Spiral Knights

New Release: Spring is in full bloom and Spiral HQ has been busy with a bouquet of big changes:

Forge:

We've made some changes to the forge system to make it more friendly to newer knights and lower the cost of leveling your gear!

All forging attempts, regardless of the crystal option you pick, will be successful! We believe this will be a more enjoyable experience for most players. When an item is ready to be leveled and you use the forge, your item is guaranteed to level up. You can always opt to add more crystals if you want to have a chance at some fun bonuses. So, if all you want is to level up your item, you'll now want to use the lowest crystal cost option. This option is selected by default.

To balance out the above change, the bonuses you can get for the different crystal cost levels have changed.

• Minimum level of crystal use: You are now guaranteed to be successful! You will not have a chance at extra bonuses.

• Medium level of crystal use: The chance of bonuses has been increased compared to what it was before this change.

• Maximum level of crystal use: The chance of bonuses has been increased even more compared to what it was before this change.

System Upgrade:

We've released a second batch of very large back-end changes. Like the previous changes, these are part of our continuing effort to modernize the game. This represents quite a lot of work behind the scenes, but should help the game run better for players. Thank you all for your patience while we've been tinkering under the hood.

Full details on all the changes in the release can be found on our (https://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/125196).

Petal To The Metal!

This spring the biotech specialists at Spiral HQ have discovered various uses for the pollen and fast growing plants beyond uncontrollable sneezing. They’ve created some botanical gear to help knights blend into technicolor surroundings and leaf their foes in disarray.

Help your camouflage skills blossom by picking up a FlowerTech Mk II Prize Box to discover gear and accessories in a new bouquet of colors - Tech Red, Tech Violet, Tech Yellow, and Tech Azure. This isn’t your garden variety gear, this organic gear includes items like Tech Azure Virulent Seedlings, Tech Violet Pollinators, Seedling Samples, and other botanical accessories. More details on this bouquet of gear can be found on our forums.

As part of our Anniversary celebrations, we'd like to give you a look at what we've been up to. Spiral HQ has been toiling away in the Clockworks to create a lot of exciting new changes!

• Created a brand new PvP mode. Super Brawl is a new free-for-all combat mode for up to eight knights — no teams, no classes, just you and your own gear in fast-paced five-minute rounds.

• We've released a level editor, The Coliseum Crucible. Players can now create PvP levels that can eventually be added to the game. The level editor is constantly being updated to increase its functionality.

• We've updated the server and client Java to modernize and and allow it to run better with less lag. This is represents incredibly large amount of work that should improve your game-play.

• We've added new servers for different regions - Australia and Brazil.

• Added new accessory slots so you can personalize your look even more than before.

• Added a lot of Quality of Live changes. Below are just some of these changes:

• Increased the amount of memory the game tries to use.

• Added an “Abandon Party” prompt setting so knights can turn off those popups.

• Created new commands for moving around town quickly. These only work for knights who have already reached Haven.

• /readyroom (/rr) will go to your ready room

• /haven (/hh) will go to your last town scene

• /townsquare (/ts)

• /bazaar

• /garrison

• /arcade

• /guildhall (/gh)

• /auction (/ah)

• /alchemy (/craft)

• /punch (/uv)

• /vise (/unbind)

• /bechamel (/accessory)

• Added a preference for UI scaling. The scale selection is saved per screen resolution so that if you regularly change between fullscreen and windowed, both scales are saved.

• Added a preference for the chat text size.

• Added a preference for controlling the size of the chat area.

• Added new gate icons for deconstruction zones, and to differentiate different compound wilds levels.

• Searching for an accessory in your inventory will find it on armors or helms.

• The attack speed buff in Frenzied Firestorm has a unique icon now.

• Buffed the damage of Catalyzer, Industrial Catalyzer, Volatile Catalyzer, and Neutralizer.

• Fix Vanaduke: dousing an already-extinguished mask no longer deals damage to knights.

Right now we're celebrating our anniversary, so it's the perfect time to check out these changes while picking up cake slices to obtain the newly released shield. Gear up and join us in the Clockworks!

Fall is upon us and it's a time for Cradle to celebrate their annual traditions. Each year we like to celebrate with waddling snipes, an event, and perhaps a good deal on some gear.

Late Harves Prize Box

The leaves have turned and a cold chill is in the air. The citizens of Haven are bringing in the last of the harvest before it freezes. The right tools and gear are essential for collecting the sweet remains of this year's bounty.

This rakishly handsome gear includes such items like Scythes, Late Harvest Leaf Crowns, Late Harvest Leaf Chains, and other accessories.

