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Cipher

Cipher is a character that shows up in Splatoon 3's DLC, Side Order. It is a digital entity whose appearance is based upon the Luciferidae prawn, and it runs the shop Cipher's Siftings, which offers various cosmetic items and locker decorations to the player. Cipher's gender identity is unknown, but promotional material from the SplatoonNA Twitter account has referred to Cipher with it/its pronouns.

Cipher's origins are not entirely clear at the present moment. In-game dialogue implies Marina did not create Cipher herself, but whether Cipher was created by another Memverse programmer or if it just came into existence on its own after the defeat of Order is not known. It gets its strange speech patterns from its code being patterned after the blended thoughts of many people brought into the program, and it is currently the only Memverse node beginning to gain awareness of the digital nature of the world. It runs its shop to obtain Prlz, which it uses to learn more about the Memverse because of the knowledge stored inside them.

A picture of the character Cipher on a light pink background with white patterns akin to a computer motherboard. Cipher is a translucent light purple, anthropomorphic, prawn-like creature that wears an off-white robe with a silver belt. There are splatters of pastel pink and blue paint in the background behind it.

"Cipher's Siftings is open for dealing, anytime and for all time."


Official Art


Various concept art drawings of Cipher. The first drawing at the left has it standing at a three-quarters angle to the camera with its left arm extended out to the side. The second has it standing in side profile with its arms down by its sides. The third has it in the same pose, but with a silhouette to show its body shape under the robe. To the top right of the image are various doodles of Cipher's head with its eyestalks looking in various different directions, and beneath those to the left is a drawing of Cipher bending over and looking down toward a small blue jellyfish in off-white shorts, and to the right is a drawing of Cipher sitting cross-legged as if it were meditating.

Concept art of Cipher.


A concept art lineup of various creatures. Numerous light blue jellyfish wearing off-white shorts are stood throughout the lineup. From left to right stands a light blue shrimp-like creature with long front limbs that wears an off-white cape; an orange prawn-like character with large eyes that have squiggly pupils, a tail that hangs from the back of its head like a ponytail, a skinny body adorned with an off-white dress with a silver waistband, and four spindly legs; Cipher; a small yellow shrimp-like creature with a bean-shaped body that stands on four skinny legs like a dog; a fair-skinned humanoid character with four gray, cartoony octopus tentacles for hair and an off-white jumpsuit; another one of the orange prawn-like characters facing in the opposite direction; a large, yellow, quadrupedal prawn-like creature with a massive, rotund head and neck, a long, skinny mouth akin to a bird beak, and a small body with a dog-like tail adorned with an off-white body harness similar to a saddle; and a light blue sea butterfly-like character with a large, round, orange body that has an off-white belt wrapped around it, two skinny arm-like tendrils that hang downward, and two large, round fins on the top of its head.

Concept art lineup of Eight and various Memverse nodes, including Cipher.


A headshot picture of Cipher.

Cipher's in-game badge icon.

A cartoony drawing of Cipher. Its eyes are significantly exaggerated.

Cipher's Tableturf card art.


"Already you bring change to this world. But there is more change to come. Your bringing is incomplete."



"I hope that your desire is found among my siftings."


Fan Art

All art showcased has been placed here with permission from the original artists! Artist credit is underneath each image, and clicking the image takes you to that artist's page.


A drawing of Cipher with colorful pink and green patterns in the background behind it.

Piece by GlazedewArt

A drawing of Cipher with two pearls floating in its hand set on a cream tile background.

Piece by CaptainShivers


A drawing of Cipher on a dark tile background. The camera angle is positioned slightly above Cipher, and there are a few streaks of orange light behind it.

Piece by MythicVortex

A drawing of Cipher on a pastel pink and blue gradient tile background, with white silhouettes of coral and fish behind it.

Piece by Laimusoda


A custom Amiibo figurine of Cipher. It stands on a small black disc that makes up the base of the figurine, and standing with it is a piece of bleached coral and a small blue jellyfish in white shorts.

Piece by WVD Creations


A drawing featuring Cipher and all the different Memverse nodes mentioned in the concept lineup above forming a parade through a white city background. Many of these creatures are carrying baskets of multicolored items hanging from various limbs. The large, yellow prawn-like creature has two pieces of light pink coral stuck to its head like reindeer antlers, and Cipher wears a large, gray, striped clamshell as a hat, with its eyestalks poking up from underneath. Additionally, in the top right corner is text saying 'Happy Holidays', and right below that is another Memverse node named Smollusk. It takes an appearance similar to a freshly-hatched baby octopus, with a translucent white body, black-tipped tentacles, and very light blue eyes. It wears a little cream-colored Santa hat atop its mantle.

Piece by ICam2k


"Gratitude for your persistent support is warranted. I hunger to see what changes you bring."


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