Difference between revisions of "News/2017"

Rhendon is recruiting brave knights to join the elite Scarlet Scouts. These Recon knights travel fast and light to gather intel on the most hazardous areas of Cradle and bring the innocent to safety. Like the Recon Rangers, each Scarlet Scout is equipped with a special shield, The Final Gasp. The name serves as a reminder to all as to precisely when a Scout is permitted to drop it in battle.

Hazardous Prize Boxes are available for $4.95 each, 5 boxes for $19.95 or 14 boxes for $49.95.

Are you a real gunslinger? Spiral HQ has decided it’s time we find out! For this weekend we have removed auto-target in all Lockdown matches and we’ll be keeping an eye out for those knights who rise above the rest.

During this event we want you knights to document your adventures… or misadventures. To that end, we will be offering a few prizes for knights who catch amazing/amusing video of their antics or epic skills.

Event Information:

• Please keep your video to less than 3 mins.

• Upload your video to a website which allows you to link to it, such as YouTube, deviantArt, Tumblr, or Imgur.

• Knights are welcome to submit more than one entry.

• Provide a link to your video in the entry thread here.

• Video should be recorded during the Hardcore Mode Activated Event.

• Deadline for the event is 11:59 pm game time on January 25th. This way you all have a few extra days after the event ends to edit your videos.

• Please note that our TOS applies to links you post. Please avoid any inappropriate language in your video.

• Please keep the entry thread for posting your entry only. All questions should be posted in the discussion thread.

• Prizes will scale depending on participation. If we receive a large number of entries, we will bump up the prizes. The minimum prize level will include prizes for the top 3 with first place earning a Gate Crasher Helm.

Hardcore Mode Video Contest entry thread:

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/117130

Discussion of the event or the video contest:

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/117131

We here at Spiral HQ would like to wish you luck in the Year of the fire snipe… er… Rooster! We’re celebrating the new year by equipping knights with gear that would make any Rooster envious. The Rooster Prize Box is available through March 2, 2017.

These contain all new items in various colors, such as:

• Buhgok Tails

• Fowl Cloaks

• Fowl Cowls

• Wattlesnipes

• Feathered Auras

More information on the Rooster Prize Box and its contents may be found here.

An over abundance of roosters has also spurred other creatures to descend on the Clockworks. As you may have suspected, the black kats are once again storming the Moorcroft Manor Archives and consuming the valuable tomes it stores! We need all knights of rank 4-1 and greater to gear up! Do not fear going forward slowly knights; fear only to stand still.

You can find black kats in the Kataclysmic Confrontation prestige mission and various kat levels in the Clockworks. Be sure to collect Ancient Pages and visit Montague in Moorcroft Manor, or the Mysterious Crafting Machine in Haven, to obtain event themed items. If you perform a Dark Ritual and survive the encounter, you may find yourself in possession of a Black Kat Cowl or some materials which will allow you to craft some event exclusive gear.

More information on the Kataclysmic Confrontation can be found on the wiki here. If you have participated in a previous Confrontation and still have Ancient Page tokens, they are still valid! Ancient Page tokens do not expire. The Kataclysmic Confrontation will run through February 22nd.

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.

Greetings Knights,

Spiral HQ isn’t quite finished with you ambitious knights yet! Based on feedback, we’ve decided that one 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.

Side note:

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

Happy Birthday Spiral Knights

Spiral Knights is SIX years old!

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

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 here.

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!

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

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!

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

Since the troubles with the last Tortodrone Migration, Spiral HQ established a 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!

Cheers Knights!

Particularly purposeful knights have long since presumed that you can’t pilfer a pearl without some grit. This perspective provides knights the prudence to prepare for peril and avoid pitfalls.

The Pearl Prize Box contains items such as:

• Pearl Aura

• Floating Pearls

• Pearl Disciple Wings

• Pearl Crown

• Pearl Wolver Tail

• Pearl Cat Tail

• Pearl Costume and Accessories

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 here.

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

The Solstice Prize boxes are available through June 28th.

Hail knights, well met!

Have you ever wanted an axe because a sword just wouldn’t do? How about a Runed Hammer and a matching Buckler? Spiral HQ has released some new gear for you stouthearted knights to go berserk over.

The Raiders box contains items such as:

• Firestorm Skeggox (sword)

• Squall Caller (sword)

• Winter's Edge (sword)

• Raider Buckler (shield)

• Winter Raider Helm

• Squall Raider Helm

• Firestorm Raider Helm

• Winter Raider Tunic

• Squall Raider Tunic

• Firestorm Raider Tunic

• Raider Accessories

Don't drop your Asgard! Stand ready to plunder items and gear that will help axecute your toughest foes. Remember, never walk away from Haven ahead of your axe and sword. You can't feel a battle in your bones or foresee a fight.

ATTENTION ALL KNIGHTS

We are declaring a state of emergency in the Moorcroft Manor Archives, as black kats are once again storming the area 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 voracious vermin.

Do 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 Crafting Machine in Haven, with your collection of Ancient Pages, and craft stuff:

• Kat Claw hood, mask, cowl

• Kat Hiss hood, mask, cowl

• Kat Eye hood, mask, cowl

If you happen to perform (accidentally, we assume) a Dark Ritual (yes, THAT dark ritual) and survive the encounter, you may find yourself in possession of a Black Kat Cowl or a Wicked Whisker. With Wicked Whiskers, dropped for all present party members, the following gear can be made:

• 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.

Our new Kat Forecasting Intern predicts that the Kataclysmic Confrontation will run through August 3, 2017. Best of luck, knights!

Since the troubles with the last Tortodrone Migration, Spiral HQ established a 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!

Hail, knights!

The summer over and cooler winds are moving through Haven. The Strangers have brought forth celestially-themed offerings in the Spring 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

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.

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

Knights,

The Dark Harvest Festival makes its return! 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.

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.

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

Head’s up knights!

We have confirmed that the Apocrean Harvester has returned again. 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!

Knights,

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 December 1, 2017.

Happy Winterfest!

All the creatures of Cradle are celebrating the season with snow, festive songs, and hats. Impostoclaus arrives to bring delight and glee to all. Visit his helper, Randolph, near the fountain in Haven to exchange tokens for festive helms, winter confetti, and snowballs.

Some Gremlins say "Humbug!" and plan to stop Impostoclaus and destroy Winterfest! Stop the Grinchlins from destroying Winterfest with two daily prestige missions.

Save Winterfest! Help Impostoclaus deliver presents to the children of Emberlight. Feed him milk and cookies to keep him strong. Protect him from Grinchlins and collect Winter Wish tokens.

Grinchlin Assault! 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!

Delve into the Clockworks, for Winterfest danger rooms! Collect Frozen Winterfest Wishlist tokens and exchange them with Randolph in Haven. He has a new Winterfest Present that contains tasteful new holiday pullovers and cheery onesies.

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!

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 costumes and accessories.

The WinterTech Box contains items such as:

Chilled Aura

Circuitry Eye

Ice Axe

Down Puffer

Down Puffer Unzipped

Various new accessories

The Solstice returns to Cradle! Celebrate with items of summer and winter. Solstice Prize Boxes include summer and winter accessories, confetti, UV tickets and buckets of snowballs!

See the announcement post for more information!