Salmon Ladder

The Salmon Ladder is an obstacle that has appeared in almost, if not every Roblox Ninja competition, and is based off the iconic obstacle from real-life Ninja competitions. While there are many variations of the obstacle such as the Double, Triple, and Swap Salmon Ladders, the main concept is to climb up (or down) a series of rungs, blocks, ledges, or TrussParts.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 1
The first Ninja Warrior of Roblox incarnation of the Salmon Ladder, interestingly enough, was the Swap Salmon Ladder, based off the version from real-life SASUKE 28-30. The original design of the Swap Salmon consisted of two vertical walls parallel each other with small increments of truss acting as landings along the way. This version of the obstacle was surprisingly brutal, eliminating four of the eight competitors to reach it and doing the bulk of the damage in the Second Stage that tournament, but was completely redesigned the following competition.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 2-3
The second version of the Swap Salmon Ladder in Ninja Warrior of Roblox was introduced in Tournament 2. The walls were rotated 90 degrees around a central axis in relation to their former position from the previous competition, so that competitors dismounting the obstacle would be facing the next obstacle immediately. The TrussParts were also replaced by a series of five wooden ledges, similar to that of modern Spider Climbs. Despite these modifications, this new version of the Swap Ladder ended up doing vastly less damage than it had initially, only eliminating one of the ten competitors to reach it. Because of this, it was modified to have slightly larger gaps in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 3. This change too proved ineffective, as of the 23 to face it, none failed it. It was removed in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 4 in favor of the new Salmon Ladder.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 10
The Swap Salmon Ladder returned for one final appearance in the second position of the Second Stage in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 10 as the first tournament's Second Stage Ninja Killer. Because of this, the third version of the obstacle greatly resembled the initial design of the obstacle, replacing the wooden ledges with TrussParts yet again; the biggest difference between the two being that the first two landings were rotated vertically rather than horizontally. Due to the difficulty of the First Stage that tournament, however, only five competitors were able to reach it, all five of which completed it. It was replaced in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 11 in favor of a slightly modified Double Salmon Ladder.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 4
Following the championships of the third competition, the second position was again redesigned--this time into the Salmon Ladder. This new version of the obstacle consisted of seven shelves ascending in height. Competitors would have to stand on the edge of each shelf and jump upward to catch the next and climb up, repeating this until the top. There were few opportunities to make a fatal error on this version of the obstacle, however, and as it went unfailed by the nine to attempt it, it was redesigned the following tournament.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 5-7
The Salmon Ladder was totally redesigned for Ninja Warrior of Roblox 5, now made up of six bars that stretched across both walls, approximately one stud thick apiece. These bars were in various positions forward and backward along the wall, forcing competitors to be precise with their jumps upward to avoid jumping too short of or overshooting the next bar. Despite this redesign, no competitor to attempt it failed it in both the fifth and sixth tournaments. Because of this, the obstacle was again modified in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 7 to have larger gaps, as well as the addition of a seventh bar at the end of the obstacle. These modifications did add some level of difficulty to the climb, as only then did it claim its only two victims before being redesigned into the Double Salmon Ladder in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 8.

Double Salmon Ladder


Following the victories of cjew10 and AirborneProjectile in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 7, the Salmon Ladder was again redesigned in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 8, this time into the Double Salmon Ladder. The singular blue wall was split into two gray walls with three bars apiece with a large gap in between. Each bar was now exclusively forward in relation to the last rather than being highly varied as they were in the previous version. Due to the extreme difficulty of the First Stage in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 8 and 9, however, only four people even reached this obstacle in both tournaments combined, and were able to complete it. After its replacement by the Swap Salmon Ladder in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 10, it returned for its final appearance in the eleventh competition, modified to be slightly tougher. This modification turned the Double Salmon into one of the biggest focus points in the history of the Second Stage in Ninja Warrior of Roblox, eliminating four of the seven competitors to attempt it including established veteran iluvsasuke17, New Star doctorpeepee, and two-time champion RealityPalez. Despite its difficulty, it was once more redesigned into the Triple Salmon Ladder following BunpeiShiratori's championship that same competition.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 12-17
The Salmon Ladder was completely redesigned again in Ninja Warrior of Roblox 12 into the Triple Salmon Ladder. This new version of the the obstacle consisted of six rungs: competitors would first jump from wall-to-wall to reach the second, go up one, jump back to the first wall to reach the fourth, go up one more, and jump back to the second wall once more to reach the sixth rung and complete the obstacle. This fourth version of the Salmon Ladder was incredibly tougher than any of its predecessors, eliminating five of the first eight competitors to challenge it that competition, including veteran and future All-Star AussieBro and New Star Ninjas4Life55. The obstacle would later be modified to have seven rungs, adding one final upward jump after the sixth.

Ninja Warrior of Roblox 18-22
However, with the course's complete redesign by dev1179 (later taken over by Firippu) for Ninja Warrior of Roblox 18, the Salmon Ladder was again redesigned. The Triple Salmon Ladder remained, but it now followed a much more traditional concept for the Salmon Ladder: outward-then-inward jumps. Consisting of seven rungs, competitors jumped from rung to rung, with each wall-to-wall gap also moving upward. This final version of the obstacle remained quite difficult, eliminating many competitors throughout its lifespan.

SASUKE Roblox
The Salmon Ladder returned for modern SASUKE Roblox as the fourth obstacle of the Second Stage. This version of the obstacle consisted of five rungs, all of which had gaps of about just over five studs. These close gaps forced competitors to be much more precise with their movements, and eliminated JonTheGreat8000 and Bwitters in its first appearance. While it eliminated nobody in SASUKE Roblox 2, Gman992421 slipped down on it in the Battle Royale in his rush to beat out AussieBro in the second round of matches.

