Clockwork cuckoos are mechanical starlings roughly the size of a human head that behaves much as its living counterpart. Its metal casing is a pale egg-white with blue accents for the plumage and gold for the legs. They are the successful result of a mad scientist's experiment, and can remain airborne even when launching their feathers as razor sharp projectiles. The clockwork cuckoo's Japanese name Gachakokko (ガチャコッコ,Gachakokko?) is a combination of the word gachapon, an onomatopoeia from the sound of a vending machine that dispenses collectible toys in a plastic capsule and kokekokkō, the sound a rooster makes.
These mechanical birds are the result of a mad scientist's twisted experiment. When they detect a target, they become a deadly whirlwind of razor sharp blades.
Clockwork cuckoo appeared from the beginning of the game. Like before, they are able to perform Birdcutter and slice into nearby enemies. In Version 1.4, it gained a rarefied version in the form of the Fire ball.
Clockwork cuckoo appears as a D-rank monster of the Inorganic family as part of the original Dragon Quest X event. It can be recruited from the Clockwork Cuckoo stage of the Astoltia Ecological Survey and Chapter 2, Episode 3: Believe in Yourself during the True Dragon Quest X event at any difficulty. It could eventually be recruited in Part 4 of the main storyline in Chapter 1, Episode 3: Cordania in Crisis. The clockwork cuckoo can participate in Illusia and the Mindini hunter's Battle Roads as a party member.