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A common sight in the clockworks, these pots serve as a means to complete many puzzles, a lucky break for knights who neglect to bring long-range projectiles.

Low danger: you can set your friends on fire if you're not careful.

Low danger: you can set your friends on fire if you're not careful.

Many areas containing oil pots seem to be mostly populated by enemies that are immune to fire.

First seen ???

Can be encountered in the Dangerous Mission: Compound 42, 1-2 Mission: The Ancient Generator, and 4-3 Mission: Shocking Sentient Sentries.

Grim Totems will resurrect any nearby Zombies killed within its radius. These totems cannot be destroyed, but (if they can be reached) they can be carried by the player to another location to allow for easier zombie slaying.

Can be encountered in certain fiendish arcade areas during the March of the Tortodrones event. Several are encountered in Shadowplay.

First seen 26 February 2014.

Stuttering Mecha Knights will trigger these.

This hazard deals significant damage if touched while active, and is very likely to set players on fire.

A rare version of this trap inflicts stun instead of dealing damage. This phenomenon can be encountered in the kat nest of the Event Mission: Purr Terror and certain Lockdown maps.

This hazard deals significant damage if touched while active, and is very likely to freeze players.

This freeze is likely lasting, so this trap will slowly kill most knights, even if they are caught at full health. If your allies are trapped on this grate, free them immediately by breaking the ice that binds them. Very low level traps can be explored with impunity if the player has high enough freeze resistance.

There are spots between each orb in a chain where the player can avoid damage as the chain passes by, but these are usually hard to utilize, so it's best to just avoid the chain.

This hazard deals significant damage if touched while active, and is very likely to poison players.

If it is a monster spawner, usually shielding over it will prevent the enemy from spawning, but this doesn't work for all spawners.

This hazard deals significant damage if touched while active, and is very likely to shock players.

Stuttering Mecha Knights will trigger these.

An armored device that periodically spits out a large wheel. This wheel crushes players and monsters alike, pushing them in front of it for yet more crushing. Unlike other exploration entities, it has weaknesses and resistances similar to the Construct monster family. Destroy it from behind, or block the wheel with a Cursed Nature Sprite, Heavy Statue, or Grim Totem, if any are available.

Encountered in the Firestorm Citadel and the Event Dangerous Mission: Grinchlin Assault!

Encountered in the Ironclaw Munitions Factory, Expansion Mission: Operation Crimson Hammer, and certain Compound areas.

First seen with release 2011-07-06.

Encountered in the Ironclaw Munitions Factory and the Expansion Mission: Operation Crimson Hammer.

First seen with release 2011-07-06.

Can be encountered in the Expansion Mission: Operation Crimson Hammer, certain Compound areas, and rank mission arenas.

Can be encountered in 10-1 Mission: Crimson Chaos, and ??? (Sputterspark missions, a few other areas)

These are often found in large numbers during certain events and/or in dangerous areas. Several are encountered in Shadowplay.

First seen 11 December 2013.

These are often found in clusters. Ice slush and chilled frosting "mush" can be encountered in the event-exclusive Grinchlin Assault and A Gremlin in Knead prestige missions, respectively.

First seen 11 December 2013.

Found in the 2-3 Mission: The Collector and 10-1 Mission: Crimson Chaos.

First seen with release 2013-07-30.

Can be encountered during the March of the Tortodrones event and Shadowplay.

First seen 26 February 2014.

Low danger: it can potentially drag knights through hazards or keep them in range of enemy fire.

Can be encountered during the March of the Tortodrones event and Shadowplay.

First seen 26 February 2014.

Globs are similar to the ones generated by defeated Blast Cubes, a type of slime.

Can be encountered during the March of the Tortodrones event in certain fiendish arcade areas as well as the related prestige mission.

First seen 26 February 2014.

Encountered in Core areas.

First seen with release 2015-05-13.

These grave markers are encountered in Graveyard areas. Nonbreakable versions will not have glowing green cracks. Some gravestones (breakable or not) have a mound of soil near them. Keep an eye on these - a mound might spawn a zombie as you approach, or as you walk away.

Breakable Tombstones in The Grasping Plateau are similar to spawners, containing either Souls, Pale Scarabs, Freezing Bombies, or nothing.

