The Whirlygig is one of the levels in Fall Guys. It is a COURSE level and was first introduced in the beta version. It is one of three gauntlets available in Season 1 (Legacy).
Course description[]
Standard version[]
The first section of The Whirlygig consists of four round platforms with spinning beams. At the end of the section there is a wall, which the player has to climb by grabbing or by using the lower walls nearby. The second section simply consists of passing through a door and avoiding a giant spinning blade that can throw the player away. By the way, the blade spins quite slowly. Then there is a section where the player has just to walk, without going against bouncing obstacles. After other slow blades, that can barely hit, now the player has to go uphill, with a moving conveyor belt that avoids the player to find the right timing easily, and pass through another door with a faster spinning blade. The ending section consists of several platforms with beams, symmetrically to the left or to the right. The player can choose one way or another. There is also a faster, but harder, way in the middle, that consists of another conveyor belt which leads to another passage obstructed by a very fast spinning blade. All these ways lead to the final platform with a rotating beam, from which the player has to jump to the final uphill, obstructed by huge windmill blades, that move slow but sometimes make the jump impossible to do by covering the entire passage. The uphill leads to the finish line.
Variations[]
| Name | Availability | Season introduced | Description | Picture |
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| Standard version | Available | Season 1 (Legacy) | The standard version of The Whirlygig. | 
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| Big Yeetus | Available | Big Yeetus and Anti-Cheatus | A Yeetus is placed on the first Conveyor Belt. This Yeetus is different from all others, as it spins at a slower speed.
This Variation also removes the Rotating Beams before it, the reason for this is unknown. |
 
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| Rotating Hammers Variation | Available | Six Rotating Hammers are placed between the three Spinning Blades and the first Conveyor Ramp. | 
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| Opposite Spin Variation | Available | The Spinning Blades are spinning to the left instead of the right. | 
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| Thicc Bonkus Variation | Available | Fan Big Yeet Little | Three Thicc Bonkuses are placed between the three Spinning Blades and the first Conveyor Ramp. | 
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| Spinning Plate Variation | Available | The floating Rotating Beam platforms are replaced by Spinning Plates. | 
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| Double Beam Variation | Available | The large Rotating Beam platform now has two spokes. A few extra Beam platforms are also placed on the outside. | 
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| Lil' Yeety | Available | A Lil' Yeety is placed behind the Conveyor Ramp before the Checkpoint. | 
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| The Whirlygig X | Available; only in X-Treme Games. | Dave | All Checkpoints will be disabled and falling will result in elimination. | 
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| Aloy's Blaze Canister Variation | Vaulted; only ever in Aloy's Blaze Canister Mayhem | Season 6 (Legacy) | A few Pegwins are placed in front of the Start Line. Three Rhinos also appear between the three Spinning Blades and the first Conveyor Ramp. |  
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| The large Rotating Beam platform will no longer have a Beam, but instead have one Rhino on it. | 
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| Start Trolley Spinner Variation | Available | Season 2 | The starting Rotating Beams are each replaced by a Trolley Bot carrying a Spinning Blade. | 
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| Trolley Spinner Variation | Available | Two Trolley Bots carrying Spinning Blades are placed between the three Spinning Blades and the first Conveyor Ramp. | 
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| Hover Platforms Variation | Available | A Conveyor Belt is placed between two Rotating Beam platforms, a Hover Platform periodically block of the way.
Another Hover Platform moves alongside the Conveyor and eventually folds and hovers to the final ramp. |
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Bots[]
As of 7 April 2022, The Whirlygig is one of the few rounds that can be selected should the lobby be filled with bots (which were introduced in the UI Update).
Course strategy[]
Standard version[]
The Whirlygig is an extremely common early Race round that is relatively simple for the newbie to jump in and get up to grips with the platforming mechanics, while still leaving room for the veterans to speed through with advanced strategies. The first section can be easily traversed by just jumping over the spinning beams normally and walking forwards, but to save time, observe the direction of the beams and try to position yourself in a manner that lets the beams hit you forward.
Following the beams, there are multiple ways to pass this next section. Standing directly before the wall, jumping and grabbing on the ledge to pull yourself up is one, but it tends to be slower. It is slightly faster to jump onto the yellow steps and then further use those to jump up, but beware of other players all attempting to do the same thing. The fastest way is to use the conveyor belt directly before the ledge, jump at the end of it, and dive onto the ledge. Carefully dodge the spinning blade after that and go past; getting hit by it will likely result in loss of control for a while.
The next bit is quite easy, walk forward past the bumpers, cross the spinning blades by going in between two blades. Then go up the conveyor belt and go past the fan. You can always walk backwards on the belt if you're worried about being knocked off by the blade.
