Gyroid

"Have you ever seen those Gyroids up on the stage at the club? It's weird, but I didn't actually put them there. They just appeared out of the blue one day. How bizarre!"

- Dr. Shrunk



Gyroids (はにわ, Haniwa) are furniture items in the, primarily used as furniture inside the player's house. They spawn randomly buried in the ground, like fossils, but only after rainy or snowy days—lazy villagers in claim that they must like the rain.

The name "Gyroid" likely originates from the word "gyrate," meaning to spin, referencing the motion that Gyroids make.

Each and every Gyroid is unique in its own way: the way it sounds, how fast the tempo is, and pitch all depend on the size of the Gyroid and which family it belongs to. If one of K.K. Slider's songs is played on a stereo, the Gyroid will match the tempo of the song so that they synchronize.

In, , and , Gyroids cannot be found in the acres that contain the player houses, the wishing well, the train station, the lake, or the dump.

In, four Gyroids are present in Club LOL, and may be swapped out for other Gyroids; however, they may never be added to or taken.

A number of Gyroids may be active at a time before one of them automatically turns off:
 * Fourteen in
 * Eight in
 * Four in and

If a Gyroid is sold to Tom Nook, Timmy and Tommy, or Reese it is worth 828 Bells. If a Gyroid is placed within a house, it is worth 828 HRA points.

Gyroid Storage
In, upon befriending Brewster in The Roost, he will allow the player to store Gyroids with him, freeing up space from the player's storage. This is not available in other games.

List of Gyroids
There are 127 Gyroids available since. The Brewstoid family was added in, bringing the number to 131. Not all Gyroid families have all the sizes of Gyroids, and a few do not have a neutral size.

Alloid family
Alloids make a sound similar to a steel drum. Derived from "alloy," a metal made from two or more different metals.

Bovoid family
Bovoids make a mooing noise, from "bovine."

Bowtoid family
Bowtoids wear bow ties. They make a fast, repetitive sound and dance.

Brewstoid family
Brewstoids make the sound of coffee pouring. They are non-obtainable prior to. They resemble their creator, Brewster, and can be acquired only by working part-time at the Roost Cafe, and getting a certain number of customers' orders correct.

Buzzoid family
Buzzoids make a buzzing noise.

Clankoid family
Clankoids sound like pots and pans banging. They appear to look like garbage cans.

Croakoid family
Croakoids croak like a frog.

Dekkoid family
Dekkoids sound a little bit like they are saying "dekkai," meaning huge.

Dingloid family
Dingloids, as their name suggests, make bell sounds. The Wee Dingloid is the only "Wee" Gyroid and is very similar to the Mini Dingloid, except it appears to have no mouth.

Dinkoid family
Dinkoids are a lot like Sputnoids, but silver.

Drilloid family
Drilloids make a drilling noise.

Droploid family
The Droploid makes a "plop, plop, plop" sound, like water falling. There is only one member of the Droploid family.

Echoid family
Echoids make an echoing noise.

Fizzoid family
Fizzoids sound like the fizz of opening a pop bottle.

Freakoid family
Freakoids sound like crying babies.

Gargloid family
Gargloids sound like a man gargling water. Compare this to the Warbloids.

Gongoid family
These sound like a gong. They closely resemble Lloid and the Gyroid from the original.

Harmonoid family
Harmonoids make a sound like a steam organ.

Howloid family
Howloids make a screeching howl.

Lamentoid family
Lamentoids are based on the word "lament," and make rattling sounds when they spin. They do not have the same facial features as most Gyroids do.

Lullaboid family
Lullaboids make a soothing sound akin to a music box.

Metatoid family
Metatoids make a metallic rattling sound.

Nebuloid family
Nebuloids sound like a vibrating beep. Derived from "nebula," a cloud of dust floating in space.

Oboid family
Oboids make a sound akin to an oboe.

Oombloid family
Oombloids make an "oom" sound.

Percoloid family
Percoloids sound like hitting a hollow tree trunk. They themselves look like tree trunks.

Plinkoid family
Plinkoids sound like tiny wooden bells.

Poltergoid family
Poltergoids make a scary shriek. Derived from "poltergeist," a ghost that causes physical disturbances.

Puffoid family
Puffoids sound like a person blowing on a pan flute.

Quazoid family
Quazoids make futuristic-sounding noises. Derived from "quasar," a light-emitting active galactic nucleus.

Rhythmoid family
Rhythmoids are in tune with the music (prior to ).

Rustoid family
These make a clanking noise, like rusted metal.

Sproid family
Sproids make a noise similar to that of a spring.

Sputnoid family
Sputnoid, from the satellite Sputnik, make the noise of a spacecraft drifting through space. These Gyroids have metallic bodies and large, colorful panels.

Squelchoid family
Squelchoid sound like squeaks.

Strumboid family
Strumboids make sounds similar to a guitar, from the word "strumming."

Timpanoid family
Timpanoids sound like timpani drums.

Tootoid family
Tootoids make a noise that sounds like flatulence. The Mega Tootoid has a higher pitch than the Tootoid, which is unusual for the Mega variant.

Warbloid family
Warbloids sound like a woman gargling water. Compare this to the Gargloid family.

Trivia

 * Gyroids, known in Japan as haniwa, are funerary objects from the Kofun period buried with the dead and thought to serve as a container and protector for the soul.
 * Gyroids sell for 828 Bells and score 828 HRA points. This is a reference to the Japanese pronunciation of "828" ( ha ppyaku ni ju u ha chi). The underlined letters indicate the sounds that spell out haniwa, the Japanese name for Gyroid.