The Late Harvest Prize Boxes contains items such as:

• Untimely Scythe

• Shadow Scythe

• Late Harvest Leaf Crowns & Chains

• Late Harvest Hibiscus Crowns & Chains

• Late Harvest Frasera Crowns & Chains

• Late Harvest Daisy Crowns & Chains

• Late Harvest Armor and Helms

• Various new accessories

More information on the Late Harves Prize Boxes and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Late_Harvest_Prize_Box_Promotion_November_2018). Fall into a pile of Late Harvest Prize Boxes today!

Apocrean Harvester

Warning knights! We have confirmed that the Apocrean Harvester has returned again. Spiral HQ needs your help!

From now through November 29th, travel onto the Grasping Plateau full of trapped souls and phantom-like monsters. In a maze-like graveyard, knights will find the Apocrea trapping and collecting souls. This sinister being will pursue any who enter the Grasping Plateau hoping to add to the collection. Work together to free souls and find Apocrean Sigil tokens which can be used at the Obelisk of Creation to craft Obsidian weapons and the Grasping Aura.

You don't want to get caught out there alone--definitely bring your friends with you on this mission, and try not to lose sight of them! For a detailed brief on Cradle's previous encounters with this nefarious entity, go (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Shroud_of_the_Apocrea).

Gobble Snipes

Our plump little friends, the Gobble Snipes, are on their yearly migration to...we're not really sure where. Hmm. To protect them in transit we Spiral HQ has enclosed them in Gobble Snipe Boxes Boxes. Rest assured I’ve been told there are air holes this time.

Should you wish to host one of these fluffy creatures in your Guild Hall, these boxes can be had through November 23, 2018. Check out the details (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Gobble_Snipe_Box_Promotion_November_2018)!

Cyber Monday

This Cyber Monday we're having some quick movin’ flash sales! Monday, November 26 you'll find fire crystals, keys, accessories, and more rotating through the Depot, so check back often! Ye may even notice interesting items in the featured auctions.

Kataclysmic Confrontation Returns

Black kats are once again storming the Moorcroft Manor Archives and consuming the precious tomes within! We need all knights of rank 4-1 and greater to gear up and retrieve Ancient Pages from these nefarious creatures. The event will run through July 17th.

Accept the Kataclysmic Confrontation prestige mission and/or fight through kat levels in the Clockworks to find black kats. Then, visit Montague in Moorcroft Manor, or the Mysterious Alchemy Machine in Haven, with your collection of Ancient Pages, to craft some Kat related gear.

If you “accidentally” perform a Dark Ritual and survive the encounter, you may find yourself in possession of a Black Kat Cowl or a Wicked Whisker which allow you to craft the following gear:

• Kat Claw cloak, mail, raiment

• Kat Hiss cloak, mail, raiment

• Kat Eye cloak, mail, raiment

• Black Kat cloak, mail, raiment, hood, mask

If you have participated in a previous Kataclysmic Confrontation and still have Ancient Page tokens, they are still valid! Ancient Page tokens do not expire.

SummerTech - Beat The Heat

The heat of summer is baking the residents of Cradle. Spiral HQ’s Department of Gremlin Engineering has done some extensive research and determined that the highly visible tech colors useful in winter also help knights blend in when infiltrating summer festivities. To that end, we’ve issued some high tech gear designed to aid knights when storming the beaches. Check out the Tech Blue, Tech Green, Tech Orange, and Tech Pink summer gear while you’re trying to beat the heat by the pool or in Firestorm Citadel. This technical gear includes such items like a Tech Charcoalers, Tech Furious Forks, Tech Spiral Soakers, Boaters, Floppy Beach Hats, and various SummerTech accessories.

The SummerTech Box contains items such as:

• Tech Charcoaler

• Tech Furious Fork

• Tech Spiral Soaker

• Boater

• Floppy Beach Hat

• Splash Sarong

• Splash Trunks

• Various new accessories

More information on the SummerTech Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/SummerTech_Prize_Box_Promotion_July_2018). Surf’s up!

Happy Summer Solstice!

We here at Spiral HQ are having our traditional celebration of the sun and these long summer days. Through June 27, 2018, the Haven Treasury is offering Solstice Prize Boxes.

In these boxes, you may find the following items:

• Variant Tickets
• Crest of Summer / Crest of Winter
• Wings of Summer / Wings of Winter
• Sunshine Aura
• Snowfall Aura
• Crown of Winter / Crown of Summer
• Jar of Fireflies

Each Solstice Prize Box also includes confetti and has a bonus chance of including one of the following: Bucket of Bloons, Golden Slime Coins, 2-day trinket slot upgrade or to get a Jar of Fireflies. For details, head over (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Solstice_Prize_Box_Promotion_June_2018).

