Gyroid
Gyroids are furniture items in the Animal Crossing series. Each gyroid moves and make noises in a rhythm, and if music is playing nearby, they will sync their movement to it. In all games, gyroids appear in dig spots the day after it rains or snows. In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they are also formed when a gyroid fragment is buried and watered.
In all games prior to New Horizons, the original 127 gyroids from Doubutsu no Mori are retained. Each gyroid is part of a family, which contains two to four sizes of gyroids that share the same design. In New Horizons, the original gyroid families are replaced by 36 all-new individual gyroids.
All gyroids sell for 828 Bells in all games, a reference to the Japanese pronunciation of "828" (happyaku ni juu hachi), which contains the syllables for haniwa, the Japanese name of gyroids and the real-world historical Japanese terracotta figures which gyroids are based on.
Appearances[edit]
In Animal Crossing[edit]
A total of 127 gyroids appear in Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+. Gyroids cannot spawn in the acres that contain the player houses, the wishing well, the train station, the lake, or the dump. A total of fourteen gyroids can be turned on in a single room at once.
Gyroids can also be obtained from Wisp. In Doubutsu no Mori only, Redd sells gyroids for 1,000 Bells during Fireworks Festivals.
In Wild World[edit]
All gyroids from Animal Crossing return in Animal Crossing: Wild World. A total of four gyroids can be turned on in a single room at once.
In City Folk[edit]
All gyroids from previous games return in Animal Crossing: City Folk. A total of eight gyroids can be turned on in a single room at once.
After the player drinks seven cups of coffee at The Roost, Brewster allows them to store their gyroids with him.
In New Leaf[edit]
All gyroids from previous games return in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, in addition to four new ones—the brewstoids—received from Brewster after working part-time at The Roost. A total of four gyroids can be turned on in a single room at once.
Four gyroids appear on the stage at Club LOL, and they can be swapped out for ones of the player's choice.
In New Horizons[edit]
Gyroids were added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons in the 2.0 Free Update. They can be obtained by burying a gyroid fragment, watering it, and digging it up after a day. The player will likely receive their first gyroid fragment when they meet Brewster on a boat tour island while unlocking The Roost. However, fragments can be found buried on Kapp'n's Mystery Islands even before meeting Brewster, and have a 30% chance per day to wash up on the shore of the main island. Growing at least one gyroid on the main island unlocks the ability for gyroids to spawn in dig spots on the main island on days following rainfall. Additionally, fully formed gyroids can be found on the "RareHaniwa" boat tour island type.
All gyroids in New Horizons can be placed on tables and hung on walls. Unlike in previous games, there is no limit to how many gyroids can be turned on at once.
All gyroids can also be customized at a DIY workbench for one customization kit or by Cyrus at Harv's Island for 
1,000 Bells, and have at least four variations. The exception to this is the brewstoid, which has only one variation. The dootoid, petaloid, rumbloid, and spikenoid have the most variations with 7 each, and there are 189 total variations.
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Alloid family[edit]Alloids make a sound similar to a steel drum. Derived from "alloy," a metal made from two or more different metals. Alloid family Bovoid family[edit]Bovoids make a mooing noise, from "bovine." Bovoid family Bowtoid family[edit]Bowtoids wear bow ties. They make a fast, repetitive sound and dance. Bowtoid family
Brewstoid family[edit]Brewstoids make the sound of coffee pouring. They are non-obtainable prior to New Leaf. 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. Brewstoid family
Buzzoid family[edit]Buzzoids make a buzzing noise. Buzzoid family
Clankoid family[edit]Clankoids sound like pots and pans banging. They appear to look like garbage cans. Clankoid family
Croakoid family[edit]Croakoids croak like a frog. Croakoid family
Dekkoid family[edit]Dekkoids sound a little bit like they are saying "dekkai," meaning huge. Dekkoid family Dingloid family[edit]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. Dingloid family
Dinkoid family[edit]Dinkoids are a lot like sputnoids, but silver. Dinkoid family Drilloid family[edit]Drilloids make a drilling noise. Drilloid family Droploid family[edit]The Droploid makes a "plop, plop, plop" sound, like water falling. There is only one member of the droploid family. Droploid family
Echoid family[edit]Echoids make an echoing noise. Echoid family Fizzoid family[edit]Fizzoids sound like the fizz of opening a pop bottle. Fizzoid family Freakoid family[edit]Freakoids make screaming noises. The mega freakoid is higher-pitched than the mini freakoid. Freakoid family Gargloid family[edit]Gargloids sound like a man gargling water. Compare this to the warbloids. Gargloid family Gongoid family[edit]These sound like a gong. They closely resemble Lloid and the gyroid from the original Animal Crossing. Gongoid family
Harmonoid family[edit]Harmonoids make a sound like a steam organ. Harmonoid family
Howloid family[edit]Howloids make a screeching howl. Howloid family Lamentoid family[edit]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. Lamentoid family
Lullaboid family[edit]Lullaboids make a soothing sound akin to a music box. Lullaboid family
Metatoid family[edit]Metatoids make a metallic rattling sound. Metatoid family Nebuloid family[edit]Nebuloids sound like a vibrating beep. Derived from "nebula," a cloud of dust floating in space. Nebuloid family
Oboid family[edit]Oboids make a sound akin to an oboe. Oboid family Oombloid family[edit]Oombloids make an "oom" sound. Oombloid family
Percoloid family[edit]Percoloids sound like hitting a hollow tree trunk. They themselves look like tree trunks. Percoloid family Plinkoid family[edit]Plinkoids sound like tiny wooden bells. Plinkoid family Poltergoid family[edit]Poltergoids make a scary shriek. Derived from "poltergeist," a ghost that causes physical disturbances. Poltergoid family
Puffoid family[edit]Puffoids sound like a person blowing on a pan flute. Puffoid family Quazoid family[edit]Quazoids make futuristic-sounding noises. Derived from "quasar," a light-emitting active galactic nucleus. Quazoid family
Rhythmoid family[edit]Rhythmoids are in tune with the music (prior to Animal Crossing: New Leaf). Rhythmoid family Rustoid family[edit]These make a clanking noise, like rusted metal. Rustoid family Sproid family[edit]Sproids make a noise similar to that of a spring. Sproid family
Sputnoid family[edit]Sputnoid, from the satellite Sputnik, make the noise of a spacecraft drifting through space. These gyroids have metallic bodies and large, colorful panels. Sputnoid family
Squelchoid family[edit]Squelchoid sound like squeaks. Squelchoid family Strumboid family[edit]Strumboids make sounds similar to a guitar, from the word "strumming." Strumboid family
Timpanoid family[edit]Timpanoids sound like timpani drums. Timpanoid family Tootoid family[edit]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. Tootoid family Warbloid family[edit]Warbloids sound like a woman gargling water. Compare this to the gargloid family. |
Gallery[edit]
Screenshots[edit]
Various gyroids placed in a room in Animal Crossing: City Folk
Assets[edit]
Icons[edit]
Sprites and models[edit]
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing
(Test map model)
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Brewstoid models in Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Merchandise[edit]
Toy from the "Let's Make a Forest" series
Toy from the "Let's Make a Forest" series
Real-world information[edit]
Haniwa are historical Japanese terracotta figures that were made during the Kofun period (c. 300 to 538 CE). They were buried with the dead as funerary objects.
More information on this topic is available at Wikipedia.
