and modes scheduled for three consecutive days. These reruns were previously solely announced on Japanese social media as a "Challenge Rush." While they are meant to be a way for players who missed these past Challenges to still experience them, anyone can participate in them.
- The "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Too Many Trizookas!, The Sheldon Sampler Challenge, and Foggy Notion from 1 August 2023 through 3 August 2023.[3]
- The second edition of the "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Duel of Dynamic Duos, Art Battle for the Ages, and Extreme Jump Battle from 22 August 2023 through 24 August 2023.[4]
- The "Winter Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Too Many Trizookas!, Swim It to Win It, and Sheldon's Dress-Up Showdown from 27 December 2023 through 29 December 2023.[5]
- The "Spring Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Sheldon's Dress-Up Showdown, Oh My Gush, and Extreme Jump Battle from 30 March 2024 through 2 April 2024.[6]
- The "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush" is a rerun of Splat Bomb Rush, Duel of Dynamic Duos, and Bucket of Crab Tanks from 16 August 2024 through 19 August 2024.[7]
- Past "Challenge Rushes"
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Second edition of the "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush" of 2023
Quotes
| “ | Ballistics aside, we have an update about the League Battle feature from Splatoon 2. A similar feature is coming in Sizzle Season with a new name - Challenges! These are an exciting new way to battle with special rules for a limited time, and you can join solo or with friends. | ” |
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter[1]
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| “ | A new mode - Challenge - is coming to #Splatoon3 in Sizzle Season 2023! Look forward to monthly challenges and events with special rules. Test your Turf War talent on a brand new stage in the first event, taking place 03/06! | ” |
— @NintendoEurope on Twitter[8]
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Dialogue
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View the quotation page. |
Badges
Badges are available for reaching each tier of high score in any Challenge.
| Image | In-game description |
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Top 50% in a Challenge! |
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Top 20% in a Challenge! |
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Top 5% in a Challenge! |
Gallery
Promotional images
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Promotional image from the mode's reveal.
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Promotional image showing the mode's in-game guide screen.
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Promotional image for the Too Many Trizookas! Challenge.
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Promotional image for the Foggy Notion Challenge.
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Promotional image for the Extreme Jump Battle Challenge.
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Promotional image showcasing the Challenges schedule for the start of Sizzle Season 2023, from the official Japanese Twitter account.
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Promotional image shown on SplatNet 3.
In-game
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Earning a Shell-Out Token. The player has currently won 3 matches and needs to win 2 more to earn it.
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Calculating Challenge Power.
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Finished calibrating Challenge Power.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| イベントマッチ Ibento Matchi |
Event Match | |
| Eventgevecht | Event Battle | |
| Matchs Challenge | Challenge Match | |
| Event-Kampf | Event Battle | |
| Partita evento | Event match | |
| Бой-событие Boy-sobytie |
Event battle | |
| Combate especial | Special battle | |
| Combate evento | Event battle | |
| 活动比赛 huódòng bǐsài |
Event match | |
| 活動比賽 huódòng bǐsài (Mandarin) wut6 dung6 bei2 coi3 (Cantonese) |
Event match | |
| 이번트 매치 Ibeonteu maechi |
Event match | |
| League [9] |
References
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