ATTENTION KNIGHTS!

The season of the Apocrean Harvester is upon us again, and Spiral HQ needs your help in beating it back into dormancy! For a detailed brief on this nefarious entity, go (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Shroud_of_the_Apocrea).

Get equipped and venture onto the Grasping Plateau, free trapped souls, and earn Apocrean Sigil tokens for your heroic deeds. Knights can use these tokens at the Obelisk of Creation to craft Obsidian weapons and the Grasping Aura.

Take care while in the field! You don't want to get caught out there alone--definitely bring your friends with you on this mission, and never leave a knight behind!

Obsidian Prize Boxes

While the event is going, the Supply Depot will stock Obsidian Prize Boxes you can obtain with energy. These may contain the following:

• Obsidian Hoods

• Obsidian Mantles

• Apocrean Crowns

• Apocrean Disciple Wings

• Shadow accessories

The Auction House will be stocking some Apocrean themed guild hall furniture to give your guild hall a touch of terror… er… class.

For details on the Obsidian Prize Box along with the odds for each item, head over (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Obsidian_Prize_Box_Promotion_June_2018). This event runs through June 17, 2018.

Caketastrophe!

Happy Birthday Spiral Knights

Spiral Knights is SEVEN years old! It’s time again to help Biscotti, the Skylark's Head Chef, avoid disaster in two special missions - Total Caketastrophe and A Gremlin in Knead. Fight Creep Cakes and Batterbots to earn Cake Slice tokens, then visit Maskwell in Haven Town Square to exchange your tokens for:

• Cake helms
• Anniversary Prize Boxes
• Other party accessories

Surprise Boxes!

Today through April 25, 2018: Spiral HQ has assembled prize boxes from the past year together into a Surprise Box. When you open a Surprise Box, you will randomly receive a past prize box and confetti. There is also a chance to find a Stately Cap costume helm! For details on this box and its contents, visit the wiki (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Surprise_Box_Promotion_April_2018).

Thank you all so much for playing Spiral Knights. Have fun out there!

Additional Release Notes:

• Slight changes to how the Mixmaster, Caladbolg, and Buccaneer Broadsider animate.
• Special gear animations are now shown when viewing your own Equipment or inspecting another knight.
• Cracked fire crystals can be sold to vendors for 1 crown.
• Increase max statues per guild hall to 10 (from 8).
• Slight changes to the player creation UI.
• The depot confirm-purchase popup now shows you the quantity (ie. “Quantity: 50”) if not buying just 1.

Hail, knights!

As it happens every year, the cosmos has briefly moved into balance. The Strangers are celebrating with their traditional biannual celestially-themed offerings in the Spring Equinox Prize Box, available to you through March 29th, 2018:

• Celestial Orbitgun

• Celestial Shield

• Orbit Aura

• Celestial Nav Helm and Suit

• Galactic Guardian Helm and Vest

• Solar and Cosmic Plasma Wings

• Celestial Dragon/Valkyrie Wings

• Celestial Accessories

• Unique Variant Tickets

For the full rundown on the Equinox Prize Box, check (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Equinox_Prize_Box_Promotion_September_2018).

Keep an eye out for (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Nonna) near the Haven fountain! It’s time to adopt a buddy who always has your back (or front).

Greetings!

Today we have a small patch fix, the Tortodrone Migration, and a celebration of the Year of the Dog.

Patch fix:

• Fix the explosions caused by Violent Heart Attack to scale with depth

• Added a new icon for auras that utilize a footstep effect

• Emote / talking animations now play in the ready room

• Various behind the scenes improvements

The pack here at spiral HQ are happy to ring in the Chinese New Year with a howl. We’ve doggedly pursued Wolvers from across Cradle to help us celebrate, but they were more interested in trying to bite us.

This year we’re celebrating with a pupdate full of pawsh hound inspired gear. These fetching new items accessories are sure to help keep you warm - Just watch out for fleas. Show foes what you think of them while wearing a doggie tail. This accessory has curious animations that change depending on your mood. Retrieve a Running Wild Boxes now before they scamper away after March 21st.

