Gunyolk
| Gunyolk | |
|---|---|
 The Gunyolk from Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) | |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
- “Harrumph! You'll be fodder for my incredible invention, the "Gunyolk"!”
- —Factory Chief, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
The Gunyolk is a large mechanical monster created by the Factory Chief and appears in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The Gunyolk and the Factory Chief are the last enemies that are encountered before Smithy. It resembles a heavily armored combination of a locomotive and a tank with a large vat of molten metal in the back. The molten metal is shown to have a face when it is exposed during one of the Gunyolk's attack animations.
Battle[edit]
The Gunyolk uses the Breaker Beam every 2nd turn, which was previously used by the Blade; unlike it, however, the Gunyolk does not need to recharge after using it. On odd-numbered turns, the Gunyolk chooses from a pair of attack pools. The first has a 33% chance of using Echofinder, which hits one character for 1.5x the damage of its normal attack and inflicts Mute, and uses a normal attack otherwise; the second pool has a 66% chance of using the Fire-attribute Fire Saber to inflict moderate magic damage, and a 33% chance of using the Thunder-attribute Electroshock, which can inflict even more magic damage.
The Gunyolk has no resistance to status ailments. It is additionally weak to Ice and Thunder.
A palette swap of the Gunyolk exists that is unused in the game. It normally only attacks, but will use Lightning Orb every six turns.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunyolk | |||||||||
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HP | 1500 | FP | 100 | Speed | 25 | |||
| Location(s) | Factory | Attack | 200 | Magic attack | 120 | ||||
| Role | Boss | Defense | 130 | Magic defense | 80 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | None | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | Breaker Beam, Mega Drain, Electroshock | ||||
| Weak | Thunder, Ice | Strong | Fire, Critical | Sp. attacks | Echofinder | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 100 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "If we're defeated, the boss is alone!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunyolk | |||||||||
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HP | 1500 | Weak Elements |  
|
Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 100 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Factory | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | Smithy didn't even make this. A mere Factory Chief was the one who invented it. In that light, does it still qualify as a monster? | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "If we're beaten, there'll be no one to watch the boss's back!" | ||||||||
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Gallery[edit]
Official artwork from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Idle sprite from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
The Gunyolk with its metal exposed in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
The unused variant of the Gunyolk
The Gunyolk with its metal exposed in the Nintendo Switch remake
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ラスダーン[?] Rasudān |
Comes from「ラスダン」(rasudan), which is from a clipping of the slang video game term "last dungeon" | |
| Chinese | 拉斯丹[?] Lāsīdān |
Transliteration of Japanese name | |
| Dutch | Megamagma X[?] | Mega-magma X | |
| French | Thermutank[?] | Blend of thermique ("thermal"), "mutant", and "tank" | |
| German | Pyropanzer[?] | Pyro-tank | |
| Italian | Magmarmato[?] | Portmanteau of "magma" and carro armato ("tank") | |
| Korean | 라스던[?] Raseudeon |
From the Japanese name | |
| Spanish | Mecamagma[?] | Portmanteau of meca- (the prefix "mecha-") and "magma" |
