---
title: quaternion()
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: spritekit/sktransformnode/quaternion()
---

# quaternion()

## Declaration

```swift
func quaternion() -> simd_quatf
```

## See Also

### Reading the Current Rotation

- [eulerAngles()](spritekit/sktransformnode/eulerangles().md)
- [rotationMatrix()](spritekit/sktransformnode/rotationmatrix().md)