For the section directly after that, the fastest path is to go up the belt (on the leftmost if the blade is spinning anticlockwise, and vice-versa), and dive before reaching the top. If timed right, even if you are hit by the blade, you should still make it past the blade. If you cannot get it right, just go to the safer paths with the spinning beams. There is a jump with a very low margin of error from the first platform with beams to the platform directly after the spinning blade. From there, the rest is straightforward - jump over the beams, time it right with the giant fan in the last section, and you'll have qualified from this round.
Alternate versions[]
- You can still use the conveyor belt to get momentum and jump onto the ledge, but the Yeetus makes timing the belt traversal slightly trickier.
- The hammers are easy to dodge; steer your movement in a manner where the hammers can knock you forward if you end up getting hit by them. The bonkuses are a slightly different story; walking along the outermost should help you dodge them.
- The plates in the final section can be spinning pretty fast! You might need to practice, but after a while it shouldn't be too hard to use the momentum from the largest plate to jump and go past the last blade.
- Alternatively, the double-spinning beam variant can be tricky, necessitating more jumps. However, this variant also has additional platforms with spinning beams on the sides, and taking those paths are safer, as they allow players to bypass the final fan by going around it.
The Whirlygig X[]
Trust no one. Only the final section has some elimination opportunities. If you cannot consistently nail the dive underneath the conveyor belt-fan path in the middle, just steer towards the safer side paths. When jumping from platform to platform, watch out for the classic: players looking to grab you as you try to jump over the gap - at the same time as dodging the spinning beams.
Final Variant[]
A Final type variant was introduced in the X-treme Party playlist on 28 March 2023. In this variant, all players that reach the finish will win.
Known Bugs[]
Alternative Splash Image*
The other splash image.
As of the Fall and Fantasy Update, the Splash Image in the round selection screen may alter in the Bouncy Bean Time LTM.
No Padded Beams
As of the Tropical Tides Update, when getting the Lil' Yeety variation, the padded beams in the first section may not spawn at all.
*This name is a conjectural name and has not been somewhat uniformly agreed upon.
Medal thresholds[]
- Gold - First place
- Silver - Top 20% of players in the lobby
- Bronze - Top 50% of players in the lobby
- Pink - Qualified, but outside of the top 50%
- No medal - Eliminated
History[]
| Season | Status | Map Theme |
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| Beta | Active | Standard version |
| Season 1 (Legacy) | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 2 (Legacy) | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 3 (Legacy) | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 4 (Legacy) | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 5 (Legacy) | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 6 (Legacy) | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 1 | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 2 | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 3 | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Season 4 | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Summer Breeze Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Fall Force Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Tool Up Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Power Party Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Shapes and Stickers Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Survival Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Fall Forever Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| June '24 Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| July '24 Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games |
| Scrapyard Stumble Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games |
| Falloween 2024 Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games |
| November '24 Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Winter Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Fall and Fantasy Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games |
| Ranked Knockout Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games |
| Yeetropolis Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games |
| Tropical Tides Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions |
| Slime Factory Update | Active | Standard and alternate versions available only in Classic Games and Knockout |
Trivia[]
- As of launch until the addition of Wall Guys, this was the only Race where the climb feature was encouraged.
- After the fan at the end of the conveyor belt, a Lil' Yeety can be found in a small cave.
- The Whirlygig features an obstacle that wasn't found anywhere else in the game for a long time: The Spinning Blade.
- This is no longer true as of the release of Season 3, since Speed Slider also has a spinning blade.
- The Whirlygig has remained active since the date of the launch of Fall Guys.
Names in other languages[]
| Language | Name |
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| Chinese (Simplified) | 旋转木马 (Xuánzhuǎn mùmǎ) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旋轉木馬 (Xuánzhuǎn mùmǎ) |
| French | Le Tournenrond |
| German | Der Kreisel |
| Italian | Gira la Girandola |
| Japanese | ぐるぐるファイト (Guruguru Faito) |
| Korean | 풍차 장애물 코스 (Pungcha Jang-aemul Koseu) |
| Polish | Kręcioła |
| Portuguese | Gira-Gira |
| Russian | Вертушка (Vertushka) |
| Spanish | La Pirindola |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Locura de Molinetes |
Gallery[]
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Original splash image (used until launch of Season 1) -
Alternate splash image (used only in the level carousel during certain games) -
Original intro (used until Season 4) -
The Whirlygig's starting point
See also[]
- Tundra Run, Skyline Stumble, Lily Leapers and Speed Slider, other COURSE rounds that also feature easier side paths compared to the more challenging middle path.
- An interactive map of The Whirlygig
