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This page contains the five latest sets of release notes. All release notes are available on a single page at release/all (warning, the page is long). You can also view the release notes in calendar format.


2012-11-16

From the Release Notes:
Guild Hall
  • On the social panel, the tooltips showing a friend's location will now give the full name of the guild hall (or design mode) that they're in.
  • Adjusted lighting in several rooms and wings.
  • Publishing the guild hall is recorded in the Guild Record.
  • Placing a room now provides an additional info prompt.


Items
  • Floor beacon furnishings have more fitting item icons.
  • Chairs and beds now have USE descriptions in their item tooltips that let you know they're interactive.
  • Fixed chairs/beds becoming unusable if when someone leaves the guild hall while using one

2012-11-14

From the Release Notes:
Guild Hall Expansion

Engineering systems are back online at Spiral HQ and guilds are now clear to turn their Guild Halls into grand castles. All current guild halls are being upgraded all*new expandable guild hall! They may be stranded on Cradle, but their new Guild Halls offer a bit more comfort and enhanced community for fellow knights. But its not all for show, for these newly expanded halls will also serve as fortifications against the coming darkness that lurks within the Clockworks.

Features
  • Customize and expand your guild hall using the Design Mode, accessed from your guild's Command Console
  • Purchase vendor and service rooms for extra convenience
  • Buy furniture to decorate your new rooms from the Birdsong Emporium
  • Guild upgrades: member limit increases and guild storage
  • A special training hall exclusively for guild members
  • Set your Guild Hall to 'open to the public' and meet prospective recruits or throw a party!

You can read a more detailed description of features here

Homecoming Celebration

The Spiral Knights are celebrating the Guild Hall Expansion with a Homecoming Celebration! As part of the celebration, Spiral HQ is awarding special prizes based on rank to all knights!

Each knight will receive a Battle Stand furnishing item, Honor Blade sword and Honor Guard Shield just for logging in during the Homecoming Celebration.

Details

Items are awarded to knights based on rank:

Rank 1*1 to 3*2

  • Soldier's Battle Stand
  • Honor Blade
  • Honor Guard

Rank 4*1 to 6*2

  • Knight's Battle Stand
  • Tempered Honor Blade
  • Great Honor Guard

Rank 7*1 to 9*4

  • Champion's Battle Stand
  • Ascended Honor Blade
  • Mighty Honor Guard

Rank 10

  • Vanguard's Battle Stand
  • Lionheart Honor Blade
  • Exalted Honor Guard
Guild Creation
  • The crown cost associated with creating a guild is now 50,000 crowns. These crowns are instantly added to the guild's Treasury upon creating the guild.
  • As a special bonus, all current guilds will receive an extra 50,000 crowns deposited into their Guild Treasury.
Haven Garrison

The Spiral Order has increased their presence in Haven by setting up a permanent Garrison to the east of the Town Square. The Garrison contains the Hall of Heroes, Guild Hall and another building currently under development.

Additional Details
  • Entering the Guild Hall will allow you to access your Guild Hall or any other Guild Halls open to the public.
  • Exiting a Guild Hall now sends you to outside the Guild Hall in the Haven Garrison.
  • The Hall of Heroes has received a visual overhaul.
Bugfixes
  • Minor visual fixes to the Aegis and Mighty Defender

2012-10-24

From the Release Notes:
Dark Harvest Festival
  • Dark Harvest Trick or Treat Confetti added to Bulky's catalog
Supply Depot
  • Items on sale in the Supply Depot will now show up in the featured list
Bugfixes
  • Fixed attaching large stacks of items to in-game mail
  • Fixed Shadow Lair Snarbolax not fleeing correctly

2012-10-19

From the Release Notes:
Missions
  • The Dark Harvest mission can only be played once per day.
Bugfixes
  • Fixed some translation issues.

2012-10-17

From the Release Notes:
The Dark Harvest Festival

The Dark Harvest Festival is now being celebrated in Haven and will end on November 1st! This annual event honors the mischievous Punkin King in order to ensure a healthy fall harvest for Haven. All Clockwork Tunnels-style levels like Power Complexes and Blast Furnaces now have a chance of featuring special rooms inhabited by the Punkin King. Simply hop on the party pad and discover if the Punkin King has candy tokens or something else in store for you!

