# Tater Twister
> Tater Twister is an evolution in tibo.dog. More hash-brown wheels circle Tibo on a wider orbit and hit harder, spinning as fast as he runs. When he stands still they slow to a crawl.
Source page: https://www.tibodog.wiki/weapons/tater-twister · Wiki updated 6 Nov 2026, 03:55 UTC · Game version 75 (`main-CSuyb4iv.js`, data synced 5 Nov 2026, 21:45 UTC)
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| Tater Twister | |
|---|---|
| Type | Evolution |
| Trigger | Continuous; movement sets pace |
| Attack | Orbiting wheels spin and hit faster while moving (`twirl`) |
| Damage | 204 |
| Cooldown (s) | 0 |
| Amount | 4 |
| Area | 1.3 |
| Speed | 5.6 |
| Duration (s) | 0.5 |
| Pierce | 99 |
| Knockback | 1 |
| Interval (s) | 0.1 |
| Evolves from | [Tater Twirl](/weapons/tater-twirl) (level 8) + [Salt Shaker](/passives/salt-shaker) |
**Tater Twister** is an evolution in tibo.dog. In-game description: “More hash-brown wheels circle Tibo on a wider orbit and hit harder, spinning as fast as he runs. When he stands still they slow to a crawl.”
## Overview
Tater Twister is the evolution of [Tater Twirl](/weapons/tater-twirl), made by opening a [chest](/chests) with Tater Twirl at level 8 and [Salt Shaker](/passives/salt-shaker) owned. It keeps the same movement-driven wheels but has 5 of them (raw Amount 4 plus Tibo's base +1 projectile), each hitting for 204 instead of 120, on a wider orbit.
Like Tater Twirl, it is strongest while Tibo runs: at walking pace a pest touched by a wheel is hit every 0.2 s, and standing still slows that to about once every 1.7 s.
## How it works
The pace, hit-rate and spin rules are the same as [Tater Twirl](/weapons/tater-twirl#how-it-works). With Tater Twister's values:
- **Orbit.** 36 units × √Area, about 41 units at its Area of 1.3 (Tater Twirl at level 8: about 34).
- **Wheel size.** Hit circle of 8 × Area, about 10.4 units.
- **Spin.** 5.6 rad/s (about 0.9 turns per second) at walking pace, up to twice that at maximum pace. Salt Shaker's projectile speed counts at half strength for the spin. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `return t.raw.speed*(1+.5*(e.loadout.stats.projSpeedMult-1))}(e,t)*a.pace`]
- **Hit rate.** Still shared across all wheels: five wheels sweep more ground, but each pest is limited to one hit per `hitInterval` ÷ pace.
**Measured** in the headless sim (`tools/play.mjs`, build 41 `main-B2gf34bA.js`, Standard, Normal, god mode, seeds `s1`, `s2` and `s3`; the seeded starting weapon removed, the weapon given with `give`, spawning stopped after 4 s of play and the pests already on the field held at fixed spots with 10⁹ HP): 5 wheels on a 41-unit orbit. A pest moved along with a wheel every tick was hit every 12 ticks (0.2 s) while Tibo walked and every 100 ticks (1.67 s) while he stood still. All three seeds gave the same figures.
## Tips
- Move-speed bonuses are the main way to speed it up, since they raise the pace (up to double) and with it both spin and hit rate.
- The wheels only reach about 41 units out, so consider pairing it with a ranged weapon for pests that keep their distance.
## Stats
Values are the raw numbers from the game's definitions, before Tibo's global stat multipliers, difficulty and time scaling. In play, Tibo's base stats add **+1 amount** to every weapon except aura, cone, nuke and ring weapons, and make every duration **×1.25** (see [Stats](/stats)). Field names in `code` are the game's internal names. Attack descriptions such as “Melee slash” are this wiki's summary of the internal attack `kind`.
Evolutions have no level-ups in the game data; they use these fixed raw values.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Damage | 204 |
| Cooldown (s) | 0 |
| Amount | 4 |
| Area | 1.3 |
| Speed | 5.6 |
| Duration (s) | 0.5 |
| Pierce | 99 |
| Knockback | 1 |
| Interval (s) | 0.1 |
### Behaviour parameters
Raw parameters of the attack (`behavior`), copied from the game definition. What they do in play is explained under [How it works](#how-it-works) above.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| `kind` | bigUpdate |
| `variant.kind` | twirl |
| `variant.size` | 8 |
| `variant.orbitRadius` | 36 |
| `variant.hitInterval` | 0.2 |
| `variant.crawl` | 0.12 |
| `variant.maxPace` | 2 |
| `variant.riseSec` | 0.12 |
## Obtaining
- Get [Tater Twirl](/weapons/tater-twirl) to level 8 while owning [Salt Shaker](/passives/salt-shaker) (any level), then open a [chest](/chests). See [Evolutions](/evolutions).
## Names in other languages
**Verified**: the name the game shows when another language is selected in Settings, from its translation files. [i18n-ja-content-DO6GrqHt.js: `"content.weapon.tater-twister.name":["ポテト大旋風"]`] See [Languages](/controls#languages).
Show names in 26 languages
| Language | Code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 简体中文 · Simplified Chinese | `zh-CN` | 土豆大旋风 |
| 繁體中文 · Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | `zh-TW` | 馬鈴薯大旋風 |
| 日本語 · Japanese | `ja` | ポテト大旋風 |
| 한국어 · Korean | `ko` | 회오리 감자 |
| Español · Spanish | `es` | Tornado de papas |
| हिन्दी · Hindi | `hi` | आलू बवंडर |
| Deutsch · German | `de` | Puffertornado |
| Français · French | `fr` | Tornade patate |
| Português (Brasil) · Brazilian Portuguese | `pt` | Tornado-batata |
| Türkçe · Turkish | `tr` | Mücver Hortumu |
| Bahasa Indonesia · Indonesian | `id` | Tornado Kentang |
| Русский · Russian | `ru` | Вихрь драников |
| Bahasa Melayu · Malay | `ms` | Taufan Kentang |
| Filipino | `fil` | Buhawing Patatas |
| मराठी · Marathi | `mr` | बटाटा वावटळ |
| Tiếng Việt · Vietnamese | `vi` | Lốc Xoáy Khoai |
| తెలుగు · Telugu | `te` | ఆలూ చక్రవాతం |
| தமிழ் · Tamil | `ta` | உருளைப் புயல் |
| বাংলা · Bengali | `bn` | আলুর টর্নেডো |
| ไทย · Thai | `th` | พายุหมุนมันฝรั่ง |
| Hausa | `ha` | Guguwar Dankali |
| Naijá · Nigerian Pidgin | `pcm` | Potato Twister |
| العربية · Arabic | `ar` | زوبعة البطاطس |
| فارسی · Persian | `fa` | گردباد سیبزمینی |
| עברית · Hebrew | `he` | טורנדו תפודים |
| اردو · Urdu | `ur` | آلو گردباد |
-content` files of `main-CSuyb4iv.js` (`data/i18n-names.json`)