The Running Wild contains items such as:

• Wild Aura (footstep aura)

• Alpha Claw Gauntlet

• Love Puppy (Seraphynx Sprite)

• Doggie Tails - New animation

• Wolver Masks

• Alpha Vertical Vents

• Treat Pouches

• Wild Bone Pendants

• Various other tawny accessories

More information on the Running Wild Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Running_Wild_Prize_Box_Promotion_February_2018). It’s wild out there, be sure to keep close to your pack.

Spiral HQ calls upon you to once again assist the Tortodrones on their Long Migration. Take up arms to defend these creatures, and explore the Clockworks to gather fiendish glyphs.

Be sure to collect Ancient Shell materials from the Ancient Grove to craft 3, 4 and 5* Tortodrone handguns and shields** at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine!

The Spiral HQ intel forecasting interns predicts the Tortodrone migration will continue through February 25, 2018. We’re counting on you to protect the magnificent Tortodrones!

Greetings!

The cold still has Haven in it’s icy grip. Unscrupulous monsters or devastating status effects aren’t the only threats on these cold knights. Cabin fever is wreaking havoc across Haven and causing guild mates to go insane and turn on each other.

Spiral HQ has issued some high tech cozy gear designed to help keep knights comfortable while lifting their spirits. The blindingly visible Tech Blue, Tech Green, Tech Orange, and Tech Pink are a bright spot on any dark night. Hunker down and get comfortable with new slippers and sleepwear along with CozZzy Auras and Halos.

The CozyTech Box contains items such as:

• CozZzy Aura

• CozZzy Halo

• Teddy Bear Buckler in Tech Blue, Tech Green, Tech Orange, and Tech Pink

• Sweet Dreams in Tech Blue, Tech Green, Tech Orange, and Tech Pink

• Slippers

• Checkered Scarf

• Onesie

• Pullover

• Lucid Night Cap

• Snooze Night Cap

• Sleepy Night Cap

• Dreamer Night Cap

• Various accessories

More information on the CozyTech Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/CozyTech_Prize_Box_Promotion_January_2018). Get cozy mates, it’s cold out there.

Additional changes:

• Ongoing maintenance work. Expect the wiki to be down most of 1/17

• Backend changes to help manage different regions better, especially during a reboot.

Black Kats have once again been reported in the Clockworks! The hordes of shadowy beasts hunger for arcane power and continually raid the Moorcroft Manor Archives' precious collection of magical grimoires.

Collect Ancient Page tokens through the daily Prestige Mission, or as drops from black kat monsters in the Clockworks. Return the pages to Montague in Moorcroft Manor in exchange for Kat Tribe Fetish crafting materials. Visit the Mysterious Alchemy Machine to craft kat-themed gear!

Attention Knights!

A chill is in there air and it's time to again celebrate the longest Knight of the season. This annual event celebrates the both the heat of summer and the frost of winter. Through December 27, 2017, the Haven Treasury is offering Solstice Prize Boxes.

In these boxes, you may find the following items:

• Variant Tickets
• Crest of Summer / Crest of Winter
• Wings of Summer / Wings of Winter
• Sunshine Aura
• Snowfall Aura
• Crown of Winter / Crown of Summer

Each Solstice Prize Box also includes at least one Summer Confetti and one Winter Confetti item. Each box also has a bonus 10% chance of including a Bucket of Snowballs or to get 5 Golden Slime Coins or to get a 2-day trinket slot upgrade. For details, head over (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Solstice_Prize_Box_Promotion_December_2017).

Happy Winterfest! This is our annual holiday event and celebration!

All the creatures of Cradle are celebrating the season with snow, festive songs, and hats. Some Gremlins say "Humbug!" and plan to stop Impostoclaus and destroy Winterfest! Stop the Grinchlins from destroying Winterfest with two daily prestige missions.

Visit Impostoclaus' helper, Randolph, near the fountain in Haven to exchange tokens for festive helms, winter confetti, and snowballs.

Raid the Grinchlin stronghold on Mount Krampus to stop them from ruining Winterfest! Make your way through the compound, all the way to the summit to find special 4* Solstice Ring trinkets. Combine them together to make the 5* Grand Solstice Ring trinket!

Visit the Supply Depot for Decoration Kits for your guild hall and gift boxes to wrap your gifts and attach a note! Take a moment at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine. There's a handgun that's minty fresh!

Click (http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/119479) for more details.

The deepest cold of winter has settled on Cradle. Outside of Haven the cold, snow, and ice have taken over the landscape. Spiral HQ has issued some high tech gear designed to give knights the edge in the brutal conditions. Plus, the high visibility color options, Tech Blue, Tech Green, Tech Orange, and Tech Pink, make it easier to spot your party members during whiteout conditions. This technical gear includes such items like Chilled Aura, Ice Axe, and other WinterTech accessories.

