Ink Recovery Up

Ink Recovery Up is an ability in the Splatoon series that increases the refill rate of the user's ink tank.

The number of ability points for Ink Recovery Up can be temporarily increased by the following:

• Last-Ditch Effort
• Comeback

Tactics

If the player finds themselves running out of ink quickly, this ability should be considered. Depending on the cause of the ink consumption, Ink Saver (Main) or Ink Saver (Sub) may also be good candidates; Ink Recovery Up in use with Ink Savers serves a similar purpose, allowing the player to spend more time using weapons by either prolonging the tank or refilling it quicker. The increased ink recovery from this ability means that less time is needed in squid or octopus form to refill, making it particularly useful in Turf Wars where covering lots of turf with ink is needed. Ink Recovery Up is generally recommended for heavy ink weapons such as chargers and splatlings, which use a lot of ink before refilling.

Splatoon

In this game, the Ink Recovery Up improves the user's ink tank refill rate only while submerged in ink.

Gear

Ink Recovery Up is the main ability of:

Stacking

Time required to recover ink:

AP Equivalent	AP	Time
Main ×0 + Sub ×0	00	100.000%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -2AP	01	98.527…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -1AP	02	97.078…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1	03	95.654…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -2AP	04	94.254…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -1AP	05	92.878…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2	06	91.527…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -2AP	07	90.200…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -1AP	08	88.897…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3	09	87.619…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×0	10	86.365%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4 -1AP	11	85.135…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4	12	83.929…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×1	13	82.748…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5 -1AP	14	81.591…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5	15	80.458…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×2	16	79.350…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6 -1AP	17	78.266…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6	18	77.206…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×3	19	76.171…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×0	20	75.160%
Main ×0 + Sub ×7	21	74.173…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×4	22	73.210…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×1	23	72.272…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×8	24	71.358…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×5	25	70.468…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×2	26	69.603…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×9	27	68.762…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×6	28	67.945…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×3	29	67.153…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×0	30	66.385%
Main ×1 + Sub ×7	31	65.641…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×4	32	64.921…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×1	33	64.226…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×8	34	63.555…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×5	35	62.908…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×2	36	62.286…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×9	37	61.688…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×6	38	61.114…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×3	39	60.565…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7 -1AP	40	60.040%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7	41	59.539…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×4	42	59.062…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8 -1AP	43	58.610…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8	44	58.182…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×5	45	57.778…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9 -1AP	46	57.399…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9	47	57.044…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×6	48	56.713…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -2AP	49	56.407…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -1AP	50	56.125%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7	51	55.867…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -2AP	52	55.633…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -1AP	53	55.424…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8	54	55.239…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -2AP	55	55.078…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -1AP	56≤	55.000%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9	57≤	55.000%

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  A graph showing the effects of stacking Ink Recovery Up.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.6.0	▲ Increased the maximum possible ink recovery rate: 67% → 82%

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Splatoon 2

In this game, the Ink Recovery Up also improves the user's ink tank refill rate when not submerged in ink (note that ink recovery only occurs after the player stops firing their weapon for several frames) in addition to when submerged in ink.

Gear

Ink Recovery Up is the main ability of:

Stacking

Time required to recover ink:

AP Equivalent	AP	Time	Time (not submerged)
Main ×0 + Sub ×0	00	100.000%	333.333…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -2AP	01	98.854…%	326.423…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1 -1AP	02	97.727…%	319.628%
Main ×0 + Sub ×1	03	96.620…%	312.946…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -2AP	04	95.531…%	306.378…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2 -1AP	05	94.461…%	299.925%
Main ×0 + Sub ×2	06	93.410…%	293.585…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -2AP	07	92.378…%	287.359…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3 -1AP	08	91.364…%	281.248%
Main ×0 + Sub ×3	09	90.370…%	275.250…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×0	10	89.395%	269.366…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4 -1AP	11	88.438…%	263.597%
Main ×0 + Sub ×4	12	87.500…%	257.941…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×1	13	86.582…%	252.399…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5 -1AP	14	85.682…%	246.972%
Main ×0 + Sub ×5	15	84.801…%	241.658…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×2	16	83.939…%	236.458…%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6 -1AP	17	83.096…%	231.373%
Main ×0 + Sub ×6	18	82.271…%	226.401…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×3	19	81.466…%	221.543…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×0	20	80.680%	216.800%
Main ×0 + Sub ×7	21	79.912…%	212.170…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×4	22	79.163…%	207.654…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×1	23	78.434…%	203.253%
Main ×0 + Sub ×8	24	77.723…%	198.965…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×5	25	77.031…%	194.791…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×2	26	76.358…%	190.732%
Main ×0 + Sub ×9	27	75.704…%	186.786…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×6	28	75.068…%	182.954…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×3	29	74.452…%	179.237%
Main ×3 + Sub ×0	30	73.855%	175.633…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×7	31	73.276…%	172.143…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×4	32	72.716…%	168.768%
Main ×3 + Sub ×1	33	72.176…%	165.506…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×8	34	71.654…%	162.358…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×5	35	71.151…%	159.325%
Main ×3 + Sub ×2	36	70.667…%	156.405…%
Main ×1 + Sub ×9	37	70.202…%	153.599…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×6	38	69.755…%	150.908%
Main ×3 + Sub ×3	39	69.328…%	148.330…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7 -1AP	40	68.920%	145.866…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×7	41	68.530…%	143.517%
Main ×3 + Sub ×4	42	68.159…%	141.281…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8 -1AP	43	67.808…%	139.159…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×8	44	67.475…%	137.152%
Main ×3 + Sub ×5	45	67.161…%	135.258…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9 -1AP	46	66.866…%	133.478…%
Main ×2 + Sub ×9	47	66.590…%	131.813%
Main ×3 + Sub ×6	48	66.332…%	130.261…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -2AP	49	66.094…%	128.823…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7 -1AP	50	65.875%	127.500%
Main ×3 + Sub ×7	51	65.674…%	126.290…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -2AP	52	65.492…%	125.194…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8 -1AP	53	65.330…%	124.213%
Main ×3 + Sub ×8	54	65.186…%	123.345…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -2AP	55	65.061…%	122.591…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9 -1AP	56≤	65.000%	122.222…%
Main ×3 + Sub ×9	57≤	65.000%	122.222…%

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  A graph showing the effects of stacking Ink Recovery Up.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▲ Ink Recovery Up also increases ink recovery when not submerged in ink. ▼ Reduced effect when submerged in ink by roughly 15%.
3.0.0	▲ Increased effect when in kid form by roughly 6%.

Splatoon 3

Ink Recovery Up improves the user's ink tank refill rate, both when when submerged in ink and not submerged in ink.

Gear

Ink Recovery Up is the main ability of:

Stacking

Time required to recover ink, 100% corresponds to 3 seconds:^[3]

