Twisted Astro

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Twisted Astro
Info
Type	Main Character
Speed	Above Average (10 walking, 19 chasing) Panic Mode: (12.5 walking, 23.75 chasing) Suppression: (12 walking, 22.8 chasing)
Mechanic	Will charge to and drain half the progress of Machines if a Skill Check is failed and no Toons are spotted, as well as applying the Tired III debuff to a specific Toon when spotted.
Attention Span	High (4 seconds)
Detection Range	Very High 30 (circular vision) 70 (direct vision) 9999 (hearing radius)

“	One of the Main Characters of Dandy's World. Overwhelmed by guilt and despair, this Twisted puts his grief on others. If you fail a Skill Check while on a machine and hide from him, Astro will steal completion from that Machine. Skill Check carefully!	”
	— Twisted Research

Twisted Astro is one of the 40 Twisteds in Dandy's World. He was introduced on June 14, 2024. He is one of the 8 Main Character Twisteds and can spawn on Floor 5 above. Upon 100% completion of his Research, you will acquire the Star Pillow Trinket.

Appearance

Twisted Astro is larger than his Toon counterpart. He appears to be crying Ichor, but only on the right side of his face. Both of his eyes are red, including his left star eye. His blanket is ripped, revealing his four arms and black shorts. There is Ichor on his upper right arm, his lower left arm, and his right leg. His nightcap is also larger, dragging along the floor. The bottom of the nightcap is entirely coated in Ichor. When idle or walking, he holds two of his hands to his face, seemingly trying to either wipe away his tears or hide them. Also, the tip of his nightcap will twitch every few seconds when idle. His face becomes seemingly more traumatized when chasing a Toon.

Description

Twisted Astro is a large, roaming Twisted that wanders the floors aimlessly. Reflecting his support-oriented counterpart, his unique ability allows him to regress Machine progress after he is alerted by a missed Skill Check. Astro will drain about half the current progress of the machine, meaning he'll have a small effect on barely completed machines and a large one on machines that are almost completed. Twisted Astro will also give the Tired III Debuff if you are being chased by him, reducing your Stamina Regeneration by 75%.

Strategies

If you want to outrun this Twisted, it's recommended to get Movement Speed or Stamina Items like Speed Candies, Stamina Candies and Protein Bars, etc. However, his speed was slightly buffed as of the 0.4.0 Update, now being slightly faster than most Common Twisteds (Matching the speed of Twisted Gigi and Twisted Yatta). Thus, making it harder to do so.

Twisted Astro can detect sounds from anywhere on the Floor, which includes Air Horn s, Pebble's Active Ability upon use, and failed Skill Checks.

Comparatively, Twisted Astro is not as hard to distract as the other Main Character Twisteds, as his Tired III Debuff isn't too struggling to deal with. Unless you are distracting, you're going to be using Stamina to run away from him either way, though after escape the debuff will make your Stamina regeneration slower and leave you more vulnerable to other Twisteds. On the other hand, distracting him on his own isn't too bad as his speed is just barely above average. However, if paired with Twisteds such as Twisted Vee, combined with his Debuff can cause conflicts as it'll lead you to run out of Stamina much sooner and potentially take a hit or even die. In this occasion, it's important to carry Stamina items such as Pops, Bottles o' Pop, Chocolate, Stamina Candies or Protein Bars. Having Astro on your team is a huge help as his Ability can restore your Stamina, though it can be situational with the long cooldown. Bobette's Passive can also help, although it's not recommended, as it won't completely nullify the debuff. Her below-average Stealth can also lead to bigger problems, unless Bobette is equipped with Diary, or you have Scrapbook, and in both scenarios you are a 2 Stealth Toon. Dog Plush paired with a 4 Star Movement Speed Toon lets them out-walk him, though by a little, making the debuff useless, unless other faster Twisteds are chasing you like Twisted Toodles or Twisted Shelly.

Even though in some cases it's not that bad, Twisted Astro's Tired Debuff can be a hassle, even when not distracting. If you manage to escape him but are still under the effects of the Tired III Debuff, there is a chance you might get seen again, but this time you will be out of stamina. Toons like Yatta and Gigi should be extremely careful when dealing with Twisted Astro, as their low Stamina will go down quickly and its regeneration will be very slow. However, Yatta's high mobility makes the Tired III a non-threat, but Gigi, on the other hand, will have trouble. Pink Bow is an okay option for her, but once she's out of Stamina, you want to hope you can cut a corner to lose chase.

