Boss Battle: The Octo Oven

Boss Kettle Entrance

After you collect all three Zapfish from the separate lairs, the Boss Kettle in the center of the platform opens, allowing you to take on Octo Canyon’s first boss, the Octo Oven.

Sheldon Request

Since you haven’t unlocked any other weapons yet, you must confront this boss with your Hero Shot and Splat Bombs. Although its rate of fire isn’t all that impressive, the Hero Shot can get the job done. But don’t forget to replay this boss battle once you acquire more weapons and upgrades.

Round 1

The Octo Oven isn’t just a clever nickname. This boss is a real oven capable of baking bread…and splatting Inklings. Lateral movement is key to avoiding getting smacked by one of the loaves of bread extending from the oven doors. Watch the oven doors closely—they rattle just before ejecting a loaf of bread. Each extended loaf leaves behind a thick patch of purple ink, so keep spreading ink of your own to prevent getting bogged down. Ink the area around the oven and swim laterally to avoid getting hit by the extending loaves.

Eventually the bread loaves extend for a longer period of time, creating makeshift steps to the top of the oven. Ink the sides of the bread and swim upward, squid-jumping from the lower loaf to the upper loaf. Once on the second loaf, ink the side of the oven and swim upward to reach the top. Here you find a tentacle. Immediately shoot the tentacle as fast as you can to inflict damage. When the tentacle explodes, you automatically jump down from the oven—time to get ready for Round 2!

Round 2

The Octo Oven introduces some vertical columns of ink at the start of the second round, so maneuvering becomes a bit more challenging. These columns appear around the platform’s perimeter. This requires you to operate closer to the Octo Oven, giving you less time to react to the extending loaves of bread. Continue moving laterally to avoid getting hit by the loaves, and wait for your opportunity to climb atop the oven so you can attack the tentacle.

Round 3

In the final round, the Octo Oven pulls out all the stops, distributing more columns of ink and deploying a glazing machine, which rains down purple ink from an extended arm. Keep moving laterally to avoid getting splatted by the glazing machine. When the machine retracts, get ready to avoid more protruding loaves of bread.

This time the loaves are partially coated in armor. These metallic armor pieces can’t be inked, reducing the surface area necessary to climb to the top of the oven. Focus your fire on the unarmored pieces of bread while traversing from loaf to loaf. Keep working your way up the oven until you can finally target the tentacle at the top. Splatting the third tentacle causes the Octo Oven to explode, leaving behind 50 Power Eggs, a Sardinium, and the area’s final Zapfish. Collect them all to complete the boss fight. You can now proceed to Area 02.