How to increase and reroll ability slots in Splatoon 3

Every gear piece you wear in Splatoon 3 comes with an ability that gives you a passive benefit during a game. If you increase the star power of an item, upgrading it, you can unlock additional secondary abilities alongside the primary one, giving you multiple benefits as you fight against other players. You do have the chance to reroll these ability slots if there’s one you don’t like. Here’s what you need to know about how to increase and reroll ability slots in Spaltoon 3.

How rerolling gear ability slots works in Splatoon 3

You will need to interact with Murch, who will be critical to you as you rearrange the ability slots of your gear. You can find Murch in Splatsville, to the right of the multiplayer lobby. He will be hanging out next to the sign. He has a distinct red and orange shirt, blue pants, and a single eye. Speak with him, and he will offer you the chance to reroll the ability slots on your gear.

First, however, you will need to ensure you have at least one piece of gear with all three slots available. You can do this by increasing the Star Power of the clothing piece and playing games with it. You will also need to grab Super Sea Snails to use this service.

Related: How Murch’s shop works in Splatoon 3

Before you attempt to reroll a gear ability, we recommend speaking to Murch about scrubbing it. When you scrub the abilities off a gear piece, it leaves behind Ability Chunks, which you can use at his shop to purchase specific Abilities for your gear. The process of obtaining Ability Chunks could be more time-consuming, but it might be more worthwhile for you to do this in the long run, especially if you know what abilities you want on a piece of gear. You do receive Ability Chunks for every ability you reroll with Murch, but it does cost Super Sea Snails to use this service, which is costly.

You can speak with Murch at any time to reroll your ability slots. He’s also willing to boost your gear’s Star Power if you can’t find the item in any of the shops in Splatsville.

How to increase gear ability slots

If you want to increase the number of gear ability slots, you will need to boost the Star Power of that gear piece. There are two ways to do this. You can purchase the item a second time for a larger price at any of the shops in Splatsville, or you can use Super Sea Snails to have Murch do this for you in his shop. Super Sea Snails are more difficult to obtain, as they are through Splatfest, but if you have enough of them and want to immediately unlock a final slot, Murch is a good option, rather than waiting for the shops to reset.

However, before using your Super Sea Snails, it might be a good idea to wait a day or to refresh the shop’s inventory to see if a duplicate item appears.