These plants have a much lower drop rate than other loot-yielding breakables, usually yielding nothing. They have a very small chance of dropping a single crown.

Vividly colored versions are encountered in Compounds.

Encountered in the Firestorm Citadel.

Encountered in Concrete Jungle, Devilish Drudgery, and Dark City areas.

Encountered in arcade Arenas, Firestorm Citadel, and Scarlet Fortress areas.

Encountered in Concrete Jungle, Devilish Drudgery, and Dark City areas.

Plants can be found on almost any level with grass. They are found in abundance in Aurora Isles and Jigsaw Valley areas.

The Potted Plant furniture for decorating Guild Halls has a similar appearance.

Found in Candlestick Keep and Scarlet Fortress areas. Not all stacks are breakable.

Tome Stack furniture items are similar.

First seen with release 2011-09-06.

Found in Candlestick Keep areas. Not all seats are breakable.

Antique Chair furniture items are similar.

First seen with release 2011-09-06.

Encountered in certain Compound areas.

Single blocks are often used to conceal mechanisms such as buttons.

Many force fields are one-way, and often protect players at the start of a level. Others protect NPCs in the field, or make certain puzzles a bit complicated.

Monsters cannot pass through most force fields (an exception includes Bombies in the second combat floor of Legion of Almire), though Tier 3 Wolvers can burrow past them. Some monsters can glitch past a force field as well, witnessed often with the sun scarabs in 10-2 Mission: Shadowplay.

: It is usually not frugal to open these. Some gated areas are not behind walls - try popping the boxes with a ranged weapon or pickup to see if it's worth it! Danger Rooms are usually worth fighting through, if they're in a depth that has drops the player desires.

Most types of blocks connected to a ghost block by at least one other block (a connective chain) will poof away if said ghost block is destroyed.

Careful! This poofing property also applies to Treasure Boxes! This plays a role in several minor puzzles.

Can be found in The Grasping Plateau and the 10-1 Mission: Breaking in the Recruits.

Was likely introduced with release 2013-10-23.

• Green: can be hit to launch a rocket.
• Red: a rocket is active, reloading another rocket - will not activate if hit.
• Yellow: can only be activated if hit by a rocket.

This type cannot be destroyed unless a regular crystal block of the same color is touching them.

First seen with release 2015-02-11.

Perhaps they are meant to be large bits of rubble, junk, or debris, as they seem to be more aesthetic features than obstacles most of the time.

With release 2013-04-03 art for the default variation was changed.

Encountered in Ironclaw Munitions Factory and Expansion Mission: Operation Crimson Hammer.

Encountered in Expansion Mission: Operation Crimson Hammer and rank mission arenas.

A turret that fires a laser beam, damaging enemies. Some require 5 energy to activate, while others are already ready to rumble. This entity is similar to the one produced by using a Auto Turret Kit pickup. Kits don't require energy and are found randomly, though they expire after several minutes of use and can be destroyed by monsters.

: The benefits of activating this entity are not worth 5 energy. Players usually only activate these "for fun."

They can be found in the Advanced Training Hall, certain Lockdown maps, Subtowns, in between Arenas, before Bosses, and very slow spawners can be found in the Firestorm Citadel.

They can be found in the Private Training Hall and the locker rooms of Lockdown matches.

Encountered in: Candlestick Keep areas, rarely in Graveyards in this scenario room, and occasionally in The Grasping Plateau as part of a puzzle.

First seen with release 2011-09-06.

Hit it to ring it - any wolvers or bunnies in range will be inflicted with stun.

First seen with release 2011-06-02.

It would be best to break these with a ranged weapon or bomb, because monsters that come out will usually attack immediately.

Encountered in the Unknown Passage.

First seen with release 2011-10-19.

It is a special monster spawner frequently encountered in Compounds. Variations (single tile, decorated) are seen in other areas.

First seen with release 2012-05-09.

Destroy this portal whenever it appears to reduce the flood of fiendish forces.

First seen 26 February 2014.

First seen with release 2015-02-11. Encountered in the 10-1 Mission: Breaking in the Recruits.

First seen with release 2015-05-13.