The WinterTech Box contains items such as:

• Chilled Aura

• Circuitry Eye

• Ice Axe

• Down Puffer

• Down Puffer Unzipped

• Pompom Snow Hat

• Snow Hat

• Various new accessories

More information on the WinterTech Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/WinterTech_Prize_Box_Promotion_December_2017). Bundle up mates. Winter is not coming; it’s already here. However it wont last long, Winter Tech Prize Boxes are only available through January 12, 2018.

Greetings!

We here at Spiral HQ want to wish you a happy Gobble Day. In celebration, our plump little friends, the Gobble Snipes, have started their annual migration to...we're not really sure where. Hmm. To protect them in transit we Spiral HQ has enclosed them in Gobble Snipe Boxes Boxes. Rest assured I’ve been told there are air holes this time.

Should you wish to host one of these fluffy creatures in your Guild Hall, these boxes can be had through December 1, 2017. Check out the details (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Gobble_Snipe_Box_Promotion_November_2017)!

Head’s up knights!

We have confirmed that the Apocrean Harvester has emerged for it's semiannual attempt to collect souls. Spiral HQ needs your help!

From now through November 30th, travel onto the Grasping Plateau full of trapped souls and phantom-like monsters. In a maze-like graveyard, knights will find the Apocrea trapping and collecting souls. This sinister being will pursue any who enter the Grasping Plateau hoping to add to the collection. Work together to free souls and find Apocrean Sigil tokens which can be used at the Obelisk of Creation to craft Obsidian weapons and the Grasping Aura.

You don't want to get caught out there alone--definitely bring your friends with you on this mission, and try not to lose sight of them! For a detailed brief on Cradle's previous encounters with this nefarious entity, go (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Shroud_of_the_Apocrea).

Greetings Knights!

In an effort to make it easier to give your knight the best look, the gremlins at Spiral HQ have created a Style Kit. Now you can easily swap between appearance modifiers (personal colors, eyes, and height) once you have added them to your Kit.

• Access your Style Kit through the knight portrait in the upper left of the screen.

• Once you have your kit, any modifier you use will be added to that kit.

• You can swap between items you have used using the menu for a small fee. The fee is to help prevent people from spamming public areas with changes and would distracting to other players.

• Vatel will now offer to sell height modifiers.

• Modifiers you have previously used will not be added, only those you use after this point.

With fall here and knights using their Style Kits, Haven is bursting with color. But once a knight descends into the Clockworks their decisions aren't black and white, they're somewhere in the Grey. With this in mind, Spiral HQ has put together a box for knights with singular tastes.

Dig into a Grey Prize Box and find a grey costumes, accessories, a grey footstep aura, or sprite pods. Lucky knights might find a Silver Personal Color that they can add to their Style Kit. This silver color change will not be added to Vatel’s inventory in Haven.

The Grey Prize Box contains items such as:

• Silver Personal Color

• Grey Aura

• Maskeraith Pod (Grey), Drakon Pod (Grey), and Seraphynx Pod (Grey)

• Grey Dragon and Valkyrie Wings

• Costumes

• Accessories

More information on the Grey Prize Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Grey_Prize_Box_Promotion_November_2017).

Statue Sale:

With the above release it is now possible to make a statue of your knight that actually looks like a statue! With that in mind we're reducing the price of statues through this month. If the statue you want is not on sale, please check back later. You'll know it's on sale by the "sale" tag on the icon before you purchase it.

The Dark Harvest Festival is Back! It’s no trick, the Punkin King and his gourdlings are causing sweet, sweet chaos in the Clockworks!

Find the Punkin King in the daily prestige mission, The Dark Harvest. However, don't let your guard down, because he could also show up elsewhere when you least expect it! Collect candy tokens, then trade with Maskwell in Haven Town Square for:

• Frankenzom masks

• Spookat masks

• Phantom masks

• Scarab masks

• Harvest Prize Boxes - New Harvest Accessories!

Should you find yourself in possession of any interesting crafting material as a result of a Punkin King encounter, visit the Mysterious Alchemy Machine.

More about the Dark Harvest Festival can be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Dark_Harvest_Festival). The Dark Harvest Prize Box 2017 has been reworked to include new accessories within the Dark Harvest theme. Trade in your tokens to discover some of the new offerings. This year, the festival runs through November 1, 2017. Your candy tokens and Maskwell will stick around through November 5, 2017.