There is also a Prestige Missions available daily throughout the event that gives you a guaranteed encounter with the Punkin King.

Both via the Arcade or the Prestige Mission, Tier 1 awards the fewest candy tokens while Tier 3 the most candy tokens.

Candy tokens come in three varieties (Hard Candy, Sour Candy and Sweet Candy) and can be exchanged in the Haven Town Square for festive masks and prize boxes!


Festive Masks

Maskwell has set up shop in the Haven Town Square and will trade items for candy tokens.

Masks include:

  • Paper Frankenzom Mask (lasts 2 weeks)
  • Paper Phantom Mask (lasts 2 weeks)
  • Paper Spookat Mask (lasts 2 weeks)
  • Replica Frankenzom Mask (lasts 2 weeks)
  • Replica Phantom Mask (lasts 2 weeks)
  • Replica Spookat Mask (lasts 2 weeks)
  • Authentic Frankenzom Mask (lasts forever!)
  • Authentic Phantom Mask (lasts forever!)
  • Authentic Spookat Mask (lasts forever!)

In case you're just a few pieces of candy shy of the mask you desire, candy tokens can also be purchased from Bulky in the Haven Town Square.


Dark Harvest Prize Box

In addition to festive masks, Maskwell also has Dark Harvest Prize Boxes for trade. Dark Harvest Prize Boxes contain random, unbound items.


Items and Odds

33% for one of the following:

  • Hallow Side Blade
  • Hallow Wings
  • Hallow Bomb Bundle
  • Pumpkin Bomb Bundle
  • Hallow Crest
  • Hallow Parrying Blade
  • Hallow Plume
  • Hallow Ribbon
  • Hallow Scarf
  • Hallow Dapper Combo
  • Hallow Power Scanner
  • Hallow Glasses
  • Hallow Round Shades
  • Hallow Com Unit
  • Hallow Mecha Wings
  • Hallow Vertical Vents
  • Hallow Bolted Vee
  • Hallow Headband
  • Hallow Maid Headband
  • Hallow Toupee

33% for one of the following:

  • Jack o' Bombhead Mask
  • Hallow Crescent Helm
  • Hallow Round Helm
  • Hallow Fur Cap
  • Hallow Hood
  • Hallow Pith Helm
  • Hallow Plate Helm
  • Hallow Sallet
  • Hallow Scaled Helm
  • Hallow Tailed Helm
  • Hallow Winged Helm

33% for one of the following:

  • Hallow Flak Jacket
  • Hallow Draped Armor
  • Hallow Fur Coat
  • Hallow Cloak
  • Hallow Brigandine
  • Hallow Plate Mail
  • Hallow Cuirass
  • Hallow Scale Mail
  • Hallow Culet
  • Hallow Raiment

1% - Haunted Aura


Plus Even More Prizes!

Each Dark Harvest Prize Box also includes random handfuls of Trick or Treat Confetti as well as a chance to receive even more prizes: Trinket Slot and Weapon Slot Upgrades, Krogmo Coin Boosters and Heat Amplifiers!

Trick or Treat Confetti launches a pumpkin in the air and then...


Levels
  • Added an arrow pointing to the elevator in tutorial lobbies.


Items
  • Two new proto armors and helms have been added to knight creation.


UI
  • Minor clarity improvements to the Vendor interface.
  • The Coliseum button on the main HUD has been moved to the center of the screen.
  • Coliseum and Party Finder buttons have new animations to indicate status.
  • Main menu button added to spectator mode at bottom of screen.
  • While using the Alchemy interface, the name of the item you're choosing to create is now display at the top of the Ingredients panel.
  • Info box/Description added to Loadouts panel.


Bugfixes
  • Firo Driver / Firotech MKII now displays fire status in tooltip.
  • Items will no longer spawn in FSC fountains.
  • Virualent Catalyzer plays correct sound when fired.
  • Fixed case where players could get stuck in a room with no respawning pot to free themselves.
  • Miracle Cloak Recipe now requires the correct amount of Light Shards for a 4-star item.
  • Spectating a game will no longer cause you to stop waiting for a PvP match.
  • Fixed some issues with stunned monsters. More fixes are on the way.
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