Gold Dynamo Roller

The Gold Dynamo Roller is a main weapon in Splatoon. It is a Dynamo Roller with a different look and a different loadout.

Splatoon

Gold Dynamo Roller

Category	Main
Class	Roller
Sub	Splat Bomb
Special	Inkstrike
Level	20
Cost	25,000
Availability	Octobot King
Base damage	25–125 (Splash) 160 (Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption	20% (Splash) 0.1% per frame (Roll)
Special points
Sp. depletion	75%
Range	72 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed	30 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling	18 / 100
Variants	Dynamo Roller Tempered Dynamo Roller

The Gold Dynamo Roller comes with Splat Bombs and the Inkstrike.

Like the Dynamo Roller, the Gold Dynamo Roller can only be purchased after collecting the Sunken Scroll from the Octo Valley mission Enter the Octobot King!.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
2.2.0	▼ amount of time needed before the ink begins filling after swinging the roller increased. ▼ Players can only splat their opponents in one hit if they hit with the center of the roller. ▼ Opponents cannot be splatted in one hit when the player is out of ink. — Calculation method for damage when the roller is repeatedly swung modified.
2.7.0	▼ Special gauge loss: 50% → up to 75% ▼ Swim speed decreased by about 10%.
2.9.0	▼ When using the ink fling attack, decreased the central zone in which it was possible to splat an opponent with a single attack by 18%. ▲ Increased damage dealt when flinging ink to attack the barrier around the Rainmaker in Rainmaker mode by 12%. ▼ Time taken to begin recovering ink after ink fling attack: 1.17 seconds → 1.33 seconds

Gallery

Promo image.
An Inkling holding the Gold Dynamo Roller.
Official art of Rider holding the Gold Dynamo Roller.

Demonstration

Splatoon 2

Gold Dynamo Roller

Category	Main
Class	Roller
Sub	Splat Bomb
Special	Ink Armor
Level	25
Cost	29,000
Availability
Base damage	35–180 (Ground) 40–180 (Midair) 125 (Roll)
Base duration
Ink consumption	18% (Splash) 0.1% per frame (Roll)
Special points	190p
Sp. depletion
Range	76 / 100
Damage
Impact
Fire rate
Charge speed
Ink speed	25 / 100
Mobility
Durability
Handling	20 / 100
Variants	Dynamo Roller Kensa Dynamo Roller

The Gold Dynamo Roller returns in Splatoon 2 looking identical to how it did in the first game. It was released on 28 October 2017 at 02:00 UTC^[1]. It comes with Splat Bombs and Ink Armor. In early data mining, it was shown to have Toxic Mist as its sub weapon, but this was changed before release.

Version history

Version	Adjustments
Base game	– Splash attacks in midair changed to slower vertical swings that are narrow and have increased range. ▲ Ink consumption per flick: 20.0% → 18.0% ▼ Ground splash range decreased by about 8%. ▲ Splash damage: 25–125 → 35–150 ▼ Roll damage: 160 → 125 ▲ Movement speed while rolling increased: 0.98 → 1.08 ▼ When rolling you need to accelerate to max rolling speed : 0.88 → 1.08 ▲ Extended range for dealing maximum damage to an opponent by 14% ▲ Increased width of ink path when using to ink the ground continuously and moving at maximum speed by roughly 13%. ▲ Slightly increased the width of ink coverage when using a horizontal swing from a location higher than the surrounding area. ▲ Decreased the knock back distance when coming into contact with a roller that has run out of ink or is in mid-air. ▲ In Rainmaker mode, equipping weapons such as the E-liter 4K and Dynamo Roller will no longer lower movement and swim speed while holding the Rainmaker.
2.2.0	▲ Horizontal fling and Vertical fling maximum damage: 150.0 → 180.0 ▲ Horizontal fling indirect hit damage range expanded, the area where the damage is above 50.0 was widened by 21% ▲ Vertical fling indirect hit damage range expanded, the area where the damage is above 50.0 was lengthened by 11%
2.3.0	▲ Points to fill special gauge: 200 → 190
3.0.0	▲ Increased number of ink droplets generated by a horizontal swing, making the coverage on the area inked more consistent. ▲ Increased spread of ink droplets generated by a horizontal swing.
3.2.0	▲ Decreased ink consumption when inking the ground with the roller while moving at top speed by roughly 33%.
4.1.0	▲ Will now also ink turf closer to the player in addition to previous ink coverage when performing a horizontal swing.

Gallery

Promo image.
Holding the Gold Dynamo Roller.
Swing with the Gold Dynamo Roller.
Pompompurin holding a Gold Dynamo Roller in art for the My Melody vs. Pompompurin Splatfest.

Demonstration

Quotes

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Etymology

Gold Dynamo Roller is derived from Gold, Dynamo and Roller. Dynamo is a type of an electrical generator, which the Gold Dynamo Roller seems partly based on. Gold refers to the fact that it is a gilded Dynamo Roller, and also used to differentiate the Gold Dynamo Roller from the Dynamo Roller.

ダイナモローラーテスラ dainamo rōrā tesura means Dynamo Roller Tesla. Tesla refers to Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American inventor known for his work in electrical engineering. Tesla may also refer to a Tesla coil.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ダイナモローラーテスラ dainamo rōrā tesura	Dynamo Roller Tesla
Dutch	Gouden Dynamoroller	Gouden Dynamo Roller
French (NOA)	Dynamo-rouleau pro
French (NOE)	Dynamo-rouleau tesla
German	Dynaroller Tesla	[Dynamo + Roller] Tesla
Italian	Rullo dinamo dorato	Golden Dynamo Roller
Russian	Мотовалик VIP Motovalik VIP	Motor roller VIP
Spanish (NOA)	Rodillo Pro dorado	Golden Pro Roller
Spanish (NOE)	Dinamorrodillo T	Dynamoroller T