Additional Patch Notes:

• New Dark Harvest 2017 prize box replaces the old Dark Harvest box and swaps in a number of new/different accessories and removes many of the old ones. This way people who have participated in past Dark Harvest Festivals can earn new items.
• Small fix to the hallway in front of the war room in the guild halls to allow furniture to be placed.

Ahoy Knights!

Spiral HQ is shipping in some new cargo for ye scallywags. Several new items await ye landlubbers like the Keelhauled aura or a Powder Keg. Be warned mates; some of this gear may be hazardous to yer health, or rather yer limbs. Rum now while ye have the chance!

The Buccaneer Booty Box contains items such as:

• Keelhauled Aura

• Buccaneer Broadsider - Gun

• Dread Captain Cutlass - Sword

• Powder Keg - Bomb

• Ship Wheel - Shield

• Captain Coats (plus rare versions) - Look out mates, some of these are more dastardly than others.

• Buccaneer Bicorne (plus rare versions)

• Skull Eyes

• Various new piratey accessories

More information on the Buccaneer Booty Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Buccaneer_Prize_Box_Promotion_September_2017). Look the part of the pirate as ye plunder the Clockworks for riches and loot.

Hail, knights!

The summer over and cooler winds are moving through Haven. The Strangers have brought forth celestially-themed offerings in the Fall Equinox Prize Box, available to you through September 25th, 2017:

• Celestial Vortex

• Celestial Shield

• Orbit Aura

• Celestial Nav Helm and Suit

• Galactic Guardian Helm and Vest

• Solar and Cosmic Plasma Wings

• Celestial Dragon/Valkyrie Wings

• Celestial Accessories

• Unique Variant Tickets

For the full rundown on the Equinox Prize Box, check (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Equinox_Prize_Box_Promotion_September_2017).

Keep an eye out for (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Nonna) near the Haven fountain! It’s time to adopt a buddy who always has your back (or front).

Below are the changes for the current update:

• Adjusted shard bombs so that each bomb blast does separate damage along with up to 3 shard hits. Earlier explosions will not limit the shard damage of later ones.

• Tortofist gun damage has been adjusted. The shards that land will do damage over time but can only damage each monster 3 times.

• Several Behind the scenes changes.

Salutations, knights!

Through September 12, 2017, Rose Regalia will be back in play yet again to help complete the set in the Rose Regalia Reunion Prize Box! Get Rose Regalia chapeaux and tabards in turquoise, aquamarine, and prismatic. A few accessories have also found their way inside the box for knights to enjoy.

More information on the Rose Regalia Reunion Prize Box and its contents may be found over here.

While collecting the roses for the Rose Regalia Reunion Spiral HQ received a communication from the monitoring station in the Ancient Grove. Recon Knights there report an increase in activity and suspect the Fiends have returned to the Grim Gates. Spiral HQ is sending you to investigate!

Gather intel and Fiendish Glyphs from Fiends in the Clockworks. Explore the Ancient Grove and collect Ancient Shell materials. Craft new Tortodrone handguns at the mysterious alchemy machine!

Below are a few additional changes:

• Addition of new knight statues from Bechamel Guild Halls offers another pose for knight statues.

• Players can now adjust their frames per second (FPS) from within their video options by using advanced settings. Please take care as increasing this can cause some players some performance issues.

ALERT KNIGHTS!

The heat of the Summer Solstice has lured the Apocrean Harvester to claim more souls. Spiral HQ needs your help!

From now through July 5th, venture onto the Grasping Plateau, free trapped souls, and earn Apocrean Sigil tokens for your bravery. Then, use these tokens at the Obelisk of Creation to craft Obsidian weapons and the Grasping Aura.

For a detailed brief on Cradle's previous encounters with this nefarious entity, go (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Shroud_of_the_Apocrea).

We refuse to let the Harvester ruin a good Solstice celebration. Rumor has it the Havester isn't a fan of sunshine. What better way to welcome him than to bring a little bit of it with you into the Grasping Plateau? From now through June 28, 2017, the Haven Treasury is offering Solstice Prize Boxes.

In these boxes, you may find the following items:

• Variant Tickets
• Crest of Summer / Crest of Winter
• Wings of Summer / Wings of Winter
• Sunshine Aura
• Snowfall Aura
• Crown of Winter / Crown of Summer

For details, head over (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Solstice_Prize_Box_Promotion_June_2017).

The Tortodrones are on their Long Migration again, and fiendish activity has skyrocketed in their path.

Take up arms to investigate and defend against this terrible mischief, and explore the Clockworks to gather fiendish glyphs.

Collect Ancient Shell materials from the Ancient Grove to craft 3, 4 and 5* Tortodrone handguns and shields** at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine!

