Round Squirrel

Round Squirrel is an orb type in Peglin that acts as a summoned copy of another orb rather than a standard fired orb. When a Round Squirrel is produced by effects such as Summoning Circles, it creates additional instances of the orb that immediately apply their on-summon behavior. Round Squirrels themselves do not count as fired orbs for effects that trigger "when fired," and they generally behave like neutral 1/2 power orbs unless modified by other game systems.

Round Squirrel commonly appears as the result of Summoning Circle interactions. Summoning Circles summon orbs instead of firing them, so the spawned Round Squirrels replicate the summoned orb’s effect without triggering any "when fired" conditions (for example, they will not activate Restorb’s on-fire heal). Because they are summoned rather than fired, Round Squirrels also bypass self-damage tied to firing an orb; orbs that would normally damage the player when fired (such as Nosforbatu) do not cause that self-damage when created as Round Squirrels.

Summoning Circle stacking multiplies Round Squirrel output. If a Summoning Circle with level N is followed by another Summoning Circle with level M, the second circle’s spawned orb is multiplied by the first: two level‑3 circles in sequence will produce 9 copies of the orb that follows the second circle. This multiplicative behavior can generate very large numbers of Round Squirrels and is a common interaction exploited for high-output turns.

Round Squirrels can interact with other systems and relics in specific ways. They are affected by buffs that modify orbs generated by summoning effects; patch notes have fixed interactions where demon-type squirrel orbs fired by Summoning Circle were previously receiving unintended buffs from relic effects like Spinventoriginality. The Duplication Station relic now works with Summoning Circles to duplicate summoned orbs. The game’s version history records fixes addressing visual and interaction bugs for summoned squirrels and related summoned-orb visuals.

Practical notes for play:

• Round Squirrel is best used when you want to replicate a one-shot or strong orb effect (Egg, Potion Ball, etc.) while preserving the original orb in your deck since the orb is summoned rather than consumed by firing.
• Do not expect "when fired" benefits from orbs spawned as Round Squirrels; design combos around their on-summon or passive effects instead.
• Summoning Circle chaining is a powerful way to convert a single orb into many Round Squirrels; plan the sequence of circles and follow-up orbs to maximize value.
• Self-damage from certain orbs is avoided if those orbs are created via Round Squirrel rather than fired directly.
• Be aware of relic interactions and patch behavior: updates have adjusted how demon-type squirrels and summoned orb visuals behave, and some relics (Duplication Station) explicitly interact with Summoning Circles.

Round Squirrel ties into several related orb and relic behaviors in Peglin’s systems and is a core component of strategies that focus on summoned-orb multiplication and preserving single-use orb resources.