The Salmon Ladder returned in SASUKE Roblox 3 with a scripted mechanic. As competitors advanced up the ladder, the lower rungs would become inaccessible, meaning slipping down would cause the competitor to fall into the water. As a result, the gap between the first and second rung was increased to about six studs to avoid deactivating the first rung while mounting the obstacle.

In SASUKE Roblox 1 and 2 this obstacle transitioned directly into the Wingnuts, and transitioned directly into a lache bar to the Double Twister in the third competition.

SHINOBI
The Salmon Ladder also appeared in the third tournament of SHINOBI as the second obstacle of the 2nd ZONE. Competitors jumped onto the first ledge from a platform up four rungs, each of which extended further out than the last. This version of the obstacle replaced the Salmon Ladder Kudari from SHINOBI 2, and transitioned directly into Lunar Lane.

Icewolf Warrior
The Salmon Ladder appeared in each of the first eight tournaments of Ninja Roblox Icewolf Warrior. It was redesigned in the third tournament, and again in the fourth. The third version of the obstacle, pictured, consisted of a mounted float pad leading to a five-rung climb that required competitors to jump outward then move back in. Notably, the Salmon Ladder in Icewolf Warrior never had the same obstacle immediately following it more than once in all eight tournaments of its lifespan. It was replaced by the Double Salmon Ladder in Ninja Roblox Icewolf Warrior 9.

Ninja Coolio Warrior
Not much is known about the original Salmon Ladder that appeared in the first, second, and seventh Ninja Coolio Warrior competitions, other than that each jump followed a traditional Salmon Ladder-style technique of jumping out then in.

The Salmon Ladder returned in Ninja Coolio Warrior 20 as the second obstacle of the Second Stage. This version of the obstacle had only three rungs, and led directly into the Stick Slider.

Ninja Bloxxer
The second obstacle of the Second Stage in Ninja Bloxxer for the first three competitions was the Double Salmon Ladder, although it was relatively undamaging throughout its lifespan, only eliminating Yusuke_Morichoco in Ninja Bloxxer 2 and brycebry1 in Ninja Bloxxer 3. This version of the obstacle consisted of five rungs straight up, a large forward jump, and one final wall with four more rungs, then a transition to either the Stick Slider or Spider Walk.

Icewolf Warrior
The Double Salmon Ladder also appeared in Ninja Roblox Icewolf Warrior 9 and 10, replacing the Salmon Ladder from the first eight seasons. Following the course renewal, it would be replaced by the Salmon Ladder Nobori and Salmon Ladder Kudari in Icewolf Warrior Rising 11.

Ninja Coolio Warrior
The Ninja Coolio Warrior versions of the Double Salmon Ladder were much closer in design to that of the Ninja Warrior of Roblox version, with the jump between each bar being forward in relation to each previous bar. The first wall contained four rungs, while the second had three. In Ninja Coolio Warrior 15, the Double Salmon Ladder was redesigned for a new era. While it functioned very similarly to the way it had in the past, it received a major aesthetic upgrade.In Ninja Coolio Warrior 17, the Double Salmon Ladder was reduced to just four rungs, with two on each wall.

In Ninja Coolio Warrior 18, a third rung was added to the first wall. The Double Salmon Ladder was removed in Ninja Coolio Warrior 19 in favor of the Salmon Ladder Nobori/Kudari.

Ninja Bloxxer
The Salmon Ladder Nobori/Kudari replaced the Double Salmon Ladder in Ninja Bloxxer 4, acting as one singular obstacle. In the two tournaments the first version appeared in, it did about the same amount of damage its predecessor did, eliminating two competitors. It was redesigned in Ninja Bloxxer 6 to have much closer rungs, forcing competitors to be much more careful and precise when jumping. It also dismounts to a platform instead of directly to another obstacle.

SHINOBI
The Salmon Ladder Kudari appeared alone in the first two competitions of SHINOBI as the second obstacle of the 2nd ZONE. This version of the obstacle consisted only of three rungs, but skipping the first or second rungs would result in an automatic disqualification. In SHINOBI 1, competitors raised a platform out of the water at the end of the obstacle to proceed to the Brick Climb, while in SHINOBI 2 it transitioned directly into the Bungee Bridge. It was relatively easy, eliminating three competitors in SHINOBI 1 and none in SHINOBI 2. It was replaced by the Salmon Ladder in SHINOBI 3.

Icewolf Warrior
The Salmon Ladder Nobori and Salmon Ladder Kudari appeared in Icewolf Warrior Rising 11, 12, and 13 as two separate obstacles, with the upward ladder leading directly into the downward ladder. The Nobori ladder had four rungs, while the Kudari ladder had three. In Icewolf Warrior Rising 13, the obstacles were redesigned, and the downward ladder was given an extra rung at the beginning, bringing it to four. Each rung was now of the DiamondPlate material rather than the Neon it had been previously, the rung colors were changed the red from blue (save for the fourth rung of the Nobori, which was turned yellow), and the design on the sides of the ladders were turned yellow from green.

Ninja Coolio Warrior
The Salmon Ladder Nobori/Kudari made a singular appearance as one combined obstacle in the Second Stage of Ninja Coolio Warrior 19. Competitors would climb a few short rungs upward, transition to a second wall, and repeat the process downward. The Salmon Ladder Nobori/Kudari was removed in favor of a traditional Salmon Ladder following the Second Stage renewal in Ninja Coolio Warrior 20.

Down Up Salmon Ladder
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