The Tortodrone migration will continue through June 1, 2017. We’re counting on you to protect the magnificent Tortodrones!

Greetings Knights!

The seasons never change in the Aurora Isles, but the breeze feels a bit warmer. Flowers are blooming, slimes are swarming, and Spiral HQ is seeing an overgrowth of green. In hopes of helping knights camouflage themselves in all the new foliage, Spiral HQ has released some new gear that’s sure to make your guildmates green with envy.

The Emerald Prize Box contains items such as:

• Emerald Aura

• Floating Emeralds

• Emerald Disciple Wings

• Emerald Crown

• Emerald Wolver Tail

• Emerald Cat Tail

• Emerald Costume and Accessories

This box continues the gem box series that players requested we complete. More information on the Emerald Prize Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Emerald_Prize_Box_Promotion_May_2017).

Rise and shine Knights!

Grab your favorite caffeinated beverage and take a look at some of the changes and new additions you’ll find in the game:

Starlight Cradle levels can be found in T2 and T3.

• These levels are part of normal gate rotation, not a new mission set.
• These levels may contain a drowsy Sloom, the fearsome Sloombargo, and other slimes.
• You may also stumble across some optional danger rooms that will give you a run for your money.
• Gates will be cycled after release so that some starlight cradle levels are immediately available.
• Zee cores will now drop from these levels and can be used in the crafting of some new gear (see below).

Reintroduction of the “sleep” status.

• This has been reworked.
• Sleep will render a victim completely unresponsive until woken.
• Because sleep can be rejuvenating, you may notice a small (and limited) heal upon waking up.
• If you find yourself asleep and vulnerable, look to a party member to wake you up with “gentle” poke of a bullet or blade.
• Remedy should wake you from sleep. Think of it as a dose of caffeine.
• After sleep you will acquire an 'alert' status that protects you from sleep for a few moments.

New Helms and Armor

• Padded Demo Helm
• Padded Demo Suit
• Padded Hunting Cap
• Padded Hunting Coat
• Quilted Demo Helm
• Quilted Demo Suit
• Quilted Hunting Cap
• Quilted Hunting Coat
• Starlit Demo Helm
• Starlit Demo Suit
• Starlit Hunting Cap
• Starlit Hunting Coat

New Weapons

• Advanced Cautery Sword
• Amputator
• Slumber Smogger
• Slumber Smogger Mk II
• Slumber Squall
• Torpor Tantrum

Knight Statues are now available.

• If Bechamel is installed in a guild, she will now sell knight statues of knights for energy. When in Haven, Bechamel will not offer to sell statues.
• Statues are a furniture item depicting your knight wearing what you wore when you purchased it.
• There are multiple sizes of statues to purchase.
• Warning: Review all parts of the statute carefully in the preview window. There are no refunds for mistaken wardrobe choices or refunds if a particular accessory or aura does not display correctly.
• A guild may only have 8 statues placed in their hall at any given time.
• You may need to ‘publish’ your guild hall to get the new option from Bechamel.

Additional Changes:

• Guild officers and above can sell materials in their treasury to birdsong for half the normal price. This should help guilds clear unwanted items from their inventory.

• In Lockdown, the Guardian’s shield now has more health.

• A few changes to the chat filter to remove ‘Gay’ and ‘muff’. Be aware that it is still against the Terms of Service to use any of these words in a derogatory fashion and we will take action accordingly.

• Fixed some issues with placing furniture near the entrance of a guild hall.

• Fixed a small graphics glitch in Firestorm Citadel, Charred Court.

Greetings Knights!

Adventurous knights are constantly under pressure in the Clockworks. Few substances have the strength to handle it like Diamond. What better way to prove that than to use it as armor? As an added bonus, you’ll be able to blind your enemy with its flawless brilliance.

This month Spiral HQ will start the process of completing the gem sets for those who were waiting for a specific month.

The Diamond Prize Box contains items such as:

• Diamond Aura

• Floating Diamonds

• Diamond Disciple Wings

• Diamond Crown

• Diamond Wolver Tail

• Diamond Cat Tail

• Diamond Costume and Accessories

More information on the Diamond Prize Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Diamond_Prize_Box_Promotion_April_2017).

As an added bonus, Spiral HQ has decided it’s time to toss another challenge your way. Based on feedback, we’ve decided to make a few changes and release another map. To that end, we’ve asked our gremlin engineer to prepare the following changes to lockdown this weekend:

• New Map: Fortress. Fortress is a small castle arena filled with fire pots and littered with fire safety memos. Like other new maps, you will have a higher likelihood of seeing it now, however it will remain in the game after the event is over.

