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Winterfest!

Winter has come to Cradle and all of Haven is covered in a soft blanket of snow. Snipes and monsters alike are in the holiday spirit and the Haven Arcade is being visited by Impostoclaus!

• A new Lockdown level, Frostbite is now available. Frostbite features snowballs that you can throw at your opponents and turn them into snowmen!
• Until January 9th, you can use Krogmo Coins to purchase Santy Hats from Sullivan in the Haven Arcade.
• All Santy Hats expire on January 23, 2012

Event Hub

• A new interface called the Event Hub has been added to your HUD.
• The Event Hub keeps you informed of past events, accomplishments, etc of your friends and guildmates.
• Includes a running high-score for the most amount of levels played, Coliseum matches played, and crowns acquired in the Clockworks.
• Provides you with a quick list of events that you can join instantly, such as friend and guildmate expeditions and Coliseum games.

Heat Amplifiers

• Heat Amplifiers have been greatly improved to grant double heat to the user when activated!
• Heat Amplifiers are now available from Boost in 2 day, 7 day and 30 day amounts.

European Servers

• New servers have been added to reduce latency for European players.
• When you join a pick up game or enter a town, you will be matched with other players in your region.
• By default, your region will be automatically determined based on your IP.
• If you wish to manually configure your preferred region, you may do so via the Option menu (in the General section, under Region).
• Your knights, items, friends, guild mates, etc., will remain unchanged.
• Please note that joining your friends' parties or town instances may result in increased latency, as your client may be forced to connect to a remote region.

Scenario Rooms

• Special rooms have been added to the Clockworks that offer a little story and atmosphere, hints of a larger story, or a special bonus to those that discover them.
• Some Scenario Rooms are rarer than others. Discover them all\!

Interface

• Personal colors can be previewed in shops and the Auction House.
• Added mini "exchange" buttons to shops and other various interfaces.

Items

• 'Enamorock' added to Sullivan's item list
• Heart Pendant, Dual Heart Pendant, Tri-Heart Pendant, Tetra-Heart Pendant and Penta-Heart Pendant added to Krogmo's Alchemy Machine

Bugfixes

• Lavender Personal Color is now available from Vatel
• Push-to-talk button is now configurable (under "Talk (Voice Chat)")
• Fixed a bug in which a snipe was disappearing into a seat.

Featured Auctions

Featured Auctions are special auctions run by the Haven Treasury. They often contain unique or rare items. Featured Auctions can be buyout only with set quantities. Quantities represent the number available currently and are not representative of future quantities. However, you never know when a new batch of items will show up, so if you see something you like, go for it!

Featured Auctions will be displayed by default when opening the Auction House. They will also appear in standard category searches.

The following items will be immediately available in Featured Auctions:

• Scissor Blades - Leviathan Blades custom made by Bechamel to resemble giant shears. They function EXACTLY like Leviathan Blades in practice, but have a unique look.
• Trojan Disguise - A mask that makes you resemble a fearsome trojan! (Lasts 30 days)
• Love Puppy Disguise - A mask that makes you resemble a super-cute love puppy! (Lasts 30 days)
• Chapeau of the Coral Rose - A new pink Rose Regalia costume helm
• Chapeau of the Violet Rose - A new purple Rose Regalia costume helm
• Tabard of the Coral Rose - A new pink Rose Regalia costume armor
• Tabard of the Violet Rose - A new purple Rose Regalia costume armor
• Personal Colors - Also available from Vatel in the Haven Bazaar, these items allow you to change your Knight's personal color
• Prime Bombhead Mask - Didn't make it to PAX? Here's your chance to get the commemorative mask!

Item Preview

Items can now be previewed in the Auction House. You can even stack previews (if compatible)!

Personal Colors

Vatel has upgraded his recipe shop to now sell 'general goods' and has a selection of items that allow Knights to change their personal color. Each color from Knight creation is available. Once used, your personal color will change to the color of the item and the item will be destroyed.

Accessories

• Reduced the rarity of rarer accessories in all lockboxes
• 'Drab' type accessories are now known as 'Military'

Steam

• Added "push-to-talk" option for Steam voice chat (enable in options dialog, default key is V).
• Elevator passes will now transfer for web accounts converted to Steam.

Credits

The official game credits are now accessible from the 'About' tab in the options menu.

Bugfixes

• Removed collision overlapping parts of the path in the Gloaming Wildwoods
• Surgebreaker, Blizzbreaker, and Blazebreaker gear now have correct art.
• Fixed the issue where you could not invite a player into a party when they had an elevator pass but were low on energy.
• Snarbolax Coats now accept aura accessories... we promise.

Arsenal Stations

Many levels within the Clockworks now feature 'Arsenal Stations' that allow you to change your gear or loadouts before facing the challenges of a level. So long as you have a wide variety of equipment, a difficult stratum with varying themes will be no match for your arsenal!

There are also one-way barriers positioned after each Arsenal Station. Choose your equipment wisely and use loadouts to save time!

Energy Blasts

Energy reviving now comes coupled with an energy blast that knocks back and damages monsters. There are four levels of power that are unlocked as more energy is used for the revive.

30 Day Elevator Pass

We're trying something new! For a limited time only, a 30 Day Elevator Pass may be purchased from the Energy Depot. This pass allows all Knights on the account the ability to bypass elevator costs. Elevator Passes are activated at the time of purchase and will show up in your arsenal's 'Useable' category as with other upgrades.

Shadow Keys

Shadow Keys are now available from Boost for the foreseeable future. They can be purchased for the now non-promotional price of 1,800 CE.

Surveys

Surveys will now occasionally be available from the Uplink. Fill them out and help us improve Spiral Knights!

Graphics

Systems with more memory should now see increased performance.

Levels

• Fixed an issue in a Lichenous Lair room where turrets were surrounded by bramble.
• Fixed an issue where you could get stuck in a Candlestick Keep room.

Accessories

• Drab Sideblade will now equip the right color on use. Existing equipped Drab Sideblades are unaffected.
• Heavy Game Face accessory now shows the proper name on its tool tip when equipped.
• Snarbolax armor will now accept Aura accessories.

Arcade

• Gates in the arcade will now automatically activate when you walk up to them

Bugfixes

• Fixed issue that was causing Drab Canteen's name to display as 'Fancy Canteen' when equipped.
• Fixed issue causing knights to be invisible.

Dark Harvest Festival

• The Dark Harvest Festival has ended. The Punkin King hopes you enjoyed the festival and looks forward to seeing you next year!

Shadow Keys

• The limited time sale of Shadow Keys from Boost has ended. We will be evaluating other options to obtain them in the future.

Bugfixes

• The Flamberge charge attack was previously able to damage other players. This has been fixed.
• Fixed a lighting and camera issue in the Arcade lobby.
• Fixed the missing material and artifact issue at the end of a shadow lair.

• Fixed graphical issues with Jelly gear
• Fixed issue with guild creation