How are Octolings born?
David Mccullough
Published Jan 08, 2026
Seeing how playable Octolings have a variety of skin tone and eye colors, them being born from sexual reproduction is correct. Enemy Octolings on the other hand, can be assumed to be born from asexual reproduction, reason for that is because every single one of them have the same exact skin tone.
How do Octolings reproduce?
Octolings do reproduce sexually because they were the ones who have evolved from the octopus, which is an animal only capable of sexual reproduction. The separated tentacle having a life on its own is simply an additional evolutionary trait that Octolings have acquired.Where did the Octolings come from?
Background. The playable Octolings were once fighters in the Octarian military, brainwashed by the music of DJ Octavio, but when they heard the Calamari Inkantation, it nullified the brainwashing effect, freeing their souls from the oppression.How are Inklings born?
Inklings lay eggs in squid form on a random day, and the next day has the inkling turning into a squid and going to live in the water, getting a regular squid life and eventually dying.How are Octolings sanitized?
These Octarians have been sterilized with a type of primordial ooze created by Commander Tartar. The process of sanitizing results in the Octarian losing all sense of free will, allowing them to be controlled similar to robots as seen with the dialogue from Sanitized Octolings.Solving the Mystery of Octoling Reproduction
How do you say hello in Inkling?
Written Inkling appears to be a conglomerate of English, Japanese, Cyrillic script, and sometimes Korean. In fact, some Inkling seems identical to these scripts' letters.
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Lines added in Splatoon 2
- "Hway, hebbi-yoh!"
- "Hey, skee-yo-oh!"
- "Hey, squee-meew!"
- "Hey, hu-looh!"
- "Neks-choo!"
- "Haoh!" - ...
- "Straa-Fick Shtoul!"