• Control points once again have obstacles that will cause both teams a number of problems including status effects. Be on the lookout for new hazards!

• Auto-Target is off.

Side note: Below are a few of the rejected names for the new map. Some were rejected for obvious reasons.

• Book Burner

• Cookin’ the Books

• Page Burner

• Bonfire of the Vanities

• Pyromance Novels

• THE ROOF THE ROOF... wait there's a roof?

• Why use my level 10 weapons when I can toss a pot?!

Spiral Knights is SIX years old! Happy Birthday Spiral Knights!

Come help us celebrate Spiral Knights' birthday!

Help Biscotti, the Skylark's Head Chef, avoid disaster in two special missions - Total Caketastrophe and A Gremlin in Knead. Fight Creep Cakes and Batterbots to earn Cake Slice tokens, then visit Maskwell in Haven Town Square to exchange your tokens for:

• Cake helms
• Anniversary Prize Boxes
• Other party accessories

Lucky knights may also stumble upon a Casino and find cake tokens among the other prizes on the wheel.

Today through April 17, 2017: Spiral HQ has assembled prize boxes from the past year together into a Surprise Box. When you open a Surprise Box, you will randomly receive a past prize box and confetti. There is also a chance to find a Stately Cap costume helm! For details on this box and its contents, visit the wiki (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Surprise_Box_Promotion_April_2017).

Thank you all so much for playing Spiral Knights! We've had a busy year at Grey Havens setting up a new home for Cradle. We're excited that we're now able to focus more on the development of the game.

This year has seen the addition of the Casino, new items for guild halls, new PvP modes, new events, new items, various bug fixes, and a few new PvP maps. It's our hope that next year brings even more from our gremlin engineers who are already hard at work.

Greetings Knights,

Spiral HQ isn’t quite finished with you ambitious knights yet! Based on feedback, we’ve decided that one new map simply isn’t enough. To that end, we’ve asked our gremlin to help engineer the following changes to lockdown this weekend:

• New Map: Pipeline. This is a poison themed level to thwart knights who are ill-prepared. This map will still be available after the event is over, but will be seen fairly often for a while.

• Auto-Target is off.

• Control points once again have obstacles that will cause both teams a number of problems including status effects. You might even spot a new hazard!

Side note: On a Rocket Puppy map, be prepared to run from a hidden recon knight misdirecting rockets towards your face.

Hail, knights!

The cosmos briefly swings into balance--just in time for you to take on a new challenge! First, Spiral HQ is upping the challenge this weekend for this Hardcore Lockdown Event. Please expect the following changes this weekend:

• New Map: Icebox. This is a freeze themed level with some knight-controllable traps. This map will still be available after the event is over, but will be seen fairly often for a while.

• Auto-Target is off.

• Control points now have even more obstacles that will cause both teams a number of problems. Some of these problems will be more insurmountable than others.

• Bug Fix: Orbital hazards now deal their proper status effects.

To mark this occasion, the Strangers have brought forth celestially-themed offerings in the Spring Equinox Prize Box, available to you through March 24th, 2017:

• Celestial Vortex

• Celestial Saber

• Orbit Aura

• Celestial Nav Helm and Suit

• Galactic Guardian Helm and Vest

• Solar and Cosmic Plasma Wings

• Celestial Dragon/Valkyrie Wings

• Celestial Accessories

• Unique Variant Tickets

For the full rundown on the Equinox Prize Box, check (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Equinox_Prize_Box_Promotion_March_2017).

If all of this leaves you wanting to adopt a buddy who always has your back (or front); keep an eye out for (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Nonna) near the Haven fountain!

Cheers Knights!

The year is Marching on and Cradle is starting to thaw. In celebration of the annual renewal, Spiral HQ has released some new gear that’s sure to make your guildmates green with envy. Even knights without a green thumb have a chance to get their hands on one of 3 new auras or the Caladbolg.

The Lucky box contains items such as:

• Lucky Aura

• Clover Aura

• Rainbow Aura

• Bursting Pot O' Crowns (bomb)

• Caladbolg (sword)

• Rainbow (furniture)

This month we at Spiral HQ tip our helms, and mugs o’ brew, to ye mates! May yer pockets be heavy and yer heart be light. May good luck pursue ye each morning and knight.

More information on the Lucky Prize Box and its contents may be found (http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Lucky_Prize_Box_Promotion_March_2017). Don't press your luck; grab a box before this promotion is clover.