Friendship Bracelet

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The Friendship Bracelet is a type of shoe in the Splatoon series.

It is a 3-star item produced by Grizzco and comes with a random primary ability generated when it is received. It is only available as a reward from Salmon Run as the monthly gear or in a Pink Capsule. It cannot be ordered from another player.

Appearance

The Friendship Bracelet is a weaved bracelet with red, yellow, and green fabric, stitched together in a pattern. In Splatoon 2, boys wore it on their left leg, while girls wore it on their right leg. In Splatoon 3, everyone wears it on their right leg.

Splatoon 2

Friendship Bracelet
Friendship Bracelet
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Added in
1 June 2019

Abilities

The Friendship Bracelet comes with a random primary ability that can also appear as secondary abilities, which prevents the wearer from having Drop Roller, Object Shredder, or Stealth Jump as they are exclusive to Shoes and cannot appear as secondary abilities. This primary ability is assigned randomly when the item is received. As a 3-star item, the Friendship Bracelet comes with three additional slots for secondary abilities. Since it is made by the Grizzco gear brand, it has equal chances to roll any secondary ability.

Splatoon 3

Friendship Bracelet
Friendship Bracelet
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Gold Fish Scales 5
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Abilities

The Friendship Bracelet come with Special Charge Up as the primary ability. As a 2-star item, the Friendship Bracelet come with three additional slots for secondary abilities. The star level may be increased with Super Sea Snails for 1 (first), 1 (second), 5 (third), 10 (fourth), or 20 (fifth) Super Sea Snails per star. Increasing the star level beyond 2 stars will increase the gear experience gained by a cumulative 3.333…% up to 10% additional experience at 5-star level. Since they are made by the Grizzco gear brand, they have equal chances to roll any secondary ability.

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Trivia

  • After stepping in ink or switching to Inkling or Octoling form, footprints will be seen instead of the regular shoe pattern.
  • This is the only gear item to be categorized as shoes while not being actual footwear.

Etymology

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese チギリノヒモ
Chigiri no Himo
String of Vows
Netherlands Dutch Vriendschapsbandje Friendship bracelet[note 1]
CanadaFrance French Bracelet de l'amitié Friendship bracelet
Germany German Freundschaftsband Friendship bracelet
Italy Italian Cavigliera dell'amicizia Friendship anklet
Russia Russian Фенечка
Fenechka
Friendship bracelet
SpainMexico Spanish Tobillera de la amistad Friendship anklet
China Chinese (Simplified) 结拜绳
Hong Kong Chinese (Traditional) 結拜繩
South Korea Korean 약속의 끈 String of Promise
 Internal COP104 [1]

Translation notes

  1. Diminutive of "vriendschapsband" ("friendship bracelet")

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