# Star Wheel

Star Wheel is a character archetype in Folded Thunder.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `folded-star-wheel` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/folded-star-wheel/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/folded-star-wheel/record.json)

## At a glance

- Animation: idle

- Animation: orbit

- Animation: sweep

- Animation: vulnerable

- Animation: defeated

## Visual notes

- art deco midnight lacquer

## Appearances

- [Folded Thunder](/gamelab/folded-thunder.html) (context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/))

- [Star Wheel](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/character-labs/star-wheel.html) (context: [Folded Thunder](/field-guide/collections/folded-thunder/))

- [Star Wheel](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/boss-fight-labs/star-wheel.html): Named in this published page.

- [Folded Thunder: About the Machine](/tiltlab/machines/folded-thunder/about.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Sources

- [Folded Thunder](/gamelab/folded-thunder.html)

- [Star Wheel](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/character-labs/star-wheel.html) (revision sha256:e53bae4f761acd804dc52c340bef6a855d57e644e23a66ad084ba0824c6379f2)

## Portrait

![Star Wheel in the original game artwork.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-folded-star-wheel-v1-1200.webp)

Authored game sprite, frame star-wheel/idle/0. The complete frame silhouette is preserved; transparent margins are removed only for display.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-game-folded-star-wheel-v1.png) · [Folded Thunder authored character sprite](/gamelab/projects/foldedthunder/assets/art/blank-works/star-wheel-strip.png) · v1 · SHA-256: `f0f2723e735554f6d832f123ad6ff58c30c357a7849af0bbbd059fd6be868793`