Abilities				Time	Time (not submerged)
None				100.000%	333.333…%
Main: 0, Sub: 1				96.667…%	313.333…%
Main: 0, Sub: 2				93.889…%	293.889…%
Main: 0, Sub: 3				90.556…%	275.556…%
Main: 1, Sub: 0				89.444…%	269.444…%
Main: 0, Sub: 4				87.778…%	258.333…%
Main: 1, Sub: 1				86.667…%	252.778…%
Main: 0, Sub: 5				85.000%	241.667…%
Main: 1, Sub: 2				84.444…%	236.667…%
Main: 0, Sub: 6				82.778…%	226.667…%
Main: 1, Sub: 3				81.667…%	221.667…%
Main: 2, Sub: 0				81.111…%	217.222…%
Main: 0, Sub: 7				80.000%	212.222…%
Main: 1, Sub: 4				79.444…%	207.778…%
Main: 2, Sub: 1				78.889…%	203.333…%
Main: 0, Sub: 8				77.778…%	199.444…%
Main: 1, Sub: 5				77.222…%	195.000%
Main: 2, Sub: 2				76.667…%	191.111…%
Main: 0, Sub: 9				76.111…%	187.222…%
Main: 1, Sub: 6				75.556…%	183.333…%
Main: 2, Sub: 3				75.000%	179.444…%
Main: 3, Sub: 0				73.889…%	176.111…%
Main: 1, Sub: 7				73.333…%	172.222…%
Main: 2, Sub: 4				72.778…%	168.889…%
Main: 3, Sub: 1				72.222…%	165.556…%
Main: 1, Sub: 8				71.667…%	162.778…%
Main: 2, Sub: 5				71.667…%	159.444…%
Main: 3, Sub: 2				71.111…%	156.667…%
Main: 1, Sub: 9				70.556…%	153.889…%
Main: 2, Sub: 6				70.000%	151.111…%
Main: 3, Sub: 3				69.444…%	148.333…%
Main: 2, Sub: 7				68.889…%	143.889…%
Main: 3, Sub: 4				68.333…%	141.667…%
Main: 2, Sub: 8				67.778…%	137.222…%
Main: 3, Sub: 5				67.222…%	135.556…%
Main: 2, Sub: 9				66.667…%	132.222…%
Main: 3, Sub: 6				66.667…%	130.556…%
Main: 3, Sub: 7				66.111…%	126.667…%
Main: 3, Sub: 8				65.556…%	123.889…%
Main: 3, Sub: 9				65.000%	122.222…%

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	インク回復力アップ inku kaifukuryoku appu	Ink Restoration Up
Dutch	Inktvulling	Ink filling
French	Levée d'encre	Rise of ink
German	Regeneration +	Regeneration +
Italian	Recupero colore +	Color recovery +
Russian	Быстрый баллон Bystryy ballon	Fast tank
Spanish (NOA)	Mejor recarga tinta	Better ink recharge
Spanish (NOE)	Recarga rápida	Quick recharge
Chinese (Simplified)	提升墨汁回复力 tíshēng mòzhī huífù lì (Mandarin)	Increased Ink Recovery
Chinese (Traditional)	提升墨汁回復力 tíshēng mòzhī huífù lì (Mandarin)	Increased Ink Recovery
Korean	잉크 회복력 업 ingkeu hoebok-ryeok eop	Ink Restoration Up

References

Abilities in Splatoon

Any Damage Up • Defense Up • Ink Saver (Main) • Ink Saver (Sub) • Ink Recovery Up • Run Speed Up • Swim Speed Up Special Charge Up • Special Duration Up • Quick Respawn • Special Saver • Quick Super Jump • Bomb Range Up Headgear Opening Gambit • Last-Ditch Effort • Tenacity • Comeback Clothing Cold Blooded • Ninja Squid • Haunt • Recon Shoes Bomb Sniffer • Ink Resistance Up • Stealth Jump

Abilities in Splatoon 2

Any gear Ink Saver (Main) • Ink Saver (Sub) • Ink Recovery Up • Run Speed Up • Swim Speed Up • Special Charge Up • Special Saver • Special Power Up • Quick Respawn • Quick Super Jump • Sub Power Up • Ink Resistance Up • Bomb Defense Up DX • Main Power Up Headgear Opening Gambit • Last-Ditch Effort • Tenacity • Comeback Clothing Ninja Squid • Haunt • Thermal Ink • Respawn Punisher • Ability Doubler Shoes Stealth Jump • Object Shredder • Drop Roller Removed Bomb Defense Up • Cold-Blooded

Abilities in Splatoon 3

Any gear Ink Saver (Main) • Ink Saver (Sub) • Ink Recovery Up • Run Speed Up • Swim Speed Up • Special Charge Up • Special Saver • Special Power Up • Quick Respawn • Quick Super Jump • Sub Power Up • Ink Resistance Up • Sub Resistance Up • Intensify Action Headgear Opening Gambit • Last-Ditch Effort • Tenacity • Comeback Clothing Ninja Squid • Haunt • Thermal Ink • Respawn Punisher • Ability Doubler Shoes Stealth Jump • Object Shredder • Drop Roller