INKWAVE Guides

Deep, factual guides to the game: the HULLBREAKER Boss Battle, online rooms, the locker, specials, and the strategy that wins turf wars. Every number here comes from the game itself.

• Boss Battle

  How to Beat HULLBREAKER — INKWAVE Boss Battle Guide

  A complete INKWAVE Boss Battle guide: HULLBREAKER's three phases, every attack and its counterplay, the weak points, health scaling, timers and squad tactics.

• Online

  Play INKWAVE Online with Friends — Rooms, Codes and Hosts

  How INKWAVE online play works: create a private room, share the five-character code, set the stage and rules as host, use emotes, and see what happens when a player drops.

• Customization

  INKWAVE Locker Guide — Presets, Hair, Faces and Outfits

  How the INKWAVE locker works: ten squidkid presets, eight hair styles, four headgear, eight eye colours, four brows, nine skin tones and ten outfits, plus shuffle and your splashtag.

• Combat

  INKWAVE Specials and Splat Bombs — Tidal Slam and Ink Tempest

  How INKWAVE specials work: the Tidal Slam leap, the Ink Tempest cloud, Splat Bomb damage and ink cost, the special gauge, and when to spend each one.

• Strategy

  INKWAVE Strategy Guide — Ink, Movement and Turf Control

  The numbers and habits that win INKWAVE matches: ink and health mechanics, movement, turf control, weapon matchups, stage reading and the three bot difficulties.

• Reference

  INKWAVE Glossary

  Every INKWAVE term in one place: turf, squid form, splat, special, super jump, splashtag and more.