Quick Respawn

Quick Respawn is an ability in the Splatoon series.

This ability shortens the player's respawn time after getting splatted. In Splatoon 2, it triggers only if certain conditions are met.

Without this ability, watching the splat cam takes ~6 seconds (after a ~0.5 second splatting animation), followed by a ~2 second respawn animation (total time of ~8.5 seconds). This ability only reduces the splat cam portion of the respawn process. Without this ability, the total respawn times for drowning in water and for falling out-of-bounds are ~7 seconds and ~5.5 seconds respectively.

Tactics

Quick Respawn tends to be most useful in Ranked Battles. This is due to the importance of getting back to the front lines quickly and the high likelihood of being splatted, since both teams are often gathered in a single area, such as around the Rainmaker or a Splat Zone. Teamwork is a crucial element of Ranked Battles, as well; being able to rejoin one's team just a moment sooner may turn the tide of battle. Stealth Jump paired with this ability can further help the user quickly get back into action after they get splatted.

Splatoon

After getting splatted, Quick Respawn decreases the time spent watching the splat cam or black screen.

Respawn time after being splatted by falling out-of-bounds or drowning in water is shorter than after being splatted by another player.

The number of ability points for Quick Respawn can be temporarily increased by Last-Ditch Effort.

Gear

Quick Respawn is the main ability of:

Stacking

Abilities				Respawn time (approx.)
None				8.508s
Main: 0, Sub: 1				8.108s
Main: 0, Sub: 2				7.741s
Main: 0, Sub: 3				7.390s
Main: 1, Sub: 0				7.273s
Main: 0, Sub: 4				7.057s
Main: 1, Sub: 1				6.940s
Main: 0, Sub: 5				6.710s
Main: 1, Sub: 2				6.656s
Main: 0, Sub: 6				6.456s
Main: 1, Sub: 3				6.373s
Main: 2, Sub: 0				6.272s
Main: 0, Sub: 7				6.189s
Main: 1, Sub: 4				6.106s
Main: 2, Sub: 1				6.039s
Main: 0, Sub: 8				5.939s
Main: 1, Sub: 5				5.855s
Main: 2, Sub: 2				5.789s
Main: 0, Sub: 9				5.722s
Main: 1, Sub: 6				5.638s
Main: 2, Sub: 3				5.572s
Main: 3, Sub: 0				5.505s
Main: 1, Sub: 7				5.438s
Main: 2, Sub: 4				5.372s
Main: 3, Sub: 1				5.305s
Main: 1, Sub: 8				5.255s
Main: 2, Sub: 5				5.188s
Main: 3, Sub: 2				5.138s
Main: 1, Sub: 9				5.071s
Main: 2, Sub: 6				5.038s
Main: 3, Sub: 3				4.988s
Main: 2, Sub: 7				4.904s
Main: 3, Sub: 4				4.854s
Main: 2, Sub: 8				4.771s
Main: 3, Sub: 5				4.738s
Main: 2, Sub: 9				4.671s
Main: 3, Sub: 6				4.637s
Main: 3, Sub: 7				4.571s
Main: 3, Sub: 8				4.504s
Main: 3, Sub: 9				4.504s

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  Graph showing the effects of stacking Quick Respawn.

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  How Quick Respawn and Quick Super Jump interact.

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Splatoon 2

The effectiveness of Quick Respawn can be temporarily decreased by Respawn Punisher used by any player.

Mechanics

For Quick Respawn to activate, the player must not splat an enemy during the time between their most recent enemy-caused death and their current death. This is different from Splatoon, where Quick Respawn always activated, with no eligibility requirements whatsoever.

A flow chart follows below. It visualizes when a player is eligible for Quick Respawn, and when Quick Respawn activates.

Clarification:

• In a traded scenario, the activation of Quick Respawn depends on who died first. For example, if the player throws a bomb that splats an opponent after the player dies, that splat prevents Quick Respawn from activating in next death, but allows it to activate for the current death.
• Assists do not count as splats. A splat confirmation notification will show on the player's screen if they score a splat.
• There can be any number of deaths between the most recent enemy-caused death and the current death. For example, a player dies once to an enemy, then five times to water, and then to an enemy. As long as the player in the example did not score any splats during the time between the first and second death to the enemy, Quick Respawn will activate.
• These death types do not count as enemy-caused: drowning in water, falling out of bounds, touching the Rainmaker barrier, having the Rainmaker time out and explode while carrying it.
• The need for a previous death means that the first death in a match will never benefit from Quick Respawn. Every following death can potentially benefit.

Gear

Quick Respawn is the main ability of:

Stacking

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  A chart showing the effect of Quick Respawn.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	▼ Quick Respawn no longer applies if user falls out-of-bounds or drowns in water. ▼ User must not splat an opponent during the time between their most recent enemy-caused death and their current death for Quick Respawn to affect the current death.

Splatoon 3

Gear

Quick Respawn is the main ability of:

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	復活時間短縮 fukkatsu jikan tanshuku	Resurrection Time Shortening
Dutch	Comeback	Comeback
French (NOA)	Sans temps mort	Without dead time
French (NOE)	Sans temps morts	Without downtime
German	Schnelle Rückkehr	Quick Return
Italian	Il tempo è colore	Time is color
Russian	Феникс Feniks	Phoenix
Spanish (NOA)	Regeneración rápida	Quick regeneration
Spanish (NOE)	Retorno exprés	Quick return
Chinese (Simplified)	缩短复活时间 suōduǎn fùhuó shíjiān (Mandarin)	Shorten Respawn Time
Chinese (Traditional)	縮短復活時間 suōduǎn fùhuó shíjiān (Mandarin)	Shorten Respawn Time
Korean	부활 시간 단축 buhwal sigan danchuk	Resurrection Time Shortening

Abilities in Splatoon

Death abilities Comeback · Haunt · Quick Respawn · Special Saver Ink usage abilities Ink Recovery Up · Ink Saver (Main) · Ink Saver (Sub) · Last-Ditch Effort Inkling abilities Bomb Sniffer · Cold Blooded · Defense Up · Ink Resistance Up · Ninja Squid · Opening Gambit · Quick Super Jump · Recon · Run Speed Up · Stealth Jump · Swim Speed Up Weapon abilities Bomb Range Up · Damage Up · Special Charge Up · Special Duration Up · Tenacity

Abilities in Splatoon 2

Death abilities Comeback · Haunt · Quick Respawn · Special Saver Ink usage abilities Ink Recovery Up · Ink Saver (Main) · Ink Saver (Sub) · Last-Ditch Effort Player abilities Ability Doubler · Bomb Defense Up DX · Drop Roller · Ink Resistance Up · Ninja Squid · Opening Gambit · Quick Respawn · Quick Super Jump · Respawn Punisher · Run Speed Up · Stealth Jump · Swim Speed Up · Thermal Ink Weapon abilities Main Power Up · Object Shredder · Special Charge Up · Special Power Up · Sub Power Up · Tenacity Removed Bomb Defense Up · Cold-Blooded

Abilities in Splatoon 3

Death Abilities Comeback · Haunt · Quick Respawn · Special Saver Movement Abilities Drop Roller · Intensify Action · Quick Super Jump · Run Speed Up · Swim Speed Up Offensive Abilities Object Shredder · Respawn Punisher · Special Power Up · Sub Power Up · Thermal Ink Protective Abilities Ink Resistance Up · Ninja Squid · Stealth Jump · Sub Resistance Up Resource Abilities Ink Recovery Up · Ink Saver (Main) · Ink Saver (Sub) · Special Charge Up Situational Abilities Ability Doubler · Last-Ditch Effort · Opening Gambit · Tenacity