If you are distracting as Looey, Twisted Astro will be much less difficult, especially with Dog Plush, since he can outwalk Twisted Astro with ease along with almost all other Twisteds with the exception of Twisted Pebble and Twisted Dyle (though Twisted Dyle won't be an issue at all since Twisted Astro can't spawn on his Challenge Floor), depending on how many he has, effectively nullifying his Debuff to an extent.

Audio

Audio	Description
	The sound that plays when Twisted Astro is moving
	The sound that plays when Twisted Astro loses sight of the player
	One of the sounds that play randomly as Twisted Astro roams around the map (Lower pitch in-game)
	Ditto
	Ditto (Lower pitch in-game)
	Ditto (Lower pitch in-game)
	The sound that plays when a Skill Check is failed, Pebble's Speak! ability is used, an Air Horn has been used, or when Twisted Astro attacks a player. This sound also plays when he spots a Toon or is giving the Tired III Debuff (Higher pitch in-game)

Trivia

• Twisted Astro is the only Twisted with more than four limbs, having six.
  • However, if we were to count the Ichor hands, he ties with Twisted Boxten.
  • Furthermore, if counting Ichor legs, he is second to Twisted Gourdy, who has 8 limbs.
• Twisted Astro's soft, quiet footsteps make him difficult to notice immediately on the start of a new Floor, which reflects how the playable character has the highest Stealth in the game.
  • His ability to apply the Tired III Debuff (Decreasing Stamina Regeneration) when chasing can also possibly be a counterpart to how the playable character can restore the Stamina of Toons around him and get 50% more stamina regen.
• Twisted Astro is the smallest Main Character Twisted. However, his model is the tallest if including head accessories, mainly because of how tall Twisted Astro's hat is without the rig.
• Twisted Astro is one of the only Main Character Twisteds to not leave Ichor footprints when they walk, the others being Twisted Pebble and Twisted Bassie.
• Being chased by Twisted Astro is currently the only way to obtain the Tired III Debuff and the Tired debuff in general.
• Twisted Astro's appearance is slightly reminiscent of Dandy's early Twisted design {{{1}}}. Whether or not this is intentional is unknown.
• Twisted Astro, like the other Main Character Twisteds, possess a sound cue in the form of an incessant ambience.
  • Some sounds that Twisted Astro makes are the "responses" of Io from Dota2.
    • You can find a lot of these sounds here
      • Hum plays at (0:00)
      • Wail plays at (0:05)
      • Lost Sight plays at (0:09)
      • Something that could be one of his ambience (0:12)
      • Snicker plays at (0:43)
      • Aggro/debuff sound (sped up in game) and alert sound at (1:21)
• After v0.4.0, Twisted Astro gained a very slight speed buff, which increased his speed by 1, changing from an average 18 units to a slightly above average 19 units.
• Twisted Astro is able to be alerted from failed Skill Checks and Air Horn s from anywhere on the map, much like Twisted Vee, Twisted Dandy, Twisted Dyle and Twisted Gourdy.
  • He is the only one to actually interact with the Machine the failed Skill Check happened on.
• Twisted Astro and Twisted Vee are the only Main Character Twisteds to apply Debuffs to Toons when being chased by them.
  • Twisted Shelly does not count as she applies the Confused I Debuff throughout the floor where she appears in.
  • Twisted Astro applies the Tired III Debuff whereas Twisted Vee applies the Slow II Debuff whilst chasing Toons.
• Twisted Astro is currently the only non-event Main Character Twisted to not appear in any of the game's thumbnails.
• Before v0.12.1, Twisted Astro's model used to not have the black shorts seen in his Toon counterpart's Main Poster, but after the Update, he got them when he was optimized.
• Twisted Astro is one of the few Twisteds to be eligible for a full render change, due to his render not having his black shorts.
• Twisted Astro had been on the board on the same days the Easter and Halloween Events were going to release, therefore cutting the Event's Uncommon Twisteds' ( Twisted Flyte and Twisted Soulvester's) times in the board.
  • This did not happen in the Christmas Event.
• In the rare case of a Machine being completed at the same time a Skill Check is failed there, Twisted Astro will still run to the Machine, but completion will not be affected.